In Case You Forgot
Category: Art
How Melanoma Happens*
*or maybe not
Places To Go, People To See, Part IV
Today we turn the clock back to June 1952.
When traveling overseas, remember to take your finest suit for maximum comfort and ease as you read the precious books by people from colorful lands.
If $675 sounds a little steep, Americans can simply stay stateside and enjoy lobster at Hugo’s on Cohasset Harbor in Massachusetts. Just remember which fork serves what purpose or Martha Stewart will go all nun on you with a knuckle-rap.
While you’re in the neighborhood, stop by the Scituate Harbor Yacht Club and chat about your summer homes on the Vineyard.
Pysch! It’s members only. You may be upper middle class, but you don’t have a yacht and you don’t belong here. One-fork people like you might enjoy a nice rental sailboat in Michigan. Yeah, that’s more your style.
What? Still can’t swing it? This is the Fabulous Fifties! Well, hold on to your hat; I’ve got just the ticket!
Take the Super-Doughnut ring (you people like doughnuts, right?) to your neighborhood pool and bask until you blister in the sun. Don’t forget to put crimson lipstick on and bring a spare patch in case you spring a leak.
Still not your speed? Take a cue from these kiddos and forget the travel! Who says you can’t have fun in your own back yard?
Poetry In Motion
Keep Your BVD Ballet Indoors
Sundown, You Better Take Care
Last night’s sunset was beautiful. As ever, I don’t add filters or alter my image colors in any way. This is an accurate depiction of an elusive post-rain Saturday night.
The Reluctant Photographer
When Trees Imitate People
Trees can be snarky. I bet they straighten up as soon as she does. Or perhaps it’s a game of Nature Simon Says?
The Case For Coffin Nails And Lung Darts
Smoking looks pretty fantastic in ads of yore. I may need to rethink my vices. Toweling off never looked so exhilarating.
Have you ever seen a more fetching football ensemble? It even has a place to hold her smokes. She’s ready to toss an entire carton your way.
These guys are the picture of good health. If they can smoke Camels and protect our liberty, shouldn’t you?
The problem at Christmastime is discerning which Santa to heed. 
Too tough to decide? In any event, Chesterfield makes a pretty good case for evening winding-down. I could curl up inside that window into 1936. Let’s just hope she doesn’t fall asleep with the butt still burning.
Judy, Judy, Judy*
*Though often attributed to him, Cary Grant never actually said, “Judy, Judy, Judy” in any movie. Evidently it was another lesser-known actor, who was greeting Judy Garland while doing his Cary Grant impersonation, who said it.
Cruising With The Kuklapolitan Players
The ad says this gay cruise has gentle trade winds, but I imagine there was more rough trade than gentle.
Places To Go, People To See, Part III
Look, honey, there on the horizon–rich folk!
Not in the mood for a skin-damaging tan and a romp in the sun? Try exciting Canada!
“Treasures! Uncrowded!” Uncrowded? Is that the best selling point? I suggest:
Canada–get your prescriptions here!
You Americans can’t travel that far north? How about tropical Wisconsin? The sun literally bleached the brown out of her hair, and it will bleach the germs off you, including pesky ebola. If that’s not enough incentive, you can enjoy moderately-priced food!
Well, that’s enough travel for me. Dick and Jane bottle-feeding a fawn is cuteness overload. A full-page ad for Wisconsin and they didn’t even use the word “cheese”!
I Don't Get It 