by Slick McFavorite | Sep 23, 2011 | Open Your Toys Cast
We did. Wow, did we. Unfortunately there’s something a little sad about the end of summer. I’m sure it stems from childhood and the almighty 3 month sabbatical we always looked forward to. But, even in adulthood I get the same feeling. I think with the...
by Slick McFavorite | Sep 4, 2011 | Open Your Toys Cast
Without a strong rhyme to step to Think of how many weak shows you slept through Time’s up, I’m sorry I kept you Thinking of this, you keep repeating you miss The rhymes from the microphone soloist And you sit by the radio, hand on the dial, soon As you...
by Slick McFavorite | Aug 2, 2011 | Open Your Toys Cast, SDCC
We survived yet another year. Another year of lines, crowds, poorly trained security guards, people a little too excited and people not excited enough. Fanboys, cosplayers, booze and… oh yeah, TOYS! To me, aside from all the great people you meet, that plastic...
by Slick McFavorite | Jul 20, 2011 | Open Your Toys Cast
It’s 30 minutes until we hit the con, so no time for musing. Congratulations to Cliff for winning the SDCC Personal Shopper Contest. Here’s the new podcast. Subscribe to the RSS Subscribe through iTunes Download the .mp3 (2 hours 47 minutes / 76.6 MB)...
by Slick McFavorite | Jul 13, 2011 | Open Your Toys Cast
Since I’m doing everything this time, I’m going to keep the post short. I just wanted to give a big shout out to the sites that make this possible. First off, to everyone that actually participates in the Q&As. Without you we wouldn’t get all the...
by Slick McFavorite | Jul 1, 2011 | Open Your Toys Cast
Thank you, thank you, thank you. That’s right, we put out a call for participation and we got it in spades. Thank you to everyone that has called and emailed. We have the most epic Listener Feedback and Questions section ever. There’s not even a contest....
by Slick McFavorite | Jun 15, 2011 | Botcon, Open Your Toys Cast, Transformers
This may be one of my last chances to do a first-hand account of Botcon. I’ve enjoyed a good run. I managed to attend the last four years and it has been a riot. However, like anything it can start to get a little stale. The schedule is almost identical each...
by Slick McFavorite | Jun 2, 2011 | Open Your Toys Cast
Just a quick thought as it’s the midnight before Botcon and I still have more packing to do. There are people in our lives that truly care and some that don’t, or at least not very much. The best way to tell the difference is if their actions drive you to be a better...
by Slick McFavorite | May 9, 2011 | Open Your Toys Cast
Robert Burns put it almost too eloquently when he wrote "The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley.” Basically outside sources can always interfere with your plans. No matter how much you try to compensate, variables exist that you...
by Slick McFavorite | Apr 8, 2011 | Open Your Toys Cast
I hate deadlines. I mean I HATE deadlines! Not necessarily because it means I have something that needs to get done, but more how they can affect the end product. Some people perform better under pressure. However most of us only think we perform better when in...
