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Seems legit…

December 14, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 1 Comment

Just something I Photoshopped together…

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 21)

December 11, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 4 Comments

You’ve got one chapter left to hide, Luke!
(It IS Luke, right?)

It’s the 2nd to last chapter! I’m writing this part before actually reading the chapter, and I expect to find out just who the Crooked One is before the end of this chapter. And also, likely, Luke will be exposed. So let’s see, as I continue Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief…

I Settle My Tab

So now that I’ve read it, I see that I was right on the first count and wrong on the second. Your days are numbered, Luke! (I’m going to feel like such an idiot if it turns out to not be him…) [Read more…]

12 Days of Christmas

December 11, 2014 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

I realize I’m behind on getting up the next post in Michael Reads Percy Jackson, but it should be coming soon. (I’ve actually finished the book now, I just have to find time to write the posts.) In the meantime, here’s a rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas by Straight No Chaser that someone pointed me to yesterday after I complained that hearing anyone sing that entire song is truly an oppressive experience.

This made me laugh, so I figured I’d toss it up here…

I especially like the bit with the dreidel. But Toto is nice, too.

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 20)

December 9, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 3 Comments

One more chapter and this blog series can legally buy alcohol!

Percy does some clever stuff and then picks a fight with the god of war. That’s right, it’s time for the twentieth installment of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief…

I Battle My Jerk Relative

Percy wastes no time confronting Ares in this one. (Well, okay, I suppose Ares was there waiting for him on the beach so that made things easy, but…) Still, one can’t help but wonder at the wisdom of going against the god of war in a fight directly. I guess Camp Halfblood didn’t get to the presentation on hubris in the short time Percy was there. Still, the kid does have guts. [Read more…]

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (Ch 19)

December 8, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 1 Comment

“…Sort of.”
“Answer me again with self-confidence!“
“SORT OF!!”

I want you all to appreciate how much self control it’s taken me to not start out these recent chapter blogs with something like “Percy Jackson Goes to Hell.” It’d be a really easy intro to go with, but the ancient Greek concept of Hades isn’t the same as Hell, and somehow it’s always bothered me just a little when media equates the two. And now that I’ve managed to come up with a way to use that “Percy Jackson Goes to Hell” line without really using it (sort of), let us continue Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief with…