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All right then. First of all, apologies to all of our readers (yes, we do still enjoy the conceit that we have an "audience") for the lack of posts. Though, rather, what I really mean to say is "apologies for the lack of posts from myself, Dakin, as Jamie has been toiling away bringing you the news that counts -- such as Posh and Becks; as well as reviews of must-have records and whimsical insight into, while not necessarily the mind of the real Craig Finn, certainly the mind of someone who has known some pretty desperate characters." Or something to that affect.

In any event, Dakin and Jamie are Up To Something, and we hope to be telling you all about it soon. Very soon. We also promise that we, in fact, won't shut up about this Something, and we'll natter on at you until your eyes bleed and you delete us from your favorites. So anyway, big news soon. Very soon.

Today's post is, admittedly, dialing it in a bit. So much so that I didn't even come across this on my own -- I found it while cruising Gawker while I should have been doing real work. Anywho, these are pure genius, and I heart them. Dorky enough to be endearing (yet not so much so that it passes into creepy/sad), and dirty enough to be hip; they may be "fake", as in just a random conceptual idea, but I think that they're on to something over at Fashionista.

Insert dirty quip about Harry Potter here -- I mean, did you see thos Equus pictures? Sheesh.

http://www.fashionista.com/2007/07/post_339.php

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