Warning: All subsequent reviews for this series may contain spoilers for earlier novels in the series. It’s a funny thing when I latch onto an author I like. I can’t seem to […]
Patti Aliventi
Once upon a time there was this website called Epinions. I wrote thousands of reviews there. I love books, movies, and television; mostly science fiction. I'm a gun-totin', meat-eatin' liberal with libertarian leanings who will voice my opinion.
Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Midnight on the Firing Line
Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Richard Compton Although The Gathering is generally listed as the first episode of Babylon 5, it was actually a made-for-television film that served as the pilot […]
Book Review: Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods – Flower and Fauna Were Never This Interesting
Over the years, I’ve toyed with the idea of hiking the Appalachian Trail. It always seemed like something to shoot for in my on-again, off-again hiking hobby. Right now, I can drive […]
2021 Road Trip, Day 7: Colby, KS to Salina, KS – The Holy Grail
This was it – the day I’d planned for. I slept in since my only plans were to find the oldest active geocache and then find some others around town until it […]
Scrooged – A Twisted, Sarcastic, Semi-Modern Take on a Christmas Classic
Written by Mitch Glazer, Michael O’Donoghue, and Charles DickensDirected by Richard Donner A few weeks before Christmas last year, I went to the store and looked at the newest releases on blu-ray. […]
Book Review: The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder – An Incomplete Memoir of a Sad Time
When I was about nine, a friend of the family gave me my first Little House book. I was immediately captivated by the stories within and read them over and over through […]
Walt Disney Treasures – The Chronological Donald Volume One 1934-1941
There came a time when Mickey Mouse became extremely popular, especially among the younger set. Just as some things never seem to change, parents began to complain about some of his antics […]
Book Review: Dark Lord The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno – Evil Rising
Right after the three prequel films in the Star Wars saga were released, there were fans picking apart the story as to how certain things seemed different between Luke and Leia’s birth […]
Commenting on a Story? Please Show Your Work
I try to stay off of local news articles. It was pretty bad before Donald Trump was elected President, but since he’s been in office the level of meanness towards our fellow […]
Episode Rewatch – Babylon 5: The Gathering
Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Richard Compton I was there at the dawn of the third age of mankind. It began in the Earth year 2257, with the last of the […]
