Pour Homme... Or Me

I was browsing the perfumes in the chemist today, admiring the shapely bottles, imagining the spicy and floral fragrances.

I saw a bottle marked "Go" and thought to myself:  Yes.  Go-getter, trend setter, that's me, I'll have a spritz of that one.

After a lengthy spray on my wrists I smoothed a bit on my neck pressure point, finished my purchases and walked outside.

Then it hit me.

What is that smell?

It evokes er...  I can't quite place it... images of stubble... er... hairy sinks... gravel rash... er... DAMN IT!!!

A wonderous waft came up to my nostrils and I realised that blokey-smell was in fact me.


I checked out the blurb on the Go! website:

"...it not only changes the way you smell but changes the way you feel"

You're telling me.

...Could the hint of violet leaf be responsible for catching that girl's eye or not?"

Probably.  I may get a few looks from women thinking "why is that chick wearing aftershave?"

Would it have killed them to put "Pour Homme" on the dang bottle?

I did wonder why it was next to the David Beckham and Old Spice though...


So now, for the rest of the day (and night) I will smell like Eau De Bloke.

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Nice Apps and Add-Ons

Eureka!!  Here are a few Firefox Add-Ons and Apps that make life a little bit easier.

I have a sneaking suspicion that every time you log in and out of Twitter, sift through unnecessary emails and cut and paste links, a fairy dies.



1.  Bit.ly sidebar - you can get this from the bit.ly home page and drag it on to your sidebar.  It shortens your links at the click of a button.

I can't understand why I have been cutting, pasting and opening and closing bit.ly all the time.  Duh!  Work smarter, not harder!!






2.  Hoot Suite - Wow.  If you have a couple of Twitter accounts and keep logging in and out, this is the Twitter App for you.  Hoot suite has a "Hootlet" bookmarklet for super easy tweets straight from the source page.  It has an app for Iphone too (what doesn't?)

 Soooo much easier to manage everything.  Great if you want to schedule Tweets (for different time zones, for example)






3.  Feedly - All-in-one feed App.  Imports your feeds from Google Reader and various other sources.  Nice!

4.  Yahoo Mail Watcher - Doesn't use your username and password in a way that could be compromised.  Checks your email while you are doing other things.  Notifies you when a new message comes through.

Heaven.

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Hyundai Launches i45 Sedan

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Hyundai. All opinions are 100% mine.

As of this month, I am on the lookout for a new car. The time has come. I am a little tired of walking in the rain with shopping bags, call me strange but that's just the way I roll.

A good way to check out a new car is to book a test drive. I have done this a few times in the past and it really is the only way of getting a sense of the car's parameters, capabilities and appropriateness for your situation.

For example, size and storage space is important to me. But parking is also important. I love big cars but I need to be able to park in a tight spot without taking too long. The Hyundai i45 sedan fits the bill nicely.  The i45 has the fuel efficiency of a much smaller car, which is also a consideration in these energy hungry times.  The interior looks quite roomy and luxurious too, with a built in ionizer for purifying the air.  I love the overall style and the fact that Hyundai has put it through a gruelling 500 tests before it even hits the showrooms.

My first test would be how quickly it could get me to the nearest golf course!!



To find out more about the Hyundai i45, you can watch Hyundai i45 on YouTube to run through the features and benefits of their latest offering. To make it easier, I have embedded the video:



I think the ad is quite clever. I was watching it on the TV last night and wondering how they managed to make the water shapes - is it computer generated graphics or a computerized water machine?