Thursday, April 30, 2015

deja vu daily puppy!


this is a momentous day for 2 reasons: 1) i survived; and 2) the daily puppy re-ran pouncey as their puppy of the day!

sitting in 9th grade biology class, we were talking about diabetes and the teacher mentioned sufferers may have a shortened lifespan. at this moment i was struck with the feeling i, myself, diabetes-free, would die at 38. i have not obsessed over this, but i have remembered it vaguely from time to time for the past 23 years. i am glad to say my premonition was horseshit! i made it! 

now go over to the daily puppy and give pouncey 11 biscuits...again.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Mini Me, Singing Shapes, Cooking Kids

Bon jour, Wednesday! Bon jour WTF!

I spent last week at the beach in Georgia for a fun family vacation. Riding in the car to the grocery store, my 7 year old niece was playing with my phone and came upon the WTF Flickr stream of photos, and we laughed for 10 minutes as she read the titles for every one. We didn't call them WTF, we called them 'weird things.' When we got to the grocery store, she suggested we look for weird things to take pictures of. My heart leapt into the atmosphere! 

These are the two weird things she found completely by herself. 

glittery mice

Catnip toy. Glittery mice. Totally weird thing. 

hot & fluffy

Hot and fluffy. Weird! Yes!

Moving along to some vintage records.  Mr. Al sings colors and shapes. 


  
10 Commandments for Children. Why are there 11 children? What are they doing?

ten commandments

Hawaiian war looks kind of relaxing.


Hungarian rhapsody.  

ethnic

Bunny planter. 

bunny planter

Wants a hug. 

bunny planter


Indeed. 

hot stuff


Barbies gone wild. 

nest of naked barbies

Learn to cook cats, kids, and pee. 

how to cook cat kid pee

WTF eyelashes.

fat man in the bathtub

Another natural tongue out tuesday figurine - fox on a blue log with mushrooms. 

tongue out tuesday fox


Last but not least, hey there crappily painted bow-tie teddy bear wearing an October sash. (waves).

october

As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions.

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Moose Clock, Moose Slippers, Bermuda Onions


Hey there Wednesday! Hey there WTF!

Here we have a figurine who is also wondering WTF?

hmmmm

Hey look,  a colony of gnomes. 

gnomes


Moose clock. 


moose clock

Acupuncture without needles. 


acupuncture without needles

All about Bermuda onions. 

bermuda onions

Last but not least, a creepy tall doll in moose slippers. 

slippers


As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions.

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Motorcycle Sidecar, Pagliacci, Frenching Deer

Buenos Wednesdays! Buenos WTFs!

This week was heavy on the vintage LP's.  Danny Davis was heavy on the ruffles.

orange blossom special red tuxedo
   
At some point, Caruso must've been better than this. 

best of caruso

 
The outfits! Oh lord the outfits!

happy side of life

 
Duo-Glide! Sidecar humor, 1978. You may (or may not) remember Sanford &  Townsend's finger snappingly catchy hit "Smoke from a Distant Fire."

duo glide


 The art of tea. 

art of tea



WTF is a polka popper.

polka polka polka


This has elements of the Birth of Venus, and also the birth of Christ. 

  

Last but not least, happy tongue out tuesday from a family of deer. 

tongue out tuesday


As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions.

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Clown Lounge, Sloth Lounge, Tree Lounge


Welcome to Wednesday! Welcome to WTF!

Good morning side lounging clown and teddy! Nicely organized, thrift store. 

lounging clown teddy

You could have tried harder. 

my mom is my show & tell

Hi crazy tall creepy doll. 

weird doll

Let's hug it out. 

weird doll close

Conserve energy. Carve a half assed sloth.

sloth

This seems to be a native girl figurine featuring mushrooms. 

native girls

I can't make heads or tails of it. Leapfrog?

native girls

Medieval clown straddling a clock. WTF!?

clown straddling clock

Here's the Tree Lounge Advantage VHS.

tree lounge advantage

Actual hunting scenes. At least double your chances of seeing or shooting deer.

tree lounge advantage


As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions.

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:

Saturday, April 04, 2015

eli is eleven!


happy 11th birthday to eli! aka scoobs, brownie brown brown, and fats brownino.

a more dignified animal you'd be hard-pressed to find.

eli is eleven

he will be having sauceless meatballs to celebrate. 

eli slap in the face pouncey tail

happy birthday you lovable knucklehead!

my old clothes: tarheels edition: part 2

when last we left, i'd shown 5 of my favorite vintage unc t-shirts.

here are 5 more favorites - all basketball-related. 

soft, thin, and true. carolina basketball is a perennial power. 

carolina basketball perennial power

looks pretty basic here - carolina basketball school - vintage t-shirt from the summer camp:
carolina basketball school


but it's a champion blue bar tag, dating it to the mid 70s. sweet!

carolina basketball champion blue bar

here's another of the softest silkiest t-shirts i own. love the repeated graphics and the hair on the player. michael jordan era - ncaa champions 1982. 

1981 1982 ncaa champions t-shirt

this must be one of the most obscure carolina basketball t-shirts ever made. gastonia, NC - city of the all-americans - russell athletic from the late 70's. honoring james worthy (UNC) and sleepy floyd (georgetown) - who both grew up in gastonia. 

sleepy floyd james worthy gastonia 70s t-shirt

last but not least, coach k drinks winecoolers. this is not as old as the others, probably only 15 years or so, but it makes me laugh every time. 

coach k drinks wine coolers


you know he does! 

although the tarheels did not advance past the sweet sixteen this year, it was a great season, and we can all still find pleasure in the remaining games by rooting against duke. 

Wednesday, April 01, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Scrunchies, Buddhist Yoga Butt, Hands of a Clown

Hello there, Wednesday! Hello there, WTF!

Last week we were at a sold out show at the Orange Peel, standing behind a woman with a curtain of fine, silky hair.

  
The Orange Peel has a "Big Ass Fan" which blows a stiff breeze through the room. 

big ass fan


You can probably guess that long hair plus a big ass fan equals disaster for everybody behind her. We all had mouthfuls of her hair. Next time, I am bringing some of these to hand out. Simple.


Moving on to an interesting book I picked up at Goodwill last week - Buddhist Yoga. 

buddhist yoga

Written in 1975 by Kanjiitsu Iijima, this book contains many nuggets of wisdom, some anecdotal (balding man stops using soap on his head, hair grows back), and some helpful diagrams.

IMG_20150328_210732


But the most stunning paragraph, maybe the most stunning paragraph I have ever read, is below (Extraordinary effectiveness of constricting the anus): 


constricting the anus

I don't know where to begin with this information, but I felt it needed to be shared. WTF!?


Now for a segue into gospel LP's. 

the loopers

 So I jump ship in Hong Kong and I make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking.  

ASK. 

ask

Christy Lane's Complete Book of Line Dancing by Christy Lane.

christy lane line dancing

The hands of the clown.

the hands of the clown

Meat.


meat


Last but not least, this thriftstore craft: 

i figured

You figured correctly.


As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions.

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week: