When I look upon the magnificence of the Empire State Building or the majesty of the Nicholson Bridge, I wonder how the generation that created such wonders in the first part of the 20th century could also create some of the dumbest, most asinine, chop-busting houses ever made. I become bewildered at how an American society with such architectural visionaries could allow some of their contemporaries–mere baboons with hammers–to construct familial living quarters with five-foot high basements, 22-inch doorways, and six-foot tall bedrooms with 20-inch square cutouts in their cranium crunching ceilings as the means to enter the “attic.”
Stealthy Bidding Techniques
First time auction attendees will often ask me how to bid. I tell them that when they wish to bid on an item that they should raise their bidding cards high into the air, and then when they wish to advance the bidding that they should continue to raise their cards or nod distinctly when the auctioneer looks to them. However, some veteran auction goers adopt bidding techniques that are designed for discretion. Dealers and collectors that regularly attend auctions sometimes feel that they have to mask the fact that they are bidding for two reasons:
Deppraisal: Fashionable and Doomed
Wikipedia defines a fad as “something that becomes very popular with a small group of people for a short period of time. A fad is unpredictable, short lived, and without social, economic, and political significance.” However, I have created a more poignant definition for the word fad by using a backronym. “What is a backronym?” you ask. Well, it’s just another little invention of my twisted mind that is destined to end up in some future edition of the English Dictionary with another one of my lingual derivatives: Deppraisal, the monetary evaluation of something that is believed to be of high value by its owner, but in reality is worth very little down to squat.
Bed Cutting: An American Tragedy
If we are to take an honest look at the history of this great nation’s furnishings, we Americans cannot deny that we have been less than noble in our pursuits of interior design. Indeed, our forefathers have been guilty of conceiving such atrocities as throw pillows, slip covers (both fabric and clear plastic), bean bags, and particle board. The absurd and gruesome nature of these inventions are deeply imbued into the psyche of the American consumer, who are well aware of the pain and misery that they have and continue to cause.
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