I like to think that I will someday meet the woman of my dreams. She will be everything I have always sought in the fairer sex, and our coupling will rival the epic fornication of Beren and Luthien. So imagine my heartbreak if I […]
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Mailbag Monday 2
July 6, 2009
Hello dear readers, it's MAILBAG MONDAY again! On this special day I will search through my mountain of reader mail and answer the five most pressing questions! What’s that you say? Do I really get that much …
Monthly Movie Reviews – June, 2009
July 1, 2009
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in June. Stats Movies watched - 25 Movies that were new to me - 16 Romantic Comedies I was embarrassed to review - 4 Monthly …
High Sierra and the Evolution of the Doomed Gangster
June 27, 2009
The "gangster film" is a true American creation. There were of course many early foreign films with elements of "crime" in them (Feuillade's Les Vampires, or Lang's Dr. Mabuse to name just a few), but the …
The fantasy fiction community was once again rocked when more previously unreleased sections of The Lord of the Rings were discovered this weekend. This “grail” of a literary find amounted to a new lost segment …
Archetypical – Part IV – The Herald and the Helper
June 14, 2009
This is the fourth entry in my fairy tale series. Each entry attempts to analyze one archetypal element of myths legends and fairy tales in a short introductory essay followed by an original fairy tale …
Mailbag Monday 1
June 1, 2009
Hello dear readers! Today you are in for a special treat: the start of a very new www.isleyunruh.com monthly feature! That's right, the first Monday of every month shall henceforth be MAILBAG MONDAY!! On this …
Monthly Movie Reviews – May, 2009
June 1, 2009
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in May. Stats Movies watched - 20 Movies that were new to me - 11 All time favorite movies rewatched - 4 Monthly Masterpieces - White …
Top Five Most Nonsensical Things About Wolverine
May 21, 2009
Wolverine really seems like a pretty simple character at first glance. I mean, he can heal really fast and has extendable claws, how complicated can that be? As it turns out, pretty complicated. Like any …
How to make Burritos and Tacos from scratch.
May 16, 2009
I have to say that Mexican is probably my second favorite food of all time (right after any thai dish featuring basil and garlic as the two main ingredients. Thus, it should be no surprise that …