At Long Last...

...Time Slip Island...is now available for purchase in fine bookstores everywhere...

Well, as long as you consider the Atomic Monster Cafe and Amazon.com to be fine bookstores...and reading this book will make you a better person...I guarantee it! *

* not a guarantee

Famed literary critic Biff Bifflemeyer was so overwhelmed by the sheer fictional genius of it all he wrote:

Biff's well-documented drinking problem notwithstanding, that kind of unqualified endorsement's gotta count for something.

In the mid century modern collectibles department, I recently bought this Ronson Scandia lighter from Bob Adams at Ronson Repair :

While these are fairly common, they do have the unique distinction of being a gift that Frank Sinatra liked to grace his friends with from time to time...and he often autographed them.

...this isn't one of those, mainly because I didn't want to drop $250+ on one that had his John Hancock on it.

Bob repaired it and cleaned it up and of course it works flawlessly...

He's mostly retired now and his son Russ handles much of the business, but this is one transaction Bob handled personally.

As always, thank you Bob!

It's been a while, but recently heard from my nomadic knight of the road friend and so once again it's time for...

Rodger's Ramblings

This time he was passing through Illinois on a sloppy, snowy day when he spotted the famed Oscar Mayer Weinermobile...

...and here's a little closer view of the world famous weiner...

I'm sorry, if you're not laughing there's something seriously wrong with your funny bone.  Or else there is with mine.

Gotta admit though, that's something you don't see every day.

Who wants a hot dog?

He also made his way through Springfield, Missouri recently which reminded both of us of the time we took a road trip 17 years ago to Springfield to watch my son Evan play basketball at a college there...cannot believe it was that long ago already.

In what can only be described as a marvel of nature, Evan was 19 then so is 36 now...

there he is in all of his 6'6", 260 lb glory...

...but neither Rodger nor I have aged a day since then!

Like me carding a par with my hickories, that's nothing short of a my'-ra-cle...

Rodger's been driving truck for many years, but recently switched to working for his son who owns Coopersville Carriers.

In his first  year working for Brian he's logged over 135,000 miles and burned over 19,000 gallons of diesel...around $65k worth of fuel.

But as the trucking industry goes, so goes the economy in this country so I say keep on truckin' good buddy...and thanks for checking in.

When one of my dependents was younger and didn't know how to end a conversation, they used to start edging their way toward the door a little bit at a time...

...a little more...

                       ...a little more...
                                             ...a little more...

...until finally they would look at me and say...

later, mcm fans...

* Crass Commercialism Corner *

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Papa's Model T: The Genesis

Papa's Model T: The Rescue

Papa's Model T: The Long Count 

Papa's Model T: The Gray Ghost 

Papa's Model T: The Tin Goose 

Papa's Model T: The Amateur

Papa's Model T: The Dipper

Loved Of My Father

When A Cardinal Appears 

Red Train Christmas 

When A Cardinal Appears, vol 2 

TAT

Last Flight

A Stillwater Christmas

Crescent Moon Paradise

Time Slip Island

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Papa's Model T: The Genesis 

Papa's Model T: The Rescue 

Papa's Model T: The Long Count 

Papa's Model T: The Gray Ghost

Papa's Model T: The Tin Goose

Papa's Model T: The Amateur

Papa's Model T: The Dipper

Loved Of My Father 

When A Cardinal Appears 

Red Train Christmas 

When A Cardinal Appears, vol 2 

TAT

Last Flight

A Stillwater Christmas 

Crescent Moon Paradise

Time Slip Island