Category Archives: Blast from the Past

1908 Happy New Year!

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Tina Garceau

This is a postcard I’ve had for a while, sent from Boston to Willimantic, CT. I wonder if Zip ever got that money back.

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Black Friday Beckons or Tis The Season to Be Stressful

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Time flies. Somebody said something in work about the coming week being short, and then it dawned on me that it’s THANKSGIVING! That means that Christmas is right around the corner! Oh, crap! So soon? Don’t we still have Halloween … Continue reading →

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Girdle Dance Part Deux

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Mrs. Crankipants

  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

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Joe_Williams

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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Deader Than A Philadelphia Nightclub

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Joe_Williams

After last week’s Halloween radio matinee, I decided to offer up some more audio delights this week with the wondrous works of Mr. Jack Webb! Before he was Joe Friday; before William Holden stole his girl in Sunset Boulevard, and … Continue reading →

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The Chicken Heart

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Joe_Williams

No video today. We are going to do something a little different and return to those thrilling days of yesteryear. Follow me as we enter the theater of the mind with a vintage radio drama! I first heard about this … Continue reading →

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Information Tsunami

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Joe_Williams

This was an illustration I did for The Jewish Exponent back in the 80s. It was for an article on the incredible surge in the amount of printed information. It went on to detail the trials and tribulations of researchers … Continue reading →

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Decisions, Decisions

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Joe_Williams
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Zombies on the Cheap – Dawn of the Home Video Revolution

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Joe_Williams

A lot of people fondly remember the Night of the Living Dead ripoff with the silly name. I am among them.

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