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LOS ANGELES – Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85.

Tommy inspired me to bring you this very merry Metal Moment. Brought to you by MANOWAR.

So here I was on my way into work this morning, driving in downtown St. Louis, when I see one of the City of St. Louis’ grungy orange garbage trucks making a left turn ahead of me, and on the rear bumper was a sticker that read “I (heart) TRASH”… “I’ve gotta get me one of those!” I said to myself. So, naturally, when I got into my office I went online and, thinking I’d find a store or two that sold them pretty easily, did a search for one and… WTF? Found nothing! I mean, the closest I could find was someone’s really crappy image on Flickr… and lots of pics of Oscar the Grouch, natch. So, doing what any enterprising, bored, trash-lovin’ middle-aged guy would do, I opened up Illustrator and made my own fucking sticker, god damn it. This one features a nice, warm, red heart and the great American Typewriter font in medium condensed version. So now all of you unashamed lovers of trash (as well as trashe) will be able to be just like that garbage truck. You can buy one of these in the Ripxoid Shop for $3.99 each.

You’re welcome.