my careless contagion

If you're anything like me, you're lounging around your hallways and living spaces right now in an outfit just like this. It's hot out, but you're even hotter. Way to look, man! You're living, laughing, and loving stylishly, my friend. Come along for the ride. This may be the last retro post, so enjoy while you can.  My all-time favorite styles are art deco and art nouveau. I believe Alphonse Mucha was brilliant and will always be remembered as emblematic of the art nouveau style, though he didn't want to be associated with art nouveau. The above is art deco. I simply love it. The grace. The modernity. The boldness. The shininess. The sensuality. For something stationary and two-dimensional, it has motion and depth. It's absolutely enrapturing for an amateur art nerd like me.  It's nice to think of times when life was supposedly simpler. Not easier, mind you. But, most likely, they were simpler. Like the age during which I grew up. Even the 90s were see...

Yes, I know what you're thinking. I'm off my rocker. (Actually, it's a glider.) But whatever. Here we go with another trip down memory lane. And if you don't remember any of this, you are forgiven. I've scoured the far reaches of the internet to bring these shiny trinkets to your attention. As I sit and write, I'm on three different allergy medicines, so my perception of reality is a little skewed. So, sit back and enjoy yourself as we categorically make fun of yesteryear. From bad puns (like Hare Jordan) to bad taste, it's all here. Some of it may make you angrily emote, as this man did , and say, "What the hell is even that?" To that, I say, "Daddy, chill." And enjoy.  Adopt-a-Nerds. It just bothers me this appears grammatically incorrect. Technically, it's not, because the name of the candy is Nerds, but it doesn't look right. Maybe that's the point. And why were they called nerds? Because they were unattractive? I ate a lo...