"...I prefer to get high on life."

2009

December
November
October
August 28
July 4
June 39
May
April 61
March 60
January 114

2008

June 82
May 324
April 425
March 289
February 165
atherdiscretion: Harry Houdini
Jun 1st
xtc: suwaowalog: (via superbomba)
Jun 1st
atherdiscretion: (via monk3y)
May 31st
or “Batman beats up an old man” nevver: ...
May 31st
Listen Listen
Now part 2 in my yodeling series, featuring Ranger Doug with the Riders in the Sky— ...
May 31st
savingoldlitter: ffffound: llama.jpg 1456×1955 pixels
May 31st
nsx: kagami: J. C. Leyendecker: Century Illustrated...
May 30th
nsx: mathewparkin: michaelikesit: Hellllloooooo Mr....
May 30th
intweetion: via designobserver.com Ooh, I had a...
May 30th
Listen Listen
hussalonia: That Old Feeling: Les Paul and Mary Ford (1957) Les Paul is a fascinating man who...
May 30th
orehmi: a true story of beauty and obsession - vertigo
May 30th
nevver: swissmiss We’d probably be much better off...
May 30th
orehmi: onexposure.net - Photo: The Last Train 2 by...
May 30th
intweetion: ...
May 30th
nevver: Sensen
May 30th
Warch Watch
nevver: Harvey Korman, Dead at 81 / Please Pledge
May 30th
Listen Listen
I think it’s about time for a few yodeling numbers, so here is “He Taught Me How To...
May 30th
dirtyworld: When not pressing the valves on his trumpet or...
May 29th
Now that I’m moving on to a new phase of my life, it would probably be a good time to remind...
May 29th
nsx: whistling letterman.jpg (via by golly molly)
May 29th
nsx: a roller coaster ride to hell.jpg (via by golly...
May 29th
nevver: Hydraulic Press / Artzybasheff’s Machinalia
May 29th
twink: No Smoking in the Skull Cave: Ava Gardner
May 29th
atherdiscretion: mappeal: January 1943. The waiting room...
May 29th
One of my favorite books. intweetion: Jez Burrows...
May 29th
dirtyworld: Sleepy Bear is Everywhere! (via...
May 29th
atherdiscretion: intweetion: Let’s be friends (via...
May 29th
I suggest a totally new pilates program, but I want some residuals on the name “Pontius...
May 29th
“Well, am I glad you did that! In fact, I’m as glad as...”
— Spider-Plant Man with Rowan...
May 29th
bossa: blakeley: We land on Mars today and it looks as I...
May 28th
burningfencepost: yellowblog: suyhnc: tiga: alarchy:...
May 28th

Mrs. Col. Dr. Spalko... Esq.

Since Cate Blanchett is one of the most highly respected, versatile, and in-demand actresses working...
May 28th
Warch Watch
twink: A mashup via this of Fred Astaire’s dancing and “Smooth Criminal”
May 28th
atherdiscretion: (via monk3y) I’ve seen this before...
May 28th
atherdiscretion: [via] This is awesome (although a little...
May 28th
twink: Chevron Seattle City Map, 1962 (via...
May 28th
nevver: ODDBALL 45’S “The original and still the...
May 28th
In the year 2008, I don’t think eBay still needs to be using LOLcats grammar: “Item(s)...
May 27th
atherdiscretion: Buster!
May 27th
(via paperflowers) Montgomery Clift.   One of the best...
May 27th
orehmi: FFFFOUND! / EVERYONE - Fotorecopilatorio »...
May 27th
atherdiscretion: travors:danhacker: That robot looks...
May 27th
nevver: ESQU
May 27th
chrisooya: Memorial Day, 1942 —via www.shorpy.com
May 27th
Thank you, soldiers.
May 26th
May 26th
May 26th
May 26th
May 26th
May 26th
Listen Listen
For this unofficial-beginning-of-summer day (at least it is at the Jersey shore), I thought this...
May 26th
atherdiscretion: marquezill
May 26th
atherdiscretion: paperflowers:
May 26th
twink: Jack Kerouac’s scroll manuscript of “On the Road.”...
May 26th
“It looks like a camera on a stick.”
—  when asked what the “monster”...
May 26th
atherdiscretion: James Dean and Julie Harris
May 26th
nevver: Iowa summer picnic / LA in the 50s
May 26th
szymon: aquarium sink (via smashingmagazine)
May 26th
atherdiscretion: Charlie Chaplin by Witzel, circa 1915
May 26th
Warch Watch
randyhaddock: Jose Feliciano & Bing Crosby - Mama Don’t Allow Feliciano’s detuning/tuning...
May 26th
antoinetta: withwanderlust: Отличные фотографии с...
May 26th
antoinetta: (via britticisms)
May 26th
antoinetta: suyhnc: handa: Vintage Photographs -...
May 26th
dailymeh: New York, 1899. Imagine forgetting your hat!
May 26th
Listen Listen
One of my favorite movie themes is James Horner’s from “The Rocketeer”. I saw...
May 26th
Warch Watch
“Hi De Ho Man”  I’ll admit, I always had a weird love-hate relationship with Cab...
May 25th
Listen Listen
hussalonia: Sometimes I’m Happy: Mildred Bailey (1941)  I LOVE Mildred Bailey!  Please see my...
May 25th
ninonbooks: Cosas visuales: Animals on the underground
May 25th
orehmi: Widelec.org - Chwila (część 3)
May 25th
You realize this happened in NJ? craig: fyc: Oh, the...
May 25th
craig: The Impossible Art Of Li Wei
May 25th
via craig Aww, poor imaginary number!
May 25th
craig: it’s batman riding an elephant alright…...
May 25th
twink: madgrin:catepol:(via FFFFOUND! Il tappetino...
May 25th
Happy bday
May 25th
My RSS feed said: “Good News for a Change: Humpback Population Rising” Dang it, for a...
May 25th
nevver: Artists & Animals #4
May 25th
Listen Listen
In the spirit of summer (and also the hot rod I just drove alongside), here is “Bucket...
May 25th
(via tmblg)
May 24th
“If Barack Obama had given a speech on bowling, it might well...”
— Thomas Sowell (despite his...
May 24th
nevver: Tumblog of the Senseless
May 24th
This is me. What do ya think?  
May 24th
szymon: robot Grasshopper weighs only 7 grams and can jump...
May 24th
orehmi: asahi.com:国重文の本殿全焼
May 24th
atherdiscretion: Audrey Meadows Ah, Audrey.  It’s...
May 24th
nsx: El Prado chef (via jericl cat)
May 24th
nsx: 1187 (via mjkghk)
May 24th
I reuploaded my summer mixtape since muxtape crapped out, but now tuneage decided to do something...
May 23rd
Warch Watch
livejamie: This is Robert Muraine, also known as “Mr. Fantastic” on the street. Check out his...
May 23rd
Warch Watch
chrisooya: Awesome.
May 23rd
tightgrip: Os Pássaros (via leonardohss)
May 23rd
tightgrip: Born in Poland in 1952, JACEK YERKA studied...
May 23rd
Stuff White People Like: The Ivy League
May 23rd
So who’s getting your vote— Hillary or Giuliani?  I hear it’s close.
May 22nd
Warch Watch
The Sonovox!  “An amazing device that gives voice to musical instruments. The Sonovox consists...
May 22nd
guy: vinh:
May 22nd
Listen Listen
Here’s the song I referenced with my summer muxtape’s name: “Neverending...
May 22nd
My Favorite— Gene Tierney    Wow.            ...
May 22nd
He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day...
May 22nd
szymon: tape-measure
May 22nd
nevver: Is it possible to make a photograph of New Jersey...
May 22nd
nevver: The Golden Age of Publicity #13 Jimmy Stewart, The...
May 22nd
Listen Listen
Nat Cole, “Answer Me, My Love” I’ve always thought this was pretty. Then again,...
May 21st
Vintage Photo
May 21st
artsandcrafts: by
May 21st
Warch Watch
Dick Hyman, the most versatile pianist in the universe, plays Jelly Roll Morton’s Finger...
May 21st
nevver: Dream Anatomy / Giornale Nuovo
May 21st
szymon: fun of cooking for kids
May 21st
nevver: Codex Seraphinianus
May 21st
Summer muxtape covering 7 decades!
May 21st
“SSNs used in advertising have rendered those numbers...”
—  “SSNs invalidated by...
May 21st
szymon: Benjamin Verdonck’s Giant Nest in Rotterdam  ew?
May 21st

This reminds me of Fight Club in some...

thisrecording: from here 
May 20th
nsx: Vintage Photographs - Wisconsin (winter spring summer...
May 20th
Warch Watch
King of Stride Piano James P. Johnson’s “Carolina Shout”, as played by Stephanie...
May 20th
(via antoinetta) BK’s been making a lot of...
May 20th
twink: (via expo7000) Buster!  Who added those bubbles??
May 20th
“Today at lunch, you were ashamed to be with me.” ...”
May 20th
ninonbooks: suwaowalog: (via dr_odio)
May 20th
(via antoinetta)
May 20th
twink: vintagephoto: Robert Doisneau Un musicien sous la...
May 20th
Warch Watch
livejamie: This Hang Drum Solo video on youtube was really impressive to me. Not only because it’s...
May 20th
atherdiscretion: haze:via www.dianevincent.de
May 20th
twink: ayanamist: these should’ve been made out of...
May 20th
twink: Geneva drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
May 20th
Listen Listen
tuneage: Rufus Wainwright - “Matinee Idol” May 19th marks the 10th anniversary of Rufus...
May 20th
Judging from his facebook status, one of my old friends “finally got his motorcycle today that...
May 19th
antoinetta: ettrea: placebogirl: roamin: The...
May 19th
Listen Listen
Speaking of Zez Confrey, here’s the world’s fastest and most ridiculously amazing...
May 19th
Warch Watch
This clip is a bit hokey and the frenetic editing at the end is seizure inducing, but it has Babe...
May 19th
Indy is a hit
May 19th
szymon: Mykyta and Egor Zigura
May 19th
nsx: From a 1960’s biology book (via Crafty Dogma)
May 19th
nsx: Give Those Years The Boot! (via Charm and Poise)  As...
May 19th
I thought I’d check out the Shins this week. I mean,...
May 19th
“In Rasputin and the Empress (1932), [Lionel] played the...”
— Hrm.
May 19th
szymon: Fire Alarm Box Traps Pranksters  Well, at least...
May 19th
nevver: Lemonade Stand /Gedney  Wow.  I really love this...
May 19th
twink: antoinetta: (via parallactic)
May 19th
Warch Watch
Jo Anne Castle “Happy Days Are Here Again”, Honky-tonk piano
May 19th
Hurry up, please— while my clothes are still out of style.
May 19th
“School officials say they are appalled by altered photos...”
— It was weird enough without...
May 19th
szymon: rubik’s cube clock
May 18th
szymon: coca-cola robots
May 18th
szymon: Explosive Furniture
May 18th
nevver: The Prisoner
May 18th
atherdiscretion: feastingonroadkill: Anyone remember...
May 18th
This eBay seller tried hard to photograph the suspenders I’m looking at from multiple angles,...
May 18th
Soviet Futuristic Illustrations
May 18th
Warch Watch
tmblg: Tumblweed: Toyota Robots Start a Jazz Band- World on Schedule to End by 2012
May 18th
“Nor do we blow cigarette smoke in the faces of little kids...”
— UNREMITTING FAILURE: No speaky...
May 17th
Warch Watch
tmblg: Blockbuster Museum Offers Glimpse Of Movie Renting Past
May 17th
“It costs $482.79 to get a decent pizza in San Francisco —...”
— Wired (via chrisooya)
May 17th
atherdiscretion: Frank Horvat, Los Angeles, 1963
May 17th
“Television is to news what bumper stickers are to...”
— Richard Nixon (via tmblg)
May 17th
szymon: Wii Chewing Gum
May 17th
atherdiscretion: Lord Of The Sky
May 17th
“If you make something idiot-proof, they’ll make a better...”
— Techdirt (via doqrs) (via...
May 16th
artsandcrafts: via
May 16th
nevver: BMRoberts Hey, my brother drew this guy for some...
May 16th
nevver: Uuuhh!
May 16th
chrisooya: via img.dailymail.co.uk
May 16th
“If humanizing the judicial profession was the aim of this...”
— Guardian journalist, upset...
May 16th
ReadAir delivers GoogleReader newsfeeds to...
May 16th
Patty: My. Are those [wallpaper] morning glories not lining up?
Graham: They're lining up.
Patty: Because you know if -- if they're even the slightest bit off, that's all you're going to notice.
... Is that a bubble?
Graham: Patty, I tried every conceivable way to get rid of that bubble.
It is there forever, it's part of our lives.
It will outlive us all.
May 16th
Listen Listen
Leon Redbone sings one of my favorite Hoagy Carmichael songs— “Lazy River”.
May 16th
“What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from a...”
— Dave Barry (via...
May 16th
szymon: porcelain paper plates
May 16th
artsandcrafts: via
May 15th
orehmi: Bsgrinder.gif  Hey, we have one of these my...
May 15th
atherdiscretion: By Frances McLaughlin-Gill Vogue, 1952  ...
May 15th
atherdiscretion: Death Slide Fun, 1920s (via star1950)
May 15th
twink: antoinetta: (via noigetit)
May 15th
nevver: Pencil Erasers For Peace / Swapatorium
May 15th
The complete illustrated ACME catalog
May 15th
chrisooya: marco: (via peterwknox)
May 15th
szymon: crazy outdoor stunt in Central Park, pedigree
May 15th
“There were more things growing in my sink, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your...
May 15th
nevver: Pulp Covers / Monster Brains
May 14th
“…we’d be concerned about doing too much in the...”
— Well that’s lame!  ...
May 14th
nevver: Stealing Second
May 14th
atherdiscretion: topherchris: Yup, that’s a lady driving...
May 14th
atherdiscretion: vintagephoto 
May 14th

Complaint #213

whitewhine: “Ugh - the contractors keep throwing cigarette butts in the koi pond.” -Whine by...
May 14th
atherdiscretion: vintagephoto Brando 
May 14th
atherdiscretion: Snowdon - Acrilan Advertisment, 1957
May 14th
Listen Listen
melissa: Sunday Morning Soundtrack: Night and Day, Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down Quartet I love...
May 14th
whileyouwereout: suwaowalog: xtc: ...
May 14th
misterpeace: kayfabe:(via milhouse)
May 14th
dirtyworld: Penny Postcards
May 14th
Salvador Dali at work Bob Sandberg, 1947  [vintage photo]
May 14th
May 13th
thisisnthappiness: Jesters of the Republic #1
May 13th
tmblg: “Griffth Fire” by Andrew Hara The Griffth Fire was...
May 13th
Why Hillary is still running
May 13th
Warch Watch
I get the impression Mike Love was/is kind a windbag, but I have to say, his voice is rather winsome...
May 13th
nevver: Play  I don’t think bikes without balloon...
May 13th
nevver: Ilustras novas / SKOPEIN
May 13th
nevver: Brands as Babies / Jaguar
May 13th
tmblg: via jessicagoldharalson  Doing this right...
May 13th
New animated series: Arrested Development...
May 13th
Listen Listen
“Veini, Veini” Rudy Vallée was one of the original crooners.  Although he’s...
May 13th
atherdiscretion: shawnblog:(via pterodactyls)
May 12th
Dr. Pepper advert, 1962 
May 12th
atherdiscretion: (via monk3y)
May 12th
phantomoftheradio: via vintagegirlymags.com
May 12th
atherdiscretion: 1930’ s actress
May 12th
szymon: Very blocked nose?
May 12th
szymon: creative way to cover a building for renovation
May 12th
Listen Listen
As you can tell from my top artists list, I finally bought the Decca singles by the Bachelors. ...
May 12th
This week was good for me. Musically.
May 12th
puscic: sqpeg: I like the high value letters. ...
May 11th
nevver: Sky Room / Arkiva Tropika
May 11th
nevver: Captain 3-D / DataJunkie
May 11th
Warch Watch
nevver: Dean Martin, “Blue Moon” / Watch / Exquisitely Bored This song is by the wonderful...
May 11th
“He thinks being the Dungeon Master gives him the license to...”
— Bill and Harris
May 11th
twink: suwaowalog: mudwerks: (via kayfabe)
May 11th
szymon: The baby giraffe is here. Calgary Zoo ADV
May 10th
nevver: I’m a Maverick This was apparently my...
May 10th
nevver: DS / Re:cyle
May 10th
nsx: From a 1960’s biology book (via Crafty Dogma)
May 10th
nevver: Jumped / LA in the 40s
May 10th
nevver: Mopar
May 10th
applearts: Interior design room: advertising agency...
May 10th
szymon: Cigarette smoking is good for birds!
May 10th
orehmi: Dark Roasted Blend: Unforgettable Faces, Part 3
May 10th
orehmi: Pagodas (via bldgblog)
May 10th
dears: faildogs: Photo credits Lisa O
May 10th
dears: What??  via img177.imageshack.us
May 10th
hilker: gregbrown: Whoa, so this is how sewing machines...
May 10th
catbird: FFFFOUND!
May 10th
hilker: dears: Giant working NES controller/coffee table -...
May 10th
Doug told me that Eddy Arnold died this week at the age of 89. Here’s my favorite song of...
May 9th
Listen Listen
Fats Waller is just so darn amazing that he is one of the very few artists I could listen to...
May 9th
setare: (via konrad)
May 9th
atherdiscretion: vintagephoto Jitterbuggin’… 
May 9th
Ooh, I totally want a Faygo soda machine
May 9th
nsx: 6405.jpg
May 9th
tmblg: Tiffany
May 9th
szymon: bento box
May 9th
nevver: Divorce Court / LA in the 50s
May 9th
twink: Earth Moon Photos | Universe Today Cassini - the...
May 9th
Army needs to hire a good web designer. Srsly.
May 9th
Warch Watch
merlin: The Producers - “I’m Hysterical!” One of my favorite movie scenes ever, with one of my...
May 9th
“The online popularity of his former program is ‘enormously...”
— Mitchell Hurwitz, co-creator...
May 9th
Paulville.org
May 9th
This is my favorite old photo ever.  I’ve been saving...
May 8th
Florida Substitute Teacher Fired, Accused of...
May 8th
Is IKEA the World’s Largest Charity?
May 8th
twink:hilker:ranajune:riordan: (via catbird) ...
May 8th
“Actually bescumber is just one of many words in the English...”
— Insulting Words You Should...
May 8th
nevver: Scenic Walls / Box of Slides
May 8th
atherdiscretion: Cocteau by Philippe Halsman
May 8th
“If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy...”
— Albert Einstein (via vinh)...
May 8th
Mapquest says with a straight face that this is the best...
May 7th
I just realized what a terrible moniker “Nether lands” is for a country.  How...
May 7th
Warch Watch
nickdouglas: Perpetual Mario reaches a new height of excellence. Is this the one board I could...
May 7th
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no...”
— Mark Twain (via tmblg)
May 7th
draculafrizzi: !!!
May 7th
seriouslythough: jakoblodwick: via yellowblog, andi-b,...
May 7th
brooklet14: I am a fan of typewriters, no idea why, just...
May 7th
seriouslythough: hydeordie: if i had lego molds, i would...
May 7th
nevver: Hot Rod High / LA in the 50s
May 7th
seriouslythough: kathlellen: thewordunheard: (via...
May 7th
(via draculafrizzi) I don’t know what this is, but it...
May 7th
Questions for Obama
May 6th
I wasn’t allowed to watch The Wonder Years as a kid, so I finally tracked down all 115...
May 6th
Listen Listen
“Nagasaki” by my favorite group, the Mills Brothers.   This has some nice scatting by...
May 6th
nsx: Roller Capades action shots (via Vintage Roadside) ...
May 6th
artsandcrafts:  Hey, we’ve got one of these! ...
May 6th
nsx: The Crew (via snowbeard) いや集合写真はいいから(笑) ?...
May 6th
Embarrassing photos from terrible parties
May 6th
chrisooya: cool artwork (via _white.rhino)
May 6th
setare: lomo: Flickr Photo Download: old camera
May 6th
nevver: The Life and Times of Eli Davis Weiss.
May 6th
atherdiscretion: Deborah Kerr [via]
May 6th
“Dr. House… I’ve heard your name.” “Yes, most people have....”
— House (via chrisooya)
May 6th
nsx: The way to Personal Progress and Prosperity in the...
May 6th
atherdiscretion: Riboud, 1954
May 6th
Listen Listen
It’s been waaay too long since I last listened to the Beach Boys’ innovative Pet Sounds...
May 6th
nsx: via farm1.static.flickr.com
May 6th
nsx: Funny and disturbing French ad (via marcoa84)
May 6th
dirtyworld: [via nsx]
May 6th
nsx: Space Biscuits! (via david.james55)
May 6th
atherdiscretion: Gregory Peck.  [via]
May 5th
nevver: Annals of Crime #18
May 5th
nevver: Suburbia
May 5th
tmblg: via paulscheer
May 4th
nevver: The High Life / Duke
May 4th
Warch Watch
“Yellow” from Ken Nordine’s Word Jazz about colors. I’m looking forward to...
May 4th
Warch Watch
tmblg: A kinder, gentler GTA.
May 4th
Warch Watch
lonelysandwich: Sesame Street - Kermit Learns Visual Thinking from Harry the Hipster The remake...
May 4th
nevver: Fearless Fosdick for Wildroot / ASIFA
May 4th
atherdiscretion: vintagephoto
May 4th
nevver: Artists in Action #359
May 3rd
orehmi: Square Peg // Round Hole
May 3rd
Here’s a simplified version I made of a bunch of 20th...
May 3rd
twink: placidiappunti: florencio:mofigan:lab111:via...
May 3rd
nsx: Darth%20Jackson.JPG
May 2nd
Texas man arrested trying to cash $360...
May 2nd