Monthly Archives: November 2011

Girdle Dance Part Deux

  Red shoes, a girdle and a rocketship tit bra just put me in a moodto dance!

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The First Computer I Owned

This is a follow-up to I was a PC Before I Was a Mac which I wrote back in May. It was about the first computer I bought which was a PC and not a Mac. I had used a … Continue reading

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38 Days ‘Til Christmas

Get crackin’!

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Bow Tie 101

It all started with my niece’s wedding. I decided it would be nice for my son to wear a bow tie for the occasion, until I went shopping for one and saw how ugly and expensive they were. I thought, … Continue reading

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Buried in a Piano Case

For kids who grew up in a certain era, this photo is probably more familiar than anything Diane Arbus or Ansel Adams may have shot.

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Don Draper Fired This Moron!

Couldn’t they get the Ann Margaret lookalike for this? “Man, it’s the sloppiest?” If only she knew?

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Happy Veterans Day!

My Dad some time between 1944 to 1946.

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At Circle Thrift

Is it an ashtray? A very heavy mask with no eye holes? An object d’art? Trash or treasure?

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Replacing the Kid’s eMac

Back in 2003, I purchased a G4 eMac 1 Ghz new, and I loved it. It was my first OS X machine, and it was the first computer I really enjoyed using. The Macs I used before which I still … Continue reading

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