Freelance Writer Christian Conservative Birmingham, AlabamaTumblr (3.0; @loydmcintosh)http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fab769255ee86e30afa2d8ea6018f5a5/tumblr_mn0ftloPTZ1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A cool shot of the Tutwiler Hotel, downtown Birmingham. #snapseed #hotels #tutwilerhotel #birminghamalabama #birmingham</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50752871322http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50752871322Sat, 18 May 2013 15:05:45 -0500tutwilerhotelsnapseedbirminghambirminghamalabamahotels<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/702758381653cb3353d13cec02666058/tumblr_mmwsx7m8VB1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mural on the side of the Wininger Law Firm Building, downtown Birmingham. #baseball #birminghamalabama #birmingham #winingerlaw #murals</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50599584388http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50599584388Thu, 16 May 2013 15:58:19 -0500birminghambirminghamalabamabaseballwiningerlawmurals<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6ecb74d2d7db979a5f8e4ed819eeb31b/tumblr_mmvgmpoHnB1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Arrington and the block between 1st and 2nd Avenue North, downtown Birmingham. Makes me hungry for lunch at the original John’s Restaurant.</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50552962921http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50552962921Wed, 15 May 2013 22:35:11 -0500““I wouldn’t be surprised if President Obama learned Osama bin Laden had been killed when he...http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50496322172http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50496322172Wed, 15 May 2013 09:10:57 -0500obamapoliticsjon stewartbenghaziirs scandalAP scandal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0e8b90916f833a48ceb25346ef005c72/tumblr_mmo1liFelW1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50221095960http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50221095960Sat, 11 May 2013 22:27:18 -0500drpeppercandycigarettesoldadvertising<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8758337f36ebf76689315ac3f5ab3d43/tumblr_mmlrc28t8C1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More Hot Wheels silliness from my office bookshelf. #hotwheels #popculture #cars #retro #retrocamera</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50115124434http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50115124434Fri, 10 May 2013 16:50:26 -0500hotwheelscarsretroretrocamerapopculture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/563db18d2bf45aacd4d146fc0ed3cc0c/tumblr_mmk9y270JU1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Captain America Hot Wheels. More of the dorky stuff on my office book case. #hotwheels #1970s #cars #popculture #retro #retrocamera</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50061505710http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/50061505710Thu, 09 May 2013 21:37:14 -0500carsretrocameraretro1970shotwheelspopculture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fc0a355b28412044db73c288b18944d8/tumblr_mmgdjpLbt51ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More of the random goofiness on my office bookshelf. #hula #tiki #kitsch #route66 #stupid #polynesian</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49892399300http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49892399300Tue, 07 May 2013 19:04:37 -0500route66hulatikistupidpolynesiankitsch<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/432e93e7237664eae8999e053f8c9b75/tumblr_mmeqsiNgXO1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of the boxes of candy cigarettes on my bookshelf in my office. I’m surprised I haven’t been hauled before the HR rep yet. Honestly I’m shocked these things are still being made. I found this box at an ice cream shop in Seacrest Beach, Florida last summer. #candy #snapseed #colorsplash #candycigarettes #odd #funny</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49827625181http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49827625181Mon, 06 May 2013 21:55:30 -0500funnycandycigarettescolorsplashcandysnapseedodd<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5a05db239af7f9bd56462d5ed99f903e/tumblr_mmeij7Mq9a1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve been driving by this cool piece of graffiti for a couple of years now. It’s located on a viaduct column on 1st Avenue South and I’ve wondered who the inspiration might have been. Maybe it’s a self-portrait, but, regardless, that is one mean Fu Manchu.</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49812205554http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49812205554Mon, 06 May 2013 18:57:07 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a1abc94b694d6eba421e2c6882376687/tumblr_mmakkicoAx1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just a little Amazon.com purchase. Use to love this magazine back in the late 80s-early 90s. #spymagazine #magazines #books #popculture</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49621234292http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49621234292Sat, 04 May 2013 15:50:42 -0500booksspymagazinemagazinespopculture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a7039caf779f6628dcf97da6acc5856b/tumblr_mmafgdfuqf1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On the discount record bin outside Reed Books, downtown Birmingham. #birmingham #coolstuff #instagram #snapseed #instagrambham #reedbooks</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49613136562http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49613136562Sat, 04 May 2013 14:00:12 -0500coolstuffinstagraminstagrambhamreedbookssnapseedbirmingham<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4e326073a2a01e26e5c232ac70ada4d1/tumblr_mlpyvbELUN1qbaleqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lileks.tumblr.com/post/48704408771/she-saw-her-shadow-this-morning-and-now-she-wont" target="_blank">lileks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>She saw her shadow this morning, and now she won’t move her bowels for six weeks.</p> </blockquote>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49266574621http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49266574621Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:02:43 -0500“The Deep Purple stage is a dangerous place to be … And long may that live.”” - Glenn...http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49053331579http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/49053331579Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:34:00 -0500deep purpleglenn hughesmusic1970s“In democracy, the purpose of public office is not to fulfill personal ambition. Elected...http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48906883685http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48906883685Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:44:25 -0500WGeorge W Bushpoliticsconservatism<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VAnU9zT87j4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Low Kung Fu!</strong></p> <p>I was talking with a friend of mine last night and about how much things cost these days, and I jokingly said I’m going to start wearing <a href="http://www.amazon.com/English-Leather-Dana-Men-Aftershave/dp/B000VOLLG2" title="English Leather" target="_blank">English Leather</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Clubman-Special-Reserve-Cologne-Products/dp/B0072CY79Y/ref=pd_sim_bt_8" title="Clubman Pinaud" target="_blank">Clubman Pinaud</a> rather than continue shelling out close to $100 for a bottle fancy-schmancy, froo-froo smelling “mens” cologne. She replied by telling me after her father passed away her family found a few unopen bottles of the old aftershave and cologne <a href="http://popular.ebay.com/health-beauty/hai-karate-cologne.htm" title="Hai Karate " target="_blank">Hai Karate</a>, the classic 1960s and 1970s  product for men.</p> <p>Discontinued in the early 1980s, Hai Karate was one of those beginner colognes on the same level as Brut and Old Spice, but had one the coolest advertising campaigns of the era. As you see in this television commercial, Hai Karate caused women to go so crazy, that each bottle came with a set of detailed self-defense instructions. Proof that the marketers of <a href="http://www.theaxeeffect.com/#/axe-campaigns/new-axe-apollo" title="Axe" target="_blank">Axe</a> know that there is no reason to reinvent the wheel, Hai Karate’s tag line was a good one: “Be careful how you use it.” </p> <p>Since Hai Karate has disappeared from drug store shelves and, also, since the world is in a constant state of retro fever, bottles of Hai Karate are a collector’s item, <a href="http://compare.ebay.com/like/230962085442?var=lv&var=sbar" title="Hai Karate on Ebay" target="_blank">going for some good money on ebay</a>. It might be worth rummaging through your father’s - or grandfather’s - old boxes in the attic. </p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48661838688http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48661838688Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:05:39 -0500Hai KarateAxeEnglish Leathermens interestsMenretro1960s1970scool stuffnostalgiaold advertisingAdvertisingtelevisioncommercialsLoyd McIntosh<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5a9e5a729bc630442d6a5e72c60ddc45/tumblr_mlmle8PEeS1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Who’s the moron who designed this toy’s packaging?</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48560602445http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48560602445Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:06:07 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f5d7156cf5cb39b66803b12de5ae7868/tumblr_mll1eh5pOy1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The view outside my back door.</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48487334968http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48487334968Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:56:41 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/acbb59819e857e9199a3cc97f8bba998/tumblr_mlfchf63qt1ql5y0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Outdoor statue, Birmingham Museum of Art. Image created with #Snapseed #instagram #art #birmingham #sculpture #urban</p>http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48237336313http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48237336313Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:10:26 -0500urbanartinstagramsnapseedbirminghamsculpture““I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I...http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48200124020http://loydmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/48200124020Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:33:41 -0500politicsThe Conscience of a ConservativeconservatismconservativecultureBarry Goldwater