ASK ON LEAP YEAR DAY: OK, I am ‘America’s Premier Eventologist’ so I should make some glorious Pronouncement and/or Comment(ary) on this EVENT – that comes around every 4 years. Therefore, with the help of 1 of my favorite newspapers, USA Today, I comfortably sat by the fireside & perused 1 of the Cover Stories called: WHAT IF THERE WERE NO LEAP YEARS?
After all, why do we make such a big deal out of an extra Day. It’s not that any of us are going to get ‘caught up’ on all that we have to do. However, Dan Vergano & Britt Kennerly, revealed some interesting matters which begin off with:
If there were NO leap years, our calendar would be totally scrambled. The year would be totally out of sync with the seasons.
OF WHICH I ADD AND WONDER: Aren’t we already out of sync because of Global Warming? Please address this in a future article – as inquiring minds want to know.
Caesar (not the Salad Dressing but the Roman Ruler) was the first to add a Leap Day to the Calendar - so while UR raising a Toast this evening, don’t forget to give the credit to the Big C… because We have had roughly 500 Leap Days since his Declaration.
The most interesting part about their Article cited this:
Today about 5 million people worldwide share a Feb. 29TH birth date, making them leapsters or 29ers (as they are called) – so sez: THE HONOR SOCIETY OF LEAP YEAR BABIES. Who’d have known such a group exists if not for the unparalleled reporting of Verg & Kenn!
Amazingly enuf here on FB – I have no friends born on Leap year Day – so I have no 1 2 wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO…but 4 those of U ‘OUT THERE’ that I don’t know…yet:
Happy Birthday. UR only as old or young as U feel this February 29TH!
What I’m concerned about tho is this: Leap Year Day – isn’t that when the Gal gets to propose to a Guy. OK, who’s ready?
POST-FB NOTE #1: Thank you Dan Vergano & Britt Kennerly, U just added to the History of FACEBOOK by a Factor of 29!
POST-FB NOTE #2:
And directly from the DevilsLakeJournal.com, there R real People in real Time we can wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2 if the Desire takes over:
http://www.devilslakejournal.com/news/x1481617589/Leap-day-babies-relish-their-unique-birthdays
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
How TOYS reflect our Every Day Culture by the Creator of: HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996, ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith / Chicago – The 2012 Perspective.
ASK ON TOY-CHAT & CHATTER: Yesterday, my FB friend, DAN SHURE made an interesting and insightful comment & if I can quote DAN here, who stated:
“There should be another holiday, HUG A G.I. JOE DAY, to combine your eventology and your love of toys.”
Thanks for opening those Flood-Gates, DAN. Actually, my Word is: HOLIDATE which is different from the Anglicized ‘Holiday.’ HOLIDATES are what I create, market, sell, promote, launch and ‘do.’ Now, if I could only these all passed as National Holidates, none of us would ever have to work again – get them off as paid Holidates. There are a total of 1900 of them; in 34 diff. categories with 400 of them dealing with FOOD & eating healthily & wisely. As red-ribbon/gold leaf certified HOLIDATES, this would indeed give us MUCH MORE time to stay home and play with our TOYS.
Less I digress. But that’s OK. I knew exactly what you meant.
When I created HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 – back in 1995, as it takes a year to properly launch a HOLIDATE, I wanted to cover all the Military Services that We have, namely: The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps & Coast Guard and be fair and equal to all of them, as these are People who ‘fight’ & are embroiled in keeping our Country safe and threat-free.
Also, with Diversity being what it is, if there is a HUG G.I. JOE DAY, then there’s got to be a:
HUG G.I. JOSEPHINE DAY & a HUG G.I. JOSE DAY
There’s only so much celebratin’ a person can do in a Day, DAN.
YOUR IDEA OF HUG A G.I. JOE DAY may & might be something that Hasbro would want to commemorate with their Line of Dolls. Perhaps they will read this Note and act to promote their line! I’ve often collaborated to make a SPECIAL HOLIDATE for a special person, product, pet, etc.
NOW: If you are now suddenly curious as to how these Action Figures came about, I just discovered more historical Info online at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe
which really explains the whole Phenomena. After all, there were LOTS of Wars during the 1900s – the ERA many of us recently survived through. I know – as I’m a product of the WW II crowd. Ah, such is the Wonder(ment) of TOYS – not only can you play with them, but you can write and read about them, too!
FOR INSTANCE, did you know that (per this Wiki Article) that: G.I. Joe was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong in Rochester, New York, in 2004.
That is quite an Honor.
ATTN: Dan S. & Porter V, III & others who owned these TOYS while growing.
You may find the following OF INTEREST and again it’s cited from the Wiki Article:
The Hasbro prototypes were originally named "Rocky" (marine/soldier) "Skip" (sailor) and "Ace" (pilot), before the more universal name G.I. Joe was adopted. One of the prototypes would later sell in a Heritage auction in 2003 for $200,001.
I don’t know about you, but that’s 6-figures & the price of 1 bedroom apartment in Rogers Park, a district of Chicago on the far north end of town. Ah, the Glory of TOYS – U can make HOLIDATES out of them; trade them and sell them at Auction and if you have the time even PLAY with them. What’s better than TOYS and lots of them – and adding a HOLIDATE to them just makes them all the more Special! No wonder I do this for a living!
Thanks again for ‘ASKing,’ Dan & commenting Porter!
Cheers, ASK
February 29,2012 – - Leap Year Day - 11:01 AM CST
ASK's NOTE: Also posted at: Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
Twitter.com/ASK_Koopersmith
“There should be another holiday, HUG A G.I. JOE DAY, to combine your eventology and your love of toys.”
Thanks for opening those Flood-Gates, DAN. Actually, my Word is: HOLIDATE which is different from the Anglicized ‘Holiday.’ HOLIDATES are what I create, market, sell, promote, launch and ‘do.’ Now, if I could only these all passed as National Holidates, none of us would ever have to work again – get them off as paid Holidates. There are a total of 1900 of them; in 34 diff. categories with 400 of them dealing with FOOD & eating healthily & wisely. As red-ribbon/gold leaf certified HOLIDATES, this would indeed give us MUCH MORE time to stay home and play with our TOYS.
Less I digress. But that’s OK. I knew exactly what you meant.
When I created HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 – back in 1995, as it takes a year to properly launch a HOLIDATE, I wanted to cover all the Military Services that We have, namely: The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps & Coast Guard and be fair and equal to all of them, as these are People who ‘fight’ & are embroiled in keeping our Country safe and threat-free.
Also, with Diversity being what it is, if there is a HUG G.I. JOE DAY, then there’s got to be a:
HUG G.I. JOSEPHINE DAY & a HUG G.I. JOSE DAY
There’s only so much celebratin’ a person can do in a Day, DAN.
YOUR IDEA OF HUG A G.I. JOE DAY may & might be something that Hasbro would want to commemorate with their Line of Dolls. Perhaps they will read this Note and act to promote their line! I’ve often collaborated to make a SPECIAL HOLIDATE for a special person, product, pet, etc.
NOW: If you are now suddenly curious as to how these Action Figures came about, I just discovered more historical Info online at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe
which really explains the whole Phenomena. After all, there were LOTS of Wars during the 1900s – the ERA many of us recently survived through. I know – as I’m a product of the WW II crowd. Ah, such is the Wonder(ment) of TOYS – not only can you play with them, but you can write and read about them, too!
FOR INSTANCE, did you know that (per this Wiki Article) that: G.I. Joe was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong in Rochester, New York, in 2004.
That is quite an Honor.
ATTN: Dan S. & Porter V, III & others who owned these TOYS while growing.
You may find the following OF INTEREST and again it’s cited from the Wiki Article:
The Hasbro prototypes were originally named "Rocky" (marine/soldier) "Skip" (sailor) and "Ace" (pilot), before the more universal name G.I. Joe was adopted. One of the prototypes would later sell in a Heritage auction in 2003 for $200,001.
I don’t know about you, but that’s 6-figures & the price of 1 bedroom apartment in Rogers Park, a district of Chicago on the far north end of town. Ah, the Glory of TOYS – U can make HOLIDATES out of them; trade them and sell them at Auction and if you have the time even PLAY with them. What’s better than TOYS and lots of them – and adding a HOLIDATE to them just makes them all the more Special! No wonder I do this for a living!
Thanks again for ‘ASKing,’ Dan & commenting Porter!
Cheers, ASK
February 29,2012 – - Leap Year Day - 11:01 AM CST
ASK's NOTE: Also posted at: Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
Twitter.com/ASK_Koopersmith
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
From The Creator of: HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 - Celebrating the Time to March Forth...
My HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 - #17 takes place this Sunday – March 4TH which is not only Chicago’s 175TH Birthday/Anniversary/Celebration, but is the only date in Calendrical Date in Time that is a Military Command. Therefore, I chose this Date, back in 1995 – as it always takes a year to sufficiently launch a HOLIDATE TO CELEBRATE as the Day (far enough AWAY from Christmas Festivities and Memorial Day Concerns) to address the Orders of Military that keep our Country safe. After all, if not for our Brave Soldiers and Military Personnel, we would not be here staring (hopefully) @ our Facebook screens wondering who is going to post the BIG THING. Which is, of course, one of the Primary Reasons why EVENTOLOGY: The Art of Event-Making was created back in 1990.
Yup, there’s lists and lists of things we can be thank-ful for because of the People who fight for our Country. And for that Reason alone, they deserve our HUGS & LOVE. For more INFO on HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 and/or to interview me (I have 4 more spots open) you can merely FB me here for those details.
Cheers, ASK:
‘America’s Premier Eventologist
Studio 1437
Chicago – IL USA
2-29-2012 – 11:48 AM CST
ASK's EDITORIAL NOTE:
This Posting also appears at: facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
Yup, there’s lists and lists of things we can be thank-ful for because of the People who fight for our Country. And for that Reason alone, they deserve our HUGS & LOVE. For more INFO on HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 and/or to interview me (I have 4 more spots open) you can merely FB me here for those details.
Cheers, ASK:
‘America’s Premier Eventologist
Studio 1437
Chicago – IL USA
2-29-2012 – 11:48 AM CST
ASK's EDITORIAL NOTE:
This Posting also appears at: facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Mr. Potato Head turns 60...years, that is! ASK's TOY Reco: Feb. 25, 2012
ASK’s TOY RECO: We’re in GOOD COMPANY! “Why?” you may ask. That’s because in Friday’s edition of REDEYE on Page 3 I spotted an article that nearly swept me off my feet! It was a full –page Salute to 1 of our Favorite TOYS of all times – MR. POTATO HEAD who turned 60 years old this Month: Feb of 2012. That means everyone born in 1952 who graduated via the Class of 70, as high schoolers back during the 1900s, are in GOOD COMPANY. A Hasbro TOY, Mr. P (as he is commonly referred to by his legion of fans the last 60 years) has come a LONG ways. He even has his own Website – 1 thing that was non-existo back in the early 1950s when not too much was available on the electronic scene. All at:
http://www.hasbro.com/playskool/en_US/mrpotatohead/
Generations may come and Generations may go & grow older, but the Potato Heads definitely are Blast & I am guessing, but would say, they may be 1 of the FIRST Plastic Potato Toys ever made with movable Parts. Happy Birthday, Potato Head Family!
http://www.hasbro.com/playskool/en_US/mrpotatohead/
Generations may come and Generations may go & grow older, but the Potato Heads definitely are Blast & I am guessing, but would say, they may be 1 of the FIRST Plastic Potato Toys ever made with movable Parts. Happy Birthday, Potato Head Family!
February 25, 2012: That's 15 Years of Biking. Setting Records 2 Wheels @ a Time.
ASK'S BIKE RECO: 45,000 Miles. Yup, that's about it. Today is my 15TH Year Anniversary of Biking, nearly every Day out of the Calendar Year since Tuesday, February 25, 1997. Although it does seem like ONLY yesterday, it wasn't. Lots can happen in 15 years & it has. I encourage everyone to bike and evidently with oil prices going up even before St. Pat's Day, more and more people will be taking out their set of wheels to go about their daily routines.
And, of course, the great thing about being a Bike Jock is that (for the most part) with so much exercise that you can get from Biking (as well as saving money on car repairs / maintenance / gasoline) is that you never feel guilty about what you eat since you know you have your Bike right there to start all over again on the next spin. U might as well try 2 B 'the Healthiest' U can B 4 the longest U can B...Because as we all know: Nature has other plans for us no matter how hard we try...
Because We morph into our Parents: Boys into their Fathers & Girls into their Mothers, it's important to examine how their life works for them or against them. If you see something negative there is time to correct it. And biking is 1 of the sports that can make vast differences in the longevity of any person, no matter what age they get started by putting their peddle to the meddle!
Also posted at: Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
Feb. 25, 2012 - 11:40 AM CST
Also on Twitter.com/ASK_Koopersmith as:
How to be a Biking Queen. Read ASK's February 25, 2012: That's 15 Years of Biking. Setting Records 2 Wheels @ a Time.
And, of course, the great thing about being a Bike Jock is that (for the most part) with so much exercise that you can get from Biking (as well as saving money on car repairs / maintenance / gasoline) is that you never feel guilty about what you eat since you know you have your Bike right there to start all over again on the next spin. U might as well try 2 B 'the Healthiest' U can B 4 the longest U can B...Because as we all know: Nature has other plans for us no matter how hard we try...
Because We morph into our Parents: Boys into their Fathers & Girls into their Mothers, it's important to examine how their life works for them or against them. If you see something negative there is time to correct it. And biking is 1 of the sports that can make vast differences in the longevity of any person, no matter what age they get started by putting their peddle to the meddle!
Also posted at: Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
Feb. 25, 2012 - 11:40 AM CST
Also on Twitter.com/ASK_Koopersmith as:
How to be a Biking Queen. Read ASK's February 25, 2012: That's 15 Years of Biking. Setting Records 2 Wheels @ a Time.
Friday, February 24, 2012
From The Creator of HUG A. G.I. DAY ©1996 - The 2012 Version
ASK’s MILITARY RECO: What a nice way to say THANK YOU. I walked into my rec room earlier today; flicked on the TV & there was Steven Spielberg in a new commercial. I thought it was something for the Oscars, but I was to soon learn it was for a Topic much more serious.
As my favorite Movie Person, I stopped to see what he was saying and he mentioned a Website so I immediately wrote the URL down and had to investigate. After he spoke, First Lady Michelle Obama made a comment.
Then, I knew that my Holidate known as HUG A G.I. Day ©1996 - explained at:
http://adriennesiouxkoopersmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/from-creator-of-hug-gi-day-1996-on.html
would apply to their Activities called "Joining Forces." As ‘America’s Premier Eventologist’ (a title I received from Insight Magazine - Washington, DC in August of 1997) who has created 1900 HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE since July 25, 1990, I know the importance of celebrating each Day because it is indeed a Blessing in and of itself.
On December 23, 1991 at 6 PM I was beat-up, robbed and left-for-dead in the lobby of my apartment building. While hooked up to I.V. all night long (since I had lost so much blood), the only thing I thought was: IF I were only at home – even cleaning out the toilet, I’d be so much happier – than being here in the hospital, all torn up and in such pain.
After that experience, I founded CARTOONISTS AGAINST CRIME that later blossomed into the Creation of all these HOLIDATES – that fall into 34 precise categories. HUG A G.I. Day ©1996 falls on the only date in Calendrical Time that is a Military Command (‘March Forth’ altho the correct spelling is Fourth - - we Creatifs can take those kinds of LIBERTIES).
Therefore, my Holidate known as HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 is indeed a very Special Day when we get to tell the Members of our Military how very much we appreciate the Service they are providing us – while we hang out at the coffee shops; while we shop on a Saturday afternoon; while we go to the movies; while we surf the Internet – while we have LIBERTIES that would not be here with us if NOT for them, risking life and limb for us. If not for these Heroes and Sheroes, we would not have the Freedoms we have grown accustomed to.
I have 16 radio interviews set up for March 4TH – as HUG A G.I. Day ©1996 has always been 1 of my most popular HOLIDATES. We must all do our Parts – no matter what they are to be the strongest, bravest, most sincere and law-abiding people we can be. By all means check out what Mr. Spielberg & Mrs. Obama are talking about at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces/
and make and spread that Difference around.
Posted by:
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Screenwriter – Author – Eventologist – Promoter
SKiN: Sacred Kinship in Nature ™
How 10 Beloved Plush Toys Redefine Race ©2009
Chicago – IL USA
Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
Twitter.com/ASK_Koopersmith
2-24-2012 – 12:45 PM CST
POSTED ON Twitter & Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
THE 140 CHARACTER TWITTER VERSION at: twitter.com/ASK_Koopersmith states:
ASK’s HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 - #17 now @ http://tinyurl.com/6tlgnle What better way is there 2 say THANK U to our Miltiary True Heroes in our Lives
As my favorite Movie Person, I stopped to see what he was saying and he mentioned a Website so I immediately wrote the URL down and had to investigate. After he spoke, First Lady Michelle Obama made a comment.
Then, I knew that my Holidate known as HUG A G.I. Day ©1996 - explained at:
http://adriennesiouxkoopersmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/from-creator-of-hug-gi-day-1996-on.html
would apply to their Activities called "Joining Forces." As ‘America’s Premier Eventologist’ (a title I received from Insight Magazine - Washington, DC in August of 1997) who has created 1900 HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE since July 25, 1990, I know the importance of celebrating each Day because it is indeed a Blessing in and of itself.
On December 23, 1991 at 6 PM I was beat-up, robbed and left-for-dead in the lobby of my apartment building. While hooked up to I.V. all night long (since I had lost so much blood), the only thing I thought was: IF I were only at home – even cleaning out the toilet, I’d be so much happier – than being here in the hospital, all torn up and in such pain.
After that experience, I founded CARTOONISTS AGAINST CRIME that later blossomed into the Creation of all these HOLIDATES – that fall into 34 precise categories. HUG A G.I. Day ©1996 falls on the only date in Calendrical Time that is a Military Command (‘March Forth’ altho the correct spelling is Fourth - - we Creatifs can take those kinds of LIBERTIES).
Therefore, my Holidate known as HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 is indeed a very Special Day when we get to tell the Members of our Military how very much we appreciate the Service they are providing us – while we hang out at the coffee shops; while we shop on a Saturday afternoon; while we go to the movies; while we surf the Internet – while we have LIBERTIES that would not be here with us if NOT for them, risking life and limb for us. If not for these Heroes and Sheroes, we would not have the Freedoms we have grown accustomed to.
I have 16 radio interviews set up for March 4TH – as HUG A G.I. Day ©1996 has always been 1 of my most popular HOLIDATES. We must all do our Parts – no matter what they are to be the strongest, bravest, most sincere and law-abiding people we can be. By all means check out what Mr. Spielberg & Mrs. Obama are talking about at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces/
and make and spread that Difference around.
Posted by:
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Screenwriter – Author – Eventologist – Promoter
SKiN: Sacred Kinship in Nature ™
How 10 Beloved Plush Toys Redefine Race ©2009
Chicago – IL USA
Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
Twitter.com/ASK_Koopersmith
2-24-2012 – 12:45 PM CST
POSTED ON Twitter & Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
THE 140 CHARACTER TWITTER VERSION at: twitter.com/ASK_Koopersmith states:
ASK’s HUG A G.I. DAY ©1996 - #17 now @ http://tinyurl.com/6tlgnle What better way is there 2 say THANK U to our Miltiary True Heroes in our Lives
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
ASK: America's Premier Eventologist on: Leap Year Day: Not one of my 1900 Holidates!
AS POSTED ON:
facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
For: Wed., February 22,2012 - 10:52 AM CST
ONE WEEK TO GO: Now that it is Wednesday, February 22, 2012, there's only 7 days left until Leap Year Day. This is a big deal. It means alot in Nature & to some of my friends it means they have 1 more Day in which NOT to pay rent. Then, there are those People who were born on Leap Year Day -- meaning if they are 20, they're actually 5, forever younger than most. Then, there's the tradition of proposing to a Man on Leap Year's Day if UR a fair young maiden, which is an age-old Tradition that goes back to the 5TH Century in Ireland. There's alot packed into that Day - no wonder it only comes about every once in a while. More Trivia on LYD is found at:
http://www.projectbritain.com/year/leapyear.htm
facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
For: Wed., February 22,2012 - 10:52 AM CST
ONE WEEK TO GO: Now that it is Wednesday, February 22, 2012, there's only 7 days left until Leap Year Day. This is a big deal. It means alot in Nature & to some of my friends it means they have 1 more Day in which NOT to pay rent. Then, there are those People who were born on Leap Year Day -- meaning if they are 20, they're actually 5, forever younger than most. Then, there's the tradition of proposing to a Man on Leap Year's Day if UR a fair young maiden, which is an age-old Tradition that goes back to the 5TH Century in Ireland. There's alot packed into that Day - no wonder it only comes about every once in a while. More Trivia on LYD is found at:
http://www.projectbritain.com/year/leapyear.htm
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
GORF & PINK marry - just another Ribbiting Romance @ The Pondola!
As Connie commented on Facebook on Monday, February 21, 2012 at 12:47 PM
"we need to get mr and ms married (gorf & pinky).
TO WHICH MY RESPONSE OF 2-22-2012 - 1:56 PM is:
They did! Forgot to tell U, CONNIE - they eloped or is that eLEAPED a few days ago. It was love at first bulgy eye-ball site! She's actuallY BIGGER than he is! Shows how will wear the PANTS in that family! But we should take some pix of them - once the weather gets GREENer...Thanks for the great idea! R little froggetts in the pix...I would NOT be surprised! Quite a ribbiting experience...Cheers, ASK @ 1:50 PM
FB Message of 1:58 PM reads as: ASK's FROG NEWS: GORF & PINK marry - just another Ribbiting Romance @ The Pondola! For all the Amphibian News you need, turn to: http://tinyurl.com/7rpozf8 After all, not everyone hibernates their winters completely away...
"we need to get mr and ms married (gorf & pinky).
TO WHICH MY RESPONSE OF 2-22-2012 - 1:56 PM is:
They did! Forgot to tell U, CONNIE - they eloped or is that eLEAPED a few days ago. It was love at first bulgy eye-ball site! She's actuallY BIGGER than he is! Shows how will wear the PANTS in that family! But we should take some pix of them - once the weather gets GREENer...Thanks for the great idea! R little froggetts in the pix...I would NOT be surprised! Quite a ribbiting experience...Cheers, ASK @ 1:50 PM
FB Message of 1:58 PM reads as: ASK's FROG NEWS: GORF & PINK marry - just another Ribbiting Romance @ The Pondola! For all the Amphibian News you need, turn to: http://tinyurl.com/7rpozf8 After all, not everyone hibernates their winters completely away...
Monday, February 20, 2012
President Day Toys - let's hear it for their Pets instead!
I'm curious: It's President's Day - the 132nd...do you think the Sales of Toys/Dolls depicting USA Presidents soar today? I would think they would. Any comments and commentary? I think ALL THE PRESIDENTS' PETS would have a good draw - if a prominent TOY MANUFACTURER caught wind of this & produced a cute set of them & sold them next year on Prez. Day of 2013. Cute little furry dogs -- press a button and their tail wags and they start barking up a storm. The Marketing (we could call it BARK-eting) on this would be phenomena. I always have an interest in TOYS as I've been collecting for 59 years...and I'm 'America's Premier Eventologist' so I create Holidates that set aside important TOPICS as TOYS & how they influence the world. Thanks for listening!
Cheers, ASK
Studio 1437 / Chicago - IL USA 2-20-2012
ASK's NOTE: As posted at: Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
Feb. 20, 2012 - 12 Noon
Cheers, ASK
Studio 1437 / Chicago - IL USA 2-20-2012
ASK's NOTE: As posted at: Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
Feb. 20, 2012 - 12 Noon
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
TOY FAIR: 2012: Day 3 of 4. ASK's OnLine Perspective
ASK's TOY RECO: TOP TOY NEWS for Valentine's Day: February 14, 2012
Toy Industry Association Elects Leadership @ Annual Business Meeting
http://tinyurl.com/75uy3ec
At its Annual Business Meeting held earlier today, the TIA: Toy Industry Association announced the election of 2 new members to the TIA Board of Directors, marking the first-ever retail executive & sales representative to join the TIA Board. The meeting also saw the Chairmanship gavel pass to Soren Torp Laursen of LEGO Systems from retiring Board Chairman Bryan Stockton of Mattel.
ME AGAIN: I'm just reading everything I can online about the TOY FAIR and from what I can gather, even tho People's feet are aching; throbbing and blisters are forming, they're having a BALL there.
“Play Hard - Play (a)long. That's my Motto!”
Cheers, ASK: Screenwriter: SKiN: Sacred Kinship in Nature ™
How 10 Beloved Plush Toys Redefine Race ©2009
Studio 1437
Chicago – IL USA
NOTE: Also posted at: Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
Toy Industry Association Elects Leadership @ Annual Business Meeting
http://tinyurl.com/75uy3ec
At its Annual Business Meeting held earlier today, the TIA: Toy Industry Association announced the election of 2 new members to the TIA Board of Directors, marking the first-ever retail executive & sales representative to join the TIA Board. The meeting also saw the Chairmanship gavel pass to Soren Torp Laursen of LEGO Systems from retiring Board Chairman Bryan Stockton of Mattel.
ME AGAIN: I'm just reading everything I can online about the TOY FAIR and from what I can gather, even tho People's feet are aching; throbbing and blisters are forming, they're having a BALL there.
“Play Hard - Play (a)long. That's my Motto!”
Cheers, ASK: Screenwriter: SKiN: Sacred Kinship in Nature ™
How 10 Beloved Plush Toys Redefine Race ©2009
Studio 1437
Chicago – IL USA
NOTE: Also posted at: Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
Monday, February 13, 2012
ASK on Attachments & Connections: February 13, 2012
PROLOGUE
i love EVENTS. What’s more FUN than knowing there is something to anticipate; to plan for; something else ‘to do’ in the long List of Things (EVENTS of all Varieties) that We Humans subject ourselves (to) on a Daily Basis. Then, in 1990 as i was approaching my Fifth Decade of Life, i was rapidly becoming extremely bored by the constant and monotonous Flow of EVENTS that dots our Perennial Calendar. Affixed as they are, those standard and traditional HOLIDAYS just did not have the Pizzazz or pack the Punch (as they once had) when i was younger and much more impressionable with The Mundane. After all, i was maturing and formulating better Ways on how i wanted ‘The System’ to be run, EVENT-by-EVENT, which is how Life cyclically operates. Being born in 1952, i was 38 at the time and this Milestone meant i had celebrated:
38 New Year’s Days;
38 Valentine’s Days;
38 St. Patrick’s Days;
38 April Fools’ Days;
38 Fourth of July’s;
38 Labor Days;
38 Halloweens;
38 Thanksgivings;
38 Christmas Eve’s;
38 Christmases;
&
38 New Year’s Eves
“Enough was enough already!” i said to myself. “If i have to go through any more of these Festivities, i’ll pull-out my Hair!” With a Flair for what’s fair, i strongly felt that every Day was important. i consistently wondered:
“Why should just a Handful of EVENTS
be celebrated when every Day
is as vital as the One before it;
and,
the One after it?”
Then, Fate staged its Entrance (as it does) in changing the Landscape. From this Point on-word, all EVENTS in my Life that (were to) follow would be radically altered. While visiting the Fullerton Street Library in Chicago’s Lincoln Park in 1990 and moseying around the Bookshelves, i spotted a Volume called Chase’s Calendar of Events. Listed were EVENTS of all Subjects & Matters that caught my undivided Attention. Every Day of the Year was listed and attached to it was a Historical Occasion; a Happening that proved what i thought, knew and assumed all along:
That each Day is monumental in its own Right, Rite and Write of Passage.
i studied the Book from Cover-to-Cover. As a creative & cosmopolitan Person(ality), i was quite interested in a huge Assortment of Topics. I am totally fascinated by People; mesmerized by Places; and intrigued by Things that many Times just happened or appeared for no obvious Reason, entering my Realm and then quickly departing, very much as a(ny) Day does.
THE ‘SERVE & DESERVE’ PATTERN:
Every Object serves a Purpose and deserves to be immortalized in Time, remembered for its Contribution, having occurred as it did - allowing others ‘The Opportunity’ to find them ‘of interest’ as well, if they so chose.
‘Popular Culture’ was the Buzz Word and by tying all these Facets of Humanity & Society together, that Mass of Literary Words + Worlds would illuminate to show We (as a People – Humanity) are all The Same and that our Similarities embrace our unique Differences. That simple Connection became The Foundation of what was to steer my Creative Writing Career.
Like clockwork, from that Moment of Realization, i started Writing and creating EVENTS. One EVENT led to another. As a Trendsetter and 20TH Century Literary Pioneer, i felt a new Literary Genre needed to be introduced to ‘The Scene’ which was rather easy to do as Writing comes Second Nature to me. Because i reside in the Third largest and most sophisticated Metropolis in the USA: Chicago, Illinois, the Diversity of Cultures was instantly found at one’s Fingertips, the Fingers that were to write-out the Story of Our Days. Therefore:
EVENTOLOGY
THE ART OF EVENT-MAKING
ADRiENNE SiOUX KOOPERSMiTH’s CAMPAIGNS FOR HUMANITY ©1990.
was created on Wednesday, July 25, 1990 at 9:45 PM that began with 1 humble HOLIDATE and now swells to a Herd of over 1,900 HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE in 34 Categories.
i’m not bored anymore…
ASK: ADRiENNE SiOUX KOOPERSMiTH
‘America’s Premier Eventologist’
&
‘The Premier Eventologist in The History of The World’
Chicago, Illinois USA
Monday, February 13, 2012 – 12:15 PM CST
©1964-2012. ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Posted on Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
& Koopersmithin' - Monday, February 13, 2012 - 1:34 PM CST
i love EVENTS. What’s more FUN than knowing there is something to anticipate; to plan for; something else ‘to do’ in the long List of Things (EVENTS of all Varieties) that We Humans subject ourselves (to) on a Daily Basis. Then, in 1990 as i was approaching my Fifth Decade of Life, i was rapidly becoming extremely bored by the constant and monotonous Flow of EVENTS that dots our Perennial Calendar. Affixed as they are, those standard and traditional HOLIDAYS just did not have the Pizzazz or pack the Punch (as they once had) when i was younger and much more impressionable with The Mundane. After all, i was maturing and formulating better Ways on how i wanted ‘The System’ to be run, EVENT-by-EVENT, which is how Life cyclically operates. Being born in 1952, i was 38 at the time and this Milestone meant i had celebrated:
38 New Year’s Days;
38 Valentine’s Days;
38 St. Patrick’s Days;
38 April Fools’ Days;
38 Fourth of July’s;
38 Labor Days;
38 Halloweens;
38 Thanksgivings;
38 Christmas Eve’s;
38 Christmases;
&
38 New Year’s Eves
“Enough was enough already!” i said to myself. “If i have to go through any more of these Festivities, i’ll pull-out my Hair!” With a Flair for what’s fair, i strongly felt that every Day was important. i consistently wondered:
“Why should just a Handful of EVENTS
be celebrated when every Day
is as vital as the One before it;
and,
the One after it?”
Then, Fate staged its Entrance (as it does) in changing the Landscape. From this Point on-word, all EVENTS in my Life that (were to) follow would be radically altered. While visiting the Fullerton Street Library in Chicago’s Lincoln Park in 1990 and moseying around the Bookshelves, i spotted a Volume called Chase’s Calendar of Events. Listed were EVENTS of all Subjects & Matters that caught my undivided Attention. Every Day of the Year was listed and attached to it was a Historical Occasion; a Happening that proved what i thought, knew and assumed all along:
That each Day is monumental in its own Right, Rite and Write of Passage.
i studied the Book from Cover-to-Cover. As a creative & cosmopolitan Person(ality), i was quite interested in a huge Assortment of Topics. I am totally fascinated by People; mesmerized by Places; and intrigued by Things that many Times just happened or appeared for no obvious Reason, entering my Realm and then quickly departing, very much as a(ny) Day does.
THE ‘SERVE & DESERVE’ PATTERN:
Every Object serves a Purpose and deserves to be immortalized in Time, remembered for its Contribution, having occurred as it did - allowing others ‘The Opportunity’ to find them ‘of interest’ as well, if they so chose.
‘Popular Culture’ was the Buzz Word and by tying all these Facets of Humanity & Society together, that Mass of Literary Words + Worlds would illuminate to show We (as a People – Humanity) are all The Same and that our Similarities embrace our unique Differences. That simple Connection became The Foundation of what was to steer my Creative Writing Career.
Like clockwork, from that Moment of Realization, i started Writing and creating EVENTS. One EVENT led to another. As a Trendsetter and 20TH Century Literary Pioneer, i felt a new Literary Genre needed to be introduced to ‘The Scene’ which was rather easy to do as Writing comes Second Nature to me. Because i reside in the Third largest and most sophisticated Metropolis in the USA: Chicago, Illinois, the Diversity of Cultures was instantly found at one’s Fingertips, the Fingers that were to write-out the Story of Our Days. Therefore:
EVENTOLOGY
THE ART OF EVENT-MAKING
ADRiENNE SiOUX KOOPERSMiTH’s CAMPAIGNS FOR HUMANITY ©1990.
was created on Wednesday, July 25, 1990 at 9:45 PM that began with 1 humble HOLIDATE and now swells to a Herd of over 1,900 HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE in 34 Categories.
i’m not bored anymore…
ASK: ADRiENNE SiOUX KOOPERSMiTH
‘America’s Premier Eventologist’
&
‘The Premier Eventologist in The History of The World’
Chicago, Illinois USA
Monday, February 13, 2012 – 12:15 PM CST
©1964-2012. ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Posted on Facebook.com/AdrienneSiouxKoopersmith
& Koopersmithin' - Monday, February 13, 2012 - 1:34 PM CST
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Celebrating ABE LINCOLN's 203RD Birthday: Sunday, February 12, 2012
ASK ON BIRTHDAYING: No one has mentioned yet that it's Abe Lincoln's 203rd Birthday...today so I will. I just have a Thing for OLDER MEN, U could say. Actually, most people from the State of IL know that Abe Lincoln, the 16th President of the USA got his start here...humble, modest; worked his way up; lived in a log cabin. It's an incredible Story that ended in Tragedy as 'Honest Abe' was assassinated at a Theatre @ the height of his Prime. Abe's Story involves what happened during the Civil War, his take on Civil Rights & growing up in a time without airplanes, computers & fast food chains. This all makes a person of today step-back & wonder about Life in general, specifically so.
IF UR an historian, all you need do is google: Abraham Lincoln's 203RD Birthday & U'll find an Assortment of Articles. If not for him and George (Washington) we wouldn't get this time OFF from WORK with PAY to go shopping! Happy Birthday, Mr. President...
http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/we-people/2012/feb/12/happy-203rd-birthday-to-abraham-lincoln-today/
NOTE: As posted on facebook.com/AdrienneSioux Koopersmith
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 - 2:30 PM CST
IF UR an historian, all you need do is google: Abraham Lincoln's 203RD Birthday & U'll find an Assortment of Articles. If not for him and George (Washington) we wouldn't get this time OFF from WORK with PAY to go shopping! Happy Birthday, Mr. President...
http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/we-people/2012/feb/12/happy-203rd-birthday-to-abraham-lincoln-today/
NOTE: As posted on facebook.com/AdrienneSioux Koopersmith
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 - 2:30 PM CST
Saturday, February 11, 2012
TOY TALK OF THE TOWN: The 2012 Toy Fair trots into NYC!
ASK ON IF: IF I were in New York City from Feb. 12-15, this is where I'd be:
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
For the: Largest Toy Trade Show in Western Hemisphere
Their Copy states: Count yourself among the 30,000 toy industry insiders from 100+ countries who will come to NYC to get a first-peek at 7,000 brand new toys, games, and youth entertainment products making their debut at the largest toy trade show in the Western hemisphere.
www.ToyFairNY.com
I cannot imagine what ALL & who ALL will be there!
It's put on by: Toy Industry Association (TIA)
TIA is the not-for-profit trade association for producers and importers of toys and youth entertainment products sold in North America, representing over 550 companies who account for approximately 85% of domestic toy sales. Toy safety is the number one priority for the toy industry. TIA has a long history of leadership in toy safety including development of the first comprehensive toy safety standard more than 30 years ago, and working with government, consumers and industry on ongoing programs to ensure safe and fun play. For more information, please visit www.toyfairny.com, www.toyassociation.org or www.toyinfo.org.
I don't think there's ANYTHING better than PLAY -- besides TYPING up stories about those TOYS, of course...
NOTE: As posted on: facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
For the: Largest Toy Trade Show in Western Hemisphere
Their Copy states: Count yourself among the 30,000 toy industry insiders from 100+ countries who will come to NYC to get a first-peek at 7,000 brand new toys, games, and youth entertainment products making their debut at the largest toy trade show in the Western hemisphere.
www.ToyFairNY.com
I cannot imagine what ALL & who ALL will be there!
It's put on by: Toy Industry Association (TIA)
TIA is the not-for-profit trade association for producers and importers of toys and youth entertainment products sold in North America, representing over 550 companies who account for approximately 85% of domestic toy sales. Toy safety is the number one priority for the toy industry. TIA has a long history of leadership in toy safety including development of the first comprehensive toy safety standard more than 30 years ago, and working with government, consumers and industry on ongoing programs to ensure safe and fun play. For more information, please visit www.toyfairny.com, www.toyassociation.org or www.toyinfo.org.
I don't think there's ANYTHING better than PLAY -- besides TYPING up stories about those TOYS, of course...
NOTE: As posted on: facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
The Appeal of HOLIDATES: ASK finishes Children's Book in 6 Days.
ASK’s ANNOUNCEMENT: It's off my Mind and onto the Page. I did it! I started it & finished it in Record Time. Wait until Guinness Book of World Records hears about this one.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
And, I wasn't even all snowed due to BC: Blizzard Conditions (like We R having here in Chicago as I type this out). Those storms are great tho for WE WRITERS as it provides us with a(nother) excuse to WRITE OUT THE STORM. And, of course, to WRITE IT OUT.
This all came about becuz I had an Inspiration - an idea 4 a Kid’s Book taken from 1 of my Holidates last Sat. on Feb. 4, 2012 @ 4:19 PM & I finished the entire Book done as of just a few Moments ago - on Fri. Feb.10, 2012 @ 1:52 PM CST. Word-Wise it’s 4357 with Footnotes or 4245 without those tell-all 112 Footnotes. Now, to get it properly copyrighted and online as an eBook. That comes next...but I'm sure it will take longer than 6 Work Days.
Posted by: ASK
Friday, February 10, 2012 - 2:17 PM CST
Also posted on Facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
And, I wasn't even all snowed due to BC: Blizzard Conditions (like We R having here in Chicago as I type this out). Those storms are great tho for WE WRITERS as it provides us with a(nother) excuse to WRITE OUT THE STORM. And, of course, to WRITE IT OUT.
This all came about becuz I had an Inspiration - an idea 4 a Kid’s Book taken from 1 of my Holidates last Sat. on Feb. 4, 2012 @ 4:19 PM & I finished the entire Book done as of just a few Moments ago - on Fri. Feb.10, 2012 @ 1:52 PM CST. Word-Wise it’s 4357 with Footnotes or 4245 without those tell-all 112 Footnotes. Now, to get it properly copyrighted and online as an eBook. That comes next...but I'm sure it will take longer than 6 Work Days.
Posted by: ASK
Friday, February 10, 2012 - 2:17 PM CST
Also posted on Facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
Thursday, February 9, 2012
ASK's Countdown To 60: 6 Months to go! Preparatory Work for the Big Celebration!
ASK's COUNTDOWN TO 60. So there we have it. It's official. Today is Thursday, February 9TH, 2012: In only Six (6) Months from today I turn 60. So I decided last night: What can I do that would be different for the next 6 months -- 180 days or so that would really get me in shape - something I never did the last 59.5. I'm pretty much SET in my ways now. I asked my friendly deli counter gal that sees me every day. She couldn't think of anything more exciting than trying a new salad every day, but I did think of something. I am going to introduce LOW (very low - as low-as-U-can-go) Aerobic Workouts to my Day. I use the microwave about 3 times, daily. Therefore, while THE TIMER is going - I'm going to move around, aerobically, that is. After 180 days, something somewhere may have tightened up. I think it's a good idea. It doesn't cost me anything. The time is going to plod on by anyway...MicroWave Aerobics! Who knows. It just might catch on! No telling! Cheers, ASK - 2-9-2012 - 3:32 PM CST
POSTING: Also placed on Facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
POSTING: Also placed on Facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
Thursday, February 2, 2012
ASK's COUNTDOWN TO 60 for February 2, 2012 - Ground Hog's Day: 2012
ASK's COUNTDOWN TO 60: It really doesn't bother me that I'll be 60 in 27 more Weeks - as next Thursday marks my 59.5 birthday & one-half, but evidently those people who run the marketing groups are looking for people with specific demographics. Today, for instance, proved to be a prime example. I decided I'd help these people out who needed 'talking heads.' So I filled out the form, not putting my age in. Actually, I did not have my glasses on and didn't see it - I mean how big is the word: AGE. It can be overlooked, you know. When, they emailed me back, they asked for MY AGE. Of course, I told them 'ageless' - then seriously typed in 59. A few seconds later, I got a note stating I was the wrong demographic.
As if they were looking for people OLDER? The clincher was: Their Angle was 'what kind of groceries do you buy?' And by having strict parameters, it's as if to say: People over 55 don't eat. Some things U can understand; some things U can't. This falls into the shouldn't category. No matter what, I'm 59 and 25 weeks old today & had a great day...if the Marketers don't get you, the Winters here will...
Posted by: ASK
Also at: facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
Chicago - IL USA
As if they were looking for people OLDER? The clincher was: Their Angle was 'what kind of groceries do you buy?' And by having strict parameters, it's as if to say: People over 55 don't eat. Some things U can understand; some things U can't. This falls into the shouldn't category. No matter what, I'm 59 and 25 weeks old today & had a great day...if the Marketers don't get you, the Winters here will...
Posted by: ASK
Also at: facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
Chicago - IL USA
ASK, America's Premier Eventologist on ‘Protecting Your Writes' ©2012
I’m inquiring to ask if any of you know of a Writer’s Magazine or Digest who would be interested in my newly- penned Copyright Infringement Document as this is a subject that We Writers need to know about. 2012 appears to be THE YEAR OF THE CRACKDOWN with Copyright Infringement & Conversion of our Material (finally) taking center-stage, especially so with the January 18TH Event known as BLACKOUT WEDNESDAY that We could not dismiss. The 2 top national cases involve Kim DotCom and Frank Sullivan’s ‘Eye of The Tiger’ that was ab-used by presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. Besides selling this Document, I would like to be placed on the Speaker’s Circuit to shed more light on Copyright Infringement (as the year progresses) as I have developed 16 valuable and enlightening Dynamics that are relevant as to what happens when a Crime of this Intensity occurs to the Creator as well as his/her Community. Any leads you can share would be so appreciated. Thank you.
Posted by:
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Screenwriter – Author – Eventologist – Promoter
Chicago – IL USA
Dateline: 2-2-2012 – 12:27 PM CST
NOTE: Also posted on: Facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
and throughout FB during the Month of February, 2012.
Posted by:
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Screenwriter – Author – Eventologist – Promoter
Chicago – IL USA
Dateline: 2-2-2012 – 12:27 PM CST
NOTE: Also posted on: Facebook.com/Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith
and throughout FB during the Month of February, 2012.
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