Why It is Important

Ok.
I don't know how many of my readers is a Clinton supporter.
It is cool if you are.
As much as I would like Obama to be sworn in as President next January, I am just as cool with Hillary.
It seems though that some Clinton supporters are just a bit more annoyed that she may loose and are threatening to make a point by voting for McCain in the fall.

Seriously? (and I will agree that this has been both a sexist and racist campaign...but it is mostly from the Media and nutter minions of each candidate.)

My 1st thought is "are they mad?"
My second is how that make women look just a bit whiny.
My third is THIS is why it is so important to make sure we have a Democratic President and Congress! If saving the lives of American soldiers is not enough reason, then I do not know what is.
Fine, vote for McCain.
Remember that vote every time a solder dies in Iraq or even Iran.
Remember that when gas hits $6.50 a gallon.
Remember that when you read about all the working middle class families declaring bankruptcy.
Remember that when we still do not have a sane health care system.
Remember that when more conservative judges are put on the SC.
You remember that vote you made in Nov. 2008 and be proud of how you stuck it to the Democrats in 2008.

(I also have a bad feeling that if McCain is elected and we then go to war with Iran there will just not be enough troops to go around and we will have to re-institute the draft. I'm sorry my son is now 16. In 2 years he will have to sign up for selective service. I refuse, REFUSE to allow my child to go to war to prove how big George Bush or John McCain's penises are....cause really we all know that in the end that would be what a war with Iran would be about.)

Sigh.
On a much nicer note I have been meaning to post about the honeysuckle at my house that has been allowed to run wild in some areas. It has been blooming the past week or so and when it is humid or very warm my whole yard smells like a memory of a southern Gothic novel, like walking though honeysuckle wine. (I stole that last bit from Neil Gaiman)
Deep and cloying and just a tad bit decadent.

Vintage Blog Tag

I've been tagged by Real Vintage for the eVINTAGE SOCIETY Wednesday Blog Tag.

1) Show your favorite Rat Pack look in your inventory (early 60s suit, fedora, tie, cufflinks, loop collar shirt…..)

I got nothing, Kim over at Fast Eddie's has this crazy smoking jacket. Smoking jackets always make me think if Hef and Hef makes me think of 60's cool.

2) Favorite Sinatra song?

All the Way or The Way you Look Tonight

3) Favorite Rat Pack member? (Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis Jr. or Peter Lawford)

Frank is my man.

4) Best Sinatra “era”? (40s young & skinny, 50s swingin’ crooner or 60s Rat Pack suave?)

60's Rat Pack baby.

5) Favorite Sinatra wife? (Nancy, Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow or Barbara)

Hands down Ava, stunning and NUTS......what a great combination.

6) Been to Vegas, how many times and best Vegas story (keep it clean!)

Never been and it makes me feel pretty bitter.

It is Kistch-y-Cools turn!

Like Christmas and My Birthday Combined!

O.M.G!
This is going to be the BEST. SHOW.EVAH!

• MTV
• Music Videos
• MTV Shows
• Entertainment News

Via Jezebel.

Remember all those over-privileged spoiled brats from My Super Sweet 16? Well, MTV has enlisted kids from past episodes to star in Exiled. The hook? In each episode, each one of the kids is sent to a different third world country to live with a family and "learn" the meaning of hard work and the meaninglessness of material possessions .

I think I watched about 15 min of one or two episodes of My Sweet 16 cause Josh loved sitting and laughing at the girls and their parents. I just could not stand the show.
Exiled on the other hand sounds like it is gonna be made of awesome.
I enjoy nothing better then spoiled little rich girls having to face reality.
Hope that MTV is paying the host families tons o' money to put up with these brats.
I can't wait!

Mother's Day Flowers

Haywood Wakefield, I Haz It....

Look what my hubby bought.
Our first piece of Haywood Wakefield.
Serious discount from a good dealer friend.
Happy Mother's Day to me.

Vintage Blog Tag

Its time for Wednesday blog tag again! Ang from Real Vintage tagged me.

The temps are on the rise and its time to think about swimwear….what better way to stand out on the beach than in a vintage swimsuit?

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SWIMSUIT OR BEACH WEAR OFFERED IN YOUR INVENTORY?

I really like this Cole vintage 60's suit with the side bust drape.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ERA IN SWIMWEAR, TO SELL OR WEAR?

50's

FAVORITE DESIGNER OR LINE?

Rose Marie Reid

FAVORITE POOLSIDE, TROPICAL COCKTAIL (WITH OR WITHOUT ALCOHOL)?

A nice cold Vodka Cranberry

FOR YOU, BIKINI OR ONE PIECE?

Dear GOD! A one piece with a skirt on it......

I'm taggin' Kitchy Cool next!

Vintage Purses

More scans of my favorite vintage purse images from that great desk calendar of mine. A nice mix of 40's to 60's with a great Enid Collins in the mix.

Cake or Pie

Today Senator Obama bought cake, Pound Cake, for some folks in a diner.

Kinda cool.
I love pound cake.
Paid for it with his own money, no campaign staffer running behind him to deal with that and on a bill of $26 he left a $10 in the tip cup.
I think you can tell a whole lot about a person by how they tip...or don't.

Of course it also got me thinking what is more elitist?
Pie or cake.
Will Chris Matthews deride his decision to treat those people to cake rather then pie?
Josh would say pie, but he thinks everything is better with pie.
I think Pound Cake is pretty working class.
What about you?

File Under "Growing Up"

Today my son, who is all of 16, started his first job.
Pushing carts.
He almost got run over by an old lady and a customer pushed a cart at him and hit his knee, got sunburned, but all in all I think it was a good day.
Quite a step for him.
He has always had issues (debilitating at times) with new experiences, so even the fact that he was able to go though the interview process with people he did not know in an unknown environment is a huge, HUGE step for him.
I'm so proud and sad at the same time.
Like they say they do grow up way too fast.

Shame Cave

Via Feministing....


I just about peed my pants when I watched the Daily Show last night.
God Stick and Shame Cave.

Seriously though, everyone knows that abstinence only does not work.
Why do the fundis and the Bush administration continue to force this on school districts?
But more then that why do the parents of teens (that silent majority who are not fundis)
not storm their school boards and demand that their kids get a real sex education program that
incorporates the facts and abstinence?
If Josh went to school i would be all over this.
As it is my kid knows all about sex and condoms and AIDS and STDs and babies i won't be taking care of or supporting and why abstinence is good until you are an adult.
What I have not done is lied and talked about "dirty toothbrush" or that sex is not nice.

BTW, big news for The Boy. Not only has he gotten his learner's permit he also got a job and went to pee in a cup today to prove he is not smokin' the weed......as if that should keep one from being a cart pusher.

The Problem with Pets

The problem is you fall in love with them and they just
don't stay with you long enough.
Dixie passed away this morning.
It was not unexpected and it was quiet and painless.
Still.

She was a good dog.

Hmmmmmm

Which is creepier?
This:
Or this?

My vote is for number 2.

BTW, I keep reading that she is TOPLESS and in a sheet.
Seriously?
We are all assuming that she is nakie under that "sheet"...dirty, dirty minds.
I see no boobs and the "sheet" is a Duchess Satin Stole.......Miley herself has shown more of her boobs on MySpace.

BTW, ole mullet head is still kinda hot in a white trashy way.

Support The Troops, Support The New GI Bill

The Campaign For A New GI Bill

And please let them keep their porn.*
K?


*Porn is dehumanizing but war is not?......Really this just shows how morally bankrupt fundi Repugs are.

What I Woke Up To

A blanket tent, or you could say "boy fort" in my living room.
Now this would not have been that odd a few years ago, but Josh is
now 16. He even has his learner's permit. But last night he was
so bored after I went to bed that he built a tent AND he was
sleeping in it with the cats when I got up today.
It's actually pretty sweet and makes me nostalgic for that little boy.

Vintage Blog Tag

I've been tagged by Angie over at Real Vintage for the weekly eVintage Blog Tag!

1)The colors of CANDY! What’s your favorite candy colored vintage piece in your collection?

This fun house dress makes me think of NECO Wafers:

3) Sweet tooth? What’s your favorite candy?

Orange Slices

4)Ice cream…..chocolate or strawberry, and why?

Chocolate, cause its chocolate....

5) “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, classic film or Johnny Depp re-make….and why?

Depp, creepy wins every time.

6)Is your personal style sweet or salty?

Salty

Explain!

Bugger Off!

It's Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage's turn!

Idol

I'll admit right here and now that I do not watch American Idol.
Amazing, isn't it?
But if someone points me in the direction of a contestant they like I normally take a look.
David Cook.
Signing "Music of the Night".
While I may not dig Idol, I am a an easy mark for an Andrew Lloyd Webber tune.
The guy is pretty brilliant.....

How can I not LOL?

Kim, over at The Girl Can't Help It is fucking hilarious.
Not just tee hee funny, but spitting out of the nose Muhwahahahahaha, gasp, sigh kinda funny.

Case in point her post on the places she wants to visit.

Giant Things. World's largest badger in Wisconsin. That's gross, crawling out of the ground, Night of the Living Dead style...in Kimspeak that means freaking AWESOME.

She is right.
Night of The Living Dead kind of awesome.
and what would possess someone to make this? Why scare the children?

Here are a few new LOLcats.
Enjoy.

And Even More Spring.....

eVintage Blog Tag, Maxed Out!

So. Ready for the maxi?

No, no I'm not.

MAXI OR PATIO DRESS, AND WHY?
Maxi, since for me "Patio Dress" is something different.

FAVORITE MAXI DRESS IN YOUR INVENTORY?
I don't have any really, I guess you might call this Logan a Maxi, but I think of it more as an evening dress.

AS A TREND, WILL IT BE A HIT OR A MISS?
Well as a trend I think it might be a mild hit, but most women are just not going to go back to long skirts. We have been conditioned for so long to see that length as a formal option only.

Of course I saw some floral halter Maxis at WaMart the other day so you really never know.

DO YOU WEAR MAXI DRESSES OR SKIRTS?
Nope, I can't even stand long nightgowns.

PROS AND CONS?
They can be very pretty and feminine and just another option for women with really thick calves to hide 'em. Cons? They can be just kitschy if not done right...now I like kitsch, but not 70's kitsch.

And what if the trend really took off and the next thing you know we are all wearing long dresses with fraking panniers? Oh hell no!

Let's see, I'm tagging Kitsch-y-Cool next.

On Being a Fatty

What has me all worked up this AM? Well, this "commentary" in the Gaurdian via Femministing

Best comment?
"You've left out redheads, left-handed people and people with a squint.Are you going to let them get away with it?"