Mercury Space Stamps

Here's a sheet of space stamps from the Mercury program in the early 60s. I went to the post office with my dad to buy these on the day of issuance. Everybody else did, too. The stamps aren't worth a lot of money, but they're still cool. Click the image for a wallpaper sized version.

Random Comic Books

Here are some random comics from my collection that caught my eye. Click on any pic to enlarge, and post a comment if you'd like to see inside any of them.

Here are some random comics from my collection that caught my eye. Click on any pic to enlarge, and post a comment if you'd like to see inside any of them.

Incredible Shrinking Old Spice

Here's a shot of the latest shrinkage of the Old Spice deodorant case. Now $1.99 buys you a third less product. I've used Old Spice for a lot of years, and I swear when I started it was 6.25 ounces. Every once in a while they raise the price, then shrink the size, then drop the price back to the old amount. Now they're just shrinking the size and keeping the same price.

C'mon, Procter & Gamble! Give us a break! After all, how many of us Old Spice users are left?

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Apple Store Huntsville Opening

A brand new Apple store opened up May 31 in Huntsville, Alabama, at the Bridge Street Town Center. There are more smart people in Huntsville that just about anywhere, so I went to check out the party. Be sure to click any pic for a larger version.

8:15am. Not much action. Security didn't allow camping out overnight.

Here are the characters you'd expect to see. There were about a hundred hardcore (get it?) Apple fans in line before everyone else showed up.




About a half hour before the opening, the Apple staff ran out and high-fived the waiting crowd. At the store opening, 500 people were waiting in a line that stretched halfway down the open air mall.


The first customer walks in, and the crowd genuflects to the Apple logo.


Here's the end of the line at the store opening, literally a thousand feet from the front door.


The store was busy the whole afternoon, which is when these shots were taken.



Geniuses.


Another successful opening. Enjoy your free T-shirt.