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3August 20, 2009
Cheap Thrills Thursday: The Joys Of TCM, Bathing Beauty Edition

I’m not about to go all mathy on yer arse, but in a world of streaming video, on-demand downloadable rentals, home delivery rentals (even without fees!) TCM, part of basic…
0August 16, 2009
Maybe You’re Not Juliet

When Chelsie Hightower & Mark Kanemura Dance danced to Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love on So You Think You Can Dance (choreography by Napoleon & Tabitha D’Uma), I was mesmerized… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqAbm5og4kA[/youtube]…
2August 9, 2009
Thriller Panties

Black Michael Jackson printed in white on black nylon panties. The Thriller album pose, along with Jackson’s signature, all printed on the fanny… The ultimate compliment?
4July 30, 2009
The “What Happened To You?!” Musical Family Road Trip

On Monday we drove from Fargo (ND) to Menomonie (WI) to meet my folks and get the eldest who had spent a week at their house. We do road trips…
2July 21, 2009
New Vintage Reviews Carnival, 4th Edition

Reuse, recycle — rejoice! Welcome to the fourth edition of the New Vintage Reviews Carnival, where we review “old stuff” that is likely new to someone… And (most of the…
0June 12, 2009
The What I Think You Should Know Relationship Round-Up

There’s a whole heck of a lot of good relationship stuff on Twolia; I thought, just in case you never leave Relationship Underarm Stick, that you should see some of…
1June 8, 2009
Ah, The Sights & Sounds Of 80′s Flicks

The Monday Movie Meme is I love The 80′s; here are some of my quick thoughts on my favorite 80′s films… Desperately Seeking Susan — I was dressing like slutty…
0June 5, 2009
DIY Radiohead Logo Shirt

Instructions from Barry at 3stylelife for making your own “Modified bear” Radiohead Logo t-shirt with just simple household objects — and a clean “blank” t-shirt, of course.
1June 2, 2009
New Vintage Reviews Carnival, Second Edition

Welcome to the second edition of the New Vintage Reviews Carnival, where we review “old stuff” that is likely new to someone… In the hopes that it inspires you to…
1June 2, 2009
Does Sparkle Shine?

I’d never heard of the movie Sparkle. Maybe because in 1976 I was a white tween, getting my fill of film angst from The Bad News Bears (gawd I knew…
2May 20, 2009
Simon Cowell Says My Blog Is Self-Indulgent

Is it it wrong if I find myself crying while Danny Gokee sings with Lionel Richie? If so, I don’t care. If you live long enough, the cool becomes kitsch…
11April 20, 2009
Mixed Reactions To A Literal Three-Ring Circus

Trying to move past my fear knowledge of clowns and their assassination attempts on my life, we went to the circus on Saturday — El Zagal’s 58th Annual Shrine Circus,…
1March 24, 2009
Dancing With The Stars, My Age Is Showing

Watching Dancing tonight, the results show, I saw Hall & Oates perform one of the songs from my glory days, Maneater. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9whJrLy7Nk[/youtube] Now the interesting thing, the thing is not…
1March 18, 2009
You Can’t Judge A Racist Nun By Her Habit, Part Three (Or, The Little Chink In Sister’s Armor)

That darn Sister Patricia also owned a copy of Little Chink, one of (at least) three Musical Recitations by Helen Wing. Little Chink is by one Mildred Merryman — who,…
0March 16, 2009
You Can’t Judge A Racist Nun By Her Habit, Part Two

More vintage sheet music owned by Sister Patricia; this time, Story Poems with Musical Settings by Phyllis Fergus. The song, The Woodpecker (copyright 1925 by Clayton F. Summy Co.), takes…
3March 10, 2009
You Can’t Judge A Racist Nun By Her Habit

Normally the most interesting thing to me about vintage sheet music is the cover art; this is because I’m musically illiterate and can’t use it for anything but decoration and/or…
0March 9, 2009
The Naughty Little Clock

The amazingly cute and gay lyrics to The Naughty Little Clock: There once was a frivolous and giddy little clock, A little French clock very gay; Very trim and very…
4March 6, 2009
Gimme Back That Filet-o-Fish

Not since “Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame-seed bun” have I enjoyed singing along with a McDonald’s commercial so much, so many kudos…
1February 14, 2009
Alone Today? Valentine’s Day For Singles

You didn’t think I’d ignore you today, did you my lovelies? Of course not. Real friends don’t ignore their friends just because they are one part of a couple, and…