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Happy Independence Day!
4 hours ago by Paul @ toybender.com
July 4th is here and I'd like to wish all my readers in the United States happy Independence Day, because it is America's birthday today. For the rest of you, I guess you can just sit on it. For today's extra update I sat and asked myself "What does...
Happy Independence Day!
14 hours ago by barbara waters @ knittingpassion.com
Stinkymum is getting her patriot act on . . . check out her various red, white, and blue knit items. She just posts pictures - no patterns and, well . . . something to that scale would take more than a day or so to complete.Sooooooo - if you'd...
One letter at a time
Yesterday by barbara waters @ knittingpassion.com
Sometimes I come across the neatest things. This qualifies as one of them. It helps that the project combines two loves of mine . . . writing and knitting.The Poetry Society in London is celebrating its centenary . . . it is one hundred years old...
Contest Alert! Win a Copy of the Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe 1982-1994 Vol. 2
Yesterday by Paul @ toybender.com
Thanks to the fine people at Krause Publishing, I snagged a copy of The Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe 1982-1994 to give away to one fine Toy Bender fan (or ToyBendinite as you often refer to yourselves at the chapter meetings). That's right, true...
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra - A Collector's Dilema
50 hours ago by Paul @ toybender.com
While cruising the G.I. Joe message boards I noticed that there's a lot of fans that don't seem to like many of the G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra toys because they are based on what looks like a shitty movie and many of the figures don't fit into their...
More dish cloths
07/02/2009 by barbara waters @ knittingpassion.com
Yesterday I told you about Jess at Sticks and Strings. Last night while watching SYTYCD (what??? You don't know what that means? sigh. So You Think You Can Dance, of course) I cast on the Lake Ariel cloth. It is a super easy pattern of only four...
Dark Reign: Black Panther #4
07/01/2009 by Jessica Taylor @ comicbookjournal.net
Dark Reign: Black Panther #4 by Reginald Hudlin and Ken Lashley is a tremendous romp through the afterlife as Black Panther is between life and death, fighting legions of the undead and even encountering a vision of his godlike father in an attempt...
Dark Reign: The Hood #1
07/01/2009 by Jessica Taylor @ comicbookjournal.net
Dark Reign: The Hood #1 is part of a Marvel limited series by Jeff Parker and Kyle Hotz. The Hood and company are basically superpowered bad boys who are into to breaking the law and making money. All in all, the first issue was well-rounded. The...
Batman in Barcelona: Dragon's Knight #1
07/01/2009 by Jessica Taylor @ comicbookjournal.net
Batman in Barcelona: Dragon's Knight #1, is a one-shot by Mark Waid and Diego Olmos which takes Bruce Wayne with Batman in tow to Barcelona to find and destroy Killer Croc. As coincidence would have it, he must confront the killer at the festival...
Daredevil #118
07/01/2009 by Jessica Taylor @ comicbookjournal.net
Daredevil # 118, which is Return of the King part three, by Ed Brubaker and Micheal Lark, John Lucas, and Stefano Gaudiano, is a nice human-interest Daredevil story, but unfortunately is not anything that has not been done before. The Owl is an old...
Green Lantern: Blackest Night #0
07/01/2009 by Jessica Taylor @ comicbookjournal.net
In the preview to Blackest Night we see Green Lantern and the Flash wax philosophocial about the death of Batman. It shows the dual side to Bruce Wayne's nature, as he was Hal Jordan's best friend at times then at times, worst enemy. This issue...
Toybender's 1000th Post
07/01/2009 by Paul @ toybender.com
Today marks a milestone for both the internet and the toy collecting community as a whole, because this is the 1000th post on Toybender. Please join me in a round of self congratulatory applause. I'm also giving myself the cool stamp. If any post...
July first!
07/01/2009 by barbara waters @ knittingpassion.com
Okay, I don't know about YOU . . . but when we get to the fourth of July I am starting to think summer's over, it's almost time for school to start, what the heck happened to my summer?Am I the only one? Yeah, I didn't think so.We are having a MUCH...
The Newport Bay Candle Company
07/01/2009 by Shelly @ waxandbubbles.com
The Newport Bay Candle Company located in Depoe Bay, Lincoln City and Newport Oregon offers the most exotic and unusual candle scents you could ever want or dream of smelling. The candles are made of either gel or wax and offer the best in scents...
Stop that hair growth once and for all
06/30/2009 by Shelly @ waxandbubbles.com
Hair growth is a natural occurring event with the body, and hair on our skin is there for the main purpose of keeping us warm. When hair is in the appropriate places there is no needs for removal, but as human’s evolve more and more hair on the...
Astonishing X-Men #29
06/30/2009 by Jessica Taylor @ comicbookjournal.net
Astonishing X-Men #29 by Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi is a prime example of why the Marvel-style of production is simple, and creates great books. Using this approach the artwork is beautiful and lead the entire story from cutscene through the...
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation#2
06/30/2009 by Jessica Taylor @ comicbookjournal.net
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Apaptation #2 from IDW press by Simon Furman and Jon Davis-Hunt is a typical adaptation o any blockbuster, short, action-packed, yet not heavy on plot, nor sense. The artwork fell flat, and as far as...
Brighten your face with serums from Luminoso Studio
06/30/2009 by Shelly @ waxandbubbles.com
Luminoso Studios is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and is the top forefront in the anti-aging; sun damaged skin and changes to the skin through age and other damages. They are the company that helps bring the skin to its youthful appearance with...
TAtTF: The Centurions
06/30/2009 by Paul @ toybender.com
Today, I present to you a commercial for the little known 1980s toy property known as Centurions by Kenner. I recently became reacquainted with the Centurions when I found their cartoon airing on the Boomerang network:I had Ace McCloud and my...
Nature's colors
06/30/2009 by barbara waters @ knittingpassion.com
I wish I could duplicate in yarn the colors God has given us in nature. I told you yesterday about our trip to Homer - the colors were spectacular in the sunlight! The greens of the Devil's Club, the blue/lilac of the lupine growing alongside the...
Check out the aromatherpay products from Tisserand
06/29/2009 by Shelly @ waxandbubbles.com
Tisserand offers a wide range of aromatherapy products that are not only exceptional, but will give you a new view on essential oils.The natural products carried by Tisserand are infused with essential oil and include everything from massage oil...
Close Knit
06/29/2009 by barbara waters @ knittingpassion.com
Hubby and I had an R&R day today. It's my last Monday off in my end-of-the-fiscal-year catch-up on days off so we decided to take a run to Homer - at the end of the road.Our family - two daughters - 7 grandchildren - 2 sons-in-law . . . is pretty...
Rehydrate the skin with gels from DNA
06/29/2009 by Shelly @ waxandbubbles.com
Many of us, especially women more than men notice a change in skin texture and tone as we age. The skin loses a lot of elasticity and texture when it ages along with the rest of our body. We try our best to keep the tone and elasticity there with...
Set-N-Me-Free Body Wash
06/29/2009 by Shelly @ waxandbubbles.com
Set-N-Me-Free body wash helps to wash away impurities on the body and dead skin cells as well. The aloe vera enzymes help to slough away the dead skin cells and help to restore the moisture that is lost daily on the skin. It's a deep pore...
Try a spray to help trigger those acupressure points
06/29/2009 by Shelly @ waxandbubbles.com
Many spas look to the beneficial treatments that are out of the ordinary from hat you would use in your own home. With these treatments comes one such as the Chi Herbal Formulas Detox Spray.The Chi Herbal Formulas Detox Spray stimulates the...