In counterpoint with the tacky lamp searching the other day, I have now fallen in love with a vase WAY too expensive to justify buying: Goebbels Mucha vase

certainly not until I get back the ten pounds I lost.

So the eating goes better by now? t /Jewish mommy

especially if you don't know the place names

I was told that it's supposed to have a name of an Israeli city, but I didn't find it. Other than that, I know non of the names, and the meaning of the words are usally things that the language actually needs, so I'm having a great time with it.

[Edited to wave to the rest of the morning shift]

Hi all!

I need some Buffista brainstorming help. I just found out I have to teach a class at 1 pm (and I am at work until 12. I am supposed to do a costume introduction, but my handouts are missing-- so I can wing part of it. The other thing I want to do, both to demonstrate that picking out costumes is more than picking out clothes AND to demonstrate all the different things a costume can say about the person is to have the students break up into teams and give them character descriptions and have them either create some sort of costume collage with magazine pictures, scraps of fabric, etc OR actually go into stock and pick some stuff out to dress the person. This is a general theatre intro class.

My Buffista Brainstorming thing is that I have to come up with about 10 character descriptions which might lead to interesting costumes and include things like age, social status, occupation, time period, weather, activity, etc etc.-- any ideas where I might be able to find this already done in some way?

Nilly's Jewish mommy made me happy.

Timelies! Does anyone else luuurrrurve My Name Is Earl?

dang that's some funny, FUNNY-ass TV.

Crab Man is my new fictional TV boyfriend. Even though now he's married .

Timelies! Does anyone else luuurrrurve My Name Is Earl?

ABSOLUTELY! It also has the BEST music. It's my new favorite show--because I sit down for a half an hour, laugh my ass off and feel better when it's over.

totally. it makes me so happy.

to demonstrate that picking out costumes is more than picking out clothes AND to demonstrate all the different things a costume can say about the person

Don't know of anything online or helpful on short notice, sorry, but what this brought to mind was two of Robert A. Heinlein's YA books, Double Star and Citizen of the Galaxy.

I remember bits from both about how small changes in appearance, attitude, and costume can effect big changes in perceived role and status.

The iPod "Mega Helmet" was made by duct-taping a loud Radio Shack megaphone to an old motorcycle helmet, allowing its wearer to broadcast their taste in music to everyone in earshot. It also includes a microphone in the chin strap.

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I remember bits from both about how small changes in appearance, attitude, and costume can effect big changes in perceived role and status.

Hm. this might be helpful. Maybe if I have time, I can do a dress form with a black suit and change ties, shirts, etc to demostrate different people.

Also, I think what I am going to go with is having them choose a character from one of the two plays we did this semester. I really didn't want to, because I didn't want them to be influanced by the design already done, but I think it is going to be the easiest to do.

I think the thing about e-coli is that it likes to live on the surface of meat. So if you're cooking a steak rare, it's fine, because the putside and all the nasties are getting sizzled. With a burger though, stuff that used to be on the outside gets all mixed into the middle, so if you dont cook it right through then the bacteria can still be thriving in the middle

That is my understanding as well.