I've developed a bad habit thanks to Mister Internet, and that involves quickly capturing every image I find that amuses, intrigues, and excites me (in the non-porn way). Like casually ripping pages out of teen magazines, I've been tossing these images into a folder on my desktop, which is now bursting at the seams with about 2000 random jpegs. And now I'd like to share some with you.
Unfortunately, I don't label where the images come from, but I do know that I frequently hit Big Happy Fun House for found photos, The Percy Trout Hour for cheesecake, and Vintage Ads for, well, you know. And a random word search on Flickr or Google Images can lead to hours of fun.
Also, I don't care much for writing comments above my images, but if you have a good one for any of the following, please toss them in the comments section.
LOL. Now I know how to get LSD into my home.
Posted by: protogenes | June 12, 2008 at 11:22 AM
That map for the Atari 2600 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" game? I wish I had something like that when I was a kid, and playing that game for hours.
Posted by: James | June 12, 2008 at 11:56 AM
I'm proud to have been the source of Happy Meat Guy above. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/kim_scarborough/1023726235/ for more info on that.
Posted by: Kim Scarborough | June 12, 2008 at 12:16 PM
monkey steals the peach--- totally gonna be my next band name.
super hall and oates...omg!
spaghetti kid... wow..
all great and thanks for the links which i always forget to bookmark.
Posted by: zombot | June 12, 2008 at 01:03 PM
I love these!!! Great collection. I have a problem myself and use this great site to organize all my finds. It's like del.icio.us for images. http://vi.sualize.us Keep 'em coming!
Posted by: KellyR | June 12, 2008 at 01:57 PM
awesome, thanks...
Posted by: andy | June 12, 2008 at 02:19 PM
awesome! (also, i think weheartit.com is better than vi.sualize.us) ;)
Posted by: ryan | June 12, 2008 at 02:58 PM
The screen with the records on it is COOL.
The LP on the floor, not so much.
Posted by: ~Rupe | June 12, 2008 at 03:33 PM
Hello,
Why not make some zips & upload them to your server & send us the urls?
Yours gets mine!
Posted by: sl | June 12, 2008 at 03:42 PM
I still have that JVC component system in my kitchen. No basketball players though.
Posted by: adamhh | June 12, 2008 at 05:13 PM
Hey I totally have the book that the "Monkey Steals The Peach" ninja pic came from. It's called "Ninja Mind Control" by Ashida Kim...
Unfortunately for my 8th grade self, it only teaches you how to control your OWN mind, not anybody elses. And in the end it doesn't even do that very well.
Posted by: grizzle | June 12, 2008 at 07:33 PM
Wow, I completely forgot about Journey Escape (I can't say the same for Atari's E.T.). Here's a page with more info on the game: http://www.journey-tribute.com/journey/resources/atari2600/
Posted by: Chuck | June 12, 2008 at 08:20 PM
i got millions and millions of images. of me, me, me.
Posted by: angel corpus christi | June 12, 2008 at 10:44 PM
I need that screen with the records on it--pronto!
Posted by: Elisabeth | June 13, 2008 at 08:55 AM
Nice post, if your looking for a place where you can stash all your pics go to Imagerocket.net
It's fast and really easy to use.
Posted by: dave | June 13, 2008 at 09:59 AM
I thought I was the only one who had a random silly picture file! My wife asked me why on earth I would save these pictures, and I can't come up with a good answer. I only found one duplicate in this assortment - the kid eating spaghetti.
Posted by: c franz | June 14, 2008 at 12:24 AM
rock! these are great -- glad to see you've continued the tradition of Hoarding Awesome. :)
Posted by: h.d | June 14, 2008 at 12:38 PM
I've been doing this for years now - get's addictive.
If you ever want to waste some time, I'm slowly but surely sharing my ever-growing collection here:
http://www.blogblogblogblogblogblogblogblogblogblog.com/
Happy hunting!
Posted by: Tim | June 14, 2008 at 04:54 PM
The problem sounds very familiar, but I think there is not one important image you saved, at least to me. Just delete everything is my advice ! Keep your head clean
Posted by: Hans | June 14, 2008 at 05:06 PM
Look who used to be hot.
Posted by: Michael | June 14, 2008 at 05:40 PM
Aaargh! I can't believe I never had a Planet of the Apes cardboard hut!!! But at least I had an Evel Kneivel Scramble Van.... Nope, I can't just get over it that easy....
Posted by: Vic Perry | June 14, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Aaargh! I can't believe I never had a Planet of the Apes cardboard hut!!! But at least I had an Evel Kneivel Scramble Van.... Nope, I can't just get over it that easy....
Posted by: Vic Perry | June 14, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Someone should just have a site devoted to Olan Mills portraits, open for everyone to upload these embarassing shots.
Posted by: Dale Hazelton | June 15, 2008 at 09:15 AM
Here ya go, Dale.
http://listoftheday.blogspot.com/2007/09/great-olan-mills-photos.html
Posted by: | June 15, 2008 at 10:16 PM
The smoking woman in sunglasses in that 60s/70s-era picture looks a lot like Jennifer Carpenter, the woman that plays Deb on Dexter.
Posted by: benjamin | March 09, 2010 at 05:58 PM