I'm actually reading a book right now that discusses a bit of the history of the Airwalk shoe brand. Apparently the reason they were as successful as they were for those couple of years was because they produced good products that were loyal to the more skating oriented demographic they were designed for. However, they also moved into mass marketing the shoes to make them more appealing to a broader spectrum of people - mostly to get their shoes into more "trendy" stores and into malls, that sort of the thing.

Their marketing campaign was very good at staying on top of/ahead of trends that were about to become huge, successful fads and so a lot of their marketing directly reflected what was deemed cool at the time by their general demographics. That would probably explain why that shirt has the name of a shoe written in the same font as a hugely popular band of the time period. They're marketing team was very good at what they did.

Sorry, I just thought it was really cool that I literally just read about that in the last few days and here I am viewing a picture that completely illustrates something that the book talked about. "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell for anyone interested. It's pretty interesting although I don't love the way he writes.

Anyway, enough of that. /rant

Haha yeah it's $18 on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LAKYW8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_zr6QCbSX5ZY4A.

Sweet of you to offer to buy it for me. I'll just ask my wife to get it for me for Father's day or something haha

"Parades were the gold standard of the Soviet Union. Workers’ parades, women’s parades, Revolution parades, the Great Patriotic War parades, we had them all. We had perfected parades; we had the best parades in the whole damn world. St. Patrick’s Day? Thanksgiving? Please. Macy’s has balloons. We had intercontinental ballistic missiles rolling through Red Square. Parades were of paramount importance and attendance was mandatory, rain or otherwise. On April 26, 1986, the year before I entered first grade, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (located less than three hundred miles from Kharkov) exploded, spewing a radioactive cloud over the Ukraine. Other, weaker countries would’ve had their citizens hunkering indoors and popping iodine tablets. But May 1 was International Workers’ Day, canceling the parade was unthinkable, and so on we marched, blissfully unaware, soaking in the sunshine and the radiation. The reviewing stand was mostly vacant, of course, since local Party leaders had been alerted beforehand and had long evacuated the area, but the parade went off without a hitch. That’s commitment."

Lev Golinkin "A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka." 2014

Dude that sucks. I miss a lot of 90's beauty products. Most for me was the bonnie bell lipshades and jane lipsticks.

i was browsing amazon, causeee I kinda want a dark blue shimmer lipstick now. I found this amazon link I might hit it up lol

Nah, bruh, those are Dreamsicle Angels. The Precious Moment figurines looked more human, and are obscenely expensive.


Source: My mom used to collect both brands on an excessive level.

Buy the Mavel encyclopedia(s).

One

And sometimes they have one for specific characters.

TWO

Edit: hyperlinking on mobile not working right now. Sorry for the long URLs


Edit edit: all good.

Clearly, Sid was your role model
https://www.amazon.com/Sid-Sings-Vicious/dp/B000005RSX

I agree. I'm an instructor for my local HEMA group so I'm a bit biased towards historical melee weapons and their various applications. I think I was being downvoted because at first glance I was being a neckbeard, but if grown men (ex-marines at that) are neckbeards for recreating historical combat techniques, then so be it.

And if you're looking to read the book on Polish Saber, it was written by Richard Marsden and it is available on Amazon. It's more of a how to manual than a sit down read, but there are a fair amount of interesting historical anecdotes throughout.

You laugh, but my calculus teacher actually made an album called The Sea Of Calculus.

Alternate cover art for the novel Jewball.

Try this cream. You run a bit on your thighs or wherever you chafe. I worked in hot kitchens and bars and was recommended this by a chef.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B001D8D7D0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1/257-9796022-5316732?ie=UTF8&qid=1526199440&sr=8-1-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=neat+3b+action+cream&psc=1

Found one on Amazon for $10 Link

yes

Indeed, I forgot it was BK. Apparently they made 6 of these different gold cards. https://www.amazon.com/Pokemon-Gold-Plated-Burger-Cards/dp/B0013HP1JE

You can still get them

Those are a bit expensive though.

THOSE ARE A BIT EXPENSIVE THOUGH.

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Indeed

https://www.amazon.com/Intex-Inflatable-Corner-Sofa-101/dp/B00OCBZX50/ref=pd_sbs_196_2


https://www.amazon.com/Intex-Inflatable-Empire-Chair-Color/dp/B00G7H7A2G/ref=pd_sim_468_5


And the icing on the cake.... inflatable couch that folds out into an inflatable queen mattress. Never go camping like a peasant again!
https://www.amazon.com/Intex-Pull-out-Sofa-Inflatable-Queen/dp/B005OHF65I/ref=pd_sim_468_2

I think that's an Orchestra geek, if the book is any indication.