Outside the Box









Just so you know what I am
up to when I am
not at work
on these fool boxes!  List
represents recent items
"enjoyed" and
accompanying  BoxBoy
"amusement rating".


@@@@@     Junior Mints
@@@@             Big Salad
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                 Beefarino
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               Marble Rye
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                            Mutton

BOOKS

Abandon Ship! ... Bill Jim
Davis                   @@@@@

Just After Sunset ...
Stephen King         @@@@

Bones of Betrayal ...
Jefferson Bass     @@@@@

Nine Lives, Death & Life
in New Orleans ...
Dan
Baum                        @@@

Ford County ... John
Grisham               @@@@@

The Fourth of July ...
Peter de Bolla        @@@@

Tyrannosaur Canyon ...
Douglas Preston  @@@@@

The Jesus Papers ...
Michael Baigent          @@

DVD / VHS

Harry Brown          @@@@

The Mostly Unfabulous
Social Life of Ethan Green
                            
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Clash of the Titans            
                            
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Unthinkable        @@@@@

The Uninvited     @@@@@

The Crazies          @@@@@

Halloween II (2009)           
                            
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I Am Legend        @@@@@

CDs

Meteora ... Linkin Park      
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Santa Mental ... Steve
Lukather & Friends            
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Mothership ... Led
Zeppelin              @@@@@

How the West Was Won
...
Led Zeppelin    @@@@@

So I'm Told ... Lee Dwyze   
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Tales of Mystery &
Imagination (Deluxe
Edition)
... Alan Parsons
Project                @@@@@

I Robot ... APP     @@@@@

Pyramid ... APP    @@@@@

Eve ...APP            @@@@@

The Turn of a Friendly
Card
... APP         @@@@@

BoxBoy's Links of the Month Club

Somebody I do know (and like): Karma Krafts by Kimberley

Somebody I don't know (but would like):  Bill's Retro World

More Customers Singing BoxBoy's Praises

I can't wait to see (David Cassidy).  You
have been a whole lot of fun, too, and I
have really enjoyed doing business with
you.  I might just have to order some
special items as gifts for family and
friends.  Thanks for being so nice.  P.S.  I
got my beautiful box today, and I love the
little surprise tucked inside!  You did a
fantastic job, and you can bet you will be
hearing from me again.  Take care and I
wish you much success on your
business."   Winston-Salem, NC.


"The box (BioBox) was waiting
there for me at work this
morning.  I just wanted to thank
you so much ... it looks awesome!
  I know my friend will love it.  I've
shown some friends at work and
I've got people interested in your
work, so I'll be forwarding them
your information."  --  
Washington, DC

"We Got the box (Ragtime).  It was gorgeous and my Mom loved it.  You're so
talented!  Thanks!"   P.S.  "Again and again your talent shines in the work I
order from you.  Thank you for creating these beautiful pieces of art that I am
proud to give as gifts."
Valley Stream, NY
What's
On My
Mind!
The Weakly News
More for your hopeful amusement, this column
features examples of why I have absolutely no
inclination to practice journalism
professionally ever again.  The photos are ones
that I (or somebody with whom I worked with
and probably didn't like one tiny little bit)
took during my stint as sports/features editor
for my hometown weekly newspaper in the
early 1980s right after college graduation.  The
people in these photos and their "exhibits" are
real (who could make this stuff up?) and all of
these pictures were published in that leading
newspaper.   I wish I'd kept more of these
pictorial treasures. I can hear Pulitzer calling.  
But I'm very glad that I carted around these
few that I have in my possession for the past
30 years.  So, like a talented Mr. Ripley, believe
it or not!  And ain't that incredible?
BoxBoy Makes the D(C)
List!
Your very own BoxBoy
had the pleasure of
selling a trinket box to
the Honorable Anthony
Williams, Mayor Emeritus
of the District of
Columbia, at the 2006
Downtown Holiday Market
in our nation's capital.  
BoxBoy hates publicity
and there were cameras
clicking and a plethora of
mayoral entourage
staring the entire time
the Mayor contemplated
his purchase.  No big deal
... only one of the heads
(with antlers) fell to the
ground whilst BB wrote
up the purchase. We had
truly hoped our Barack
would come on down in
'09 and continue his
ceaseless spending.  He
didn't make it.
Box of the Month
...Homely At the Table!

Images only parents could love (but still be
ashamed of at the same time).   Above, a
sweetly, mild mannered BoxBoy as he
appeared posing for the school photographer.  
Below, Christmas morning in West Tennessee
sometime in the mid 1960s.  Below, the
grandmother looks adoringly at rugrats greedily
accepting Santa's offering. Oh, the cute one in
front of the cardboard fireplace is the baby
brother.
Pretty In The Cradle ...
A BoxBoy
Halloween
Ah Good Eva-Ning
Quoth the Late, Great Sivad ...
A BoxBoy Christmas...
... in the Volunteer State

A BoxBoy Blizzard
Quoth the BoxBoy ... sNOw More!
Couldn't get
enough in
About BoxBoy?
 Read on...
Very Scary Clown
Galleria
from the BoxBoy Archives
Good Gourd, Man!
I hate clowns.  Period.  No clown has ever done
me harm.  I was never terrorized by a circus
clown.  It's an acquired adult phobia, and many
people I know suffer a similar delusion.  Clowns
are nasty and antsy.  
Clowns are evil and vile.  Part of my therapy is
to make scary clown boxes while being
surrounded by them in my art studio.  Never let
it be said that the BoxBoy is rational or sane.  
Quite the opposite is true!
Kwit Klowning Around