Okay, I just saw this on the WGN News and it's pretty freaky. It's a very short segment associated with Charlie Chaplin's 1928 silent film The Circus in which a peculiar old woman is caught on film — apparently talking on a cell phone as she walks by. The sequence was...
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Cadillac, Big Boy, Hamburglar, Farmall tractor in Cudahy WI yard
or my last birthday, our wonderful friend Tracey gave me an engrossing book called Weird Wisconsin which catalogs all sorts of legends, ghost stories, local loonies, roadside oddities, peculiar collections, large fiberglass objects, and unusually...
Cadillac Fleetwood car buried in Cudahy, Wisconsin yard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood partially buried in the Cudahy, Wisconsin front yard of Rick Serocki, at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Mannequin on motorcycle, Cudahy, Wisconsin backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A mannequin rides a motorcycle — reportedly the first piece of what has become a large and unusual display in the Cudahy back yard of Rick Serocki at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Hamburglar, Captain Crook: Cudahy, Wisconsin backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A Hamburglar statue and Captain Crook from McDonaldland, plus a large shark and a Milwaukee Harp street light are a few of the unusual objects displayed in the Cudahy back yard of Rick Serocki at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Big Boy restaurant statue, Cudahy, Wisconsin backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A Big Boy restaurant statue overlooking the unusual collection of objects in Rick Serocki's Cudahy, Wisconsin backyard — including a mannequin on a motorcycle, a great white shark and a phone booth.
Milwaukee Harp Light, motorcycles: Cudahy backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A Milwaukee Harp street light, motorcycles, mannequins, an old City of Milwaukee emergency call box, a traffic signal and a shark are just some of the unusual items displayed in the Cudahy backyard of Rick Serocki at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Skull with snowmobile: Cudahy, Wisconsin yard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A giant skull and a mannequin riding a snowmobile are just some of the unusual items displayed in the Cudahy, Wisconsin yard of Rick Seroki at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Farmall McCormick tractor, Cudahy, Wisconsin front yard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — 1946 Farmall McCormick tractor with a mannequin farmer driving it and waving an American flag, as displayed in the Cudahy, Wisconsin front yard of Rick Serocki, at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Joaquin Phoenix on ‘Late Show with David Letterman’
Let's just say there is a lot of buzz. The world is all a-twitter today over the disoriented demeanor of Walk the Line star Joaquin Phoenix on last night's Late Show with David Letterman, but I would like to point out a Rolling Stone post from January 20 which details...
In other news (1/13/2009)
California man arrested for trying to sell daughter, 14, for beer and meat — The Salinas Californian reports that Marcelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, of Greenfield, is suspected of arranging for the girl's marriage in exchange for "$16,000, 100 cases of beer, several...
Christopher Walken cooking Chicken with Pears
Well, this is right in my wheelhouse! I watch a lot of chef shows and cooking TV, and I love strange Internet finds. There is a YouTube playlist out there intended to hold my food and cooking favorites, but there are only two videos on it so far. I never imagined...
my arms fell asleep
i woke up in the middle of the night, and i must have been lying funny, because both of my arms had fallen asleep. this sort of thing has happened before, and usually there's a painful 'pins and needles' phase while the limbs come back from limbo, but not this time....
weird
Time travel: Cell phone used in Charlie Chaplin film?
Okay, I just saw this on the WGN News and it's pretty freaky. It's a very short segment associated with Charlie Chaplin's 1928 silent film The Circus in which a peculiar old woman is caught on film — apparently talking on a cell phone as she walks by. The sequence was...
Cadillac, Big Boy, Hamburglar, Farmall tractor in Cudahy WI yard
or my last birthday, our wonderful friend Tracey gave me an engrossing book called Weird Wisconsin which catalogs all sorts of legends, ghost stories, local loonies, roadside oddities, peculiar collections, large fiberglass objects, and unusually...
Cadillac Fleetwood car buried in Cudahy, Wisconsin yard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood partially buried in the Cudahy, Wisconsin front yard of Rick Serocki, at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Mannequin on motorcycle, Cudahy, Wisconsin backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A mannequin rides a motorcycle — reportedly the first piece of what has become a large and unusual display in the Cudahy back yard of Rick Serocki at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Hamburglar, Captain Crook: Cudahy, Wisconsin backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A Hamburglar statue and Captain Crook from McDonaldland, plus a large shark and a Milwaukee Harp street light are a few of the unusual objects displayed in the Cudahy back yard of Rick Serocki at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Big Boy restaurant statue, Cudahy, Wisconsin backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A Big Boy restaurant statue overlooking the unusual collection of objects in Rick Serocki's Cudahy, Wisconsin backyard — including a mannequin on a motorcycle, a great white shark and a phone booth.
Milwaukee Harp Light, motorcycles: Cudahy backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A Milwaukee Harp street light, motorcycles, mannequins, an old City of Milwaukee emergency call box, a traffic signal and a shark are just some of the unusual items displayed in the Cudahy backyard of Rick Serocki at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Skull with snowmobile: Cudahy, Wisconsin yard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A giant skull and a mannequin riding a snowmobile are just some of the unusual items displayed in the Cudahy, Wisconsin yard of Rick Seroki at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Farmall McCormick tractor, Cudahy, Wisconsin front yard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — 1946 Farmall McCormick tractor with a mannequin farmer driving it and waving an American flag, as displayed in the Cudahy, Wisconsin front yard of Rick Serocki, at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Joaquin Phoenix on ‘Late Show with David Letterman’
Let's just say there is a lot of buzz. The world is all a-twitter today over the disoriented demeanor of Walk the Line star Joaquin Phoenix on last night's Late Show with David Letterman, but I would like to point out a Rolling Stone post from January 20 which details...
In other news (1/13/2009)
California man arrested for trying to sell daughter, 14, for beer and meat — The Salinas Californian reports that Marcelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, of Greenfield, is suspected of arranging for the girl's marriage in exchange for "$16,000, 100 cases of beer, several...
Christopher Walken cooking Chicken with Pears
Well, this is right in my wheelhouse! I watch a lot of chef shows and cooking TV, and I love strange Internet finds. There is a YouTube playlist out there intended to hold my food and cooking favorites, but there are only two videos on it so far. I never imagined...
my arms fell asleep
i woke up in the middle of the night, and i must have been lying funny, because both of my arms had fallen asleep. this sort of thing has happened before, and usually there's a painful 'pins and needles' phase while the limbs come back from limbo, but not this time....