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  • My Top Choices Of Funny Valentine's Gifts Online
    There's not too much time left until St. Valentine's Day, so one must order, and order soon, to make sure it gets there on time. My soul mate and I resolved many years ago to start buying each other funny gifts every holiday (not just Valentines) Our marital success is humor By far, above all else, it has been the core of our relationship and heals wounds beautifully. We have celebrated (and sometimes endured) twenty wonderful years together. We continue to laugh, even after we cry sometimes.
  • Who Is The Most Popular Living Cartoonist? Three Guesses.
    Ever wondered who is the most popular cartoonist working today? It is relatively easy to tell with movie stars, simply looking at box office sales and how often they appear on talk shows. But cartoonists are a private bunch.
  • All-occasion Cartoon Greeting Card Zen
    The sending of greeting cards and Egypt. These, so-called greetings were actuallyhand-written messages of good cheer on papyrus scrolls for New Years, the only day celebrated with such a "card". In the 15th Century, in Germany wood-sculpted New Years cards were exchanged. Later that in that century, paper Valentine's cards were given not just in Germany but all over Europe. It was not until the mid 19th century that the card had evolved into an affordable attractive way to communicate a message on other occasions, and were made on printing presses. In 1840, the postage stamp was created and this served to fuel this industry. The U.S. Post Office found itself delivering about 11 million more letters per year. An artist named John Horsley rendered the first Christmas card in 1843 in London. He had been commissioned by Sir Henry Cole so that he might send it to his friends to spread holiday cheer. The first Valentine card was actually not a card at all, but a message given by St. Valentine to his executioner. He was in prison for secretly performing marriage to military-aged men during the Fall Of The Roman Empire. Claudius felt marriage weakened the soldier and had outlawed it. While in prison, St. Valentine, who was known to have healing powers, allegedly healed the blindness of his jailer's daughter. "From Your Valentine" was a note that St. Valentine scribbled and handed his executioner, also his jailer, right before his death.
  • Before You Give A Mouse Pad As A Gift, Consider This...
    Without a mouse pad, there is an maximizing curser accuracy. But enough technical mumbo-jumbo. A lot of people think that a mouse pad is a mouse pad is a mouse pad. You might be surprised how many computer owners don't even use them or like them. They use books, pieces of cardboard and even paper plates (and wonder why their computer is so slow). I'm not making this up. Others without a computer are certain a mouse pad is a small rental unit for rodents. (I am making that up but it might not surprise me. People can have vivid imaginations).
  • What Makes Cartoonist Rick London Tick?
    The way that Rick London crafted and organized Londons Times Cartoons and it's peripheral shops was a brilliant move in my mind, as a marketing major. Though Rick was not formally educated at the time of launching the venture, he had an instinctive sixth sense of knowing what was missing in the cartoon world.
  • The (very) Humble Beginnings Of Londons Times Cartoons
    In the late 1990's I met an interesting man while I was in college in southern Mississippi. His name was Rick London who later founded the Internet icon, the offbeat Londons Times Cartoons. I had worked in several places. Rick was the first boss that had any substance as to my marketing degree. I think it is safe to say he was and is a genius. He was not educated, but learned through life's hard knocks. I was about twenty or so. Rick was in his early forties.
  • How To Dress Your Baby
    Shopping for the baby fashion is one of the best parts of getting ready for the birth date. Here's what to look for as you choose clothes for your new baby. Veteran moms say not to buy too many newborn sizes. If this is your first child, you might be surprised how fast the little one grows. To top that off, some don't fit into newborn sizes anyway. Best to get something that will grow and stretch with the toddler. Chances are you may receive a lot of baby clothes as gifts. It is not inappropriate to exchange them for larger sizes. It's not a bad idea to leave the tags on the clothes until you are sure the clothes fit.
  • Why Novelty Buttons Are Making A Big Comeback
    The new fashion comeback kid this year has to be novelty buttons. I remember as a kid buying novelty buttons (usually with funny slogans) but today's buttons are more likely to have theme cartoons or graphics that go with the clothing on which it is pinned.
  • A Brief Hisory Of Cartooning
    In today's media, a cartoon is a piece of art, and usually humor is the "end game" . This usage dates from 1843 when England's Punch magazine applied the term to satirical drawings in its pages, The anchor illustrator was the legendary John Leech. The first of these parodied the preparatory cartoons for grand historical frescoes in the then-new Palace of Westminster. The original title for these drawings was Mr Punch's face is the letter Q and the new title "cartoon" was intended to be ironic, a reference to the pompous posturing of Westminster politicos.
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