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extra-curricular | top design : episode 3

• bon mots
• margaret russell : observations 3

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extra-curricular | top design : episode 3

• how do you solve a problem like carisa?
  
• valentine's day breakup : it's not you, it's me
  

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kih shop :

• Chinese New Year starts February 18th. This year 4705/2007 is the Year of the (fire) Pig and I have created a new design for the occasion:

A pig dressed in bright red and gold festive dress and crown is ready to celebrate.


The calligraphy symbols represent the Year of the Pig (left) & Peace (right).

Magnets, buttons, and a ceramic ornament are available.

• I'll soon be switching out some of the products that are seasonal or part of a series: the arts and crafts woodblock style fruit prints, plus the alphabet and animal series.
• Currently there is a new onesie design available, in keeping with the Chinese New Year theme:

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For some reason this week I'm the crazy cat lady. Here's the round up of items to check out:

kih | literature : moore smart cats

The two greatest poems about pet cats:

• "Peter" by Marianne Moore
• "For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry" by Christopher Smart

kih | art : if not a room then a shrine

Bastet the cat goddess -- historical information and more, including:

• shrine layout plans
• very special jewellery
  
• and Bastet's other connections to shopping?
  

speaking of which . .

kih | shop:

The shop has Siamese cat in the hat pillows and other items:

($18)

(Also related: from 02.09 fresh hell: kih | extra-curricular :

observations 2 : a haiku from margaret russell.)

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kih | extra-curricular : | top design |

episode 2 design reviews:

• felicia & carisa & erik
• john & ryan & matt
• andrea & michael
• elizabeth & goil

margaret russell, literati:

• observations . 2

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kih | arts : chicago style . . . like modern design

kihl | sciences : fourfour explores creationism

kih | athletics : the 2007 giro d'italia schedule

kih | extra-curricular : studio 60 | top design | project runway

• studio 60 : the cliched, the creepy, & the ignorant
  
• top design : ooooh todd is sooo dreamy
• project runway & related fashion items:
  
• 1 gunn leaves gown for town
• 2 women's body ideals: two opinions that don't count for much
  

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kora in hell | extra-curricular : top design : go team tasty and delicious, a koan by margaret russell, four fables of da bear, and miscellaneous other items

• elsewhere in top design world
• margaret russell : observations . 1
• da bear
• damned [blog] spot

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kora in hell | extra-curricular : top design, project runway

• celebrity judges
• product placement
• peter shelton: trend watch
• decorator/designer

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kora in hell | extra-curricular : more top design

• before I go any further : review of reality tv basics
  
• myspace amusements : observations on music and film tastes
  

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kora in hell | extra-curricular : top design starts soon. I have my concerns, naturally.

• two terms : a discussion of two terms I don't want to hear spoken on the show.
  

• notes on the Bravo Top Design Contestant Biographies:

• editorial note
• ultra fab
• enough with the punk
• the babies
• chi town boys
• la women

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kora in hell | extra-curricular :

• project runway in the best/worst year-end reviews

kora in hell | arts :

• calendar design

happy new year

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happy holiday wishes all around!

kora in hell | sciences also provides some commentary on siamese cat behavior

happy holidays

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kora in hell | extra-curricular :

not one, not two, but three posts on the tara conner scandal

• stephen colbert asks, "how dare she?
• the most hilarious press conference ever
• attention john waters: your next film is calling

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kora in hell | letters :

• the ian mcewan plagiarism nonsense &
  
• thomas pynchon's letter re: ian mcewan

kora in hell | extra-curricular :

• narcissistic celebrities: shocking but true

fresh hell : dec 8

home

• Order is restored. Each page has its own topic but all are organized in the same way.

arts

• I've started an entry on the arts and crafts and art nouveau movements
• shameless commerce: items in the arts and crafts style

letters

• a discussion of the myth of persephone and why pomegranates are significant this time of year
• shameless commerce: items for writers, readers, and sullen teenagers.

sciences

• home ec: mulled pomegranate cider recipe
• more shameless commerce

extra-curricular

• name change: project runway has switched to extra-curricular
• my excuse for my shameless commercialism

giving

• The one thing I'm not ashamed to sell on my blog my t-shirt that supports the New Orleans/Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. All profits for these shirts (there is a men's and a women's version) go the the NOLA SPCA for the support of animals, and especially the many abandoned dogs following the Katrina disaster. The cameras are gone but they are still there and need our help all the more.

click on the image above to go to the kora in hell shop

fresh hell : dec 3

kora in hell | project runway site renaming / rethinking

I've decided to widen the focus of this page to include more general discussions of popular culture. Keeping with my theme, I'm calling it extra-curricular.

kora in hell | sciences

Idiotic ideas about science are not limited to one political or religious group. At least this one is more amusing than most.

kora in hell | letters

gifts for writers, writing ideas for writers

fresh hell : dec 2

Sorry to harp on this but as a public service I just wanted to emphasize the three reasons why you should check out my kora in hell shop:

1. Since my shop is new my prices are at the lowest markup level.
   
2. CafePress is currently offering a deal on free shipping until December 20th.
3. I have t-shirts available that benefits the NOLA SPCA (New Orleans/Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).

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Some more information about the new kora in hell shop:

• I have two image motifs that I'm using just for the holiday season:

1. pomegranates
2. siamese cat in the hat

• There are t-shirts that benefit the New Orleans/Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

• There are gifts for kids.
  

• There are some black t-shirts that are perfect for that disaffected college student on everyone's shopping list.

• All art is original and it may not be genius but at least it is better than most of the crap that you see out there.
  

• If this seems like shameless promotion, it is, but click here to read my excuse.