What is this? An annex of sorts to my primary blog, Simple Tricks and Nonsense. What’s it for? Think of this as the junk drawer in the desk that is Simple Tricks and Nonsense. What will I be seeing? Mostly photos and artwork pertaining to the same stuff I fetishize in all my online places: movies and TV; pulp and pin-up illustration; classic cars; rock ‘n’ roll; vintage airplanes; space exploration and manned spaceflight; road trips and two-lane Americana; everything retro and cool; and, of course, pretty girls. Lots of pretty girls. Some of which may be NSFW, so be warned. Who are you? Mostly I’m just an analog kind of guy lost in a digital world…Tumblr (3.0; @jasonbennion)http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e474348ca5d0223d4ae1045f450cde93/tumblr_mn5iieqT0j1r6f30po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://engelart.tumblr.com/post/51220705917/oahu-valley-hawaii-2009-by-norman-engel">engelart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Oahu Valley, Hawaii</strong> 2009 by Norman Engel</p> </blockquote> <p>Wouldn’t mind being here right now.</p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51223354579http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51223354579Fri, 24 May 2013 07:36:22 -0600travelartworkHawaiiOahu<p>New blog entry: <a href="http://dlvr.it/3QC40c">http://dlvr.it/3QC40c</a></p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51208756786http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51208756786Thu, 23 May 2013 23:56:32 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7e8d39fddc2320e2a66a3691faeebb94/tumblr_mh911w7jG21qcu0ewo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cruello.tumblr.com/post/41544605947/astronaut-anna-fisher-john-bryson">cruello</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small>Astronaut Anna Fisher</small></p> <p><strong><small>John Bryson</small></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>I thought this was a still of Sigourney Weaver from <em>Alien</em> at first glance… it’s not. It’s better.</p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51202096344http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51202096344Thu, 23 May 2013 21:50:40 -0600astronautsAnna Fisher<p>New blog entry: <a href="http://dlvr.it/3PfygX">http://dlvr.it/3PfygX</a></p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51050330313http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51050330313Tue, 21 May 2013 22:58:17 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/617e0c40d9625da0a3a3cc2633529d21/tumblr_mn5ytbX2bW1qabj53o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://retrogasm.tumblr.com/post/51008089777/classic-pledge-of-allegiance">retrogasm</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Classic Pledge of Allegiance</p> </blockquote> <p>So many of my friends and neighbors wouldn’t believe this if I showed it to them…</p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51045701486http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51045701486Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:08 -0600historyreligionpoliticsPledge of Allegiance<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/99d7cfbcbca33ba669cd2c45122d2df5/tumblr_mn2ree5bJg1qmtfp8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/283ade17a24b1212e119e96a6566e332/tumblr_mn2ree5bJg1qmtfp8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://classictrek.tumblr.com/post/51011138980/stills-star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan-1982-jim">classictrek</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Stills, <em>Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan</em>, 1982<br/><br/>“Jim Kirk was many things, but he was <em>never</em> a boy scout.”</p> </blockquote> <p>True dat.</p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51045423218http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51045423218Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:10 -0600Star TrekStar Trek II:The Wrath of Khanmoviesvintage1980sDavid MarcusCarol MarcusBibi BeschMerrit Butrick<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f37f4f1bd5672279350fb806624c31f/tumblr_mn6bw87fKl1qgjplzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahvintage-retro.tumblr.com/post/51029844050/kanab-utah-1973-c-stephen-shore">fuckyeahvintage-retro</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Kanab, Utah (1973) © Stephen Shore</p> </blockquote> <p>I grew up a fair distance away from Kanab, but I remember when things looking a lot like this… </p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51044765534http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/51044765534Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:59 -0600architecturegas stationvintage1970sUtahKanabnostalgia<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6277fa19e855a5dbdfcda46062d885dd/tumblr_mmq918ZRkl1rg9i0ho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/10cf63962539b9c0bcd87fb9e8236edf/tumblr_mmq918ZRkl1rg9i0ho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theremina.tumblr.com/post/50890715329/devilonadinosaur-illustrations-by-juan">theremina</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://log.devilonadinosaur.com/post/50330115736/illustrations-by-juan-gimenez">devilonadinosaur</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Illustrations by Juan Gimenez</p> </blockquote> <p>These are breathtaking, and oddly soothing.</p> </blockquote>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50959296342http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50959296342Mon, 20 May 2013 20:35:46 -0600artworkillustrationsci-fiJuan Gimenez<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7a3a19d62f9ec84b1a4ac8cde8bae733/tumblr_mgkoeq7zJT1qh02uyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I dumped a LOT of quarters into this game back in my movie-theater days (we had one in the lobby around the time the original <em>Ninja Turtles</em> movie came out in 1990).</p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50637020641http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50637020641Fri, 17 May 2013 00:11:21 -0600video gamesarcadearcade gamesTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesvintage1990s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a3d9055931590adb7eddf6098d605e01/tumblr_mmtbz6HKtC1qzdzwdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theswinginsixties.tumblr.com/post/50473596479/designer-fashion-shopping-clothes-beauty-travel-jewelry">theswinginsixties</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Sean Connery as James Bond in ‘Goldfinger’, 1964.</p> </blockquote> <p>Still the best. The originals usually are.</p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50636777995http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50636777995Fri, 17 May 2013 00:05:08 -0600movie starsvintage1960sSean ConneryJames BondGoldfinger007<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b7d8bca1dd016670869f66b0d2f19877/tumblr_mmwc9uEogk1qb0bzxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://allthingseurope.tumblr.com/post/50579085642">allthingseurope</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Venice (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebecca_ryan/6642115061/sizes/l/in/set-72157628735510037/">Ryan Phillips Photography™</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>Yep. This place, too.</p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50636337997http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50636337997Thu, 16 May 2013 23:54:25 -0600travelVeniceItalywater<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7c4f625aac63b10c56a22035a784e35f/tumblr_mkdu3tANTH1rruedco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span><small>Robert Redford and Lauren Hutton on the set of 1970 movie Little Fauss And Big Halsy</small></span></p> </blockquote> <p>Never heard of the movie (which is rare for me), but Redford is iconic. </p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50636140013http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50636140013Thu, 16 May 2013 23:49:47 -0600movie starsvintage1970sRobert RedfordLauren Hutton<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbrjmn0CnX1qaf3lpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I really want to go to Japan.</p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50635920330http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50635920330Thu, 16 May 2013 23:44:33 -0600travelJapanlantern<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/921e304dcdffb0c469e9a5f8ca1d2fba/tumblr_mmwvmvSSbe1qzxgw0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://celluloidfire.tumblr.com/post/50604163587/i-felt-like-i-had-to-make-this-for-tumblr">celluloidfire</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I felt like I had to make this for tumblr</p> </blockquote>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50635724209http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50635724209Thu, 16 May 2013 23:39:58 -0600cartoonanimationWarner Bros.Looney TunesBugs BunnyGossamer<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4404fdc2372c827468bd5a26605dd004/tumblr_mmnd7kFgu41qbvx8lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://travelthisworld.tumblr.com/post/50615492227/the-palace-of-winds-jaipur-india-by-melinda">travelthisworld</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Palace of Winds - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanmelmel/1062979014">Jaipur, India</a> | by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanmelmel/">Melinda</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Incredible!</p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50635463394http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50635463394Thu, 16 May 2013 23:33:59 -0600travelIndiaJaipurPalace of Winds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f4ebd1ed6bdee8539d225056070d7528/tumblr_mmrtl1IUGE1qlvie8o1_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f5671108fc4832fe86990330f218a987/tumblr_mmrtl1IUGE1qlvie8o2_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3ee737e2da8df0c797d5b0663b686581/tumblr_mmrtl1IUGE1qlvie8o3_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fcae9d950c30f667330f6b07f6d48075/tumblr_mmrtl1IUGE1qlvie8o4_r2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/21b5dd286066de7d3b69bb547225427d/tumblr_mmrtl1IUGE1qlvie8o7_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/64c73b7e6d2006c8be1b005628f2df97/tumblr_mmrtl1IUGE1qlvie8o8_r2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8d0e5cf94db33113f946bfbbb74e048d/tumblr_mmrtl1IUGE1qlvie8o5_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b61d93f33e07d8461f634c744aef96fc/tumblr_mmrtl1IUGE1qlvie8o6_r2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/50514989060/jenniferdeguzman-he-said-star-trek-is-too">wilwheaton</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jenniferdeguzman.tumblr.com/post/50468305176/he-said-star-trek-is-too-philosophical-screw">jenniferdeguzman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>He said Star Trek is too “philosophical”? Screw that noise.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mechcanuck.tumblr.com/post/50402014539/i-dont-know-when-this-interview-happened-but-i-am">mechcanuck</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I don’t know when this interview happened but I AM SAD AND ANGRY NOW </p> <p>The philosophies in Star Trek are kinda part of the actual setting. If you don’t get that, why are you allowed to make Star Trek movies.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p><em>Sigh.</em> The whole point of Star Trek is that it’s philosophical. If you don’t want philosophical Science Fiction, there’s plenty of that for you to enjoy, but Star Trek <em>is</em> philosophical. Philosophy is part of Star Trek’s DNA, and if you’re given the captain’s chair, you’d better damn well respect that.</p> </blockquote> <p>What an asshat. Letting Abrams reboot <em>Star Trek</em> was like handing the keys of a ‘62 Corvette to a man who doesn’t like to drive and doesn’t quite “get” the whole point of having cars in the first place.</p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50517129083http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50517129083Wed, 15 May 2013 14:30:00 -0600Star TrekJJ Abrams<p>New blog entry: <a href="http://dlvr.it/3N8pG9">http://dlvr.it/3N8pG9</a></p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50507500244http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50507500244Wed, 15 May 2013 11:58:32 -0600<p>New blog entry: <a href="http://dlvr.it/3N0Jt2">http://dlvr.it/3N0Jt2</a></p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50479983866http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50479983866Tue, 14 May 2013 23:43:32 -0600<p>New blog entry: <a href="http://dlvr.it/3My17l">http://dlvr.it/3My17l</a></p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50456469775http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50456469775Tue, 14 May 2013 18:02:02 -0600<p>New blog entry: <a href="http://dlvr.it/3MvBg0">http://dlvr.it/3MvBg0</a></p>http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50431636450http://jasonbennion.tumblr.com/post/50431636450Tue, 14 May 2013 12:04:03 -0600