Top Tacky Treasures
The Mark Eden Bust Developer, the Popener, a rubber band vest, and more

Nouveau Tacky
Jesus playing football, a Chairman Mao cigarette lighter, and other delightfully tasteless objects

Tacky Places
Foamhenge, Cooter's Place, Planet Wayside, and other whimsical places

Tacky Topics
The Tacky Treasures Road Show, Mike the Headless Chicken, big heads, art cars, salt & pepper shakers, ballerinas abuse

Seasonal Tacky
Naked witch earrings, Love Kubes™, kinky cuffs, pooping reindeer, Santa piñata, and other holiday treats

Books & Records
Why not eat insects, the Temple City Kazoo Orchestra, and more

Tacky Links

The Tacky Year in Review

2006

I hope you celebrated the coming of the New Year safely, and didn't end up feeling like this poor fellow. This is a liquor decanter with a music box that plays "How Dry I Am." I don't know the year this was made, but my guess it was back when jokes about alcoholic behavior were still considered acceptable.

Here are a few of the highlights of 2006:

• The Couch List - There are currently 32 species on the couch list.
• Tacky Treasures Road Show, 2006
  • 1st place - me, with the Scary Hand of Jesus
  • 2nd place - Liz Roll, Jesus TV Salt and Pepper Shakers
  • 3rd place Mary Jane Cavallo, little boy with a corkscrew penis
  • 4th prize - Liz Roll, pregnant lady key chain
• Celebrated two tacky holidays: National Squirrel Awareness Week (an occasion you can either approach with alarm...or not), and International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
• Wrote a song (with Carolee Rand) about Mike the Headless Chicken. Some of my fans may not be aware that Carolee is the same person responsible for the Rubber Band Vest.
• I have enjoyed discovering the world of outsider music. When I hear this music, it somehow makes me happy inside. I don't know exactly how to explain it, except that at some level, I feel better about being different myself.
• Visited the Monster Mountain Museum in Hanksville, Utah.
• Garnered the following praise from the many who happen upon my web site:
  • "...educated woman finds inner trailer trash!"
  • "You really must be a nobody to go around and find places that you think are tacky. Get A Life."
  • "I laughed so hard I had to run to the bathroom."
• Conducted two highly successful contests (that is, lots of people participated):
  • Name that Critter (winner: Bob Cantor, for "chickadeer") and
  • Goat is My Co-Pilot, in which contestants suggested a bumper sticker for a station wagon transporting three goats (winner: Dave Brown of Lafayette CO for "My kid ate your honor roll student's homework.")
• Interviewed by:
  • a talent scout from the David Letterman show; didn't result in a TV appearance
  • an author of a book on roadside attraction; wrote a short blurb on Foamhenge
  • an author of a book on garage sales; sent several pictures for publication for book which is due out in June.