Found Online

Found this GREAT image on an piece about Childe Hassam.  The painting on the wall, which has the American flag is a Childe Hassam painting. 

The other part of the pic is Barak Obama.  This photo was taken about 8 days after he became president.   

He's sitting at the Resolute desk.  

I thought calling a desk 'The Resolute desk' was some tired Republican idea.  

Turns out that the desk was made from the oak timbers of the HMS Resolute, a ship that had been used in Arctic exploration.  The desk was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes, back in 1880.  

Fun fact: One of my grandfathers was born eight years later.   

Tickets, Please

Above is my ticket from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

I also saw the first Star Trek movie, i.e Star Trek:The Motion Picture, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and maybe the third one.

                                           .  That time that Kirk yells at Khan:

At the time, one of my friends, who was very hilarious, and at the time working as a waiter, screamed the same way Kirk did, with a twist, i.e.

"KHAN !!!!! Your order's up!!" 

To this day, that makes me laugh.  

The Tuesday Song of the Week

A couple weeks ago this tune sat firmly in my head for four days.

Four total days.

96 hours.

It is...

                       

The Mr. Ed theme song

 

Wanna know how they made Mr. Ed's mouth move?  

 

They gave him peanut butter. 

The Star Made Me Buy It

 This is our third TSMMBI featuring Joan Crawford.

Here she's selling Camels cigarettes:

It won't irritate your throat, but it will give you throat cancer. Clear distinction. 

Lucky Dip

Today's Lucky Dip is made up of neckties.

VERY COOL neckties, which was the comment I received from a guy who recently bought five of my ties.

So... 

                                                           parrot print tie

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/flying_parrot_print_neck_tie-256831784501235268

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circa 1940 military aircraft print tie

 

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1939_british_fairey_junior_medium_bomber_print_neck_tie-256488542958262713

 

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'The Battle of Gettysburg' sheet music cover print tie

 

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/1917_the_battle_of_gettysburg_sheet_music_print_neck_tie-256259651084593503

 

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ancient Persepolis print tie

 

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/ancient_persepolis_print_neck_tie-256945511356752564  

 

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weatherfish print tie

 

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/weatherfish_print_neck_tie-256012115209883057

 

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                                                         fedoras and wingtips print tie

 Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1950s_mens_fedora_and_wingtip_shoes_print_neck_tie-256250797457071781

 

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Thus ends today's collection.

 

To see the other 500+ ties in my shop, go here:

 

www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/ties

Tuesday Song of the Week

Welcome to the Tuesday Song of the Week!

This week's TSotW is something I heard at work.

A song I was familiar with, but hadn't heard in years, and for the life of me I could NOT remember what group it came from.

 

At first I was thinking maybe The Human League.  Then dismissed that.  Really didn't sound like them.

But I know this song.  I KNOW this song.  But who who who did it???

Turns out I REALLY should have known who the group was, because I'm pretty sure once had the cd version of the album it was on...

Anyway...

                                                        'The Look of Love' - ABC

Found Online

 Found this on YouTube.  

I've always thought that young Glenn Ford looked a lot like one of my brothers.

And youngish Gene Kelly looked a lot like this guy who was very interested in me in a job I had a gazillion years ago.  I remember him telling he me had kids, which at the time that was a 1000% deal-breaker for me.