Tag Archives: time

Wham-O Super-Book

By tone | Published: December 9, 2008
Toys used to be simple and fun. Today toys are too elaborate and complicated. These over priced toys don’t hold up a candle in the wind to Wham-O’s history of fun toys for all. The vintage packaging takes you back to a time when things were simpler and easy. [...]
Posted in books, toys | Also tagged Book, candle, childhood, Frisbee, Fun, history, hold, Hoop SuperBall, O Super-, O. Wham-, packaging, simple, Tim Walsh, today, veteran, vintage, wind, year | Comments closed

Farts

By tone | Published: December 3, 2008
Need we say more. If you are going to glance at this book, beware and prepare to be embarrassed. Farts — Sure, everyone does it; but everyone tries to hide it a little differently. Farts: A Spotter’s Guide will help you pinpoint he (or she) who dealt it [...]
Posted in books, kid books, weird | Also tagged Book, Deadly, everyone, Farts, field, flatulation, glance, Guide, habitat, range, Silent-but, Spotter, Travis Millard, voice, wind | Comments closed

The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition

By tone | Published: October 15, 2008
The Elements of Style is celebrating 50 years this October. Well blogging has shuffled that book to the side. Somebody should read them their Miranda rights for breaking linguistic etiquette. This is the bible for any serious writer out there. With lagging newspaper sales and the melting pot of new [...]
Posted in books, cartoons, promotion | Also tagged Anniversary, bible, Book, Cornell, E. B. White, Edition, English, etiquette, Miranda, newspaper, October, Oliver Strunk, Professor Strunk, side, Somebody, style, William Strunk, writer, writing | Comments closed

Opus Comic Strip to End

By tone | Published: October 7, 2008
As of November 2nd, Opus will finally end. This Sunday only strip has been an disappointment as many other incarnations of Bloom County. Calvin and Hobbes is a perfect example of knowing when to hang it up. Berkeley Breathed just didn’t know when to go gently into that night [...]
Posted in comics, newsarama | Also tagged Berkeley, Bloom County, Breathed, Calvin, Comic, didn, disappointment, example, Hobbes, legacy, night, November, Opus, Read, retirement, Snoopy, stratosphere, Strip, Sunday | Comments closed

The New Parents’ Fun Book: Laugh Yourself Silly Through Baby’s First Year!

By tone | Published: August 25, 2008
If there were a manual on how to nurture and survive raising your baby for the first year, this book is for you. You have to have a wry sense of humor to raise your little bundle of joy. There will be days you [...]
Posted in books, promotion | Also tagged Baby, Book, Charlotte, company, David, Fun, Handling, Kelly, merchandise, New, Parent, Pregnancy, Safe, sense, Sopp, Tips, Wry | Comments closed