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For everyone who's waiting for a dream to come true in 2016:

'I Knew You Were Waiting' - Aretha Franklin and George Michael

smokin'

The habit - at least among people with 3-digit IQs - has largely been consigned to the ashtray of history, but some cool advertising relics remain...

Got some bo cray cray Murad images in the store. (My punk name this week will be Bo Craycray.) 

Note that all of the above are NOT NOT NOT as blurry in real life as they appear here.

I got waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy more cigarette- and smoking-related stuff in my Zazzle store - apparel - man cave decor stuff - bags - notebooks - and a lot of you name it.  Go to:  https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/products and in the 'Search This Store' box, enter 'smoking'

Nash, cash, and...

splash! 

synchronized sea travel

cash in laptop bag form

novelty watch with 1941 Nash ad.

Note that their are TONS more stuff in the Nash, cash and splash categories, including apparel - neckties - bags of all sorts - phone/computer accessories - mugs - home decor stuff and a BUNCHA BUNCHA MORE!!

To see all of this maaavelous, must-have stuff, go here: https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/products

and in the 'Search This Store' box, enter either 'Nash' 'coins' or 'synchronized'

watch this!

We gots a bunch of stuff with this awesome 1940s Hamilton watch ad...

There's more more than what you see above.  Go to:

 https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/Hamilton?ps=30

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Nothing cooler than an all-male choir, especially when it comes to Christmas carol-singing.

 'O Holy Night' - Cwmbach Male Choir

African-American antiques...

...that aren't actually from America.  The bo adorable image is from a real photo postcard printed in England sometime in the 1920s.  

 You can get on compacts,

 and bags,

and apparel, and a buncha bunch MORE stuff!!

See more, get more here: https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/black%20dolls?ps=120

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This week we got a forgotten crooner, who was a big star in the 1930's and '40s.

'Dance Ballerina Dance' - Buddy Clark

Mr. Clark (born Samuel Goldberg) would probably been one of the Frank Sinatra/Tony Bennett/Perry Como type stars of the 1950s and later, but was killed in a plane crash in 1949.

1939 Lincoln Zephyr

A mind-bogglingly beautiful automobile,

 available on mind-bogglingly awesome stuff! 

Like cufflinks, and throw blankets (as seen above above), 

and also pillows.  And shirts, and clocks and watches, and computer/phone accessories, and mugs and magnets and MORE.  

See more, get more here: https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/zephyr?ps=120

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cute little devils !!

You can get the cutie above on shirts, phone and computer accessories, throw blankets, throw pillows, greeting cards and OODLES more !!

See more, get more here: https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/imp?ps=120

the beauteous Merle Oberon

The lovely star of Wuthering Heights, and a bunch of other big movies of the 1930s through the 1950s.  

Are you a fan?

If so, would you like to...

Have lunch with her?

OR

spent time with her?

OR

Go shopping with her?

Now you can!!!

You can also get her on shirts of all kinds, pillows, blankets, mugs, keychains, buttons, and MORE MORE MORE.**

Go here: here:  https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/Merle?ps=120

**I listed much of this stuff yesterday, December 13, and it hasn't appeared in the shop yet, but it soon will.

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This week's selection isn't for everyone, but if you can stand it, it's worth a listen:

'Prenzlauerberg' - Beirut

According to AllMusic.com, Beirut's music is a mash of Balkan folk and electronica.

Here's some REAL Balkan folk.  It's crazy fast, not lumbering as the piece above: 

'Briu' - Taraf de Haïdouks

By the by, if you ever find yourself in the City of Bothersome Love, and you want to hear some kickin' brass-heavy and BO awesome Balkan music, see if you can find where and when the West Philadelphia Orchestra is playing.  Here's their website: http://wpo.westphiladelphiaorchestra.com/

fairytale wedding

or 'fairy tale wedding'

Your choice.

Now, if you've been invited to a fairytale wedding (or fairy tale wedding), you could certainly used this:

fairy tale wedding print wrapping paper to wrap your gift.  (Note that the paper is NOT NOT NOT blurry as it appears above.)  

OR

if it's your wedding that's the fairytale wedding/fairy tale wedding, you could give a few of these very neat...

...wallets to your bridesmaids, to show your appreciation.  (Note that these aren't blurry in real life either.)

OR if it's your fairytale/fairy tale wedding, and you're a generous and appreciative-type bride, you could give your bridesmaids these...

messenger bags.

Which are lovely, useful, and will always remind them of your marvelous fairy tale/fairytale wedding.

Get all of the above - plus MORE MORE MORE fairy tale wedding stuff -- here: 

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/fairytale%20wedding?ps=120

gone fishin'

Lotsa people, including men, like to fish.

or like fish, which is way different from liking to fish.

Nevertheless, we got stuff for both fisherman and fisher friends, to wit:

fish print gift wrap

 fish-oriented lumbar pillows

 fish-intensive apparel

And waayyyyyyy more fish-oriented stuff here: 

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/fish?ps=120

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Yesterday, my computer was in the shop, but it's back today, so here we go:

SUPER boppy

'Yeh Yeh' - Matt Bianco

newest (old. very old) stuffs

Which includes, but is surely not limited to:

crazy hand-painted teapot

 featuring looks like a Balkan or Turkish dignitary.   That's Lucinda in the background.

He appears both on the body of the teapot AND the lid. Which is cool.  

Not to be outdone, we got...

 spice-containing chicken thingies, perfect for the country or chicken-intensive decor.

Next up, the wicked cool double slot letter holder or napkin holder or both.

Because it has two sections.

And lastly (for this post of new old stuffs, but I got more I haven't even done nothing with yet), we got cute sock monkeys.

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I regret that somehow the following can't be BLASTED (sound-wise) because the percussion be super-duper cool.

'Cold Cold Heart' - Midge Ure

some more more for you

How come you don't buy yourself nothing for Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus?

You should, you know. 

Even if it's something humble,

like the World's Coolest Mug, as seen below: 

Get it here:  https://www.zazzle.com/scottie_dogs_blackie_and_whitie_on_the_radio_coffee_mug-168025555269653573


and/or get another -- or all of -- of my World's Coolest Mugs here: 

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/mug?ps=92&qs=mug&pg=1

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On YouTube today's Tuesday Song of the Week is identified as 'soul.'  

My idea of soul is something slowish and angsty-ish, like 'Ain't No Sunshine.'  

Today's entry is up-tempo and very boppy.

Dig.

'Hold On' - The Radiants

1960s GLAM GLAM GLAM

Long wiggle dress,

 +

matching coat

=
AWESOME.

Another something for you

For you, for a party!

dressed kitty plates!

In kitty damage-resistant melamine!!

Perfect for a kitty party or a birthday/anniversary/whatever party for a cat lover.

Get 'em here: http://www.zazzle.com/victorian_dressed_kitty_cats_party_plates-115106086078237565

Good morning

The sky over my part of the City of Bothersome Love circa 6:30 a.m. this morning:

HOW COOL IS ...

THIS??

It's a brooch, believe it or don't.

Unbelievably well-made.

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Direct from Deutschland to you...

'Schöne Frauen Kosten Geld' - Chez Alex

Translated into English, the title means 'Beautiful Women Cost Money'

something more for you

For you or somebody else male in your life, a mahvelous tomato print necktie.

Who in their right mind doesn't love the yummy red redness of ripe tomatoes??

Nobody, that's who.

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/juicy_tomato_print_tie-151368901620085480

A (mini) miracle

Yesterday morning, I was working on fixing...

Lucinda's (that's her above) outdoor...

 feral shelter*

I was crouching on the ground rather than sitting, and suddenly...

 I slipped and landed on my right knee.  It hurt like CRAZY.  And I thought, 'Well if it hurts this bad, even in the unlikely event that I don't completely lose my mind from the pain, I probably won't be able to do my shift** this morning.'

I was able to finish what I was doing with the shelter (yay me), and when I struggled up and got back into the house and...

suddenly my knee didn't hurt AT. ALL.  

*Lucinda is no longer what I would consider feral.  She's gone from being afraid to be any closer than 15 feet away from me to wanting to sleep on my lap.  But she still refuses to come into the house, hence the feral shelter.  Note that the shelter in the picture is the same type of shelter I have, but the pic is from the manufacturer, and not my yard.  Note also that the reason I was fixing it is that the awning keeps falling off, thereby letting rain and stuff in.

** The referred to shift was my weekly two hours helping take care of the cats in the PetSmart adoption center at Cottman and Bustleton, City of Bothersome Love.  

God is good.