Bedpan or vase, you make the call

“While we do not comment on pending litigation, we will keep the plaintiffs in our prayers during this process,” a USDA spokesperson told USA TODAY on May 13. The government should not be using 'I'll pray for you' comebacks.

The Tick debuted in 1988

First they came for the colored inks...

Fer Crissakes Sheila, hang up and get in the van! I have to get us to Culver City by 11:30!

'We Do Not Rent Rooms To Republicans'

buried lede: In April 1970, having become convinced that the device was dangerous, judge William P. Gray issued a permanent injunction against its sale.

When life hands you disused movie palaces, make movie-palace-ade. Or a school bus parking lot. Or something else.

Alesis Vortex Wireless 2 keytar

It stayed at the estate sale. But Dr. Pookie found some things

Readin' the cereal box in the elevator, like ya do.

It comes (ahem) with 3D glasses

Crushing Semantle

Indycar took it down, but my oh my.

Not sure it lives up to the promise of witches flocking there, but interesting nonetheless.

Not for sale, but made for good advertising for the estate sale.

All the things!

Gravity is a harsh artist

Yesterday’s clouds and 48th street

The car companies represented in the game are Plymouth, Studebaker, Chevy, and Ford. (per boardgamegeek)

ihavenoresponsetothat

[And it's not just oil. CA imports gas and jet fuel, but...] South Korea has virtually suspended jet fuel shipments and cut back exports of gasoline and diesel. India has raised export duties on finished fuel products and is also sending out less.

'And when the Hungarian flood swept eastward, the Szekelys were claimed as kindred by the victorious Magyars, and to us for centuries was trusted the guarding of the frontier of Turkeyland'

Snoozin Hobo

Per wiki: In the 1985 film Back to the Future, Marty McFly travels back to 1955 and notices Cattle Queen of Montana displayed on the marquee at the Essex Theater in Hill Valley.

Winston tastes like a donkey's butt. As a cigarette should.

This later version of the art was made to match the costumes in the first movie, which came out around the same time as the pinball (1979)

Livingforgod Andcountry DeMott is the second craziest person running for CA governor. #1 belongs to Don J. Grundmann

The Mate Toss was a crude forerunner to the more genteel Wife Carrying events of today.

Feel the Need (1978)

The frog bench really ties the garden together.

Tried out Maydan Market for lunch. Success!

Ugh!

Tale of an Onryō

In unrelated Bozo news...

Rent-a-Bozo

I suspect it's not just a repro, but a fantasy ad for a product that never existed.

Donald and Daisy deflated

The full Flickr Album of photos from the Santa Monica Blvd. walk

I hear federal marshals have been pulling them out of the hands of judges that rule against Trump.

Shoe Palace nee Mayfair Theatre is where Puttin on the Ritz was filmed for Young Frankenstein

Break at Monte Alban

Beverly Hills

Honk for Dick!

Alas I’m here too early!

WeHo

Hollywood Forever