Lucas Blogs About Books

A lesser blogger might update this picture to one without glare from the computer screen. I am not  a lesser blogger. The Intro Welcome back to Whan that Month — Lucas Blogs About The Canterbury Tales . Last month I wrote about the Man of Law's Tale, a morality play about an unfortunate princess cast adrift at sea and buoyed by the grace of God. This takes up the entirety of the second fragment of The Canterbury Tales  in the Ellesmere Manuscript (and my study edition that follows it). The third fragment comprises The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Friar's Tale, and The Summoner's Tale, each with a prologue. But before we begin: The Wait a Minute, What's the Difference Between a Friar and a Monk Again? All right, here's my understanding: monks belong to a monastic order. They live in cloistered communities away from the distractions of society and devote themselves to prayer and worship. They generally support themselves through some sort of industry, ...

Oh, dear, this is the third time you've used the inOpportune cOntent rePlacement proceSs this year. I know, and I'm not even bragging about any of my worldly possessions. Honestly, I haven't felt as motivated to read lately. and all this week I've felt pretty wiped out after work. Consequently, I haven't felt as motivated to get anything ready for today. So, you're going with the too lazy to update defense? If you actually existed, I'd be staring daggers at you, Hypothetical Reader. Anyway, I'll be back with the next entry in Whan That Month next Monday.

Hold the phone! Now give the phone to me. That's not a book! Wait a minute! A Knight's Tale  isn't that that cheesy jousting movie with anachronistic music? Well, first two things: 1) yes, and B) to be fair, since it takes place in Chaucer's lifetime and all the characters speak Modern English, it's also presented in an anachronistic language. Well, yeah, but— Also, why do people get so worked up about the anachronisms in the movie as if that were some sort of gotcha. As if the use of anachronistic music was an accident instead of an intentional choice. It's more that I think it's a bad choice. Whatever, a couple months ago I blogged about " The Knight's Tale " so I thought that it would be fun to blog about A   Knight's Tale . Okay. So what do you have to say about the movie. It's good. It's a fun movie. Do you have anything else to say? Uh . . . sure. Go on. All right, so we'll start with a quick sy...

Took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize that the fire in the back was the Human Torch. So, what's this book's deal? Remember when I blogged about  Doctor Doom ? How could I forget? It was two weeks ago. Good, so I didn't really like Doctor Doom (the comic book, not the character, I enjoy Doctor Doom as a character), but I thought that maybe I was being unfair and that maybe if I had more context for what was going on, I might gain more appreciation. So I picked up Fantastic Four Volume 1: Fourever . And did you gain a greater appreciation for Doctor Doom ? No, this first volume of Dan Slott's recent Fantastic Four doesn't really have much Doctor Doom content, though it does have a little side story that explains who that Victorious person was. Anyway, this is the story of how the Fantastic Four got back together. Wait, when did they split up? Oh, in some big crossover event that I didn't read. I don't like big crossover events. An...