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A Beginner’s Guide to Punk Rock

I’m not sure why I felt compelled to write this post…I just thought it would be fun. We’ll go over a little punk history, what it means to be punk rock, significant punk rock bands, and the future of punk. … Continue reading

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These People Are Stupid: Billabong XXL Award Video Playlist

Surfers are usually thought of as mellow, soulful, at-one-with-nature hippies. But having lived in California most of my life, there is definitely a slice of the surfing population that’s heinously stupid. Today’s video playlist shall demonstrate this. Rather than talking … Continue reading

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Can You Guess What The 6 Ingredients Of A Successful Artist Are?

We all know people who think art is bullshit. You might be one of them. Sometimes I think I’m one. Is art even important? Why do some paintings that look like Kindergarten scribble sell for millions? Then you run into … Continue reading

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What If There Was Another Internet?

I’ve been dreaming of this for a while – a second internet. I called it “Internet 2″. The idea was that computer and mobile devices would all perform a secondary task of moving information around this new internet (via a … Continue reading

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Thorium: GREAT, GOOD, GO, DO IT, HURRY UP! Save the World Already!

Thanks to my obsession with watching vbs.tv at night, hoping to find new episode of Vice Guide to Travel – I stumbled across a mini documentary called Thorium Dream. Nothing has stimulated my “nerd endings” in quite some time as … Continue reading

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How to Play Guitar for Beginners

Playing guitar is one of the most stress relieving activities I know of. It’s actually so important at toobbox.com that we have made it one of our commandments (See commandment #8 on our home page). You can read this post, … Continue reading

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The Traba Diet – How to Eat Naturally, Healthy and Chemical Free

These are ten neurotic things I try do in terms of eating healthy. But it’s not what you think. I don’t mean eating “fruits and veggies” healthy. I’m talking about being careful of what chemicals you ingest while eating. And … Continue reading

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Why The Occupy Movement Benefits The Rich and Wealthy

The wealthy should be overjoyed that these occupy protestors are hard at work protesting. They are trying to change a broken down and flawed system, that if left on course, will ruin everything for everyone. I’m going to go over … Continue reading

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Old man and kid from the movie UP have morphed out of the screen and are now living among us.

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Will This Be The Last Coachella EVER?

Considering that THIS is 2012 and I think the Mayans predicted sometime in December the end of the world…..man I should of went! WTF?!?!? I usually complain about the prices, doing taxes and having too many other things to do … Continue reading

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