Tag Archives: vintage

Party Like It’s 2009!

Posted on January 27, 2026 by Joe

Last week I wrote about upgrading a Mac Pro tower with a Solid State Drive or SSD plugged into a Peripheral Component Interconnect express card which I placed into one of the PCIe slots within the Pro’s enormous aluminum chassis. … Continue reading →

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One for the Money

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Tina Garceau

In honor of what would have been the King’s 91st birthday, I’ll be carrying my moolah in my Elvis change purse. Happy birthday Mr. Hound-Dog!

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Not the X-Men

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Joe

We can’t all be born with fabulous powers or be bitten by radioactive spiders. We don’t wake up one day with six-pack abs or a physique that defies gravity. Some of us need a little help and advertisers in comics … Continue reading →

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Dream a Little Dream

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Joe

The advertisements in girl comics were always different. Whereas ads in boy’s comics appealed to hapless adventurers with home built go-kart kits, antisocial ne’er-do-wells with practical jokes and future glue sniffers who had prurient interests with x-ray spectacles, girl ads … Continue reading →

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Selling Seeds in the SHOW ME State

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Joe

Bill was doing really well in the seed racket in Missouri back in 1965.

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Tina Garceau • 2012 in review

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Below is a review of Miss Tina Garceau’s continuing series of collages using five elements . She calls the series The Friday Five and the gallery below represents her work for 2012 which includes the very first Friday Five collage … Continue reading →

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Tina Garceau • 2022 in review

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Joe

Today we continue to present Miss Tina Garceau’s ongoing series of collages using five elements. She calls the series The Friday Five and the gallery below represents her work for 2022 which includes Friday Five No. 101 through No. 131. … Continue reading →

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2023 in review

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Joe

Today we continue to present Miss Tina Garceau’s ongoing series of collages using five elements. Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Tina Garceau
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