Staton Facts remembers the good ol' days when red pants were cool

I came across an incredibly cheesy picture the other day as I was going through boxes of miscellaneous crap left over from moving into a new house. It was a picture of my brother and me that was taken when I was only four or five years old.

My brother Chad and I were dressed to the nines, he wearing a purple and blue Bill Cosby-esque sweater and me wearing a red and white striped shirt and red slacks that really set off the white belt I had on. I had a bowl cut; my brother was still sporting a rat tale.

For some reason, we were both sitting on hay bales and there was an obvious fake backdrop of a grassy field that looked like it came from “The Sound of Music.” The picture triggered a flood of memories from that day, but above all else I seem to remember my brother holding me down and sneezing in my face after the photo session was done.

He liked doing that for some reason.

There was a special time in the mid-’80s in which pictures like this were not only considered acceptable but were actually sought after. They are laughable now, so it only makes sense that someone started a Web site that collected these gems.

The site is awkwardfamilyphotos.com and while some pictures are a little more recent, the majority of the entries capture that special time some 25 years ago when a white blazer wasn’t complete without a pink shirt and a yellow headband.

Grab your bedazzled jacket, throw a baby into an old washtub and go get a perm. It’s time for an awkward family photo.

http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

When you pull into your favorite fast food drive through, did you ever think that maybe there are items not listed on the menu that are available anyway? For example: why does Wendy’s not have a one-pound cheeseburger and why is Starbuck’s smallest size a tall instead of a short?

Well, if you want to be a fast food insider, look no further. This is an interesting article on secret menu items you probably never knew existed. So the next time you’re at Subway with a prospective wife and you’re thinking of popping the big question, just order the pizza sub. Nothing screams class like a sub sandwich combined with pizza. And the word “no” will not exist after she sees you order this.

http://consumerist.com/239708/the-really-big-guide-to-secret-menu-items

The other day I caught myself wondering: what is Alec Baldwin doing right now? It’s a good thing I decided to visit somethingawful.com, which recently had a feature entitled “Where is Alec Baldwin Now?”

Whether Baldwin was surfing, jumping hurdles or crashing through a brick wall with a pitcher of Kool-Aid in his hand, I was able to rest assured that I knew what he was doing. Are any of these pictures real? Of course they’re not, but they’re funny, so stop asking so many questions.

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/alec-baldwin-adventures.php?page=1

Urban Dictionary Word of the Day: Baldwin Brothers (n.) – It is rumored that if you collect all the failed Baldwin brothers you can trigger Armageddon.