Well it's been a crazy week here at the tiny HQ. The Forum continues to grow, more guests to the site and I sent out some promo merch to the buyers at Urban Outfitters. I also am awaiting word from the folks at the Montpelier Saturday Market about selling our wares this season. So I anxiuosly await reply and continue my work at spreading the good cheer peppered with wry wit and sarcasm. Now some odds and ends: LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - ...

So this is the weekend of the Coachella music fest out in Cali, and yes I'm bummed to not make it out there. Perhaps spreading the Tinylove with our neighbors in Chicago is in order. The Intonation Music Festival is going down July 16-17 at Pulaski Park. The Band list is still growing but scheduled to appear are: The Decemberists, Fiery Furnaces, The Wrens, Broken Social Scene, AC Newman, Magnolia Electric Co., Four Tet, ,The Go! Team, The M's and a ...

Ahh the web is a beautiful thing. We have new members in the forums from all over the place. Representin' New Haven, Conn. Memphis, Tenn. New Orleans, LA Portland, OR Los Angeles, CA Seattle, WA Southampton UK quit lurkin. join in.

I was digging through some files looking for some family photos and came across this from awhile back. I have been researching some handbag construction methods and may be taking a few designs to the "beta" stage. Which wallet/case design would you like to see as a handbag?

This just in from the San Jose Mercury Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Tom Cruise has a new girlfriend - actress Katie Holmes. Cruise, 42, and Holmes, 26, have been dating a few weeks, Cruise's publicist and sister, Lee Anne DeVette, said Wednesday. The pair were photographed this week together in Rome, where Cruise on Friday will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Italian equivalent of the Academy Awards, the David di Donatello Awards. Holmes' public relations firm - Baker Winokur Ryder - ...

Those of us who had braces back in the day will undoubtedly remember the orthodontist tightening wires on our choppers to slowly and painfully bend to his/her will. Same idea here. Clamps pretty much anything you can get some wire around. Check out their site Here. By the looks of that boom mic set-up he's wearing they might be coming to a fairground near you! Thanks to Kevin Kelly/Cool Tools

Arrested Development and Segway. A bit of irony in those two things. First Arrested Development. It would seem, according to Save our Bluths that the beloved Sunday night gutbuster might not be so beloved after all. At least according to the stuffed shirts at Fox. Golden Globes and Emmy's not withstanding it would appear that the show is on shaky ground. Skip the bullshit "official" Fox site and head on over to the best news on Lucille and the gang at ...

The Cloud Room - "Heynownow" I here Bowie, I hear dance, I see _______________ underpants. “[Hey Now Now] a song that is destined to be the summer hit that is on everyone’s iPod top 25 played lists... Expect big things from The Cloud Room in the next year.”—The Tripwire.com Headphones - "Natural Disaster" From their bio Headphones debut album features David Bazan (Pedro the Lion), Tim Walsh (Pedro the Lion, TW Walsh), and Frank Lenz (Starflyer 59). Headphones was engineered and mixed by Jared Hankins ...

Retard Disco - A cool L.A. music label. Home of "Gravy Train" and "14 year old Girls". Pop-Top Heaven- The place to find a previously-enjoyed VW™ camper. Rare Bollywood - The singular source for cheesy Indian movie soundtrack album cover art.

Because crooks always steal the least expensive model. So i'm poking around the web looking for new stuff to bring to y'all because it's monday morning and hey who doesn't like new stuff. A quick trip over to pitchfork to look for some new music and what do I find in the sidebars (both of them, mind you), a glaring bright red announcement of a stolen Audi A3 complete with the Vin numbers. Immediately I knew this was a cheesy attempt ...

We have 5 new members in the Forums today: "WolfIndeed" Memphis, TN "Zami-98" Southampton, UK "KissKiss_bangbang" hey where are you from? BTW, I dig on the the Specimen reference "Pinky" New Orleans "NerdyChick" ???

The organizers of the 2010 winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC have chosen their official mascot and it's a, ready for this, a pile of rocks. His/her/it's name is Illanaaq the Inukshuk. Illanaaq is Inuit for "friend," while an inukshuk is a traditional stone marker used by the Inuit to guide their way across the sometimes featureless Arctic. Excuse me, but it's a pile of rocks, otherwise known as a Cairn (read, rockpile). Check it out Here Rockpile on the other hand was a kick-ass ...

With the final copy of the 2005 TinyMeat catalog ready for printing, I was struck with a feeling so overwhelming, I almost peed myself...I want us to be super-duper successful and wealthy...phew...there...I said it! I want to see TinyMeat in every damn store I walk into...I don't care...it is not shallow, it is being pragmatic! Good God, there is nothing wrong with wanting cash ...I want to be able to stop worrying about all the shit that is ...

WTF Moment of the Week: Sugar Free Pork Chocs ™ - Milk Chocolate Dipped Pork Rinds

Damn, shameless promotion is grand...and why shouldn't it be. Ok, so Ben Gibbard is hitting it...Death Cab for Cutie on the OC(Yeah, I watched and what do you have to say about it...???!!???) , Postal Service in promo spots for (gag, wretch, bleck...can't bring myself to watching Patrick Dempsey getting it on) Grey's Anatomy...right on! I say ride that pony! Why shouldn't indie pop-stars reap what their industry label brethren do? Hmmmm... do you think there was ...