(Part 2) Best products from r/OldSchoolCool

I'm a big (tall and chubby), somewhat hairy dude but I do happen to have excellent skin. I have slightly oily skin, thick hair, a beard, and dry scalp. Here's my non-oral hygiene regimen.

• Shower every other day
  
• Only wash face my when I shower (this is the one I use)
  
• Use a hydrating body wash (this is the one I use)
  
• Wash my hair only when I shower (this includes my beard; I use Head and Shoudler 2 in 1 w/ almond oil)
  
• Use an anti-perspirant deodarent for my pits (I use Old Spice Swagger there as well)
  
• Moisturize my face after every shower (I use this one); I do the same for any areas I shave
  
• I never wear cologne
  
  I've been doing this regimen more or less since I had a beard to shave (16 years old). The products have changed but the end results haven't. Rarely get zits, never get ingrown hairs, I always smell nice but not in an overbearing way, my hair and beard are clean and soft, and my skin is nice. I also don't spend a whole lot of time outside if I can help it but mainly because I'm just not an outdoor person.

great question! robert is an awesome photographer but he actually considers himself more of an author. he's had dozens of photography books published but his recent remembering africa is probably the best you'll get (for now). however i think it's more about his tales living in africa, and covers his friends/acquaintances stories of their experiences in africa. i haven't talked to him for awhile but maybe i can get some more awesome stories from him!

Alice Sheldon was a fascinating individual; from her biography:

> James Tiptree, Jr. burst onto the science fiction scene in the 1970s with a series of hardedged, provocative short stories. Hailed as a brilliant masculine writer with a deep sympathy for his female characters, he penned such classics as Houston, Houston, Do You Read? and The Women Men Don't See. For years he corresponded with Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Ursula Le Guin. No one knew his true identity. Then the cover was blown on his alter ego: A sixty-one-year old woman named Alice Sheldon. As a child, she explored Africa with her mother. Later, made into a debutante, she eloped with one of the guests at the party. She was an artist, a chicken farmer, a World War II intelligence officer, a CIA agent, an experimental psychologist. Devoted to her second husband, she struggled with her feelings for women. In 1987, her suicide shocked friends and fans. The James Tiptree, Jr. Award was created to honor science fiction or fantasy that explores our understanding of gender. This fascinating biography, ten years in the making, is based on extensive research, exclusive interviews, and full access to Alice Sheldon's papers.

That is my room :) I live on my own, I have autism and disabilities and live in a supported living program which means they come to my house to care for me, because my house is located above a garage the floor is very hard on my knees when I am building with lego and playing and dancing, so that is my play floor :) I found them at a clearance section of a store.

I am also a moderator of /r/lego :) and if you called those lego tiles they would get cranky!

http://www.amazon.com/Edushape-Edu-Tiles-Piece-Letters-Numbers/dp/B002FKAMLA/ref=sr_1_18_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1465017848&sr=8-18&keywords=alphabet+floor

There are numerous photos of her reading them (and candid shots in addition to the ones she posed for). Literary figures of the time have been quoted numerous times remarking how witty and thoughtful she was. How she could hold her own at dinner parties with Arthur Miller's literary contemporaries and how she jumped at any chance to discuss her favorite works of literature and poetry with them (she famously discussed the Brothers Karamozov with Nikita Krushchev). She was good friends with Truman Capote and several other influential authors. In addition, she also kept voluminous private diaries including her thoughts on the things she read (novels, trade books, philosophy, poetry, biographies, art history, etc) as well as her original poetry. Some of her writings have been published in a book called fragments. Some of her personal writings highlighting her scholarship and struggle to be seen as more than a dumb blonde are also depicted in the documentary Love, Marilyn.

> Fairbanks was actually an amazing athlete when he made this movie

Glad you mentioned that. "The First King of Hollywood" is a great in depth book about Fairbanks, if anyone is interested. He was quite extraordinary. Also gives a good glimpse of what the industry was like at the time

That's great! I hope you like it. I honestly could not help but think of Tombstone while reading it (even the voices in my head were that of Val Kilmer, Kurt Russel, etc.) but there was so much more to the story and characters that I was pretty surprised. The author also wrote a novel titled Doc which I was also thinking about picking up.

Give this watch a try: http://www.amazon.com/Casio-A158W-1-Stainless-Steel-Digital/dp/B000GAYQJ0

I wear the slightly larger A168W model. This watch is fashionable atm but the style has been around since the 80s and is pretty proven to look good with most anything. It even looks great with a suit.

For anyone interested in a fascinating look into the background of the original series, or just the process for making shows in the 60s, (plus a healthy dose of vintage Hollywood gossip) I strongly suggest you check out the Solow/Justman book

Inside Star Trek: The Real Story

https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Star-Trek-Real-Story/dp/0671009745

Probably my favorite book in the "behind the scenes" genre.

Let me recommend this book to you. It's a very cool collection that shows entire rolls of film that famous photos came from (e.g. the iconic photo of Che). It's mostly targeted at film nerds like me but it is also a great piece of storytelling and I think you might enjoy it based on your comment.

There is a great book about this exact discussion https://www.amazon.com/How-Everything-Became-War-Military/dp/1476777861

Highly recommend reading it 👌🏼

Yes ... I highly recommend the Book "A Higher Call" by Adam Makos (essentially a "Double Biography" telling these 2 mens' life stories and how they intertwine) I have given it as a gift to several friends who like history or aviation. Link to A Higher Call Book on Amazon

The Smithsonian's Saving Stuff is a pretty decent resource for people looking to preserve family treasures like these.

This is a great collection your grandma passed down OP!

Funny, I read it and that's what inspired the post. Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Fighter-Pilot-Memoirs-Legendary-Robin/dp/0312569513

And yes, awesome read. I thought the World War II chapters were just amazing.

We use something like this at my house. Our drain is weird also but this thing works perfectly if you make sure its suctioned down well on all the sides.

https://www.amazon.com/WalterDrake-White-Sink-Drain-Suction/dp/B008E06KB6

It was indeed from late 1989 -- check the gig log here. Bleach did very well on college radio. If you were a college student into indie music at that point chances are you'd think of nirvana as a relatively big band by that point already.

Sub Pop artists also fared quite well in terms of recognition in Europe. IIRC the tour was pretty successful.

The photo is from Bruce Pavitt's (Sub Pop co-founder) book called Experiencing Nirvana that showcases his photos from the 1989 European tour.

I'm not a historian, but I do live in Rochester NY (home of Kodak and the George Eastman photography museum), and I'm a semi-pro photographer. So I've seen and studied a lot of historic photos.

If you want some cool reading on the subject, the book Camera by Todd Gustavson is a good choice. He's the curator of camera technology at the Eastman museum. And if you're ever in this area, a trip to the museum is always a good time.

Charles Darwin's great great grandson wrote an interesting book about a trip to see how much has changed there since the trials.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004TNH7G4

> He's only been disliked since he was on a recent American tv show called Community

That is definitely not true. People have known Chevy Chase was a dick for quite some time. I'll give you that people thought he was a great comedian in the 80s and early 90s though. His behavior became fairly well known soon after that.

Community was not the beginning of people hating him, though.

EDIT: I believe a lot of credit can probably go to this book: http://www.amazon.com/Live-From-New-York-Uncensored/dp/0316735655 - IIRC, it had some pretty damning stuff about Chevy's time on SNL.

Book: Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

Can't promise more stories like this. I saw the excerpt on a blog post.