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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Reap As You Sew!
After making a half dozen baby quilts, I found myself with a nice amount of scraps in various shapes and sizes. I love the fabric, and I can’t bring myself to discard the scraps. I hang on to them figuring … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Sewing
Tagged craft, Denyse Schmidt, designer, fabric, handmade, sew, Sewing, Tina Garceau
4 Comments
The G5 iMac is DEAD! Long Live the G5 iMac!
This is a followup to last week’s article where I performed an autopsy on a six-year-old iMac that had a number of ruptured capacitors. Like a low-rent Frankenstein movie, I ended up transplanting the brains from one computer into the … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Joe's Garage
Tagged Apple, bad capacitors, fix, G5, G5 fails to recognize hard drive, hard drive, iMac, Mac, recycle, repurpose, reuse, SATA
6 Comments
What I Miss About Comics Stick-On Sophistication
Did you know that a more mature, sexier, more sophisticated you comes with its own adhesive?
Posted in Blast from the Past, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1971, ad, beard, comic, comics, hairpiece, Marvel, mustache, Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos, sideburns, toupee, vintage
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GIFfy Pop!
Tina tries her hand at an animated GIF file with several pictures of LRW from a few years back.
No Deposit, No Return or Do You Mind If We Don’t Shake Hands?
Hi, gang! It’s Mrs. Crankipants here to present TALES FROM THE SUBWAY The subway can be a convenient way to get around, but every now and then you have to put up with some nonsense – trash, garbled announcements, late … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged ad, billboard, humor, Mrs. Crankipants, sperm donor, subway
26 Comments
Bad Caps! Talking ‘Bout Bad Caps!
Recently I was given the task of hopefully resuscitating a 17″ G5 iMac that is roughly 6 years old, and, in classic fashion, was working just fine until something weird started to happen according to its user. The user is … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Joe's Garage
Tagged Apple Mac, bad capacitors, Capacitor Plague, disassembly, iMac, Macintosh, repair
5 Comments
What I Miss About Comics Roman Legions for $1.98
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged ad, comic, playset, Romans, soldiers, toy, vintage
7 Comments
Incredibly Rare Photo of Mrs. Crankipants
Thanks to tireless investigative work, an incredibly candid and shocking photo of the perpetually camera-shy Mrs. Crankipants has been revealed!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged Amazing Detective, homicidal harlot, Mrs. Crankipants
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The Hell if Rhino! Monkey & Bird Continues!!!
Is Poetry in Motion a charging rhino? Hopefully not for the sake of Mickey the Monkey and Sylvia the Bird! Find out what happens as Monkey & Bird by Williams and Garceau continues TODAY at CO2 Comics! Head on over … Continue reading
Posted in Monkey & Bird, News
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comics, digital illustration, humor, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, Photoshop, rhino, Tina Garceau, webcomic, Willceau
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What I Miss About Comics: Three Days That Won’t Go Away
Three days of peace, love and music. An eternity of crap celebrating it.
Posted in Blast from the Past, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1971, ad, Batann, comic, hippies, music, rock, Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos, smell, vintage, Warner Bros, Woodstock
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From the Disco to the Outer Limits of Space!
It’s an ad from an old Creepy magazine which was a Warren publication. Warren also published Famous Monsters and Eerie which, like spinning racks of comic books in drug stores, are in the dustbin of history.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1970s, ad, Battlestar Galactica, Creepy, disco, geek cred, jacket, street cred, Warren
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Dawn of the Home Video Revolution…Kingdom of the Spiders
This one is for frequent visitor and commenter JT who mentioned this cinematic marvel in the comments section of my last Dawn of the Home Video Revolution post. As luck would have it, Kingdom of the Spiders is one of … Continue reading
What I Miss About Comics – Harry Says
I couldn’t find a more pleasant way of earning money. -HARRY KEVORKIAN, Mich.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged ad, comics, easy money, humor, nerd, vintage
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You’ll Blow Your Fingers Off, Kid!
Uncle Herbert always did score the best fireworks when he headed down South to pick up cheap Pall Malls. Sadly, the last time he was down there, he tried to pick up a whole truck full of Pall Malls. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged America, humor, Independence, Mrs. Crankipants, USA
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Have Tokens, Will Travel or Mrs. Crankipants Does Public Transit
Public transportation can be a pleasant convenience for getting around a major metropolitan area, but let Mr. Crankipants’ favorite spouse offer you kids some valuable advice particularly to you recent arrivals who thought it would be, like, awesome to live … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged bus, city, collect calls from jail, El, humor, Mrs. Crankipants, public transit, smell, urban
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