Sunday, May 31, 2026
This Week in Booktube: May 31, 2026
(These are the Booktube videos I watched this week. As always, I encourage you also to check out each of the videos I've linked to down below. Support Booktube. And let me know what you've watched this past week.)
Reading IDEAS. Simenon and Maigret 1st edition Birthday Book Haul Green Penguins.
Steve Donoghue Epic Comic Book Wednesday: In Mortal Combat wtih the Sub Mariner!
Abby Reads Last / Now / Next | April Achievements & May Misses
jim's books reading & stuff What are YOU reading Wednesday (54)?
William’s Library: Sulawesi Woodpecker
Joseph Francis Burton Rebranding my garbage BookTube channel..!!!
Bucky749 Movie storm: adventure time Distant lands Obsidian
Joseph Francis Burton The Acts of Peter - DiscussionSuperman: Exile: Book Review
Started: May 21, 2026
Related Playlists:
DC Comics Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6kPikhXNalrSh9BnvzZi2f&si=4rAijTT4v9u_06q2
Book Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7dao6py7ODX_PkUvrAEch7&si=EJ7CG8iO9IouNaYY
Books I Read in 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7YYl7seud9ov0n6dtdHzvj&si=iMERlWtiF0Rq2-uy
Superman Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x72oeccW7gGCVROmoVmOpjF&si=NVVB2Mx3LpV0Cbyz
Superman Exile Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7MHEYsGYsx8boF2NwpEvr3&si=8XEHph3mkHvxdcER
Saturday, May 30, 2026
The World's End: Movie Review
This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost. For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE:
In this case, the old blog post is here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-worlds-end.html
Related Playlists:
Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA
Scripted Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x49ts8TV1DbXQo8zN_e65us&si=_gzqGAmaz337NVCP
Scripted Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5BKcEIufNKlS58JHU_glyL&si=Pje0KQqIqOgWGGUI
Friday, May 29, 2026
Baby and Adult Names for Domestic Animals: Vocabulary
(TESOL Materials--Animals, Comparative Adjectives)
* Comparing Friends at the Farm--created from this chat here
* Slideshow: slides, pub (I used this slideshow to present the vocabulary, and also to do a board race. I also print them out and use them as materials for quiz quiz trade.)
[Note: This vocabulary is based on the vocabulary from pages 124 and 125 of Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas. But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on animal vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.
Additional note: There are also some pages in the second story book that are also reproduced in the slideshow which are suitable for lessons on comparative sentences.]
Grand River Nature Trail & Preserve / Michael McGraw Park, Ada and Cascade Townships: Guide to West Michigan
(Travelogues--West Michigan)
According to Google Maps, this trail starts out in Ada Township and Finishes in Cascade Township. So I'm including it on my playlists for Ada and Cascade.
Related Playlists:
Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9
West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F
Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY
Ada Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4wNsw_zHE0L7HrkSYPaBuV&si=7gzHNdFhq6iauNhe
Cascade Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4WoaXKD7r7tquq2KUQuBjn&si=Hy0GBuPXCEuoZCJE
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Vampire's Kiss: Movie Review
Links to stuff mentioned:
Best Scenes from "Vampire's Kiss": https://youtu.be/kfcJUl39iiA?si=ugwIKAtlE5rat9E0
From Uproxx.com 10 Reasons Why “Vampire’s Kiss” Is Nicolas Cage’s Most Insane Movie Ever: https://web.archive.org/web/20140411225645/http://uproxx.com/fd-gallery/2013/02/10-reasons-why-vampires-kiss-is-nicolas-cages-most-insane-movie-ever-2/#page/1
This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost. For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE:
In this case, the old blog post is here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/03/vampires-kiss.html
Related Playlists:
Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA
Scripted Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x49ts8TV1DbXQo8zN_e65us&si=_gzqGAmaz337NVCP
Scripted Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5BKcEIufNKlS58JHU_glyL&si=Pje0KQqIqOgWGGUI
2 Stars Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6YM_g241Td4ro4GwuaOLsn
*Sigh* I really didn't want to write this post, but I feel like I have to now.
In my (admittedly long and rambling) review of the Oldest Stories Podcast, I at one point briefly mentioned that I was uncomfortable with some of the views expressed on the Oldest Stories Podcast Twitter account, but since these views mostly tended to stay separate from the content of the podcast, I wasn't going to hold the politics of the podcaster against him.
At the time I said that, the Oldest Stories Podcast wasn't actively tweeting. (He had gone on a Twitter hiatus since mid-January). But in the past few days, he's been active on Twitter again, and some of what he has been tweeting is objectionable. And (unless my memory is playing me false) what he is currently tweeting is more blatant and more objectionable than anything he had previously tweeted--at least within the last year.
Since I published my review back in February, I have continued to promote new episodes of the podcast on this blog (here, here, here, here, here, here and here). But I'm now going to stop doing this, for fear that my promotion of the podcast could be taken as agreement with the views expressed on the Twitter account.
Now, I need to make a couple of important caveats here:
1). This guy is not a celebrity or public figure. He's an ordinary Joe who is podcasting in his free time. So for that reason, I am going to do my best to avoid putting him on blast. I'm not going to link to the offensive tweets. I'm not going to describe them. In fact, I wouldn't be writing this blog post at all, except for the fact that I have been recommending and promoting the Oldest Stories podcast on this blog, and I feel I need to make clear that I am not promoting the views expressed on the Oldest Stories Twitter account. (For reasons that are mysterious to me, he is using the Oldest Stories Twitter account to post these views, which make it difficult to separate his personal views from his podcast.)
2). I believe that we can and should separate the art from the artist, and that we should also expose ourselves to people who have a variety of viewpoints. So I'm not going to stop listening to the podcast myself. I'm just no longer going to be promoting that podcast. (I'm going to continue listening to it quietly, without linking to it from this blog.)
And again, the fact that he's using the Oldest Stories Twitter account to promote his personal political views makes it hard to promote one without feeling like you're endorsing the other.
I'm also not calling for him to be cancelled, or anything like that. I'm just trying to put some distance between his views and my own endorsements.
(I had thought about continuing to link to his new episodes, but also including a disclaimer with each new blog post saying, "I don't approve of the views on his Twitter feed," but I decided against it. I don't want to have to say that every single time, and he's not going to appreciate that kind of qualified support anyway.)
One last thing: I had mentioned in my original review of the Oldest Stories Podcast that I was seriously considering buying his books (based on the podcast) and reviewing those as well. But I no longer have any plans to purchase or review his books.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Birds Vocabulary
(TESOL Materials--Animals)
* Pip's Big Bird Day--created from this chat here
* Slideshow: slides, pub (I used this slideshow to present the vocabulary, and also to do a board race. I also print them out and use them as materials for quiz quiz trade.)
[Note: This vocabulary is based on the vocabulary from pages 124 and 125 of Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas. But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on animal vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]
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