Author Archives: Tony Sneed

The following is a comment I posted to an article on the web site of the Ventura County Star on the man who just plead guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter in the death of my niece Cynthia on October 16, … Continue reading →

Today Kerrigan took his very first steps! (Click here to see the video – you’ll need a high-speed Internet connection.) He had already started to babble while I was away on my trip to New York and Los Angeles. But … Continue reading →

2007 started on a sad note, with the passing of my father, Thomas Sneed. He had just turned 76 on December 24th, but shortly after that his condition started to deteriorate. First his kidneys started to give out, which in … Continue reading →

2006 has indeed been a pivotal year for our family. Not only did we incorporate a new member into our family, our son Kerrigan, but I also underwent a somewhat dramatic career change, coupled with moving from Southern California to … Continue reading →

Can we Really Can Spam? Today I woke up, mad as hell, and decided I wasn’t going to take it anymore (reference to the 1976 movie, Network). I’m talking
about Spam. No, not the Monty Python Skit, but the phenomenon of unsolicited email, which starts out as a trickle, but soon culminates into a torrent, forcing many to
relinquish that old email address or take some other drastic measure. I have a Hotmail account I opened many years ago, but because of spam, I had to limit incoming mail
to people already in my address book. Because folks regularly change their email addresses (probably Continue reading →

Atop the London Eye I went to London to teach there for
the first time, bringing along Zuzana and Kerrigan. While I
was teaching, they were touring London and seeing all the
sights. Finally, Zuzana and I celebrated our fifth wedding
anniversary atop the London Eye, a humongous Ferris
Wheel that hoists you in a capsule 135 meters (or about
400 feet) into the air overlooking the Themes River and
Big Ben. Kerrigan came along for the ride. Wonder if
he’ll remember anything? Continue reading →

Tony’s World-Famous Chili Sneedorino! OK,
maybe there’s a little hyperbole there. But after 23
years, I think it’s time to reveal the secret recipe for
my Chili Kahlua, otherwise known as Chili Sneedorino. I
first discovered the recipe back in 1983 when some
friends of mine in Thousand Oaks gave it to me. I even
still have the little card where I first wrote the recipe. God
only knows why I still have it – I don’t think
I’ve managed to hand onto anything else as long.
J Actually, the recipe as I now make it is not the same as
that written on the recipe Continue reading →