by Shawn Robare | Feb 27, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I think I’m officially off my yearly hiatus now, but this week I’ll be on vacation from the day job and hopefully hidden deep away from the outside world somewhere on Walt Disney World property. But I didn’t want to leave the site with no...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 22, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ve been having a lot of fun with these League assignments, and this week’s topic is no exception. Brian over at Cool & Collected posed the question, what 80s kids/teen flick would you like to see get a present day sequel with the same cast now...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 22, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
As a kid I completely missed out on the whole M.U.S.C.L.E. men craze as I was concentrating all my playtime and allowance money on Garbage Pail Kids stickers and G.I. Joe & Transformers figures. It’s not that I wasn’t aware of them, or how cool...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 20, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Coming back off of a hiatus always feels a little herky-jerky, what with trying to dig up some inspiration and cleaning off the cobwebs of my practically non-existent HTML skills. This year was a little different in that over the last few months I’ve been...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 16, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So last week I participated in the inaugural week of “The League”, a themed writing assignment that is the brainchild of Brian over at Cool & Collected. It was really fun to tackle a topic, and then to see what all the other participants had to...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 8, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Recently Brian over at Cool and Collected posed the idea that a bunch of us like-minded writers, toy-fanatics, bloggers, and collectors should come together once a week or so and all write separate articles with a singular topic. This way we can all get some...