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Live and in Person
Nw/oMH is going to now at was at the Super Bowl of the retail world – the San Francisco International Gift Fair. Normally, I just slink around the show waiting for someone to notice I’m carrying 18 purses and a box of business cards, but this time I’m going to be in an actual booth, on the actual show floor, and won’t be asked to leave by actual security. The SFIGF is a giant market for retailers to check out new wholesale lines of products and order lots of interesting new stuff ahead of the holiday season. There are lots of boutique businesses right along more established brands, and definitely something for everyone. Sean the wallet/belt guy scheduled a booth, but due to family reasons, he couldn’t fly out to attend the show, so I’ve stepped in to man the booth. We’re going to have something for everybody – wallets, purses, watches, t-shirts, hoodies, ninjas, pirates, dancing, sword fighting…. You think I’m joking? I guarantee every one of those things will be in our booth at some point. Come and see for yourself at the S.F. International Gift Fair Aug. 5-8, 2006. Or take the interactive booth tour! (Click pics to enlarge)
1. Tire bags
2. Deer antlers for displaying wallets tastefully
3. Brass statues of monkeys holding platters of business cards
4. Everybody likes leopard print!
5. Hastily-made sign for Sean, using business cards
6. Ingenious chain-and-bamboo rack for displaying belts
7. Model hands for watches that co-booth babe Joe (who screenprints t-shirts) had in his apartment, for some sinister and mysterious reason.
8. Joe and Diana t-shirts on display
9. The album cover purse corner, with iPod clothes nearby
10. Yes, more antlers. So?
11. Lesley’s hats – definitely getting the most attention
12. Moroccan bedspread – gold design doesn’t show well in photo
13. Our neighbors, “Successories in the Caboose.” Cute jewelry, sold from a real caboose by the side of the road in Pacifica. Not, you know, a fetish.
14. Joe, who agreed to man the booth with me without even knowing the show hours (9am-6pm) or length (4 days, plus 2 day set-up), or sheer scale (monumental). This man is my hero. I will add his shirts to the site soon, too.
15. Sampling of Joe and Diana t-shirts
16. Lesley’s hoodies and tanks
17. Another neighbor, “The Naked Bee.” What they were selling was a total mystery until the start of the show, when they brought out bee-produced beauty products.
You Need a Hobby
I am not pregnant yet but thinking about names…I just thought of the name Lourdes Solange. This baby will be 75% latina and 15% european 
…and 10% polyester.
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Nouns are Hard
We are expecting baby #2 in December, we already have a DD Mackenzi Lynn who is 20 mos. old, what do you think of Kadince Mae (or Kadance, Kadence, Cadence) and calling her Kadi, or Cadi for short? We call DD Kenzi, i like a long name with shorter versions. Thanks.
Few realize the much of Leonardo da Vinci’s later work was actually done by his trendy airhead sister Mackenzi ka Dince, particularly “his” later technical drawing “OMG avril is SOOOO KEWL!!!!11!!!!!”
I appreciate that saying cadence cadence cadence cadence cadence cadence cadence cadence in a way replicates what cadence is…if your definition of cadence is mostly wrong. Which is a moot point, ’cause I don’t think she knows it’s a word.
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Screw Separate Identities
How are these names for my DD twins!
Brecklyn & Brooklyn
Jena & Jori
Brianne & Brynn
Editor’s note: There will be no comment accompanying this entry as the author was rushed to the hospital after trying to say these names aloud rapidly and part of her jaw fell off. She did send a partial message that sounded like “owwwww djee no ther bras ssssizez?”
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Famous Norwegian swear words
I went to school with a boy called Piran Skeels-Piggins. His brother was called Tallon. The worst of this is that I understand their father changed his surname to Skeels-Piggins, though I don’t know what he was called beforehand.
Finally, my wide’s childhood friend is a lesson to us all: she’s called Ilma, which isn’t so offensive, except that her mother was inspired to call her that because of a document she saw where it appeared as an honorific abbreviation for Illustrissima (the illustrious), somewhat like calling your son Esq, or possibly Dr.
yours, in shared pain,
Richard
Androgonys Naming
I am 39w5d pregnant and in serious need of a girls name. We don’t know what we are having but we have 3 girls already and I am just assuming another one is on its way. If we have a boy his name will be Kole. My girls’ names are Brett (RyLee), Bailee (Shea), and Kendall (Jade).
What we want to do is use a name that is somewhat androgonys (sp), just because the others are and we are looking for something that starts with a ‘K’. Some thoughts have been Kaelyn or Kylie but nothing is getting agreed on and we have no other ideas.
Look, you can’t do something if you can’t spell it. That’s why most of us are allowed to drive a car or date rock stars but not allowed to give an electroencepheloghram ……electriensephologram…… brain scan thingy.
And since there’s no rhyme or reason to your current name choices, just through a K on the front of one of them and be done with it. They’ll make just as little sense, and you’ll have your matched set or whatever.
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Jesus H. Krystina
I’m considering Christina/Kristina/Krystina for my baby girl that will be born in two weeks. I don’t want to use a name that is too popular. I am also considering Christiana/Kristiana/Krystiana. Does this last group sound too fancy or sophisticated?
Don’t worry, with a sophisticated name like Kystiana, she’ll be moved up from regular lap dances to the Champagne Room in no time.
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Aloha Des Moines
How does the name Kanoa Kai sound? It is a Hawaiian name (i am not Hawaiian – I just love the meaning of the names) Kanoa means “The Free One” and Kai means “Ocean”.
Ten bucks says she’s never been to Hawaii, never met a Hawaiian, has a farmer tan and has never left the great landlocked state of Iowa.
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Middle Kid Got Off Easy
My aunt will kill me for posting this…
Here’s what she named her kids:
Bow Hunter
Blake Lydell
Marshall Cody
All of ’em are boys.
Is your aunt married to Ted Nugent? ‘Cause if not, I bet he’d be happy to adopt Bow Hunter.
This town was mighty lawless ’til Marshall Cody come to town.




