Ye Olde Retro Heirloom Shoppe (Vintage Edition)

August 9th, 2008

I’ve been noticing lately, it seems that “heirloom” is popping up everywhere.
There are heirloom vegetables, of course. The tasty varieties of tomatoes your grandparents grew up on, instead of the red/orange globes that taste like nothing.
Then I noticed a store selling “heirloom sewing supplies”.
Some dictionary defines “heirloom” as
A valued possession passed down in a [...]

Retro = Quality = Brand

February 14th, 2007

Tonight, since my wife had a fever, I went wandering around the house in search of aspirin. Of course I find the huge freaking tub of ibuprofen we picked up at Target a while ago. But I’m looking for aspirin. I finally open the right cabinet and find that distinctive aspirin-bottle-shaped bottle of [...]