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Today is Pi Day, which celebrates both a mathematical constant and the circular joy of pie!  And this adorable Pie Bird is ready to help with the latter.

super bowl, super ice

It's not the Ice Bowl but the Super Bowl is coming...along with the need for a nice, big, football-shaped ice cube in your favorite beverage.

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This week's Decades TV channel's weekend binge is the 1950s series Highway Patrol, starring Broderick Crawford and many cars and criminals cruising along the roads of California.  We've got Season 3 of this classic show, with 5 DVDs' worth of episodes and plenty of automotive intrigue and old school justice.  

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Nothing says Halloween like a fancy funky skull trivet plaque!  

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It's getting to be time to buy back to school supplies (sorry, kids) and we're currently in the zodiac sign of Leo, so let's combine the two with these awesome Lion King crayons!  

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The Old-Time Brand-Name Cookbook is a delightful collection of vintage recipes and cooking wisdom, including early silver screen era actress Helen Twelvetrees' Wakimoli.  That translates more or less to what we now know as guacamole, which Helen made with various ingredients, including avocadoes, of course, along with mayonnaise and a tasty dash of paprika.  

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Perfect for a summer table full of veggies and salads and burgers, these little Fitz & Floyd salt and pepper shakers have a vintage flair.

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Are you an Aries?  Feisty, quick-witted, intense, and ready to go?  Among the rather diverse group of famous Aries folks like Robert Downey, Jr., Vincent van Gogh, Thomas Jefferson, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Lady Gaga, Sir Elton John, William Shatner, Jackie Chan, Andy Garcia and Kourtney Kardashian?  Whether you're officially a ram or not, this basil and lime scented incense is definitely a spirited and fragrant way to both focus intent and fire up motivation.  

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Whether you're filling these up with Sam Adams for your cousin from Boston or any other kind of beverage, these Red Sox pint glasses are ready for baseball season!  

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February 6th is National Chopsticks Day!  Here are some beauties to use at home or to bring to your favorite restaurant and impress everyone.

llama love

How can you not love a llama?  Especially when she's keeping watch over your favorite trinkets.

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Know any Scorpios?  Here's a special candle for those mysterious folks...they know how to get the right kind of fire started!

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Check out this lovely blue glass votive holder with a coppery autumn leaf accent...put in a flameless tealight and give a fall evening a cool glow. 

dia de los muertos is coming

Be ready with some chocolate caliente and this lovely mug.

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The Cow Parade of big, beautiful and unique fiberglass bovine installations is coming back to NYC this year, but if you can't make it there -- or if you just can't get enough of cool cows -- we've got a lovely Moozaic mini-replica of the 2001 life-sized version.  

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Today is World Elephant Day!  Here's a lovely key chain and  a groovy bag to celebrate these wonderful creatures....

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Summer's still here for another month and a half, and these shiny ceramic turtles are still ready to hang out in your garden or keep watch on your porch.  They also look nice indoors, and can be a happy reminder to slow down yet stick to your goals, taking things day by day.

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To celebrate Bastille Day today and the reopening of the Eiffel Tower on July 16th, here's a charming little trinket dish to hold jewelry, coins, loose buttons, or quelquechose.  

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Today is National Leon Day, which surprisingly is not in honor of the lovable hit man from The Professional played by Jean Reno, but is instead the halfway mark between last Christmas and this year's December holiday.  Leon is Noel spelled backwards, and National Leon Day gives you the chance to rekindle the Christmas spirit, to finally wrap those late gifts that you owe people from last Christmas, or to start getting ready for the upcoming holidays in six months.  Roast chestnuts on the barbecue or drink eggnog on ice, whatever makes you happy and merry.  And don't forget Christmas in July, but that's next month when it'll be even hotter outside.  

This Cup of Cheer mug is bright and red and makes every day feel like Christmas or the holiday season, because we always need more cheer, more joy, and generally more coffee.

father's day is almost here

Are you ready for Father's Day?  Is your dad a tea-drinking Ben Franklin fan, a retro TV watcher, or a devotee of the Beat Generation?  If so, here are three gifts to consider...first, to celebrate Mr. Franklin's experiments with kites and lightning, an Electrici-Tea Mug; second, the complete Season 3 DVD set of Highway Patrol, a 1950s classic all about law, order, California, and big shiny cars; and third, Call Me Burroughs, an extensive biography of William Burroughs, one of the Beat Generation's founding members and author of Naked Lunch.  And just a cheerful reminder that June 20th is less than two weeks away!