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For those of you who seem to think

that silly things like regular exercise and a healthy diet aren't really the way to a healthier way of life, than the Cobblestone Mat may be just what you are looking for:

The Cobblestone Mat is proven to improve your health.Take a barefoot walk on a Cobblestone Mat Walkway (also known as the Cobblestone Walkway) for foot reflexology and a great foot massage! Improve balance and circulation while reducing blood-pressure through daily practice of this simple, low impact exercise.

Cobblestone walking is an ancient health enhancing practice that has been known in China for thousands of years. Cobblestone walkways or foot reflexology parks exist all over China and are utilized by young and old for their health and meditative benefits...

Of course this ignores the basic fact that the average life span in China is about 73 years (71 years for men, 75 years for women) while in the US the average life span is 78 years (75.6 for men and almost 81 for women.  You would think that the marketers of this product would have at least found some way to spin this as a Japanese tradition, as their average life expectancy is 82.6 years............but what does Shoelover know.

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Shoelover

PS    Cheeseburger is paradise.
      Heaven on earth with an onion slice.
      Not too particular, not too precise.
      I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise.

Walk This Way....

Arts & soles

MFA hopes eclectic shoes, paired with some classic works, bring more foot traffic

By Suzanne C. Ryan, Globe Staff  |  September 27, 2007

When art enthusiasts visit the Museum of Fine Arts, they often make a beeline for the Egyptian mummies or the Monet paintings. Ceramic pots from the late 6th century B.C. are easy to skip. But maybe mixing a little pop culture with history will make a difference.

As part of the museum's ongoing effort to drive more visitors through all of its collections, the museum today is launching "Walk This Way," an exhibit styled like a treasure hunt that pairs eclectic shoes - from Red Sox Nike cleats to sandals worn by Marilyn Monroe  - with art work in the building.

The Monroe sandals are encased next to an Andy Warhol screen print of the actress. Jeweled sandals by Bernardo from the 1960s stand next to a second-century stone statue of an Indian bodhisattva, a religious figure whose braided thong sandals look familiar.

More Fun with Wayne

Apparently  Wayne likes short shorts.....
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Shoelover

PS. Ooh man, dig that crazy chick.
    Who wears short shorts
     We wear short shorts
     They're such short shorts
     We like short shorts
     Who wears short shorts
    We wear short shorts.

Meet your daughter's new boyfriend

forget about locking up your daughters...........lock up your shoes......

Man Admits Stealing 1,500 Girls' Shoes

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing more than 1,500 pairs of girls' shoes from area schools in a deal that calls for prosecutors to recommend probation.

Erik D. Heinrich, 26, of Kenosha pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary and was scheduled for sentencing Oct. 23.

He was arrested May 24 after a security video showed him entering North High School on May 20 and leaving with some items. Police tracked him through his vehicle registration, searched his home and a rented storage unit and found the shoes (continued...)

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Shoelover

News Flash....Zellweger buys a pair of shoes

for a lowly make-up artist.

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Shoelover

A foot fetishist's version of a

chastity belt. (Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s Spring/Summer 2008 women’s collection during Milan Fashion Week in Milan September 24, 2007.)
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Shoelover

Shoelover would have called it....

"Air Geronimo", but really, what does Shoelover know?

Nike Designs Shoe for American Indians

By  SARAH SKIDMORE  –  5 hours ago

BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Nike on Tuesday unveiled what it said is the first shoe designed specifically for American Indians, an effort aiming at promoting physical fitness in a population with high obesity rates.

The Beaverton-based company says the Air Native N7 is designed with a larger fit for the distinct foot shape of American Indians, and has a culturally specific look. It will be distributed solely to American Indians; tribal wellness programs and tribal schools nationwide will be able to purchase the shoe at wholesale price and then pass it along to individuals, often at no cost (continued...)

and while we are on the subject of Nike and its giant PR machine.....

Nike's 14-year-old shoe designer

The Corvallis Gazette-Times writes about 14-year-old Alice Heinz, who teamed up with Nike to produce a shoe to benefit Portland's Doernbecher Children's Hospital.

Heinz has been receiving treatment at Doernbecher's since she was very young. When she was a baby she was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder which causes tumors to grow. With the help of doctors and surgeons at Doernbecher's, Heinz has been fighting off malignant brain tumors since she was 5 years old (continued...)

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Shoelover

Prada for the Toesies........

Um, hate to break it to you Mr. Reuters, but those boots aren't made for walking.......if you get the idea.

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Shoelover

Papal Prada Give Away?

...Sharing and Caring Hands has an on-site shoe room, but director Mary Jo Copeland didn't know what was in the big boxes when they arrived.

"Father (Johnson) says, 'That's from the Pope.' I said, `What do you mean? The Pope,'" said Copeland.

She opened them to find several dozen pairs of "handmade Italian shoes" to give to the poor."

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Shoelover

"no one's going to swoon over a broad in plastic clogs"

Truer words have probably never been spoken.  But just remember that this philosophy does have its drawbacks......

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Shoelover

It's been one of those days.........

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shoelover

Ice, Ice Baby

Melting ice shoes make summer skating

Brit Leissler, who recently graduated from London’s Royal College of Art, has come up with idea of moulding ice skate soles for shoes, which will allow skating in summer – and also offers a very good way of easing the movement of heavy objects (continued...)

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Shoelover

P.S.   Whoah God only knows, God makes his plan
         The informations unavailable to the mortal man
         Were workin our jobs, collect our pay
         Believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact were slip sliding away

       -Simon and Garfunkel

Milkmen.........

Wow, these guys are geniuses............they can milk cows and women!!!!

Pricey shoes support this herd

State natives tend high-end cows of men behind Manolo Blahnik USA

By KATHERINE M. SKIBA

Harrisburg, Pa - She's a kept woman - a showgirl - living large on the East Coast thanks to the fortunes of Manolo Blahnik shoes.

It must be said she's never worn a pair of the mile-high stilettos.

She's a cow.

Vivian, a 9-year-old Holstein, makes her home at a showcase cattle farm begun in recent years by the two men who own Manolo Blahnik USA.

She took a blue ribbon Thursday at a dairy show here and visits Madison Oct. 2 to 6 for the World Dairy Expo, which bills itself as "the international meeting place for dairy."

That a wildly successful shoe merchant - whose product was made famous thanks to TV's "Sex and the City" - found a Midas touch in a different realm is simple, as he tells it.

Fifty-three-year-old George Malkemus, president and co-owner of Manolo Blahnik USA, said it's about a passion, hiring the right people and listening to them.

Some of his top people are Wisconsin-bred experts who were reared on the state's dairy farms and educated in its schools.

"Passion becomes the first thing in both of my businesses, whether it's a new collection I'm selling to Neiman-Marcus or talking to Ernie about a bull or selling semen," Malkemus said Friday (continued...)

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Shoelover

Smelly Shoe Be Gone!!!!

Gizmodo had this stench reducing gem a little while back................introducing Shoe Pure

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Shoelover

Shoes Running Afoul

of your nose:

Foul footwork pays off: stinkiest shoes at fair

By Catherine Smith Deseret Morning News

Most mothers discourage their children from intentionally making their shoes smell bad, but for one event every year Paula Tuck encourages the stench. And for two years in a row, the stink has yielded money. Lane Tuck, Paula's 10-year-old son, won the Odor Eaters Stinky Rotten Sneaker Competition at the Utah State Fair this year, which included a $200 prize and a year's supply of Odor Eaters. The winner of the state competition is flown to Vermont and competes for the national title of stinkiest sneakers (continued....)

and of the law

Customs finds heroin hidden in woman's shoes

Heroin has been found hidden in a woman's shoes when she arrived at Sydney Airport, Australian Customs says. The 39-year-old arrived at Sydney on a flight from Vietnam yesterday and during a search Customs officers allegedly found about 600 grams of heroin in her shoes (continued...)

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Shoelover

Bad Ass Boots

GUANAJUATO, Mexico (AP)  -- A bootmaker to world leaders, including President Bush and Vicente Fox, is in a Colorado jail, charged with money laundering and conspiring to illegally smuggle the skins of protected animals into the United States to provide exotic footwear for high-end clients (continued...)

...At least he wasnt in the US illegally.

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Shoelover

So, tell me about your shoes

'Foot Harasser' Fined for Over 600 Calls
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A man who made more than 600 telephone calls to a shoe store and other businesses to ask women about their shoes and feet must pay a $200 fine. James Lee Fink, 31, placed 119 calls from his cell phone to the Chambersburg (Pa.) Mall, 513 calls to a Holiday Inn in Havelock, N.C., and 17 calls to a Comfort Inn in Chambersburg between Jan. 1 and May 8, 2006, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Jeff Bopp said Thursday (continued...)

Any of you get one of these calls?

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Shoelover

Shoe Stor....You Suck

A customer writes in via Email:

"Your web site leaves much to be desired.

If you took the time to hire a financially knowledgeable company to put your web site together, you’d know that AMEX does not use the three-digit code you ask for in the payment section of your web page (here is a link to the CVN explanation from Shoe Stor's payment processor on the check out page)  .

So, like an idiot, I kept putting in a number that you can’t process anyway. How many sales do you lose by being so technically incompetent?

If you can’t get the financials right, what does that say about your product?

You should invest some money to clean up your internet act."

While Shoelover disagrees with some of the content and comments in this email, especially the AMEX code issue, as we dont process payments directly on our site due to security issues and our payment processor is pretty clear about the CVN number variations, Shoelover would love to get some feedback from its serfs and plebes customers and readers about Shoe Stor's  website.  Email Shoe Stor directly and if you arent too insulting, like this fine fellow, you may just find your advice taken and maybe rewarded.  Email Shoelover at Shoelover@clear-shoe-boxes.com.

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Shoelover

Crow's Feet

and other bad jokes...........

• Cancer survivor Sheryl Crow is helping others suffering with the disease - by championing a new charity shoe sale - ContactMusic.com;
• Not sure what is funnier, Now Magazine writing about a product you can buy at Holt Renfrew or the fact that Holts is now carrying boots that used to be sold in the discount section of dollar stores? - Now Magazine  (Ya, Shoelover is talking about those yellow babies);
• Boo hoo....Tall girl cries the blues over being too tall for heels -DollyMix.

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Shoelover

P.S. - And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound of
         The low spark of high-heeled boys
          - Traffic

Shoes - South Asian Style

• Wonder where Louis Vuitton shoes come from?  Could be the same place as the flip flops at your local dollar store.  - Louis Vuitton to build shoe plant in India - report - Reuters;
• New Zealand is giving you the boot - TV3; and
• Shoes for the Ho Chi Min Trail: International shoe fair opens in Vietnam- Saigon Times Daily.

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Shoelover

Ironic Much????

Hey Imelda, you know what you need?  New shoes...

Pacific News Center - Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos went through her extensive checkup with doctors at the St. Luke's Medical Center in Manila. The doctors say the pains in her feet, chest, and respiratory problems were caused by bad footwear (continued...)

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Shoelover

You have a face for...

shoes

At Fenway, Boston’s Snyder Gets Distinctive Kicks From Ortiz - NYTimes
By JACK CURRY Published: September 16, 2007
Kyle Snyder of the Red Sox has the sharpest shoes in Boston, the coolest kicks in town and the sweetest slip-ons in New England. Each of Snyder’s white shoes has a picture of his teammate David Ortiz’s happy, smiling face (continued...)

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Shoelover

Coo, coo, ca shoe.....

• Cros...As Paul Harvey would say "And now you know…the rest of the story";
• Confessions of Manolo's a Manolo lover - a 35 year affair; and
• News Flash.........Manolo Blahnik to design a line of shoes for Croc....just kidding.

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Shoelover

Much a shoe about nothing...

• Ever wonder what a pair of shoes hanging from an overhead wire mean?  Wonder no more.....and if you are still wondering, find out more here;
• Speaking of shoes in odd places, you ever wonder how a shoe tree grows (and more importantly, how does it smell)?; and,
• If you are really looking for shoes, maybe this is a more conventional place.

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Shoelover

Like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
- Leonard Cohen

Crusin' the news, looking for shoes

some interesting tid bits about shoes

• Stop thief!!!!;
• Keep your shoes cool........great just in time for fall; and
• Find a fellow shoe lover at Shuzsociety.

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Shoelover

Weekend Shoe Outlook with Wayne

Some of you readers may know Wayne.  Wayne love his shoes and Shoelover figured rather than stealing all of his hard work, Shoelover would give credit where credit is due.  So without further ado, here is Wayne's Shoe Review.....

• So that is where Shoelover's old skiboot went......;
• Murse? Manbag? He-clutch???? Is it coming back?; and
• Wayne, what were you doing in England?????

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Shoelover

Busted Boots

Look's like a crappy boot could have been Britney's undoing

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It coulda been shoe, babe....

It coulda been you.

• The shoe drops - Beckham's downfall linked to Posh Spice a thrown shoe - Seattle Post Intelligencer;
• Brooke Shields almost brings the house down with her shoes - The Economic Times; and
• Booties - back for fall (and they fit perfectly in Shoe Stor's low cut boot box........hint, hint) - Chicago Sun Times.

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Shoelover

This one is for the purse lovers

out there....

Keep an eye on your bags....

Bag snatcher turns out to be policeman
Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:39 AM ET

Kuala Lumpur (Reuters) - A thief chased and caught by a group of Malaysians after he snatched a woman's handbag turned out to be a policeman, a newspaper said Tuesday. Bystanders gave chase on hearing the screams of a housewife at a coffee shop in Ipoh, capital of the northern state of Perak, when the thief grabbed her handbag, the New Straits Times said (continued...)

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Shoelover

Tough Shoes....

Did you call Shoelover a snake in the grass?  Shoelover thinks you mean "snake in the glass"  - Harrods hires cobra to guard 62,000 pound shoes ;

It looks like only strippers where heels to work - Press and Argus;

Ya, but does it smell? Vermont museum showcases shoe collection.

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Shoelover

PS - Free Shipping @ Shoe Stor with a $100 purchase - offer ends September 17, 2007

Givin' it away..........

Free Standard Shipping in the US and Canada with $100.00 purchase (or more) at Shoe Stor.

Only until September 17, 2007

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Shoelover

Liar, Liar....Shoe's on fire

19 shoes?

Ya, Right....Shoelover has a long list of clients (women and MEN!!!) who have bought over 100 clear shoe boxes from Shoe Stor.  But alas, Shoelover has signed a non-disclosure agreement that prevents the release of names to spouses, media outlets and credit card companies.

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Shoelover

Monday Morning Shoe Review

• A force in high heels - "Ms Bligh has been lampooned for her love of fine footwear, after she was photographed wearing inappropriately high heels at a construction site."  (whatever, are you the premier of an Austrian Australian province (Brisbane Times);
• A lost art?;
• Apparently Minnesotans have more to worry about than Sen. Larry Craig - Man with apparent foot fetish nabbed.

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Shoelover

Shoes for a cause

MONTREAL, Sept. 8 /CNW Telbec/ - Since 1995, French and European citizens have united each year in more than 40 cities throughout Europe to throw their shoes onto a pyramid as a sign of protest against anti-personnel landmines and cluster bombs. A powerful symbolic gesture of solidarity with the victims of these weapons, the Pyramid is built in conjunction with a petition signing to prohibit the use of cluster bombs. On Saturday, September 8 the first Pyramid of Shoes in Canada organized by Handicap International will take place at the park Emilie Gamelin in Montreal (continued...)

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Shoelover

Sole Collecting

Louboutin looking to protect his red soled shoes....

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Shoelover

I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!!!
     -Howard Beale

Saturday Morning "Shoe Down"

• Orwellian Shoes - Perfect for an outing to the Chestnut Tree Cafe;
• Ya, your biggest issue should be shoe shopping;and,
• Want a cheap pair of running shoes, see this guy, just don't tell him that Shoelover sent you.

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Shoelover

Sit on this shoe

if you just cant get enuff of your footwear

you  may like this little number from SexyFurnishings.com

or if that isnt your style, you may want to consider this unique collection made out of horse shoes.

your call.

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Shoelover

Friday Night Shoe Review

A nation of Imelda's - Sole mates: Shoe-loving Filipinos step out in style - Reuters;

Croc Bite!!!! or is that Crocs Bite!!! - either way, they suck - IOL; and

Inappropriate shoes?  Really, does anyone care what some b list celebrity wears to a movie? Apprently you do!

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Shoelover

Things not to keep in a shoe box

Um, a four day old baby is definitely high on that list - New York Daily News

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Shoelover

Shoelover thinks...

that it is always ok to pay $750 for a pair of shoes.

How about you?

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Shoelover

Shoes for....

those who walk  - The Globe and Mail;
those who walk down the aisle - The Hartford Courant; and,
those of us who can afford not to walk - Reuters.

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Shoelover

P.S.

You've got to put on your sailin' shoes
Put on your sailing shoes
Everyone will start to cheer
When you put on your sailin' shoes
- Lowell George & Little Feat

They May Be Made in Italy

But Shoelover isn't so sure that the telescoping high heel is going to be a big seller.

Could be wrong.

Anyone tried them?

Let us know

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Shoelover

Shoes Behaving Badly

• Crocs...BANNED!!!
• Personally, Shoelover is more concerned with getting out of a cab in one piece.;
• On second thought, maybe the British are taking this shoe banning thing a little too far?

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Shoelover

If it's back to school time, it's time for some

new shoes...

• First a plug from someone selling foot care products (Shoelover knows all about plugging products);
• Next up, some cheap shoes for your kids; and
• Finally, something in a shoe for the class clown.

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Shoelover

Tuesday Links for Shoelover

• Seattle Sneakerhead - and you thought geeks only obsessed about hacking code........just kidding - The Seattle Times;
• Say Buh Bye to Taxes.........sort of;and
• If it's after Labor Day, it's the good old White Debate.

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Shoelover

High Heels....................

still getting men in trouble....

Women should wear high heels and mini-skirts' The People.co.uk
The Tory Manifesto By Julian Gavaghan

A tory councillor has quit in disgrace after begging women to show off their legs in mini-skirts and high heels.

Arthur Radcliffe, 57, outraged political allies and opponents when he pleaded: "Come on you girls, make my day, throw those jeans away."

The blazer-wearing blunderer was branded sexist after writing to a local newspaper about seeing a young woman in a chemist's in a smart dress and high heels (continued...)

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Shoelover

Things Shoelover was wondering today

1. Should Shoelover make an apple cake?
2. How much will it cost Shoelover to show at NY Fashion week?
3. And what will happen when Shoelover uploads the entire Shoe Stor mailing list to Facebook (it makes Shoelover feel good to know that Shoelover has all these friends ya know? Plus its great for market research).

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Shoelover

Monday Mayham

Shoelover has gotten a bit of the running bug....

• The Few...Barefoot runners do it in the buff;
• The Proud...Barefoot runners admit to being insane in public; and
• The Marines... Marine Corps Marathon - October 28, 2007.

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Shoelover

P.S.  And the complete idiots!!!

Shoes for the smuggling

you would think that a shoe with a secret compartment may not be the wisest of things to market in this day and age, even if they are for kids.

New shoes may be term time distraction - BBC

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Shoelover