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Oh Tuesday

  Glad to see you.   “Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh," he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw, "I just wanted to be sure of you."”   Winnie the Pooh quote image via tumblr  

Hello Monday

  Let's do this. When you come in on Monday and you're not feeling real well does anyone ever say to you sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays? Shit no man, I believe you'd get your ass kicked saying something like that man. Office space image via tumblr

I love knowledge Fridays

*I love knowledge Fridays* will be a weekly feature here on my blog. I thought about making it Mondays, but decided Fridays were better for weekend conversation. You know, when your out to dinner with friends or having a dance party at your place. The ILKF subject could be something you toss into a discussion (between dances of course) and impress all your friends with your KNOWLEDGE. The phrase "I love knowledge" is from an episode of Designing Women. For those of you who might not know the show here's a brief plot summary  via IMDB  Designing Women focuses on Julia Sugarbaker, a soft spoken southern woman and her ex-beauty queen and snobby sister Suzanne who own "Sugarbakers Design House" in Atlanta, Georgia. Their co-workers included the pretty red head Mary Jo and the sometimes dimwitted but also pretty Charlene . Anthony was a black ex-con just recently out of prison who got a job at Sugarbakers doing delivery work. The series

Let's face it

R ogelio Manzo In most works, Manzo places the figures in the foreground with rarely a sense of an environment. Thus, the viewer is forced to focus on the fragmented visages and figures that are painted with an expressionistic fervor.  Check him out * interior images via   I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face. Johnny Depp

According to someone

via The 100 Most Beautiful Words In English Ailurophile  A cat-lover. * Assemblage  A gathering. * Becoming  Attractive. Beleaguer  To exhaust with attacks. * Brood  To think alone. Bucolic  In a lovely rural setting. * Bungalow  A small, cozy cottage. Chatoyant  Like a cat’s eye. Comely  Attractive. Conflate  To blend together. Cynosure  A focal point of admiration. * Dalliance  A brief love affair. Demesne  Dominion, territory. * Demure  Shy and reserved. Denouement  The resolution of a mystery. Desuetude  Disuse. Desultory  Slow, sluggish. Diaphanous  Filmy. Dissemble  Deceive. Dulcet  Sweet, sugary. * Ebullience  Bubbling enthusiasm. * Effervescent  Bubbly. Efflorescence  Flowering, blooming. Elision  Dropping a sound or syllable in a word. * Elixir  A good potion. * Eloquence  Beauty and persuasion in speech. Embrocation  Rubbing on a lotion. Emollient  A softener. Ephem

This time last year

I started this blog. Yipeee!   *My very first blog, Red man check it out.    Thanks to all who follow - I really, really appreciate it! I'm having a blast! How about we celebrate same time next year?  LOVE. Do you know it was a year a ago today? Jay London 

For the love of Polaroid

 The simplest ideas are often the coolest. Example: A giant Polaroid for your wall, back-lit? I would say that qualifies wouldn't you? Well,  Polaboy   takes the magic of a Polaroid and blows it up 10:1, with a wooden frame and LED back lighting.  LOVE.   How about Polaroid scarfs by Philippe Roucou ? I'm in. image via (LOVE) There are always rumors that the real Polaroid   camera will make an appearance and be back in our lives forever. Until then. image via Shh you got to, shake it, shh shake it, shake it, got to shake it (Shake it Suga') shake it like a Polaroid Picture OutKast It's all in the wrist my friends.

Who's on first

That's me in the back behind my mom. I  recently read an article  in P sychology Today   about birth order and personality. I'm the second born in a family of six, all girls. This is important.  Had I been born a boy - I would have the personality of the first born even in my family of six because I would be the first and only male. (would that make me an only child too?) As children, first-borns strive to emulate and please their parents, and often dominate and care for their younger siblings. Parents tend to delegate responsibility to firstborns, who identify with their parents and with authority. Therefore, relative to their younger siblings, first-born children tend to be more extraverted and confident, more conformist and conservative, more conscientious and academically inclined, and more dominant and authoritarian. First-borns are likely to be least comfortable in situations that require radical change or innovation , in self-managing teams w

Why Hello

Font face check it..image via  Do you have a favorite? I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well." Emo Philips

The eyes have it

I've always wanted to apply false eyelashes (better for winking) and have a pair just waiting to be applied. Now, I have step by step instructions.  Let the winking begin. Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars. Jack Kerouac

Stripes and the Ballerina

Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.                                                                    Ernest Gaines images via tumblr

It takes two

Wassup . It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight Hit it! Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock

Just because

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. Thomas A. Edison picture source

Raspberry In Blue

Raspberry is such a lovely color. Not quite red - not quite pink. It's not on the official color forecast list for 2012, but I've just added it.  Don't you just love it? LOVE. "People who believe a problem can be solved tend to get busy solving it”   William Raspberry images via Piccsy

color forecast

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The Cookie

This is the story of my first   unfamiliar , un sophisticated encounter with a mini bar and clones in New York City.                                              My co-worker Allison and I made our first business trip as fabric buyers to the Big Apple in the early 90's.  We arrive at JFK early in the morning, retrieved our luggage and grabbed a cab. We are staying in what we were told was the hippest hotel in the city. We are so excited. The cab pulls up to the hotel where we're met by the doorman. He's wearing a grey Nehru jacket with charcoal slippers, his hair is jet black.  He looked quite emaciated, and I had my doubts as to whether he could lift our bags. Frankly, he just didn't look well, his jacket and skin were the same shade of grey. My instinct is to help the poor, pale, malnourished  guy so I reach for my bag, to place it on the cart.  He snapped "put that down" and glared at me. So, I drop it like it'

Inspiration

source; check it 100 year old Ruth’s Life and Style Tips 1.”I never go to bed with my makeup on. that is number one.At night you must let your skin breathe.” 2.”I use a lipstick brush to paint on my lipstick—It stays on longer that way. I can also use a lipstick longer than anyone else because I can dig into it.” 3.”Every night before I got to bed I use Elizabeth Arden’s 8 hour beauty cream on my lips. You must keep your lips moisturized.” 4.”When it comes to fashion you must be aware of your skin tone. You don’t wear orange lipstick with a red dress.” 5.”I make myself go out everyday, even if its only to walk around the block. The Key to staying young is to keep moving. You are never too old to exercise.” 6.”Invest in Quality pieces, they never go out of style.” 7.”Don’t look at the calendar, just keep celebrating everyday.” 8.”I dress up everyday and I don’t wear blue jeans. I dress up even to mail a letter, you never know who you wil