Felix the Cat Cartoon: Topless Mermaid

I couldn't find a date, but

We Interrupt This Regularly Scheduled Program

Well, it looks like no sooner did I get ThrillsVille Deluxe started, than I found that I have a big ol' monkey wrench in the works. Nothing tragic, it just seems that I have jumped the gun a bit, in other words I have too much going on at the moment, so I will be taking a brief break, while I rework my schedule so that I can fit everything in.

Be back soon.

Vintage Dr. Pepper Commercial

Why is it that pop always tasted so much better out of those glass bottles? Of course, the bad thing about glass bottles was that when they were dropped on any hard surface, such as concrete or asphalt, they would break. Nothing was more heartbreaking than making a long walk to the local market on a hot day, looking forward to those icy bubbles hitting the back of your throat with every step, and then dropping that icy bottle in the parking lot before you got to take so much as a sip. Oh, the humanity!

Well, as you may have guessed I've still got that hankerin' for pop that I mentioned yesterday, so I think will continue with the vintage soda theme, but this time featuring Dr. Pepper. I've heard, and I don't know if this is true or not, but Dr. P is prune flavored. Hey, I'm giving you something to think about.

Have a great weekend.
Cheers!

Nifty Pepsi Commercial

Las Vegas Strip 1957

Welcome to Las Vegas Sign Turns 50!

Okay, this one is a little late, but on May 14th there was a big celebration in Las Vegas because the Welcome to Las Vegas Sign turned 50 years old. This is no small feat in a town that tears down its historic icons more frequently than the average person changes their underwear. You can read a bit more about the history of the sign and so forth right here.
-Cheers!


Image Dr. Al. K. Lisch GFDL

Happy Memorial Day!

I hope you're all having a great Memorial Day Weekend. Originally called Decoration Day, because people would decorate the graves of fallen soldiers, Memorial Day has become little more than an excuse for a three day weekend, or a reason for tire and mattress sales, and of course its the official marker of the start of Barbecue Season.

The Portland Memorial Coliseum, as the name suggests, was built as a memorial to our war dead. In case you're not from around these parts, or you've somehow missed it, the PMC has recently escaped the wrecking ball—at least, for now. Aside from being a memorial, there are many arguments, both architectural and cultural, to save this marvelous building, and I had planned on writing about some of them, as well as the greed/corruption factor in Portland politics which lead to it being threatened in the first place. Basically the reason boils down to Jim Morrison's theory: money beats soul every time—but I decided that would be an unnecessary digression, so I think I'll save all of this for a later post, and for now I'll just say that, I hope you'll remember the original spirit of the holiday, and take a few minutes to honor those who have sacrificed so much for our country.

-Cheers!