Come Relax at Laurel Lake Inn!

Get away from it all at Laurel Lake Inn located in lovely Henderson, North Carolina! A relaxing moment scanned from my postcard collection.

I found this card in a box from my parents old house. Most likely they got it while visiting our extended family down there...




A quick web search brought up several other places to stay in Henderson, but no Laurel Lake Inn. Perhaps it just changed names, or perhaps it's just simply faded away...

I'm a Geek But That's Okay...

And so the debate between collector geeks rages on.

Are you a well-balanced, socially functional geek, or are you the geek that takes it too far, doomed to live a lonely life in your parents basement?

Hot Date

Another neat photo from the same shoebox that yielded other great treasures. Now that's how you pile up hair!

And dig that huge three-way ashtray from the days when smoking was fully acceptable social habit!


Hmm, looks like the story continues...

I'll Miss Lux Interior

In all sincerity I really do think Cramps singer Lux Interior was hands down one on the greastest musical frontmen of all time. The skin-tight clothes, the spastic movements, and his howling vocals helped keep the garage-punk spirit alive in a world of dull and sanitized middle of the road music.

But as much as I loved the Cramps' music, it was their love of pop-culture nuttiness that really inspired me. Lux and Poison Ivy were avid collectors of strange thrift-store records, found video tapes, and all around forgotten weirdness who went out their way to share with like-minded maniacs. Lux turned me on to so much crazy stuff, I'd never possibly be able to thank him properly.

Thanks for everything, Lux Interior, I'll miss you.