Hair Styling
Your Daily Loser & Jury Duty for May 10th
Your Daily Loser - "Honey, I can't find a babysitter to watch the kids while we go rob houses!" "That's ok dear, just bring them along." At least, I imagine that's what the conversation would have sounded like in the Santana household in April. Erika Santana of Queens, New York, had her two daughters in the get-away van when she was arrested, along with two men, for a whole crazy mess of felonies and misdemeanors. The Story.Your Daily Loser Bonus For Mother's Day - It's a time honored tradition for kids to bring their mother breakfast in bed. But when this man let his kids try to cook breakfast, they set the kitchen on fire ... all the while mom is blissfully unaware upstairs. Oh sure, she heard "a commotion" but she thought the kids were arguing. Meanwhile, dad's rushing off to the hospital with badly burned hands. Remember Dads, on Mother's Day, only you can prevent kitchen fires.
Jury Duty - Either this is one of those things you do to yourself after a really long night of boozing it up with your friends, or if you hate yourself. Whatever the excuse, when Anna Clifford was arrested for driving under the influence, the mugshot officer had to make special allowances in order for her hair to fit into the picture. Her mother must be so proud. The Story. // The Mugshot.
Posted By: Nethie - Sun May 10, 2009 -
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Category: Family, Stupid Criminals, Hair Styling, Your Daily Jury Duty, Your Daily Loser, Goofs and Screw-ups
Human Hair Clothes
CraftStylish.com has collected instructions on how to make yarn out of just about anything: newspaper, VHS tape, plastic bags, or human hair.They link to a story about a Romanian woman, Ioana Cioanca, who made an entire wardrobe for herself out of her own hair. She's quoted as saying, "Long years I had to wait for my hair to grow so as to make clothes from it but I managed and I am very pleased now."
If you ever want to end a date early, that sentence, said exactly like that, could scare away almost anyone.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 24, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion, Hair Styling
Sarah Palin Wigs
Paula Young, "America's Choice for Beautiful Hair," offers a full line of Sarah Palin Style Wigs and Hair Pieces... for those who have an urge to look just like Alaska' governor.Oddly, some of the biggest fans of Sarah Palin wigs are Orthodox Jewish women, according to BusinessWorld Online. It has nothing to do with politics. Orthodox Jewish women wear wigs for religious reasons, and they like her look. They're also willing to pay $700 or more for that look.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 05, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion, Hair Styling
Psych-Out
Once you have experienced the 1968 film PSYCH-OUT, you will be unable to return to your square, plastic, uptight lifestyle. Just the sight of Jack Nicholson's fake ponytail alone will trip you out!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 16, 2009 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Costumes and Masks, Drugs, Fads, Fashion, Hair Styling, History, Hollywood, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Movies, Music, Regionalism, Sexuality, Stereotypes and Cliches, Surrealism, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, Posters, Dance, Body Painting, Facial Hair
Hair Rings
I wonder how many hair rings Pixie Market sells. At $286 a pair, they can't be flying off the shelves.(It took me a while to figure out that these were actually ear rings with long pieces of human hair attached... not hair attachments.)
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 07, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion, Hair Styling
Master Jack
For no discernible reason, I had this song running through my head yesterday. I'm thinking of polling Alex and Chuck to see if we can make it the official theme song of WEIRD UNIVERSE.Read about 4 Jacks and a Jill here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 15, 2008 -
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Category: Music, Weird Universe, Hair Styling, 1960s
Harvey Comics
Take the two page strip to the right for instance, from an old digest-reprint of some Casper stuff. To parse it is to risk madness.
Is Nightmare indeed a mare, ie, female? if not, and even if so, is that the gayest hairdo ever, on horse or human? Why does a forest gnome like to hang out with a ghost horse? Why is playing human cowboys popular among the gnomes? Likewise riding an airplane. And finally, how demented does a ghost horse have to be, to stick planks up its butt and into its chest, and then purr like a cat, all in an effort to emulate a mechanical device so as to placate a gnome?
How I miss Harvey Comics! Thank goodness Dark Horse is reprinting some.....
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 09, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Art, Comics, Pop Art, Surrealism, Body Modifications, Drugs, Entertainment, Flight, Games, History, Inventions, Pets, Writers, Cartoons, Hair Styling
Black Magic Woman
Now it can be told!
Carlos Santana and Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi are one and the same person!
Check out the identical looks to the right! But if seeing is not believing, further proof is offered in this article from today's New York Times, in which "Qaddafi" rhapsodizes about his favorite babe Condoleezza Rice in unmistakeably lyrical terms:
After all, the Libyan leader had professed his “love” for the American secretary of state. “I support my darling black African woman,” Colonel Qaddafi told the network Al Jazeera last year. “I admire and am very proud of the way she leans back and gives orders to the Arab leaders.”
He continued: “Yes, Leezza, Leezza, Leezza... I love her very much.”
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 06, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Drugs, Government, Officials, Music, Sex Symbols, Foreign Customs, Hair Styling, Facial Hair
Atragon
Recently I watched the 1963 Japanese SF flick ATRAGON. I knew I was in true weirdo territory when the undersea empire of Mu turned out to be ruled by Cyndi Lauper.Not really, but check out the gal in the pink wig in this trailer for the film.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 16, 2008 -
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Category: Boats, Explosives, Fashion, Hair Styling, Inventions, Movies, Science Fiction, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #11
[From Good Housekeeping for December 1958.]
Just one comment on this ad: why is this woman trying to scorch her own eyeball? Is this a hairdryer aimed at masochists?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 13, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Fashion, Hair Styling, Torture, 1950s, Women
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