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Show SECTION 0 Daily $iHcroUV WEDNESDAY, Doug Fox EDITOR U. i "" ' i! MARCH 12, 2008 344 2546 dfoKheraldextfa com .'!- "flip Enchanting sheep: "So many new people are involved because of BarackObama, and we don't want them to be disenchanted. ... Hopefully he will keep them in the fold ... keep them in the fold and attract others." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an Associated Press news story Ram: I don't understand why you're so into Obama for president. .. en-- . Ewe: He's chanting, Don't you think he'd make a good shepherd? Ram: My shepherd never enchanted me, and Barack's a far cry from the Good Shepherd. Ewe: Have Photos Christine Cuoco, of the Brooklyn borough of New York, looks at clothing at the City Opera Thrift Shop in New shoppingifthrift shops. -- by TINA FINEBERGAssociated you heard his speeches? Ram: No, but I've heard he makes women faint at cam- Press York on Feb. 28. "There's just really good finds," said Cuoco of paign appearances. ". Ewe: Well, - - -- o you should go on YouTube and watch that video by will.i.am about his h-e- nd "Yes, we can" speech. Makes me cry. VJL Ram: See, that's what don't under- stand. Women faint for him, cry over him sounds more like a crush than a candidate. Secondhand fashion appeals to big spenders, too Ewe: He Samantha Critchell THE ASSOCIATED Go safari-inspire- 1y d I tip buying it. You're acting just like a sheep. What about the issues? Barack Obama: (enters) Abracadabra! Ram: What are you doing here? Ijj B.O.: (wig- gling ears) Making sure you're not disenchanted. Ram: So I'm supposed to be enchanted now? B.O.: Yes, we can. two-piec- four-figu- re in- spires people. It's that kind of passion that attracts others. Ram: I'm not PRESS ahead, visit a secondhand store: It's for your wallet. It's good for the It might even be good your cluttered closet. On a recent shopping spree, $88 scored 'three outfits, including an of Max Studio wrap dress with the tags still on it, and a pair of Calvin Klein shoes with soles that have never touched the ground. It also spawned good intentions to bring to Goodwill several unworn items that hang in the closet two sizes too small. The mission: to find clothes that represented current fashion trends, even if the clothes themselves weren't new. Since what goes around comes around in the world of fashion, you can always find old styles that look fresh even if "vintage" isn't your look. The savings could be significant, if relative. A Gap safari-styl- e jacket in khaki twill was e Carolina $9.99 from Goodwill, a Herrera evening outfit that would normally have a price tag was $275 at Designer Label Consignment. Joleen Higgin, a teacher from Redwood City, Calif., recently scored a o cashmere coat for $10 and new Salvatore boots for $50. For her, it's not just a bargain, it's a pleasant shopping experience. Sifting through rack I Nancy McDoniel, of New York, looks at clothing at the City Opera Thrift Shop in New York on Feb. 28. "You never know what you can find," said McDoniel of shopping in thrift shops.' Ewe: (sobs) Ram: Oh, It s sort of a thrilling hunt. brother. Barack, how do you intend to fund this health plan of h after rack of used clothing may not sound like scour wealthy areas. "I often go as a way to wind down from a good time. But many secondhand stores are laid out like a typical retail store and the merchandise can be similar, particularly if you See THRIFTING, D2 yours? B.O.: (raises I have a fist) dreaml Ewe: (sighs) What's on your bookshelf? Cody Clark DAILY A 4 : Pi A pf v Harold 8. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Jean M. Larsen, widow of A. Dean Larsen, and two of her grandsons the 2007 A. Dean Larsen Book Collecting Conference. t at HERALD Do you love books or movies, music or maps? Do you buy every new novel written by Stephen King, or Katherine Paterson (author of YA phenomenon "Bridge to Terabfthia")? Do you own all seven seasonsof "Gilmore Girls," or "The West Wing" or "Star Trek: The Next Generation" on DVD? If your answer to any of these questions is "yes," then you may already be a collector. And you might want to think about attending the A. Dean Larsen Book Collecting Conference at Brigham Young University later this month. "We call it book collecting," said Brad Westwood, but the conference is really about collecting media letters, photographs, music, of any kind. film Most collectors, said West-woothe chair of the L Tom Perry Special Collections division d, BYU hosts media collecting conference March of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU, get into collecting because of something they just plain like. "There are people who collect books and never read them that happens," he said. What's more common, however, is that "people accidentally find out they're collectors." At first you just really love something, then you realize that you have a lot of it. Maybe you even think about trading in your old paperback for a hardcover first edition, or getting the new "platinum series" version of your favorite film, Consider yourself hooked. It's getting hot in here. Dear, where did you put the shears? Ram: (to no one in particular) Is it possible to be disenchanted without ever being enchanted? 29-3- 0 percent through an endowment set up by Larsen's wife, Jean M. Larsen. "She wanted to make it a little more accessible for people who love books," said Lee Library publicist Roger Layton. Admission to the conference is just $35, and the number of registrations that will be accepted this year is up from previous years. Some of the seminars that will be offered are as follows: "Grandma Gave Me This Old Bible: Collecting English Bibles," "Oh, For the Love of Letters: Collecting Personal Correspondence," "Orson Scott Card" (about the popular speculative fiction author) and "Exploring Yellowstone Park Through Music." This is the fifth year of the conference, named for longtime BYU librarian A. Dean Larsea Larsen, Registration to attend the who died in 2002, is credited with conference is available through greatly expanding the breadth and Friday, but some seminars have scope of the Lee Library's collecalready filled up. For information tions. about registration, call This year, admission to the con- or visit net.lib.byu.eduscmbook-conference2008index.ph- p ference has been discounted by 50 online. 422-351- . B.0.:tneed to attract some more sheep. Ewe: (faints) Ram: Wow. How do you do that? B.O.: (shaking hands) People like you are the hope of America. Where's your fold? Ram: This way. (points) You gonna enchant them, too? B.O.: We hold these truths to be (exits) Ram: Oh yeah, just words, right? Logan Molyneux TTJf" ' |