Y2K READY? EVERYBODY NEEDS A CALENDAR OR TWO.Byline: Michelle J. Mills Staff Writer Everybody needs one. It's Y2K compliant. It makes a perfect gift. Yep, you guessed it. We're talking calendars. The first calendars that don't start with a 19. We gathered up a few of the coolest calendars for Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 that we know you'll want to buy as gifts, as well as for yourself - maybe one for every member of the family and for every room in the house. The desk set: Small, stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. , page-a-day offerings from Workman Publishing are about $11. The Book Lover's Calendar gives a synopsis of a tome each day; the Bridge Calendar offers 365 days of tricks, trumps and bidding trivia for your favorite card player. Also available: Golf and Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. Bold new year: The Y2K Calendar for the New Millennium was produced by the students in the printing technology program at Pasadena City College as a scholarship fund-raiser. Each month offers an intriguing work of art - some designed for viewing with 3-D glasses (included). It mixes cultures and languages with a palette of courageous colors and may truly give you the most for your $20: It comes with a sticker, note card and bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. as well. Feeling creative?: The Magnetic Poetry Calendar is a sure winner. Each month features poetry challenges, exercises, tips and selections from poets, including Pablo Neruda, Jane Kenyon and Walt Whitman. And you can compose your own verses with the enclosed magnetic words. Cost: $12. From Workman. Ask a farmer: The Old Farmer's Almanac
Pokemon 2000: What youngster isn't going to want this 18-month calendar with all thefavorite pocket monsters? All 150 of them! Cost: $13 from Entertainment Calendars. Calling all girls: The colorful Sailor Moon Calendar is targeted to little girls, but older anime fans are also grabbing this calendar of the cute cartoon crew. Priced at $13 from Entertainment Calendars. Heartthrobs: A year - plus! - of beefcake beef·cake n. Informal 1. Images, especially photographs, of minimally attired men with muscular physiques. 2. Attractive men with muscular physiques, such as those in these images. Backstreet backstreet Noun a street in a town far from the main roads Adjective denoting secret or illegal activities: a backstreet abortion backstreet n Boys photos. Swoons guaranteed for $13 from Winterland. If you need an excuse to gaze at hunks hunks pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) A disagreeable and often miserly person. [Origin unknown.] for the next 12 months, opt for Filmcrew 2000. The $13 calendar benefiting the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, highlights ``reel'' men behind the scenes of film and TV, including January's Phil Catalano of Westlake Village, May's Loren Jones of Van Nuys, September's Richard Stockmon of Sherman Oaks and October's David Chase of Sherman Oaks. Doggone dog·gone Informal tr. & intr.v. dog·goned, dog·gon·ing, dog·gones To damn. interj. & n. Damn. adv. & adj. also dog·goned Damned. : You can find a calendar devoted to just about every breed of dog, including this one of perky Dalmatian puppies; $12 from Landmark. Nature lovers: Are you stuck at your desk all day long? Get a breath of fresh air from the Audubon Nature Calendar, which features spectacular views of magnificent landscapes. It's $11 from Artisan. Travel plans: Take armchair trips with the Lonely Planet Calendar. At $25, it is one of the more expensive wall calendars, but a portion of the profits are donated to various charities. From Workman. Take tea: Just the sight of a fussy and colorful teapot filled with steaming Earl Gray can make you relax. The Collectible Teapot and Tea Calendar is $10 from Workman. At that price, you can afford to buy some tea to go with it. Great art: The Monet Calendar - $11 from Dorset Press - offers 12 glorious images from this impressionist painter, including ``Women in the Garden,'' which features Monet's wife, and ``Chrysanthemums,'' which will brighten any office. CAPTION(S): 7 Photos Photo: (1 -- 7 -- color) no caption (Calendars) Staff Photos by Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Jarzomb |
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