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As Seen on TV of the Day: Chia Pets

Website of the Day: As Seen on TV

Almost every Christmas I would get one of those gifts that you see on TV infomercials. The only item I failed to receive was the infamous Chia Pet.

What is a Chia Pet you ask? It is a brown figure made from clay covered in "chia" seeds that you water. They started out as animal shaped figures, but now have a wide variety including Obama.

They have branched out into other plants such as the Chia Herb Garden and the Chia Tree.

If you want more info on these interesting planters, go to their wiki page. They have quite the history.

Hello Hello Again

I didn't feel like my first post was long enough.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Mellie and I live in a sweet apartment in Wicker Park,Chicago. My husband and I are the owners of 3 beautiful cats and the owner of a lot of pop culture junk (toys,books,music,etc).

My love for pop culture pretty much followed me home from birth. My mom carried me home in a Strawberry Shortcake outfit in the year of '83. I am honored to have been born in such a wonderful decade. I was also introduced to the decades before me since my step-dad was a teen 50s and my age in the 60s. So I naturally love Chuck Berry and garage rock. Of course I love influences from those years, such as the Ramones. If you were wondering, my first cassette tape that I fell in love with as a yongster was.....UB40s Labour of Love. I found out years and years later that Cherry-O Baby was a cover....go figure.

I will talk about toys,movies,and books in the up coming posts.

Anyway, what's your story?