Retro Revisionist Gifts

Send away mower for servicing...get your scythe out of the shed.

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

How we imagined A.I. in 1977. . . How it's looking today. . .

"We made all the wheels out of old coffee tables and chandeliers."

'Charlotte's Website' ('The children's book classic rewritten for the electronic era!')

'They look more up to date than the ones in your tool-box.'

"Milk, butter, bread - all past the expiration date. either he just hadn't noticed before, or his time machine worked."

Time Machine Collision

'It finally took me thirty years, but I finally have one of every 3-D comic book ever made'

"I understand the revisionists are hot on your trail, Professor Delauney."

"I want to be a more interesting person. Think maybe watching old black and white movies would do it?"

Somewhere in America... the day after "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" came to an end.

'I love this street...it's so real man...'

"Midtown Vinyl. Vintage albums + EPs. Midtown Ink. Vintage books + newspapers."

'My daughter says I'm hopelessly outdated...'

"There is a 5 month slow down. You are still on the fastest route. You will arrive next year."

'A 50's vintage automobile...a billiards room. YOu, my firend, have got it all.'

"Sklar, Liebowitz, Rubin and Kaminsky... Attorneys a go-go."

'But I did study. I guess the software didn't install successfully.'

"Za Za Bling Bling goes man hunting."

"Unfortunately, father never quite got over being asked to reform the band for Live Aid in the '80s."

"Anyway, to make a long story short, I'm the guy who invented CliffsNotes."

"Yo, how's it swinging?"

Innovate or die.

"Boy, these are really overdue!"

'It's official. We replace the words worn-out, old-fashion, and obsolete with classic, vintage and retro.'

"And this model features a nifty, manual back-up device."

"This is one of those subway stations they've restored to their original state."

"So the rumors are true-1967 is making a comeback."

"Mrs. Barnes is to have a complete head-to-toe – she's to be the victim in a bandage-instruction class."