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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Truck Mascots
Here’s a new category dedicated to the phenomena that I call Truck Mascots. This is when drivers or crews of industrial trucks, usually garbage trucks, find a discarded toy stuffed animal and lash it to the grill of their vehicles … Continue reading
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Posted in Truck Mascots
Tagged Autocar, blue collar, flying maiden, industrial, mascot, phenomena, photography, stuffed animals, truck, urban
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What I Miss About Comics Goofy Ideas
This is DC Comics’ Strange Sports Stories No. 3 from 1974. I used to be annoyed at the presence of comics like these crowding my beloved costumed crime-fighter books on the spinning racks, but these are the sort of oddball … Continue reading
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1974, Cartoon, comic, DC Comics, Dick Giordano, football, knight, Neal Adams, newsprint, oddball, pole vault, science fiction, Strange Sports Stories, time travel, weird
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Today’s Post
Rather than write anything, we’ll just let Irving Berlin and Kate Smith sum it up.
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My Year With the Roku
1993 was the last time I had cable television. I was moving into a new apartment and couldn’t come up with a compelling reason why I wanted another bill to pay. Taking a day off from work to play cable … Continue reading
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Posted in Stuff Joe Likes, Weird World of the Roku
Tagged 1993, backwards compatibility, cable, cable tv sucks, cut the cord, economize, internet, Netflix, Roku, save money, television, WIFI
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What a Square!
I buy fabrics that catch my eye from my favorite store. In this case I bought some bold patterns by Michael Miller, Sandi Henderson, Denyse Schmidt, and Park Slope. In order to visualize the arrangement of pattern and color, I … Continue reading
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Posted in Sewing
Tagged baby, Denyse Schmidt, designer, fabric, handmade, Michael Miller, neddle, Park Slope, quilt, Sandi Henderson, Sewing, sketchbook, thread, Tina Garceau
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Decisions, Decisions
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Posted in Blast from the Past, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged 8-Track Tapes, Cassettes, decision, Records
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Hi – Yo, Sugar! Away!
Mrs. Crankipants here, with another installment of Step Away From The Pastry Bag! As much as I would hate to beat a dead horse, our friend Flicka in the photo above, looks as dead as Britney Spear’s career. I’m sure … Continue reading
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Posted in Mrs. Crankipants, Step Away From The Pastry Bag
Tagged atrocity, bakery, cake, equine, Equus, frosting, horror, horse, humor, Lone Ranger, Mrs. Crankipants, Step Away From The Pastry Bag, sugar
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