Thursday, July 28, 2011

Norway: Lessons from a Successful Lone Wolf Attacker | STRATFOR. Also, I show you some maxicards with wolf on my personalized stamp from Zazzle

Please read: Norway: Lessons from a Successful Lone Wolf Attacker | STRATFOR

If you are a hunter of wolves, or "wolves", you better deal with a lone wolf, before it (re)joins a coordinated wolfpack...

In the image above, do you see the closer-to-us ear of the wolf that's standing? "In good standing"? 
Let's say that the ear looks like an upside-down light-colored (whitish) heart shape.
Here's THE KICKER: do you see the black silhouette inside that heart?
I will pretend that it represents a human...there is a "human" (our inner sense of humanity) with arms extended...asking for help?...looking for a bit of love?..."in every heart".
Even in the misguided, tormented heart of a "lone wolf".


You, too, whoever you are, anywhere in the world, can design (FREE OF CHARGE) stamps and many other types of products/gifts at Zazzle.

"Zazzle is an online retailer that allows users to upload images and create their own merchandise (clothing, posters, etc.), or buy merchandise created by other users, as well as use images from participating companies.[1] Users are allowed to open their own shop for free and set the profit they wish to make on each item (Royalty).

Zazzle was founded in 1999 by Robert Beaver, and his sons Bobby and Jeff Beaver. 
In 2005,Google investors John Doerr and Ram Shriram invested US$16 million into the business.[1][2]
The site was recognized by TechCrunch as 2007's "best business model" in its first annual "Crunchies" awards,[3] and has been noted by industry experts, such as B. Joseph Pine, for its easy-to-use technology. 
In 2010, Zazzle was recognized as one of the "Hottest Silicon Valley Companies" by Lead411.[4]
Zazzle.com offers Digital printing, and embroidered decoration on their retail apparel items, as well as other personalization techniques and items."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazzle


The truth is that I LOVE ZAZZLE, although they drive me crazy once in a while with their arbitrary, inconsistent approval process.
But who's perfect? :)

Guest Heart Thursday #68


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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Photographer focuses on every capital in the world - CNN.com

Photographer focuses on every capital in the world - CNN.com

Bewildered with the weirdness of the "List of Unusual Deaths", from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. From that list, I show you a maximum card with Harry Houdini, the escape artist, who died because of a few fists (that's punching, not fisting, I might specify)



"1926: Harry Houdini, a famous American escape artist, was punched in the stomach by an amateur boxer. Though this had been done with Houdini's permission, complications from this injury caused him to die days later, on October 31, 1926. It was later determined that Houdini died of a ruptured appendix.[63]"


"Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologiststunt performeractor and film producer noted for his sensational escape acts. He was also a skeptic who set out to expose frauds purporting to be supernatural phenomena.[1]"
Harry Houdini

Houdini in 1899
BornErik Weisz
March 24, 1874
BudapestHungary
DiedOctober 31, 1926 (aged 52)
Detroit, MichiganU.S.
OccupationMagician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, historian, film producer, pilot, debunker
Years active1891–1926
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    He shows how he gets the right card, stamp and postmark together.
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