JUL
2009
09

Whose Shoes Wednesday…The Answer!

Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the Weird Al Yankovic! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Moxie, who was the first to correctly identify this personage of note. And now, as the special bonus, something the Manolo calls “The Transformative Power of Good Grooming.”

JUL
2009
08

Whose Shoes Wednesday

Manolo asks, whose shoes?

JUL
2009
07

Guaranteed to Cure Nostalgia for the Early 80s

Manolo says, if like the Manolo you are the person who occasionally feels wistful for the early 1980s, this one-hit wonder from Toto Coelo will cure you riki-tik.

JUL
2009
03

The World’s Oldest Basketball Shoes!

Manolo says, from the Manolo’s friends at Boing Boing come news of the discovery of the world’s oldest kicks! Gary Pifer a vintage clothing dealer found the 116 year old sneakers while combing through picked over items, that were contained within a victorian era trunk. “As I arrived late, I was told that all the good stuff was gone”, said Mr. Pifer. He paid 50 cents for the brown high top canvas sneakers made by the Colchester Rubber Company. Later that night, Mr. Pifer was shocked to discover, during an internet search, that the brand went out of business in…

JUL
2009
03

Manolo the Columnist

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo I recently graduated and started a new job as a research chemist. This means long hours on my feet in the lab, and close-toed shoes in the summertime!. Can you recommend any close-toed shoes that are comfortable, fashionable, *and* affordable? It seems an impossible combination. Genna Manolo says, since the time of the famously maladapted and nerdy Isaac Newton, scientists have been the modern priestly class, intermediaries between our superstitious world of ignorance and their logical world of higher knowledge, engaged in arcane…

JUL
2009
02

Whose Shoes Wednesday…The Answer!

Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the Kiki Dunst! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Leah who was the first to correctly identify this personage of note.

JUL
2009
01

The Office Has Shrunk Him

Manolo says, pass the budget? It looks as if the Governator is attempting to pass the kidney stone.

JUL
2009
01

Whose Shoes Wednesday

Maolo asks, whose shoes?