There is no excuse whatsoever for posting this on what is, after all, NOT a Food Blog, and certainly not a blog for works of intentional fiction. But I ran across one more picture of a soldier peeling potatoes, and was reminded of the ketchup question. I do NOT put ketchup on anyContinue reading “Pour Choices”
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Choosing Sides
I prefer not to use this space for controversial matters. There are plenty of other blogs devoted to spreading division and discontent. I’m just here to toss around a few factoids and have some fun and maybe sell some postcards. But one of my coolest and most loyal readers has asked me forContinue reading “Choosing Sides”
The Course of True Love
Well, here it is Monday again, and do you know what it’s time for, Chocolate Lasagna? No, not getting to sit next to that lady with the mask-dislodging sneeze on your commute. It’s time for another installment of our old joke quiz. You say you prefer the lady with the sneeze? Well, there’sContinue reading “The Course of True Love”
We Can Do It
You will recall, from our last thrilling episode, that we were discussing postcards designed for servicemen to send home to let the folks at home know they were doing well, enjoying much of their life getting ready to fight the enemy. There were some humorous drawbacks to being employed by Uncle Sam—having to washContinue reading “We Can Do It”
Having Wonderful Time
Morale was a major concern during World War II. Not only was the government worried about the state of mind of people in the service, whether they were training for war or already busy in it, but there were the people at home. Waiting around for victory can be very wearing on the nerves,Continue reading “Having Wonderful Time”
Class Act
Ah, ‘tis Monday, our weekly Old Joke Day. Fear not: some day I will run out of the jokes from this joke quizbook I wrote in the 1990s, and will have to find something else to do. (And reflect that if some enterprising publisher had actually published this book in the 1990s, you wouldContinue reading “Class Act”
Reality and Mystery
It has been a little while since we considered the charms of the rppc, or Real Photo Postcard. This, in case you missed it the first time around, is a sort of homemade postcard: you could make them in your own darkroom at home or you could ask your drugstore, or whoever processed yourContinue reading “Reality and Mystery”
Nine to Four-Thirty-Seven
Sorry to throw things off by publishing Friday’s blog on Monday, but those people at the hospital adored having me there so much they had to be convinced to let me go. But I refuse to let that brief indisposition cause the world to collapse into tears because of the lack of an OldContinue reading “Nine to Four-Thirty-Seven”
Interpreting Artifacts
It has been a while since we delved into the archaeology of humor as reflected in postcard art of the past (as opposed to our rather shallow digs every Monday.) More postcards come in all the time, and some of the jokes are moderately obscure unless you’re old enough, or are thoroughly obscure despiteContinue reading “Interpreting Artifacts”
Comin’ Atcha
One of the things you might not expect, living in the era of fairly calm, sedate postcards, is the postcard which would come up and confront you, face to face. You need to keep in mind that the postcard to some degree took the place of texting in that bygone golden age of postcardsContinue reading “Comin’ Atcha”
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