You fat old mountebank: Remember me? I’m the one whose mom kept getting me classic secondhand children’s books like Pollyanna and Honey Bunch and the Dachshund of Doom when what I ASKED for were graphic novels about the zombie apocalypse. I wrote to my uncle, suggesting he look into collectibles, figuring he was loadedContinue reading “Santa Blogs XXXVII”
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Santa Blogs XXXVI
Dear Santa Blogs, I’ve been checking all over these sno-=covered Interwebs, and I am still confused about the True Meaning of Christmas. I figured you had nothing better to do, so can you explain, please? PHILOSOPHER Dear Phil: On the whole, I would rather deal with a battalion of kids askingContinue reading “Santa Blogs XXXVI”
Santa Blogs XXXV
Dear Santa Blogs: I have a niece who is interested in collectibles, but I have had hints from her parents that something small and easy to store would be the best choice. Naturally, I thought of your postcard blog. Can you tell me, in words understandable to a layman, which postcards are the mostContinue reading “Santa Blogs XXXV”
Obscure AND Famous
People have had their portraits on postcards for sundry reasons. Some are so famous that postcard companies print pictures of them, knowing the public will buy famous faces. Others pay to have postcards printed of them in HOPES of celebrity. Sometimes that worked and the people became famous enough that the postcard companies paidContinue reading “Obscure AND Famous”
What Day Is It?
So I thought I would spend a little time today on postcards showing one of the most popular of Christmas animals. I mean, of course…what’s that, Radish Ribbon Candy? The reindeer? Well, no. Actually, I have very few reindeer postcards in my inventory. That’s why I had to start this column off with anContinue reading “What Day Is It?”
Strays
I suppose I could look it up on the Interwebs and find out who gets credit for inventing situation comedy. Every writer has a different answer, I suppose, unless the world has divided into two camps, one arguing for Greek playwrights and another for medieval troubadours. But they did exist long before The Honeymooners. Continue reading “Strays”
Recipes for Turkeys (um….)
I was thinking of doing one more column discussing synonyms for the human seat which have turned up on postcards over the years, but as people have suggested they find this subject tiresome, we will move on to those turkey recipes I mentioned a couple of weeks ago instead. (Keeping in mind that thisContinue reading “Recipes for Turkeys (um….)”
More Basic Humor
I know you had your hopes, but there are a LOT of postcards sitting around in the files. If people would get busy and BUY them, we could be chatting again about Turkey Liver Pizza. But though we nearly covered our “behinds” in the last column, there are other running gags in the worldContinue reading “More Basic Humor”
A Basic Joke
Well, Thanksgiving is past and we must now face the reality that Christmas is upon us. I have, myself, always stated that I DO love Christmas: I’m just not very good at it. So many things which used to be so simple have become difficult with the passage of time. For example, at myContinue reading “A Basic Joke”
The Bachelor and the Turkey
Now, this is not, not, not, not a food blog, as I have mentioned before. However, we are rolling at the greatest food holiday of our year (about the only one which is about the entree and not the dessert, or the snack) and I thought I would record my turkey cooking experiences. ThisContinue reading “The Bachelor and the Turkey”
Blogsy Babbles 