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		<title>What a Character! exhibit extended through December 2018</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2018/07/28/what-a-character-exhibit-extended-through-december-2018/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2018 18:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a Character! Advertising Icons from the Warren Dotz Collection continues to be one of the most popular exhibits at the National Inventors Hall of Fame at the USPTO. The exhibit has been extended through the end of 2018. We have even bigger things in store for 2019! National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum 600 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Product The Graphic Art of Advertising’s Magnificent Mascots 1960-1985</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2018/07/15/mr-product-the-graphic-art-of-advertisings-magnificent-mascots-1960-1985/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2018 19:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen the best-selling sequel to Meet Mr. Product?]]></description>
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		<title>Lady Liberty wishes you a banging Fourth of July!</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2018/07/02/lady-liberty-wishes-you-a-banging-fourth-of-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>What a Character! exhibit opens at USPTO</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2017/07/08/what-a-character-exhibit-opens-at-uspto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 18:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a Character! Advertising Icons from the Warren Dotz Collection United States Patent and Trademark Office • June 1, 2017 to May 31. 2018 • What a Character! opened this June 2017 at the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum in the USPTO complex in Alexandria, Virginia. It’s so nice to see these awesome ad [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Li’l Red wishes you a Fiery Fourth of July!</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2017/07/02/lil-red-wishes-you-a-fiery-fourth-of-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2017 20:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>What a Character! exhibit at the USPTO</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2017/06/20/what-a-character-exhibit-at-the-uspto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 17:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nationals Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum is located in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) complex in Alexandria, Virginia. The USPTO is the modern repository and archive of America’s registration trademarks for product and intellectual property. The exhibit design team has revamped  a wing of the museum dedicated to Intellectual Property [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Visit to Sonoma California’s Tiddle E. Winks</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2017/06/20/a-visit-to-sonoma-californias-tiddle-e-winks-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 17:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When visiting Sonoma, California be sure to drop by Tiddle E. Winks Vintage 5 and Dime right off the main square. Heidi Geffen has been a fan of our advertising books and we are honored that copies for sale have found a home in her masterfully curated gift shop.]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Mr. Product in Japan</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2017/05/28/meet-mr-product-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2017 21:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to present the Japanese editions of Mr. Product, Volume 1 and Mr. Product, Volume 2 with all new dust covers and cover art. Graphic-Sha Publishing (Tokyo) who also published the Japanese edition of Ad Boy, noted our new books at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2015 and secured their rights for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Gizmo Meets Nipper</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2017/05/28/gizmo-meets-nipper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2017 21:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our most well mannered and attentive visitors to the A World of Characters exhibition at SFO was Gizmo a rescue poodle. Accompanied by his best friend Annelise, Gizmo seemed particularly intrigued with Nipper, the RCA dog famously known for recognizing “His Master’s Voice.” Obviously his favorite vitrine was the one filled with advertising [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Logo Design Love ❤ Mr. Product</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2015/08/07/logo-design-love-mr-product/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2015 04:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Airey introduces Mr. Product to his many fans and touches on Madison Avenue’s penchant for “retro-branding.” David has been successfully self-employed as a graphic designer since 2005. Specializing in the design of brand identities, he works with clients of all sizes from his studio in Northern Ireland. He is the author and editor of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Martin Oil Company Logos and NINA&#8217;s Can You Find?</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2015/08/01/how-many-martin-oil-company-logos-and-ninas-can-you-find/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2015 04:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up in NYC the Sunday Entertainment section of the New York Times would have a weekly illustration by Al Hirschfeld. Hirschfeld is known for hiding his daughter&#8217;s name Nina in most of the caricatures he produced after her birth. The name would appear in a sleeve, in a hairdo, or somewhere in the background. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Mid-Summer Treat</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2015/08/01/a-mid-summer-treat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2015 03:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found this summer at a flea market outside of San Francisco. Cool images of other not-so-famous but happy-faced brand mascots can be seen in Mr. Product: The Graphic Art of Advertising’s Magnificent Mascots 1960-1985.]]></description>
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		<title>The Atlantic meets Mr. Product</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2015/07/06/the-atlantic-meets-mr-product/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steven Heller is a contributing writer for The Atlantic, the co-chair of the MFA Design program at the School of Visual Arts, and the co-founder of its MFA Design Criticism program. Steven and Warren discuss Meet Mr. Product and consumers’ love for advertising characters. Read more here.]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Frank wishes you a Happy 4th of July!</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2015/07/04/mr-frank-wishes-you-a-happy-4th-of-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2015 16:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Frank, anthropomorphic smiling sausages and other wiener dogs can be found in Mr. Product: The Graphic Art of Advertising’s Magnificent Mascots 1960-1985.]]></description>
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		<title>Warren Dotz and Mr. Product in Print magazine</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2015/07/02/warren-dotz-and-mr-product-in-print-magazine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Dooley is the creative director of Michael Dooley Design and teaches Design History at Art Center College of Design and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is also a Print contributing editor and writes on art and design for a variety of publications. Michael and Warren talk about Mr. Product, vintage fireworks labels, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New Books!  Meet Mr. Product and Mr. Product have arrived!</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2015/04/07/new-books-meet-mr-product-and-mr-product-have-arrived/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Fresh off the Insight Editions printing presses, we are pleased to announce the 2015 hard cover edition of our bestselling Meet Mr. Product and the all new Mr. Product:  The Graphic Art of Advertising’s Magnificent Mascots 1960-1985. Mr. Product takes up where Meet Mr. Product left off, illustrating the story of the advertising character [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Who is the REAL Mr. Product? Find out in April…</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2015/03/28/who-is-the-real-mr-product-find-out-in-april/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2015 16:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>Watch the Video!</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2015/02/01/watch-the-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2015 21:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Presenting acclaimed videographer Jan Stürmann&#8217;s mini documentary about the SFO Museum’s exhibition A World of Characters: Advertising Icons from the Warren Dotz Collection. It turns out that The Michelin Man, Reddy Kilowatt and Twinkie the Kid weren’t the only shining lights of our show. See and hear our other “stars”…as the curators, designers and gallery [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Boing Boinged!</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2014/12/28/boing-boinged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep an eye on tweets and bandwidth—if Mark Frauenfelder or any other editor of the must-read &#8220;Directory of Wonderful Things&#8221; site Boing Boing notices you, your traffic may just bounce into the stratosphere. As A World of Characters comes to a close we also wish to thank the many pop culture and business websites that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>My Favorite Robot</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2014/12/28/my-favorite-robot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite cases at the SFO exhibition is the “Robots” featuring the Mido Watch Robot among many other mechanical men. Companies that made nuts and bolts, timepieces, appliances and computers gravitated toward the robot as a a symbol of accuracy, strength and reliability. Of these advertising inventions perhaps my favorite is the little [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Terrific Tweets!</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2014/12/07/terrific-tweets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While walking past the landmark City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, I was delighted to find my Firecrackers book in their window display one Fourth of July in 2000. And on my first afternoon in London a year later, there it was again at the Dover Book Shop near Charing Cross Road. Experiences like that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Advertising Icons from the Warren Dotz Collection</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2014/10/05/advertising-icons-from-the-warren-dotz-collection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2014 23:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A World of Characters is at the halfway mark and continues to be one of the SFO’s most popular exhibitions ever. In August the the exhibition was featured on the front page and Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle. In September it was a &#8220;museum pick&#8221; of the SF/ARTS magazine. This October it’s highlighted [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Have a Happy Day!</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2014/07/08/have-a-happy-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 02:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s very cool that the San Francisco International Airport is committed to being the world’s only fully accredited museum in an airport. My curator, Tim O’Brien tells me that the airport administration could have easily leased this 50 foot high wall-space to an airline or advertiser. Instead they gave it to my exhibition, A World [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Fourth of July!</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2014/07/04/happy-fourth-of-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2014 20:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My father was a NY fireman and I grew up up in the City’s housing projects and loved living there. Kids in private homes didn’t have the park space, trees and basketball courts we did. July 4th was a big day. My friends would blow up packs of firecrackers. I admired the pack labels. So [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>“A World of Characters” opens at SFO</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2014/06/28/a-world-of-characters-opens-at-sfo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2014 16:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A World of Characters: Advertising Icons from the Warren Dotz Collection SFO International Terminal • June 28, 2014 to January 4, 2015 A World of Characters opens today. Many thanks to my terrific curators, Tim O’Brien and Kelvin Godshall and the talented staff at the SFO Museum. It’s so nice to see these awesome ad [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Woofs and Meows!</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2014/06/23/woofs-and-meows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2014 06:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cat Food for Thought and Dog Food for Thought have received many lovely reviews. Here are some of our 5 star favorites: My favorite interview was with Tamar Arslanian and featured on her fun blog, I Have Cat. Also interviewed was my friend and muse, Christina K.: http://ihavecat.com/2014/04/23/cat-food-for-thought-review-interview-giveaway/ Editor Ben Marks of Collectors Weekly explored [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>My New Books</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2014/03/30/my-new-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2014 23:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Picking the best and boldest dog and cat food labels for my two new books was easy. I have the world’s largest collection.The hard part was finding the perfect quote and “words of wisdom” to go along with each wonderful work of label art. I was also lucky to have a fantastic publisher, Insight Editions, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Dryad</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2014/03/16/dryad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am working on another book about advertising (debuting Spring 2015) and in the process came across this wonderful bar of soap. At first I just assumed the “Dry” in Dryad had something to do with an antiperspirant. It does. Dryad was the brand name of a modestly popular deodorant in the 1950’s. I assume [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Sour Grapes</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2014/03/16/sour-grapes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another silly vintage gumball vending machine card. I’ve never really understood the attraction of sour candy, especially a sour candy for kids. At work, I sometimes give a lollipop to really well-behaved little ones and the Charms Sour Apple Blow Pops are as popular as the sweet Tootsie Pops. The graphic artist here went to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Groovy Gumball Cards</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/12/29/groovy-gumball-cards-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 04:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there ever was a quintessential “impulse buy” for kids, the storefront candy gumball vending machine was it. During their heyday in the 60’s and 70’s you could find a red metal and glass machine filled with candy, fake tattoos and plastic eyeballs in front of any variety or candy store. To be “with it” [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Perfect Hawaiian Lei: Part 1 (The Search)</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/10/31/the-perfect-hawaiian-lei-part-1-the-search/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2013 05:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    My search for the perfect lei began the day I purchased a beautiful store display of the United Airlines Hawaiian Menehune Girl. My curator at the SFO Museum and I agreed that she would be one of the stars in the display case dedicated to “Airline and Travel Characters” in my upcoming exhibition at [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Perfect Hawaiian Lei: Part 2 (The Menehunenecktomy)</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/10/31/the-perfect-hawaiian-lei-part-2-the-menehunenecktomy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2013 05:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lei is a necklace of fresh flowers, leaves, shells or feathers given as a symbol of affection. Miss Menehune has two staples embedded into each side of her thick composition plastic neck that affix in place a tight loop of thread. They look Frankensteinian but hard to see. That’s where the ends of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Crackers</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/09/26/animal-crackers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I haven’t eaten one in a while, as a kid Animal Crackers, were my second favorite cookie after Vanilla Wafers––but then again, you can’t really bite the heads off Nilla Wafers. Although considered a quintessential American cookie, animal crackers were an English invention and of course were called biscuits, not crackers. There were several [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Atomic Whirl</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/09/26/the-atomic-whirl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A neutron walks into a bar and asks the bartender, &#8220;How much for a beer?&#8221; The bartender says, &#8220;For you, no charge.&#8221; &#160; Perhaps it’s the graphic designer and scientist in me, I’ve always loved the look and design of the “atomic symbol.” Atomic energy has always had its dark side. In light of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>In Love with Miss Lektro Set</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/08/20/in-love-with-miss-lektro-set/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good design makes me happy. And that is why this can of 1969 Lektro Set has been sitting on my studio drafting table all summer. If I were ever anthropomorphically transformed into, let’s say, a bottle of 1960’s Hai Karate men’s cologne, Miss Lektro Set’s pouty lips would certainly catch my eye. She looks great [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Digger and My Brother</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/08/20/digger-and-my-brother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, my brother and I could not have been more different. I had that über competitive streak and perfectionist personality and he had the easy going one. I had to be number one in every class and grade and I can’t remember ever seeing my brother crack open a text book, even once…although I’m [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Light of India: Now an e-Matchbox Book</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/07/10/light-of-india-now-an-e-matchbox-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Light of India not only comes in it own slip case, but there is also a striking strip on the side of the box so that if you actually want to use it to light a match, you can. The production team at Ten Speed Press did a wonderful job to make this happen. Not [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Fireworks Super Hero: No Cha</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/07/04/fireworks-super-hero-no-cha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2013 21:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masud Husain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a kid I loved watching episodes of Superman on TV. Superpowers made him good at everything (and something to aspire to) but those abilities also made him ultimately infallible and a bit predictable. I suppose the success of Marvel comics was in great part having flawed superheroes with limited powers. For example, Thor has [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Doggie Bags</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/06/15/doggie-bags-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once went to an Aviation Collectibles Show and sure enough there are people who collect air sickness bags. Not me. I collect Doggie Bags. A year ago I won an auction posted by a like-minded pop culture accumulator—20 doggie bags in all and my new collection was born. I have been adding to it [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on Mermaids</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/06/15/musings-on-mermaids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2000, as Firecrackers was being printed in Hong Kong, my publicist at Ten Speed Press inquired if there were any national magazines that might be interested in featuring the book. I suggested Playboy, among others. Although written for adults, Firecrackers would eventually be cited on several statewide librarian “Young Adult Reading Lists” as its [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How did an instant mashed potatoes mix inspire outsider art?</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/05/15/how-did-a-instant-mashed-potatoes-mix-inspire-outsider-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health advocates marvel how often Americans take the most nutritious part of the potato—the skin—peel it off and discard it and then either fry the rest in oil or boil out all the vitamins before mashing with a 1/4 stick of butter. The Brit advertising characters, the Smash Martian robots, conversely took things one step [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mad Scientist</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/05/15/the-mad-scientist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market investors have read a great deal recently about a low-price growth stock, SodaStream. Even the New Yorker magazine detailed this make-your-own-soda machine company’s efforts to run a commercial in this year’s Superbowl. Their stylish, modern kitchen appliance can be found in Bed, Bath and Beyond, and Samsung is even designing refrigerators incorporated with them. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Collector of Cat Food Tins</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/05/15/a-collector-of-cat-food-tins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labels, a short story by Louis de Bernières is about a man who finds himself drawn towards collecting cat food labels and then finds it escalating into an obsession. He cannot draw himself away from these labels regardless of the effect it has on his job, wallet, marriage and other relationships in his life. But [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sneak Preview of the Next Gift Book</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/04/26/a-sneak-preview-of-the-next-gift-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[diannaj]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been two years in the making. My co-author, Masud Husain, has finished the cover and interior design. Now we begin the process to perfect things graphically and get it to the publisher. There’s a theme I’ve always wanted to explore. We’ve selected really fun and exciting artwork. Discovering and acquiring the world’s largest collection [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>An Interview About Collecting Ephemera</title>
		<link>http://warrendotz.com/2013/04/20/an-interview-about-collecting-ephemera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[diannaj]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s an interview from 2009 about how the Firecracker books came together. http://ephemera.typepad.com/ephemera/2009/03/firecrackers-author-warren-dotz-interview.html]]></description>
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