I like Green on Red. I like men who wear Converse. Maybe I'm just Age Appropriate? In any case, I like Chuck Prophet. And he's coming to town, so you can go see him.
SHOW INFORMATION:
Friday February 15 @ The Mint
6010 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
I love the color of Sara Ramirez's dress. I love the cut, the fabric, and the way she's put it together with sleek hair and accessories. Nicely done!
photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com
Clearly, Ellen Page (Juno) said to herself, "Self, we're only 20, so let's wear something that makes us look older. Really older. Let's get something out of Grandma's closet and wear that!"
photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com - January 27, 2008
I can't decide if Ellen Pompeo's Nina Ricci dress is made out of foil or Saran Wrap, but I think it's lovely. I do think she needs a necklace, and she might be too pale for the dress. Can't you see this shining on Halle Berry or Rihanna?
photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com - January 27, 2008
Listen, I love scrapbooking. I love buttons. I love hot glue guns. But I don't usually scrap my clothes.
Clearly, Jane Krakowski sees it differently. Here she is at the 2008 Screen Actor's Guild Awards in a dress I can only call "embellished." And if things get boring, she can always pop the buttons off her dress and start working on her scrapbook layouts.
Where do old boots go to die? Well, apparently they go to Texan Cowgirl Treasures to be resurrected as beautiful purses, clutches, and wine bottle holders! Made from vintage boots with vintage belts as straps, the bags have an oval wooden bottom (so they stand up!) and are available in a variety of styles and colors. I love it!
While perusing the internet, looking for a Mary and Jesus belt buckle, I stumbled upon this site, where they "strive to provide our customers with unique one-of-a-kind western creations reflecting the beauty and romance of the "Old West". Located in Austin, Texas, we specialize in Western Leather Cowboy Boot Purses, Western Boot Top Wine Holders and Custom Rhinestone Belt Buckles made from vintage and new jewelry, each of which are original handcrafted designs."
Now, I've been to Austin plenty of times and I've never seen these beauties! but here they are, and it's only a matter of time before one or more are making their way to my closet...
Bosses Behaving Badly
In John Hollon's January 18, 2008 "Business of Management" blog on Workforce Week, Hollon discusses Bosses Behaving Badly.
Dov Charney, founder and CEO of American Apparel, takes the cake with allegations “that he has appeared in his underwear many times in front of male and female employees,” that “on a few occasions during work meetings, he donned a skimpy garment that barely covered his genitals,” and that he engaged in some very personal sexual behavior in front of a journalist who was interviewing him for Jane magazine.
Charney, the subject of a recent Los Angeles Times article (“Lawsuit has fashion mogul in spotlight”) is scheduled to go to trial next week for a sexual harassment and wrongful termination lawsuit that has been brought against Charney.
I couldn't make up stuff this good.
Quarter-Ton New York Cop Denied Fatter Disability Pay
Talk about news of the bizarre... from Workforce Week online:
A district judge in New York denied a 500-pound police officer an increase in his disability pay, upholding a ruling by the city’s pension board that the officer’s morbid obesity, not an injury, was to blame for his inability to perform his job.
But in Lodz, Poland, a teenage boy hacked into the local trolley system to use it like “a giant train set.”
One of my favorite craft sites, Sublime Stitching, had a contest challenging people to make creative, handmade things for one another, rather than running to the mall for more "random crap" as my sister and I call it, this holiday season. (Although, don't get me wrong: I love me some random crap). They called it their "Handmade Holiday" contest and there were more than a hundred entries. I just loved to see how creative people were - truly inspiring. Next year, I'm going to start in August. No, better yet, I'm going to start NOW and maybe I'll finish something by December.
Check out the winners on Jenny Parker's Sublime Stitching blog.
From CNN's 2007 101 Dumbest Moments in Business...
I give you Number 13 (some of these are just too perfect not to share...) or "How to Use a Laptop."
13. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Amid concern about overheating notebooks and exploding batteries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in September issues a helpful tip on how to use a laptop:
"Do not use your computer on your lap."