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Of Hand and Heart: In Defense of the Love Letter

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Of Hand and Heart: In Defense of the Love Letter I’ve got a bone to pick with Valentine’s Day. And, no, it’s not because I was left eating a box of chocolates alone on Tuesday night. It’s because of the plastic coating the whole…
Academy Awards

Pencils and Pop Culture: The Oscars is Fixing What Isn’t Broken

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Pencils and Pop Culture: The Oscars is Fixing What Isn't Broken I have a love-hate relationship with the Oscars. On the one hand, my family and I throw an Oscar party every year, as we will do at end of this month when the awards air on…

Pencils and Pop Culture: High Fashion at Super Bowl Half Time

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Pencils and Pop Culture: High Fashion at Super Bowl Half Time So there I was, watching the Super Bowl, nominally interested in the game itself (I was busy paying attention to the commercials), when they announced that the half-time show was…
Super Bowl Commercials

Greatest Super Bowl Commercials of All Time – Part Two

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Greatest Super Bowl Commercials of All Time - Part Two Welcome back, Studio 602ers! Hope everyone is recovering nicely from a day full of chips, dips and the libations of your choice. Sixty-two commercials aired during the 2012 Super Bowl,…
Super Bowl Commercials

Are You Ready for Some Super Bowl Commercials? And Football, Too.

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Are You Ready for Some Super Bowl Commercials? And Football, Too. Well Studio 602ers, it’s almost that time once more. Time to bust out your game face, time to gather round the sofa, time to consume your weight in fried mozzarella sticks…
Winnie the Pooh

New Winnie the Pooh Sketches to Sell at Auction

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New Winnie the Pooh Sketches to Sell at Auction Should the robot apocalypse ever come, I believe I have stumbled upon a sure-fire solution for distinguishing humans from their cyborg doppelgangers: read some quotes out loud from Winnie the…
Golden Globes

Pencils and Pop Culture: The Golden Globes Connection

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Pencils and Pop Culture: The Golden Globes Connection Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony celebrated the best and brightest in the television and film during a star-studded gala hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. However, one…
Comic Book Atomika

Comic Books, Creativity and Sal Abbinanti

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Last week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with comic artist Sal Abbinanti. Sal has worked on projects for Marvel and DC, but is best known for his self-published comic Atomika. Interview with Comic Book Creator Sal Abbinanti   Comics.…
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Everlasting Intrigue

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Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Everlasting Intrigue There are stories so universal that they are told over and over again. The tales of Don Quixote have been made into over forty different operas; Romeo and Juliet have had their stars cross’d…

Stephen Sondheim and an Angel Brighten up my New Year, Twice

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Stephen Sondheim and an Angel Brighten up my New Year, Twice Last night I had to make an unexpected drive back to the Monterey area beach house on the final day of vacation after having returned home earlier in the day then finding that some…