Month: August 2022

Spider cam
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Unexpected arachnid

   August 29, 2022  0 Comments on Unexpected arachnid

Spider looked like a deadly Turantula on my dash (Harmless on the camera)

Retro horror cutscreen game
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It was scary in 1995?

   August 28, 2022  0 Comments on It was scary in 1995?

We gat this game (On SEVEN cds!) in about 1995 for I think forty bucks! Today I found it at…

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The case for a new mower blade

   August 27, 2022  0 Comments on The case for a new mower blade

Lowe’s sells a replacement mower blade that fits my mower for about $18 with tax. Apparently my old blade wasn’t…

GIs in chow line Biloxi postcard WWII
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Biloxi Chow: Worth the wait?

   August 23, 2022  0 Comments on Biloxi Chow: Worth the wait?

Here’s a postcard from a young man training at Biloxi to (I presume) his girlfriend back home. Or maybe his…

Cute saloon girl
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Sarsaparilla anyone?

   August 22, 2022  0 Comments on Sarsaparilla anyone?

Here’s an old fair picture of Teresa in her “Saloon Girl” days I guess. She is still cute. I don’t…

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Just ASKING for a “Dear John” letter

   August 16, 2022  0 Comments on Just ASKING for a “Dear John” letter

My name is John, so I know a thing or two about Dear John letters. One time my wife wrote…

inverted tricycles make no sense
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Repurposed

   August 15, 2022  0 Comments on Repurposed

Here’s Frank making a bed out of Daphne’s new wagon, and Daphne is doing that thing where you flip a…

Le Petit Nicolas postage
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There is less droll whimsy in the world today.

   August 13, 2022  0 Comments on There is less droll whimsy in the world today.

I just read that French cartoon illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé passed away. The photo shown in the New York Times showed…

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A big bag of shhhh

   August 12, 2022  0 Comments on A big bag of shhhh

Having two people with insomnia* makes it worse. Last night, about 2:30, my wife pulls out her favorite Austin Powers…

Dorky glasses also destroy vision
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I thought they would work because they are nerdy

   August 11, 2022  0 Comments on I thought they would work because they are nerdy

Ordered these glasses online, the ad implied that I could fine tune my vision, that would be perfect for doing…