This Week's Theme: Shoes

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Shoes":

These were in the "clearance" section of one of the local designer shoe outlets. Gee, I wonder why? Could it be because they're UGLY??? I'm old enough to remember when platform shoes were popular the first time around. They were just as ugly back then. Why would anyone want to bring them back??? I mean really, there are some fads and fashions that, no matter how "retro" they are, were just plain bad ideas that shouldn't be brought back - ever.

What's next??? Mall hair??? Huge, over-moussed, hairspray-hardened, shelf-like bangs that can poke your eyes out??? Shag haircuts??? The Jheri Curl??? The possibilities are endless!

This Week's Theme: Art

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Art":


My first thought when I saw this painting was that this chick is in serious need of some mousse. Talk about a bad home perm! This woman is probably rolling over in her grave right now. Can you imagine not only having a really bad hair day immortalized on canvas for a few hundred years, but having it displayed publicly for people like me to make fun of centuries later?

To read more about my love and appreciation of fine art, click here.

This Week's Theme: Colorful

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Colorful":

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This shot was taken during a trip to the St. Louis Zoo in 2004.

This peacock was walking freely around the zoo strutting his stuff. As you can see from the picture, he was definitely not camera-shy!

Here's a full-length view:

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And here's a different peacock, this time at Grant's Farm in St. Louis, in all his glory.

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This Week's Theme: Cooked/Cooking

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Cooked/Cooking":

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A close-up of one of the stuffed artichokes my sister made for Easter dinner last year. I took this photo because I had recently bought a new digital camera, and was experimenting with it by taking pictures of our meal.

This Week's Theme: Rare

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Rare":

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Be the envy of all your friends! For just $5.00, you, too can own a rare Last Supper tablecloth!

This Week's Theme: Steps

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Steps":

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These were taken in my favorite place in the world - Walt Disney World. Here we have the Green Army Men from the movie "Toy Story" showing off some of their fancy marching steps during a parade at Disney MGM.

To see more of my Disney World photos, click here.

This Week's Theme: Water

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Water":

 

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No Swimming!

This was taken during a weekend reunion of 9/11 volunteers and workers in the winter of 2004. For some strange reason, none of us thought to pack our bathing suits for a quick dip in the lake.

Here's another shot of the same lake:

 

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This Week's Theme: Empty

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Empty":

Going on a trip? Take along an "empty bottle of journey"!

I spotted this one in one of my local discount drug stores.

Somehow, I get the feeling that something got lost in translation.

For some hilarious English translations, visit Engrish.com, now also available in book form in The Joys of Engrish.

This Week's Theme: Drink

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Drink":

 

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Grass Jelly Drink - the preferred beverage of "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters"!

This Week's Theme: Architecture

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Architecture":

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This photo was taken in Lower Manhattan, during the 2004 MS Walk. I'm not sure which building it is, but it's one of the older buildings found in New York City.

This Week's Theme: Soft

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Soft":

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This photo was taken in the Queens Zoo here in New York City. He looks so soft and cuddly, but I sure wouldn't want to mess with him! I think I'll stick with his smaller relatives, like my cat Theo. He only takes up half the bed!

For an added treat, click here.

This Week's Theme: Antique

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Antique", and from my collection of thrift shop horrors, I present to you...

Chairs from Hell

The picture really doesn't do the horror of these justice. What's not clearly visible is the color. Imagine if you will, olive green chairs with crushed goldenrod velvet cushions. They're from another dimension. A dimension of console TVs and bad upholstery. There's the signpost up ahead. You've just crossed into "The Retro Zone".

A Rare Religious Artifact

LOOK! It's Icantciu, the ancient god of eyeless people!

At some point in time, someone actually bought this for their home. It boggles the mind.

Now, if you want to see some real antiques, click the link to the entry below:

Top Ten Reasons No One Takes Me to the Museum

Today's Theme: Broken

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is "Broken", and in honor of Valentine's Day, I present to you...

"A Wedding in Sleepy Hollow: The Headless Horseman Takes a Wife"

Could their relationship be destined for a series of broken promises and broken vows? Will they break up? Will their children become products of a broken home? Will their children have heads, or follow in their parents' broken footsteps, doomed to life on a dollar store shelf?

Today's Theme: Gross

This week's Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt
theme is "Gross", a topic very near and dear to my warped and twisted heart. And what better way to celebrate grossness, than with a collection of gross and bizarre foods?

First, we have MAMA "Shrimp Creamy Tom Tum Flavor". I'm not sure what "creamy Tom Tum flavor" is. It sounds like something that would require a whopping dose of "Berry TUMS flavor" after ingesting it.

Next, we have "Small Fish and Seaweed Soup Mix". Doesn't that look appetizing? For anyone wondering whatever became of "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters", here's your answer!

No, it's not Gil Grissom's collection of mummified bovine eyeballs. It's "Rolled Fillets of Anchovies"! Don't ask me what that green stuff is in the middle, though. Probably some of Sigmund's relatives who weren't quite good enough to be included in the "Small Fish and Seaweed Soup Mix".