That awkward moment when the doctor shines that light in your inner ear, and you take your glasses off so he can better see in there.
Also … it makes me feel really old when they give me that cheery thumbs-up and say “Stay active!!” I liked it a lot better when I was a young man and they were all like, JESUS, SLOW THE F*** DOWN.
Fun fact — I actually broke those very same glasses when I got home by sitting on them. So that’s sort of an O’Henry ending for our story today.
Oil on canvas.
This popped up on Twitter the other day. Behold one of the biggest pains-in-the-ass of my childhood.
As you can see from my response, we called these “hitchhikers” on my native Long Island. A lot of people from the northeast chimed in that they likewise remember the appellation.
People elsewhere know them as “travelers,” “stickers,” “bindies” and (drum roll please) “Satan’s Spurs.” That last one is truly inspired.
Oil on canvas.
The fourth issue of Pie & Chai Magazine dropped today, and it’s shaping up to be a great read. There is a particularly insightful article by Martin Davis, a former opinion editor at the Free-Lance Star. There’s also another terrific retrospective by Steve Watkins.
You can find Issue #4 right here.
Etching on woven paper.
Touchstone Pictures.
Meep meep.
