Monday, December 28, 2009

10 Great Organic Smells



With all the perfumes and body sprays on the market, there is no excuse not to smell nice. Everyone tries to impress a possible mate by smelling good. The problem with perfumes and body sprays is that they contain all kinds of chemicals that can be harmful to you and to the ecosystem. But, with a new line of all organic products, there are now organic perfumes and body sprays that contain no chemical enhancements, just straight up oils from plants mixed together to make you smell nice.

Sandalwood


This term is used for a bunch of fragrant woods. They can be found in Australia and Hawaii. The oils used from the sandalwood plants will provide perfumes with a woody smell. It can be used as a base to many other oils to enhance their fragrance.


Lavender


There are 39 different species of this plant. This plant can be used in dried flower arrangement, potpourri, and harvested for its oils to be put into perfumes, body sprays, soaps and shampoos. It can also be used for aromatherapy, as a part of a recipe, and medical use.

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Other scents I particularly love (not necessarily organic): Plumeria, coffee, freshly-cut grass, clean laundry in the drier, my wife, meat on the BBQ, cinnamon..

Pizza

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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Mike Portnoy - The Count of Tuscany

From Dream Theater's Black Clouds and Silver Linings



My Christmas gift to you!

Friday, December 25, 2009

Thursday, December 24, 2009

A Few Quickies

Miss Cellania must be all-knowing because she saved me a ton of time by posting The Sports Links of the Decade. Incredible..

Hang On, Dammit!! - Simply a must-see from Wirecutter at Knuckledraggin My Life Away.

Some great reading in this post by Skip over at Website Wednesdays: Every misconception imaginable: The Book of General Ignorance
Disclaimer: This one could take you all day

Christmas: The Trans-Siberian Orchestra

No doubt you've heard the main 3 or 4 they play every Christmas. But you probably haven't heard these:








Especially for You

Right Back Atcha

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Not Surprised

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

You Should Probably Sell Your Stock Now


~~~ and go invest it in a few hundred shares of ~~~