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Mens Straw Hat
Every year about this time, I tell my wife I need a Mens Straw Hat. And every year, usually about the time I pull my Fedora out for winter wearing, I realize I never got my hat. I probably have close to 100 Baseball Caps that I wear year round, but I want something a little different.
So this year will be different. I am officially in the market for a good Straw Hat.
Last time I was in Bass Pro Shop they had a few decent looking hats. The problem was either they had band around the hat I did not [...]
“Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process” - Jamie Buckingham
Sometimes a DIY project will take a very convoluted journey to get from Point A (inspiration) to Point Z (completion)...often visiting Point L (depression) and Point R (insanity) along the way. Case in point, after ogling the necklaces from Prada's holiday jewelry collection...and realizing that I wasn't going to be handing over the $800 that was necessary to procure one...I decided to make my own...or, to take the elements that I liked, add a few things of my own, and hope the end result was we
Stoppard and Friends
November 21, 2008 in Aesthetics, Theater | Tags: CUNY, Derek Walcott, Terry Teachout, Tom Stoppard Tom Stoppard in Manhattan! Here, there, everywhere. This update on several of his sightings was filed by Terry Teachout on behalf of Gwen Orel. For readers of this blog, it would be the ultimate in redundancy to say that Stoppard is my favorite playwright, bar none. So redundancy be damned. What a guy. Worth the quick read, here’s the posting from About Last Night: Tom Stoppard, who might just
Please Bobo, Tell Us About Your Dream!!!
Since YOU BEGGED ME, here's last night's dream: I'm sitting on a stool at an old-timey Pharmacy and Soda Shoppe sucking an Egg Cream down a straw when Brad Pitt sidles up to the counter right next to me--like inches away--and starts chatting familiarly with the soda jerk, basically being just a really cool and laid-back and unpretentious guy. At the moment of realization that the guy next to me is Brad Pitt, I hastily adopt a facial expression of strained nonchalance, my lower lip sagging op
Hancock's "The Poetry Society"
Episode Synopsis A poetry evening with a group of Hancock's new avant-garde fiends produces gems of abstract poetry, not only from the group but from Bill and Sid. Programme Guide Scene: Hancock’s house: 23, Railway Cuttings, East Cheam. Hancock: (Enters room where Sid and Bill are sitting) Sid, Bill, I want a word with you two. SID and BILL Laugh at Hancock Hancock: What are you laughing at? Sid: Gor blimey, what does he look like? Hancock: I fail to see any cause fo
MAYO THOMPSON WRITES A LETTER
MAYO THOMPSON WRITES A LETTER posted by Sean Mayo Thompson - "Dear Betty Baby". Mayo Thompson grabbed his stetson, his ratty tweed jacket, and he headed to the library. "Hey kitty," he said to the first librarian he found. "Happy Tuesday." "Can I help you?" she said. "You know what it is: show me to the phonebooks." It was 1970 and the librarian showed Mayo Thompson to the phonebooks. He hung up his stetson on the corner of a bookcase and draped his jacket over the back of a chair. He
“The Office”: To-by, To-by!
Tonight night is HUGE! Toby Flenderson is coming back to “The Office” after an unfortunate stint as an invalid in a Costa Rican hospital. This week’s episode is called “Frame Toby,” and knowing that, we can be sure our favorite downtrodden, put-upon HR guy is in for some trouble. In honor of his return, I went back through the seasons and came up with this list of Toby’s Greatest Hits. Most of the time, he took the hits, but he also had a few moments of glory. Here, take a look: SEASON 1 T
Catherine de Medici: Part II - Hath No Fury than a Pope Scorned
In last week's post on Catherine de Medici, the citizens of Florence were debating what to do with the 13 year old Medici Duchess. The options were: A. Strip her naked and exposed her on the city walls as target practice. B. Place her in a brothel to spoil her marriage value. C. Lock her up in a convent Fortunately for Catherine, the citizens went with option C, but Catherine never knew if they would come storming into the convent to enact plan A or B. At one point, she even cut off all her h
NaNoBloMo: The nature of the beast
Isn’t it pathetic awful gruesome funny how writing a post every day can create arbitrary pressure that sucks the life out of you makes writing a post more challenging? Heh, I think so. I’ve been getting writer’s block every single night. On Sunday, I panicked into creating a giant shrine in my back yard to Jen over at Steenky Bee. I truly believe NaNoBloMo causes insanity. I’ve developed a ritual to help me write every night that involves preparing myself to face my blog. Mostly, it invol
Secrets to a Halloweeeeenish Halloween
Halloween Decorations | Best Tips to enjoy your holiday this year With 36.1 million trick-or-treaters visiting homes this year, it comes as no surprise that we all want our homes to look as “Halloweenish” as possible for the big night. Here are some simple Halloween decorating ideas that will make your home look festive but won’t break the bank. Orange Lights Change the light bulbs in your outdoor lanterns or house lights to orange lights. If you can’t find orange light bulbs, you can purc
Day Three: Casa de los Artes
I’m having trouble getting the stench of garbage out of my lungs, and the sights we saw at La Chureca out of my mind. It’s hard not to have your heart broken by places like that, and maybe mine should break a little bit. But when despair hovered too close, I felt small arms thrown around my waist in joy. The children were wonderful. They greeted us not as strangers but as new friends. It was so clear that the children at Los Quinchos felt safe within its walls, even surrounded by 100 acr
Would You Buy This House?
Ready to place an offer on this Scottsdale, Arizona home? It has a globe, a cute bubble gum machine, fake sunflowers over the nice plantation shutters, and a straw hat. Oh, yeah, and a HUGE WATER STAINED MOLDY DAMAGED CEILING! And ugly checked wallpaper! This was an estate sale. The swimming pool and landscaping were neglected.
New Site
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Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/18/2008
The most ominous news story tonight: “IAF is Ready for Iran’s Nuclear Sites”.A period of great peril for Israel is fast approaching. Assuming that the mullahs have a nuclear capability, the most dangerous time will likely be between the inauguration of Barack Obama — when the United States will cease to be a credible deterrent to Iran — and the election of a Likud government in February.Thanks to Abu Elvis, C. Cantoni, Fausta, Fjordman, Insubria, JD, RRW, spackle, Steen, TB, and all the other ti
I go all around the houses
When I was a kid my mum made my brother and I a Christmas stocking each. Unlike me, my mother is a superb needlewoman and all round craftsperson extraordinaire. This may be why I have turned against it. I used to get absolutely sick and tired of watching her making fabulous things for other children for birthdays, christmases etc, but never getting my own. We were like the cobbler’s children, always watching other people mincing about in Louboutins and wearing old sacks tied up with bits of b
Tea Party Fundraiser
“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice very earnestly. “I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone, “so I can’t take more.” “You mean you can’t take less,” said the Hatter, “It’s very easy to take more than nothing.” Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 My daughter and I have hosted a number of tea parties at our house over the years. Last year we held a tea party, called the Girl’s Club Tea Party, for mom’s and their daughters. I used the tea part
Twenty Toys You Don’t Have To Buy
Fed up with forking out for the latest piece of over-hyped plastic? Answer “What can we do now Mom?” by making toys from items you will already have around the house. Shops Save all your empty grocery cartons for a week or so and you’ll soon have a shop any aspiring grocer would be proud of. Gluing down the flaps makes cereal boxes, jelly packets etc. look unopened. Clothes, shoes, and toys can all be used as “stock”. Paper bags and real or play money add to the fun. Paper balls When the k
Memories of an Old House in Columbia Tusculum
By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET After the first post I did about the Victorian Painted Ladies in Columbia Tusculum, Ohio, a Hooked on Houses reader wrote to tell me that she grew up in the historic neighborhood. Valerie sent me this old photo of the house her family lived in from 1953-1987. She writes: It’s from the multiple listing from 1965 when we had it on the market at the time. We were asking $9,900, and couldn’t sell it! For the most part, all the houses were white then. I was excited
East coast time
Alessandro Del Toro, Rico, Van Darkholme on boundgods.com Adam Winrich does some impressive whip throwing on Time Warp on the Discovery Channel. They do some slow motion so you can see the whip breaking the sound barrier. I did not know that Michael Landon had passed until I saw this. He was a nice guy. Sad. This is very funny. Someone stitched together Keith Olberman in a minute. Dark Odyssey Winter Fire registration is open. The first 50 people to register get a special rate. Related po
Busy Nothings
I figure it's been awhile since I've done a good ole homestead update post, so here we go!Aden and Ethan went with us to vote a couple of weeks ago. It seemed exciting enough for Aden, who went in the booth with me and whispered to me who I needed to vote for, and then asked me at the end again, just to be sure I marked the right spot. Luckily the place was virtually empty, and she wasn't thrown out for influencing my vote. We went home, sat down with snacks and watched it all. The analysts, the
When to help
I wrote a few weeks ago about my experiences while out shopping, I described a fellow shopper who was trying on a beautiful coat. She did as we all do on such occasions, button up the coat and stand in front of a mirror, twisting this way and that to try and see the back before walking up and down the floor to get the ‘feel’ of the garment. In a high class store there are normally several mirrors strategically placed to allow us a proper back view of any garment. Alas the shop where I was that
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