by Slick McFavorite | Feb 18, 2018 | Open Your Toys Cast
So Toy Fair is this weekend and it always brings a rush of news. I remember being in that rat race. Not that we were ever a contender, but I still felt the pressure to get you guys news as fast as possible from the cons we frequented. There’s something that...
by Slick McFavorite | Feb 6, 2018 | Open Your Toys Cast
So there is a lot talk about using your platform. A platform can really be anything. It doesn’t need to be a national stage. It can be something as simple as parenting your kids. It’s an opportunity for your voice to be heard. What you do with that is key....
by Slick McFavorite | Jan 26, 2018 | Open Your Toys Cast
Finally, some progress. I spent all last week unsubscribing from emails. I turned off all my Facebook group notifications except for from friends and of course our group. Since I had not unsubscribed from email and more importantly, I had Facebook emailing me every...
by Slick McFavorite | Jan 13, 2018 | Open Your Toys Cast
Remember a couple of shows ago, I talked about a new site? Well as you can tell that hasn’t happened. There has been a lot of other things that needed to get done, that just haven’t got done. Every day I wake up, get Lil’ Miss McFavorite ready, take...
by Slick McFavorite | Dec 26, 2017 | Open Your Toys Cast
By that title, you might think this is another poor me post. Actually, I just think it’s funny and if you can’t smile at Christmas, when can you? I think I got that from my friend Carlos. His birthday is actually on Christmas. I thought I got a raw deal...
by Slick McFavorite | Dec 14, 2017 | Open Your Toys Cast
So this has been planned for the past year, but as with most things in my life, it just kept getting put off. Well after a couple of months of job hunting it is very clear I need to update my skillset. This will be my first real project (i.e. not a tutorial, online...
by Slick McFavorite | Nov 27, 2017 | Open Your Toys Cast
Well, it happened again. Awhile back you heard me whine about losing my new iPhone. That was at the start of my unemployment. Well just as things are getting really tight around here financially, I did another dumb thing. As with my iPhone, I was rushing. This time I...
by Slick McFavorite | Nov 13, 2017 | Open Your Toys Cast
Sometimes the harshest mistress is reality itself. She is real and inescapable. Trust me, I’ve been running from her for months. Well, she has caught up with me and it’s finally time to do what I need to do. You know what? It feels good. I think we can...
by Slick McFavorite | Oct 31, 2017 | Open Your Toys Cast
Every year about this time I really regret not doing something more elaborate for Halloween. More elaborate decorations, more elaborate costume, just a more elaborate Halloween in general. After all, it is my second favorite time of year. For my first favorite,...
by Slick McFavorite | Oct 20, 2017 | Open Your Toys Cast, TFCon
Fuckers fuckers fuckers! Yeah, that’s right, you heard me. I don’t even like using profanity when I write, but in this instance, it serves two purposes. The first goes along with what I was saying in my last post. The sense of community was insane at TFCon...