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August 19, 2008
I haven't had a lot of time for random surfing in the past few days, so today's pickins are slim. Hopefully, I'll get back to my normal level of internet slack soon -- but probably not until after Labor Day.
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* If you like to laugh (and learn about the ways the brain can go wrong), listen to the first act of this.
* Sometimes I amaze myself with my own cleverness: the address www.adriennemartini.com now redirects here. W00T!
* Can someone explain the concept of the fleece-lined flip flop to me?
* Another quick question: I'm working on a story about inexpensive last minute Halloween costumes for kids. Anyone have any great ideas they'd like to share? Any costumes they have used/seen and enjoyed?
This book might be useful for the Halloween story:
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001010.php
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Posted by: Tim | August 19, 2008 at 07:27 PM
This is kind of lame but I went as a "space traveler" for a couple of years as a kid -- it involved a lot of silver spray paint, which was applied to Moon Boots/rubber boots from the thrift store, a really fake looking plastic gun and an extension cord that ran from the gun to a fanny pack or bag (also spray-painted silver). The gun then becomes a "ray gun," you see.
Maybe kids today wouldn't get it, though, having not grown up watching Buck Rogers.
Posted by: emily | August 19, 2008 at 07:59 PM
my son, at 2, refused to wear his costume (a cute tiger outfit he'd picked out himself, of course). However, since he has a big round head, brown hair, and a blue security blanket, I put him in a red striped shirt with jeans and he was Linus.
Posted by: laura | August 19, 2008 at 08:38 PM
It's an absolutely total copout to just dress kids in their dance/sports/scouts uniform for Halloween. But, it's not cheating to put the same outfit on a sibling. Let the daughter be the football player and the son be the ballerina prima donna. :)
Posted by: Heidi | August 20, 2008 at 08:14 AM
There's always the "Speed Bump". Black sweatshirt and pants. Roll two tires in yellow paint then roll them over the sweats.
I know. Pitifully lazy. But I really stink at Halloween.
Posted by: Lee | August 20, 2008 at 08:18 AM
The speed bump suggestion made me choke.
Max asked recently if he could be a pineapple for Halloween this year. Then, when he saw the joy of producing a produce loving child, he smirked and clarified: Sponge Bob's pineapple.
I am completely lacking a crafty gene. So a yellow sweatshirt with pineapple-y grids with a SB doll glued to the chest?
Or maybe I can just buy him some furry sandals and let him explain what they're supposed to be?
Posted by: karrie | August 24, 2008 at 08:26 AM