Posts Tagged ‘Gift Ideas’
Monday, 23 March 2020
1958 Gilbert Microscope ad.
[Found here.]
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Tags:1958, advertisement, art, Gift Ideas, Gilbert Microscope, Retro
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Monday, 6 January 2020
“My favorite part about the Columbo Board Game is that they wouldn’t pay Peter Falk what he wanted to be involved, so they had to work around showing his face.”
[Found here.]
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Tags:board game, Columbo, FAIL, Gift Ideas, Peter Falk, tacky, WIN, WTF
Posted in Bizarre, Cool, Gift Ideas, Humor, Odd, Retro, Stupid, True Stories | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
“Do you like the present I got you, Honey?”
“It sucks. Now GFY.”
[Found here.]
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Tags:ad, Electrolux, Gift Ideas, Retro, vacuum
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Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Michael E. Long makes and sells shadow boxes of curious/derelict building exteriors and interiors.
[Found here.]
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Tags:art, awesome, dive bar, Elsie's Tavern, Gift Ideas, Michael E. Long, miniatures, sculpture, WIN
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Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Child’s Own is a company that takes children’s pictures and turns them into stuffed animals things. Unfortunately, it’s too late to order for this Christmas, but it’s still a cool idea.
[Click on any image below for larger examples of awesome.]
[Found here. Related post here.]
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Tags:awesome, children, drawings, Gift Ideas, plush, stuffed, toys, WIN
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Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Pure awesome. Made me feel like preteen girl again.
“Barry, 44, boyfriend – whatever you want to call him, we love, adore and miss the man who ran the greatest country in the free world. This is our homage to his charm, wit, brain and dazzling smile. This 2020, 12-month wall calendar measures 12″ x 12″ and includes thirteen, I-love-Barack, collages combined with the monthly calendar grids and a bonus 4-month view of January 2021 – April 2021. Printed on premium gloss paper.”
[Found here. Related posts here.] (more…)
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Tags:2020, awesome, Barack Obama, Calendar, Gift Ideas, WIN
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Monday, 14 October 2019
Pretty cool paper sculpture kit for under $10. If I was 14 I’d want it, but I’m not 14, and I still want it. [Found here.]
Pair it up with this, and you’ll be your nephew’s Favorite Uncle (or your niece’s Favorite Aunt) forever.
Don’t forget the paint.
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Tags:art, awesome, crafts, Dire Wolf, Gift Ideas, head, kit, Paper, sculpture, WIN, wolf
Posted in Bizarre, Cool, Gift Ideas, Halloween, Holidays | 4 Comments »
Sunday, 16 June 2019
I saw what you did there.
On This Day In Jazz Music is very cool.
Remember when David Letterman was sane?
Ringo explains his drumming style. [Hint: He’s left-handed.]
Here’s a job that pays $174K per year and allows you to vote yourself a “cost of living increase.” Pheeeew.
Every once in a while I’m reminded of The Institute for Centrifugal Research and how awesome it is.
“The history of spam started in 1864, over a hundred years before the Internet, with a telegram sent en masse to a number of British politicians. In a prescient sign of things to come, the telegram was an advertisement for teeth whitening.”
[Top image: Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” has been reincarnated as a graphic novel, illustrated by Pete Katz, found here.]
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Tags:awesome, David Letterman, Gift Ideas, hot links, link dump, miscellanea, Pete Katz, potpourri, Spam, Sun Tzu
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Tuesday, 14 May 2019
This telephone, radio, video, news link, photo transmitter/receiver, printer included a “Like” function to transmit audio applause. It was an all-in-one Victrola on steroids, a paleo Smart Phone that went up to 11.
[Images found here and here. More here.]
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Tags:1930s, All-In-One, awesome, Gift Ideas, History, Retro, Smart Phones, technology, WIN, WTF
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Monday, 22 April 2019
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Tags:awesome, Easter Peeps, FAIL, Food, Gift Ideas, WTF
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