Category: Nostalgia
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dog eared
Northgate Mall While sitting outside a JCPenney this afternoon, I was regarding the lovely Helvetica and thinking about the Christmas catalogs I would dog ear when I was a kid. Things I never saw on the shelves when the family would make a special trip to the department and discount stores… Places in these parts…
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Babbling
Mt. Airy (Water) Towers It was time to hit up the grocery store today. I also visited the laundromat this week. I wonder if I could generate enough mindless data to figure out when the next haircut is, or when I will be stopping by the theater or the bar. Then i could just populate…
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-11 years
I’d like to say I was on drugs when this photo was taken. I’m digging through boxes looking for stuff from 11 years ago—boxes that need labels. I put these labels on my mental list of “things I don’t care if I ever do.” There can only be so much allocating. Time is this funny…
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Bedside
A lamp, a hat, a book, hand salve and an alarm clock My skin has been super-dry of late and the Farmer’s Friend hand salve with non-revolting fragrance at bedside is good, but greasy. I leave thumbprints on the pages of the book I’m reading, Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I’m just gearing…
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16 Good Things about 2004
Images take you to related links So most of this stuff is specific to 2004, but I’m aware some of it was around long before. Videogame: Ratchet and Clank 3: Up Your Arsenal – Platforming goodness for the PlayStation 2. Had I bought of Katamari Damacy for myself, it probably would’ve made the list. Concert:…
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The year we lightened up
Yeah, like that Dan pointed out a link to this fansite for the sadly defunct Pacific Southwest Airlines today, and I was fascinated. I want to live in that era. No, scratch that. I want this era to LIGHTEN THE FUCK UP. I’m beat with government and faith based agencies trying to determine what is…
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Close cover and strike
I’ve got a match, your embrace and my collapse My Grandmother collects matchbooks. When moving out of her house she asked what we would want. I chose the matches. I’ve hoarded them over the years as well. Fragments of memories. Restaurants along the highway. Trips exotic. She’s ailing a little bit in the memory department…
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Opossum
Didn’t scare too easy Normally I eschew all types of flash photography (this, because I don’t have a bounce flash), but there was no other way to catch this critter in the alley. I could also extoll the talents of my mom again, as she used to make very realistic stuffed versions of these creatures…
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Rottin’
For documentation purposes Next Up: More rot and then Thanksgiving kitsch.
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Rousters Apples
Them apples There’s a place out near where I grew up called Rousters that has the best apples. This orchard has crafted a particularly sweet and crunchy variety with a juicy white flesh and a freckled matte skin. They call ’em Krispy, and I’ve never been able to find their equal in the produce aisle…