I started working on a clothing line I call “Fabrique” which means fabricated in French. One of the t-shirts says “Fabrique Aux Chine” (made in China): Here’s another one: says “100% COTTON” Dry Clean Only: Tumble Dry:
Ok, I know this is over a year late, but I simply LOVE this version of this song. I think the reason this was brought to my attention is the release of the soundtrack for Sex and the City 2. There are certain songs that capture the feel of a time or place. This version …
I was left with my mouth hanging open after hearing this! AMAZING! (video may be blurry/green, but just listen!)
In the 80’s, I came up with a version of solitare that had a Donkey Kong theme. Here’s how you play: 2 levels of difficulty: 2 Decks of cards (EASY) 1 Deck of cards (DIFFICULT) (with or without jokers) Shuffle, place four cards face-up across the table directly in front of you. Place a fifth card at …
I play cards with a couple of people and have used Microsoft Excel to keep score. (After programming it) This time, I was using a different machine that didn’t have MS Office on it, so I needed a spreadsheet program. I remembered OpenOffice.org supposedly being compatible with Office, so I decided to try it out. …
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I have just released “Wishing You Love” on iTunes. Let me know what you think of it! http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wishing-you-love/id391589366?i=391589369&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Also: The new version of my song, “Get The Hell (Out Of My Life)” has been released through iTunes. Just search via “xack phobe”. Remember the song is explicit, so there’s some naughty language. It’s only 99 cents! …
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Ok, I have always wanted to make a list of my favorite tunes, so I will start it here. I have so many, I don’t know if this will ever get finished. A: Adam Ant-Strip/Puss In Boots/Goody Two Shoes Tori Amos-(Entire Little Earthquakes Album) Anastacia-I’m Outta Love Avenue Q-(Entire BWay cast album) B: Shirley Bassey-(Entire …
I bought a card game years ago called Pacardy. It came with fake coins, but we always used real money. I lost the cards in a move, so I tried to figure out how to play it with a regular deck and came up with this. The object: Roll the dice to get rid of …
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I say “once” because back in 1984, when his book was published, the things looked pretty outlandish. Now, some of these things have become part of our lives. All of them are funny. (And some of the ties I want!) I can identify with his ideas, since I have been called crazy in reference to …
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Governor’s Island right off the coast of lower Manhattan has always fascinated me. From what I heard, the military was stationed on this island and it housed soldiers only. So the whole island was a base. A few years back, they moved off the island and it has been empty ever since. I heard that …