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Elton John Eyewear With Windshield Wipers and Miss Piggy

Elton John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and knighted in 1998. He has been active in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980’s.

In wigs and sparkly Eyewear

Elton John With His Liberty Look

The infamous Windshield wiper Eyewear

Elton John Windshield Wiper Eyewear

In Pink With Miss Piggy

Elton John With Miss Piggy

Elton John In The Pinball Wizard Wearing Diamond Studded Eyewear

Elton John Played the Pinball Wizard  in The Who’s rock opera. The diamond studded eyewear was a stunner in the show.

Elton John Tribute- Eyewear Fashionista And Trend Setter

Before Lady Gaga, Before Rihanna, Before Risky Business, there was Elton John, flamboyant, costumed and colorful English pop star, rock singer, composer and pianist. This week we are going to play tribute to his role in funky, unique, wacky and wild eyewear and credit him with for helping to bring the fashion into eyeglasses.

Elton John wearing bubbly eyewear dressed in red and pink feathers.

Elton John in Feathers

Elton John Wearing a Solar system eyewear ensemble

Elton John Wearing Solar System Eyewear

Elton John in Batman Eyewear

Elton John Singing ‘I think I am going to Kill Myself (Edinburgh 1976

Tongue In Cheek Funny Optical Ad

We bring to you again another funny optical ad from Charoen a top optical retailer in Thailand. This time Charoen is promoting sales with a ‘free watch’ promotion. Charoen Optical ads are all humorous. To view more, you can go to YouTube and search Charoen Optical .

New York By The Numbers-Getting Prepared For Vision Expo East

Getting ready for Vision Expo in New York? Check out these fun statistical information from Showtime, who knew there were 48 Million Rats in NYC?

Eye Am Cooking-Lessons From Julie and Julia

Julie and Julia- Year Of Cooking Dangerously

I don’t know if any of you were able to read the book , Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously (Amazon book)
it was excellent! I then had the opportunity to watch the movie Julie & Julia [Blu-ray] (Amazon DVD) it was great as well, although I preferred the book. The book hit me more so than the movie  not just because it was about a blog, but more because the persistence, the melt downs, the frustrations and most of all the commitment to her readers.

Bottom line- I got inspired- In the book, Julie gets up every morning at 5:30 am to write about her cooking experience, she comes home every nite and cooks, she shops for specific foods that you can’t get at the neighborhood grocery store, all while holding down a job. But her persistence and determination despite all of that got her a book and a movie and her dream job of becoming a writer.

Isn’t this the American Dream? How many times have we had a great idea and haven’t done anything about it? How many times have we had a great idea only to give it up in it’s infancy? How many times have we said, I don’t have time? Julie had a great idea to start a blog- and at the time, no one knew what a blog was (and many still don’t) started an expensive endeavor (all that food and butter) gave it one year and through fits and starts completed a project to great success.

Moral of the story- Hang in there, success will come to you if you are persistent and have an end goal.

For those who are not into reading traditional motivational books, I highly recommend this easy and fun read.

Pickles’ Work Glasses – Opti-Fun

Here is a little Opti-Fun from my favorite cartoon again, Pickles always makes me laugh and I can relate to the “work glasses” as my husband Ron has several “work glasses”, i.e. the eyeglasses he has sat on, dropped, scratched and abused but refuses to part with. I have just ordered him a new Ete frame from Optylux. He better not turn them into work glasses!

Pickles Work Glasses by Brian Crane

Air Conditioned Eyewear Blows You Away

Photo:yourct.com

Always on the lookout for the latest in eyeglasses and optical trends, I came across eyewear with built in fans! Believe it or not, I actually have a solar-generated hat with the same concept (it was a gift). These eyeglasses were invented by Kenji Kawakami, a Japanese inventor and are meant for peeling onions, blowing the fumes away. Kawakami is a pretty serious inventor and has named his inventing mania chingdogu, meaning strange tools in Japan. You can watch some more of his fun and unusual inventions visit

Visit Kenji Kawakami on Wiki as well

Source: Your CT.com 9www.yourct.com/new/2009/08/eyeglasses-to-wear-whilst-peeling-onions/)