Category Archives: Thrift

I bought it for the pictures.

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Rev. Josh

The best thing I found at the thrift stores this afternoon. 40 cents! A bargain! I would’ve paid a dollar for it! The book, not the herpes. I’ve already got them. They were free! Exclamation point!

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Portraits

Posted on May 25, 2008 by Rev. Josh

I found this great Olan Mills family portrait at a thrift store. 40 cents later and it was mine. I wasn’t a big fan of the frame so I was going to move the picture into another one and I … Continue reading →

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Gas

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Rev. Josh

Another thrift store find from the other day was this book on gas warfare from 1975: I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet, but I pretty much got it for the pictures anyways. Like this guy in an early … Continue reading →

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Kennedy Space Center Is Infested With Raccoons

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Rev. Josh

A recent thrift store acquisition. For 20 cents I couldn’t pass it up.

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Easter

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Rev. Josh

Artwork from the Guinness Book Of Phenomenal Happenings from 1976. I just picked it up from the local thrift store the other day for a quarter. I dig the heck out of the artwork by Kenneth Laager. This is the … Continue reading →

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Why I Love Thrift Stores

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Rev. Josh
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My New Favorite Shirts

Posted on August 26, 2007 by Rev. Josh

Some recent thrift store acquisitions: This one was a little too surreal to pass up. A cowboy riding a seahorse. The vaguely homo-erotic nature of the shirt, the seahorse in particular. The back of the shirt mentions David Flower Productions. … Continue reading →

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I use hand signals before I turn or stop

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Rev. Josh

I got a super-fantastic book from the local thrift store (always a great place to find old kids books for 20 cents): Health Safety & Manners 1. It was produced with the Pensacola Christian School in 1983 and it’s awesome. … Continue reading →

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Unicorns In Space!

Posted on March 30, 2006 by Rev. Josh

Today on Boing Boing there was a little piece about velvet unicorn paintings. Heck, we have two hanging in our bedroom that we got at the thrift shops on two different occasions. Yeah!

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To Dustin, Tatanka

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Rev. Josh

So what an awesome trip to the Salvation Army today. Oh, yes. An autographed picture of former World Wrestling Federation Champion Tatanka. I’m considering changing my name to Dustin so it’d be like it was for me. That and I … Continue reading →

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