Santo Gold

Chris over at Blue Glow posted some vintage infomercial-type strangeness about “The Family Auto Mart“, which caused my brain, unbidden, to dwell upon some some crap that played in the background while I was working late nights on the third draft of Forever Evil:

Yep, it went on for a full half-hour. I am constantly amazed that my brain got through the 80s without committing hara-kiri. (some would likely say it did not) I still probably would have preferred substituting “Family Auto Mart” for some of the times I subjected myself to the “Santo Gold” pitch.

On a somewhat less-sullen note…

If you haven’t been perusing Datajunkie, and are at all interested in pop culture… well, you should. People interested in what my childhood looked like, for instance, should click over to the entry that reprints the Outer Limits trading cards. i had all but one of the damned things before they stopped production, and since I was the only one in my small town who collected them (that I knew of, anyway), never had a chance to trade. And now, in the far-flung future, I have no idea which card was missing. Ah, well. Enjoy.