Category: Flotsam and Jetsam

Capturing those floating bits of thoughts that don't fit into neat categories that would otherwise be lost to the sea of time.

Cat Supplies

As suggested by my Amazon.com recommendations:

Happy 18th Birthday

GlenGreen.com launched this day, in 2001. Happy birthday website. Now you can vote.

Safety is No Accident

Spotted on the streets of Pittsburgh. I have no words.

The Hit and Run Breakfast

The humor in today’s video, speaks, I think, for itself. (But then again: I have a robust, dark sense of humor: so your mileages may vary.) This snippet is from Dragnet, The Hit-and-Run Driver which first aired April 6, 1967. In this snippet, Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and his partner Bill Gannon (Harry Morgan) meet …

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Did Peter Make a Peter Joke?

Peter Brady, 'But I got Moby Dick for a brother.'

Continuing my observations of watching late night reruns, today I bring you a shocking Brady Bunch double entendre. In this scene, Peter storms in, thinking his brother Greg has taken the girl he wants to date. At first, he only calls Greg a, ‘rat’. After confronting Greg, Peter basically calls his brother a big putz …

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Mike Brady’s AT-AT

Mr. Phillips enter's Mike's office and invites the Bradys to spend a day on his boat.

In my efforts to ease my mind into sleep at night, I like to watch older TV shows. I find little easter eggs in them. Some quasi-historical, most TV trivial, and some musings of my imagination. And it is from the latter, that I bring you an episode (#17) of the Brady Bunch, “Coming Out …

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November 2018 – Quote of the Month

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”  ~ FaramirThe Window on the WestThe Two TowersThe Lord of …

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Penny-ante

J. C. Penney's dressing room pincushion

I shop a lot with Amazon. A lot. – With few exceptions, I go to Amazon for 95% of my non-perishable purchases. But for some things, I still like to have an in-person experience. These things include: TVs and monitors (for first hand viewing of image quality), audio gear (hearing is believing), furniture  and vehicles …

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Carol’s Dating Didn’t Go Well After Mike Brady Left the Family

Things were rough for Carol and the Brady family after Mike Brady left.

And the Award for Most Wasteful Packaging Goes To…

Wasteful Amazon packaging for climbing slings.

The chain we use to hang our hammock has gotten tight as the trees have grown. I decided to replace them with webbing. So, along with a number of other items, I ordered two climbing slings at the same time. I received a few boxes including one each for the webbing slings.  It was actually …

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The Love Boat Promises Something for Everyone

The Love Boat Title Screen - February 1 1986

I like watching old TV shows before I got to bed. Something about them helps me relax. So, I’ve been queuing up random shows in the DVR including Hogan’s Heroes, Columbo, Different Strokes among others. The shows are wonderful time capsules: often with hidden marvels. – Sometimes the shows are remarkably clever, others are so bad that …

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Nobody Puts Baby in a Box

Sterilite container with lid inside

Doing some more organizing around the house which means more bins and labels! I have to say, this warning label has saved me from a lot of embarrassing situations… Seriously though: every hospital should have to show this label to every parent of a newborn before allowing the parents to take the baby home. The …

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Containers, Label Makers and Severed Heads

Containers, Label Makers and Severed Heads

Three of my favorite things: organized Sterilite and Hefty containers, my Model PT-D40 Brother Label Maker and Halloween severed heads. 

The Guts to Corpse a Skeleton

Corpsing a skeleton > Closeup final head and torso

Corpsing a Skeleton “Corpsing” is the Haunters’ verb for taking a skeleton and turning it into a corpse – something with a little skin on the bones. (And while we’re handing out definitions, “Haunters” is the name given to those of us who have a fixation with Halloween – specifically with the creation of haunted …

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Seasonal Candy

Halloween Candy in July

Halloween candy spotted in a store. “So what? – it’s September 28th! ‘Tis the season!“, you say. The photo was taken on July 31st. (I kid you not.) On second thought, maybe it was just very late candy from last year…

iPod Sunset

iPod and CDs, October 2008

In 2014 Apple announced that it would stop supporting its professional photo management software ‘Aperture‘. Since then, I’ve been in the slow (and painful) process of migrating my photos to Adobe’s Lightroom. As such, today, I finally got around to importing a batch of old photos from October 2005 and came across this picture. In …

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Lettuce Spellcheck

Eat 'n Park Signage Misspelling

I’ve never been a great speller, but c’mon!  – Eat ‘n Park missed the pun, “Salad Bar, Can’t be Beet! Let-Us Eat”!

Fluffy Pillow or ET Arms

contour-pillow-use-illustrations

Shopping at a local Sears Outlet, my eye was caught by a comfy looking pillow. Looking closer, I see that the manufacturer was kind enough to provide an illustrated guide on how to use the pillow. Looking closer yet, I noticed the girl with the E.T. Arms. Ouuuuch… (PS. * Yes: I know, the pillow …

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High Security

Combination lock with security code sticker still on the back

As posted via the Twitter feed of Deadville and spotted on a locker in a public gym. Save

Dive Right In

Report all conditions involving vomitus, fecal contamination or unsafe conditions to the management immediately,

The fact that signs like this are deemed necessary is exactly why I avoid public swimming pools.   Do you think someone chose the term, ‘vomitus’ because it sounded more, classical, more Roman perhaps than just straight, ‘vomit’? Be sure that it’s fecal contamination and not just plain-old feces that might be just laying around the pool. …

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