There is a sign down the road that exhorts people to vote for ANYBODY BUT INSLEE (Jay Inslee, our governor here in Washington, is running for reelection)… On the edge of the sign, Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys is poking his head in. I like Bubbles, because he is good to his kitties. But I…
I’ll have the soup!
I found this in my matchbook collection, I was laughing but my wife told me to grow up. Not sure why they chose this name, it would probably work for a pick-up joint or let’s face it, a gay bar. It’s also an inn, so get a room already. Same people had a place called…
Pac Man Fever? Try lockdown madness.
I was digging up some rockery and found this decrepit old video game token. Wouldn’t it be creepy if there was an abandoned arcade in one of those abandoned malls that youtube explorers like to trespass in, except one machine that sort of worked and made weird noises? It would accept this ragged token, then…
The Kingdome fiasco; 25 years ago today
On September 19, 1995, King County voters defeated a ballot measure that would have funded the construction of a new baseball-only stadium for the Seattle Mariners. Of course, the government knows better, so soon the Washington State Legislature approved a separate funding package for a new stadium. My parents were living in Seattle at the time, and…
I give up on this
I have lost interest in my coin and token collection, Except for the silver dollar with the president Nixon case, that my dad gave me. I have a lot of wooden nickels, plastic tokens, etc. old bus tokens, casino chips etc. but not attached to any of them. They are mostly before my time. This…
Operation Desert Storm: This time it’s personal
I acquired a pack of these “Desert Storm Trading Cards” – I don’t know if there are “rare” and “common” cards (“I’ll trade these two SCUD missiles for your Iceland card!”) (Yes, there is an Iceland card. Maybe they supplied the ice?) Personally I was hoping for the Tariq Aziz/Larry Tate card, but Mr. Aziz…
Space Command!
It must have been a golden time for independent Television and Radio stores like Jack Bartlett’s. Remote Control of your television, being able to turn the channel without getting up when no kids were in the room, it was almost a miracle. And mute commercials! Of course there might have been an issue with the…
The sordid tale of the Silver Slipper
Back in the day, specifically 1950 to 1988, the Silver Slipper Casino sat next to the Frontier, spinning a giant slipper on the roof. In 1964, they were busted for cheating, shaving dice and whatnot. Then in 1968, Howard Hughes had taken up residence in the Desert Inn. He did not like the slipper pointing…
Man in blue doing a crackerjack job
The reason I think this guy came out of a box of Crackerjacks, is I think I got one in like 1966 or so. He is about 1 7/8″ tall, and somewhat thin by “army guy” standards. I wonder what he did to get traffic duty. He has been doing it so long, that he…
They should at least find you handy
I got a great deal on the complete Red Green Show DVD box set, and it came with this nice patch! But what do I do with it? I have a nice leather jacket, but if I sew on this patch (Or get my “old lady” to do it)- I will look like a deranged…