In tribute to the late, great Elizabeth Taylor, I am going to shine an all too brief spotlight on two of her most unappreciated works.


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This weekend I bought this weirdo 70s craft booklet called LIVING DOLLS because I liked the photographs of mangled looking craft dolls living in a kitchen wallpaper dreamscape, and the pictures got me thinking about cozies. For some reason despite all the nouveau craft revivals for crafts such as knitting, crochet, and embroidery there haven't been ( Read more... )

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Recently I went to a Mennonite superstore that was a dry goods shop, a scrapbooking shop, a deli, a gift shop, a book store, and an antique mall, and I was amazed to see dozens and dozens of Nancy Drew books in the book store. I flipped through them and boggled at the cover art and reflected on the cultural icon that is Nancy Drew ( Read more... )

I had a really intense moment last week when I discovered the door of an abandoned house I was taking pictures of (uh, photographs of a sad looking abandoned house? that's not a total cliche or anything, oh damn) was open and OF COURSE I had to go inside and snoop around ( Read more... )

Dear Livejournal ( Read more... )

is being able to shamelessly rip off icons from accounts that haven't been updated since 2006.

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Does anyone remember the Smurl Family? Back in the 80s they sought the aid of WORLD FAMOUS demonologist couple Ed and Lorraine Warren to help exorcise the various demons and evil spirits haunting their house. I remember losing about a week's worth of sleep after hearing them talk about DEMON ATTACKS IN THE SHOWER on Sally Jessy. There is a really ( Read more... )

In 2010 I'm going to start watching all those busted Italian rip-offs of THE ROAD WARRIOR. I saw a trailer for one starring Fred Williamson (oh wait, Fred Williamson is in ALL OF THEM) and it looked amazing. He was wearing a billowy Douglas Fairbanks type pirate blouse and all these Italians in cheapo New Wave ensembles were driving tricked-out ( Read more... )