Monday, February 19, 2007




Happy Chinese New Year 4705, Year of the Pig February 18, 2007

Lord Kiddie has a lot of goals for this New Year. First of all, although he enjoys sending gift Kiddiegrams overseas to Thailand and Belgium, he wants his on-line Kiddiegram to be discovered on the web. He is sending his first check for the New Year today through the Kiddygram fund, to the Apathy is Lethal/ UN Fund for Orphans.

If you go to the Apathy Is Lethal site and click on the PSA (Public Service Announcement)shown above titled Kids:60 TV PSA created by Leo Burnett, with voiceover by Michael Douglas you will experience the crisis of children orphaned by Aids.at the time of the launch of the TV ad, 14 million children are orphans the equivalent of every child under five in America. Today the equation stays the same, millions of children without anyone to watch over them. Ten percent of every Kiddiegram, whether printed or on-line, goes to this fund. However, no need to purchase a Kiddiegram report, you can donate directly.

However, Lord Kiddie would like to have his on-line sales (since they are automatically processed and no one has to be in the office to make the sale) he'd like his contribution to grow exponentially. Ten on-line kiddiegrams a day would be $22.00 a day, 100 Kiddiegrams a day would be $220 and 100,000 Kiddiegrams a day would be $2200 a day that would be sent to the UN Fund. Good fortune will come from an unexpected quarter, and we can start with just 220 dimes a day!

If you order a Kiddiegram for your child, and then send us your name, your child's name and your address, we will give an entire check ($22) to the Fund, in your child's name. You would authorize us to send this donation in your child's name and we would use your address and name in mailing in the donation, although the check would be a Kiddiegram check. This offer will be good until the spring equinox 2007. We'd like to know about your experience with the on-line ordering process for our Kiddiegram, but this is not necessary for your donation to be sent. The UN Fund has always sent thank you notes to Lord Kiddie, whether he wa sending $25, $50 or $100, so you and your child will receive an aknowledgement from the Fund (and you can ask to see the canceled check from Kiddiegram with a reference not on the check in your child's name within a week of your order.

How can you go wrong, an on-line report on your child in exchange for a $22 donation in your childs name to a very important global fund for kids not as fortunate as many American children under five . This jumpstart plan to inspire people to investigate and use our on-line Kiddiegram to learn about their kids (instead of just ordering our printed reports) will bring good fortune to many parties, and the exponential growth of donations will help Lord Kiddie turn his Kiddygram Fund into a non-profit fund so his boss can retire!

Wednesday, February 14, 2007



K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Silly.

The United States Postal Service has as a new stamp just in time for Valentine's day. The stamp can be year long reminder of an easy way to stay organized and attuned to the Valentines in your life. A kiss.

Tuesday, February 06, 2007



What better imaginary friend than these five finger puppets created by retailer Calypso Christiane Celle to benefit the Children's Aid Society, lifeline and haven to children and their families since 1853.
These charming imaginary friends (a monkey, elephant, lion, bunny and donkey)are available for $5 at nine CALYPSO Christiane Celle stores in New York City (935 Madison Avenue, 815 Madison Avenue, 280 Mott Street, 426 Broome Street, 407 Broome Street, 199 Lafayette Street, 191 Lafayette Street, 654 Hudson Street and 137 West Broadway) plus additional locations in East Hampton, Southampton, Sag Harbor, Los Angeles, Brentwood, Dallas, Bal Harbour and Palm Beach.

50% of each sale of these whimsical puppets made out of a variety of bright salon and Liberty prints goes to the Children's Aid Society.

photo is by Lars Kleve

Charlie Ravioli, the imaginary playmate of Adam Gopnick's daughter Olivia would be psyched!