Snackbar Confidential

I was fortunate to find that another one of my favorite fanzines now has a blog. Snackbar Confidential is a cut-and-paste/xerox operation I found through the pages of (the now defunct) Psychotronic magazine and have been enjoying for a few years. Lance Laurie is an artist by trade and has been self-publishing this fanzine using old newspaper clippings; sometimes the clippings have comments by the author, sometimes they stand alone, but the finsihed product says something about our past and our culture, no matter how odd or memorable (or both!) This magazine is not for everyone but I must say I enjoy seeing ads from my past, everything from drive-ins to old snack-pack ads to funny face drink mix to, dare I say, Vicki Lawrence! An enjoyable and often funny trip down memory lane and the comments are very often funny, sort of sub-concious freudian slips.

Check out http://snackbar-confidential.blogspot.com/ for the blog

Seems everyone is using Blogspot now-adays (to hell with Facebook and Twiter, down with Myspace!) Check this one out: http://jedaniels-adventures.blogspot.com/, new information to me from my friends in the Yesteryearland Yahoo Group and another site about animation, cartoons and nostalgia

It's been awhile since I last posted, at least a couple weeks (today being Aug 1). Better than my usual track record I suppose.
Recently found two blogs that are really interesting:
http://jedaniels-adventures.blogspot.com/, a site for old cartoons and nostalgia
http://hungovergourmet.blogspot.com/, blog written by the author of the hungover gormet site and fanzine. I first heard about the fanzine through Michael Weldon's (now-gone >sniff<) Psychotronic Video magazine. Great little digest zine that unfortunately is now ending it's run. I implore you to check out the blog as well as http://www.hungovergourmet.com/, both great.

I have also jumped back on the health bandwagon, sort of. I have limited my breads and am eating more veg and whole foods, I have started walking again (15-20min to start), I have limited my smoking (hey, it's a start!) and I have opened a new yahoo mailbox to join a freecycle group. This is a great idea if you are looking to rid yourself of useful items you no longer want. I have always believed in giving back to the community and have taght Bumper the same thing. Since starting on the rec room (yes, again) I have taked several trips to the Salvation Army and listed items on Freecycle - the rewards are tremendous!. You have a feeling of accoplishement and, if you're like me, you may be able to pick up useful items in return (we now have a crock pot and a vegetable serving dish from freecycle and I picked up Men in Black, Matrix and a Four Lads cassette from the "army").

Beware, freecycle can be addicting and is worse than E-Bay because it's FREE!

See Ya Soon.