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"I haven't ever been to a therapist before, but my fiance has."
I haven’t ever been to a therapist before, but my fiance has.
I want this to last, and I want to trade art or other labor for sessions to give us the tools to make a lasting relationship.
please help.
"Lol, awkward!" (Image by Xnatedawgx.)
Lol, awkward! Truth be told I know some of you need clean urine samples. 23 year old female here, never done drugs ever and don’t drink/smoke. If you need some urine let me know with the price your willing to pay for it. Hit me up.
Before pro sports was a multi-billion-dollar business and athletes needed to be gigantic and juiced, a pool cue and incredible hand-eye coordination was sufficient to make someone a national star, even if they possessed a paunch and appeared unable to outrun a cigarette machine. Such was the case of Willie Mosconi, a working-class Philadelphia boy who displayed prodigious facility for the game from a tender age. Considered dapper by the modest standards of the pool hall, Mosconi was, along with fellow billiards wizard Minnesota Fats, one of the most famous “athletes” in America during the ’60s and ’70s.
Winning Pocket Billiards is a handsomely covered 1965 instructional book by Mosconi. There are a generous number of photos that show how to make the trick shots that Mosconi had mastered (as if) and a foreword that explains how he came to be so great at the game even though his father, who owned a pool hall, initially dreamed his son would become a great vaudeville performer. An excerpt:
“At the age of seven, Willie was launched on a round of exhibitions leading to a widely advertised match with another billiard prodigy, ten-year-old Ruth McGinnis. He won easily with a high run of 40. With the praise of an amazed audience still ringing in his ears, Willie ‘retired.’
As he tells it now, ‘I was disenchanted and confused. Earlier my dad had tried to prevent me from learning the game, and then he pushed me into it too fast.’
At the age of seventeen, the illness of both parents necessitated his leaving high school before graduation. In the Depression year of 1929, Willie became an upholsterer’s apprentice, starting at $8 a week and dexterously progressing to a piecework job for $40 per week before he was fired. He and his boss exchanged punches in disagreement over Willie’s request for a day off to watch the Athletics start winning the World Series.
Jobless and broke, Willie mustered courage, and revived a neglected touch at pool to enter and win a local tournament with a $75 first prize. He went on to finish third in the city championship that year. That might be the year that Willie cast the pattern of his life.”
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Mosconi showing off on I’ve Got a Secret, 1962:
Tags: Ruth McGinnis, Willie Mosconi
"Bob." (Image by Timothy Sanford.)
I’m selling Bob, my giant bull skull. He’s about 32″ wide (horn tip to horn tip) by 18″ long. He has teeth! Quite easy to pick up and carry on the subway. Some staring to be expected.
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Afflictor: Astounding simians since 2009. (Image by T. W. Wood.)
"The toy has to be a human shaped Stretch Armstrong though, with the corn syrup inside." (Image by Alex Beattie.)
I am in this band called Sediment Club that is making a music video. we have been looking on ebay for a reasonably priced stretch armstrong toy for this one scene, but we’ve been having a hard time. If you have one of these toys that still stretches, and would be willing to work something out, please email us. we don’t need any collector items or rare toys, it can be beat up and scoffed or used or whatever, as long as it can still stretch. we only need it for one short scene, so if you’d even want to rent it out to us for the day, that would be fine, too. we wouldn’t need it after the scene anyway. we aren’t on a huge budget, but we can pay you $20 if you want to sell and $15 if you want to rent the toy out. if anything it would be helping artists make weird art. we’ll give you a copy of the video when it’s done.
the toy has to be a human shaped stretch armstrong though, with the corn syrup inside.
"No poop."
We are a green building company seeking baby diapers. Urine is ok. No poop.
We use them as a base in our green roofs.
The diapers hold huge amounts of water and the urine is good fertilizer.
Turn the world green! Keep those diapers out of the landfill and help make green roofs!
"A delicate monkey fur trim around each tier."
I have this really beautiful 1920’s Silk and monkey fur cape.
It has multiple tiers of silk cascading around the entire cape, with a delicate monkey fur trim around each tier.
It has a lining of 100% silk also.
Considering its age it’s in quite good condition, with some minimal marks that aren’t noticeable when worn.
This looks very dramatic when worn and would be a great addition to any vintage clothing collection.
31″ long, one size fits all (0-16)
Asking $99 which is MUCH less than what I bought it for. This is a steal!
"With shoulder straps." (Image by Mykl Roventine.)
I’d like to start selling hot dogs and a hot dog cooker is the first step! I don’t care if it’s gas or electric. I can pick it up anywhere, even Jersey.
Also, I’d take any Jets crap you want to get rid of since they lost.
(Image by Infrogmation.)
i’m willin to barter a one hour massage for half its value to fill my gas tank either on a weekly basis or biweekly, i own my own private practice and do great bodywork-if ur body can appreciate 5 star quality for half the price contact me via email located on the north shore between commack and smithtown
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Afflictor: Regretting our laser eye surgery since 2009. (Image by Trekphiler.)
Unique Photo!!
Tags: Michael Jackson
"Hit me up if u 4real."
im lookin for some1 that can show me how to defend myself and show me how to fight hit me up if u 4real i can pay
"I want something awesome in return."
Hi all, I’m a 22 year old athlete and I have in my possession 25 dollars, I would like to get rid of it, but I want something awesome in return. So please tell me what you’d be willing to trade my 25 dollars for.
Thanks all, and nothing illegal or disgusting.
"From the 600 bc."
this is a egyptian dagger i believed is from the 600 bc dont really i got it from a friend from overseas is very rare
"Thanks." (Image by Vassil.)
bones and skulls wanted also fossils thanks
"The harness system keeps the padded pack securely in place on your chest."
Before the Sony Walkman and long before the iPod, the Astraltune was a personal music system, which was marketed to skiers who wanted some tunes on the slopes. It was the very first portable stereo cassette player, but the company somehow never patented the invention. The Finest Daily includes the Astraltune in a new list of firsts from the annals of gadgetry. (Thanks to justabuzz.) An excerpt:
“Most people think Sony’s Walkman paved the way to hearing loss for a generation of teenagers, but the original portable music player actually pre-dated the Walkman by almost five years. The Astraltune Stereopack debuted in Reno, Nevada in 1975 and it was aimed at freestyle skiers who wanted to groove out to their favorite tunes while hitting the slopes. It was a bulky 3-pound unit worn in a sack mounted on the chest, but it was the first time you had a power source, a cassette player and a headphone output in the same unit. The story doesn’t have a happy end though – the inventor(s) never patented their invention and today very few people remember it; Sony went on to dominate the personal stereo market for well over 15 years.”
"I'm not sure what to offer in return except a loving home for your dummy." (Image by Roy Erickson.)
Hey everyone,
I’m on the look out for anyone offering to give away their ventriloquist dummy, condition isn’t that important as long as his mouth and eye functions still work, in fact, he can be a she. I’m also interested in free puppets but only if they are quality and not just some child’s stuffed animal. I’m not sure what to offer in return except a loving home for your dummy. Dummies from homes with pets are ok and so are dummies from smokers. If you happen to have a ventriloquist dummy that needs a good home please let me know, I’d be more than happy to come pick him up.
Thanks in advance!
Afflictor: Offering free hair-care advice since 2009. 
"The Passion of Muhammad Ali," April 1968, "Esquire."
Brilliant, blustery and belligerent, Bronx-born advertising legend George Lois created some of the most iconic magazine covers ever, alongside editor Harold Hayes, for Esquire in the 1960s. They were the kind of uncluttered, political and thought-provoking images that are rarely even attempted today in a magazine world governed by a focus-group mentality. Lois has never been shy about his utter disdain for contemporary magazine covers, but in a new Vice interview, he reveals a few he’s liked. An excerpt.
“Vice: Have you seen a single cover from the past few years that you liked?
George Lois: Once in a while, and it really thrills me.
The New Yorker did two or three terrific covers over the last couple of years that really nailed what was going on. That terrific drawing of Obama and Hilary Clinton in bed together, answering the phone, was fucking good. David Remnick is a fan of mine. We had lunch once and he said, ‘Do you think I should do some photographic covers?’ I said, ‘What? Are you fucking nuts? You’re the only mag that stands out or has a chance of standing out! You don’t fill it with blurbs; you have drawings, which in many cases are whimsical and sweet. That’s terrific, but you should do a cover about something that happened last Thursday. Have somebody come up with a great idea on Friday, and then it comes out the next Monday. You’ll nail what happened!’ Then he did three or four of them, and I said, ‘Jesus Christ, somebody’s listening to me!’ But that’s about it.”
Tags: David Remnick, George Lois
"Butch comes to work with me every day."
I’m getting shipped out and have to let loose of this beautiful 8 year old male Rhesus Macaque monkey named Butch. We’ve had him for 7 years and it breaks my heart to let him go. We have all the paperwork making him a legal to own in the U.S. and he is tame and used to being around people and dogs. Trust me, you’ll be the center of attention every where you go!
Check around, this price is amazing, I need to find him a good home ASAP – by next week. Must go to a good home and I will need to see his living arrangements before the deal is final. Butch comes to work with me every day, so feel free to stop in and check him out
Tags: Butch
"Trying to redecorate it inexpensively." (Image by SUPER AKWARIUM.)
I can trade you some items for driftwood for my fish tank. I am trying to redecorate it inexpensively.
Thanks.
