A Portuguese Love

Another Today's Best Award (28th November) for a cute and simple Christmas Card I made last week. I like to work with simple shapes and colors. This item is not available anymore.

King Ramesses II Vintage Egyptian Art Card! Postcard by RenascencePub Vipul describes himself as a common man, getting back in touch with the artistic side of himself. Well, his interests aren't common, he's fond of exquisite illustration and has a Zazzle store called Renascence Pub . I like this Renascence Pub Mug a lot. Well, Vipul was kind enough to feature my 2010 Kids Calendar in his Squidoo Lens . What a good-morning news!Thanks, Vipul!

Source: http://www.greenpeace.org/espana/news/091130 During the XIX Ibero American Summit Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009, in Lisbon, nine Greenpeace activists climbed on top of Torre de Belém. The annual summit brought together the leaders of 19 Latin-American countries plus Portugal, Spain, and Andorra. For a few moments, we could read OUR CLIMATE, YOUR DECISION in the beautiful monument. The summit in Copenhagen is vital for the fate of the earth and climate wasn't on the Ibero American Lisbon summit agenda. This was a small effort to catch the summit leader's attention to this big question. The Copenhagen summit, also known as the Conference of the Parties 15 or COP15, is the fifteenth big meeting organized by the United Nations to discuss a global response to climate change.

It seems I missed the party of the year. This guy is Joaquim, he's Portuguese, yes, in fact, he lives in my street when he's around. I've seen him plenty of times jogging in the neighborhood. He works international level ( www.bestmodelsagency.com Porto, Portugal, www.whynotmodels.com Milan, Italy, Bananas Mambo, Paris, France, and Blu Models Los Angels, US ) and has quite a reputation as a top model. Lately, he's acting DJ also at very celebrated parties. A few months ago I read an interesting interview he gave the local newspaper. He seemed quite an intelligent man -yeah, yeah, you know, I always seem to forget that models have a brain on top of those bodies - and I was pleasantly impressed with his opinions on local development, fashion, and culture. Well, it seems he just turned 34 and made a big birthday party at the local Casino. Music and fashion and lots of celebrities there, I'm sure. Not entirely my cup of tea. But it might have been fun! Happy Birthday...

video Yesterday I saw a documentary on Afghanistan and Pakistan and USA's efforts to pacify those areas and fight the Taliban. It’s Obama’s war from FRONTLINE producers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria. It has been eight years since the USA went to the territory. It’s a controversial issue and I’m glad I do not have to decide about it. This does not mean I do not worry. My wish is that a solution could be arranged so people stop being killed. I learned from the documentary that its outcome is uncertain. And that probably a lot more USA troops are needed. One big problem is the corruption of the Kabul government, and the other is the Taliban. The government is losing population support. Taliban are organized and offering the population thinks that the USA still can’t provide: security. One could ask why not live Afghanistan to its fate. But since 11 September people fear that these countries can nest terrorism so an effort must be done even if it means a great loss. There ...

Davis is my sister and nephew's dog. He's a shar-pei. Sometimes I take care of him. He's been sleeping all afternoon next to me. It has been raining since lunchtime and he got very sleepy. He's almost four years old. Davis is a very sweet dog for all family members but hates neighbors. In fact, he gets a bit mad in the presence of strangers, persons, and dogs!

You are still on time to enter Confiança's bar soap giveaway. O Melhor is a product range specially formulated for men’s skincare. Translated as “The Best” it includes shaving cream, exfoliating soap, and balsam after-shave. The stylish retro packaging is the result of the restyling of an original logo dating back to the 1920s. The strength of this line is reinforced by a back-to-basic old-school fragrance with notes of musk and marine. Still represented in Confianças’s ranges Art Déco and Art Nouveau art was popular influences during the ’20s. Rich design and recipes portfolio were recovered as Confiança’s aim is to bring back that heritage to the XXI century. The old molds are still in use to preserve the original soap shape. Soap characteristics and packaging is an art passed on by generations that allows Confiança to still preserve all of its essence. O Melhor is an example that is still in the memory of many and will bring to the present the scents of another century. Abo...