The gift for those with ALMOST everything!

How about an IPOD Docking Station - Toilet Paper holder combo?

If you haven't sent your wish-list letter to Santa -- be sure to include this item on there.
If this is not you...I'm sure you know someone who would love it.
Chances are - they don't already have one.




So what songs could we listen to during our alone time?
Probably something that would help everything go...um...smoothly.

Peace

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Even the sun is looking forward to this weekend.
He's all smiles!


Make this a great weekend by appreciating whatever you find joy in.


Summer's going fast, nights growing colder
Children growing up, old friends growing older
Freeze this moment a little bit longer
Make each sensation a little bit stronger
Experience slips away
Experience slips away...
The innocence slips away.
   - Time Stand Still by Rush

15 INTERESTING FACTS

1. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable." 
2. The water inside of a coconut is identical to human blood plasma. Many lives in third world countries have been saved from coconut water fed through an IV.
3. Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
4. The average human has about 20 square feet of skin weighing about 6 pounds
5. The average ear grows 0.01 inches in length every year.
6. The kings in a deck of cards represent kings from history: Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts -Charlemagne; Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
7. Before the 17th century, carrots used to be the color purple.
8. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
9. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
10. Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is found in Prozac.
11. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
12. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have$1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
13. Eating eight strawberries will provide you with more Vitamin C than an orange.
14. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
15. Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining.

Now go impress somebody! 

The true cost of being your own boss

While I don't agree with the entire article, there are some fine points in a recent  piece on being your own boss at CNNMoney.com .

The devil is in the details when it comes to owning/running your own business.
But, don't let the details scare you.
If you know about them before hand, you are much better prepared to handle them.
It's when they come up by surprise that trouble can brew.

Here are some highlights from the article I think every entrepreneur should know...

Tips on starting your own business:

• The best way to develop your own business is to do it while you still have a job.
• Build up as much as you can in cash savings.
• Live below your means -- you will have good months and bad months.
• Remember, to maintain the same lifestyle as you had with your last salary you will need to earn 33% more.
• Hire an accountant.
• Keep track of your customer contact with a spreadsheet.

Read the whole article: The true cost of being your own boss

Now, go get 'em.

58-Inch IPhone anyone?

Hope you haven't mailed your letter to Santa yet!!

Learn more about this at DVICE

PEACE

Spirits in the Material World

I thought today was a good day for the Police...

There is no political solution
to our troubled evolution
have no faith in constitution
there is no bloody revolution

All Saints Day

Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.  

~Albert Einstein

Live your life the way you would if your parents were with you every minute of every day....because in their hearts, they are...whether they are dead or alive.

HAPPY ALL SAINTS DAY....remember the departed and honor them by your actions.


Photo courtesy of Mikecollar

Election Day is almost here!!

I am all for the democratic process.

I love my country.

There is nothing better than liberty.

There is nothing greater than freedom of choice.

However, the greatest thing about November 2^nd – Election Day in the USA – is not the exercising of our democratic muscle. What I look forward to the most about this Tuesday….

NO MORE HARASSING PHONE CALLS!

It’s gotten bad people.

All day every day and one after another, the calls do not stop.

Recorded messages request that I support one candidate or another.

I think I will cancel my call-waiting service during the next election season.

You know…maybe I will just cancel my phone service.

Those calls are annoying whether or not I am on the phone.

No, Tuesday can not come soon enough…and that has nothing to do with my vote.