Burbatory

Imagine that the game of chess did not exist. Not so easy, but required for this thought experiment. Next, imagine that everything else ab...

My modest proposal for the desired piece names for the new, smash game "Circle of Life" that can now be played at Board Game Arena...

Today, with much joy, I discovered that my ghost pepper plant has borne fruit.  It's small still, and green.  But, if the weather ho...

Yes, it can be done.  The rules of the excellent game Blokus describe a solitaire version where you play the game with all of the normal rul...

There's a new censor in town! Don't be sad. Our movies have always been censored, even by Hollywood itself when it closes out pr...

I haven't seen this movie. I suppose that sooner or later it will turn up on a DVD in my house at which time I may. Anyway, my son wan...

Well, I don't even dare to imagine that I was one of the first five to finish the final puzzles and win a car. (See One Epic Contest .)...

Reds * Yeah, that "Reds" -- with Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. It was good. I appreciate that, although Mr. Beatty is sympath...

This book, by Jon Krakauer, has been out for some time -- and sitting on my shelf for most of that time. I finally picked it up recently an...

It's got to be said: this movie disappoints. I'm giving it zero stars (same old crap). It's a feast for the eyes, OK. But, the...

This is a [sort of] old movie that I watched again recently with my son -- whom, incidentally was not yet born when it was made. I've co...

Sometimes I read something just so shockingly stupid that I can't ignore it. In the third paragraph of that link (a review of "Th...

Pretty darn good. Definitely a little different for Scorsese. Well worth seeing. (One star)

I'll make this short -- since I have yet to actually play the game Carcassonne live against human opponents. So, I couldn't reasona...

Abominable. Usually, when I don't like a movie, my family will argue with me. "Oh, it wasn't that bad." But, in this ca...

Last Friday was the one year anniversary of my registration with the games site BoardSpace . I didn't really know what I was getting in...

(I wrote this review on some game site because I really, really enjoy this game and it hasn't gotten the love it deserves!!) This game h...

You could almost call it an infestation in my neighborhood now. ... The important thing is to see them before the dog does at night or he...

I can't even say what exactly my criteria is for this list. Cost plays a factor, but a small one. I'll pay for the good stuff. Avail...

Do whatever you can to miss this awful movie. Pretend you're sick if necessary. (negative one star)

(Who am I kidding, exactly? I don't live in the world of a professional critic. While Mr. Bowman's system remains my inspiration, I ...

This is my first entry into the field of linguistic research! I was reading a Yiddish glossary the other day. I wanted to see if " m...

Perhaps the grandest farce that I've seen come out of Hollywood. I laughed out loud. And yet, almost miraculously, it's populated wi...

My daughter comes into the den to tell me something the other day. She never waits for the commercial either. She just starts blabbing. As i...

I was doing some screen repair on our porch where the dog ran through it. He didn't really scratch it up so much as he walked right thr...

Crawling may sound like a good and wonderful thing, but it's not. It's terrible. ... All of this time you've known that if you ...

One of my sons got binoculars with a built-in digital camera for Christmas. My younger son got a cheapie digital camera, too. These things w...

Stratego! The post title recalls the Stratego television commercial jingle of my childhood. Great commercial. Really great game. I got i...

God has smiled on me today. Two bananas, practically identical in size and shape, except one is a little ripe and another is a little green....

So, I'm walking through the den one saturday morning. My daughter points at me and says, "Hey, what's that bald spot on your h...

No matter what woman you marry, she'll always end up being a wife. I think my wife hates money. She's always trying to get rid of ...