Before Its Time

From Playboy, January 1981.

I always thought it was "we will sell no wine before it's time," as in "before it is time." Huh. This is as confusing as finding out the jingle was "nobody doesn't like Sara Lee."

Stormtroopers 365

http://stormtroopers365.com/

Once again, I'm late to the party. The original Stormtroopers 365 series ended a while ago (and I don't think is up to 365 separate photos yet), but Stefan has been creating new series to enjoy. More about Stormtroopers 365 here.

Why?

Sums up my week thus far.

Rock.

Every conversation I have with my husband always ends up on the subject of Lord of the Rings instead. "The checkbook was off by 56 cents." "That's just like those trees in LOTR that sounded like Gimli but we weren't supposed to notice!"

Attention Husband!

Here it is, you lazy turnip.

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vintage mug shots

May Russell, mug shot from Sydney, Australia, 1922.



Tons more of these fabulous mug shots and discussion about them can be found at Tracery here and SCAN Journal of Media Arts Culture here. These links are highly recommended, as is the Australian forensic photography website From The Loft.

hoot, man

It's an owl in flight. NEAT. From slothunleashed.

gah

When you see it, you'll shit bricks. From awkwardfamilyphotos.

everyone loves the stang

I've been given to believe that one of you likes the Arnold Stang.

you know it's awesome

You cannot deny the awesome. Click for superhuge version.

taste the fun

I just found this in my grandma's stuff and thought it was neat:



It's a postcard of the Saltair Pavilion (the 2nd version) and lake. This postcard was sent to my grandparents and dad in 1938; dad would have been almost 11 at the time. And look -- it came with a tiny bag of Salt Lake salt attached! I didn't open it of course, but it smells like salt so I don't think it's lying to me. Can you imagine trying to send this through the mail nowadays?

Here is a huge 1500 px size version so you can see the details. These postcards were colorized photographs printed on thick linen cardstock. I love looking at all the people in the picture.

In the lower left hand corner is a man floating that I swear to you is W.C. Fields:



If it is him, the colorist forgot to redden his nose.

blogger a go-go

Charlie and His Go Go Boys:












The Atoms:


After spending a lot of time collecting these as I found them on the 'net, I discovered tonight that most came from one magical animal: David Greenfield's huge collection of 1960s and 1970s Asian pop records.

this may break your minds

Minds blown yet? No, I have no idea where I got this. Yes, I know it scrolls too far right.

Sorry I've been neglectful of my blogs lately. Life gets busy, etc. etc.

Randopic #4: Scandals!

A 1945 advertisement for Reis underwear. No seams to sit on!

Randopic #2

I love these demotivators thingies. I'm such a tool.