cool stuff on nytimes.com

I was just reading an article on nytimes.com and there was a word I had never seen before (putsch). I went to copy it to put into m-w.com to look up the definition…when something cool happened. Another window opened up with the definition of putsch.  Apparently when you double click on a word on the site it opens up a reference query search. I love this. I wish I could do this with print books.

FYI here is the definition of putsch.

putsch also Putsch (pʊch)
n.

A sudden attempt by a group to overthrow a government.

[German, from German dialectal, from Middle High German, thrust, of imitative origin.]

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Lord Baltimore Makes an Appearance

My Lord Baltimore Hibiscus finally has it’s first flower. There are tons of buds all over so shortly it will be gorgeous! This flower is about 8″ in diameter. Now I’m just waiting for the Plum Crazy Hibiscus to bloom - it has buds all over it now. And for the dahlias to bloom. I planted one last year and I think it didn’t bloom until mid to late august.

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Biking at the Beach

Sunday morning the family went down to my sister’s place in Long Branch. We got out the bikes and rode down to Ashbury Park. We had brunch at a place on boardwalk called Dorians. I think technically it’s in Ocean Grove. I had some really yummy apple walnut pancakes. Then we hopped back on our bikes and rode back.

We just beat the crazy thunderstorms. As we were riding back it was rumbling thunder and lightening behind us. We had to strap the bikes onto the rack as it started to pour so I got a little wet, but at least we got in before the hail started! My bike is awesome. I finally gave up on finding the helmet I want in a shop and ordered it.

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Pinky Poo

I was in the patio garden last night when I spotted Pinky taking a nap in a basket. I thought at first that it was Harley who’s an outdoor kitten.  Pinky is a little more than a year old but she’s still a little cat.  She’s totally scruffy and adorable.

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Naomi Campbell - who knew?

I thought the SoBe Thriller commercial was kinda cool, but I never I understood the random woman in it. Then recently found it that the random woman was Naomi Campbell, which I guess makes slightly more sense.  Here is the commercial - I don’t think I ever saw the beginning which is where you see her the most clearly. Read more

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Some sexy man sandals

Eek!

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Nic’s Sticks Review

Last month I was in a class down on Wall Street and was poking around the Duane Reade on my lunch break. I decided to pick up a Nic’s Sticks nail polish in “Are We There Yet” which is sort of a mauvish pink for $7. I believe it’s the color on the top left in the photo.

Nic’s Sticks are part of the Nicole by Opi line.

This is not normal nail polish - it’s a paint marker with a brush tip. To use it you shake it up then pump it a few times to get the paint flowing and then paint. The first time I used it I was just painting a thin coat over a dark polish that I didn’t like. It seemed to work ok.

A couple of weeks later I decided to use it normally and I was very disappointed. I shook and I pumped and primed and such but I could not get the paint to flow. I’m not sure if it was out of paint or just not working. I had only done a single, light coat so it would be very disappointing if I only got one use out of it. So I checked and it contains .135oz of polish. To compare your $8 bottle of Nicole by Opi has .5oz.

I also read some reviews and most people are saying this nail polish chips like crazy.

At a cheaper price, say $3 or $4, this might be worthwhile, but for $7 I expect more than 1.5 uses. My advice - use Essie.

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Really Stupid Beauty Products: ColorOn EyeEnvy

I got an email today from Sephora about “6 Life-Changing Beauty Innovations!”. My favorite is ColorOn EyeEnvy Eyeshadow appliques. Yes, you heard right. If you can’t figure out how to do your eyeshadow you can just slap one of these on your eyes. From the brochure it looks like you apply them kind of like temporary tattoos but without the water. I’d worry that the people who might need to use this product would also be those most likely to poke themselves in the eye.

It’s $25 for 5 sets so it’ll cost you $5 every time you use one. For that much you might as well just go pay for makeup lessons and buy some quality eyeshadows.

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Skunked!

Whoa! I just narrowly missed getting sprayed by a skunk in my backyard.  I put some solar spotlights out in the back patio and I wanted to see what they looked like. We have motion sensor lights on the back deck which take forever to turn off so I walked around from the front. As I get in the backyard I see a skunk walking along the back edge of our property. The white streak on it is really wide. So I stood still and waited for it took keep walking. Then I walked around to where the patio is. I hear a rustle along the side fence and expect to see I’ve awakened one of the cats. Instead I see a big white butt and tail in the air. SKUNK!!! And I spooked it.

I haven’t run that fast in a very, very long time.  Skunks are horrible. When I was in high school our dog got skunked and made everyone in the house smell too. You got used to it so we didn’t notice we smelled but in school people would be like…what smells. D’oh. We smelled a lot less than our dog though.

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True Blood on MTV

NYTimes has an article about the marketing campaign for a new vampire tv show on HBO called True Blood. It’s based on the series of books by Charlaine Harris centered on Sookie, a telepathic waitress in a small town in Louisiana.  After a blood substitute beverage is invented, vampires come out of hiding. I’ve read most of the books and there’s also stuff with werewolves and such. Anna Paquin is playing Sookie and it’s coming out in September.

I don’t have HBO but I guess that’s what the intarweb is for.

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