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All my research on Wilma Martinez is paying off. There is no documentation of her film work, yet I am finding a good amount of proof that she worked quite a bit during the 70s.
In this microfilm printout, she is seen advertising a film called “I, Mistress” which played at the Circus Cinema in Manhattan. I’m led to believe that she actually starred in it since she appears in the ad, but since her name is not listed, I am not totally sure and this is the only ad I could find. Below is the ad as it appeared in print.
Little girls should wear wigs. Everyone should start early and have wig options at the earliest age possible
This clipping was in a toy catalog from 1971 for the American Hardware Stores. That there reveals the sad, sorry state of American hardware stores today. First of all you can’t even FIND one because Home Depot has put them all out of business. The way that Starbucks has killed the American coffee shop with their overpriced BS gourmet brew, Home Depot has killed the corner hardware store…and they don’t even sell fucking wigs!
I can’t know for absolute certainty, but I think if I was a child in this Lake Titicaca village in Peru and Bozo the Clown came for a visit, I would probably fall into a deep coma from which I would never return. Now we know how easy it is for ancient cultures die.
It’s barely 3:55pm Eastern Time and I am calling the election. Time to start rebuilding after the eight long years of the scam, lies and deceit that was the Bush Administration. We can now begin to feel proud to be Americans again. Gooo! ‘Bama!
This is obviously not a political blog, but to celebrate the end of this long and sometimes horrifying presidential campaign, I wanted to start to feel the change now. I only hope that Sarah Palin will fall into obscurity and that the shocking number of people who actually support this fraud will come to their senses and stop giving her a false sense of importance. I’m all for “special needs children”, but who wants a Special Needs president or vice president?
I still shudder to think that the GOP will find some way of stealing this election like they did in ’04. If it happens there will be rioting in the streets of this country that has never been seen. And if it does happen I would like to go on record to say that any of the candidates below would be better than a McCain or Palin.
Wilma Martinez: More honest and prettier than Palin.
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Nothing can remind us of the horror and tragedy of 9/11 more than a cheap decal of Calvin having a timeout from his usual pissing on Ford or Chevy logos. 
This tragedy effected everyone, including Calvin who you rarely see sitting still for anything, let alone praying or crying…or is that piss dripping out of his eye?
Thanks to Brett, for thoughtfully giving me this decal about a year after the terrorist attack. Luckily I never applied it to my car and it still has a “five year outdoor durability”!
Check this…I didn’t realize the extent of this ridiculous decal trend of Calvin pissing on things until I saw this.
Last year a friend gave me a hard cover copy of the classic book Very Special People by Frederick Drimmer. It’s filled with bios and photos of all the big name freaks including my absolute favorite Julia Pastrana, “The Ugliest Woman in the World”.
The book was also filled with yellowed newspaper clippings of freaks and fat people and this odd photo of the bountiful Chesty Morgan.
I have no idea where it’s from or why it has all the perforations. It’s kind of like the coolest “toy” that you could get out of a Cracker Jack box, but I doubt that’s where it came from. Anyone have any ideas? There’s a handwritten date in the bottom left corner that says, “Rec. 2/75″. No clues on the back as it is glued to a piece of newspaper.
