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These Are Those Things

… that I love & that I am inspired by

These are crazy times.  There is so much out there, so much that is available to us.  Yet somehow it seems harder to find.  Maybe there really is too much and we need some kind of filter.  Or maybe its that its really hard to be heard above the din.  So much money and effort is spent trying to make us care about things that we shouldn’t.  We need the amateurs to speak up, those that do it out of love and true passion.  

These Are Those Things is dedicated to the things that brighten our day: the good work, the original work, the work that strives and does not settle.  The work that is not afraid to fail and not afraid to reach, to move into uncharted terrain.  These are those things that make me want to keep working, to keep creating, to keep sharing.  
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Bowl Of Noses

The Fifty Greatest Cartoons Ever!


The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals is a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck.  Five of the top fifteen are up on the internet for you viewing pleasure, including one of our faves Duck Amuck.  Porky In Wackyland is so great (and not available on line).  If you don’t have the Looney Tunes Collection, we recommend a netflix order or purchase.  Vol. 1 has Duck Amuck.  Vol. 2 has Porky In Wackyland.  No life is complete without having seen Wackyland.  Seriously.  You have our word.  Check these out online.

2. Duck Amuck (1953)
6. Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
9. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1951)
13. Steamboat Willie (1928)
15. Bad Luck Blackie (1949)