It’s Movember and we celebrate the moustache/mustache depending how you want to spell it. When I was young I always wondered why the King of Hearts never had a mustache and he carried the sword behind his back. He is a bit different from the others. Can we trust the King of Hearts? Tony M.If […]
The purpose of a soldier is to die. Tony M.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 […]
Whatever you want to do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don’t do it for anyone else. Tony M.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 […]
I still love NY. Designer-artist Sebastian Errazuriz’s New York city studio was paralyzed after Hurricane Sandy. Unable to work and tired of watching the disaster unfold on the news, Errazuriz decided to design something to help raise much-needed relief funds. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see […]
Chuck Jones, Tex Avery and Friz Freleng are perceived as the animators who built the foundation of the Warner Brothers animation studio. The McKimson brothers, Bob, Chuck, and Tom McKimson all played significant roles in the success of the studio but are seldom mentioned in the same breathe. Bob McKimson the better known of the […]
The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy worries me. Jason Kottke got me thinking when he posted this on his site today. He is so right about what is truly important. You have to stop and think. We all have unique ways of digesting what happened, now it is time to help as much as we can. […]
Things we say today which we owe to Shakespeare. Tony M.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 […]
God bless the net. Just when I thought I saw it all. Shoestrology: Discover Your Birthday Shoe is something only your wife could understand. The horoscope book for your shoe day. Combining astrology with the chic art of shoe design, Shoestrology offers a trendy interpretation of your personality as defined by your birthday shoe. Astrologers Tali and […]
The Life of Pi according to Calvin and Hobbes. With apologies to Yann Martel and Bill Watterson. I could not help myself, a boat, a kid and a tiger. It was only natural. I am trying to convince my kids to read the book before the movie comes out. They don’t want to see the […]
Houston we have a problem. If you never heard of 80legs, you are lucky. One of my main sites was shut down because of this pesky little bot that crawls your site and mines information known only to the user. The bot originates from Houston and has been causing havoc on servers globally. My hosting […]
Who could forget the classic, Halloween is a Grinch Night from Dr. Seuss. Well, maybe we did all forget. Hard to believe but this cartoon won an Emmy in 1977. Go figure. The only thing the Grinch stole that year was the Emmy. No disrespect to DePatie-Freleng who produced the animated short, Chuck Jones did […]
Movember is almost here. Time to grow that stache for charity. In the spirit of Movember, this mustachioed fleece neck warmer is ideal for those unable to grow one. Tony M.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 […]