Let's Commoditize!

Yay for the team thing where sweaty people run around and "score"!

Yay for the team thing where sweaty people run around and "score"!

Yay for the team thing where sweaty people run around and "score"!

The words the authorities scream when things are going sideways.

The thing the authorities scream in the middle of a disaster.

Something that the authorities shriek when things have gone to hell.

A man stands guard at the door of a palace.

A couple stroll down a rain-slicked street in Paris. Painted in 1877.

A NASA make-believe travel poster

You touch my stuff, I'll kill ya. One of the many memorable lines in the Ivan Reitman movie, "Stripes".

A WWII poster to encourage citizens to shut up about things; you never know if the enemy is listening!

A 1950's housewife seems to be delighted about her new garbage disposal while her pipe-smoking hubby smirks.

A retro representation of a nice thought expressed by the gang while sitting in front of the vegetable stand somewhere in Ontario.

Poster for a '30s movie featuring the story of Clelie, the Love-hungry child of the tropics.

A favorite sound clip from the stern show. I could mention the organization that’s being quoted but I’m sure that wouldn’t go over very well.

A snippet of a Talking Heads song

Everyone’s favorite OCD doctor!

a detail from Still Life with Flowers in a Wan-li Vase, Ambrosius Bosschaert, 1619.

A closeup of Still Life with Flowers, Balthasar van der Ast, c. 1625 - c. 1630

And the young lady has wedding ring. From the painting, William II, Prince of Orange, and his Bride, Mary Stuart, Anthony van Dyck, 1641.

A lovely detail from The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgins, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, c. 1495 - c. 1500.

Jack Reacher's old outfit, back when he was in the Army.

The cover of Puck magazine, Christmas 1902. Santa is ambushed coming in the window by two pretty ladies.

Everybody's favorite dancers!

A winding path up a steep cliff. From an antique book by William T. Horton.

"Hands up!" photomechanical print showing a santa claus pointing a handgun at the viewer (1912) by Will Crawford (1869-1944).

A poster from the Office for Emergency Management, War Production Board, circa. 1942. Santa did his bit in WWII. Who knew?

Japanese illustration featuring Santa, artist unknown. Kids in the background awaken to see Santa in front of their fireplace.

Etching of a knight from an antique book my William T. Horton.

A skeleton holding a bow from an old tarot card.

An evil-looking skull on an antique tarot card.

That darn devil and her pets. And wings. And horns. On a pedestal.

From an antique deck of tarot cards, the devil makes a woman weep. Bad devil!

From the 1950s. A mannequin family set up in the New Mexican desert to study the effects of an atomic bomb blast. It was called Operation Doorstep, blast and thermal effects were evaluated on mannequins, automobiles, and wooden frame houses.

A team of giant kitties pull a sleigh through a winter wonderland.

Let’s just cut through all the hubbub and get to the only answer you’re going to get.