Heidi, the woman who has the new baby decor store next door ("The Silver Rattle") has been adding signage to her door and show windows, along with an A-frame sidewalk sign complete with helium balloons tied to it, and a big flapping flag poking off the front of her shop. Everything is done in pastel pink, blue, yellow, and green.

My pal, Chris, and I were sitting outside of FUTURES, chatting this morning while the shade was still on the sidewalk. We brainstorm. In keeping with the "baby" theme, we came up with an idea for me, both similar and different. "Edge appropriate", I guess you could say.

Since we're on a major artery through the city, I came up with the idea he could design a very life-like baby that if pulled, would scoot its arms and legs in a crawling fashion. I could hook it TO a hook at the end of one of those big trophy fish rods and reels, and cast it out all the way across the street, across the island, across the other side of the street, to the other sidewalk. I would then step inside my store, with the clear ("invisible") fishing line coming back through my two doors, and I could slowly reel it back across the street. THIS WOULD STOP TRAFFIC (a plus!), and the baby would crawl right up to my front doors, where people WOULD then notice my signage and probably the show windows too....

Man. GREAT idea!

While Chris and I were sitting outside coming up with baby ideas, a FedEx truck began pulling up to the curb. Something...something was stuck to the front tire, and flopping around and around.

"Oh my god, it's a chunk of scalp and hair!"

"Hey, Mister FedEx, have you seen what's stuck to your front tire?"

"Yeh, it's been there awhile now."

I ran inside, got my camera, and took a photo.

THIS is why I think a FAKE baby in the street is a BETTER idea.

(If you'd like to see the photo, go to page TWO of "SHOP", click on "WHAT I SEE", open the gallery "VERSIONS OF NATURE", click on page TWO for photo "...and stuck to the tire...")