Zen

One way to think of zen is this: a total state of focus that incorporates a total togetherness of body and mind. Zen is a way of being. It also is a state of mind. Zen involves dropping illusion and seeing things without distortion created by your own thoughts. Peace and tranquility follows Zen.
In order to achieve Zen or peace and tranquility throughout the body one must surround themselves with peaceful things, like flowers that bring zen From white orchids to blue irises and tropical evergreens. Hard to enjoy these lovely plants and flowers without being tranquil.
Imagine sitting comfortably and looking at these:

Can you honestly look at such beauty and not feel peaceful and calm? Of course not! These flowers could help you meditate and stay tranquil and peaceful and achieve that Zen you desire.
These days stress is all around us trying to kill us all. Order some beautiful flowers from Pro Flowers, kick off your shoes and admire their beauty. Learn to relax and take a break from whatever in Life is stressful to you.

50 Or More

Today was a great day for traffic exchange surfing. I managed to surf all of them and I did at least 50 pages on them all.
One of them have a lot more than 50 but that is because they do brackets surfing there and on the weekends the brackets only last for one hour. Normally the brackets are an all day affair.
So now I am free to do whatever other surfing I choose to do online, like write blog entries. I still have at least one more of these to do today and then I shall be done with my paid posts for this week.
I love writing those paid posts and for this current pay period I will have made eighty dollars. That's a very nice addition to my power scooter fund. I really, really need that scooter.
If you would like to help me get this scooter, here is the Donation button:

Cuff Links

I have not been all dressed up in a suit and tie for quite a few years now but I do remember the attire that went along with it, like cuff links. I like dress shirts that require cuff links, gives a man a chance to show off some bling, cuff links and tie pins are my kind of bling.
Of course besides the usual gold or silver cuff links men typically wear there are also some fun cuff links out there, like the super hero stamp cuff links, either Superman or Batman. Cute.
Of course if you have a few pairs of cuff links or earings you might be interested in this item:

Of course this might also come in handy for the women in your life. I know my wife and daughter are forever losing one earring of a pair, they just take them off and set them down somewhere, anywhere at all without thinking about it I guess. Having a certain place to keep small items is much better, you will not lose them that way.
If you use cufflinks I suggest you go check out the great pairs over at Red Envelope and see if they have some you will like to add to your collection.

A Smile

While on the phone with my wife she asked me to tell our daughter something that I didn't quite understand because all I really heard was cupcakes and something or other. So all I mentioned to the twenty year old girl was cupcakes.
Her eyes opened wide and I passed that along on the phone, as the girl is rather sleepy today so her eyes were not opened much until she heard the word cupcake. Then she started to smile! OMG, a smile!
I told my wife the girl was smiling and of course the girl started denying it in a voice loud enough that her Mom could hear. Then she took the phone and started denying it even more although she was smiling while talking lol
Something about cupcakes...Now I know how to make the child smile :-D

Cracks And Racks

I just finished writing about how humor helps in advertising then found this to giggle at, cracks and racks. It is on a website page that sells snowboard racks. I still have not found what the cracks are but it did make me laugh to look at the webpage.
Winter is coming soon whether we like it or not (I don't) and for many people that means snow or at least a trip to the nearest mountains to play in the snow. That's where snowboarding comes in, it is a popular past time in the snow.
Unless you have a very large truck though you are first going to have to find a way to carry your snowboards and other gear up to the snow. That's why you need a rack! Many snowboarders are also skiers so they have double the need for a rack and this website has racks that can carry both skis and snowboards together. Very convenient.
If you are into skiing or snowboarding or both, I suggest you go look around the Cracks and Racks website and find the rack you need to carry your equipment.
Oh, yeah, when you are done, send me a message if you figure out what the cracks are.

Traffic Is Boring

Since I surf a lot of exchanges I can tell you that frankly, traffic ads are boring. They lack imagination for the most part, posting statistics and pictures of money that you can make. They give you headlines that tell you how they want to make you a millionaire in 2012 or how one dollar can be turned into thousands without any effort at all.This is all fine and dandy if it is the truth but still, these ads generally just make me yawn.
It's time these folks learned some advertising sense. Sex and humor sell. They always did and they always will. Show me a pretty girl, even if it is just her smiling face, I will look at the ad more attentively. (I will really look at the ad if the girl has great legs lol).
Show me a funny picture, a dog where he shouldn't be with a forlorn face or even clowns with cream pies will do. I like to laugh as much as I like looking at pretty girls. Okay, maybe not quite that much but they are close lol
I know these people are trying hard to make a dollar, I am too. But, if they want my dollar they will have to try a little harder and use some imagination.

Trade Shows

There was a time when I thought it might be nice to retire from being a custodian and travel around the country doing trade shows and selling things there. My wife and I both thought this was a workable idea, find a product that would sell, go to trade shows and set up the booth and enjoy ourselves. Unfortunately, Life and now my health has gotten in the way and that plan is just that, a plan.
There are a lot of people that are looking for work and that plan may just be workable for them. Trade shows always attract large crowds and, if you have a good product, you could make some serious money at these things.
Besides a great product you also would need some sort of trade show display booth. Easy to set up and take down after the weekend is over and still functional so that customers can see what you have to offer.
My wife and I were going to do something different so that we could do a variety of trade show types. We were going to sell removable tattoos. We sold these at the local swap meet and we did pretty good with them. People could get outrageous tattoos without worrying about getting them off lol
If you have a good idea about something to sell you should look into trade shows and booths. You can enjoy both making money and travelling which is always fun.