Mitch's Blog
About A good Nelson Mandela quote This blog is a dog's breakfast Newsletter Follow this blog on Mastodon, Tumblr, Bluesky or Micro.blog Also on Micro.blog
  • Today’s ephemera: Simulated chimp attack









    → 7:05 AM, Jan 31
  • Today’s ephemera: A sufficiently large trebuchet







    There goes my super-secret salad recipe. It’s been a big hit at PTA potlucks.



    → 7:07 AM, Jan 30
    Also on Bluesky
  • Today’s ephemera: Don’t buy the cheap stuff



    The Los Angeles House, 1995



    → 7:10 AM, Jan 26
  • Today’s ephemera: Weiner Bar Mitzvah

    I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.









    → 7:18 AM, Jan 24
  • Today’s ephemera: What’s all this then?



    Norman Saunders (American, 1907-1989) I Take Thee, 1950



    The Venice Division Police Station was the filming location for John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 (1976).




    Limbo Party by “Ivy” Pete and his Limbomaniacs












    Cora M. Strayer’s Detective Agency. Chicago, 1908



    → 7:54 AM, Jan 22
  • Today’s ephemera: The ethics of transmogrification





    Verner Panton, Copenhagen, Denmark 1971








    Tree rex


    → 4:45 AM, Nov 27
    Also on Bluesky
  • Today’s ephemera: As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly

    Peter Bogdanovich & Orson Welles grocery shopping in Los Angeles, ca. 1970





    → 11:12 AM, Nov 22
    Also on Bluesky
  • Today’s ephemera: Uninspired barbecues









    → 12:10 PM, Nov 21
    Also on Bluesky
  • Today’s ephemera: Their remarkable ubiquity





    → 11:33 AM, Nov 20
    Also on Bluesky
  • Today’s ephemera: Worse than a crying baby on a plane











    → 10:31 AM, Nov 19
    Also on Bluesky
  • Today’s ephemera: Collateralized equine product











    → 9:10 AM, Nov 13
    Also on Bluesky
  • Today’s ephemera: Dinosaurs are like the coolest thing possible















    → 4:29 PM, Nov 9
    Also on Bluesky
  • Welcome to dating in 2023: Today’s oddly satisfying and mildly interesting things I saw on the internet


    Early prototype of Apple Pay





    Greatest TV Guide review ever.


    Bette Davis on set of THE LETTER (1940)


    → 10:26 AM, Nov 8
    Also on Bluesky
  • Get weird about that thing you're weird about: Today’s oddly satisfying and mildly interesting things I saw on the internet








    James Garner and Rita Moreno in Marlowe, 1969

    → 11:50 AM, Nov 6
    Also on Bluesky
  • Everything peaked in the 70s: Today’s oddly satisfying and mildly interesting things I saw on the internet








    “Colossus: The Forbin Project” (1970).






    1954 FX Atmos by Ford




    → 10:22 AM, Nov 3
    Also on Bluesky
  • Jinkies! Today’s oddly satisfying and mildly interesting things I saw on the internet



    via






    On October 30, 1945: US government announces end of shoe rationing.



    → 2:19 PM, Oct 31
    Also on Bluesky
  • What if we kissed on the jouch? Today’s oddly satisfying and mildly interesting things I saw on the internet





    ***
    *** *** ![](https://mitchw.blog/uploads/2023/0e494f58-751c-494e-9358-cf08614b61a4.jpg)
    → 10:50 AM, Oct 27
    Also on Bluesky
  • Ringo looking groovy and other oddly satisfying and mildly interesting things I saw on the internet

    Screenshot of a tweet with a photo of two men wearing orange safety vests, walking one ahead of the other, carrying a metal pole on their shoulders between them. Title is: “These fuckers are almost certainly on their way to be an obstacle in a motorcycle chase currently in progress.” Because in an action movie you’d see someone speeding along on a motorcycle and having to avoid going under the metal pole and getting clipped.


    Black and white photo apparently from the mid-70s of teen-agers (they look to be about 15) slow dancing. The boys are wearing casual button down shirts and pants. The girls are wearing long dresses. The couples are pressed close together.


    A black-and-white photo, I guess from the 1930s, of a woman in a dress and sweater standing in front of a row of kinetoscopes (those old timey one-person movie machines that you peered into). She’s bent slightly in front of a machine with the title “The Farmer’s Daughter,” and has her hand to her mouth, pretending to look shocked.


    Looks like a photo of Ringo Starr and a pretty young blonde woman dressed very groovy, ca. 1970

    → 8:13 AM, Jul 30
    Also on Bluesky
  • Larry’s red space suit and other oddly satisfying and mildly interesting things I saw on the Internet








    → 8:13 AM, Jul 29
    Also on Bluesky
  • A Dad shows off for his delighted toddler daughter and other oddly satisfying and mildly interesting things I found on the internet

    Dad shows off his skills for his delighted daughter in Melbourne, Australia, around 1940. via



    via



    → 8:13 AM, Jul 28
    Also on Bluesky
  • Sunday morning comics, Ohio, 1950s. And other things I found on the Internet

    Sunday morning comics, Ohio, 1950s. Via https://www.reddit.com/r/TheWayWeWere/comments/91sz1a/sunday_morning_comics_ohio_1950s/












    On Reddit: “My grandparents the night they met (1970).” Via https://reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/15a89z5/my_grandparents_the_night_they_met_1970/


    Caligula (1979) via https://reddit.com/r/MoviePosterPorn/comments/15alp30/caligula_1979_1937_x_2943/

    → 8:13 AM, Jul 27
    Also on Bluesky
  • Today’s ephemera: Marty Feldman and Ann-Margret, 1977

    New York subway, 1980




    Marty Feldman and Ann-Margret, 1977. Via https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/vw4kjo/marty_feldman_and_annmargret_1977/

    He looks as surprised to be with her as we are to see them as a couple.



    → 5:33 AM, Jul 25
    Also on Bluesky
  • Today’s ephemera: Looking in the bathroom mirror first thing in the morning

    1960 The voices of the Flintstones


    Via www.tumblr.com/lew-basni…


    Video. Watch here: twitter.com/slendersh…


    Five years ago: The hotel I’m in has an enclosed atrium with a mirrored far wall. Some guy dressed like me was taking a picture same time as me.








    → 5:31 AM, Jul 24
    Also on Bluesky
  • Today’s ephemera: Wasabi Bobby's coping mechanism



    A hotel in Germany uses 3D carpets to prevent guests from running. Via https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/vupc81/a_hotel_in_germany_uses_3d_carpets_to_prevent/





    Via www.tumblr.com/allhailth…


    → 5:34 AM, Jul 23
    Also on Bluesky
  • Today’s ephemera: And how do we cope with stress?


    In 1909, Alice Ramsey became the first woman to drive an automobile across the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Huyler_Ramsey


    Via www.tumblr.com/digitvint…


    → 5:43 AM, Jul 22
    Also on Bluesky
← Newer Posts Page 2 of 3 Older Posts →
  • RSS
  • JSON Feed