Pudge Heffelfinger
@pudgeyale92.bsky.social
Former football great. Tough. Determined. Likes cats.
Old ad for an Australian department store: "You are important, and we are here to help you in any way we can." The exact antithesis of the retail experience today: "Just buy our shit and get the fuck out, peon."
December 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Old ad for an Australian department store: "You are important, and we are here to help you in any way we can." The exact antithesis of the retail experience today: "Just buy our shit and get the fuck out, peon."
NW: A Woolery Wheel in which a contestant had to be talked out of buying a fiberglass deer:
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December 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
NW: A Woolery Wheel in which a contestant had to be talked out of buying a fiberglass deer:
youtu.be/Sk1t0QMIwLk?si…
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The last thing a customer service rep at Target sees before he dies:
December 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The last thing a customer service rep at Target sees before he dies:
"High school
TV/VCR repair
Computer programming
Electrician
Auto mechanic
Animal control specialist
Bookkeeping
Legal assistant
Office assistant
Hotel and restaurant management
Learning the personal computer
Or get your degree! You can major in business management or accounting. ..."
TV/VCR repair
Computer programming
Electrician
Auto mechanic
Animal control specialist
Bookkeeping
Legal assistant
Office assistant
Hotel and restaurant management
Learning the personal computer
Or get your degree! You can major in business management or accounting. ..."
December 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"High school
TV/VCR repair
Computer programming
Electrician
Auto mechanic
Animal control specialist
Bookkeeping
Legal assistant
Office assistant
Hotel and restaurant management
Learning the personal computer
Or get your degree! You can major in business management or accounting. ..."
TV/VCR repair
Computer programming
Electrician
Auto mechanic
Animal control specialist
Bookkeeping
Legal assistant
Office assistant
Hotel and restaurant management
Learning the personal computer
Or get your degree! You can major in business management or accounting. ..."
"Do you want to make more money? Of course, we all do! At ICS, more than 10 million men and women have prepared for new careers without setting foot inside a classroom. So now at home, in your spare time, you can get your diploma or degree! Choose from any one of these courses ..."
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"Do you want to make more money? Of course, we all do! At ICS, more than 10 million men and women have prepared for new careers without setting foot inside a classroom. So now at home, in your spare time, you can get your diploma or degree! Choose from any one of these courses ..."
CNN ........... thank you.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
CNN ........... thank you.
I still to this day call it a "MAC machine," because for years, that was the only brand in our area (MAC = Money Access Card). People seem to understand what I'm referring to when I do that:
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I still to this day call it a "MAC machine," because for years, that was the only brand in our area (MAC = Money Access Card). People seem to understand what I'm referring to when I do that:
Unironically how I'm trying to be:
December 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Unironically how I'm trying to be:
You: "Oh, I'm sure you looked extremely dapper! The average person wouldn't notice all that stuff anyways."
Me when I look in a mirror:
Me when I look in a mirror:
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
You: "Oh, I'm sure you looked extremely dapper! The average person wouldn't notice all that stuff anyways."
Me when I look in a mirror:
Me when I look in a mirror:
Browsing through The Times archive during another boring meeting and stumbled upon their coverage of Truman Capote's Black and White Ball, which took up almost a whole page. I'd kind of like to do something like this one day:
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Browsing through The Times archive during another boring meeting and stumbled upon their coverage of Truman Capote's Black and White Ball, which took up almost a whole page. I'd kind of like to do something like this one day:
@dicknixon.bsky.social They really do hate themselves, don't they, Mr. President?
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@dicknixon.bsky.social They really do hate themselves, don't they, Mr. President?
This is one of the strips that makes me LOL every time:
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is one of the strips that makes me LOL every time:
Squire Fridell pulled into Herald Square in his Supra this morning, signaling the start of the Toyotathon season, the merriest time of the year!
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Squire Fridell pulled into Herald Square in his Supra this morning, signaling the start of the Toyotathon season, the merriest time of the year!
"Hey, Paul, Iwona B. Horin, do you wona b horin?? Huh?? Hahahaaa ... ah, aren't you glad you paid good money to see this, folks?"
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
"Hey, Paul, Iwona B. Horin, do you wona b horin?? Huh?? Hahahaaa ... ah, aren't you glad you paid good money to see this, folks?"
MFW the "abstract nude portrait" of Nuzzi inevitably circulates On Here:
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November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
MFW the "abstract nude portrait" of Nuzzi inevitably circulates On Here:
nypost.com/2025/11/24/m...
nypost.com/2025/11/24/m...
Here's a young Markie Post shaking hands with Monty Hall on the final episode of the original Split Second - she worked in game shows before sitcom stardom:
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Here's a young Markie Post shaking hands with Monty Hall on the final episode of the original Split Second - she worked in game shows before sitcom stardom:
Was trawling through The Times archive yesterday, as one does to get through boring meetings, when I spotted this:
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Was trawling through The Times archive yesterday, as one does to get through boring meetings, when I spotted this:
Incidentally, while looking this up, I stumbled on what appears to be the first ever mention of Rudy Giuliani in The New York Times, seen here questioning a Brooklyn congressman for the prosecution during a bribery trial:
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Incidentally, while looking this up, I stumbled on what appears to be the first ever mention of Rudy Giuliani in The New York Times, seen here questioning a Brooklyn congressman for the prosecution during a bribery trial:
I think of Martin Radtke, a poor, uneducated immigrant from Lithuania who used the New York Public Library to learn how to invest in the stock market, and who left $368,000 to them in gratitude upon his death:
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I think of Martin Radtke, a poor, uneducated immigrant from Lithuania who used the New York Public Library to learn how to invest in the stock market, and who left $368,000 to them in gratitude upon his death:
Ah, much better, except this model needs to gain about 60 lbs for versimilitude:
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Ah, much better, except this model needs to gain about 60 lbs for versimilitude: