The Turtle My Father Made

My father made this turtle as a boy.  I don't need to say anything else.

Bug-a-Boo What is a Bugaboo? And WHO is the Most Famous Woman in the World?

Bug-a-Boo was a term first used in 1598.  It was originally, I guess, an imaginary something which causes great fear.  A ghost, poltergeist, bogeyman…a spirit.  Most famously, it was the pre-Beyonce song by her group Destiny's Child in 1999.  She was great then too.  Incredible great, actually.  Already a Star, but not yet Stratospheric.  She would be.  I believe, actually, that Beyonce is today the most famous woman in the world.  

Forbes puts her just below that creep Meg Whitman (who helped invent eBay then helped ruin it) on their list of "Most Powerful Women" for some absurd, scary reason which makes no sense, but it isn't a fame list.  Ask someone in the rest of the world who Meg Whitman is, and then ask them who Beyonce Knowles Jay-Zee is.   I guarantee you will get A. puzzled looks.  B. EVERY SINGLE HAND raised.  For some ill-informed reason, the New York Times, "paper of record" once said Meg Whitman had a good chance of one day being the first woman president.  Shudder.  At least THAT notion has evaporated, along with her reputation, if not her billions.  I'll wait for the Times retraction.  Beyonce, on the other hand, had earned her billions.  Here she is, below, her destiny awaiting her in 1999.

I found the lyrics to Bugaboo on one of those sites which freeze your computer, so don't bother.  In the song, Beyonce breaks her lease to get away from her bugaboo.  They sample TOTO of all things.  The Merriam-Webster, hoping to get into the social-sharing data collection game, I guess, now asks "What made you want to look up Bugaboo?  Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).  Here are a few of them.  Sure enough, the song sent some searching, but you'll see also stories of Dr. Phil, the graft policy of Nigeria, and one plaintive comment query "my co-worker told me it was a racial slur." 

I appreciate that the young woman above took the time to look it up.  She has my vote.  The little lapel pin sent ME on my search, but I didn't take the time to let the cyber-dictionary know. 

If it is a slur, it would be yet more bad news for the makers of the Bugaboo baby stroller, which was once recalled by the Consumer Product Safety folks because it spilled your baby on the concrete. 

Enjoy Destiny's Child.  Don't be scared.


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Wayne and Lori on the Yellow Brick Road

Wayne and Lori on the Yellow Brick Road  No Date Original Snapshot Collection Jim Linderman
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A Curious Snapshot from 1931

A Curious Snapshot from 1931  Early Roadside Attraction?  
Anonymous collection Jim Linderman

Scarecrow Bess and Jiggs American Laundry Picnic Campau Lake Michigan 1928

Scarecrow  Bess and Jiggs American Laundry Picnic Campau Lake Michigan 1928 Original shapshot found photograph Collection Jim Linderman

Antique Folk Art Sculpture Standing Figure Northwest 19th Century Inuit (?)

Antique Folk Art Sculpture Standing Figure Northwest 19th Century Inuit (?) 
Collection Jim Linderman

Perry's Nut House

At one time, there were "over a hundred other interesting exhibits to see" and they still have them.

Wooden Man in Coffin Erotic Folk Art Sculpture Carving

Folk Art Carving of a Man in Sliding Lid Coffin with a surprisingly large  (Choose from Following:)

1. ankle spanker
2. baby-arm
3. beaver basher
4. bed snake
5. best friend
6. blue-vein sausage
7. penis sangbo nam rod
8. baby-maker
9. bell on a pole
10. beef whistle
11. boomstick
12. burrito
13. bishop
14. bratwurst
15. braciole
16. candle
17. captain
18. choad
19. chopper
20. cock
21. cranny axe
22. cum gun
23. custard launcher
24. dagger
25. deep-V diver
26. dick
27. dickie
28. ding dong mcdork
29. dingus
30. disco stick
31. dog head
32. drum stick
33. dong
34. donger
35. dork
36. dude piston
37. dragon
38. eggroll
39. Easy Rider
40. Excalibur
41. fang
42. ferret
43. flesh flute
44. flesh tower
45. foto
46. fire hose
47. fuck rod
48. fuck stick
49. fudge sickle
50. fun stick
51. groin ferret
52. giggle stick
53. goofy goober
54. hairy hotdog
55. heat-seeking moisture missile
56. helmet head
57. hose
58. hog
59. jackhammer
60. Jimmy
61. John
62. Johnson
63. John Thomas (dated)
64. joystick
65. kickstand
66. king sebastian
67. knob
68. krull the warrior king
69. lap rocket
70. leaky hose
71. lingam
72. little Alex
73. little Bob
74. little Elvis
75. lizard (as in "drain the...")
76. longfellow
77. love muscle
78. love rod
79. love stick
80. love whistle
81. luigi
82. manhood
83. man umbrella
84. meat popsicle
85. meat stick
86. meat sword
87. meat injection
88. member
89. meter long king kong dong
90. microphone
91. middle stump
92. mushroom head
93. mutton
94. netherrod
95. old boy
96. old fellow
97. old man
98. one-eyed anaconda
99. one-eyed trouser-snake (Australia, UK)
100. one-eyed monster
101. one-eyed wonder weasel
102. one-eyed yogurt slinger
103. pecker
104. Pedro
105. peepee (children's term)
106. Percy
107. peter
108. Pied Piper
109. Pig skin bus
110. pink oboe
111. pink torpedo
112. piss weasle
113. piston
114. plug
115. pnor
116. poinswatter
117. pork sword
118. prick
119. princess sophia
120. private eye
121. private part
122. purple-helmeted warrior of love
123. purple-headed yogurt flinger
124. quiver bone
125. rod
126. rod of pleasure
127. roundhead
128. sausage
129. sebastianic sword
130. schlong
131. schlong dongadoodle
132. schmuck, shmuck (Yiddish)
133. schnitzel
134. schwanz
135. schwarz
136. sea monster (as in "drain the...")
137. shaft
138. short arm
139. skin flute
140. soldier
141. spawn hammer
142. stick shift
143. sub
144. surfboard
145. Tallywhacker
146. Tan Bannana
147. tassle
148. third leg
149. thumper
150. thunderbird 3
151. thundersword
152. tinker
153. todger (Australia, UK)
154. tonk
155. tool
156. trouser snake
157. tubesteak
158. twig (& berries)
159. twinkie
160. uncle dick
161. vein
162. wand
163. wang
164. wang doodle
165. wanger
166. wedding tackle
167. wee wee
168. whoopie stick
169. wiener
170. Wiener Schnitzel
171. wick
172. willy (children's term)
173. wing dang doodle
174. winkie (children's term)
175. yingyang
176. yogurt gun
177. diddle 
178. Thing 
179. To Be Continued by Future Generations...

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Meet the Pacers Black Motorcycle Club Polaroid Photographs

Meet the Pacers  Black Motorcycle Club Polaroid Photographs 
No Date (circa 1970?) Collection Jim Linderman

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Daniel Rose Folk Art in Bottles Master Whimsey carvings in Bottles Folk Art Sculpture

Daniel Rose Folk Art in Bottles Master  Whimsey Folk Art Sculpture. 

What is known about Whimsey in a Bottle carver Daniel Rose comes from "Genius in a Bottle" by Susan D. Jones, or at least the website devoted to same.  The book is sold out, but the extensive website provides all you would want to know about Ships in a Bottle, Whimseys, you name it.  Fantastic research, and deserving your attention.

I do not know if the book contains these images I was fortunate to acquire, but they are wonderful.

As you can see, Mr. Rose created his amazing carved constructions in miniature while handicapped…through considerable persistence.  Folk Art in Bottles contains a picture of one of his bottles HERE.  He signed his work, so you can all pick up your bottles and see if there is anything written on the base. 

Mr. Rose lived in Johnstown, PA, born 1871.  He passed away in an automobile accident at the age of 51.  He apparently created some 120 works of art in bottles.  Recognized for his work during his lifetime by an article in the Christian Science Monitor, I hope these real photo postcards produced during his lifetime will bring him more recognition.

Pair of Daniel rose Real Photo Postcards circa 1910.  Collection Jim Linderman

Folk Art Carving Sculpture Walking Crybaby Collection Jim Linderman

An unusual folk art carving in that there is movement...little Jr. is walking..but he also appears to be crying.  No Date Collection Jim Linderman

Madam Mohonga Carparsa Performs for the Baptists 1902

Madam Mohonga Carparsa from Liberia entertains Baptists in 1902.    Antique Showcard 
Collection Jim Linderman

BOYS! Build Your Own Airplane

Circa 1920 or so, a handmade airplane of pre-printed cardboard and wood. 

Miniature Turn of the Century Carved Folk Art Woman's Head Sculpture

Simple, primitive elegance here.  Two inches tall hand carved woman with stylized hair.
Circa 1930 Collection Jim Linderman

Vintage Folk Art Sculpture Muffler Man of Metal and Rust

Vintage Folk Art Sculpture Muffler Man of Metal and Rust Circa 1950 
Collection Jim Linderman

An Early Folk Art Whirligig Sculpture Environment in Michigan 1916

A previously undocumented Folk Art Environment with Whirligigs (and a stone "Uncle Tom" in the front yard...) Michigan  Dated on the reverse 1915.  Collection Jim Linderman

A Most Curious Real Photo Postcard Girl with a Fur Coat

A Most Curious Real Photo Postcard.  Young Girl with a (new?) Coat stands on a tree stump amid rubble, the city in the background.  She nearly blends into the tree behind her...almost like a camouflaged animal who has adapted a defense mechanism.   A Hobo camp?  Kruxo RPPC, which would indicate somewhere from 1905 to 1925.  

Untitled Real Photo Postcard Collection Jim Linderman
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19th Century Polychrome Carved Folk Art Man of Wood

19th Century Polychrome Carved Folk Art Man Collection Jim Linderman
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Who is the BEST MAN Under the Sun? JOHN! Leather Postcard circa 1905 Nebraska

A Sunny Best Man

Leather (Deerskin) Postcard circa 1905 mailed to Nebraska.  Collection Jim Linderman