Tony Island Blog - Sane Thoughts for an Insane World

Welcome to my blog! As I mentioned, I have a decent size collection of DVDs. I've been trying to wean the collection down a bit, getting rid of those I probably won't be viewing any time soon. That got me to thinking - do I really need any of the DVDs I have? I mean - how many times am I gonna re-watch them? If I get too many, will I run out of time to view them a second or third time? I know I need my Space:1999 DVDs , but other than that - do I need any of the rest? Did I need to purchase two versions of Daredevil ? Daredevil?!? Or the latest James Bond release when I had a perfectly good earlier version? Do I need the complete The Prisoner series? Couldn't I have rented that?? What's the re-watchability factor of my collection?!?! What's the re-watchability factor of your DVD collection? Let us know your "must haves" and those you can do without by leaving a comment below! BTW, don't forget to vote in our "Your Favorite Pony car" Poll on...

Welcome to my blog! Do you like Pony Cars aka Muscle Cars? If so, you're in luck as model year 2010 will see the release of three updated muscle cars from America's auto companies: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro: 2010 Dodge Challenger: 2010 Ford Mustang: I've created a simple Poll (see the side bar on the right) ... vote for your favorite pony car and then defend your choice by leaving a comment below! Poll closes Saturday April 24, 2009 9:00am ET! Start your engines....! Thanks for reading my blog and Follow this Blog! (photos from http://autos.msn.com)

Welcome to my blog! OK, the title to this entry isn't from some weird math course that you took in college and never used again. It has to do with DVD releases - specifically, single TV seasons that are split into 2 Volumes. Thus 1 (volume) + 1 (volume) = 1 TV season! Is there anything more annoying than having a company take a TV series and split it into 2 volumes for each season release? So far, the only company I am aware of doing this consistently is CBS/Paramount. They have done it with The Mod Squad, The Untouchables, The Fugitive and Dynasty, to name just a few off the top of my head. It's not so much that they split one season into two volumes, it's the fact that they charge about the same price as a full season set for each volume! So Dynasty at $25.99/volume is equal to $52/season! That's outrageous! It's not like this is for a current series like Lost or even a Blu-Ray release! Another insult is that your TV series can suddenly be stopped if "sales s...

Welcome to my blog! In Part 1 of "Are you a Collector?", I briefly went over my weird habit of collecting things and asked for input from other collectors. In this entry, I thought I'd outline some of my collections. When I went to sketch some of the details, I was amazed at some of the stuff I collected and other items I had forgotten to think about in terms of a collection. Well here goes.... DVDs - Movies TV series Sports-related Other CDs - Performers Movie/TV Soundtracks Christmas music (a semi-obsession of mine, but I think it's cured!) Books - Non-fiction (esp biographies) Personal Finance TV/Movie related Trading Cards - Non-Sport (movies, tv, art, etc) Sports (mainly one time champion sets, ie World Series, Superbowl) Matchbox Cars - no real breakdown - dates from childhood. Mugs - mainly from places I've (or others) visited Collector plates - Star Wars and Bond There's probably a ton of other little things but the above represents the bulk of my coll...

Welcome to my blog! As I look around my room, I find that I am a collector -- more accurately, a collector of collections. I have tons of stuff that I have picked up over the years -- forgetting about more things than I remember about. Why do people collect? There are many theories out there - some suggesting it goes back to our days as cavemen (hunter, gatherer roles). I read an interesting article about collecting in an issue of AARP magazine (and, no, I'm not a member!!). Don't remember the details, just that it was interesting and that it let me know I'm not alone! (which I knew - but it was nice to know that there are people out there that obssessively collect things - I don't think I'm there yet!). I wonder if some form of depression or other mental state has something to do with the collecting gene? For those that collect, there's a bit of high when you get that new piece to add to your collection. That high usually diminishes and it's off to add more...

Welcome to my blog! Are you a Law and Order guy or gal? Do you believe all crimes should be neatly tied up in an hour - after a few false leads mixed with some twists and turns? If so, you've come to the right blog entry! In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm talking about the TV series " Law & Order " and its various spin-offs. Actually, the only one I've taken a shine to is Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. I really enjoy the cast (except for Ice-T ... he just doesn't seem to be acting) and the stories are usually interesting too. I assume all the series share similar traits - a murder or similar crime committed at the beginning of the episode. The detective team gets involved - follows the path of least resistance to the culprit and finds out - lo and behold, that culprit is not the culprit they want! So back to the investigation trail following more leads and twists till finally the guilty party is found. And put away for good by the ...

Welcome to my blog! Well, I've been blogging for a while and have been using Labels with most of my recent blog entries. For some odd reason, I was thinking labels worked like search terms - instead of as a grouping mechanism for 'like entries'. Actually, I think I knew about the grouping mechanism aspect of blog entry Labels (or tags), but somehow the knowledge got lost in my empty head. Anywho - I think I've cleaned up my Labels, streamlining the list and adding the listing to the menu items on the right -------------------------------------------> Tell me how my labels are doing - am I using them effectively? Can they be further refined to reduce the list? Or should they be added to for nuance? Leave your comments below! Thanks for reading my blog and Follow this Blog!