A little over a year after buying our house, my wife and I were blessed with Lucy. Now seventeen years old, her frailty is a constant reminder of the responsibility, love, and compassion we owe to living creatures—a lesson echoed in the tokusatsu series Ultraman Teo and rooted deeply in biblical stewardship.
Inktober 2026 Prep: How I’m Setting Myself Up to Actually Finish
Most people don't fail Inktober. They just run out of steam somewhere around day 12 and quietly stop posting. This year I'm walking through the exact prep work I do before I ever pick up a pen, the stuff that's the actual difference between finishing and ghosting your own sketchbook.
Spider-Man vs. the Punisher: Two Ways to Handle Grief
Wardale White(Author) Author's Note: I recently had a chance to see Spider-Man: Brand New Day. This piece isn't a review of the film, but a reflection on something that stuck with me: the sharp contrast between Spider-Man and Frank Castle (The Punisher) when two men carrying deep grief are forced to interact. There's a moment … Continue reading Spider-Man vs. the Punisher: Two Ways to Handle Grief
Howl’s Moving Castle Book Review: Is It Better Than the Movie?
Our team breaks down what we thought of Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle — Howl's Welsh roots, Sophie's characterization, Calcifer, the narrator, and how the book stacks up against Miyazaki's film.
Saban’s Power Rangers (2017): A Dumpster Fire Reboot?
Power Rangers franchise needed a Breakfast Club-style coming-of-age drama — and brought in Matt Sazama (yes, the same guy who'd later co-write Morbius and Madame Web) to write it. In 2017's Saban's Power Rangers, five delinquent teens in a dying mining town stumble onto glowing coins in a cave and are immediately expected to save … Continue reading Saban’s Power Rangers (2017): A Dumpster Fire Reboot?