I should mention that last night, Jason and I finally watched an episode of Cavemen. (Yeah, I know, it’s been on for a while, but we kept forgetting to watch it. And that one half-hour reminded us of why we so seldom watch network television. I think the commercials lasted longer than the show itself, and I’m talking about a show based on a series of commercials!) He likes Nick a lot, and is very pleased that Nick’s the one who graduated from Pitt.

Handmade Arcade, November 2007

“Handmade Arcade 2007 will take place on Saturday, November 10 from 11am-7pm AND Sunday, November 11 from 11am-5pm.

Construction Junction (214 North Lexington Street–a couple blocks from intersection of Penn & Braddock Aves,) will host the Handmade Arcade craft show, which embodies the do-it-yourself, indie creations of a nationwide craft revolution. Over 100 vendors from across the country participated in the event.

Handmade Arcade is Pittsburgh’s largest indie craft fair, now in its fourth year. Last year, over 5,000 attended Handmade Arcade. The annual Handmade Arcade was created to give grassroots, independent crafters an opportunity to show and sell their wares, and to provide an alternative to traditional craft and art fairs.

You’ll find innovative jewelry, scary and sweet stuffed creatures, knitted accessories, silk screened prints and tees, felted fashions, hand bound books, spun yarns, stationery, ‘zines, housewares and lots more.”

admission is FREE.

i’m thinking might be a good place to check out some handy-type skills for making various clothes or other items from raw materials, yah?

http://www.handmadearcade.com/faq07.shtml

http://www.constructionjunction.org/about_us

plus while you’re there, you can build yourself a free bike: http://www.freeridepgh.org

-patricia

Hope that helps.

(That is in stark contrast to the real New York City, where everyone knows that no other state matters, and really, most of the rest of New York State doesn’t matter either.)

What?! There’s a New York State? I never heard of that when I lived in Manhattan. Jeez, people barely mentioned the fact that NYC had more than one borough, because, as we all know, the real NYC exists on a mere 12 miles of skinny island. Hell, I even knew people that wouldn’t cross a river for free sex, they looked down so much on the Bridge and Tunnel crowd. Me? I would have swum a river for free sex, but that’s a different story.

In this case, let’s call it Cro-Magsploitation.

Brilliant. You’re fucking brilliant, Giuli. That line is as good as the post title.

It began with the Ugg, a sheepskin boot whose very name admitted its hideousness

And then, on the O.C., they pointed out that mukluks are the new uggs. Just another example of Cro-Magsploitation.

But unlike the hunter-gatherers of Ice Age Europe who personally killed animals and tanned their hides for necessary food and warmth, this new resurgence of fur is the same post-Neolithic story of animals living their whole lives in cramped cages, suffering deaths infinitely slower and more painful than the business end of an obsidian spear.

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Ironically, fur continues to get more and more traction in the fashion world at the same time that concern for the environment—also vintage from the Paleolithic—is becoming a trendy cause. Green is the new black, with the important exception of fur-trimmed everything. Let’s see if this “green” fad lasts any longer than the 90’s-born anti-fur cause did. Remember: we need to stop global warming… primarily so all the cold-adapted animals will remain alive for us to torture and skin.

Snap!