Daily One Inch Button - Tony Clifton

Who is Tony Clifton? Was it Andy Kaufman? This excellent video from the Muppet show featuring not just Tony Clifton but Andy Kaufman as well says that is not the case. Some say that at some points, Tony was Andy, and at some points (like when he makes appearances now) he is Bob Zmuda. Could it be that Tony Clifton is really Tony Clifton? Who else would sing Volare so obnoxiously, and yet so beautifully?

He really was the counterpart to Andy Kaufman. Loud, obnoxious, smoking cigarettes and eating / doing just about whatever he wanted. Yet somehow, we lost Andy but got stuck with him. Who said that there was fairness in life, right?

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Daily One Inch Button - Vampire Bear Laughing

Vampire bear loves a good laugh - especially when he has just taught three letters in the Hebrew aleph bet in one lesson! Oh, darling little Vampire Bear, who would have thought that in the course of teaching a course called "Learn The Hebrew Language with Vampire Bear," a sweet little bear would get the opportunity to have such a good laugh? I had a feeling it might be the case but we're pretty tight, so to speak.

If you've ever wanted to see all of our Vampire Bear buttons, here is the link.

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Daily One Inch Button - Follow Suit

In the delightful card game of bridge, you have to play the same suit of card that is being played in the hand (unless you lead) which is where the phrase "follow suit" started. The only exception to this is when you don't have a card of that kind, in which case you play any other card. This comes in handy when you have a trump card, the suit of which is determined in the bidding stage of the game. It does you no good, naturally, if the bid is determined to be NT, or no trump.

In case that was all too confusing, a Bridge button might just not be for you. Just saying.

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Daily One Inch Button - Eggplant

When I was a kid growing up in New Jersey, I had a friend named Eric who one time got a grilled eggplant dish when my family went out to eat at some restaurant. I thought it looked pretty gross at the time and I didn't care for the taste. My, how things change.

A couple of decades later, eggplant is of course my favorite vegetable. I wonder why there's no eggplant sushi. Did you know that most of the world's eggplant comes from New Jersey? It is, indeed, a fact. That is why eggplant most likely is coming to you from New Jersey with love.

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Daily One Inch Button - Carrier Pigeon

No, they don't always smuggle drugs - though some of them are being used for that nefarious purpose right now. Sometimes they were used for transporting important messages, as seen in this clip of someone playing a Nancy Drew video game. Were they the inspiration for the pet owls that transported letters in the wizarding world of Harry Potter?

Of course they were, silly. Actually, one of my favourite clips from the movies is this one, where Hermione tells Harry that she is not an owl. The owl depicted on the button looks like he's up to no good. Or maybe he's up to nothing but good?

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Daily One Inch Button - Andrew Kaufman

1984. That was the last year that this amazing man was seen alive. Why did it have to end? Why did I have to be a child when this legendary genius passed away? He sang Mighty Mouse on SNL. (He even inspired elementary school children to try and imitate that feat.) He played a silly role on Taxi and on the side did all kinds of things like have standup specials, at Carnegie Hall no less, where the entire audience was taken out for milk and cookies after the program.

Here's a tribute video to Andy Kaufman. We will tremendously miss you.

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Daily One Inch Button - Vampire Bear Sour Milk

Sour milk is nothing like sour kisses. No, for while both are undesirable, only sour milk has a terrible smell. It really helps Vampire Bear in a way because it reminds him of the ches with a patach underneath it - does that sound Greek to you? It shouldn't, because it is actually Hebrew. Did you know that Vampire Bear teaches a weekly course called Learn How To Read Hebrew with Vampire Bear? I hope you knew that. I just love the look on little Goobie Bear's face and how darling little Shrimpy is running away in horror.

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Daily One Inch Button - The Internet Makes Me Feel Ill-Informed

Please note that all orders placed on Tuesday and Wednesday will be shipped on Thursday due to the Jewish holidays of Simchas Torah and Shemini Atzeres.

This is an absolute truth. Have you ever heard the expression, "The more I learn, the more I realize how little I actually know?" This is particularly more true in the past quarter century as computer technology has advanced and people have made the spread of knowledge so incredibly easy. There are hundreds of thousands of fields of study about which I am completely ignorant, and about which I will be forever ignorant because one cannot possibly learn everything there is to learn in one lifetime.

One can only do ones best and focus on things that really are interesting - but that is, of course, subjective.

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Daily One Inch Button - WOTLK Countdown

Please note that all orders placed on Tuesday and Wednesday will be shipped on Thursday due to the Jewish holidays of Simchas Torah and Shemini Atzeres.

I don't know about you but lately I have been pretty much playing exactly one game, and that game happens to be a massive multi-player online role playing game that involves all kinds of exciting storylines and intricate plots and, as of late, the rewarding of achievements such as the one that I got for getting my character a haircut. Well, really, a change in hair style, but who is counting? It's only a matter of a few weeks before the next major expansion for this game is coming out and I am carefully counting down the days - I, along with quite a few million eager fans.

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Daily One Inch Button - The Grumpy Disappearing Bees

It's a mystery that will make honey disappear from our kitchen if we don't do something to fix it. Why are millions of bees dying across North America? Are they just so unhappy with us that they are leaving us in this gruesome manner? From the look of this bee, the answer may just be yes. It's a problem that is affecting small and large beekeeper alike - many have had to go out of business as a result of lack of bee. 60 Minutes even has had a special report: Why Are Honeybees Disappearing? Let us hope that this problem is resolved quickly, with a sweet resolution. Rosh Hashana wouldn't be the same without apples dipped in honey.

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