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HOT TIPS GETTING OUT OF A SCRAPE.


Boo-boos have never looked trendier.

``Nexcare Waterproof Bandages With Tattoo Designs'' spins off the temporary tattoo A temporary tattoo is an image made of ink and glue, which is applied to the outer surface of the skin and remains until such time as the image fades away (typically after 3-5 days) or is removed. Temporary tattoos are not actual tattoos, although many are intended to resemble them.  fad with a line of transparent adhesive bandages that sport animated characters from Disney films and Universal Studios' Curious George Curious George

inquisitive, mischievous monkey. [Children’s Lit.: Curious George]

See : Curiosity
 Adventures series.

Expanding its own tattoo bandage designs of sunshine faces, roses, ladybugs, butterflies, geckos GeckOS is an experimental operating system for MOS 6502 and compatible processors. It offers some Unix-like functionality including preemptive multitasking, multithreading, semaphores, signals, binary relocation, TCP/IP networking via SLIP and a 6502 standard library. , peace signs and tie-dyes, Nexcare recently added ``tattoos'' of Universal's Curious George, damsels from Disney's ``Little Mermaid little mermaid

the sacrifices her own life to save her beloved prince. [Dan. Lit.: Andersen’s Fairy Tales]

See : Self-Sacrifice
,'' ``Beauty and the Beast'' and ``Aladdin,'' plus prehistoric critters from its latest high-tech feature,`` Dinosaur.''

Not just for playground chic, these adhesive bandages protect injured skin by sealing completely around the pad to block out water, dirt and germs with comfortable, ultra-thin, breathable breath·a·ble  
adj.
1. Suitable or pleasant for breathing: breathable air.

2. Permitting air to pass through: a breathable fabric.
 material.

Nexcare Waterproof Bandages With Tattoo Designs, made by international pharmaceutical manufacturer 3M, come in assorted sizes and designs. A box of 25 sells for about $3.50.

- Daily News

I've got a secret I've Got a Secret is a weekly panel game show that was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. It was created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill as a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show What's My Line?. ...

But you can't read it because it's in my journal written in invisible ink invisible ink
n.
Ink that is colorless and invisible until treated by a chemical, heat, or special light. Also called sympathetic ink.
!

Sound like something your kid would say? If you're a parent who is curious about what your child writes in his or her diary, then ``My Ultra- Secret Stuff Journal'' will definitely drive you buggy. You see, this journal is a one-of-a-kind way that young kids can ensure keeping their important secrets away from the loving but prying eyes of Mom and Dad.

The 120-page book comes with a padlock and keys and, of course, a pen that writes in invisible ink. The only way to read entries is with the black light that accompanies the journal.

The journal retails for $19.95 and can be purchased at: ZanyBrainy, Imaginarium and Neiman Marcus Neiman Marcus

U.S. department-store chain. It was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1907 by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman, and her husband, A.L. Neiman.
 stores; by calling Swingset Press: (888) 543-9366 or by visiting the following Web sites: etoys.com, amazon.com or swingsetpress.com.

- Nancy Hewitt

Small talk about books

This isn't bite-sized reading, even if the volumes are on the small side.

Andrews-McMeel Publishing has introduced its Take 4! Little Book Library, combining four Little Books inside a single gift case.

Among the collections, ``A Book Is a Present You Can Open Again and Again,'' a collection of stories illustrated by Mary Engelbreit; and ``Women's Wisdom,'' featuring great women speaking their minds in volumes ``Believing in Ourselves,'' ``What Women Say About Men,'' ``Witty Women'' and ``Speaking Our Minds.''

The Take 4! Little Book Library collections sell for $19.95 each and are available at major bookstores.

- Evan Henerson

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Title Annotation:L.A. Life
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Aug 5, 2000
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