HOT TIPS : DOGGEDLY DEVOTED TO HALLOWEEN.Your daughter wants to be a ballerina for Halloween, and your son has his heart set on being Luke Skywalker. But what about Fido or Spot? Rag Dog, the brainchild of Hollywood costume designer Sharon Day, has just the answer for those doggy costume dilemmas. The Internet costume store has outfits of all kinds to put your pooch in a begging-for-treats mood. Your schnauzer schnauzer (shnou`zər), a sturdy, wirehaired dog developed in S Germany. There are three separate breeds of schnauzer distinguished by their size. The standard schnauzer is a medium-sized dog whose existence in Germany dates back to the 15th cent. can dress like a little devil, complete with horns, and your terrier can disguise himself as Puff the Magic Dragon, sporting plush purple spines down his furry back. Your Chihuahua can even team up with the human ballerina in her own pink tutu tutu coriariaarborea. , and your bulldog can don a wild Hawaiian shirt Hawaiian shirt n. A colorfully patterned short-sleeved sport shirt. [From the fact that the style originated in Hawaii.] to be the ultimate party animal. Most costumes range from $35 to $40, with price increasing with the size of the dog; shirts range from $20 to $23. To get your pup in a holiday mood, Rag Dog also offers strap-on angel wings angel wings a deformity of the scapulae seen with osteodystrophia fibrosa, particularly in kittens. The pull of the scapular muscles causes an outward bowing, hence the name. ($10-$12) and a Santa suit This is what professional Santa Clauses call their clothing. Many people erroneously call the outfit a "Santa Costume". Those that are realistic Santa Clauses, like to think that they really are playing Santa Claus. They refer to the red outfit as their "Suit". with hat ($35-$40). For more information, or to order a costume, contact Rag Dog at www.galaxymall.com/stores/ragdog/ or call Rag Dog distributors Entheos Enterprises at (818) 788-6106. - Carol Bidwell Disney pins hopes on millennium The Disney Store has introduced its exclusive ``Countdown to the Millennium'' collector pin series, with new pins released each Friday through Dec. 31. The series includes 101 pins, priced at $4 each at Disney Stores. The collectible pins capture favorite Disney moments and celebrate seven decades of Disney history, from Mortimer Mouse Mortimer Mouse, Minnie Mouse's uncle Mortimer Mouse is a fictional character created by Floyd Gottfredson for The Walt Disney Company. He is Minnie Mouse's ranch-owning cattleman uncle. He first appeared in the comic strip Mickey Mouse in Death Valley (1930). to Bambi, from Mickey and Minnie Mouse to Davy Crockett. The first pin, in stores now, features Mickey and a photo of his creator, cartoonist Walt Disney, against a futuristic background marking the year 2000. - Carol Bidwell So, get UP, already Car alarms blare. Televisions talk incessantly. It was just a matter of time before we started sleeping through the morning buzzer. The antidote for the desensitized de·sen·si·tize tr.v. de·sen·si·tized, de·sen·si·tiz·ing, de·sen·si·tiz·es 1. To render insensitive or less sensitive. 2. Immunology To make (an individual) nonreactive or insensitive to an antigen. ? If louder or more jarring hasn't worked, both Timex and Zenith have rolled out some new clocks available at Kmart and Wal-Mart stores that might finally rouse you in the morning. Timex has a standard (Nature Sounds Stereo CD Clock Radio (T600), $130) and a travel (Expedition Travel, $200) alarm clock that feature babbling babbling Neurology Quasi-random vocalizations in infants that precede language acquisition. See Lalling stage. brook, ocean surf and forest spring sounds. Zenith, meantime, is taking the role of clocks to new senses: Its Soothing Sounds Aroma Therapy Dual Alarm Clock Radio (Z358) emits a floral, jasmine, pink grapefruit or chamomile chamomile or camomile (both: kăm`əmīl', –mēl') [Gr.,=ground apple], name for various related plants of the family Asteraceae (aster family), especially the perennial Anthemis nobilis, scent on demand. It sells for $80. But for really hard sleepers, Zenith's Wakeup Minder (Z128), priced at $24.99, is the winning choice. It allows you to record a personal wakeup message. So if the sound of your own hollering doesn't jolt you out of bed, there may be no help for you. - Betty Kwong CAPTION(S): 6 Photos PHOTO (1 -- 2) It's a ruff life for Halloween for Puff the Magic Dragon, far left, and a Prima Ballerina. (3 -- 5) no capiton (Mickey Mouse, Bambi and Davy Crockett) (6) no caption (alarm clocks) |
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