A Charlie Brown instant film camera? Good grief …

Several months ago, I blogged about the art company Retrospekt’s tribute to the Peanuts cartoon’s “Beagle Scouts” plotline (Snoopy as the leader of a troop of young woodsy birds). Retrospekt manufactured several “Beagle Scouts”-themed cameras and cassette recorders, designed to make you smile and willingly take your money. Now at the time, I thought it…

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Why did none of you tell me about Herbie’s Burgers before??

Note. While I’m still recovering from my recent surgeries, I’ve operated on a meal system that includes a mixture of “quick heat ’em up” meals (i.e., frozen dinners, microwaveables), “girlfriend meals” (when Date Night stops by with some fresh-cooked food), and ordering from Uber Eats. As I scrolled through Uber Eats last Sunday, I saw…

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A moment of eyebleach from a panda and a zookeeper.

Do you ever have those moments in your day when somebody just completely pisses you all the way off? When, for example, you’re told that a product you’re using has a $64 co-pay, which you quickly pay – only to find out its a $64-per-day co-pay, and you find out about it TEN DAYS LATER???…

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Tetris beaten by a 13-year-old

You remember the electronic puzzle game Tetris, right? The falling brick game that was part of the Golden Age of video games, right up there with Space Invaders and Asteroids and Pac-Man and Defender. Those were the games where you played until the odds were too overwhelming. You couldn’t defeat the aliens, you could just hope to survive…

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Do you want to be a Beagle Scout? Now it’s possible!

In 1974, the comic strip Peanuts introduced a new recurring plotline – that of Snoopy leading a team of his bird friends as the “Beagle Scouts.” Snoopy would act as the scoutmaster, while the birds – Woodstock, of course, but at least three of his friends – would follow Snoopy on hikes and campouts. This…

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The Alpine Bobsled at The Great Escape was fun while it lasted.

At the time it first arrived at the Great Escape amusement park, the Alpine Bobsled was a very cool concept (no pun intended). It replicated the twists and turns of riding in a bobsled – which, with Lake Placid just a couple of hours away, was a nice tie-in with the Adirondacks and the Winter…

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