I'm not usually one for fan collectibles, but this is just neat~

AutoArt Ford Mad Max The Road Warrior Interceptor


www.legacydiecast.com/xq/asp/id.AA72745/qx/review.htm

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This is the image preceeding an article about Paul Fussell’s  Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, but I think the image say more than the article

 
www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-04-13-columbine-myths_N.htm

the_randy_dandy   posted these a little while ago, but I saw them again and couldn't help but admire; so I thought I'd share 

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P.E.E.R.S. Presents:

THE GIRL GENIUS VICTORIAN MAD SCIENCE BALL



A Steampunk/Gaslamp Fantasy Ball
Saturday, April 4, 2009

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I was watching some children play over the weekend and thinking about the development of "juvenile culture" which was really a product of the 19th century, in fact the very idea of treating children as chidren really only developed in the late 18 century.


[Children form the Baroque period: note the outfits which are the same style as those worn by adults, just smaller]


[Children form the Victorian period, note the outfits which are close to what adults wore, but not as strict or formal]


I thought about how at first this juvenile culture was created for youth, and was designed to make growing up more fun, to give them a pleasant transistion into adulthood. And I thought about how prevalaent youth culture has become; how it has all but eclipsed "adult culture"....and then I came into work to see this:

This is the landing page of a professional website for non-profits, and I realized that we have come full circle. Nowadays it is actually acceptable for grown men to not only participate in juvenile culture, but even act juvenile well into adulthood~ and this is considered not only acceptable, but normal!



[He wears a suit, but there's something clearly juvenile about his posture and attitude]

Thus has culture deteriorated that today men never leave juvenile culture but remain Toddler Men



[This is how you'd expect to see a modern child clothed, and no child of any previous century would look like this]

 

Millions of copies of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster were printed on the eve of World War II, but never displayed. Now the message has taken on a new lease of life in our troubled peacetime.

 

The simple five-word message is the very model of British restraint and stiff upper lip. Keep calm and carry on.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7869458.stm

 


posted by the the_randy_dandy on another forum, I found this cute~ and disturbingly appropriate

 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/01/HO6F15F905.DTL

And to think that, once upon a time, there was a whole culture dedicated to the "gentleman's club"

 

 So I've been watching the BBC version of Disraeli and the actor they have playing him is Ian McShane:



You might remember him better as Al Swearengen from Dead Wood:



I just have to say that it's really weird to see the same actor who portrayed possibly the most foul mouth, rude character I've ever seen portray a polite dandy-politician

 My most recent aquisition: grey shoes and some socks to match...will go nicely with my grey outfits :-]







Sorry the photo quality is poor: camera phone