Truth be known, IÂ’m a fan of calendars. I have a few up around the house. But not once do I use them for their purpose. You wonÂ’t find notes in any of my current three. And I canÂ’t recall the last time I looked at one to actually contemplate what the date was. Surely theyÂ’re not for that? Case in point: I recently skipped an entire month from my Pirelli calendar because I was convinced that a photo of a topless Sophie Dahl might be so damaging that IÂ’d be left with a life-long need of viagra.
Rather I like to look upon my calendars as little, frameless art installations. Each month I get a new picture, photo, setting or idea upon my wall. With each new month comes another piece of inspiration, or a new enjoyment. And given that they can have so much influence upon a room itÂ’s important that if youÂ’re giving one as a gift this Christmas you pick the right one. Sadly with such a plethora or cheap calendars out there itÂ’s easy to fall into the trap of giving one that is somewhat lacklustre or down right awful.
So what should be gracing your friendÂ’s (or your own) walls in 2008?
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
Reuters - Hurricane Ike barreled toward Cuba as an
extremely dangerous Category 4 storm on Sunday and was forecast
to sweep into the central Gulf of Mexico as a large and
powerful storm echoing Hurricane Gustav.
