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.

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. 

Catnip toy. Glittery mice. Totally weird thing. 

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?

Hawaiian war looks kind of relaxing.

 

Hungarian rhapsody.  

Bunny planter. 



Wants a hug. 

Indeed. 

Barbies gone wild. 

Learn to cook cats, kids, and pee. 

WTF eyelashes.

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

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

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:

• 70s Wet Boots Wooden Sign
• 80s Russia Sucks Blinking Light Mesh Hat (Coming soon!) 

WTF Wednesday: Moose Clock, Moose Slippers, Bermuda Onions

Hey there Wednesday! Hey there WTF!

Here we have a figurine who is also wondering WTF?

Hey look,  a colony of gnomes. 

Moose clock. 

Acupuncture without needles. 

All about Bermuda onions. 

Last but not least, a creepy tall doll in moose 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:

• 80s Need a Hug, Call 1-800-GRANDMA Tee
• 80s Superior Style Marching Band T-shirt 
• 80s Hummer Time Glitter Hummingbird T-shirt

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.

   
At some point, Caruso must've been better than this. 

 
The outfits! Oh lord the outfits!

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

 The art of tea. 

WTF is a polka popper.

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. 

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:

• 80s The Italian Elvis Impersonator T-shirt
• 80s Trickle Down Money T-shirt 
• 80s Women's Golf Spiked Hair T-shirt
• 90s Airbrushed Bela Cherokee T-shirt
• 80s Sexauer Plumbing T-shirt

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. 

You could have tried harder. 

Hi crazy tall creepy doll. 

Let's hug it out. 

Conserve energy. Carve a half assed sloth.

This seems to be a native girl figurine featuring mushrooms. 

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

Medieval clown straddling a clock. WTF!?

Here's the Tree Lounge Advantage VHS.

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

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:

• 60s Reindeer Christmas Sweater Vest
• 70s Afghan Crochet Granny Square Tank Top 
• 80s MAHEC Inventing Extra Acronyms T-shirt
• 90s Lithotripsy Kidney Stone Busters T-shirt

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.



he will be having sauceless meatballs to celebrate. 



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. 



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

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



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. 



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. 



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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.

But the most stunning paragraph, maybe the most stunning paragraph I have ever read, is below (Extraordinary effectiveness of 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. 

 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. 

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

The hands of the clown.

Meat.

Last but not least, this thriftstore craft: 

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:

• 70s Bingo Is My Bag heathered ringer T-shirt
• 90s Bass Fishing Catches Man T-shirt
• 80s L.A. Gear Neon Crop Top