Five Hilariously Named Supporting Characters
What’s in a name? Naming characters is, I think, one of the most difficult tasks faced by writers. You want the name to reflect their personality in some way. Can a name even do that?…
Five Robots Who are Better People Than I Am
It is no secret to most people who know me that I can sometimes be a horrible human being. Maybe it’s for the sake of writing or comedy, or maybe it’s just to push my…
Five Dragon Ball Z Locations I Wish Were Real and Why
My favorite thing about fantasy and sci-fi is that you get to enter worlds and realms entirely different from our own. That’s what I love about writing in that genre, I get to draw up…
Five Things Children’s Shows Taught Me (That I Didn’t Realize Until I was Older)
As we all know, parents’ jobs became easier with the invention of the television and the Saturday morning cartoon. They didn’t have to read to their children anymore or tell them fairy tales with morals…
Five Awesome Things from My First Comic Con Experience
As you can infer from the title, I recently attended my very first comic convention. It was the St. Louis Wizard World Comic Con, and it was this past weekend. And it was awesome! First,…
Five Comedies that Tactfully Deal with Real Issues
One of the things I’ve learned about comedy is that the truth is often funnier than things I could make up. As long as it wasn’t one of those had-to-be-there kind of things. So, then,…
Five Super Mario World Levels I Dread
Super Mario World has to be my favorite video game of all time. And I’m sure many others can say that as well. It was the first game for the first system I ever owned,…
Five Best Boss Battles from God of War
I’m not going to lie, I bought a PlayStation 3 just so I could play the God of War games. I almost bought a PlayStation Portable for Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta, but…
Five Cats I’d Rather See in Memes
Grumpy cat, ceiling cat, corner cat, chemistry cat, Hitler cat. The Internetz (as the kids call it these days) is so saturated with memes right now—especially cat memes. While I’d like to offer a solution…