Of Stickers and Pathetic Geeks

The first time I was going to have a naked girl in my bedroom when I was a teenager, I was pretty nervous. Whoa, whoa, whoa.  Hold on.  It's not what you think, you bunch of perverts.  Okay, let me explain.

I was having a friend over to go swimming.  She was a girl and a friend, but not a girlfriend, although I did have aspirations in that direction.  When it came time to change into our bathing suits, I offered to let her change in my room, while I changed in the bathroom.  Now let me stop for a moment again.  I was pretty immature for 15. Heck, I'm pretty immature for 48, but that's beside the point.  The point was, a girl that I liked was about to close the door to my bedroom and get nekkid.  And what's more, when she closed that door, she would see every sticker I'd put on my door since I was 5 years old.  It was covered.  Now, that might seem like a pretty silly thing to worry about, but when you're 15 and want to really impress a girl, you don't want her looking at your Six Million Dollar Man or Captain Crunch stickers.  I panicked.  I stopped her and said (or kinda screamed), "WAIT! Why don't you change in my sister's room and I'll change in here!"  She looked at me funny and said, "Okaaayyyy...."  I don't know if I made up some lame excuse, but if I did make up an excuse, I guarantee you it was lame.

After that visit, I vowed it would not happen again and proceeded to tear off every sticker I'd so carefully placed over the years.

I was reminded of the above when I found these two monster puffy stickers stuck to the side of a bedroom dresser at an estate sale a while back.

Monster Jokes & Riddles

Most people know Norman Bridwell for his "Clifford the Big Red Dog" series of books, but he also had a thing for monsters.  In addition to "The Witch Next Door" and "How to Care for Your Monster", he also released this collection of Monster Jokes and Riddles in 1972.

Casper and the Demon of Darkness

This Peter Pan Book & Record of "Casper and the Demon of Darkness" was released in 1976.  The cover art is by Warren Kremer, a long time Harvey Comics artist who created Richie Rich and Hot Stuff. 

Fosta Funglasses

These children's novelty cat glasses were made by Foster Grant in the 1950's.  I found them hiding on a closet shelf of an estate sale for 50 cents.

Bayshore Pumpkin Safety Lanterns

I recently found these Jack O' Lantern triplets at a sale.

Witch Bendy

I found this witch bendy at the same sale as the vampire bendy.  She's made in Hong Kong as well.

Halloween Covered

Someone bought this Halloween tablecloth for a party that never materialized.  Still in it's original package marked at 59 cents, I paid $1 for it.  I guess at least they made a profit.  I would guess it dates from the 1970's.