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Monthly Archives: November 2011
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
Posted in Blast from the Past, Computers, Joe's Garage
Tagged 386, Apple, art, computer, CorelDraw!, Pack-Mate 386/25, Packard Bell, PC, vector, Windows
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38 Days ‘Til Christmas
Get crackin’!
Posted in Crafts, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged 1970s, American Thread, crochet, humor, knit, Mrs. Crankipants
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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
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.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1973, Bill Everett, Boris Vallejo, horror, John Buscema, Marvel, Stan Lee, Voodoo, World Records, zombie
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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?
Posted in Movie Matinee, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged 1960s, advertising, beef, dance, dance trend, desperate, Libby, Mad Men, pork, Sloppy Joe, teenagers, youth culture
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Happy Veterans Day!
My Dad some time between 1944 to 1946.
At Circle Thrift
Is it an ashtray? A very heavy mask with no eye holes? An object d’art? Trash or treasure?
Posted in Trash or Treasure
Tagged ceramic, Circle Thrift, face, ghost, sculpture, trash, 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


