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  1. Bluebird Marsha

    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    Nothing would surprise them. I'm considered the fashion plate of my department- which considering we're all walking-talking cliches of librarians, (catalogers at that. even in libraryland we're considered the geekiest, most anal obsessive's in our field) isn't saying much! But there are some...
  2. Bluebird Marsha

    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    We had an announcement on company e-mail this week. Several days are to have different themes. Ugly Christmas sweater/vest days... And TWO hat days. This caused a flurry of comments within my department about "we know who'll be all over the hat days". I believe the powers that be are...
  3. Bluebird Marsha

    Is style stuck in a 2 decade rut?

    Perhaps style and art are stuck in a rut. Several factors perhaps, but I think technology may be the prime candidate. Technological progress is easy to spot and take advantage of. If something works faster or better, it will misplace a previous product. By style is subjective. And thanks to the...
  4. Bluebird Marsha

    Pearl Harbor 70th anniversary events?

    I was in Hawaii 2 years ago. A friend of mine was stationed at Pearl, and took me over to the Arizona Memorial, Ford Island, and the old battleship row. The feel of the place really struck me. The old housing, that if I recall correctly, houses current senior Pacific commanders. The streets...
  5. Bluebird Marsha

    What Are You Reading

    The first time I read "Rise and Fall", I was in middle school. I was a very serious young woman. When I studied WW II later in college, I had to explain to my military history professor that I carried a book like "The Wind in the Willows" as antidote to the misery of it all. Right now, I'm not...
  7. Bluebird Marsha

    I am seriously considering giving up my cell phone

    I gave up my landline also. My cell is just all around more useful. But I hear what you're saying about feeling better when you're unreachable. My first cell plan was a "gift" from my mother. Meaning it quickly became an electronic leash. It takes effort, but if you are consistent, eventually...
  8. Bluebird Marsha

    Men (or women) What is your favorite perfume for women?

    I like several of the Chanel's: #'s 19 & 22, Cuir de Russe. Right now I'm anxiously checking the mail. I ordered some samples of several of Amouage's perfumes, also Guerlain's Nahema, and L'Artisan Voleur de Roses. I've read great reviews on those, but I don't want commit to a bottle without...
  9. Bluebird Marsha

    Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

    To write things this awful, yet this funny- now that's talent! I suspect some of the writers also do pretty good over at the Bulwer-Lytton bad writing contest. :)
  10. Bluebird Marsha

    The Official Beauty Box thread

    One suggestion. Don't combine the red Opi shatter with a black base coat. It was an unfortunate choice I tried. :)
  11. Bluebird Marsha

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Anne McCaffrey has died. Her The Ship Who Sang is still one of my favorite books. http://io9.com/5862031/rip-anne-mccaffrey-creator-of-pern-and-other-classic-books
  13. Bluebird Marsha

    Dress clips

    I do on occasion use dress clips, and I am careful about what I wear them on. The "viciousness" of the clips can vary, but I would be hesitant about putting them on a fragile or lightweight fabric. They are spikey, and the heavier ones could do some real damage. If your dress is too lightweight...
  14. Bluebird Marsha

    Can’t Do Without – Wish They Could’ve Had

    I'd like to send my granddad a simple, basic, solar-powered calculator. I can still see him at his massive desk, balancing the books, with reams of paper coming off the adding machine. The keys on that thing were heavy, and he spent hours on that thing!
  15. Bluebird Marsha

    TRYING to spend my money locally!

    I just read an article on the revival of a woolen blanket factory in Minnesota, that after having been closed for two years, was bought and reopened by two local men. They are only taking pre-orders right now, but it looks like they're almost up and weaving again. The company:Faribault Woolen...
  16. Bluebird Marsha

    Is cable TV worth keeping?

    About 4 years ago, I was rearranging my living room, and moved the TV; it didn't work. At first I thought I had done the wiring wrong, but after checking realized the outlet was dead. I could've called maintenance, but I just never got around to it. After three months I realized I just didn't...
  17. Bluebird Marsha

    The League of German Girls – Bund Deutscher Mädel

    Since the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts were both formed in the early 1900's (1908 & 1912) I'd hesitate at calling them modern. That being said, I'd assert that that the BDM and similar organizations were a perversion of the concepts that are behind the Girl and Boy Scouts.
  19. Bluebird Marsha

    The Official Beauty Box thread

    I'm glad y'all liked the perfume. They'd been sitting on my vanity for months, and I finally admitted to myself that I just didn't like them. :(. And I REALLY LOVED the name of that one that was "Gin and Rosewater". Darn! But I had ulterior motives. Between what I put in the box, and what I've...
  20. Bluebird Marsha

    Modern Male Identity Crisis

    As a previous poster said, "Chicken Little". There are problems for young men, but there have been plenty of better articles on the subject. It is too easy today to slip into a protracted adolescence- for men and women. But amazing as it may sound, some of my guy friends from my younger days...
  21. Bluebird Marsha

    Bobby-pin storage

    I have a lipstick holder that has four spaces. I keep different sized pins in each slot.
  22. Bluebird Marsha

    Is this what we, as a society have come to?

    Back in the day, you still had to have "photographic evidence" of some sort to whet the public's appetite for the scandal de jour. Evidence that the photographers of the time had to work hard to get, considering the cameras they had to work with. Now you can rat yourself out with your phone's...
  23. Bluebird Marsha

    Funny, odd, or the most absurd ads you have ever seen....

    That thing looks like a Chia pet. A dead Chia pet.

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