Month: August 2008

  • NSGCD Announces 2008 Conference in St. Louis

    NSGCD Conference 2008

    The National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD) has announced their upcoming conference.

    September 25-27, 2008.  St. Louis (St. Charles Embassy Suites).

    You can hear all about NSGCD in this video interview filmed earlier this year the Los Angeles Organizing Awards.  Our friend and professional organizer Lynne Johnson, Immediate Past President of NSGCD is on camera.

    The featured speaker at the conference is Dr. Gail Steketee, Professor and interim Dean at the Boston University School of Social Work.  Dr. Steketee has conducted research studies, written 7 books and published over 160 articles on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and panic and OC spectrum conditions. Her sessions are Compulsive Hoarding; Cognitive Strategies in the Treatment and Management of Hoarding and Chronic Disorganization; and Enhancing Motivation during the Organizing Process.

    All conference sessions are plenary, there are no break-out sessions.

    Should be well worth the time if you are in St. Louis!

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  • Where is Niecy Nash? Clean House Star Says “Do Not Disturb”

    Niecy Nash Clean House 

    One of our most-commented blog posts centers around the "new" television show Clean House Comes Clean. 

     

    The post talks about the so-called dark side of makeover shows.  Long hours, 2-dozen people feverishly working behind the scenes, and a complete home re-do in 30-minutes (at least on tv) are all in the mix behind the scenes.  The post was inspired from Clean House Comes Clean.

     

    In the comments section of our blog post, many, many commenters expressed concern for the whereabouts of Niecy Nash, the voluptuous, sumptuous star of the show.  Black and bawdy, she's possibly the main reason people tune in.  Her devilish ways tell the homeowners "like it is," and persuade them into losing Grandma's vintage so-and-so that they haven't used or even opened in 15 years.

     

    But Neicy disappeared quite some time ago, and many of the comments were to that fact.  Well, we have the answer– she's been busy shooting other projects– including a pilot for Fox.  In Do Not Disturb, Nash gets her feet wet for series tv, and Jerry O'Connell directed the pilot.

     

    "DO NOT DISTURB (working title) is a hilarious workplace comedy set at one of New York City's hottest and hippest hotels: The Inn. Named one of the Big Apple's "10 Best Places to Stay," The Inn is just that – the "in" place to be, with its chic decor, stylish staff and celebrity clientele. Behind the scenes, however, the upstairs/downstairs dynamic tells quite a different story."


    "RHONDA (Niecy Nash, "Reno 911!") is the head of Human Resources who also keeps Neal's demands in check. She's brash, fabulous and brutally honest and runs the HR department from her bullpen downstairs with a set of rules that are all her own. Rhonda does her best to keep the back of the house in line and the front of the house out of trouble."


    You can read all about the pilot on the Fox website.  And this project is not the only one Nash has had her hands on.  Her new movie Not Easily Broken opens September 26.

     

    Nobody asked us, but we'd say Niecy will no-longer be appearing on Clean House. What do you think?

     

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  • Bigfoot Sighting – Big Ideas to Organize Your Shoes

    Southern California is currently on Bigfoot watch today.

     

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    Why?  Two Georgia men have reportedly discovered the body of such creature.  Their well-publicized press conference appeared on CNN today, and has been getting coverage all over the Internet, including the Los Angeles Times.  There's even a brand-new heartwarming video up on YouTube today.

    All this talk of Bigfoot is making us think about the contribution we're making to a major national magazine for an upcoming issue on organizing women's shoes.  Allow us to share our ideas with you, and if you have any feedback, we'd love to hear it.

    Did you know the average person in the US owns 19 pairs of shoes?

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