New ideas, new products, and new inventions are just some of the things you’ll find over at the Design Mind Group on the web website.

I started to write about them the other day, but ran into a bit of difficulty with the web link. I’m glad I waited. Their entrance page leads you into a world filled with: (more…)

Here’s a fun post for today that might start with the quote from Body Heat, “I’ll talk to you if you don’t talk about the heat.” (Hopefully that’s close.)

While that’s a favorite saying around our house here in Las Vegas, it still doesn’t prevent me from wearing my most favorite of all things… demin.

I live and breathe demin jeans. So this morning when I can across the Armani Exchange website, I had the opportunity to play around and create my own style (my other passions are tee shirts and handbags) which I’ll show you below. Keep in mind we’re not talking off the rack. Armani Exchange has “New Premium Denim starting at $98″ – yes Armani

I had to start, of course, with their J57 grey straight leg jeans. I choose grey, but they also have J57 in potassium straight leg. I considered the J11 Indigo Destruction Skinny Leg as a third potential, but I really prefer low rise jeans. They just fit better and look better on me.

I then was able to move into the “dressing room” and start putting shirts with jeans (or you can pick shorts, skirts, whatever), and adding accessories. I finally settled for a cool handbag (reference my passion above lol!).

Here’s the final result which should give you a fairly good idea about what I truly enjoy wearing. Give me a great pair of jeans that look cool, throw in an amazing top, and round it off with a stunning – very summer-like – handbag and voila!

Then I did some more digging around on their web site and discovered Armani is giving away a pair of demin every day throughout July. All you need to do is text A|X. Enter the keyword “DENIM2″ to ARMANI (276264). It’s that easy.

In fact, after visiting and putting together your ideal outfit or just purchasing a full price pair of denim from Armani Exchange, in store or online, between 7/7/09 – 7/19/09, and you will receive a gift card for $20 off your next purchase of $100 or more. And that gift card is valid from 7/30/09 through 8/15/09. Nice!

Let’s face it who wouldn’t want to wear Armani if the price is right. Street-chic, casual, sophisticated and affordable.

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Okay, I confess I’m one of the millions out there who smoke, but as god is my witness I’d surely love to quit! Recently, my sister suggested a prescription she received from her doctor that she claims worked like a charm. Of course, she was ready in her mind to stop and stop forever.

The problem is I looked that particular drug up online and, holy cow, the potential side effects are super scary. And, the worse thing is you would not know if you were susceptible to these effects until, perhaps, it was too late (one is particularly nasty!).

However, I am determined to not just “stop smoking,” but QUIT. By the word “quit” I mean to end this habit once and for all (I do believe you cannot use the word QUIT if you have merely “stopped for a while”).

Lots of people have excuses, and I, too, have my own justifications – a huge amount of stress and the fall back to easing those moments by… yes… lighting up.

Yet we are all aware that the “smoking police” are out there. Granted, they may have my best interests (and their own) at heart, but it just irks me when other people start dedicating how a person can and cannot live their individual lives. I’m not talking about the truly great laws in place like “thou shalt not kill or maim or hurt children,” but laws that other people believe are “good for me.” What comes next? I can’t read Harry Potter or buy bread because other people believe they know better or should have a say in my life? (Sorry I’ll stop that tirade and continue onward… LOL!)

Yes, not smoking would be wonderful and I know I’m going to need more than just sheer will power (trust me I know and it’s a long and messy story). That’s when I ran across the website I Can Smoke Whenever and its product the electric cigarette.

If you’re not a smoker, you won’t appreciate this as much as the millions of the rest of us most likely will and do. Here’s the opportunity, not unlike a nicotine patch (which I had rotten luck with) or gum (it pulled just about all the fillings out of my mouth I kid you not!) to eliminate the tar build up in your lungs while slowly but surely weaning yourself off nicotine. And, since the byproduct is “a transparent vapor with no odor” that produces no carbon monoxide (hence no “second hand smoke” haters to inflame), you can actually “smoke” at your desk at work, pub, a sporting event, or even cruising your favorite mall.

Of course many are wondering is the electric cigarette legal? And the answer, as of this post, is yes – it is not regulated by the TTB.

Let’s face it, we’re all working very hard online (especially if you’re reading this and similar blogs and websites on marketing and internet promoting) – if you’re a smoker, don’t you want to be around to see all that hard work pay off?

Improving your health is never a bad thing, and investigating serious ways to quit smoking should be right up there at the top of your list.

Watch the video, read the website (it’s not large) and make an informed decision for yourself. And this time just may be the FINAL time you need to ever address this habit again.

And BTW, they offer FREE shipping!

Holiday weekends, regular weekends, and just regular ‘ol days getting up, getting dressed, and presenting yourself in your best light is always critical, right?

So why exclude your dog?

Let’s face it, dogs can get rather stinky and their itching and scratching most likely is a good indicator that it’s “bath time!” (Not to mention that being around your dog just might be affecting your own personal ode cologne, yikes!)

Granted, some dogs just hate baths, but now there’s a way to change all that (maybe they hate baths because you’ve got to give them so often, or the soap never rinses out and they stand there forever, or you haven’t taken the time to train them to love bath time, or…?).

Well starting today, all the dog washing hassle is flying out the door (and he or she will look so much more presentable at that picnic or family gathering, right?).

Dinovite has your answer! An all natural dog shampoo called Dogosuds® that rinses out so easily, doesn’t cause that dry, itchy skin other dog shampoos produce, and leaves you with a clean, shiny, fresh smelling pooch to present to your guests.

Plus long after the guests leave, you reap the benefits, too – your dog will continue to smell fresh and clean – which means so does the overall smell of your house, apartment, condo, RV, and you and your kids.

People love new car smells, now you can have that “new dog smell” as well

Here are just a few of the benefits to switching your new dog shampoo to Dogosuds®:

• Its long lasting, fresh and clean (wonderful!) smell
• It lathers and rinses out easily
• Its 100% pure essential oils heal and soothe
• Its a NATURAL FLEA DETERRENT (you gotta love that!)
• And… it even removes SKUNK odor!

There’s still time for this upcoming 4th of July holiday (and plenty of time, the rest of your dog’s natural life) to make Fido or Fifi happy, and your guests and your family, too

It’s bath time!