Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

Hey, everyone, I got to see Star Trek Beyond last night at a sneak preview showing, thanks to a friend of mine belonging to a large compan...

Do you see the title when you pick it up?   On Sunday, a friend I hadn’t seen for a few months asked me if I was reading anything inter...

I saw the shark movie The Shallows , but this won’t be an actual movie review. I’ll just say there was a lot of blood, so if you don’t like...

A lot of the creative talent for movies has gone into television in recent years, so I’ll start a new category of reviews: TV series. (If I...

Just stick that bookmark in the back of your throat and gag. (Book Purge IV somehow didn’t get posted, but Book Purge III is here .) These ...

So, you think your boss gets on you? Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, was famous for the long hours he put in at work. But what if you...

This isn’t a full review, because I try to keep this blog a positive one. This is a matter of clearing up expectations. If you want to see ...

So I was relaxing in a park in Bellevue (a suburb of Seattle) on Memorial Day when I heard a distant buzzing sound. Sure enough, when I loo...

I recommend these two books: Why I Survived the A-Bomb by Akira Kohchi. Mr. Kohchi was sixteen years old when the bomb drop...