before lolcats, there was this book.

i've loved this ever since seeing it on the pyrex lover's group on flickr, so glad to have found one!!

from afar, it looks more like a conjoined twin than a creepy doll who changes moods at your whim.

aimed towards women? probably...see the joker in the set.

kids tag on the blast furnace at carrie furnace, retired us steel mill, pittsburgh.

pike? viper? what?

the bottom of the bassett furniture ad, emphasizing the future of color, yellow and brown.

crazy? oh yes. perry mason novel, published 1937 by pocket novels. features a list of characters and the page on which they first appear in case you get confused.

replaced the astronauts in the bathroom of 4548 carroll st, apparently signed by aeil. i miss it daily. i apologize for the abudance of cat hair stuck to the velvet--my cats love quality art.

Ultra4

ceramic vase and plastic flowers, courtesy of trader jack's and red, white, & blue.

thank you, the travelers insurance company, for letting us know who rules everyone, then and now.

peewee herman coloring book!

i'm in another dimension, one of time and space

not as cool as the tv show, lacking charles nelson reilly and brett sommers. found at trader jack's.

from the family of Wichmann in Cranford, NJ. what it held before, i don't know, but it holds mainly the criterion dvd's now.

spiffy 50's legs for your 50's armchair. seen at trader jack's.

this was found in the worst place to work--the blast furnace, where the molten iron was poured into torpedo cars. it was so hot the plastic face shields of the workers would melt at times.

carrie furnace, retired steel mill, pittsburgh

not really. but thanks for asking.

the best style of 70's polyester outfits--the shift! no cinching at waist or hips, pockets in front, emphasizes outrageous pattern rather than your body. found at a red, white, & blue in pittsburgh a few years ago.

the things you can do in the military! post paper to walls, look bored, and....wear a tight-fitting uniform!!

an mst3k promo, free boxer shorts with a volume of shorts...and, yes those are mustard stains. the other darkness is shadows, i promise. (i'm female--i don't wear these alone)

I.LOVE.THIS. bought on ebay from someone's aunt's attic collection. shift dress style.

cartoon wwf...on handmade curtains!

that's right, cubes of bar-b-que jello. serve it with a tossed salad of "greens, shrimp, and grapefruit". from the joys of jell-o cookbook 1973.

outside of the carnegie music hall in oakland

painted by gig, part of the big-eye series mimicking keane. my favorites series.

and he wishes you a happy birthday