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I’ve been writing about pop culture for almost 20 years and I can’t imagine stopping any time soon. Here you’ll find all of my current articles and an archive of the stuff I wrote for my defunct site, Branded in the 80s.
Halloween, discount Wal-Mart style…
One of the things I wanted to do this year for Halloween countdown was to document the...
Peel Here #47, Dueling Wolfmen!
As I promised a couple weeks ago today will start the 31 days of insanity as I try and make a...
Cartoon Commantary #17, Spookiness in Space…
I was re-reading over the first Galaxy High commentary and I think that I came off a little...
Jones Soda, a new Halloween tradition…
Of all the new Halloween product traditions popping up in the last few years (plastic electric...
Cartoon Commentary! #16, Wait until you see what’s in the last screen shot…
Well, here I go with my first episode of Galaxy High on Cartoon Commentary!, and I hope I...
Peel Here #46, a sticky Halloween anyone?
Well, seeing as how the wonderfully spooky, ghoulish, costumed, candy-addled, holiday season is...
More Halloweeny Wonka than you can shake a package of Nerds at!
All right, I just really can't hold back on the Halloween blogging goodness any longer. I've...
Cartoon Commentary! #15, In space a giant chicken will make you scream…
As I've been mentioning ad nauseam for the last couple weeks, I'm going to switch my focus on...
Peel Here #45, Starring Brad Garrett as Hulk Hogan?
I figured it was time to bust out with some stickers which broach a subject that I am sad to...
Cartoon Commentary! #14, Presto the giant killer…
So here we are at episode 13 of the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. I just wanted to remind...
Okay, who wants the realistically sized gummy frog’s legs…
I was planning on holding back any Halloween commentary until October when I'm going to go...
Peel Here #44, Who ya gonna call…why yourself, after this easy 10-step course…
In the spirit of straightening out my muddled memories of my childhood, I've finally solved a...
Cartoon Commentary! #13, D&D in space, or more likely the other way around…
It's funny how life gets in the way of website content updates. I was supposed (I say supposed,...
Cartoon Commentary! #12, So many editorial wipes…
This week I'm going to tackle the last three episodes of the 1st season of the Dungeons and...
Peel Here #43, Who ya gonna call when a panda gets loose in your home? I guess the Ghostbusters…
Even though it might seem like I'm more into Filmations Ghostbusters after reading this blog, I...
Cartoon Commentary! #11, The unintentional transformation episode…
I've been thinking a little more about the format of this column again, and I think I might...
Cartoon Commentary! #10, Something Skeletal This Way Comes…
I ended up doing a bit of unintentional research on Dungeons and Dragons this weekend as I...
Peel Here #42, in which there is a surprising lack of Cobra stickers…
Of all the cartoons and toys of the 80s, the one that I was into the most was probably G.I....
Cartoon Commentary! #9, Where does Eric get all those wonderful toys?
So, moving right along, we're going to take a look at episode #8 of the Dungeons and Dragons...
Cartoon Commentary! #8, Here comes Man-Thing!
With today's Cartoon Commentary!, wherein I take a look at the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon,...
Cartoon Commentary! #7, Cawamung-a dude!
Well, I missed this episode last week, but who's really keeping track of a schedule right? It's...
Peel Here #41, Hey, we need more Stuff in Stickers magazine…
As I promised, I'm finally getting around to talking about an issue of Stickers Magazine again,...
Cartoon Commentary! #6, with 30% more Dungeon Master!
So with episode 5 of the D&D cartoon, In Search of the Dungeon Master, we finally start...
Cartoon Commentary! #5
Getting back into the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon this week, I'm going to pick up where I left...
Peel Here #40, the most powerful stickers in the universe!
I think I'll do the proposed stickers magazine column next week and instead take a look at...
Cartoon Commentary! #4
So I think I like the pacing of covering 3 episodes a week, though only 1 a day or so, pacing...
Cartoon Commentary! #3
So jumping back into Dungeons and Dragons today, we'll take a look at the second episode which...
Cartoon Commentary! #2
In preparing for this week’s Cartoon Commentary! post I think I may have bitten off more that I...
Peel Here #39, Livin’ La Vida Cow Stomach Soup…
There seems to be this trend with pop music where at times it becomes so manufactured that it...
Peel Here #38, Why are the wheels so important? Shouldn’t they be the Ring Warriors?
I'm still trying to catch my breath after a nutty weekend full of video games, Dim Sum, and...