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The folks over at Air Asia have established a “kid-free” zone on some of their flights.

For those who don’t want to stew in the smells and screams of your infant, the first seven rows of economy class are verboten to people under 12 years of age. Best of all, there’s no additional cost for this, either.

Read the story here.

This blog is simply genius: all it has are images of Lindsay Lohan. Without hands.

Stumps up, LiLo!

All images from http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/wwii-posters/

June, 1959: two generations removed from the ladylike Nicki Minaj and the demure Kim Kardashian. In those innocent, pre-Internet days, young men “girl watched,” and the preeminent publication devoted to the sport was, of course, Girl Watcher magazine. Here’s an issue, in its entirety.

Alpaca or cashmere?

Here’s a great page from the issue, on choosing “the Greatest Love Goddess.” Incredibly, many are still alive, like Zsa Zsa, Kim, Brigitte, Jill and June.

Gabor’s definitely the eldest at a sprightly 95.

From April, 1980’s Popular Science comes this piece on the new electronic gizmos about to debut. Prominently placed in the center is the $200 Sony “Soundabout,” which as we all know, was renamed to the catchier “Walkman.” Check out that nifty VCR, too, here.

$200 for a Walkman in 1980 is, like, $560 in today’s money.

Archaeologists have posited that “Funky” was a fashion line in the 1970s. Whether or not a woman had to have a county “mistress” license is not known…

The above gentleman is obviously a “Mistress collector.”

Believe it or not, L.A. Gear shoes were some of the most popular kicks on the market. (Not to me, mind you.)

Here, we have an ad for their “Streetdancer” line. I guess one can’t “streetdance” without tucking one’s pants into one’s socks.

Remember to tuck your pant legs in!