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“Man Bitten by Rattlesnake Stowed Away in Luggage” They’ve slightly modified the...

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Some Old Man Still Churning Out Marmaduke

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I can see beauty where there is ugliness. Perhaps I need Lasik.

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Police boxes in England (now immortalized as the TARDIS)

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Today’s a beautiful day for washing off a De Lorean. ...

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butterflyeffect: William Shatner presents the Commodore Vic-20 - Wonder computer of the 1980’s....

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And my taxes are done! Unfortunately the 21 states you can file free with TurboTax online do not...

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Of all my wikipedia edits, one of my proudest accomplishments was made just moments ago, as I...

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“Today’s Special” credits Wow, I truly haven’t seen this show since the...

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A friend request sent to my essentially unused MySpace account:  “Warning -...

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The State Treasurer must have quite a...

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“Police: Ceramic Statue May Have Killed Interior Designer”
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Sorry for the late post; I was on the road. This is another tune commemorating the birthday of Fred...

Mar 21st

I just fixed a stupid oversight in a previous post about how I discovered some of my favorite...

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So despite the fact that people straight out of high school apparently get $5000 up front to enlist...

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“Education… Has produced a vast population able to read but...”
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Before his long run with Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Fred Rogers worked in the ’50s on...

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December 1944, Reunion This is one of my favorite WWII...

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Be the envy of all your geek friends with a real live wi-fi...

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What could be more satisfying than getting someone’s $16.99 birthday gift new on eBay for 99...

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Just because mankind can do something, doesn’t mean he should. Take driving and eating yogurt...

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“You Made Me Love You” by Jimmy Durante The recording that started this whole crazy...

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Actually, Jimmy made several good pop albums when he was in...

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Jimmy Durante was even teamed up with BK for a while during...

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A record I’ve been trying to find for, easily, 8 years finally arrived in the mail today. ...

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peterwknox: Wiffle Ball Stadium (via marklisanti) “Quite Possibly The Greatest Thing I’ve Ever...

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“Hawaii has the fewest adults with serious psychological...”
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SotD:   “Mexican Wine”,  Fountains of Wayne There are a lot of good tunes on...

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Why does everyone pronounce “lackadaisical” incorrectly? There is no...

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Charles Chaplin, The Gold Rush

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Buster Keaton in The General. I have a blown-up version of...

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"Brain Chancre"

… pronounced “shanker”; yet another good band name I thought of during this STD...

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Naked rampage (by the Hulk?)

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Well this certainly does look like a comfy cozy baby warmer...

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I like that hat.  [via vintage photo]

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I couldn’t care less about the NBA, but I still thought this was impressive: Yesterday the...

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(via antoinetta) This is Lillian Gish in The Wind. ...

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Ah, another wonderful week of music. 935 plays and 98...

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It’s no skin off my nose one way or the other, but...

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tuneage: Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me Songs like this one just aren’t written anymore. ...

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SotD: See if you can get this out of your head! Bwa ha ha! “It’s A Small World”...

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Jonathan Winters for Good Humor Bars

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I bet you’ve never seen the whole Tootsie Roll pop ad! This is most apparently the longest...

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"My Friend Told Me About This..."

@highindustrial, I know exactly what you mean about almost exclusively discovering new music on your...

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I normally have to wear a tie and dress pants/shoes to...

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“This is actually a movie you forget while watching it.”
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SotD:T’other day I mentioned my great affection for The Four Lads and their fantastic lead...

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I’d say this is my second favorite retro photo. I...

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“One highly unusual incident [at the former Orioles stadium]...”
— Yikes.  Good thing they were...

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“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift....”
— William Boetcker- “The...

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Most popular baby names- #3, 4, 5, 6,...

It seems to me parents have lost some creativity with their child-naming duties these days. As far...

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One of the things I love about half.com is that sellers can’t pad their shipping prices. ...

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“It Had Better Be Tonight” from The Pink Panther Like the famous Pink Panther theme,...

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danhacker: Pacman cupcakes look very tasty. Okay,...

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And here’s one of the only clips I’ve ever seen of Jack Benny playing the violin well,...

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September Song, Jack Benny and Liberace 

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Ah, another week of good music. Thank heavens I finally...

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Thought so. By the way, that is an ACTUAL De Lorean...

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szymon: Banana Art - drawing of the great Jazz legend,...

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As you probably (don’t) recall, old celebrities I intend to write end up dying right around...

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Streamlining vehicles of the 1930s. I’m sure in 2009 we’ll all be driving torpedo...

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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something… Lennon. SotD: Here’s a...

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Lincoln Wanted to Buy Slaves for $400 Apiece...

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GOB’s wife?  “You think I’m going to walk...

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Kids on a flooded roof in New York  [via highindustrial and...

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Nifty Optical Illusion

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highindustrial: Voxtrot: “The Start of Something” This song encapsulates some subset of love and...

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Boy, my apartment’s a balmy 58 degrees without running the heat— it’s a big...

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A Love Story

vasta: Not every love story has a magical happy ending. Richard’s post is one of those stories...

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veadar: xyo: gkojax: shanti:  明和水産 This is...

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xtc: jan von holleben - dreams of flying  Remind me to try...

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poing: Best image for an application ever?

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jayprickett: [via: xtc]  ’Possums basically are...

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Etch-A-Sketch clock: DO WANT!        [via]

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Dang, Nolan Ryan is 61...

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@randyhaddock, I had to shovel more snow by hand today than...

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factchecker: Gratuitously beautiful example of my favorite thermodynamic cycle.  This is a Stirling...

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factchecker: Abuse of Language? Check. Abusive Language? Check. 

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suitep: Blessington St, St Kilda (via avlxyz)

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’80s British adverts Boy, if “Weetabix” don’t reek of the English, I...

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SotD:  The last rendition of “Don’t Blame Me” This is by the popular rockabilly...

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Some HTML Tags and Text I Hope I Never Write

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Renée Perle by Jacques Henri Lartigue, 1930’s I found...

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trappedintime: Watching this video has me longing for June, salty ocean breezes, and a hand to hold....

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nicholest “Cog” Ah, it has been a while since I’ve seen this.  My family has...

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“WQED-TV today marked the 40th anniversary of ‘Mister...”
— If I’ve lived in Western...

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natcromlech:    FFFFOUND!

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“In a dramatic about-face, Ask.com is abandoning its effort...”
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SotD, “Don’t Blame Me”,  4 of 5. Art Tatum, the greatest jazz pianist of all...

Mar 7th

“You know boys, last week I sang for the Sultan of Passion. ...”
— Jimmy Durante

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dirtyworld: from Far and Wide: The Golden Age of Travel...

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browneyes: boz:  More Prohibition propaganda… On...

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“The studies found that people who thought they were drinking...”
— When People Drink Themselves...

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Paul Feig chimes in about why the...

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“The victory of the Blu-ray high definition format may be...”
— “… Users will also...

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Yikes. This makes me glad I used disposable cups in the military housing (which was like a cheap...

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“Don’t Blame Me”, take 3.  Ray Conniff Singers.  They originally became famous...

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So… has anyone figured out what THE HECK The Fall is about?? Other than the fact that...

Mar 6th

antoinetta: monaural: vhudy6tx4dik9ol: Radio Eagle / My...

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hugo-sb: Fabulous Las Vegas (via seattletim)

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Backpack House! Add a room to your tiny NYC apartment by...

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SotD, “Don’t Blame Me”, part two. Today’s version is by Peter Nero, the...

Mar 5th

“‘It really meant a lot to him to hear from people from...”
— Wow, I didn’t realize...

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brigno: Guy playing wine glasses. jimmyjosh: I’ve seen this done in person before;...

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randyhaddock: Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren  Sooo…  this is the first time I’ve heard...

Mar 5th

browneyes: taizooo: readscott: Looks like a miniature...

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curtom: e-you:  Johnny Cash

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antoinetta: curtom:  NYC (via all dylan)

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Whoopsie. This guy was trying to take his WWII-era plane to an airshow but didn’t quite make...

Mar 4th

Newsies were always so darn cool.

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SotD:  For the rest of the week I’ll be featuring different renditions of the same song I...

Mar 4th

“Any rotating platform may also be called a carousel. In a...”
— This from the merry-go-round...

Mar 4th

setare:  szymon:   Papa John’s Pizza ADV (via uaddit)

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“A woman quoted by Associated Press news agency said she had...”
— This is that sad story...

Mar 3rd

It looked like this in Erie a few days ago— including...

Mar 3rd

A glimpse of my apartment.  Too bad my camera had no idea...

Mar 3rd

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SotD:  This is one of the first songs I remember hearing by Shirley Temple, “Animal Crackers...

Mar 3rd

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nickdouglas:  datn:   Star Wars vs. Saul Bass (via ninonbooks) 1960s Star Wars Credits.   Think...

Mar 3rd

Semi-Pro, mostly lame?

CNN.com is making much ado about Will Ferrell’s “surprisingly” big bomb this...

Mar 3rd

The Wiyos

thetattle: They consider their music to be Vaudevillian Ragtime-Blues and Hillbilly Swing…. um...

Mar 3rd

jayprickett: Lost America: Night Photography of the...

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highindustrial: There’s so much going on here that I don’t know where to begin. This one’s also …...

Mar 3rd

Well that certainly was a race to the...

 Bid history  (within 8 1/2 minutes) grampy****( 109)    US $32.50 Mar-02-08 ...

Mar 3rd

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misterpeace: browneyes:xtc: SU Stream of ConsciousnessV:...

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Okay Truman, I know you’re not really into the ladies,...

Mar 2nd

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SotD:  I don’t know much about this recording, but it’s a great hillbilly version of...

Mar 2nd

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This is sort of an odd concept for a Dr. Pepper commercial, with all the appearing and disappearing...

Mar 2nd

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Vimeo’s new HD videos are scrumtrulescent. This is bigger here. 

Mar 2nd

“Traditional jazz instrumentation - brass and winds, banjos...”
— I saw an LP with this rather...

Mar 2nd

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“The Bare Necessities” In retrospect, I always find it fascinating to see who the...

Mar 2nd

Wow, this looks so darn much like something our dog would...

Mar 2nd

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SotD:  Although they had a lot of great (and often less silly) songs later on, I vividly remember...

Mar 1st

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Aha, I knew she played drums, but wow. (Too bad they had to stick all that “applause”...

Mar 1st

Justice - DVNO

Mar 1st

Asian ingenuity = “Baby Mops”  bobjansen: ...

Mar 1st

‘55 Olds  [via]

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antoinetta:  kiku:  via tokutoku coaching

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