KOOPERSMITHin' #15
"Why's it got to be that way?..."
DateLine: Monday, December 31, 2007
Last ASKian Blog for 2007
The Elevated Train in Chicago is a Bed to many People, comprised of 44 Seats in each Compartment. At night (when it gets later for The Homeless Segment of a City -- any City for that matter), they board with their Belongings in tow to spend this Nocturnal Period riding up and down the Tracks. When the End of the Line (North and South Terminals) is reached, I'd assume they exit, only to wait as patiently as possible on the barren Platform till the next Train arrives so they can continue to attempt Sleep. Not a good Night's Sleep or Rest, far from a safe Night's Sleep, but inhabiting a Unit that's dry and enclosed for the long, often dangerously long Nights ahead.
I realized that The Train (the CTA: Chicago Transit Authority) was a Bed -- even a Bedroom to this ever-growing Population, as I boarded the Granville El-Train early one morning, the last Day of December in 2007, at 5:30. Most Chicagoans were still home and asleep while I thought of what my Surroundings really depicted; what they reflected here in the 21st Century. Only 15 Hours later, tens of thousands of Party-Revellers would hop on these El-Trains to attend heathenly raucous Parties, ushering in 2008 and spending more Money in one night (within a few short Hours) than many earn in a Week's Time. These Bedrooms would (then) not be in service to those who needed them most.
As I sat and looked around, Sadness filled my Heart. Three were fast asleep. No doubt they were someone's Daughter or Son, even someones' Mother or Father. Having completed a Marketing Study on the Effects of Sleeplessness, I knew the Benefits and Detriments first-hand of a good Night's Rest. Besides not having the Privilege of being in your own Home (and conveniently finding your way to the Frig or Bathroom within a few seconds at any time you wished), safe within the sturdy Walls and locked in, the Occupants reflected a pitifully sad Commentary and State of The Life we have created for ourselves. Privacy was not theirs to enjoy and partake (in).
After all, this was THE BIG CITY, where People gravitated and converged to find their 'Fame and Fortune' only to be reduced to nothing but the Clothes on their Back(s) and the Trunks that they pulled. These Trains are not Club Cars. They are not equipped with Showers, Bathrooms or a spiffy Kitchen Unit. They were designed to move People from Point A to Point B to Destinations where they needed to be and then back again (if that was called for). However, because Survival is such a strong Instinct, these Movable Homes have become a Shelter for those who don't have the Elementary Essentials that make Life livable. Living on Rapid Transit exists because there's a Pressing Need for this State of Limbo that has not been solved since the First Tracks were laid 116 years ago.
Sagging Black Circles (under one's eyes) are the sure-sign of a Sleepless, hard and interrupted Night. With Hats and Caps pulled down low to keep the glare and light out (of their Eyes) and Scarves wrapped firmly around their Necks, I could not tell (from their individual Faces) how down-and-out they (really) were. Maybe I was better off not knowing...
That is: If they had been without a proper Bed and Lodging for a Day, a Month or longer than a Year.
2007: THE YEAR OF THE FORECLOSURE: Foreclosures struck -- rocked -- an all-time high throughout the United States. This swelling Population of 'Nouveau Homeless" (who weathered 'The Storm' literally) before and after a dire Housing Market eventually recovers, continues to live as best as they can, traveling from place-to-place, much like The Bohemian Gypsy. The Scales vary. There is 'The Homeless.' There are those newly labeled as 'homeless' because of Foreclosures, Fires, Natural Disasters, Divorces or other Severities. The Bottom Line(nevertheless) remains:
They are without a Home, Roof, Warmth, Comforts and Security (defined as 'The Basics or Essentials') that allows them to function to their fullest Ability(ies). This is robbing Society of its Culture, besides the Individual of his or her full Potential. This is a Crime against Humanity.
Chances are People in the near Future (who live from Paycheck-to-Paycheck) will be boarding an El-Train...finding a Transitional Home -- a Space as big as a Seat -- to help them pull through another Night with the hope-filled Forecast of a new Day that beckons as soon as each Sun rises, if they can.
In the oblique Blackness and crackling Chill of The Night's Severity, as they bear their sorrow-filled Transition, the State of Homelessness hardly phases those who sit clustered amongst them (on these El-Train Cars) while both travel to their next Destination. However, they have a Destination. The Homeless do not.
Bears live in Dens and Caves.
Bees live in Hives.
Birds and Squirrels build Nests.
Some Animals burrow far Underground.
Some Birds are even smart enough to routinely fly south for a brittle and brutal Winter. "And who," I ask, "Really possesses the proverbial 'Bird Brain' now?"
Homeless Pets are rare (except for those poor (possibly abandoned) Cats and Dogs whose former Owner could not keep them for any Number of Reasons) . Without a Doubt, some Animals do live much better than their Human Counterparts who ride the Elevated Train (or even a Bus) on the Inner City Train Tracks in the pitch Darkness of Night or driving through the long and lonely concrete-paved Streets of Town inhabited by Millions, where Strangers reside and tend to their own.
Animals possess a much better Grip, Sense and Perspective of care-taking (of their own) than We Humans do. They've somehow never bred the Indifference Dysfunction that we now rampantly take for granted and see (or accept) as 'The Norm.' As huge Buildings sit empty; as more Structures are being built that are too expensive to buy or rent (for the average, soon-to-be-unemployed or now displaced American), the Great American Irony here makes for Good Politics than no one seems to answer positively, term-in and decade-out.
"Homelessness is solely a dispicable Human Error."
After all, just ride the El-train at night and see who goes Home and who doesn't. Maybe 2008 with its Welcome of Hope, Goodwill and Prosperity will change (any and all) of this for them...
Time will tell...as it always does.
Good Night. Sleep tight...
Formerly referred to as: RIDIN' THAT TRAIN OF HOPELESSNESS (C)2007
PENNED BY: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Koopersmith's Global Communications
"People read what ASK writes about..."
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
PENNED:
Monday, December 31, 2007 between 5:30-5:45 AM
While riding the Red Line to Grand Av.
A D D E N D U M: Thursday, January 3, 2008 - 6:14 AM
As We glare into the Iowa Caucus that finally occurs Today, wouldn't it be nice if all Presidential Candidates spent only One Day's Worth of their Campaign Banks & Budgets by donating it to Homeless Shelters, Food Depositories or Aids to help The Homeless? Imagine what that would do for their Fellow Americans? How much is too much? How much more Despair, Poverty and Disillusionment can People take? Yes, the El-Train is a Hot Bed for Action...
Monday, December 31, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
From The Creator of NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY ©1994
NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY ©1994 slated annually for June 18
Celebrating its 15TH Year in 2008
Celebrated 63 Days after Income Tax Day (April 15TH), this HOLIDATE is designed to jumpstart the Economy (as Recessions have been plaguing Societies since Biblical Times). One will instantly recall the terms of “7 Years of Feast followed by 7 Years of Famine, Hardships and Troubled Times.” Abundance vs. Depletion can be classically traced back to Egyptian Days where Shortages were offset by Periods of great Wealth. Some Things don’t change, but merely remain in a Cyclical Balance throughout Time. This is the leading Force to be reckoned with.
FAST-FORWARDING TO THE NOW MOMENT: Your hard-earned Income Tax Return is (undoubtedly) back and ‘The Urge to Splurge’ is dominating your Scenario. Face it: Nearly ½ the Year is gone. You deserve a Treat. ASK knows every which Way to properly splurge even if you’re limited to a Budget, dangling from a Shoestring or possess all the Cash/Loot/Credit Cards in The World in which to splurge to The Maximum Degree. Splurging is a State of Mind, mind you, a Direct Action We can look forward to that takes The Edge off The Stress and Distress that may be hampering and us or happening around us.
Now in its 15TH Astro-&-Gastronical Year of Celebration (no matter what your SPLURGE-of-Preference is or latest Addictions & Afflictions are), even planning for NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY ©1994 is FUN-tastic…for Resalers/Retailers, Individuals, Family, Friends, Media Personalities, Reporters and Lovers of all Makes and Models of Folks (albeit you are not residing in a Third World Country or in abject Poverty) where the Basic Requirements of Life are not even met or are tremendously stingy, parsimonious or unresourceful. “More upshot HOLIDATES as these should be created to propel an ailing Global Economy,” ASK states “especially as 2007 closes, HOLIDATES as NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY ©1994 are feel-good Events to fully enjoy. It entices and excites all of The Senses.”
For those who are fearful they may splurge more than they can reasonably afford, ASK has deemed NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY ©1994 only One Day in length so no one is soured on the Cycle or Stigma of STM: Splurging Too Much. This immediately alleviates and diminishes its Negative Side or Impact of Over-indulgence or Excess, letting only the Vitality and Oompa of the HOLIDATE prevail.”
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. ASK (as a Contributor to your Publication in her own EVENTOLOGICAL Way) describes to your Readership/Subscribers how to conveniently SPLURGE within your Means, using your Hometown as your Indicator of Spending.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 15TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. TV, Radio & Webcasts: ASK shows you (and your Viewers, Audience and/or Listeners) how to conveniently SPLURGE with $100; $1000, $10,000 & $1,000,000 in your Town. This Art & Act is not hard to do!
5. National Splurge Day ©1994 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1, 500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
Celebrating its 15TH Year in 2008
Celebrated 63 Days after Income Tax Day (April 15TH), this HOLIDATE is designed to jumpstart the Economy (as Recessions have been plaguing Societies since Biblical Times). One will instantly recall the terms of “7 Years of Feast followed by 7 Years of Famine, Hardships and Troubled Times.” Abundance vs. Depletion can be classically traced back to Egyptian Days where Shortages were offset by Periods of great Wealth. Some Things don’t change, but merely remain in a Cyclical Balance throughout Time. This is the leading Force to be reckoned with.
FAST-FORWARDING TO THE NOW MOMENT: Your hard-earned Income Tax Return is (undoubtedly) back and ‘The Urge to Splurge’ is dominating your Scenario. Face it: Nearly ½ the Year is gone. You deserve a Treat. ASK knows every which Way to properly splurge even if you’re limited to a Budget, dangling from a Shoestring or possess all the Cash/Loot/Credit Cards in The World in which to splurge to The Maximum Degree. Splurging is a State of Mind, mind you, a Direct Action We can look forward to that takes The Edge off The Stress and Distress that may be hampering and us or happening around us.
Now in its 15TH Astro-&-Gastronical Year of Celebration (no matter what your SPLURGE-of-Preference is or latest Addictions & Afflictions are), even planning for NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY ©1994 is FUN-tastic…for Resalers/Retailers, Individuals, Family, Friends, Media Personalities, Reporters and Lovers of all Makes and Models of Folks (albeit you are not residing in a Third World Country or in abject Poverty) where the Basic Requirements of Life are not even met or are tremendously stingy, parsimonious or unresourceful. “More upshot HOLIDATES as these should be created to propel an ailing Global Economy,” ASK states “especially as 2007 closes, HOLIDATES as NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY ©1994 are feel-good Events to fully enjoy. It entices and excites all of The Senses.”
For those who are fearful they may splurge more than they can reasonably afford, ASK has deemed NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY ©1994 only One Day in length so no one is soured on the Cycle or Stigma of STM: Splurging Too Much. This immediately alleviates and diminishes its Negative Side or Impact of Over-indulgence or Excess, letting only the Vitality and Oompa of the HOLIDATE prevail.”
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. ASK (as a Contributor to your Publication in her own EVENTOLOGICAL Way) describes to your Readership/Subscribers how to conveniently SPLURGE within your Means, using your Hometown as your Indicator of Spending.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 15TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. TV, Radio & Webcasts: ASK shows you (and your Viewers, Audience and/or Listeners) how to conveniently SPLURGE with $100; $1000, $10,000 & $1,000,000 in your Town. This Art & Act is not hard to do!
5. National Splurge Day ©1994 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1, 500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
From The Creator of HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996
HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 slated annually for March 4
Celebrating its 13TH Year in 2008
They risk their Lives and Limbs for our Freedoms. Sometimes they lose both. This multi-level HOLIDATE employs the Act & Art of Writing and Visiting Veteran Hospitals. Activities are encouraged to be undertaken by those heading Synagogues, Churches & Schools to thereby salute our Military Branches today of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine and Navy. Combative Military Units are defending our Freedoms every Day across The World. Today (on the 62ND or 63RD Day of the Year, considering the Presence or Absence of Leap Year Day) they are saluted in a congenial way to lift their Spirits.
According to KOOPERSMITH, March 4TH is the only Date in Calendrical Time that is a Military Command as in ‘march forth.’ Technically at 3:04 AM and again at 3:04 PM, a Moment of Silence is observed for those who have lost their Lives in Battles, Conflicts and Wars and to remember those still in a defensive mode. The Traditional Events of Memorial Day, The 4TH of July, Labor Day and Veteran’s Day prevail, but ASK’s HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 may be the most resplendid HOLIDATE ever invented as it gracefully stands on its own Merits and leads in Popularity in ASK’s Top Ten HOLIDATES.
Apart from any other popular Event, Civilians (of all Ages) can fully commemorate HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 without leaving home by showing that they care in a wide variety of clever ways. Learning the important Lesson of Self-Sacrifice enforces this HOLIDATE’s lifelong Experience.
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. ASK (as a Contributor to your Publication) will scour her HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 book and explain to your Readers how to PROPERLY celebrate this lively HOLIDATE that thoughtfully salutes our Military Personnel.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 13TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. For TV/Radio & Webcasts: Produce a Segment where ASK salutes Soldiers globally, bringing into the Studio some of our Men & Women serving in The Military who are home on leave. A huge Card can be set up in the Foyer/Lobby of the respective TV/Radio Station where ASK is holding and hosting this day-long Event. Later, this Card (with attached Photos and Messages) will be sent to Military Barracks after fully signed.
5. Invite ASK to read to your Classes and/or Social Clubs Excerpts of her 2006 HUG A G.I. Day ©1996 Book -- marking it's 10TH Year Eventological Anniversary.
6. Hug A G.I. Day ©1996 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1,500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
Celebrating its 13TH Year in 2008
They risk their Lives and Limbs for our Freedoms. Sometimes they lose both. This multi-level HOLIDATE employs the Act & Art of Writing and Visiting Veteran Hospitals. Activities are encouraged to be undertaken by those heading Synagogues, Churches & Schools to thereby salute our Military Branches today of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine and Navy. Combative Military Units are defending our Freedoms every Day across The World. Today (on the 62ND or 63RD Day of the Year, considering the Presence or Absence of Leap Year Day) they are saluted in a congenial way to lift their Spirits.
According to KOOPERSMITH, March 4TH is the only Date in Calendrical Time that is a Military Command as in ‘march forth.’ Technically at 3:04 AM and again at 3:04 PM, a Moment of Silence is observed for those who have lost their Lives in Battles, Conflicts and Wars and to remember those still in a defensive mode. The Traditional Events of Memorial Day, The 4TH of July, Labor Day and Veteran’s Day prevail, but ASK’s HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 may be the most resplendid HOLIDATE ever invented as it gracefully stands on its own Merits and leads in Popularity in ASK’s Top Ten HOLIDATES.
Apart from any other popular Event, Civilians (of all Ages) can fully commemorate HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 without leaving home by showing that they care in a wide variety of clever ways. Learning the important Lesson of Self-Sacrifice enforces this HOLIDATE’s lifelong Experience.
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. ASK (as a Contributor to your Publication) will scour her HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 book and explain to your Readers how to PROPERLY celebrate this lively HOLIDATE that thoughtfully salutes our Military Personnel.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 13TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. For TV/Radio & Webcasts: Produce a Segment where ASK salutes Soldiers globally, bringing into the Studio some of our Men & Women serving in The Military who are home on leave. A huge Card can be set up in the Foyer/Lobby of the respective TV/Radio Station where ASK is holding and hosting this day-long Event. Later, this Card (with attached Photos and Messages) will be sent to Military Barracks after fully signed.
5. Invite ASK to read to your Classes and/or Social Clubs Excerpts of her 2006 HUG A G.I. Day ©1996 Book -- marking it's 10TH Year Eventological Anniversary.
6. Hug A G.I. Day ©1996 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1,500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
From The Creator of VICE PRESIDENTS’ DAY ©1995
VICE PRESIDENTS’ DAY ©1995 slated annually for February 19
Celebrating its 14TH Year in 2008
First (on the Chronological Scales of Time), there’s President’s Day. (INSERT: If you work, it’s a Februarian Day off with Pay, a full-fledged 3-Day Weekend, minus U.S. Mail and Bill Delivery). Presidents’ Day ranks as a Traditional Holiday, non-Koopersmithian in nature, style or format.
Then, the Day thereafter, the Fun begins. According to ASK’s Eventological Formula, it is proclaimed as: Vice Presidents’ Day ©1995, following suit (regardless of ‘Hierarchy’) to all governmental Rules & Regulations. After all, what’s good for The President is acceptable and do-able for The Vice President. What’s good for The Goose is great for The Gander as Ancient Proverbs inscribe that goosy Fact. Let’s give Everyone and Everything their rightful Due during the Course of the Year.
Always scheduled on The Day after Presidents’ Day, this KOOPERSMITHIAN HOLIDATE tributes and attributes Vice Presidents everywhere – not only in Government and Politics but in high-powered Businesses & Trades across Corporate America (North & South), Europe, Africa, the Far East and wherever Presidents of Vice prevail. A Petition is now circulating whereby President’s Day and ASK’s Vice President’s Day ©1995 are permanently bonded making and legitimizing the First full 4-Day Weekend in US History (which will probably follow suit across The Globe).
Then, if you work, it’s another Day off with Pay, a full-fledged 4-Day Deluxe Weekend, minus U.S. Mail and Bill Delivery. You still may have to ‘pay the Meter’ unless you’re an upright Citizen abiding by the fully Green Statues of biking, rollerblading or strolling to work (instead). How sweet is that eventful, non-traditional Addition to Holidaydom?
Time will only tell.
Sign the Petition.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned for more Eventological Updates.
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. For TV/Radio & Webcasts: Invite Vice Presidents of various Groups (from corporate to non-profits) as Guests and/or Audience Participants. With ASK as an Interviewer for this Segment, in order to add some subtle Humor to the Situation, these VPs are allowed to air ‘The(ir) Vice and Advice’ before it hits the Nightly News.
2. ASK (as a Contributor to your Publication) writes an Article on famous Vice Presidents throughout History about their Motives & Styles and the Differences they made to Culture. Explore what they did in their Secondary Capacity which discusses the Honors of Vice Presidencies. To add an Ounce of Comedy, a Section can be utilized where they are allowed to air ‘The(ir) Vice and Advice.’
3. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 14TH year.
4. By the same token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
5. Vice Presidents' Day ©1995 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1,500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement
of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
Celebrating its 14TH Year in 2008
First (on the Chronological Scales of Time), there’s President’s Day. (INSERT: If you work, it’s a Februarian Day off with Pay, a full-fledged 3-Day Weekend, minus U.S. Mail and Bill Delivery). Presidents’ Day ranks as a Traditional Holiday, non-Koopersmithian in nature, style or format.
Then, the Day thereafter, the Fun begins. According to ASK’s Eventological Formula, it is proclaimed as: Vice Presidents’ Day ©1995, following suit (regardless of ‘Hierarchy’) to all governmental Rules & Regulations. After all, what’s good for The President is acceptable and do-able for The Vice President. What’s good for The Goose is great for The Gander as Ancient Proverbs inscribe that goosy Fact. Let’s give Everyone and Everything their rightful Due during the Course of the Year.
Always scheduled on The Day after Presidents’ Day, this KOOPERSMITHIAN HOLIDATE tributes and attributes Vice Presidents everywhere – not only in Government and Politics but in high-powered Businesses & Trades across Corporate America (North & South), Europe, Africa, the Far East and wherever Presidents of Vice prevail. A Petition is now circulating whereby President’s Day and ASK’s Vice President’s Day ©1995 are permanently bonded making and legitimizing the First full 4-Day Weekend in US History (which will probably follow suit across The Globe).
Then, if you work, it’s another Day off with Pay, a full-fledged 4-Day Deluxe Weekend, minus U.S. Mail and Bill Delivery. You still may have to ‘pay the Meter’ unless you’re an upright Citizen abiding by the fully Green Statues of biking, rollerblading or strolling to work (instead). How sweet is that eventful, non-traditional Addition to Holidaydom?
Time will only tell.
Sign the Petition.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned for more Eventological Updates.
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. For TV/Radio & Webcasts: Invite Vice Presidents of various Groups (from corporate to non-profits) as Guests and/or Audience Participants. With ASK as an Interviewer for this Segment, in order to add some subtle Humor to the Situation, these VPs are allowed to air ‘The(ir) Vice and Advice’ before it hits the Nightly News.
2. ASK (as a Contributor to your Publication) writes an Article on famous Vice Presidents throughout History about their Motives & Styles and the Differences they made to Culture. Explore what they did in their Secondary Capacity which discusses the Honors of Vice Presidencies. To add an Ounce of Comedy, a Section can be utilized where they are allowed to air ‘The(ir) Vice and Advice.’
3. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 14TH year.
4. By the same token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
5. Vice Presidents' Day ©1995 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1,500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement
of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
From The Creator of PAY-A-COMPLIMENT DAY ©1995
PAY-A-COMPLIMENT DAY ©1995
slated annually for February 6
Celebrating its 14TH Year in 2008
“How did you ever think up that HOLIDATE?” is what hundreds of curious People have asked Ms. Koopersmith since she began this Goodwill Event nearly 14 years ago.” Adrienne begins: “I was in the right place at the right time when the Inspiration struck me. Would you like to hear the Story – the Eventological Formula? It’s quite easy to understand. It’s almost a Fable. I had boarded a CTA Bus #155 in my neighborhood early one morning. Bus drivers are told to only pick up riders at the designated stops although some People will run after a bus, as if in trying to hail a Taxi. This was the case. A Woman was half-a-block away from the Stop when the Bus rolled on past. The wind chill index was nearly zero; it was a bitterly, blustery February Day, the kind Chicago is well-known for. That’s why we’re thrilled February is a short month! The Bus Driver saw this frantic woman waving from his peripheral vision. I was already on board and watching the ‘Action.’ He immediately stopped the Bus and pulled over so she could hop-on-board. Delighted he had seen her (in stress), she ran to the Bus that had pulled over, boarded and thanked the driver profusely. This rare act(ion)saved her both time and waiting a spell in the severe cold. Who knows what she was hurrying off to. Perhaps a sick child in a hospital or another emergency? We will never know but can assume. Thinking of all the possibilities, when I got to my Stop and exiting the vehicle, I merely commented to the Bus Driver:
“I’m going to pay you a Compliment. Here it comes: 'That was really nice of you to stop for that Woman. A really decent thing to do...'”
He listened as he slowed the bus down and seemed genuinely pleased that I had witnessed that random Gesture of Kindness. later that day when in my Studio, that Episode then became the Basis for this HOLIDATE: PAY-A-COMPLIMENT DAY ©1995. The CTA Bus Driver's unselfish Act also warmed the Remainder of My Day and therefore, it’s now eventologically fixed to warm all other subsequent February Sixes.
WORKING DYNAMICS OF PAY-A-COMPLIMENT DAY ©1995: Only genuine and soulful Compliments are to be made Today. Nothing should be premeditated although thinking of how to compliment our Family Members, Lovers, Neighbors, Co-Workers or even a Stranger-on-the-Street is highly recommended. When a sincere Compliment comes straight from the Heart and a Glance is exchanged from a well-meaning and well-intentioned Person – when it comes from out-of-nowhere and is least expected, said Compliment is borne from a Special Place and arrives as a Total Surprise. That Action alone registers the Statement as a bona fide Compliment.
In the Coldth of Winter (here in The Northern Hemisphere), what could be finer than that? “What better way is there to warm up the Frigid Climes of early February than by PAC (Paying-A-Compliment)?” ADRIENNE asks. “FYI,” She adds: “PAY-A-COMPLIMENT DAY ©1995 is celebrated on August 8TH in the Southern Hemisphere.”
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. ASK (clad in a PAC Jacket with an emblazoned Logo & Insignia highlighted) approaches People-on-the-Street armed with a Camera Man & Microphones and stops Residents (of whatever Town she is hired to visit) to compliment them and/or tell them about PAC Day ©1995. This Effort is then used for Live Feeds and streaming Webcasts in order to spread the Goodwill Cheer to others who were not touched by a compliment on February 6.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 14TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. For TV/Radio & Webcasts: ASK & The Hosts of any Talk Show Medium hit 'The Streets' armed with Microphones and stop People, Workers and Visitors to graciously compliment them and/or tell them about PAC Day ©1995. All of this is televised.
5. Pay-A-Compliment Day ©1995 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1,500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
slated annually for February 6
Celebrating its 14TH Year in 2008
“How did you ever think up that HOLIDATE?” is what hundreds of curious People have asked Ms. Koopersmith since she began this Goodwill Event nearly 14 years ago.” Adrienne begins: “I was in the right place at the right time when the Inspiration struck me. Would you like to hear the Story – the Eventological Formula? It’s quite easy to understand. It’s almost a Fable. I had boarded a CTA Bus #155 in my neighborhood early one morning. Bus drivers are told to only pick up riders at the designated stops although some People will run after a bus, as if in trying to hail a Taxi. This was the case. A Woman was half-a-block away from the Stop when the Bus rolled on past. The wind chill index was nearly zero; it was a bitterly, blustery February Day, the kind Chicago is well-known for. That’s why we’re thrilled February is a short month! The Bus Driver saw this frantic woman waving from his peripheral vision. I was already on board and watching the ‘Action.’ He immediately stopped the Bus and pulled over so she could hop-on-board. Delighted he had seen her (in stress), she ran to the Bus that had pulled over, boarded and thanked the driver profusely. This rare act(ion)saved her both time and waiting a spell in the severe cold. Who knows what she was hurrying off to. Perhaps a sick child in a hospital or another emergency? We will never know but can assume. Thinking of all the possibilities, when I got to my Stop and exiting the vehicle, I merely commented to the Bus Driver:
“I’m going to pay you a Compliment. Here it comes: 'That was really nice of you to stop for that Woman. A really decent thing to do...'”
He listened as he slowed the bus down and seemed genuinely pleased that I had witnessed that random Gesture of Kindness. later that day when in my Studio, that Episode then became the Basis for this HOLIDATE: PAY-A-COMPLIMENT DAY ©1995. The CTA Bus Driver's unselfish Act also warmed the Remainder of My Day and therefore, it’s now eventologically fixed to warm all other subsequent February Sixes.
WORKING DYNAMICS OF PAY-A-COMPLIMENT DAY ©1995: Only genuine and soulful Compliments are to be made Today. Nothing should be premeditated although thinking of how to compliment our Family Members, Lovers, Neighbors, Co-Workers or even a Stranger-on-the-Street is highly recommended. When a sincere Compliment comes straight from the Heart and a Glance is exchanged from a well-meaning and well-intentioned Person – when it comes from out-of-nowhere and is least expected, said Compliment is borne from a Special Place and arrives as a Total Surprise. That Action alone registers the Statement as a bona fide Compliment.
In the Coldth of Winter (here in The Northern Hemisphere), what could be finer than that? “What better way is there to warm up the Frigid Climes of early February than by PAC (Paying-A-Compliment)?” ADRIENNE asks. “FYI,” She adds: “PAY-A-COMPLIMENT DAY ©1995 is celebrated on August 8TH in the Southern Hemisphere.”
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. ASK (clad in a PAC Jacket with an emblazoned Logo & Insignia highlighted) approaches People-on-the-Street armed with a Camera Man & Microphones and stops Residents (of whatever Town she is hired to visit) to compliment them and/or tell them about PAC Day ©1995. This Effort is then used for Live Feeds and streaming Webcasts in order to spread the Goodwill Cheer to others who were not touched by a compliment on February 6.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 14TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. For TV/Radio & Webcasts: ASK & The Hosts of any Talk Show Medium hit 'The Streets' armed with Microphones and stop People, Workers and Visitors to graciously compliment them and/or tell them about PAC Day ©1995. All of this is televised.
5. Pay-A-Compliment Day ©1995 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1,500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
From The Creator of LOST PENNY DAY ©1995
LOST PENNY DAY ©1995 slated annually for February 12
a/k/a: Pennies From Heaven Day ©1998
Celebrating its 14TH Year in 2008
You find them scattered about on the Streets. They are tossed into Coffee Cans and Shoe Boxes and left, if not forgotten. They do slightly help in paying escalating taxes. Surprisingly, enough of them do add up significantly over Time. Occurring on President Lincoln’s Birthday (who is one of only a few Presidents found on both a Coin & Paper Bill), ‘Honest Abe’ is ASK’s favorite President even if she had not lived and made Illinois her permanent Residence. “Mr. Lincoln’s Character deserved to be immortalized in the Passages of Eventology ® per ASK’s Iconoclastic Techniques” as is found in The Pages of the Premier LOST PENNY DAY ©1995 Book.
Original Thoughts and Writings on said HOLIDATE revealed that LOST PENNY DAY ©1995 was a Time to collect Pennies (year-round) and then to donate said Sta$h to a worthy Institution on February 12TH – Lincoln’s Birthday. After all, to a growing Segment of the Population (that was once the Middle Class), it’s easier to give a few Cents away than a Fin (slang for a Five Dollar Bill which Abraham Lincoln also graces).
Today (with Times being as trying, meager and non-supplemental as they are), those Pennies can be carefully saved and then put to better usage by purchasing a winning Lottery Ticket or an Item that may be on $ale at Resale Outlets & Posts. Other Proposals in the earliest of LOST PENNY DAY ©1995 Documentation foretold that Collections of those Lost Pennies should be given to The Charity of your Choice on February 12, honoring President Abraham Lincoln who is pictured on this Copper Coin.
“After all,” according to KOOPERSMITH: “When a Penny is found, it is no longer lost. Put it towards a Great Cause and the Spiritual Aspect (the 6TH of 8 Virtues) of EVENTOLOGY ® is revealed.” As President Lincoln’s 200TH Birthday draws near in February of 2009, stay tuned for more Eventological Festivities that ASK will be participating in penny-by-penny for that Gala. President Abe Lincoln was contacted in February of 1999 (for the 5TH Year Eventological Anniversary of (t)his HOLIDATE. No Voice was heard during this Séance but an Apparition appeared wearing a Stove Pipe Hat and full Beard Regalia (one of Mr. Lincoln’s later Styles of Dress), smiled and then left the Room, swinging the Door closed.
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. Lincoln’s 200TH Birthday takes place in February, 2009. With ASK as an Interviewer, contact the Experts at the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in Washington, DC to discuss their Preparations for this colossal, once-in-a-lifetime Anniversary and obtain their Insights as to the Merits of how ‘Petty Change can make an astounding Difference,’ coin-by-coin.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 14TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. With The Bicentennial Anniversary of Lincoln's Birthday coming up shortly, the Emphasis of all Media should focus (from February, 2008 - December, 2000) be on how the Common Man (Woman and Child) follow in the footsteps of this unrivaled Person who made his indelible mark in extraordinary Ways and at a harrowing time when civility was not to be reckoned with; when Life was bleak, depressing and difficult; while wars were fought on American Turf and his own Personal Demons needed to be confronted without the Medical Advancements we have available to date.
5. Lost Penny Day ©1995 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENTS:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1,500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
a/k/a: Pennies From Heaven Day ©1998
Celebrating its 14TH Year in 2008
You find them scattered about on the Streets. They are tossed into Coffee Cans and Shoe Boxes and left, if not forgotten. They do slightly help in paying escalating taxes. Surprisingly, enough of them do add up significantly over Time. Occurring on President Lincoln’s Birthday (who is one of only a few Presidents found on both a Coin & Paper Bill), ‘Honest Abe’ is ASK’s favorite President even if she had not lived and made Illinois her permanent Residence. “Mr. Lincoln’s Character deserved to be immortalized in the Passages of Eventology ® per ASK’s Iconoclastic Techniques” as is found in The Pages of the Premier LOST PENNY DAY ©1995 Book.
Original Thoughts and Writings on said HOLIDATE revealed that LOST PENNY DAY ©1995 was a Time to collect Pennies (year-round) and then to donate said Sta$h to a worthy Institution on February 12TH – Lincoln’s Birthday. After all, to a growing Segment of the Population (that was once the Middle Class), it’s easier to give a few Cents away than a Fin (slang for a Five Dollar Bill which Abraham Lincoln also graces).
Today (with Times being as trying, meager and non-supplemental as they are), those Pennies can be carefully saved and then put to better usage by purchasing a winning Lottery Ticket or an Item that may be on $ale at Resale Outlets & Posts. Other Proposals in the earliest of LOST PENNY DAY ©1995 Documentation foretold that Collections of those Lost Pennies should be given to The Charity of your Choice on February 12, honoring President Abraham Lincoln who is pictured on this Copper Coin.
“After all,” according to KOOPERSMITH: “When a Penny is found, it is no longer lost. Put it towards a Great Cause and the Spiritual Aspect (the 6TH of 8 Virtues) of EVENTOLOGY ® is revealed.” As President Lincoln’s 200TH Birthday draws near in February of 2009, stay tuned for more Eventological Festivities that ASK will be participating in penny-by-penny for that Gala. President Abe Lincoln was contacted in February of 1999 (for the 5TH Year Eventological Anniversary of (t)his HOLIDATE. No Voice was heard during this Séance but an Apparition appeared wearing a Stove Pipe Hat and full Beard Regalia (one of Mr. Lincoln’s later Styles of Dress), smiled and then left the Room, swinging the Door closed.
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. Lincoln’s 200TH Birthday takes place in February, 2009. With ASK as an Interviewer, contact the Experts at the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in Washington, DC to discuss their Preparations for this colossal, once-in-a-lifetime Anniversary and obtain their Insights as to the Merits of how ‘Petty Change can make an astounding Difference,’ coin-by-coin.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 14TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. With The Bicentennial Anniversary of Lincoln's Birthday coming up shortly, the Emphasis of all Media should focus (from February, 2008 - December, 2000) be on how the Common Man (Woman and Child) follow in the footsteps of this unrivaled Person who made his indelible mark in extraordinary Ways and at a harrowing time when civility was not to be reckoned with; when Life was bleak, depressing and difficult; while wars were fought on American Turf and his own Personal Demons needed to be confronted without the Medical Advancements we have available to date.
5. Lost Penny Day ©1995 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENTS:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1,500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
From The Creator of International Thank You Days ©1994 (5/6/8)
Far different from the traditional & commercialized Thanksgiving celebrated by Americans in late November, ASK’s International Thank You Days ©1994 (5/6/8) is an 8-Day Period in which to THANK PEOPLE from your Life, Past and Present for Kindnesses, Favors, Gestures & Generosities they have bestowed and granted you. These can be People you have lost contact with, but found in any Myriad of Ways or People you may have taken for granted (temporarily) but wish to finally THANK.
In Koopersmith’s Official ITYD Book, she has systematically compiled a List of Service People that salutes a certain Segment of Society on each Day of this 8-Day Period. The best Two Words to use while traveling through Life are “THANK YOU.” Adrienne explains: “This HOLIDATE was penned in honor of my Kindergarten Teacher, Miss Lucille Fritz, who not only taught my Father, Self, Brother & Sister the Things all 5 year olds should know, but who was inspirational in giving me my First Set of Crayons & Paper (aside from MOM, that is) in My Personal Quest (The MPQ Factor) to be The Best Creative Self that I can be (circa September of 1957 when I first left home and entered Kindergarten at Blackstone Grade School in Mendota, IL, a small farming community 100 miles SW of Chicago).”
ASK relays: “Miss Fritz has been gone for a long time, but never ever forgotten with each Piece of Paper I turn and Writing Instrument I pick up. She’s the ‘First Outsider I ever met who cared.’ We all have a Miss Fritz in our Lives.” At a Séance conjured up for Miss Fritz’s Take & Opinion on this HOLIDATE, the Spirit of Miss Fritz began to weep. Adrienne reminded her of the Chocolate Crinkle Cookies with the White Sprinkles of Powdered Sugar her Mother, Mrs. Betty Friend Koopersmith made and shared with her Class so long ago. At that pivotal point, Miss Fritz broke into a hardy laugh and thanked ASK for the heart-felt Dedication of this astounding 8-Day Celebration that indelibly is one of Pop Culture’s Best.
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. ASK pens an Article for your Publication as a Contributor on the Theory of Thanking and its Spiritual Connotations (of those 2 Words) which includes asking People-on-the-Street(s) who they are planning to (finally) thank others in their Life for this Event’s Celebration. Today with the onslaught of eMail, there is no credible Excuse not to be polite, courteous and thank anyone anymore. There just is no acceptable Excuse to be rude.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 15TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. For TV &/or Radio Broadcasts & Programming: Have Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith appear as a Guest on your Program where she will devote an Segment on the Act & Art of Thanking that are not subject to Commercialization. These Techniques will spotlight ASK’s above referenced HOLIDATE: ASK’s International Thank You Days ©1994 (5/6/8) and listing those (both near and afar) whom We wish to contact and tell those 2 precious and most meaningful Words to.
5. International Thank You Day ©1994 (5/6/8) has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1,500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
In Koopersmith’s Official ITYD Book, she has systematically compiled a List of Service People that salutes a certain Segment of Society on each Day of this 8-Day Period. The best Two Words to use while traveling through Life are “THANK YOU.” Adrienne explains: “This HOLIDATE was penned in honor of my Kindergarten Teacher, Miss Lucille Fritz, who not only taught my Father, Self, Brother & Sister the Things all 5 year olds should know, but who was inspirational in giving me my First Set of Crayons & Paper (aside from MOM, that is) in My Personal Quest (The MPQ Factor) to be The Best Creative Self that I can be (circa September of 1957 when I first left home and entered Kindergarten at Blackstone Grade School in Mendota, IL, a small farming community 100 miles SW of Chicago).”
ASK relays: “Miss Fritz has been gone for a long time, but never ever forgotten with each Piece of Paper I turn and Writing Instrument I pick up. She’s the ‘First Outsider I ever met who cared.’ We all have a Miss Fritz in our Lives.” At a Séance conjured up for Miss Fritz’s Take & Opinion on this HOLIDATE, the Spirit of Miss Fritz began to weep. Adrienne reminded her of the Chocolate Crinkle Cookies with the White Sprinkles of Powdered Sugar her Mother, Mrs. Betty Friend Koopersmith made and shared with her Class so long ago. At that pivotal point, Miss Fritz broke into a hardy laugh and thanked ASK for the heart-felt Dedication of this astounding 8-Day Celebration that indelibly is one of Pop Culture’s Best.
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. ASK pens an Article for your Publication as a Contributor on the Theory of Thanking and its Spiritual Connotations (of those 2 Words) which includes asking People-on-the-Street(s) who they are planning to (finally) thank others in their Life for this Event’s Celebration. Today with the onslaught of eMail, there is no credible Excuse not to be polite, courteous and thank anyone anymore. There just is no acceptable Excuse to be rude.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 15TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. For TV &/or Radio Broadcasts & Programming: Have Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith appear as a Guest on your Program where she will devote an Segment on the Act & Art of Thanking that are not subject to Commercialization. These Techniques will spotlight ASK’s above referenced HOLIDATE: ASK’s International Thank You Days ©1994 (5/6/8) and listing those (both near and afar) whom We wish to contact and tell those 2 precious and most meaningful Words to.
5. International Thank You Day ©1994 (5/6/8) has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1,500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
From The Creator of National Smith Day ©1995
National Smith Day ©1995 slated annually for January 6
Celebrating its 14TH Year in 2008
National Smith Day ©1995 was merely created as an intensive Means for me to easily trace my Ancestry (back) in order to locate other long, lost Relatives who may have dropped either the ‘KOOPER’ or the ‘SMITH’ in the Surname of: Koopersmith (which is my Last Name) when entering the USA in the early 1900s. While researching this common Phenomenon & Practice that destroys (a) Family’s Legacy (of Origins), I actually found and decided to put this Event on the Birth Date of the First Individual responsible for the Americanization & Assimilation of the United States, Captain John Smith, the English Colonial Leader who settled Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 thereby bringing so many People to our Shores (no matter what their Names were).
Wednesday, January 6, 1580 was his Birth Date, therefore, this HOLIDATE is appropriately dedicated to Captain Smith and the Efforts he set forth, post morten. And, also because of this KOOPERSMITHIAN Event (that was successfully launched in 1995), The General Population is exploring their own Genealogy and Name-Sakes and finding there’s nothing quite like tracing their Ancestry back…way back…in order to get in touch with their Real Roots and Heritage. Educational, Fun and a Learning Experience all rolled into one, ASK’s National Smith Day ©1995 is for those bona fide Smiths or Smith Wannabe’s.
This multi-faceted HOLIDATE also stresses the great Importance of ASKing (y)our Grandparents Questions about their Youth, Philosophies and Viewpoints while We are still blessed by having them with us. The Smithhood Standard remains as this: During a Séance held on Thursday, January 6, 1999 (upon the HOLIDATE’s 5TH Commemoration), Captain Smith was ‘called back from Beyond’ and in a Spontaneous Meeting discussed with ADRIENNE the Plethora of SMITHS (in Name and Occupation both) who have (at their Root) on other derivative Names as: Koopersmith, Coppersmith, Metalsmith, Goldsmith, Arrowsmith, Silversmith, etc. as Smith is the most Common Surname in the English Language.
Because of the Popularity of NATIONAL SMITH DAY ©1995, KOOPERSMITH has been asked by Fans to ‘expand this HOLIDATE.’ Currently, she is writing THE SMITH-O-PEDIA ® that objectively outlines The Dogma of NATIONAL SMITH DAY ©1995 on a wider perspective and those Subjects (as her Relatives) who have smithified ® the World. Her Card & Board Game entitled: NAME THAT SMITH ©1995-2007 will be released in early Spring, 2008.
THE OFFICIAL UNVEILING: For 2008, the First SOTY: Smith Of The Year ® Award is presented to Ms. Sheryl Andrea Smith of Solutions and Strategies (located in Chicago) who has spent 2 intensive Decades traveling and working across the World in the Capacity of Peacemaker & Conflict Management Mediator/Negotiator. To seek Ms. Smith’s Services or to interview her, email her directly at: solutionsandstrategies@yahoo.com after you have visited her Website at: http://www.solutionsandstrategies.com/id4.html
For those individuals who wish to be kept apprised of other top SMITHian Projects, Books, Endeavors throughout the upcoming year, break-throughs, accomplishments, etc., join Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s SMITH SYNDICATION SOCIETY ®. Membership is set at only $25.00 per Smith for 2008. “After all, it is a Brother-&-Sisterhood of Smiths,” ASK exclaims. Send your eMedia Releases to ASK at: askoopersmith@hotmail.com before the 3RD of each month. Your ‘News’ is then broadcast on the 6TH of every Month on her Blog, KOOPERSMITHin’ ®.
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. ASK to contribute an Article on VIS: Very Important Smiths in your Area and how this unique HOLIDATE ‘makes a staggering Difference’ and furthermore explores the Educational Angle by adding significantly to a School’s Curriculum.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 14TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. Give a Gift to all those in your Studio Audience (for TV Stations or Listeners, if Radio ) on this HOLIDATE who are Smiths via their IDs or any Derivative of this Name according to ASK’s Explanation of National Smith Day ©1995. Perhaps an all-expense Paid Trip to a Smith-Town/Ville/Burg (of which there are several across the Continental USA) could be the Grand Prize.
5. National Smith Day ©1995 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1, 500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
Celebrating its 14TH Year in 2008
National Smith Day ©1995 was merely created as an intensive Means for me to easily trace my Ancestry (back) in order to locate other long, lost Relatives who may have dropped either the ‘KOOPER’ or the ‘SMITH’ in the Surname of: Koopersmith (which is my Last Name) when entering the USA in the early 1900s. While researching this common Phenomenon & Practice that destroys (a) Family’s Legacy (of Origins), I actually found and decided to put this Event on the Birth Date of the First Individual responsible for the Americanization & Assimilation of the United States, Captain John Smith, the English Colonial Leader who settled Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 thereby bringing so many People to our Shores (no matter what their Names were).
Wednesday, January 6, 1580 was his Birth Date, therefore, this HOLIDATE is appropriately dedicated to Captain Smith and the Efforts he set forth, post morten. And, also because of this KOOPERSMITHIAN Event (that was successfully launched in 1995), The General Population is exploring their own Genealogy and Name-Sakes and finding there’s nothing quite like tracing their Ancestry back…way back…in order to get in touch with their Real Roots and Heritage. Educational, Fun and a Learning Experience all rolled into one, ASK’s National Smith Day ©1995 is for those bona fide Smiths or Smith Wannabe’s.
This multi-faceted HOLIDATE also stresses the great Importance of ASKing (y)our Grandparents Questions about their Youth, Philosophies and Viewpoints while We are still blessed by having them with us. The Smithhood Standard remains as this: During a Séance held on Thursday, January 6, 1999 (upon the HOLIDATE’s 5TH Commemoration), Captain Smith was ‘called back from Beyond’ and in a Spontaneous Meeting discussed with ADRIENNE the Plethora of SMITHS (in Name and Occupation both) who have (at their Root) on other derivative Names as: Koopersmith, Coppersmith, Metalsmith, Goldsmith, Arrowsmith, Silversmith, etc. as Smith is the most Common Surname in the English Language.
Because of the Popularity of NATIONAL SMITH DAY ©1995, KOOPERSMITH has been asked by Fans to ‘expand this HOLIDATE.’ Currently, she is writing THE SMITH-O-PEDIA ® that objectively outlines The Dogma of NATIONAL SMITH DAY ©1995 on a wider perspective and those Subjects (as her Relatives) who have smithified ® the World. Her Card & Board Game entitled: NAME THAT SMITH ©1995-2007 will be released in early Spring, 2008.
THE OFFICIAL UNVEILING: For 2008, the First SOTY: Smith Of The Year ® Award is presented to Ms. Sheryl Andrea Smith of Solutions and Strategies (located in Chicago) who has spent 2 intensive Decades traveling and working across the World in the Capacity of Peacemaker & Conflict Management Mediator/Negotiator. To seek Ms. Smith’s Services or to interview her, email her directly at: solutionsandstrategies@yahoo.com after you have visited her Website at: http://www.solutionsandstrategies.com/id4.html
For those individuals who wish to be kept apprised of other top SMITHian Projects, Books, Endeavors throughout the upcoming year, break-throughs, accomplishments, etc., join Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s SMITH SYNDICATION SOCIETY ®. Membership is set at only $25.00 per Smith for 2008. “After all, it is a Brother-&-Sisterhood of Smiths,” ASK exclaims. Send your eMedia Releases to ASK at: askoopersmith@hotmail.com before the 3RD of each month. Your ‘News’ is then broadcast on the 6TH of every Month on her Blog, KOOPERSMITHin’ ®.
TV, RADIO, WEBCASTS, PUBLICATION & STORY IDEAS:
1. ASK to contribute an Article on VIS: Very Important Smiths in your Area and how this unique HOLIDATE ‘makes a staggering Difference’ and furthermore explores the Educational Angle by adding significantly to a School’s Curriculum.
2. Assign one of your Senior Staff Writers to interview ASK regarding the 5W’s of Journalism and how she created this unique Event, now in its 14TH year.
3. By the same Token, you may wish to HIRE ASK for 2008 for your Publication in a Column called: ASK, THE EVENTOLOGIST ®.
4. Give a Gift to all those in your Studio Audience (for TV Stations or Listeners, if Radio ) on this HOLIDATE who are Smiths via their IDs or any Derivative of this Name according to ASK’s Explanation of National Smith Day ©1995. Perhaps an all-expense Paid Trip to a Smith-Town/Ville/Burg (of which there are several across the Continental USA) could be the Grand Prize.
5. National Smith Day ©1995 has been condensed into a 16-page Children’s Book, suitable for ages 3-8 in order for them to be properly introduced to the Eventological Style of Living Life in the 21ST Century. That Equation focuses on a healthier and wiser Outlook, instilling the Eight (8) Virtues that ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith inspires in others and promotes under the Auspices of:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The ART of EVENT-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990.
An Assortment of Chicago Talent (Illustrators, Fine Artists, Water Colorists, Graphic Artists, Computer Graphic Artists and Cartoonists, as well as using ASK’s own Photographs) have been employed to illustrate said HOLIDATE ® according to Koopersmith’s specific Instructions. An astute Book Publisher (preferably from New York City) who has been in the Book Industry for 50+ years is currently being sought to distribute this poignant Series. Her ultimate Plan includes all 1,500+ of these classic, unique and original HOLIDATES, a complete Series (that fall into 35 specific Categories) and deluxe EVENT-O-PEDIA ® Set.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Booklets and/or Info Sheets are/were created for this and the other 1, 500+ HOLIDATES (that are housed in 35 distinct Genres) and are updated regularly. ASK’s EVENT-O-PEDIA ® was released in 1997. Upon EVENTOLOGY’s 20TH Year Anniversary, another EVENT Encyclopedia will be published.
PREDICTIONS FOR 2008: According to ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH, Thematic Events are now aptly called:
EVENTHEMES ®
This Concept is elaborated moreso in THE CHRONICLES OF EVENTOLOGY ® and is the Basis of KOOPERSMITH’s 1,500+ HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE. All HOLIDATES ® are meticulously placed on specifically chosen Dates of Appeal and specialized Seasons of The Year and have a decisive Theme and Drill that can be used for a wide Array of School Curriculums, Parties, Marketing Studies, Slow News Days, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Gatherings, Radio & TV Programming, Life-in-General, etc.
Because People are partial and gravitate towards Themes (in which they can plan future Activities around), ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH’s HOLIDATES (that fall into 35 specific Categories) are ideal in which to layout a Calendar, an Editorial Month or a Family’s, Individuals’, Media or School’s Agenda.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND/OR PLAGIARISM ACTS:
All HOLIDATES ® are copyrighted, protected by Law and archived in Washington, D.C. since July 25, 1990 when EVENTOLOGY officially was launched. None of these Events can be used in any Form without notifying and gaining the Express Permission of its Creator and Author: ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
©1990-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Any Copyright Infringement of these HOLIDATES will be immediately turned over to Legal Prosecutors.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
KOOPERSMITHin: When in doubt, check ART out...at THE ARCHITROUVE, Chicago's Leading Art Gallery
KOOPERSMITHin' #7
A Look @ Pop Art at its Best
By: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Koopersmith's Global Communications
"People read what Adrienne writes about..."
Chicago, IL USA
DateLine: Thursday, December 13, 2007
Chicago, IL USA: There's nothing finer than looking at Art, especially so when it's something that has extraordinary value to it. But then, what's of interest or value to one person need not be to another. However we view Art, one show that is sure to excite the Masses in the Midwest (located here on Chicago's Trendy Art Mile) is the Event thrown by:
THE ARCHITROUVE
1433 West Chicago Av in Chicago 60622
P: 312-563-0977
F: 312-563-1011
where for 3 days ONLY the First Annual Fine Art Rescue Salon Exhibition will take place. Those Dates are: Thursday - Saturday: December 20-21-22.
From 9AM - 9 PM on Thurs./Fri.
Sunday Hours are: 10AM - 5 PM.
The(ir) entire collection of Fine Art will be available for purchase. This is your opportunity - a rare one indeed - in which to acquire Fine Art at a terrific value in time for the holidays and for making your Home look incredulous as 2008 rolls in.
How do you spell: Affordable?
Indeed check out: http://thearchitrouve.com/
and ask for Ms. Tonya Pyatt, the Director (at tpyatt@bodtfineart.com) for more info about this or any upcoming Art Shows in the New Year ahead they are or will be hosting.
A Look @ Pop Art at its Best
By: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Koopersmith's Global Communications
"People read what Adrienne writes about..."
Chicago, IL USA
DateLine: Thursday, December 13, 2007
Chicago, IL USA: There's nothing finer than looking at Art, especially so when it's something that has extraordinary value to it. But then, what's of interest or value to one person need not be to another. However we view Art, one show that is sure to excite the Masses in the Midwest (located here on Chicago's Trendy Art Mile) is the Event thrown by:
THE ARCHITROUVE
1433 West Chicago Av in Chicago 60622
P: 312-563-0977
F: 312-563-1011
where for 3 days ONLY the First Annual Fine Art Rescue Salon Exhibition will take place. Those Dates are: Thursday - Saturday: December 20-21-22.
From 9AM - 9 PM on Thurs./Fri.
Sunday Hours are: 10AM - 5 PM.
The(ir) entire collection of Fine Art will be available for purchase. This is your opportunity - a rare one indeed - in which to acquire Fine Art at a terrific value in time for the holidays and for making your Home look incredulous as 2008 rolls in.
How do you spell: Affordable?
Indeed check out: http://thearchitrouve.com/
and ask for Ms. Tonya Pyatt, the Director (at tpyatt@bodtfineart.com) for more info about this or any upcoming Art Shows in the New Year ahead they are or will be hosting.
Monday, December 3, 2007
KOOPERSMITHIN' - The Zoey Effect enlists Chicago's Top Artistic Talent
KOOPERSMITHin’ ®
#6
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s
#6
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s
Inner Outlooks on Pop Culture & its Affects.
Dateline: Monday, December 3, 2007
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
TOPICS:
When Friendship outlasts the Test of Time
The Zoey Effect launches Chicago's Top Artistic Talent
Dateline: Monday, December 3, 2007
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
TOPICS:
When Friendship outlasts the Test of Time
The Zoey Effect launches Chicago's Top Artistic Talent
At the end of the year, We often think of kicking ourselves. “IF ONLY” is the lament. But since each Day proves to be a New Beginning and Fresh Start, sometimes LATER is SOONER than We think on our Agendas. With that Thought in the Forethought of my Mind, One Practice I should have begun doing since Kindergarten Days circa 1957 is to keep better track of People I had met. All it would have taken is a notebook of paper. Especially so in my later teen years when I began to socialize more and ‘Make The Scene’ which ranged from Fashion to Music to Civic to Scholastic Circles. That way, I could have kept better Tabs on everyone who had given me their Cards.
Of course, back then (from 1965-1971) when I was somewhere close to or between 13-19, I really had no Thought of the importance of keeping business cards or numbers scratched out on a scrap of paper for future business endeavors. I had my select Circle of Friends and that ‘was it.’ We also didn’t have the Internet in which to keep in communicato much better than by mailing off a letter, postcard or yearly Holiday Wish. Today, with all those Modern Conveniences set in place as well as tele-cell-phones and delivery trucks & planes that deliver your VO: Valued Opinions within a few days, staying in contact and in-touch is easier than ever before. You don’t even need to leave home to do it. You have NO excuse.
Not only that, anyone can become an instant Sleuth or Sherlock and locate People from an earlier time, age and era. There are many more FOUNDS than LOSTS these days due to the Wonders of High Technology.
FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL: Breaking that Bad & Nasty Habit today may be the start of something much bigger and better in My Life. Since BLOGS give Individuals (of all Writing & Spelling Levels and Degrees) the Opportunity to communicate and connect with:
their Loved Ones;
Others they don’t know that well; and
even still Others who are rather unbeknownst to them who may be living worlds apart,
Kevin Bacon’s 6 Degrees of Separation should be at the 1.5-2 Mark by the Close of the Year. His Formula somehow has always amazed and amused me since he first set it loose.
As a Spin-Off of my First Blog, Chicagology 101 ® which ran on Winnipeg’s Hotels by City’s Website from January-May, 2007, promoting People (who deserve to be known and renown) has always been Centerfield in my Mind. Needless to say, Chicago is full of Great Talents in every Art that needs to be granted more Exposure than they (many times unfortunately) do not receive.
What could be better than to do this on the Date in which a very Dear & Precious Friend and major Music Talent, ZOEY (Buckley) appeared in my eMail Box? The last Time I heard or saw Zoey was in July of 1988. This Morning as I retrieved my Email, there was a Note from her! 19 years later, she still remembered! Thanks to the Internet and I would presume Google is where she found me – alive, well, playing and blogging in Chicago – although she moved Time Zones away back during the 1900s.
CALL IT THE ‘ZOEY EFFECT’:
Therefore, for those of you who think SAVING CONTACT INFO is a great idea and not actually replete with Nuances and Overtones of Clutter, Disorganization or Pack-Rattedness, by all means begin to categorize your Network. Furthermore, tell your younger Friends, Daughters, Sons, Nieces and Nephews to keep those Cards, Phone Numbers and eMail Addresses in a sound and safe spot. After all, We’re all just an Enote away and you never know who is thinking about you…How nice is that. As nice as can be if you “ASK” me…
NOW: In my particular Breakdown of “Who’s Who” that I want to keep up with, I have my Categories broken into:
Personal, Business & Artists-You-Should-Know.
Being and having an in-depth Knowledge and feel for THE FINE & LIVELY ARTS, I know how to spot gifted Talent a mile away with 1 eye closed; the other one asleep.
In my initial Launch today of:
‘PEOPLE WHO SHOULD KNOW ARTISTIC PEOPLE’
are 3 Chicago-based Artists whose Talents are universally appealing. Unfortunately, I did not begin collecting and saving their Names when I first entered the Art World in 1971 and attended my First Art Reception. If so, my List would (most likely) contain an infinite number of all-time Greats that span the World.
Of course, back then (from 1965-1971) when I was somewhere close to or between 13-19, I really had no Thought of the importance of keeping business cards or numbers scratched out on a scrap of paper for future business endeavors. I had my select Circle of Friends and that ‘was it.’ We also didn’t have the Internet in which to keep in communicato much better than by mailing off a letter, postcard or yearly Holiday Wish. Today, with all those Modern Conveniences set in place as well as tele-cell-phones and delivery trucks & planes that deliver your VO: Valued Opinions within a few days, staying in contact and in-touch is easier than ever before. You don’t even need to leave home to do it. You have NO excuse.
Not only that, anyone can become an instant Sleuth or Sherlock and locate People from an earlier time, age and era. There are many more FOUNDS than LOSTS these days due to the Wonders of High Technology.
FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL: Breaking that Bad & Nasty Habit today may be the start of something much bigger and better in My Life. Since BLOGS give Individuals (of all Writing & Spelling Levels and Degrees) the Opportunity to communicate and connect with:
their Loved Ones;
Others they don’t know that well; and
even still Others who are rather unbeknownst to them who may be living worlds apart,
Kevin Bacon’s 6 Degrees of Separation should be at the 1.5-2 Mark by the Close of the Year. His Formula somehow has always amazed and amused me since he first set it loose.
As a Spin-Off of my First Blog, Chicagology 101 ® which ran on Winnipeg’s Hotels by City’s Website from January-May, 2007, promoting People (who deserve to be known and renown) has always been Centerfield in my Mind. Needless to say, Chicago is full of Great Talents in every Art that needs to be granted more Exposure than they (many times unfortunately) do not receive.
What could be better than to do this on the Date in which a very Dear & Precious Friend and major Music Talent, ZOEY (Buckley) appeared in my eMail Box? The last Time I heard or saw Zoey was in July of 1988. This Morning as I retrieved my Email, there was a Note from her! 19 years later, she still remembered! Thanks to the Internet and I would presume Google is where she found me – alive, well, playing and blogging in Chicago – although she moved Time Zones away back during the 1900s.
CALL IT THE ‘ZOEY EFFECT’:
Therefore, for those of you who think SAVING CONTACT INFO is a great idea and not actually replete with Nuances and Overtones of Clutter, Disorganization or Pack-Rattedness, by all means begin to categorize your Network. Furthermore, tell your younger Friends, Daughters, Sons, Nieces and Nephews to keep those Cards, Phone Numbers and eMail Addresses in a sound and safe spot. After all, We’re all just an Enote away and you never know who is thinking about you…How nice is that. As nice as can be if you “ASK” me…
NOW: In my particular Breakdown of “Who’s Who” that I want to keep up with, I have my Categories broken into:
Personal, Business & Artists-You-Should-Know.
Being and having an in-depth Knowledge and feel for THE FINE & LIVELY ARTS, I know how to spot gifted Talent a mile away with 1 eye closed; the other one asleep.
In my initial Launch today of:
‘PEOPLE WHO SHOULD KNOW ARTISTIC PEOPLE’
are 3 Chicago-based Artists whose Talents are universally appealing. Unfortunately, I did not begin collecting and saving their Names when I first entered the Art World in 1971 and attended my First Art Reception. If so, my List would (most likely) contain an infinite number of all-time Greats that span the World.
Better late than never…
MEETING CHRISTIE, SARA & VANESSA:
But today, We are starting with 3 Great Talents based in Chicago (one of the Top 3 Cities in the continental USA) whose Works are so original and developmentally advanced that if you only had 3 Items in your Homes, these would be those. Therefore, feel free to visit their Websites and introduce yourself to REAL ART 24/7 with:
Christie Chew-Wallace ‘A Damn Fine Artist’
www.christiechew-wallace.com
Sara Nadler, Original Fabric Creations. Muktropolis: A Haven for Handmade ®
mukdesigns.com
Vanessa Walilko, Jewelry Designer
http://www.gianessadesigns.com
ATTENTION ALL INTERIOR DESIGNERS, ART AFICIONADOS & COLLECTORS:
“Stay tuned for the Third of each Month in which I will again list the TOP ARTISTS I have met. If We only have One Life to live, it should be filled with the Best Art Life has to offer. You’ll find those Listings here.”
Quote of: ASK
Monday, December 03, 2007 – 2:24 PM CST
Christie Chew-Wallace ‘A Damn Fine Artist’
www.christiechew-wallace.com
Sara Nadler, Original Fabric Creations. Muktropolis: A Haven for Handmade ®
mukdesigns.com
Vanessa Walilko, Jewelry Designer
http://www.gianessadesigns.com
ATTENTION ALL INTERIOR DESIGNERS, ART AFICIONADOS & COLLECTORS:
“Stay tuned for the Third of each Month in which I will again list the TOP ARTISTS I have met. If We only have One Life to live, it should be filled with the Best Art Life has to offer. You’ll find those Listings here.”
Quote of: ASK
Monday, December 03, 2007 – 2:24 PM CST
And, just think: You may never have to kick yourself again...
Friday, November 30, 2007
KOOPERSMITHin' - Find Your Lost Items here, Chicago!
KOOPERSMITHin’ ®
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s
Inner Outlooks on Pop Culture & its Affects.
Inner Outlooks on Pop Culture & its Affects.
Dateline: Friday, November 30, 2007
TOPIC:
THE LAUNCH OF KLAF: KOOPERSMITH’s LOST AND FOUND
"Chicagoans One-Shop LOST AND FOUND Stop:
"Chicagoans One-Shop LOST AND FOUND Stop:
It’s no LAF-fing Matter when someone loses something. Sometimes it can be quite devastating, to say the least. From House or Car Keys to Cameras to Cell Phones to Purses and Wallet to stray Pets roaming around, I find it all, especially moreso the last 10.5 years that I have been increasing my Daily Outings via my Bike. These Affects and Possessions are vital Parts of People’s Lives. Sometimes, they cannot function without them.
Lose a Wallet and you’re suddenly ID-less. There goes your Identity out-the-window. Regaining those Documents takes Time & Effort, besides the Fact that they can be used in sinister and criminal Ways if they fall into the hands of an Outlaw.
Lose your Cell Phone and there goes your Network – everyone you’ve ever known is suddenly gone.
Cameras that capture those priceless Moments that are lost (forever) do not ‘for Memories make…’
Therefore, with all this in mind and the Fact that the Internet can further enable any kind of Habit, Routine or Business, after 10.5 years of finding such Treasures, I have decided to make better use of this Literary & Creative BLOG and launch THE CHICAGO BRANCH of:
KLAF: Koopersmith’s LOST AND FOUND
Lose a Wallet and you’re suddenly ID-less. There goes your Identity out-the-window. Regaining those Documents takes Time & Effort, besides the Fact that they can be used in sinister and criminal Ways if they fall into the hands of an Outlaw.
Lose your Cell Phone and there goes your Network – everyone you’ve ever known is suddenly gone.
Cameras that capture those priceless Moments that are lost (forever) do not ‘for Memories make…’
Therefore, with all this in mind and the Fact that the Internet can further enable any kind of Habit, Routine or Business, after 10.5 years of finding such Treasures, I have decided to make better use of this Literary & Creative BLOG and launch THE CHICAGO BRANCH of:
KLAF: Koopersmith’s LOST AND FOUND
that will list Items every Friday other Chicagoans or I have lost. Feel free to do this in your City. It’s really a vital Service.
This Free Service is to make it a One-Time Spot for People to list Articles (A-Z) that they’ve found while ‘out and about.’ Write-up what you found describing what it is and where (the Area) you found said Object(s) along with your Phone Number and/or eMail Address (a contact Number). Send it to me via Email and I’ll post it on KOOPERSMITHIN’ ®.
Also, for those who have lost something; they can write in also and state where that Item may have been lost.
Although it is better to GIVE than to RECEIVE, Returning is Part of that Humanistic Relationship. Become an instant Hero or Shero: Return a lost Pet, Wallet, Camera, Purse or Cell-Phone today. It all starts ‘write’ here.
ITEM #1 LOST:
Date: Friday, Nov. 23, 2007 - @ 7:15 AM.
This Free Service is to make it a One-Time Spot for People to list Articles (A-Z) that they’ve found while ‘out and about.’ Write-up what you found describing what it is and where (the Area) you found said Object(s) along with your Phone Number and/or eMail Address (a contact Number). Send it to me via Email and I’ll post it on KOOPERSMITHIN’ ®.
Also, for those who have lost something; they can write in also and state where that Item may have been lost.
Although it is better to GIVE than to RECEIVE, Returning is Part of that Humanistic Relationship. Become an instant Hero or Shero: Return a lost Pet, Wallet, Camera, Purse or Cell-Phone today. It all starts ‘write’ here.
ITEM #1 LOST:
Date: Friday, Nov. 23, 2007 - @ 7:15 AM.
ITEM Lost: Canon Camera - Model - Canon PowerShot SD550 in Black Casing
Found: Near 515 West Barry in Chicago – Lakeview Neighborhood, near the Curb.
Contact: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith via eMail at:
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Going Green without Cigarettes. Butting Out for Optimal Health.
KOOPERSMITHin’ ®
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s
Inner Outlooks on Pop Culture &
its (sometimes Devastating) Affects.
Dateline: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
TOPIC:
‘Butting Out’ of the Smoking Camp
Up In Smoke: Let Me Count The Ways
‘Butting Out’ of the Smoking Camp
Up In Smoke: Let Me Count The Ways
Smokers should be taken out, shot and systematically eliminated from The Planet. If that’s too Hitlerian in nature, then, they should be heavily fined and/or imprisoned. Smoking is not KING. As addicted Smokers drive hundreds of miles to buy cheaper brands out-of-state, now is the time to put the Curse of Smoking to rest.
For Decades now, Smokers have unthinkingly contributed to polluting our Airwaves and destroying the sensitive Eco-System which is already in extremely dire Condition, worsening the Ozone Levels with every Puff taken. Furthermore, many Cigarettes are responsible for Forest Fires that lay Waste to huge Plots of Land, Life, Livelihoods, Wildlife and Homesteads.
Others who fall asleep in the Middle of a Cigarette have caused Devastation on and of their own without even realizing it.
Besides smelling like a reproachable Dragon and complete Turnoff in the same Puff, smoke-filled Rooms wreak havoc and wreck Clothes that need to be immediately dry-cleaned and laundered before wearing again.
Then, there’s Second Hand Smoke that also takes its deadly Toll on People by causing Lung Cancer and Respiratory Problems as badly as if the Person (who inhales) smoked his or her own Cigarette. Merely a Decade ago, the Topic of Second Hand Smoke was barely News. Today, there are 2,060,000 Entries on Google – probably as many Hits as those who will die globally of the Addiction and its Complications in a relatively short period of time.
You don’t smoke Nature. It’s just that pure and simple, nor do you put other’s Health at Risk for the sake of a meaningless Cigarette or Cigar.
Will Smokers ever learn how unattractive and vile their Cigarette or Cigar really is? Can’t they locate another Prop to stand behind or find the Root of this tormenting and expensive Addiction that not only affects them personally in a slew of Debilitating Ways, but their loved ones, neighbors and planet-at-large?
BUTTS OUT, PLANET EARTH: Cigarette Butts are the biggest Form of Littering on the Planet. No Portion of a Modern Cigarette is bio-degradable. The only Characters coming out ahead in this deadly Game are the Cigarette Trade comprised of the Tobacco Firms, Cigarette Manufacturers and Distributors, who are actively killing off The Species – Mankind –with every Cigarette placed into the Marketplace. Fines and Imprisonment certainly would not look too appealing on their resumes.
Although no Studies have been done on this Hypothesis, I would presume that Second Hand Smoke also complicates your precious Pet’s (be it a Cat, Bird or Dog) Life as well, shortening it by a large percentage as well as any Children who may still be home.
Should Cigarette & Cigar Smoking be considered Domestic Violence? In a way, it could be categorized as that as the Fumes are killing off those in your Home if Smoking is condoned. Even if a Smoker goes out to smoke, he/she is then polluting the Natural Environment. No one should suffer at the Hands (and Lips) of a Smoker.
In the Evolutionary Line-up, have you ever wondered why Animals don’t smoke? Is it because they are smarter than Mankind and do not need the Rush a Cigarette provides? Sorrowfully, as it is, since they can’t speak to us and inform us of their much wiser Decision, We may never know. But we definitely can take Clues from them.
The next Time a Smoker blows a few Smoke Rings in your Face choking out the fresh Air surrounding you, smack him (or her) in the Face; dunk their head in a Vat of Cold Water and pull the Carpet out from under him or her. If their Self-Esteem is that low and they’re ‘going down,’ let them leave this Scene on their own Will and Volition without taking down those who choose to live a clean and refreshing Cigarette-free Life.
The harsh Reality is: Smoking kills every Entity it comes in contact with. The Act of Smoking is a losing Proposition fed by Addiction, Nervousness and the twisted Desire not to choose better and healthier Lifestyle Habits. Smokers may be predispositioned and born with a Mutant Gene, much like those suffering Bouts of Clinical Depression or Schizophrenia. That can be left to Doctors and Scientists to discover. In Today’s Modern Age where Change is always emphasized and admired, a few Critical Steps can lead to a smoke-free Life, adding years to a Person(ality) that just may be worth saving.
Just ask Smokey (The Bear), whose Species have been roaming the Planet for 3-5 million years. He would unanimously agree with each sentenced Statement.
For Decades now, Smokers have unthinkingly contributed to polluting our Airwaves and destroying the sensitive Eco-System which is already in extremely dire Condition, worsening the Ozone Levels with every Puff taken. Furthermore, many Cigarettes are responsible for Forest Fires that lay Waste to huge Plots of Land, Life, Livelihoods, Wildlife and Homesteads.
Others who fall asleep in the Middle of a Cigarette have caused Devastation on and of their own without even realizing it.
Besides smelling like a reproachable Dragon and complete Turnoff in the same Puff, smoke-filled Rooms wreak havoc and wreck Clothes that need to be immediately dry-cleaned and laundered before wearing again.
Then, there’s Second Hand Smoke that also takes its deadly Toll on People by causing Lung Cancer and Respiratory Problems as badly as if the Person (who inhales) smoked his or her own Cigarette. Merely a Decade ago, the Topic of Second Hand Smoke was barely News. Today, there are 2,060,000 Entries on Google – probably as many Hits as those who will die globally of the Addiction and its Complications in a relatively short period of time.
You don’t smoke Nature. It’s just that pure and simple, nor do you put other’s Health at Risk for the sake of a meaningless Cigarette or Cigar.
Will Smokers ever learn how unattractive and vile their Cigarette or Cigar really is? Can’t they locate another Prop to stand behind or find the Root of this tormenting and expensive Addiction that not only affects them personally in a slew of Debilitating Ways, but their loved ones, neighbors and planet-at-large?
BUTTS OUT, PLANET EARTH: Cigarette Butts are the biggest Form of Littering on the Planet. No Portion of a Modern Cigarette is bio-degradable. The only Characters coming out ahead in this deadly Game are the Cigarette Trade comprised of the Tobacco Firms, Cigarette Manufacturers and Distributors, who are actively killing off The Species – Mankind –with every Cigarette placed into the Marketplace. Fines and Imprisonment certainly would not look too appealing on their resumes.
Although no Studies have been done on this Hypothesis, I would presume that Second Hand Smoke also complicates your precious Pet’s (be it a Cat, Bird or Dog) Life as well, shortening it by a large percentage as well as any Children who may still be home.
Should Cigarette & Cigar Smoking be considered Domestic Violence? In a way, it could be categorized as that as the Fumes are killing off those in your Home if Smoking is condoned. Even if a Smoker goes out to smoke, he/she is then polluting the Natural Environment. No one should suffer at the Hands (and Lips) of a Smoker.
In the Evolutionary Line-up, have you ever wondered why Animals don’t smoke? Is it because they are smarter than Mankind and do not need the Rush a Cigarette provides? Sorrowfully, as it is, since they can’t speak to us and inform us of their much wiser Decision, We may never know. But we definitely can take Clues from them.
The next Time a Smoker blows a few Smoke Rings in your Face choking out the fresh Air surrounding you, smack him (or her) in the Face; dunk their head in a Vat of Cold Water and pull the Carpet out from under him or her. If their Self-Esteem is that low and they’re ‘going down,’ let them leave this Scene on their own Will and Volition without taking down those who choose to live a clean and refreshing Cigarette-free Life.
The harsh Reality is: Smoking kills every Entity it comes in contact with. The Act of Smoking is a losing Proposition fed by Addiction, Nervousness and the twisted Desire not to choose better and healthier Lifestyle Habits. Smokers may be predispositioned and born with a Mutant Gene, much like those suffering Bouts of Clinical Depression or Schizophrenia. That can be left to Doctors and Scientists to discover. In Today’s Modern Age where Change is always emphasized and admired, a few Critical Steps can lead to a smoke-free Life, adding years to a Person(ality) that just may be worth saving.
Just ask Smokey (The Bear), whose Species have been roaming the Planet for 3-5 million years. He would unanimously agree with each sentenced Statement.
Monday, November 26, 2007
There's No Lead in this TOY! GORF: The Icon of The Green Movement - November, 2007 Update.
K O O P E R S M I T H i n’
LIVE FROM:
GORF Werks Central ®
%: ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
KEEPER OF THE FROG, GORF
Chicago - chicaGORF - Illinois USA
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
DateLine: Monday, November 26, 2007
Topics Entailed:
GORF Werks Central ®
%: ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
KEEPER OF THE FROG, GORF
Chicago - chicaGORF - Illinois USA
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
DateLine: Monday, November 26, 2007
Topics Entailed:
How One FUN-atical BabyBoomer
embraces her Favorite Toys in Shades of Green…
The Epitome of FUN. Advancing the Cause of The Frog.
“There’s No Lead in this TOY!” ©2007
The Epitome of FUN. Advancing the Cause of The Frog.
“There’s No Lead in this TOY!” ©2007
Chicago, Illinois USA: Well, there you have it: Global Warming. At this critical Point in our Collective History and Conscience, it evidently cannot be denied. Even if you don’t really label The Phenomena as ‘Global Warming,’ the Earth hardly resembles what it was when I was GUK: Growing Up Koopersmith in Mendota, Illinois (a small Farming Community 100 miles southwest of Chicago in the Midwest’s renown ‘Heartland’) back in the 1950s and 1960s.
Having turned 55 on August 9TH, I’ve seen Plenty of Action1 happen within the last 19,810 Days (to date). Within that Spell:
I’ve downed 59,990+ Meals;
My Heart has beaten 2,295,640,080+ Times (thank Goodness!)
I’ve methodically blinked over 265,651,140 Times, without Interruption.
For this Period, my Sleeping Bank has booked: 6,947+ Hours or 992-3/7 Weeks which is 17-2/13 Years, comprising slightly 1/3 of my Total Age to date. No Statistics on Hibernation (the Time spent in a comatose state-of-mind) were available although many Species find this as an acceptable daily function.
Throughout this Kernel of Time, I have noticed and noted Issues pertaining to The Planet that show it is decaying away at breakneck speeds that The Guinness Book of World Records needs to register.
The Times are not stagnating; they are a’changin 2 radically and beyond our wildest Observations and Understanding.
To partially paraphrase Richey Cunningham: Those were “The Happier Days” when four (4) distinct Seasons abounded. We knew April Showers would bring May Flowers (and the Mayflower brought The Pilgrims, of course). The intolerable and sweltering Heat Index was non-existent and no brutally Cold Index would report Temperatures that felt Sub-Arctic on the open Flesh.
NATURE AS THE TERRORIST:
Nor did We experience such unpredictable Stormcasts consisting of terrifically forceful Winds or continual seismic Blasts of Tornados, Tsunamis and/or Hurricanes. Harrowing Episodes continue to occur somewhere on Planet Earth when nearly entire States either catch on Fire; are completely flooded destroying homes, livelihoods, wildlife and history or dreadfully dry up, becoming arid Wastelands. Modern Technology and Communications broadcast each unfolding Story that was virtually unheard of only 100 years ago. To coincide with this Statement:
On Monday, November 26, 2007, National News Reports stated that Natural Disasters have tripled the last Decade due to Global Warming. Never before has such an Impact been felt on Civilizations.
“These Damages affect the entire Economy of a Nation with a rippling Defect felt across The Planet in social, political and civic arenas. The Possibility of becoming Homeless has never been greater with the strong Arm of Mother Nature striking at any Moment, without too much (if any) prior Warning.”
Quote of: ASK
Thursday, November 22, 2007 – 4:49 AM
A CLIMACTIC TALE: My Family (minus my Brother, Joe who opted to ‘stay home alone’) hunkered down and rode out Hurricane Camille that struck the City of New Orleans on Sunday, August 17, 1969. To that point in Contemporary Weather Forecasting History, Hurricane Camille was the worst Hurricane to hit landfall. That Natural Phenomena clearly signaled (to me) the Frailty and Fragileness of Life. Since that fate-filled Day, I truly appreciate each Day for itself. No National Holiday with Parades, Department Store Early Bird or Night Owl Super-Discounts and Time-off-from-Work-with-Pay are necessary. Periods of Peace & Tranquility are measured by the Distance between Natural Catastrophes due to the Fact that We are at the Mercy of Nature no matter what our Financial Status is. This grateful Mindset (that I fortunately acquired at a Tender Age) later catapulted into The Backbone and Foundation of my originally-inspired Literary Creation called:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The Art of Event-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990
that houses more than 1,500 HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE ® which embarked on Wednesday, July 25, 1990 at 9:45 PM.
FAST-FORWARDING TO THE NOW MOMENT:
“Today, The Environment is radically changing all Aspects of Our Lives. To survive, We must adapt to its Ways or perish as a Species. Immortality does not exist. Work urgently needs to be undertaken to recycle, reuse, restore and salvage what We have in order to save those Creatures whose very Lives are threatened, including Ourselves. All other Activities must be put on-hold or suspended till this Issue is methodically resolved.”
Quote of: ASK
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 – 9:30 AM CST
Startling as it overtly appears in Words: “I would not be surprised to discover that Mankind himself is on the Endangered Species List. Weather Advisories dictate our Days. With the Torrents of Damages, Diseases, Ailments, Genocide and Terrorism (Man-against-Man) already occurring on our Planet that is the current and inferred Route. No Locale is spared this Wrath of Inhumanity as History has cyclically depicted.
“MY POA: PLAN OF ACTION: I’m not a Scientist. I’m not a Teacher. I’m not affiliated with a(ny) Major Corporation. Probably rating more as an ardent and dedicated Creative Idealist, what I do is ‘Natural Exercise’ by walking and/or biking around Chicago carrying a terrific Symbol that exemplifies The Global Warming Crisis. Armed with a 24.5” tall TOY FROG with an infectious 11” Smile who I have cleverly named:
Having turned 55 on August 9TH, I’ve seen Plenty of Action1 happen within the last 19,810 Days (to date). Within that Spell:
I’ve downed 59,990+ Meals;
My Heart has beaten 2,295,640,080+ Times (thank Goodness!)
I’ve methodically blinked over 265,651,140 Times, without Interruption.
For this Period, my Sleeping Bank has booked: 6,947+ Hours or 992-3/7 Weeks which is 17-2/13 Years, comprising slightly 1/3 of my Total Age to date. No Statistics on Hibernation (the Time spent in a comatose state-of-mind) were available although many Species find this as an acceptable daily function.
Throughout this Kernel of Time, I have noticed and noted Issues pertaining to The Planet that show it is decaying away at breakneck speeds that The Guinness Book of World Records needs to register.
The Times are not stagnating; they are a’changin 2 radically and beyond our wildest Observations and Understanding.
To partially paraphrase Richey Cunningham: Those were “The Happier Days” when four (4) distinct Seasons abounded. We knew April Showers would bring May Flowers (and the Mayflower brought The Pilgrims, of course). The intolerable and sweltering Heat Index was non-existent and no brutally Cold Index would report Temperatures that felt Sub-Arctic on the open Flesh.
NATURE AS THE TERRORIST:
Nor did We experience such unpredictable Stormcasts consisting of terrifically forceful Winds or continual seismic Blasts of Tornados, Tsunamis and/or Hurricanes. Harrowing Episodes continue to occur somewhere on Planet Earth when nearly entire States either catch on Fire; are completely flooded destroying homes, livelihoods, wildlife and history or dreadfully dry up, becoming arid Wastelands. Modern Technology and Communications broadcast each unfolding Story that was virtually unheard of only 100 years ago. To coincide with this Statement:
On Monday, November 26, 2007, National News Reports stated that Natural Disasters have tripled the last Decade due to Global Warming. Never before has such an Impact been felt on Civilizations.
“These Damages affect the entire Economy of a Nation with a rippling Defect felt across The Planet in social, political and civic arenas. The Possibility of becoming Homeless has never been greater with the strong Arm of Mother Nature striking at any Moment, without too much (if any) prior Warning.”
Quote of: ASK
Thursday, November 22, 2007 – 4:49 AM
A CLIMACTIC TALE: My Family (minus my Brother, Joe who opted to ‘stay home alone’) hunkered down and rode out Hurricane Camille that struck the City of New Orleans on Sunday, August 17, 1969. To that point in Contemporary Weather Forecasting History, Hurricane Camille was the worst Hurricane to hit landfall. That Natural Phenomena clearly signaled (to me) the Frailty and Fragileness of Life. Since that fate-filled Day, I truly appreciate each Day for itself. No National Holiday with Parades, Department Store Early Bird or Night Owl Super-Discounts and Time-off-from-Work-with-Pay are necessary. Periods of Peace & Tranquility are measured by the Distance between Natural Catastrophes due to the Fact that We are at the Mercy of Nature no matter what our Financial Status is. This grateful Mindset (that I fortunately acquired at a Tender Age) later catapulted into The Backbone and Foundation of my originally-inspired Literary Creation called:
EVENTOLOGY ®
The Art of Event-Making
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith’s Campaigns For Humanity ©1990
that houses more than 1,500 HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE ® which embarked on Wednesday, July 25, 1990 at 9:45 PM.
FAST-FORWARDING TO THE NOW MOMENT:
“Today, The Environment is radically changing all Aspects of Our Lives. To survive, We must adapt to its Ways or perish as a Species. Immortality does not exist. Work urgently needs to be undertaken to recycle, reuse, restore and salvage what We have in order to save those Creatures whose very Lives are threatened, including Ourselves. All other Activities must be put on-hold or suspended till this Issue is methodically resolved.”
Quote of: ASK
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 – 9:30 AM CST
Startling as it overtly appears in Words: “I would not be surprised to discover that Mankind himself is on the Endangered Species List. Weather Advisories dictate our Days. With the Torrents of Damages, Diseases, Ailments, Genocide and Terrorism (Man-against-Man) already occurring on our Planet that is the current and inferred Route. No Locale is spared this Wrath of Inhumanity as History has cyclically depicted.
“MY POA: PLAN OF ACTION: I’m not a Scientist. I’m not a Teacher. I’m not affiliated with a(ny) Major Corporation. Probably rating more as an ardent and dedicated Creative Idealist, what I do is ‘Natural Exercise’ by walking and/or biking around Chicago carrying a terrific Symbol that exemplifies The Global Warming Crisis. Armed with a 24.5” tall TOY FROG with an infectious 11” Smile who I have cleverly named:
GORF
(which is FROG back-words),
every Day since Friday, January 28, 2005, I proudly stroll around Chicago (now referred to as):
chicaGORF ®
with GORF in tow. People pass-by, look, stare and wonder. Others (who are curious) approach and stop to ask me about THE TOY.3 Since Human Attention Spans are as momentary and ephemeral as Time itself, at this Pivotal Point (since I have gained their undivided Attention and no Distractions persist), this Golden Opportunity allows me to gently remind these select Individuals about THE GREEN MOVEMENT. As a Species who has ‘LIVED GREEN’ for the last 217,000,000 years, THE FROG (now represented by GORF) is tantamount in assisting me in STP: SAVING THE PLANET: Our Only Home. Sometimes all it takes is an ‘Alert’ in order to go on to the next better Step, once given THE GREEN LIGHT to proceed.”
QUOTE OF: ASK
Thursday, November 8, 2007 - 4:05 PM CST
MARR: MASS APPEAL REACTIONS RECORDED:
No one yet has argued that Point. Most Folks (when engaged in a lively Conversation) make significant and/or interesting Comments about THE GREEN MOVEMENT. Many People admire GORF’s fetching Smile. Others say what an eye-catching TOY he assuredly is, oozing ample Amounts of Animal Magnetism. Crossing Racial Lines (as well as attracting Business Men, Mothers, Children, Homeless & Autistic People, Tourists, College Students, Teens and Grandparents), these Person(alities) have all remarked and expressed their Opinion about GORF – raising his Popularity in those TOY Polls to #1.
Furthermore, I am the only Person proudly walking The Planet with a TOY who has a Purpose instilling the Life or Death Message and Wake-Up Call relayed by THE GREEN MOVEMENT.4
TO MARKET: TO MARKET: Once We begin a Dialogue, these People suddenly get excited about my GORFIAN Marketing Strategies and see the Relevance and Merit in its Structure. Once Strangers, they now become Friends. Marketing Experts term this Concept as Guerrilla Marketing. At GORF Werks Central ®, it’s known as:
GORF-illa Marketing ®.
A Career in Politics may be awaiting GORF.
“The FROG is the perfect Species,” I will explain. “He has been on The Planet for the last 217,000,000 years, even outliving the Mighty Dinosaur, yet it is our Generation that is killing and driving him and many other Species into the Black Hole of Extinction. Extinction is final. We should be so ashamed of Ourselves with our frivolous, greedy and spendthrift Ways. The terrifying Part is that this is happening within our Lifetime and right now, even as this Text is being composed. We’re all Endangered Species and it’s High Time We reverse The Devastation...if We can. ‘Later’ is now and is knocking at Our Front Door. ‘Later’ can no longer be forestalled. Therefore: To generate more interest in ALL THINGS GREEN, GORF is the designated Mascot that heads all of my GREEN Pursuits as well as my 1,500 EVENTOLOGICAL HOLIDATES ®. There are invaluable Lessons to be learned from THE FROG. As GORF possesses an openly seductive Endearment that enhances all My Writings (by having him act as the Figurehead), no other TOY possesses this Quality of Showmanship.”
Because GORF is Humanity’s ‘Rallying Cry to GO GREEN,’ his Hierarchical Assemblage of Titles include:
‘Chicago’s First Green Mascot’
‘Illinois’ Foremost Goodwill Toy Ambassador’
‘America’s Greenest Mascot’ &
‘Mankind’s Most Beloved Toy’
Within ‘EVENTOLOGY ®’ (as a Literary Springwell), there are Thirteen (13) Eco-based HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE ® that can be used and developed for schools, social/civic/sports clubs, synagogues and church groups year-round.
With Sales topping $22 billion, the TOY Industry rocks The Planet. People of all Ages across the Globe create, manufacture, distribute, auction-off, play, save, trade, collect, sell, resell, buy, gift, regift and love TOYS. Early TOY Images (signifying their utmost Importance) were drawn on Neanderthal Limestone Walls and later depicted in Egyptian Hieroglyphics eons before portable Papyrus Products appeared upon The Scene. To keep astride of the Excitement perpetuated by Fine TOYS everywhere, because I was proclaimed as:
‘America’s Premier Eventologist’
by Insight Magazine (Washington, DC) in August, 1997
&
‘The Premier Eventologist in The History of The World’
by The Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) in January, 2001
I ‘writefully’ decided that a multi-level and multi-faceted continuous HOLIDATE ® (ongoing in order to instill its Theme) needed to be created that addresses Global Warming completely. Due to this, I established:
2006-2016 as:
THE DECADE OF THE FROG ®
WITH GORF – THE GRIN REAPER ® - OFFICIATING.
THE DYNAMICS @ WORK: My Explanation
“I should add also that this is merely a Grassroots’ Endeavor on My Part. Its Growth is fascinating and steadfast as the General Interest escalates and Demographics grow. I receive no Funding or Grants from any Arts’ Programs. I have no Sponsors. All Expenses are strictly out of my own Pocket. No Publisher has been secured for any of the diverse Publications, Posters or Literature (now over 1,800 Pages with 500+ Photographs, i.e.: photoGORFs) I have solely created and produced. To date, that numbers 13 Original Books about GORF since his Lift-Off on Friday, January 28, 2005. GORF’s latest Two Summer, 2007 Releases deal directly with Ecology and are called:
50 Ways to Leave Your Water
or
Like a Frog Takes to Water ©2007
and
GORF’s Toothbrush & Toothpaste Challenge: 2007
(which appertains to how We can save Water by brushing our Teeth, better, smarter and wiser). Dichotomies and Ironies often persist on the same Continents as Droughts are plaguing our Planet. Seas are drying up before our very Eyes. This is a conscientious Eco-Green Process in which every Man, Woman & Child (no matter where they reside) can actively and gladly participate in for ‘The Better of The Whole’ without further harming The Environment, your Pearly Whites or wasting a single, precious Drop of H2O.
WELCOMING PANZEE ON BOARD:
Entering ASK’s ToyBox Jamboree ®
Another cuddly and irresistible TOY recently joined GORF on Thursday, October 18TH (2007) in turning Attention to helping The Environment. Her Name is PANZEE whose Dimensions are that of a life-size Baby Chimpanzee. PANZEE made her NBC-Chicago Channel 5 Appearance on Monday, November 5TH. Because 1/3 of all Primates are now on the Endangered Species List, I realize that TOYS immediately capture an Audience’s Attention and can easily IMPLANT A SEED OF CONSCIOUS GREENNESS ® into their Minds that can later be cultivated.
Previously to PANZEE’s Arrival, AMBER, (who is a 2 foot long Tree Monkey with a 21” Arm Span), came home with me and received The Privilege to be Part of this illustrious TROUPE OF TOYS. Being extremely delicate in Movement and Structure, she possesses Silvery-Gray Body Fur and a Mink Brown Face, Hands and Feet. AMBER is named after The Mysterious and Mystical Glare in her sultry Golden Eyes, possessing a Look that Hollywood Makeup Artists would like to capture making her Appearance almost ghostly in a Human Manner. Quite recently, I discovered highly imperative Data claiming that her Strain of Monkey is also diminishing with only as many as 4,500-5,000 Individuals left.
“The Team of GORF, AMBER & PANZEE (a/k/a: GAP) have their Work cut-out for them filling in The GAP.”
Quote of: ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Friday, November 9, 2007 – 8:39 AM CST
GORF’s FUTURE WRITINGS & PHOTO SESSIONS:
Subscribe to GORF’s Green-Weekly Messages beginning on Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Each GORFISM ® is accompanied by a photoGORF of THE FROG-In-Action, who (by the way) is Part of an entire Family of 5 Plush TOY FROGS, namely:
GORF
GORF’s Body Double
Pink
Ming &
Turq.
The Launch of GORF’s Green-Weekly Messages is especially meritorious as 2008 begins Year #3 of GORF’s 10 Year Eco-Campaign, a Brainstorm that coincides with his earlier GORFISM ® Quote Series.
THINK ABOUT YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS NOW:
“There is no better Time than ‘The Present.’ One of the best Presents you can give yourself and/or Family is the ‘Gift of Biking.’ Not being too athletic, Bicycling is the only Sport I thoroughly enjoy and actively participate in year-round no matter how hot, cold, wet, windy or icy my Surroundings may be. Coasting is a ‘breeze.’ Breaking for a lost Wallet, Camera, Purse or Cell-Phone will make you into an instant Hero or Shero. Although I biked extensively as a Child and across Campus in my Young Adult Years, it wasn’t until Tuesday, February 25, 1997 that I seriously began riding in order to:
- Exercise and get healthy(ier) on a daily bases
- Get to My Destination on Time or before
- Save Money on astronomical Bus, Train & Taxi Fares
- Bike into Neighborhoods that Public Transportation did not have direct access routes to
&
- Prove I could become Part of this ‘Elite’ devoted Mix that’s attracting more Followers every Hour
HOW DO YOU SAY: ‘GIRLISH FIGURE?’
No matter what the Weather Conditions are, because of my Diligence and Tenacity, I have stoically taken 4 inches off my Hips in performing this regular Routine, which consists of Biking 1 Hour a Day, measured as only 4.5% of your complete Day. Furthermore, I ceased driving a Motor Vehicle when I moved to Chicago in May of 1974 equated as 60% of my Life-to-Date. By being one of ‘The First BabyBoomers for a Greener Earth,’ thereby keeping my Petroleum Usage to a near Zero Level and my Carbon Footprint extremely low for Decades, this chosen Action is not as complicated as many People mistakenly believe it to be.
THE NEW PEC-KING ORDER FOR 2008:
Undoubtedly, the Top Benefit of Biking (that I did not realize before pursuing The Sport) is that I now have no Guilt whatsoever when I eat or snack. The persistent and conscientious Daily Exercise Biking affords its Aficionados keeps me slim, trim and as fit as a fiddle. This Positive leads to Peace of Mind, which, of course, leads to more creative, inventive and pioneering Visions for 3G: GORF GOING GREEN ®, a win-win Situation for every lively Pursuit and a Personal Challenge that is as much FUN as it is healthy for the PEC: Participant, Environment and Community ®.
GORF-O-METRICS ® is the 2-prong Term used for this particular Bicycling Process. The Word also doubles for one of GORF’s Book’s Titles and details the Affects of Bicycling (no matter what your Age) and Endurance Levels.
WASTE NOT – WANT NOT: My Theory all boils down to:
“A Woman’s got to do what a Woman’s wants done correctly.”
Quote of: ASK
Friday, November 9, 2007 – 8:48 AM CST
Owning a Set of Jovial TOYS possessing such ‘Drawing Power’ combined with a non-stoppable Imagination that focuses on The Preservation and Survival of Humanity & all Earthly Creatures, it’s a Pleasure, Serivce and Distinction to GORF Day-in and Day-out. This is why GORF’s nickname:
THE GRIN REAPER ®.
fits him so well. Seeing a Smile like GORF’s automatically brightens One’s Day at first Glance and sets that Mood for Optimism into Motion.
“From his Campaigns to his Events or Holidates, to his Literature to his Slogans to his Images and Portfolio, GORF is a FUNctional Powerhouse – a Member in good Standing for all Mascots that command such a Presence in getting our Motors revved up and our Adrenalin pumped to GO GREEN.”
Quote of: ASK
Monday, November 12, 2007 – 11:43 AM
“YOU CAN BE RESOURCEFUL, TOO: Setting a Prime Example and Exemplary Habit in Greenhood ®.”
Quote of: ASK
Friday, November 9, 2007 – 1:09 PM CST
My self-imposed Job to SOS: SAVE OUR SURROUNDINGS ® by pinpointing Strangers ‘on the Street’ to help (in their own decisive Manner) is quite simple and elementary. I walk, stroll and/or bike around Chicago with GORF and my trusty Camera in tow. I have been performing this Action since I purchased THE TOY on Friday, January 28, 2005.
Simultaneously since then, I have penned 13 Books about GORF, who spearheads 11 enticing and worthy Humanitarian Campaigns that he conducts. Ecology, The Environment & Nature comprise his major Concerns. Exercising (via The Bike), Reading (to expand all Horizons) and Eye Care (so you don’t get Big Red Eyes like THE FROG) are 3 others.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FROG:
The Riveting & Ribbiting Factors explored
Completely mesmerized by his ‘Captivating Look,’ this Character has attended major and minor Art, Cultural & Social Events/Festivals in ‘The Windy City’ and many Occasions out-of-state. His Mass Appeal automatically halts People in their Paths as they quizzically wonder why ‘a Grown Woman’ (as I am 55 now) is carrying a TOY.
“It’s safe to say: No other TOY in Recorded History ever had this Pull and Magnetic Charm.”
Quote of: ASK
Thursday, November 22, 2007 – 5:40 AM
A CHICAGO FIRST: Kevin Bacon’s 6 Degrees of Separation quickly slip further away as GORF becomes Someone they remember by Name when I cordially explain “GORF is FROG back-words.” These Folks light up and laugh. Curiosity peaks many People’s Interest in this Uncommon Sight. They will stop me. Others have even run after me to inquire. The Next Best Thing to being a Rock Star, no matter what their Intention is, I simply say that:
“I probably would not be talking to YOU if YOU had not stopped to ASK me about THE FROG.”
And, that (by far) is the honest-to-goodness Truth. At that time, their Mood lifts and shifts, a Smile and/or Laugh ensues. This One-Line Zinger breaks ‘The Ice’ and a meaningful Chat pursues for any Amount of Time that would not have occurred had I not been carrying THE FROG. In a cold, impersonal Cosmopolitan City where Indifference is The Norm, this Methodology, (you must admit), is ingenious and is breaking through on all Grounds.
GORF (as an Ice Breaker and Catalyst for Change) easily gains The Masses’ Attention and greatly assists me in promoting THE GREEN MOVEMENT to People who may not be ‘totally GREEN’ yet. After all, We all can assiduously make the Planet GREENER, safer and healthier. It’s our leading Responsibility.
“In the early 1990s, I founded Cartoonists Against Crime ©1991 after I was assaulted, robbed and left-for-dead in the Lobby of my Apartment Building. That Artistic Movement later segued into Cartoonists Against Terrorism ©2001 after Terrorism hit American Shores. Now, my primary Concern is the unsparing Natural Disasters wreaked by what Global Warming is capable of generating on us and Future Generations whether We are categorized as Terrorists or Saints; Flora or Fauna.”
This, then, begs the Question of: If there is to be Future Generations, We all must act now.
HAVE YOU GORFed TODAY?
“GORF ® is an endearing, timeless and everlasting Concept that will grow larger and more endearing as He is viewed and accepted as a Global Pop Culture Icon during the designated Period known as THE DECADE OF THE FROG with GORF officiating. Golden Opportunities & Green Lights are relevant in My Day as they should be paramount in yours.”
CONTACT INFO:
In other Words:
“ASK not what your Planet can do for YOU, ASK what YOU can do for your Planet.”
To interview me about any of the following Topics:
1. THE GORFenomena ®
2. GORF’s 11 Green Pledges
3. GORF’s GREEN Poster Series with Photos - Limited Edition
($300.00 that includes P&H throughout the Continental USA)
(The Size of the 6 Posters measures as: 11” X 11”)
4. Koopersmith’s PROP-arazzi Room ® and The PROP-a-Torium ® where GORF’s Dynasty unfolds
5. “There’s No Lead in this Toy!” ©2007 is THE BEST OF GORF comprised of PhotoGORFs of THE GRIN REAPER ® since January, 2005. Release Date: Spring, 2008. Order your Copy today. Limited Edition of 10,000 (only): $40 includes P&H in the USA.
6. Any of my 1,500 HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE ® that fall into 35 precise Categories with GORF as ‘The Mascot’.
7. Making GORF into a TV Segment or GREEN Commercial for your TV/Radio Station and/or Column for your Publication and/or Website emphasizing GREEN and any of his other Humanitarian Concerns and Crusades.
8. ASK’s 2007 Year-End-In-Review will be available after Saturday, December 15, 2007 for all 2008 Editorial Calendars.
and/or:
email me directly at:
askoopersmith@hotmail.com
or
Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com
to set up a mutually convenient Time to chat.
Please feel free to write to me at:
Studio 1437
%: KOOPERSMITH’s GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS &
GORF Werks Central
1437 West Rosemont - lW
Chicago, Illinois 60660-1319 USA
All eMails are answered within 12 Hours. Snail Mail Correspondence is answered and returned within a 3-day Period after Receipt.
PS: The Top Three (3) Details you should know about me, ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith are:
1. I have never littered in all my 55 Years (or Rotations) on Planet E.
2. My Carbon Footprint is ½ of that of the Average Chicagoan. It measures out as:
My ECP SCORE IS: 156
My CARBON OUTPUT IS: 0.6 TONS PER YEAR
3. For a rather complete Listing of my Literary Endeavors, check out:
http://www.hotelsbycity.net/blog/usa/illinois/chicago/index.php/author/chicagoblogger27/
My latest Blog Creation named:
KOOPERSMITHIN’ ®
launched on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 4:11 AM is found at:
http://adriennesiouxkoopersmith.blogspot.com/
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2008: Your latest Promotions can be launched, further advertised and mentioned here on the Pages of KOOPERSMITHIN’ ®. Inquire for variable Rate Packages. This Promotion guarantees your Visibility to grow and move up through Google.
FOOTNOTES:
1 I’ve seen a lot of Action.
Statistics are derived from:
The Happy Birthday Book. A Book for Each Day of The Year. James Victor, Art Director. Natalis Press, Inc. ©1993. New York City.
2 “…they are a’changin.” Words accredited to Songwriter, Bob Dylan.
3 and ask me about THE TOY. The Words: “Him or He” (in this eMedia Release) collectively applies to all Five (5) GORF FROG TOYS.
4 Furthermore, I’m the only Person proudly walking The Planet with a TOY instilling THE GREEN MOVEMENT.
Besides becoming a Photographer (i.e.: photoGORFer) capturing GORF’s Special Moments, I have also become a TOY Stylist, outfitting GORF in a boldly wild Array of Costumes and appropo GORF-Wear ® that will enhance his various ABC: Activities, Books and Campaigns. TOY Styling and Costuming separate GORF from ‘The Pack’ and secure him Plenty of Room in The Forefront of 21ST Pop(ular) Culture and as ‘The Epitome of FUN ®.’
KOOPERSMITHin' ® #2: 11-24-2007
KOOPERSMITHin’ ®
The Life & Times as viewed
Through The Creative Eyes of:
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
‘America’s Premier Eventologist’
&
‘The Premier Eventologist in the History of The World’
Through The Creative Eyes of:
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
‘America’s Premier Eventologist’
&
‘The Premier Eventologist in the History of The World’
Dateline: Saturday, November 24, 2007
“Appearances are misleading. Without a doubt, behind every great BLOG that isn’t laid out in a Photo-Montage, there exists WORDS that can get the MESSAGE across in 26 LETTERS or less. We’ll let the Artists and Dabblers provide The Visuals for other Websites and let well-enough alone here (and herein) for these Pages that currently face you in this Realm of READING & WRITING. What a wholesome and hardy Way to disregard an entire Categenre ® that’s simply the Best…when PIX + WORDS meet & mix on the same PAGE.
Imagine the CAPTIONS that don’t and won’t need to be penned and the TIME saved in order to complete (yet another) BLOG-O-Gram, BLOG-O-Pedia, BLOG-ictionary or a ceaseless and uninterrupted Compilation of whatever takes up and monopolizes Today’s TIME & EFFORT.
TIME well-spent can be utilized in READING AND WRITING at any PLACE and in any SPACE, especially when the HERE & NOW are PRESENT PERFECT.”
FOOTNOTE EXPLANATION: An FYI Moment
As found in Paragraph #1 above:
Categenre ® is my Term & Definition for the Two Terms:
CATEgory + GENRE. Minus the ‘GORE,’ of course.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Koopersmithin': Premiering Thursday, November 21, 2007 - 4:11 PM
KOOPERSMITHin’ ®
The Life & Times as viewed
Through The Creative Eyes of:
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
‘America’s Premier Eventologist’
&
‘The Premier Eventologist in the History of The World’
Dateline: November 21, 2007 (a/k/a: ‘007)
The Life & Times as viewed
Through The Creative Eyes of:
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
‘America’s Premier Eventologist’
&
‘The Premier Eventologist in the History of The World’
Dateline: November 21, 2007 (a/k/a: ‘007)
WELCOMING REMARKS: The Who & Why of It All…
We all need to generate more Alphabet Letters in our Names. As of yet, there's no Person in the English-speaking World who has succeeded in having each Letter become Part of his or her Name, but I'm sure that Feat will unyieldingly make The Guinness Book of World Literature sooner than later. It may even prove to be a fun-time Activity to tackle while We semi-patiently wait around for the Turkey du Jour, Stuffing & Giblets to be served tomorrow.
ANGLES OF ALLUREMENT: In the meantime, an effective and eye-catching, rap-sounding Name in which to make one's Blog stand-out from all the others circulating in CyberSpace is a vital Necessity from all PoV: Points of View. There's no better way to do this than by making up a catchy Name - with its Root, of course, based in Reality or on its Fringes.
Therefore, KOOPERSMITH'in ® just popped into my Mind on Friday, November 16, 2007 @ 1 PM without Cause or Provocation. It merely appeared on its own Volition at a time when a clever Name was definitely needed. Hopefully, the Rest of The BLOG will be as easy to write.
With approximately 17,100 Hits for Koopersmiths & 481,000 Hits for Coopersmiths on the Planet to date via the Inner Confines of Google, the Dance of being a K(C)oopersmith strictly rests with your Heritage. The same, of course, rests with any other Tribe on the Planet. Life's chock-full of either/ors. This Blog may serve merely as one Prime Example.
WONDERMENT IN EVEYR NAME:
Do The Jones keep up with The Jones?
That Question may be the Foundation of all Family Secrets. Here you have it: Half the Family spells the Name with a K; the Other Half with a C. Then, there are those Renegades who drop Half the Name and either go by:
Kooper or Smith.
“How could they,” you ask? It was simple. In the Mid-1960s while GUK: Growing Up Koopersmith in the Heartland of America...Mendota, IL 61342, a small Farming Community 100 miles southwest of Chicago, I was told a very interesting Fact by my 7TH Grade Social Studies Teacher, Mr. William Hastert. While in Class in 1964, he stated that “Throughout History, a KOOPER was a Coffin or Cabinet Maker” and “a SMITH is the Person who...” This Suffix modified the Word that came before it.
“How interesting,” I thought to myself since my Paternal Grandfather, Srul Koopersmith had owned a lumber mill in the Black Forest in Germany before he immigrated to America to seek his Fame and Fortune. Therefore translated, Srul was ‘the Person who manufactured Coffins, Cabinets or Woodworking in his Village in Germany’s Black Forest Region in the late 19TH Century. Nice work if you can ‘get it.’
Mr. Hastert was write-on target. Genealogy had not even become that much of a Hot Topic as it has Today in the Mid-1960s, but what Mr. Hastert foretold made a huge Impact on my Life thereafter and would be the Chief Catalyst for many engaging Conversations when People stopped and curiously asked me about my Name. This Factoid was to be the Catalyst for many fine and curious Conversations for the Decades ahead. After all, People will stop you in your daily stride if you’re out walking your Dog. Once Names are exchanged, if a Name is unusual, this Fascination naturally will continue the Conversation.
It’s all in The Name – a Name. Any Name just won’t due for the choosy Personality who demands to be separated from ‘The Crowd.’ Mr. Hastert continued by saying that for Reasons and Purposes We can and should not make-up on this Sacred Topic, We should tell you that Centuries ago, a Person’s Profession related to his Namesake. Therefore, Millers, Bakers and other such Categories took Root. You were known for what you reaped. Now, that's the Reason why so many People named their Off-spring ‘Prince, Princess or Queen,’ in order to afford their Child(ren) a better Lot In Life.
Today, I often wonder: WWMHSN:
“What Would Mr. Hastert Say Next?”
Luckily, Names can be changed, adopted, adapted, forgotten or even mis-spelled for an Effect or The Affect as some unanimously prefer, but never forgiven. Evidently, many of my Relatives when they settled in the Land of Milk, Honey & hopefully Money, the ‘Kooper’ or the ‘Smith’ was dropped in order to be(come) more Anglicized, the most popular Action to take in the early 1900s to easily fit into THE GROOVE and prevailing Cultural Setting. Sociologists now coin the Concept as Assimilation.
Just think: I could have been named: Carpenter. LINGER LONGER: “However, as a Writer, I like long Names and long Words. The longer - the better. This evidently means the Reader has to linger more with your Works + Words. Writing is, after all, Ideas mixed with Psychology and ample Doses of Sleepless Nights and ill-frought Relationships. Perhaps those fervent Readers will like it well enough to revisit it again, if not on a regular Basis.”
Quote of: ASK
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 – 2:04 PM CST
Tabloids now tout that once your Name has been made into a Verb, you’ve ‘made it.’ You have arrived. However, they don’t say exactly what ‘made it’ means. It means a lot – trust me. That’s a given since it’s trumped up so much by these learned Experts. Therefore, I decided to take that Leap of Faith and revise my Surname to its verbesque State and name My Blog: KOOPERSMITHin’ ®.
Celebrity Examples undoubtedly could be:
Minelli’d for Liza (Minelli)
Afflecked for Ben (Affleck)
Bono’d for Paul Hewson (U2)
Trumped for ‘The Donald’ Trump
or
Chered for Cher (no Last Name ever required)
An Action Verb that would encompass all the People, Places, Events, Possessions, Topics, Thoughts and Things that I personally hold near and dear…and/or are being paid to endorse, enforce and promote.
As a B-52er (defined as ‘a BabyBoomer specifically born in the Year 1952’ quoted by my Dear Friend Patty L. Magee of Richfield, Ohio I methodically turn one year older every August 9TH.
However, this does not complicate my overly-active Imagination and creative Bent that hardly seems to fail me.
With all that in mind and possibly more, Welcome to KOOPERSMITHin.’
May you and yours enjoy and unravel each Day and Episode that occurs…on and off-line.
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