Another of My Patented Holy Crap Moments

Ever since I was a kid, I've loved the Nick shows by Dan Schneider, from Drake and Josh all the way to Victorious. Yeah, I'm pretty old to be into these shows at this point, but I can't help it. I will go to my grave proclaiming that iCarly was one of the most fun shows on TV during its run. My favorite two Dan Schneider characters are by far the brash, loudmouthed, but loveable Sam Pucket from iCarly, portrayed by Jennette McCurdy, and the naive and adorable Cat Valentine from Victorious, portrayed by Ariana Grande, so when Sam and Cat got a spinoff, aptly named Sam & Cat, I could not have been happier.

Then the most recent episode of Sam & Cat turned out to be a Laverne & Shirley tribute, complete with a remake of the "skipping scene" in the episode's opening, and appearances by both Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall, including a fantasic ending scene where the two sitcom legends proved that they can still deliver on the physical comedy, even at their ages, and suddenly I was happier. It was wonderful! I squeed. More than once. And I'm proud of that.

Check Out This Eighth Grade Exam from 1912!

Found this randomly while surfing the web. Actually take this exam straight out of the past and see how you stack up.

Musings, Thursday 11/14/13

So I'm coming up on the end of my periodic, unscheduled rewatch-Buffy-athon, which happens maybe every three to five months, and once again I am left with a bittersweet feeling, because, as Q from Star Trek: TNG tells us (he was probably quoting somebody, but oh well), "all good things must come to an end". Every time I rewatch this show, which is probably my favorite show ever ever, I remember this...

...And then I remember that the story is still ongoing in comic book form, and the sense of joy returns unencumbered :D

AwesomeJohn22's Guide to Skyrim Mods

I haven't done a whole lot of Skyrim content on the blog, but that certainly doesn't mean I don't want to do more. I've covered a couple of really great quest mods, reviewing them, but  Skyrim is probably my favorite game ever because of the mods, so I figured that I should give the mods a little more love. Skyrim wasn't the first Elder Scrolls game that I ever played, but it was the first that I played with mods, and now I simply can't imagine the franchise without them. So here is my list of the ten (ish, I haven't decided on the number for sure) Skyrim mods that I find essential for anyone's playthrough. Note that this list will not include things like the Unofficial Patches, as they are no-brainers. Another no-brainer is the fact that, because Skyrim needed to be viable on many different gaming systems, it doesn't look as good as it could, and a PC gamer should consider downloading some texture mods.

Also of note is the fact that this isn't a top whatever list. I don't consider any one of these mods better than any others on this list. They are all equally essential in my book.

Movie Reviews - Thor: The Dark World

I was one of the few moviegoers who not only really enjoyed the first Thor movie, but thought it was right up there with the rest or its Marvel movie counterparts, including Iron Man. Sure it was simple and predictable, but so was Iron Man in many ways. Did anyone watching that movie not know who the villain was after ten minutes, really? In terms of predictable movies, yeah Thor was moreso, and Thor: The Dark World followed in the footsteps of its predecessor in that regard. There was literally nothing in this movie which surprised me. Nothing. This doesn't mean, however, that I didn't really love seeing these very predictable things happening on screen (bar one or two, but we aren't supposed to like those).