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I love people who think outside the box.
I admire people who dare to be different and creative and a little bit risque just to stand out from the crowd and really grab your attention..like the people who made this post card:

I got the post card above in my mail.Its a bit crumpled because I get way too much junk in the mail and I was just about to toss it along with all the other junk in the trash when I noticed the text…seriously,it wasn’t the girl who caught my eye..she’s okay but the text really grabbed my attention.The post card is very original.

Lawn service ads are usually plain and boring and every line is a hard sell.Not this one.Whomever is in charge of the “Mr.Turf” advertising budget and campaign deserves a raise.The post card is simple and very,very creative.The text is a very soft sell.Its not aggressive,its funny,its catchy and most importantly its memorable.Its the kind of post card you want to show off to your friends because its unique…imagine all the free advertising and exposure “Mr.Turf” is getting from just this one simple postcard.

I’ve shared it with you and on a forum I frequent thats got over 10,000 members…they’ve probably shared the picture with some of their friends.My neighbors definitely got this in their mailboxes too.Now,if they are anything like me,they too thought it was too cute and funny and creative that they showed it to their friends,who then showed it to their friends….and so on and so on.Do the math.”Mr.Tuff” is getting so much free exposure for his business!Now if that exposure results in more business…”Mr.Tuff” will be one very wealthy man…all because he dared to think outside the box!

Some girls are addicted to shoes,some to clothes,others to food (yes,I went there),some are addicted to make-up,others to purses and then there are girls like me who love perfumes.I don’t know how many bottles of perfume I have but I just keep collecting more and more.

My favorite perfume at the moment is GOLDEN GODDESS by Kimora Lee Simmons.Regardless of how you personally feel about Kimora,this is a must have for every girl out there.Kimora got it right with this scent.I’m a bit pissed I didn’t find out about it until just recently when I went shopping at North Point Mall in Alpharetta,GA but I’m glad I found it.

Golden goddess is Kimora’s second fragrance.The strange thing is the first one,called Goddess actually sucks in my opinion.But the second one,Golden goddess totally rocks.Its feminine,its sweet,it isn’t overpowering,its classy,it oozes style and sophistication.I could go on and on about this perfume because it is really the best scent I’ve come across in the past 5 years!

Oh yeah,you can get it for about $55 bucks at the mall or you can get it from amazon for about $38.

Guys,next time you’re trying to figure out what to get that special lady in your life..dazzle her with the golden goddess fragrance..or ladies if you just feel like treating yourselves to a little something nice,this is the perfect treat…go ahead,treat yourself to a bottle of this amazing scent,you do deserve to feel (and smell) like a golden goddess.

Lately my linksys wireless router has been acting up.I’m seriously convinced its PMSing.One second its working just fine,the next second,it absolutely refuses to work and I always end up having to disconnect and reconnect it which is a pain in all the wrong places for someone as lazy as I am.

Anyway,I finally got frustrated and decided to call the linksys tech support for help.Due to my previous experience with support peeps (yes Dell geeks guys,your support sucks big time!),I was prepared for battle .Let me explain why…I don’t mind that companies outsource their support departments.What nags the living day lights out of me is the fact that the support people don’t take the time to understand the problem when you call them.Instead,they are trained puppets who read off a script instead of listening to your problem and using their brains to help you fix whatever the problem is.I mean,if I wanted to follow a script,I’d read the damn manual…but by the time I call tech support,I have read the manual over and over again and tried everything and still failed…so please take the time to actually help me with my problem instead of reading a script back to me…Anyway….

…when I called the linksys tech dept,a very nice dude called Paul answered in the sweetest,most polite voice ever.He asked me the routine questions (name,phone etc,etc) and then asked what my problem was and how he could help me.I explained what my wireless router was doing and he calmly told me “I understand thats very frustrating and I’m sorry you’re experiencing trouble.I’m going to do everything possible to fix this for you”.With just that one simple sentence,Paul won me over.He wasn’t trying to read a script,he was trying to genuinely help me.He got straight down to business and within a few minutes had figured out what the problem was and helped me fix it.

Paul is in the Phillipines.I’m glad linksys decided to outsource to the Phillipines instead of India.No offence to the Indians but I’ve never had any luck with the Indian tech peeps..I always get so frustrated I end up hanging up the phone before my problem is resolved.Indians in my experience are so notorious for reading off scripts and then there is that “minor” accent issue…I always spend at least 20 – 30 minutes trying to understand what the heck the Indian support person is saying:(

Anyway,right now I’m enjoying my wireless router..its no longer PMSing thanks to my really cool Phillipines tech geek guy Paul.So to Paul,I say thanks alot..I hope its stopped raining in the Phillipines and you’re now getting some nice weather.