Recent content by MisterGrey

...and a pink carnation. What was the genesis for the song? I got a white sport coat for Christmas from my MIL a few years ago and it's been a question that's intrigued me since. The context of the song makes it sound as though this was (perhaps briefly?) an alternative semi-formal trend for...

I'm interested to hear if any Loungers have a proper name for the pattern. It's almost-but-not-quite a gun club check. I used to have an almost identical jacket, also purchased from a thrift store, which ended up going right back when I realized how heavy it really was and how little wear I'd...

Well, ladies and gents, the day has finally come. I've made odd references here and there over the years to my writing aspirations, and occasionally my day-job as a journalist, but the time has finally come: Last year, I sold a novel for publication, and it's now officially in print, available...

They're both nice looking glasses. Really depends on the look you're going for. Ideally you want enough space on the side of your head to be able to pass the blade of a butter knife between your head and the temple (don't go trying this, though!), especially with thicker temples. Wire temples...

They look like they may be too snug on the sides of the head, which may tend to cause headaches in the long run. Can you take a photo with your head slightly tilted down towards the camera so I can see how the temples touch the sides of your head? BTW, they didn't used to include cases-- very...

Oklahoma has always held a great deal of sentimentality for me; I've spent more of my life in Missouri and Texas, but the years I spent there (between 10 and 19) were some of the most important of my life and the relationships I formed during that time have been some of the most influential and...

Good grief... have you confirmed that no one died in them?

I think most of the suits and sportscoats in my closet right now are Stafford. I recently bought a very nice linen/cotton blend navy windowpane jacket to wear at a work/leisure event in England, and, considering that I flew in it and essentially lived in it for five days straight, it maintained...

The Spanish language Dracula ("Drácula") was in fact shot on the same set as the Universal picture. Funnily enough, among die-hard horror fans with an interest in films of the era, the Spanish language version is often considered superior to the Lugosi version. The night crew had the advantage...

Round glasses are certainly making a comeback, after years of being stigmatized as "Harry Potter Glasses." I enjoyed the books, but, for someone working in optical, that kid was the bane of my existence when dealing with any super-nearsighted person above the age of ten. I'm glad that there's...

Fun fact: These photos were taken by Holly in a photo booth, along with a very young Waylon Jennings. There are other photos from the same "session" depicting Jennings sporting his own pair chunky (sunglass) frames. EDIT: Some days I just don't know what I'm talking about!

Unfortunately I learned the hard way that most people see this: Growing up in Oklahoma there were really only two optometrists in our part of town, and my family's happened to cater to an elderly clientele. It never seemed to click with anyone there that middle-aged adults had teenage...

Discovered it? Hell, I've known where it is for twenty years. I grew up there! :-P

This is really fascinating to me as a dilettante of Times Square history. I know that the Playland Arcade was a fixture there throughout the 1970s, predating the ban by at least several years. Was there a particular sort of pinball game that was explicitly banned, or was Playland just yet...

This may be a regional thing. Pinball machines in "hipster" hangouts are a TREMENDOUS thing in Oklahoma and Texas (at least, the regions of those states that have a hipster population). It's unusual to go into a bar or movie theater that DOESN'T have pinball games and/or early 80s arcade...