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Indie Designers now on Fashion Mash 2007-12-06 06:44:52 Here's a couple of outfits made from indie designer items. You are invited to become a Fashion
Mash Designer!Get free advertising about your products, and raise
your online store's google rank with internal links to your site.
As a Fashion Mash Designer you upload pictures of your products for
Fashion Mash users to experiment with. On each item you set links back
to your online store. When users put those items in their outfits, a BUY link appears.
Come to http://fashionmash.com/designer/, and get the word out to people interested in your stuff! Read more:Indie
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Making a Difference with Words. 2007-12-05 10:43:32 Do you ever just feel like the terminology of the Bush Administration was lifted from George Orwell's 1984? There is a great little video called the "Hypnotic Art of Clear
Confusion" that illustrates just how words can be used to confuse and
in our confusion, we are more susceptible to suggestion.
- http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/insights/index.htmlTake this headline for example: "Evidence Of Innocence Rejected at Guantanamo"- http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/05/5632/Since when has it been okay to need evidence of innocence instead of
evidence of guilt? Doesn't that just feel like something out of the Mad Hatter tea party in Alice in Wonderland? I'm surprised it isn't called Evidence of Unguilt. In another article about a Guantanamo Detainee's case being heard by the Supreme Court, there is a quote that really bothers me. "'Show me one case' down through the centuries where circumstances
similar to those at Guantanamo Bay entitled an alien t Read more:Words
Make your Move Smooth 2007-12-05 09:29:08 One of the biggest problems we had moving to Canada earlier this year was getting things set up ahead of time. We got help loading the Uhaul, but when we got to Canada, we couldn't get the local movers to call us back because our cellphones were long distance. We ended up staying in a hotel in the ratty part of town until we got a local cellphone because landlords wouldn't call us back either! My mother-in-law is about to move from Arizona to California. Hopefully it will be easier for her than us trying to move to a different country! I found a great website for moving in the US that could prevent a lot of planning headache for her. She can get quotes for different kind of movers by just filling out one form. She can look up realtors, research homes for sale and houses for rent ahead of time. After our experience, I definitely recommend planning a head a much as possible. The move itself is stressful enough!
FashionMash on Myspace 2007-12-02 07:39:29 Fashion Mash has over 500 friends on Myspace! Add us to your friends list!Recent outfits on Fashion Mash:Purple Tights Yeah starTATATATOTALLYDUDESimple ChicEverydaycasualTrying On Your Stuffgoing outCasual MeBamboo Banga
Gifts with Meaning 2007-12-01 06:26:24 Holiday Gifts
with Meaning
Give an animal to help a family in the developing world. $15 Chicken $58 Goat $120 Donkey- http://www.oxfamunwrapped.ca/index.phpGive a Charity Gift Card. When your friend or family member receives the card, they can go to the website and choose from more than 80,000 registered Canadian Charities that their donation can go to.- http://www.canadahelps.org/Adopt an endangered animal for any kid on your list. The child gets a stuffed toy animal and a report on how World Wildlife Fund Canada helps save the adoptee and its habitat.- http://wwf.ca/
Shop Local 2007-12-01 06:25:53 At the joeindie.com blog, a man is
furious because a mom & pop shop charged him $20 over what is
the going retail price at other stores. He's so mad that they
wouldn't adjust the price difference that he's disputing the charge to
his American Express card. Here's what I had to say about
it:I’ve come to know a local
mom & pop clothing store recently and
I didn’t really understand what WHOLESALE meant until the owner
explained it to me. I found out that on some items
she has
to buy them at the retail cost because she can't buy enough quantity to
qualify for any wholesale discounts. However, she still stocks these
things because they are in demand. She has to mark them up a little so
that she can cover her costs of shipping, staff, etc.
You
can't possibly expect the same price from Walmart who can buy those
games 1 million at a time and the corresponding wholesale discount as a
mom & pop game store that probably only buys 3-4 at a time.
If
price is your Read more:Local
Trip to the vet tomorrow 2007-12-17 10:27:28 Deedee doesn't like to get snowed on, so you can see her sitting under a chair in the back of the yard. She hopes a mouse will venture out of the nearby compost pile. Deedee, my orange little wild thing, who was once called "Hell on Wheels" by the vet, is six now.
She decided to attack a bunch of wasps coming out of a ground
nest in the backyard this past August. Ever since that traumatic experience, she's been a
much more mellow cat, positively snuggly at times even! Tomorrow she gets her vaccinations. Won't she be thrilled?Kiki lounges around most of the time now and he's going to the vet tomorrow
for pain management. He's got FIV,
bad allergies, arthritis, cancer & a heart murmur. Its been over
a year since his tumor surgery & I never dreamed he'd still be
going, but he is! He takes Metacam for pain twice/week & we're
almost out.Smokey likes to help me work. He was to the vet recently for a sinus infecti
The Fireplace Channel 2007-12-14 13:02:05 Channel 11 here in Edmonton is the Fireplace
Channel.It makes me feel all warm & cozy. So for those of you with out the Fireplace Channel...Have a great weekend! Read more:Channel
The Christmas Party Report 2007-12-12 07:58:35 This is an adorable couple that we met at my husband's work Christmas
party. She works with my husband at Yotta Yotta and her boyfriend works at Bioware. She had a local designer, Jessica Halabi, make her dress. Unfortunately, the picture made some weird pink effect out of the beautiful teal paisley-like pattern, but you get the idea. I think about the funniest thing about meeting them is that the lady loudly announced that we were "Carebears" when introducing us to her boyfriend. Carebears? They play WoW on a PvP server and we don't. I didn't feel half as glamorous in my dress, but here's what I wore. Do you have any Holiday parties coming up? If so, what are you going to wear? Come to Fashion Mash and show us! Read more:Party
Stuff I'm excited about 2007-12-11 09:38:39 New addiction: Sudoku- http://krazydad.com/puzzles/Organic Food Delivery- I am so excited
they have this in Edmonton!- http://www.freshorganics.ca/We're going to an Adoption Information Session this week!- http://www.child.alberta.ca/home/
Gifts that Spoil & Pamper 2007-12-11 09:21:56 Still have some holiday shopping to do? SkinStore.com has great prices and even online chat to help you with any questions you may have. Get a gift that delights the senses at Skinstore.com. Read more:Gifts
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New job 2007-12-10 05:49:42 This is how Hubby explained his new job at Yotta Yotta to me. I'm one of those visual spatial learners and it may look weird to you, but it makes great sense to me.
Obscure Belts: For anyone on your holiday list 2007-12-10 04:42:29 Bryan Schultz, is one of the new designers at Fashion Mash. A sculptor from the Midwest US, Bryan began his company making innovative belts in 2005. When you watch the animations on his website, you'll see the belts have amazingly creative and interesting closures. The belts look great on both men and women. Check out http://obscurebelts.com/ for anyone on your holiday gift list. Read more:Belts
Warcraft Winter Fashion 2007-12-20 07:20:35 Hubby bought me a new outfit for Winterveil. Obviously, it was designed for a gnome. They just don't design clothes for us, um, troll women. Why didn't someone tell me you could see my bum when I bend over? And then, on my way to the blimp, I got in an argument with a boar. That just put me in a bad mood, so I had to change before the party. Don't you hate it when you show up at a party & someone has the same dress on? Of course, she had to wreck her outfit wearing a silly pink shirt. But then, you expect that kind of thing from those fluffy blood elves. Read more:Fashion
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How I'm Decluttering my Home. 2007-12-19 07:21:18 I admit it. I'm a pile maker. Piles in the closet, piles in shelves, piles in cupboards, piles in the corner. I'm always digging through a pile somewhere looking for stuff. I was sitting down a couple days ago and thinking about getting better organized. A couple times, I've gotten the right idea & I have a few little plastic drawer carts for things like the kid's craft supplies. That works great. So I was thinking, how can I apply that to the rest of my "stuff?" I sat down & started making categories for the things I saw in the piles. I realized that the bulk of the piles were all my stuff. I never thought of it this way before, but it turns out to be categories for my interests. Child Development, Counseling, Zen Spiritual, Home Economics, Computer Games, Reading/Education, Physical activities, Clothes & body care. My husband's stuff consists of weights, hockey gear, books, computer gadgets &
Dress like a peacock 2007-12-18 07:34:33 I just uploaded a bunch of old highschool pictures to embarrass people I know on facebook. Thought I'd share with you this wonderful picture of me in 1989. Yes, I really did dress like a peacock, but not on purpose. I thought my burgundy sweater, polka dot burgundy tights & that teal coat were just the bomb together! This was at a bird sanctuary that peacock perched above me thought I was his kin. Who knew I'd grow up & run http://fashionmash.com LOL!Kitty update: Deedee saw the cat carriers out & went & hid under the stairs
this morning. I had to poke at her with hubby's hockey stick to coax
her out & then I break her trust & take her to the vet! She
was very good for her vaccination pokes. But she needs a dental- she's
never had one. Her gums are irritated, but the Vet said it doesn't
look like there are any bad teeth. She also told me the black spots
around her eyes & nose are age spots.&nb
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 2007-12-26 12:18:35 Shortly after our water stopped running yesterday, I read about the Lakota people declaring independence. Some statistics from their website keep ringing through my mind: Lakota men have a life expectancy of less than 44 years1/3 of the homes lack basic clean water and sewage while 40% lack electricty.Median income is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per yearIt is hard being without water. Yesterday, we hauled in several pitchers of water from the trailer down the block. We melted several buckets of snow so that we could flush the toilet. I grimaced at how much water it takes to even rinse out the cat water bowl! We can't do dishes and I'll tell you, sponge baths just don't cut it.Today the stores were open, so we had the luxury of buying some bottled water and a big 2 gallon container for water. We got some paper plates, frozen dinners and hand sanitizers. Things that you couldn't afford on an income of $2,600-$3,500 per year. And we Read more:December
, Wednesday
Water Outage Christmas Present 2007-12-25 07:19:03 I filled the coffee pot with water this morning & then the water stopped running. A water main broke out behind us in the alley, so we are going to be out of water for a few days. The city workers came & shut off the water & then left. Apparently they don't fixwater mains on Christmas
!They've parked a trailer full of water down at the end of the block since everything is closed for the holiday and we can't get bottled water. I used to have a big round cooler that I made koolaid in on hot days, but of course I can't find it when I need it! I'm trying to figure out what to bring water back to the house in. I do have a pile of water pitchers ready to go fill. This ought to be an adventure.Fortunately, we had our Christmas dinner at hubby's grandma's on Sunday
so we don't need to be worried about being freshly showered today or
having water for meal prep or anything. We'll get a hotel to shower in if it isn't fixed in a Read more:Christmas Present
, Present
Quiz from Michelle 2008-03-12 08:54:38 1. What time did you get up this morning? 8am2. Diamonds or pearls? Pearl is my birthstone & my name Margaret also means pearl 3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Transformers. loved it!4. Favorite TV show? Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles5. What kind of soap do you use? Olay6. What happened to question six? It isn't in my friend's quiz. LOL. 7. What is your middle name? Geraldine after my grandfather Gerald8. What food do you dislike? cold shrimp feels like I'm eating worms9. What is your favorite CD? I am your gummy bear.10. What kind of car do you drive? Mazda MPV (which is for sale) and Suburu Outback11. What characteristics do you despise about people? lying or hinting around instead of being direct12. Favorite item of clothing? panties13. I Read more:Michelle
Medical Mission to India 2008-03-10 09:57:51 My friend Steve is Executive Director for the World Genesis Mission
in Boise, Idaho. His organization runs a free medical and dental clinic for Treasure Valley residents as well as supporting various international projects.He recently returned from a Medical outreach mission in India
and here's his video about his experience. You can read the words to his song on the World Genesis blog.and while you are here....TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress that America Doesn't Torture- petition at wiredforchange.com
Website feedback 2008-03-10 07:33:25 I finally got my hubby to put up a portfolio page because a lot of his projects don't fit readily into a resume. Can you please check out Nezroy.com and let me know what you think? My favourite part is how he helped with Polygons for Peace and the There Mafia at the same time. LOL. Happy 1 year old Heliostorm Digital Media, Inc.!Today it has been one year since Heliostorm Digital Media was incorporated.w00t!
How the Economy is going to Play out 2008-03-09 14:31:54 Please read How This Economy Is Going To Play Out by Ian Welsh. I agree mostly with his predictions about the US economy. Those of you that have been readers of my blog for the past 5 years will recognize a fair bit. Boy do I like his term "zombie 'burbs."I do disagree on a couple of points. I think the "asian economy decoupling" stuff is a little US-centric. Yes, they will have a downturn while they refocus their manufacture of cheap disposable goods into more useful durable goods. However, China & the other asian countries have been busy making business deals & investments the last few years outside of the US economy. They know this is coming.I don't think the use of oil is going to drop as dramatically as he expects, therefore I don't be
Counting women in Economics 2008-03-09 11:23:41 We went to this interesting movie at a local cyber cafe last night. They showed "Who's Counting
? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics
" which was directed by Terre Nash in 1995.
Film Synopsis:
A modest sheep-farmer by trade, Marilyn waring was New Zealand's first female Member of Parliament in the 70s. With irony and intelligence Marilyn Waring demystifies the language of economics by defining it as a value system in which all goods and activities are related only to their monetary value and monetary exchange with the result that unpaid work, usually done by women, is unrecognized and activities that may be environmentally and socially hazardous are regarded as productive. She maps out an alternative economic vision based on the idea of time as the one thing w
United States of Torture 2008-03-08 10:00:03 from #breaking_news
Breaking: Bush vetoes bill outlawing CIA waterboarding 08 Mar 2008
President [sic] George W. Bush on Saturday vetoed legislation passed by Congress
that would have banned the CIA from using waterboarding and other controversial
interrogation techniques. Lawmakers included the anti-torture measure in a
broader bill authorizing U.S. intelligence activities.[ previous blog on torture news] Read more:United
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