While I don’t usually approve of entertainment this lurid, this video does have an appearance by Charles Dickens and… Chita Rivera?
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Thanks to Phineas for the find!
Category Archives: Bits and Baubles
Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em
It’s Wednesday! And this can be filed under: Just Because.
Hersteria Mini-Post: Lady Cop Edition
Wow. The final season of “The Wire” sure got weird.
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(Image via Retronaut. Thanks to Jim A. for the suggestion!)
Happy New Year from Hersteria!
Happy New Year, my dearest (and perhaps drunkest) ducklings!
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Thank you so much for following Hersteria! The next year will bring out even more old-fashioned advice and oddities, and the return of the Hersteria Hussy of the Month! Stay tuned!
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(image via Bobbins and Bombshells)
Hersteria’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide!
Hello, my darlings! Stuck for a last-minute gift? Last year’s Hersteria holiday gift guide saved many folks who found themselves in a present-buying pickle. This year I’ve found even more gifts that are bound to please even the crabbiest Scrooge on your list.
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Lady Gifts
Want to piss off your friends and neighbors? Buy the lil’ lady a sun lamp!
For more of that pampered, “fresh from a bath house” feeling, consider the Vibrafinger “gum massager“!
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No hair? No problem! Even women with alopecia will enjoy bathing their scalp in hot air with this hairdryer.
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Manly Gifts
Macho smells so manly that a phallic bottle was just obvious.
We know now much kicking your man does in a day. That’s why we endorse these slacks, featuring an EXCLUSIVE CROTCH GUSSET.
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Gifts that Keep on Giving
You’d think Bust Cream would be just for the ladies, but YOU WOULD BE WRONG. Bust Cream can be also used as Food, making it a great gift for any couple (or hungry person) on your shopping list.
Chick History recommended this Akai video recording system. And since it comes with an invitation from a Penthouse Pet to attend a video taping session with them (?!), it truly is the gift that keeps on giving.
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(Images via Found in Mom’s Basement, hongkiat.com, The Oddball Daily, Daily Dawdle, and Retronaut)
Hersteria Mini-Post: Thanksgiving Dish
Well! I’m a little confused with the Robin Hood outfit, but no matter. “She took the cash, stayed home” is my new motto.
(image via 16 Stone Vintage)
Halloween Costume Shopping with Hersteria!
Happy Halloween to my wonderful readers!
It’s that time once again! And what’s that? You’re stuck for a last-minute costume? Well, since last year’s crop of Hersteria Halloween costume suggestions were such a success, I’ve decided to bestow my help once again. Take a look at these fine ideas for a spook-tacular (yet modest!) outfit.
Well, look at what we have here! Why, it’s (from left) a Sexy Disfigured Latin Fellow, a Sexy Goggle-Eyed Inn-Keeper, a Sexy Gertrude Stein, and that favorite among the children – Mystery Forest Ranger!
Who says you have to buy an expensive costume? Make this clever costume by wearing a stocking on your head, attaching felt circles to your cheeks, stuffing your bosom so it’s comically large, and finally adding a simple hat made of flowers and a large witch. Scary AND economical!
Here Gladys helpfully poses with the latest in Halloween fashion: on the left, a screaming cat shift; on the right, a pirate vest with, of course, a shoulder owl (as all pirates do). Both are worn over a hula skirt.
Be the life of the party as Baghead Billy Joel!
Of course, we would not omit the fellows in our costume party! Here, Wendell shows that he too can be the cock of the walk.
And finally, a delightful couples’ costume! I recommend the clever (but mildly uncomfortable) Sir Phoneface, accompanied by his lovely wife, Ma Bell.
Images via the Huffington Post, Vintage Vivant, Johnny Cupcakes, and Atypical Art.
Stranger Danger : The Good, The Bad, and the Squirrels
At one point or another, all children should be taught the difference between trustworthy and untrustworthy people. But how can you tell between the two? Well, Budget Raygun found this delightfully confusing pamphlet about good people vs. bad people vs…. bad animals.
It sure would be nice to paste in pictures of your real mother and daddy… if only daddy hadn’t gone out for smokes a year ago.
BAD people look suspiciously like mother and daddy. This will be something you will go into at length in about 20 years with your therapist.
Okay, sure. Sound advice, right? Children shouldn’t go off with strangers into sheds…
… and, um, strange squirrels. [Insert requisite nut joke here.]
As brought to you by the Harry J. Will Funeral Home! Goodnight, kids!
(Thanks to Anne H. for the tip!)
Nice Bow Job.
Jelly bracelets, men’s earrings, colored hankies in the appropriate pocket… and now a giant bow to infer that Betty Dupree knows that oranges aren’t the only fruit.
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Friends, please forgive my absence! A new day job is eating away my waking hours, but I’ve resolved to sneak in some much-needed Hersteria time. Thank you for staying with me these last couple of months as I get reorganized — obviously, YOU are of well-raised, virtuous, well-mannered stock. Also, you’re quite charming and good-looking.
(Image via Retronaut. Thanks to Phoebe for the tip!)
Beating the Blahs into Submission
Ladies are so dang moody, amiright? Well, if you’re suffering from a case of so-called “depression,” the fantastic site Awful Library Books has found a doozy of a self-help book: How to Say YES to Life: A Woman’s Guide to Beating the Blahs, published in 1971.
For women who find themselves knee-deep in tears and bon bons, here are some of the author’s recommended ways to get a lil’ boost.
- Adopting a child
- Adopting/becoming friends with a returning Vietnam vet
- Plastic surgery
- Getting a paying job
- New wardrobe
- New makeup
- An affair
- A divorce
Makes sense to me! The only potential problem that I can foresee is if your new Vietnam vet bestie doesn’t notice your fabulous new makeover. Why, that could lead to even more blahs!
(Thank you to Phineas for the find!)