Political Paper Doll Fashions
Sarah Palin's outfit from her interview with Katie Couric? Michelle Obama's Convention dress? Hillary Clinton's DNC pantsuit? Cindy McCain's Convention ensemble? All here. All free. Just click for larger images, print and play.
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There is really no point to this site other than to waste time and entertain. What a coincidence. Two of my favorite things.....
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I'm a fan of fabulous things but an even bigger fan of free ones. Here is a great discovery by my friend Tracie Stier-Johnson of Broadway Paper- Kate Spade offers free, fun e-cards! And you know what? It's even cooler to receive a... I'm a fan of fabulous things but an even bigger fan of free ones. Here is a great discovery by my friend Tracie Stier-Johnson of Broadway Paper- Kate Spade offers free, fun e-cards! And you know what? It's even cooler to receive a Valentine any day OTHER than the 14th of February. Just because.
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My friend Tracie finds the most wonderful things for her stationary store, Broadway Paper. But this? This is a great cyber find of hers. Basically, you just add a web site address after "http://bacolicio.us/" and it will stick ... My friend Tracie finds the most wonderful things for her stationary store, Broadway Paper. But this? This is a great cyber find of hers. Basically, you just add a web site address after "http://bacolicio.us/" and it will stick a slab of bacon on the page. For example: http://bacolicio.us/http://broadwaypaper.blogspot.com or http://bacolicio.us/http://potionpalace.blogspot.com LOVE IT!
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If I'm going to procrastinate, you can bet I'll try and suck you into it with me. Mental Floss's site has a ton of free quizzes to help you join me on my dysfunctional world tour of nonsense. You're welcome.
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So I head out to drop the kids at school this morning..... only to find that the doors of the car are frozen shut. We finally pried one open and my 10-year-old crawled in and used her feet to kick open the rest. Niiiiice. Time ... So I head out to drop the kids at school this morning..... only to find that the doors of the car are frozen shut. We finally pried one open and my 10-year-old crawled in and used her feet to kick open the rest. Niiiiice. Time for a vacation. Here's the thing- I hate schlepping. You know, the act of carting around a bunch of crap/necessities. So I've taken to renting condos or houses for a week in nice, warm locales. You can pack half of the usual junk because they have {cue the gospel choir singing Hallelujah} washing machines. And at the end of it all, the price tag makes them a downright bargain compared to hotels. Think about the economics of having a little kitchen with a fridge full of groceries compared to a week of restaurant meals or room service bills. This site is one of my favorites. Tons of fabulously fun places and a great search engine for finding something within your budget.
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Wow. Try this PC World article for a rockin' "how to" on downloading this.... http://www.pcworld.com/article/158756/getting_your_feet_wet_with_google_ocean_first_look_in_images.html Try this CNN video link for a great summ... Wow. Try this PC World article for a rockin' "how to" on downloading this.... http://www.pcworld.com/article/158756/getting_your_feet_wet_with_google_ocean_first_look_in_images.html Try this CNN video link for a great summary: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/02/02/tatton.google.ocean.cnn?iref=videosearch Or National Geographic's Photo Gallery: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/photogalleries/google-ocean-pictures-gallery/ I always get into a fit of inner-flummox-inducing debate over privacy vs the public good when I Google my address and stare at updated photos of my actual house from the angle of someone standing at my mailbox. It's creepy. It's a goody basket for the stalkers I don't- but one day might- have. I don't like it. (Unless, of course, I'm socially stalking someone else with the very same cyber tools. ha.) But then I watch the same technology give my children something I never had growing up- a vivid, fascinating and educational resource that lets them travel the world in which they live from my home computer. Not depicted "as it might be" but "as it IS." Google Earth (once dubbed Google Dirt) has unveiled their newest incarnation and it comes complete with a feature called Google Ocean that blows me away. After having successfully mapped most of the planet's "dirt" features, their team was challenged to take on the 2/3 of the world that is covered by water. So they teamed with over 100 of the world's top scientific and marine-oriented organizations (even surf clubs) to do just that. The result? Jaw-dropping. Absolutely jaw-dropping. It was unveiled today. Go see it. Also check out the link I've added for the Google LatLong site to find out about more new features....
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Where was this site when I was in college dumpster diving in my couch to find enough change to go out that night? The top of the page lists all the cities with online editions. Just click on the one you want and you're off and ... Where was this site when I was in college dumpster diving in my couch to find enough change to go out that night? The top of the page lists all the cities with online editions. Just click on the one you want and you're off and running. Err... drinking. Basically, this is a current guide- broken into tabs for each day of the week- of bars in your town that have free drink specials (or, in some case, really cheap booze) and happy hours. Trolling through it just now, there really are a lot of places you can get a free drink any night of the week. Wow.
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Click the "Norad Santa Tracker on YouTube" link at the very bottom of this rec for videos of the tracker in action. If you don't know about this site, GO BOOKMARK IT NOW! Even if you don't have kids. Chances are, you will cross... Click the "Norad Santa Tracker on YouTube" link at the very bottom of this rec for videos of the tracker in action. If you don't know about this site, GO BOOKMARK IT NOW! Even if you don't have kids. Chances are, you will cross paths with your nieces and nephews over the holiday season.... Heck, this is amazing even for grown-ups. The site won't go live for a few weeks so put it somewhere in your Bookmarks now for later. What is it? The most incredible thing to happen to Christmas since Santa himself, courtesy of the very real US/Canada alliance, NORAD. It's run by the military. The main event kicks off on Christmas Eve. Basically, it's a live webcam INSIDE SANTA'S sleigh that is paired up with Google Earth (it refreshes every five minutes) and let's you see EXACTLY where the Big Guy is at, how long until he gets to YOUR house (you can even zoom in on your own house!) and aerial views as he flies through the sky- ie you actually see his sleigh do a loop around the Eiffel Tower, zoom past the Tower of London, etc. It is, frankly, incredible. I discovered this three years ago. Each year's version is more sophisticated than the last but they all have been the major part of my kids' Christmas Eves. The anticipation and interaction it delivers is something I could never replicate any other way. I literally stop people on the street with kids each year and tell them about this (while slipping my hand into their pockets and taking their wallets.... ah, just kidding.) One tip: Download Google Earth (it's free) ahead of time and install it on your computer. Here are some blurbs from other sources and a history of the whole thing: _________________________ NORAD details its tracking system: Detecting Santa all starts with the NORAD radar system called the North Warning System. This powerful radar system has 47 installations strung across the northern border of North America. NORAD makes a point of checking the radar closely for indications of Santa Claus leaving the North Pole on Christmas Eve. The moment our radar tells us that Santa has lifted off, we use our second mode of detection, the same satellites that we use in providing warning of possible missile launches aimed at North America. These satellites are located in a geo-synchronous orbit (that's a cool phrase meaning that the satellite is always fixed over the same spot on the Earth) at 22,300 miles above the Earth. The satellites have infrared sensors, meaning they can detect heat. When a rocket or missile is launched, a tremendous amount of heat is produced - enough for the satellites to detect. Rudolph's nose gives off an infrared signature similar to a missile launch. The satellites can detect Rudolph's bright red nose with practically no problem. With so many years of experience, NORAD has become good at tracking aircraft entering North America, detecting worldwide missile launches and tracking the progress of Santa, thanks to Rudolph. The third detection system we use is the Santa Cam. We began using it in 1998 - the year we put our Santa Tracking program on the Internet. NORAD Santa Cams are ultra-cool high-tech high-speed digital cameras that are pre-positioned at many places around the world. NORAD only uses these cameras once a year - Christmas Eve. The cameras capture images of Santa and the Reindeer as they make their journey around the world. We immediately download the images on to our web site for people around the world to see. Santa Cams produce both video and still images. The fourth detection system we use is the NORAD jet fighter. Canadian NORAD fighter pilots, flying the CF-18, take off out of Newfoundland to intercept and welcome Santa to North America. Then at numerous locations in Canada other CF-18 fighter pilots escort Santa. While in the United States, American NORAD fighter pilots in either the F-15 or F-16 get the thrill of flying with Santa and the famous Reindeer Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph. About a dozen NORAD fighters in Canada and the United States are equipped with Santa Cams. ____________________________ History: In 1955, a Colorado Springs-based Sears store ran an advertisement encouraging children to call Santa Claus on a special telephone hotline. Due to a printing error, the phone number that was printed was the hotline for the Director of Operations at the Continental Air Defense (CONAD). Colonel Harry Shoup took the first Santa call on Christmas Eve of 1955 from a six-year old boy who began reciting his Christmas list. Shoup didn't find the call funny, but after asking the mother of the second caller what was happening, then realizing the mistake that occurred, he instructed his staff to give Santa's position to any child who called in.[1][dead link] [2][dead link] [3][4] Three years later, the governments of the United States and Canada combined their national domestic air defenses into the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), but the tradition continued.[3] Now major media outlets as well as children call in to inquire on Santa's location. NORAD relies on volunteers to help make Santa tracking possible.[2] Many employees at Cheyenne Mountain and Peterson Air Force Base spend part of their Christmas Eve with their families and friends at NORAD's Santa Tracking Operations Center in order to answer phones and provide Santa updates to thousands of callers[5][dead link] [6]. About 800 service members and their families volunteer, and shift run from 2 a.m. MST December 24 to 2 a.m. Christmas morning.[6] In 1997, Canadian Major Jamie Robertson took over the program and expanded it to the Web where corporation-donated services have given the tradition global accessibility.[5] In 2004, NORAD received more than 35,000 e-mails, 55,000 calls and 912 million hits on the Santa-tracking website from 181 countries. In 2005, more than 500 volunteers answered questions.[7][dead link] In 2006 half a million calls and over 12,500 e-mails were handled from 210 territories.[3] The site now gets well over 1 billion hits. The fictional background storyline has changed with the world political situation: during the Cold War when the tracking team provided updates via radio announcements, only North America was mentioned and Santa's approach was described in tense terms with interceptor aircraft scrambled to shoot down the "bogie."[8][9] Only at the last minute would the pilot realize who he was engaging[10]. Now the Web shows that as Santa approaches Newfoundland, a flight of Canadian Air Force fighters (CF-18 Hornets as of 2006) rendezvous with him to provide an honor guard and ensure that he has no difficulty with the various Air Defense Identification Zones (ADIZ) he must enter[11]. In 2005 holiday season marked the fiftieth anniversary of NORAD's annual tracking of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. The following year, NORAD Tracks Santa began using Microsoft Virtual Earth-style maps that instantly provide Santa's current location. In 2007, NORAD Tracks Santa used Google Earth to track Santa Claus in 3-D.[2] They displayed Santa's location at 5 minute updates. _______________________________ Every year in December, the United States Northern Command (NORAD) is given a mission-critical assignment: provide aerial escort for and track the movements of Santa Claus. Last year, NORAD provided a Santa Tracker KMZ file that could be loaded into Google Earth and auto-refreshed every few minutes. The Santa Tracker makes use of the KML programming capabilities of Google Earth to mark his whereabouts with gift-wrapped icons and a 3D sleigh pulled by 9 reindeer. _____________________________ The NORAD site goes live with tracking Christmas Eve but you can monitor the activity at the North Pole as Santa and his helpers get ready for the big night. There's an interactive tour you can take, checking out the workshop and all the preparations. Then, Google has some free Internet tools you'll want to download ahead of time, like the Google Earth application, which, combined with its mapping and satellite imaging will let you virtually zoom in on your house with a Santa-eye view that takes you right to the chimney.
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Part of Jessie Rauch's portfolio on design:related. I want these. All of them. As posters in my hallway. But mostly I want the one of Anderson Cooper.
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A very cool steampunk headset you can easily make with your very own digits.
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"Portal to Haunted Houses, Halloween & Scary Stuff" I use this site every year to find local haunted houses to take the kids to. A tip- for a lot of the "professional" haunted houses, you can buy tickets ahead of time and pay e... "Portal to Haunted Houses, Halloween & Scary Stuff" I use this site every year to find local haunted houses to take the kids to. A tip- for a lot of the "professional" haunted houses, you can buy tickets ahead of time and pay extra for a "skip the line" feature. Handy for those cold nights where your other option is to wait in line for an hour with psycho teenagers.
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"ecards that are wrong for every occasion!"
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Boo Whore-ish E-Cards..... and they're free!
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One of the funniest sites around for grabbing free html blog comments....
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Yes, yes I know... I am a lovely human being. I NEVER fail to try and brighten someone's day with an unexpected message. The graphics at mikeink.com are one of my favorite collections of blog bling and the current Halloween select... Yes, yes I know... I am a lovely human being. I NEVER fail to try and brighten someone's day with an unexpected message. The graphics at mikeink.com are one of my favorite collections of blog bling and the current Halloween selections are no exception. Make sure you hit "Next page" at the bottom on their site so you don't miss out on any. I even added extras to this rec. That's how nice I am. ROTFLMAO. Just read the "A Good Way to Come Out for Halloween- Go as a Gay Guy and Then Just Keep Being Gay Forever" one. Sigh.
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One of the most influential fashion blogs on the 'net.....
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An uber-blog for fashion if ever there was such a thing....
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The New York Times' take on fashion and style....
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A Time Magazine pick for "Top Design Influencers"....
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*From the Chicago Sun Times Blame the mean girls in all of us for the productivity-killing popularity of this wickedly addictive blog. Snark goddesses Heather and Jessica post photos of mostly A-list celebs caught in ill-advised ... *From the Chicago Sun Times Blame the mean girls in all of us for the productivity-killing popularity of this wickedly addictive blog. Snark goddesses Heather and Jessica post photos of mostly A-list celebs caught in ill-advised ensembles, and pick apart just what about each outfit makes it "fugly." But the pop culture-savvy writers don't usually stop with their victims' fashion missteps; they tend to go straight for the jugular and turn wardrobe policing into attacks on personal lives, nightlife mishaps and career embarrassments. Still, you'll find yourself howling...and perhaps questioning your latest splurge on metallic leggings.
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Be sure to check out the GlamTv link!
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The stylish, fabulous and FEROCIOUSLY cool homepage of TN's own resident fashion sorceress...
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Up-to-the-minute news on NYC's hippest styles and trends.
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Unique analysis and commentary from the perspective of garment manufacturing and sourcing.
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Comparison Shopping: Compare Prices, Discounts & Reviews on Millions of Products
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Fashion blogging veteran My Fashion Life provides high-level industry analysis along with interviews and news.
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Style, Beauty, Luxury Lifestyle & Shopping
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"Leonie Barrie's unique web log on the global Apparel and textile industry, key events, people and her own daily experiences."
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If you happen to be a MySpacer, be sure to add MySpace Fashion to your friends' list. It's a great resource for news and online links to designers and fashion-related sites on MySpace. Check out the Fashionistas Section on the ... If you happen to be a MySpacer, be sure to add MySpace Fashion to your friends' list. It's a great resource for news and online links to designers and fashion-related sites on MySpace. Check out the Fashionistas Section on the right for direct links to the MySpace sites of designers (Betsey Johnson, Lagerfield), magazines (Nylon, Ocean Drive, Paper), and more....
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