Ben, Ben, Kristen

Rosa was watching The Secret Life of Walter Mitty on her iPad this morning, and spotted my blurry profile walking past Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig.

In this May 2012 blog post I wrote about the experience of crossing by them and covertly snapping their photo —

— only to realize after we passed that there was a huge film crew across the street filming us the whole time:

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Two Sillies Soaking Up the Sun

Mason Purvis, British Shorthair
AKA Macer; Macy-Mace; Buddy-Boy; Budders, etc.

Raleigh Purvis, English Bulldog
AKA Cheech; Mooch; Moochers; Silly; Sill-Pup; Silly-Sill; Sill; Little Pup; Little; Pupper; Puppy-Pup; Pups, etc.

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Dirty Pitures “a Specialty”

I left the Bethlehem Antique Show this morning with two big scores. First, this 1960s Batman and Robin lunchbox, with Thermos. I’ve been looking for one for years. You can find them on eBay pretty easily, but at double the price I paid.

And second, this one-of-a-kind 1930s sign painter toolbox, tricked out by somebody with a sense of humor about the job:

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Dinosaur Jr

Finally getting this original Jerry Brown print of Kurt Cobain custom framed. (Kurt’s dressed as Barney the Dinosaur onstage because it was a Halloween 1993 concert.) This photo was taken one week after I saw Nirvana live at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.

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Peel Slowly and See

This plantain on our kitchen counter caught my eye, so I grabbed a paper towel and marker.

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