1989 Minty's Version

 How about we do pictures, again?

Remember that album you own? How about you buy it again? In an effort to "stick it" to "big greedy music industry" Taylor Swift has re-recorded her old albums. Now she gets almost all the money from the sales, instead of whatever record label she was on a long time ago. They didn't really "own" her songs, just those original recordings, if that makes sense. What a wholesome thing to notice that her many fans are happily re-buying them. And to make it better, Target has FOUR versions of the new one just released! Now you can buy it again... four more times! Yay!

I have a few now-bitter-sweet fond memories about this pop-up pirate game. But they kind of mess up the description on the box. Might be for the better, since it's always assumed that the person who pops-up the pirate is the loser, instead of the winner as this box tells you. We had a Captain Jack Sparrow version.

I'm sure your dog will understand after Christmas when you stop giving them a treat every night. They'll get it. It's called an Advent Calendar... woof?

Did we all get seasonal Peppermint Ice Cream this year? It kind of became one of those silly things we look forward to.

I almost didn't post this because it's a little too "personal" but my friend got a package one day in the mail, from his best friend's mother, who knitted him this amazing giant blanket! She said she made blankets for every member of her family, and included my friend in it! Sooooo sweet. He was quite touched and speechless. I thought sharing the story was worth it.

I didn't plan on taking any pictures at the flea market, but Gangsta Monroe? That's getting a picture.

One more chance to advertise the Netflix live-action anime series One Piece. There's Zoro's swords, and the other character Luffy was like "So cool! He's got three swords! Where does the third sword even go?!" No spoilers, but there's a good payoff to that bit.

Another One Piece sword! That massive sword belongs to Dracule Mihawk. Should I even mention how awesome that guy's scenes were? When challenged to a dual he instead pulled out a mega small knife, when asked why he wasn't using the big sword, he said "I don't hunt rabbits with a cannon". I wonder if they sell the tiny knife?

Hahahaha what? This reminds me of some kind of professional wrestler thing, where it's both incredibly tough and incredibly silly at the same time. I wonder what they really meant by it.

Still some Redskins merch at the sports place in the flea market. Just pointing it out. I'm glad it's finally been changed, even if "Commanders" is a kinda lame replacement name.

Cool cat mascot on whatever Bubbaloo candy is. I can appreciate a good mascot on something.

This sounds endearing, but I sincerely hope you are not so annoyed with what you love. You might be doing something wrong. You deserve to be happy, not irritated all the time.

I can't add to this, it's plain funny. Excuse me while I go give Five Miles some treats.

K.K.Slider will give you his candy for free, because candy should be free, man. But Tom Nook will make you pay all your bells for it. So much debt for your candy.

Walking back past the sports place I notice all the lame "Washington Football Team" merch was on clearance. Ha. We all might prefer the lame non-name to "Commanders" at this point

Dark Side Rey was total garbage teaser switch to throw into the trailer. In the movie it was just a daydream vision thing, but they put that footage in the trailer to trick people. The worst kind of trailer foolery. It's not "clever" to do that, it's guaranteed to insult your audience. Not to mention the equally ridiculous flip-up double lightsaber. Can we erase this somehow? Any time travelers reading this?

POP! Figures don't have enough movies, TV shows, anime, musicians, wrestlers, Broadway musicals, comics, um... what else? Well, now they are doing historical mythical monsters. Like, not the Cyclops from various movies or shows that had cyclops in them. This is a flat-out regular one from history. Should I point out that the real Sphinx did not have golden chest armor?

In the thrift store, and this is going to sound like such a "dad joke," but is that the Grateful Dead?! Rock on!

Why did I find this so funny? It was unexpected, random nonsense.

My friend had one of these whiskey jugs in their house when they were growing up. It's a common thing to see, but he got a punch of nostalgia from it.

I have a Betty Boop fan friend, so I got this picture for them. It's some kind of round lunch box. Betty Boop gets a ton of merch.

You got that right, Betty. Right now you are creeping up on double that number! Betty Boop was first seen in 1930.

I still have some Halloween pictures? I liked the lollipop witch broom on that sign.

So much lawn decorations in this store!

Is it funny to use a religious type of phrase and turn it into a joke? Hey, don't be so serious. You need some coffee.

I have a friend who swears by the "Bad" way of hanging the TP. Even though we point out over and over that the original patent was illustrated as the "Good" way.

Van Gogh Sunflowers painting sold for 40 million dollars. You can also have one in your OWN HOME for only 40 dollars. One-Millionth the price! You probably won't notice the difference.

Isn't the whole point of a peacock the pretty colors? Why would you want a black and white picture? I gotta admit, it's still pretty.

That snowman would have "brain freeze" all the time! Get it? Because it's made of snow?

I was looking for a funny spot in the store to set up this pillow, but I couldn't really find anything that would make a funny picture. Still got a picture of the pillow.

Target mascot Bullseye plushie! Do you shop at Target too much? Should you?

Busted! Why would they sell a Halloween candy bag with exactly 365 pieces? Sooooo..... you can buy it for YOURSELF and have a piece of candy every day for a whole year? Of course! Yet, they try and sell it like it's for "Halloween".... yeah you're not fooling anyone with that. But, but... there's a spider!