Ha ha, you thought you were free, didn't you?  You thought I'd finally succumbed to never getting any sleep, being surrounded by broken stuff and bills, and having horrible books in my queue?  Well, my friend, you are wrong, because the Binkley review is up and I am too badass to be kept down.

Onward!  Special kudos shout-out to Sharon E. Cathcart, who sent me a gratis copy of her book Eye of the Beholder after the PDF copy I bought exploded in a hard drive crash!  Yay for wonderful people who help me!

You know what I hate?  Things that break, don't work, or otherwise thwart me.  Like this totally expensive overseas DVD of the Cosmos Phantom is doing right now.  Nnnnnngrrrraah.  Okay, I'm better now.

On to the Binkley, which I'm sure can't be anything but fantastical.  I mean, we've had such great luck with modern versions of the story so far, right?  No?  Well, then, there's a first time for everything and my optimism will not be diminished!

Holy Jesus and his tennis racket.  Through visiting relatives, house foreclosures, and getting hit in the skull with a softball going about ten zillion miles per hour, I have come, bearing a review of the totally mediocre Jacobs musical.

And now, I collapse.  More forthcoming in the future.

Aaaand then I fell off the planet.  Birthdays, meetings, you know the drill; everything has come running after me and, as usual, the Project has ended up standing woefully on the corner, staring soulfully up at my window, holding a boombox over its head, desperately attempting to court my love.

While I'm not finished with the Jacobs review yet, I do have a new, sparkly little link over there on the sidebar: The Creators Speak, where feedback and commentary from the authors and composers of lo these many works can be found.  I know - I, too, am somewhat astonished by the fact that they took the time out of their day to not only read my little reviews but also write to me about them, but there you go.  Artists are just cool damn people like that.

I promise to come back with a review before the end of the month.  I make this solemn promise to you, internet audience of probably three people, and to myself.

My goodness, I've made it all the way to the celebrated 2004 film.  It's like I'm making progress, or something!  Review is up, and I'm off to meditate on other new sources and wait for the flames to come rolling in.

The Lofficier review is up, which means if I am giving out one A+ grade per year, 2010 is officially taken.  Sorry, all other things I review this year.

And now it's on to one of the reviews we've all (three) been waiting for: the Schumacher/Butler film.  Wait with bated breath.

The Kuiper review is up!  See, I can deliver on my promises.  Really.  Come back.

On to the next short story!