Welcome back to school. Here in the heart of Austin, I am screamingly aware that the only true academic colors are burnt orange and white. And in a fit of pride–possibly in one’s own academic accomplishments, but MUCH more likely that of one’s grandchild, the academic life is celebrated in the only way that makes […]
I’m sure they were fine, upstanding members of the community, perhaps even on the homeowner’s association board of directors, before they drank whatever the hell is in this pitcher. Now…now look at them. And stay the hell away from unmarked pitchers. Something went dreadfully wrong here. If there were a photoshop “artistic effects” filter for […]
So, I discovered “Adventure Time” this week. Just saying. When you get right down to it, no princess is really happy until she’s filled, totally filled, with dimes. That’s what royalty is about. You can even see how close they are to being full, because royals have large, transparent bellies. You can generally judge the […]
So, really, the only reason I snapped like 70 photographs of this was because of the box. Yes, I could go on a long, rambling, and ultimately humorless tirade about “animal massagers,” and “how do they get the animals to hold still anyway?” But that’s really not why I got the pictures. I got […]
…but were afraid to ask. Once in a while, you find something that’s so personal, so specific, that you can’t imagine how any sane thrift store manager expects to move it–a question that contains its own answer, really. Like a memento of someone’s funeral, with a name plate. Or a “Sweet Dreams, Mary Elizabeth Sue […]
Tragically, this was unfinished. I think it was because if we could see the glory of Heaven we would go blind, and the artist was sparing our vision. Or, possibly, because it’s rude to paint the Virgin Mary with an ass so big it’s got latitude and longitude lines. And she’s already…well, a little […]
(Just a note, ThriftHorror will be on a short haitus this week as I’m on a little vacation. Catch up with people next Wednesday!) For me, this post brings a tear to my eye, because these beautiful, weird little artifacts of someone’s creative fancy were almost a part of my life. Except that I don’t […]
Have you ever appreciated beer? Like really, really appreciated? Like, build a small shrine to it, and give it a fabulous decorative hat as might be imagined in a 1950s sci-fi wedding sequence hat? Well, someone has. Do note the way each tear-shaped glass droplet captures both the rays of the sun, the image of […]
It takes deep strength of character to hold to your convictions in the face of opposition. Particularly when you’re fighting for your right to bear firearms and your well-tanned, possibly supple, possibly as leathery as the centerfold in a Cavender’s Boots catalog, body. And frankly, we are leaning toward the latter. I have to respect […]
We were pleased this year to find Christmas available in convenient 12 and 18-oz bottles. This first one, though, is not bottled Christmas. It’s bottled starfruit. But with the lovely (?) red peppers that look like a cross section of a cow with really bad capillary seeding, I think the stars are quite festive. One […]