idogcow’s blog Vox 2009-05-27T16:19:14Z idogcow http://idogcow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22527afa78e1d/ enjoying my remaining 15 minutes of anonymity Make Time to Read tag:vox.com,2009-05-27:asset-6a00c22527afa78e1d0110182c82ae860f 2009-05-27T16:18:12Z 2009-05-27T16:19:14Z idogcow http://idogcow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition
J. K. Rowling
Can you believe we bought this on the day it came out and last night I finally set aside the hour to sit down to read it.

Good news: One more book to take off the 'must read' pile.

Bad news: Now I want to re-read Deathly Hallows but somehow doubt I can do that in under an hour. Also, nothing more in the Harry Potter universe to read. For now?

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]]> Join Me in my Efforts to Support UNICEF! tag:vox.com,2008-10-14:asset-6a00c22527afa78e1d00fa96a2d18c0003 2008-10-14T16:07:50Z 2008-10-14T16:07:50Z idogcow http://idogcow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

I heard on the radio that since Halloween was on a Friday this year it was going to be a much bigger 'adult' holiday which I suppose is bad for kids. Which got me thinking, if kids don't trick or treat as much any more, do they even still have Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF? In short, yes!


Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, a 58-year Halloween tradition beloved by generations, is one of America's longest-running youth volunteer activities.

This year, I'm Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF online and I hope you'll support me.

It takes seconds to make a donation, and you can give any amount, a little or a lot. Since it's so easy to make an impact, I hope you'll support me in this important cause.

Here are some examples of the power of your Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF donation-

* $15 can buy one carton of high energy protein biscuits to support 3 severely malnourished children for one month.

* $44 provides school supplies to 20 kids.

* $100 can vaccinate 215 children against polio.

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]]> Amazon History tag:vox.com,2008-08-13:asset-6a00c22527afa78e1d00fae8d5621e000b 2008-08-13T19:21:15Z 2008-08-13T19:21:15Z idogcow http://idogcow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

There was a mention of "what was the first thing you ordered from the internet" and while I can't recall exactly what I did order first (and if I still have it), I was able to dig this up my Amazon history:

Your Account > Where's My Stuff? > Orders placed in 1998
Order Date: December 10, 1998

  • 1 of: Within the Fairy Castle : Colleen Moore's Doll House at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
    Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC
  • 1 of: What's New Pussycat? [SOUNDTRACK]
    Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC

So in this case I can honestly say, yes we own both of these.

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]]> friend's shirt shop tag:vox.com,2008-08-13:asset-6a00c22527afa78e1d00fa9691709e0003 2008-08-13T18:51:12Z 2008-08-13T18:59:08Z idogcow http://idogcow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
YOGATSHIRT0011-2
YOGATSHIRT0011-2

Friends have stated a t-shirt company (www.yogatshirt.com) dedicated to hip rock & roll yoga t-shirts and I told them I would help get the word out.

I think these two are my favourites:

YOGATSHIRT0002-2S
YOGATSHIRT0002-2S
but then I don't know that much about Yoga.

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]]> This Bugs me tag:vox.com,2008-07-03:asset-6a00c22527afa78e1d00fa9684bd3e0003 2008-07-03T20:15:27Z 2008-07-03T20:15:27Z idogcow http://idogcow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

My letter to the CEO of Home Depot:

I agree with PETA and am calling on you (and the The Home Depot) to immediately end the sale of ladybugs and praying mantises at your stores and furthermore, adopt a policy prohibiting the future sale of any live animals.

Animals, even ones as small as ladybugs and praying mantises, aren't merchandise.

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]]> Wall to Wall-E tag:vox.com,2008-07-03:asset-6a00c22527afa78e1d00fad69734840004 2008-07-03T20:11:15Z 2008-07-03T20:11:15Z idogcow http://idogcow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Wall to Wall-E

Stuck in my head so why not stuck in yours, too:

Out there
There's a world outside of Yonkers
Way out there beyond this hick town, Barnaby
There's a slick town, Barnaby
Out there
Full of shine and full of sparkle
Close your eyes and see it glisten, Barnaby
Listen, Barnaby...

Put on your Sunday clothes, there's lots of world out there
Get out the brillantine and dime cigars
We're gonna find adventure in the evening air
Girls in white
In a perfumed night
Where the lights are bright as the stars!
Put on your Sunday clothes, we're gonna ride through town
In one of those new horsedrawn open cars

We'll see the shows
At Delmonico's
And we'll close the town in a whirl
And we won't come home until we've kissed a girl!


SoundtrackMy soundtrack complaint - why not the whole song?

Soundtrack
Soundtrack

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]]> Vuitton bullies artist tag:vox.com,2008-04-30:asset-6a00c22527afa78e1d00f48cf399590003 2008-04-30T20:47:28Z 2008-04-30T20:47:52Z idogcow http://idogcow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
Poster-small
Poster-small
Read this on the web...  had to pass it along:

...designer Nadia Plesner is getting sued by Louis Vuitton for showing the likeness of a Vuitton bag in a campaign to encourage divestment from Darfur. [...] "As an artist yourself, we hope that you recognize the need to respect other artists' rights and Louis Vuitton's Intellectual Property rights," the attorney wrote. Plesner, probably aware that artist's like Murakami have the right to appropriate and satirize the work of others, lawyered up and refused. Now, according to TechDirt, Vuitton is "demanding $7,500 for each day she keeps selling the product, $7,500 for each day she displays its original cease-and-desist letter and (my favorite) $7,500 for each day she mentions the name 'Louis Vuitton' on her website."

Said the artist, "Since doing nothing but wearing designerbags and small ugly dogs appearantly is enough to get you on a magasine cover, maybe it is worth a try for people who actually deserves and needs attention."

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]]> Not *quite* Summer, either tag:vox.com,2008-04-24:asset-6a00c22527afa78e1d00f48d1053100001 2008-04-24T19:33:20Z 2008-04-24T19:33:20Z idogcow http://idogcow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
Too Hot
Too Hot
Finally getting around to finalizing some of the sketches from my old notebook. Not sure when this was done but I am guessing it most have been a hot day.

Just in time for this week-end, however!

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]]> Doesn't Feel Like Spring tag:vox.com,2008-04-08:asset-6a00c22527afa78e1d00f48cecad560002 2008-04-08T23:57:24Z 2008-04-08T23:57:24Z idogcow http://idogcow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

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Calendar says spring but today sure doesn't feel like it. I am not looking forward to standing outside for the commute home, however, the remaining Easter cookies await, so there's one reason to go home (early).

Time to brew a cup of Peet's coffee and make a serious dent in these.

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]]> Continuing our look back at 80s music with Excel tag:vox.com,2008-03-13:asset-6a00c22527afa78e1d00e398e5a0c40005 2008-03-13T18:54:35Z 2008-03-13T18:55:41Z idogcow http://idogcow.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
Info80s-miles
Info80s-miles
...this time looking at 'Miles Away' finds us pitting Erasure's Wild! album against The Plimsouls' Everywhere at Once (or, probably more commonly, the Valley Girl Soundtrack.)

I would have thought there were more songs that used the phrase 'miles away,' but a quick web-search came up dry.

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