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What is odd is that the show was picked up and has been airing in the late night slot on Channel 11 in Enid, Oklahoma! Following the standard marathon of faith-based/miltary/local-interest programming that one might expect to pepper such small market community access stations in the rural U.S. of A., resin replicas of Vampira, Betty Page, Frank, Drac and Haruo Nakajima now parade across the small screen to the delight of all the insomniac Okies...
Spreadin' the love, A Valentine A Day.
In my search for the Worst Valentines Ever, I have ended up with dozens and dozens of the Not So Bad. Instead of chucking them all in a box or giving them to my neighborhood scrap-booker, I figured I'd share them with the love-lorn world.
And then chuck them all in a box or give them to my neighborhood scrap-booker.
Most of these are from the 1930s to 1960s, with a few older pieces thrown in. The valentine sites I've seen seem to concentrate on sugar-heavy turn of the century ephemera, which I've frankly always found kind of boring. For the truly grotesque and the awful pun, you have to come forward a few years. Valentines featuring telephones, construction equipment and bad cat puns kick that naked fat boy's butt around the block!
"As you know, here in South park, we only have two seasons: Winter and July!"- Eric Cartman
And suddenly the snow is gone and it's stinkin' hot out - which is a-ok, especially if ya work out of your basement. Here's a cover piece for FFWD detailing the surpisingly vibrant sailing community we have here in Alberta. Apparently, Calgary boasts having the second highest number of trained sailors in North America! What th-?
Michelle Duggar is pregnant again! This is a woman whose life's work is to ensure that the rare white home-schooled fundamentalist child is produced in enough numbers to keep it off endangered lists, and she is serious about her chosen profession.
In her honor, Arkansas is changing the state seal to reflect her hard and often misunderstood work. Interestingly enough, they didn't have to change much; the bird already had arrows representing the Quiverfull movement, the angels already had mom hair, and the motto needed only a little tweaking. (see the original here)
Amazing jellyfish lamp by Timothy Horn (via Neatorama)
And for more jellyfish fun, porcelain jellyfish are here.
Tasty Winslow
with the Zygomatic Archies
and special guest Chelsea Lynn Swampscott
September 25
at Gord's Clam's
"Freshest Clams in Alberta"
Highway 1 and Main
Catheter, AB
Fake gig poster by Kipling West
