the Pets.com dog

Here he is!

Pets.com was an early dot com company that sadly crashed and burned in a space of only two years.  But our friend shown above keeps the memory alive.

New vintage ties

and/or vintage neckties.

Here's your Gregorian chance to get a tie with a print of 

Gregorian chant music.  I think.

This one has a patent number dating it to...

1950!!

This one is berry attractive.

Our bowties must be wrangled out of the hands of geeks and reactionaries.  Will you wear one and support the cause?

1970s photo-print tie of Indian relics and stuff.  

Has the original plastic thingie it was hung from at the store!

It's a legali-tie!

The world's ONLY non-embarrassing Christmas them tie.

What a doll !

Here's a very sweet little person I found this past weekend.

She is not marked anywhere except on the sole of her shoes, which are marked 'Fairyland Toy Prod.'  I'm guessing, though, that they made the shoes and not the whole doll.

Maybe you have an idea who made her?

the Tuesday Song of the Week

This week a GREAT swing song from 1945, which contains the first recorded use of the word 'groovy' (I think).

'Conversation While Dancing' - Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford

I have this burned to CD, and I always sing Jo Stafford's part.  

German pink pigs

enjoying some music.

I'm game AGAIN

This super OMG totally cool fabric 

Is the identical of the fabric shown in my October 9, 2011 post, except the background color for that one has a green background.  

Doesn't that amaze?

street vendor

At least I think it's a street vendor.

Not the kinds we have in the City of Bothersome love, mind you.

He does not appear to be offering knock-off handbags, lottery tickets or cheesesteaks.