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If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I'd love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your permission, may feature your thoughts in a future article because the best stories are the ones we share.

Time Lapse Map of Europe

1000 years of time shifting national borders of Europe. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something…

Beautiful Things

I just want to make beautiful things even if nobody cares. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you…

Time Magazine Bares Breast

Keep me abreast when Time magazine hits the stands. It depicts a three year child sucking his mother’s bare breast. All the boobs will come…

Rock Band Sandwiches

What would your favorite rock bands taste like as a sandwich? Here are a  few yummy bands for you. AC/DC: Beer-battered kangaroo sausage, sliced hard-boiled…

Tanorexic Mom Doll

What is one to do with a warehouse full of Sarah Palin dolls? You rip the head off and replace it with a Tanorexic Mom…

Pac-Man Power Up Energy Drink

I need one of these Pac-Man Power Up Energy Drinks. Some people grab a mushroom. Others eat spinach. Some even whisper a secret magic word.…

Reminiscences

Well that sucked. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from…

The Death of Maurice Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak died on Tuesday May 8th 2012 in Danbury, Connecticut at the age of 83. He always fashioned…

Live Heroes

Live superheroes by illustrator Des Taylor. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love…

Finger Superheroes

Please no fingering jokes. It’s finger superheroes! Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d…

Man Getting Down to Work

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Snapshots of a man getting down to work. Tony M.If this article made you think,…

Everybody is a Genius

“Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll spend its whole life believing that it…

It Goes On

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on. -Robert Frost Tony M.If this article made you think, brought…

Happiness is…

Happiness is playing in a sandbox. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love…

Fade to Black

Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call.-Seventh…

Bat-Stache!

The chicks dig the Bat-Stache. Freak or geek? Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently,…

Bandage

If I were personally to define religion I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody…

The Insulting Epitaph

John Laird McCaffery’s epitaph was commissioned by himself, his ex-wife and mistress. The grave has caught the eyes of many in a well known cemetery…

Chris Ware: The New Yorker Cover

Summer is around the corner and so is the new Chris Ware New Yorker cover. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a…

Guy Fawkes: Street Fighting Man

Everywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy‘Cause summer’s here and the time is right for fighting in the street, boy Well then…

Snow White and the 47 Dwarfs

The Brothers Grimm never had names for the seven dwarfs. Walt Disney came up with 47 and dwindled it down to 7 names. Snoopy was…