In 1976, ABC's Record and Tape Division came up with the Captain Zoom Personalized Birthday Record. A two-minute song with 8 instances of the birthday boy or girl's name was recorded and mastered for a paper-thin flexible 7" record. It was sent in an envelope along with the lyrics to the song, a mini-coloring book, and an order form. In 1978, the ( Read more... )

I haven't decided about this vote stuff. But I was rather impressed with this ( Read more... )

So, like everyone else, I'm reading Eat. Pray. Love. And like everyone else, I'm in Love with it. I've just finished Italy and I'm delving quickly and quite eagerly into India ( Read more... )

We're leaving, On a jet plane...

I've been in AZ for five days visiting my folks.  It's been fun... well, for Zaedy.  For me it's been a lot of homesickness and longing for Oregon.  Its damn HOT here, People.  80 degrees in NOVEMBER?!  WTF is THAT all about?  When I left it was in the 50's and still Fall-ing with a vengence.  When we get back today ( Read more... )

I'm disturbed by the idea of a Buddha head lamp. I mean, they're everywhere all of a sudden. High gloss Cinnamon pop arty ones at Target made by that Isaac M guy with all the zzzz's in his name(And admittedly the loft art hipster in me is all ooohs and ahhhhs about how pretty it is). Or there's that old worldsy sort that come from World Market or ( Read more... )

Just finished watching High Fidelity, curled up with my #1 with a bullet.

Gods I Love that Movie.

now This is what I'm talking about ( Read more... )

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So those of you who know me know that I am a preschool teacher and have been for a decade now. The theme for our room's exploration currently is Sea Life and I decided to throw a bubble dance party (Hawaiian shirts, bubbles, reggae music, scarves and fish on a stick... that sort of thing). I've had a bubble machine in the classroom before and ( Read more... )

My Martha Stewart fourth of July Shortcake was... To die For. I rocked it. It rocked. There was rockage ( Read more... )