From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .

Today — May 25, 2026
	I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) Stills from this episode of Prof. Oddfellow's Penetralia, about the mention of a "negaive body" in a Psychotronic Squirt Gun song, courtesy of Dare-g on Tumblr. Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neil, 1913. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Totem Tales: Indian Stories Indian Told, Gathered In the Pacific Northwest by W. S. Phillips, 1896. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Via BUFORA Newsfile, 1996. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Separated at Birth? (permalink) Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source. . . . read more from Separated at Birth? . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From St. Nicholas, 1892. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "A unique tacky dance."  From College of Industrial Arts' 1917 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) "Queen of Spades.  She's calling me."  From Dark Shadows episode 788. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Ohio University's 1914 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Century 1890. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1909.   Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Earlam College's 1934 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Shinto, The Way of the Gods by William George Aston, 1905. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From the Carnegie Institute of Technology's 1920 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Mr. Punch’s Prehistoric Peeps by E. T. Reed, 1902. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Ohio University's 1908 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, 1889. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From the United States Naval Academy's 1917 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "Come and have tea with me!"  From Home Words for Heart & Hearth by Charles Bullock, 1900. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) From The Children's Newspaper, 1934. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .