OK, this is my first “official” video post! I’m doing a quick review of the Freeze It gel. It’s great for use with topical pain relief. Don’t believe me? Just check out this great review 
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OK, I’m a big O’Reilly fan … you know, “the spin stops here”. So what’s up with Dennis Miller last night on ‘Miller Time’ shooting America the bird? I wouldn’t have believed it if I had not seen it for myself, but there was Dennis Miller, saluting America and Bill with the bird! Don’t believe me? Fox was so proud of the interview, they actually had it on their news site today as a video clip … so I took a screenshot for you. Again, when I saw it last night, I could hardly believe my eyes. Perhaps I was deceived. Nope. Check it out for yourself. It’s unbelievable that anyone would continue to patronize this guy after he flips off the whole country on the highest rated news network!!!
I don’t know if you’ve been keeping track or not, I know that I wasn’t. A while back I noted here on my blog that I dropped a ton of e-mail lists that I was subscribed to, mainly to reduce the amount of garbage in my Inbox. Well, slowly but surely that pile has reincarnated itself. But this isn’t about that.
I was surfing through my available PayPerPost opportunities this evening, when I ran across this opportunity listing:
Reality TV - The Next Internet Millionaire is the world’s first competitive Internet reality show
Well, I just had to check this out, even though the opp already had it’s max number of participants. So I went on over to www.nextinternetmillionaire.com to see what the buzz was all about. Turns out that Joel Comm has his latest joint venture going on in a reality TV style online “show” to select … you guessed it, his next JV partner!!!
I have to admit, being selected to be a JV partner with Joel Comm would really be cool, but here’s the big deal about the site. Each episode seems to have another Internet marketing expert come on and give some info about marketing and building an online business. This is where it really gets useful for you and I, staying at home. While we haven’t been selected to participate on the show, we can glean some knowledge from the guest experts about the IM game. Tonight’s guest was none other than Brad Fallon.
OK, I’m hooked. I’ll be watching the rest of these as they progress, and reviewing the previous episodes. Now this is reality TV that I can get into!!!
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So I’m doing some research the past couple of days about a marketing method called ‘bummarketing’ and I started reading about something called a ’squidoo lense’???
OK, so I do remember reading something about Squidoo being the brainchild of Seth Godin. I’ve talked about Seth before on the blog, and I have a lot of respect for this marketing genius. However, I’m not so sure I understand the Squidoo concept just yet.
I’m heading over there later this evening to start my own series of lenses. I won’t be sharing the answer to the question of life, the universe, and everything - at least not just yet. First, I’m going to check it out. Then, I’m going to do some tests with Squidoo and bummarketing. Then, dear reader, as usual, I will come back here and report my findings to you!
Stay tuned for more on Seth Godin’s Squidoo and ‘bummarketing’…
So now that you know what to eat for weight loss, how do you find the best places to go? How about Trusted Places? Trustedplaces.com has undergone some recent changes to their site and has definately achieved a more Web 2.0 look and feel. Although the site is based in the UK and centers around London restaurants, they are open for entries from all over the world! In fact, New York City is included as one of their popular places links on the site, in league with Paris, France and Dusseldorf, Germany. The navigation of the site is a bit clunky still, but it may just take some getting used to. Check it out and see what you think.
So I was up late the other night, watching an infomercial, and saw one I haven’t seen before. If you’re up late all the time like me, then that’s a pretty good feat - to sneak a new one in on me. Well, it turns out it was about a “new” diet (new to the U.S., at least) by a Canadian woman who lost over 180 lbs in just 18 months, and has kept it off for over 20 years.
So what’s the scoop? Well, it’s all about thermogenic foods. Do what? Thermogenic foods, i.e., the hot foods that heat up your body and thereby your metabolism. Of course, one of the cheapest thermogenic foods isn’t hot at all. In fact, it’s ice cold … water, that is.
There is some debate regarding the ice water issue, but it does remain a fact that your body has to increase the temperature of the water for digestion, so you are burning calories. The debate is over how much energy is actually expended. Bottom line, if you drink your 64 oz of water each day ice cold, you should be burning the same amount of calories that you would if you went out jogging a mile or so each day. All of this is relative, of course, to your personal body weight and metabolism, etc.
According to one site that I found, if you consumed 8 16-oz. glasses of water cooled to 40F each day, it would be the equivalent of burning 200 calories a day exercising. That is supposed to be the equivalent of running 3 miles a day!!! Of course, a side effect is also that the water will help in reducing cravings, as your stomach will have that “full” feeling more often.
Want more information? Do a google search for thermogenic foods, and you will find all kinds of info out there. It’s simply one hot diet idea! Here are two interesting resources I found:
I’ve always considered any type of surgery to assist with weight loss as a last resort. Over the last decade, however, as my waistband has expanded, so have my horizons. I’m open to more options now than ever, especially since I have around 100 lbs. to lose. That will make you open your eyes to something like the Lap-Band System. Now, I’m not saying that this type of obesity surgery is for everybody. In fact, it’s probably not for me (yet). However, Journeylite offers a comprehensive evaluation and follow-up program with plenty of support to help you at every step along the way. If you’re considering some type of overweight surgery, take time to check out Journeylite.
Well, I just got word that my blog was accepted back into the PayPerPost family! This makes me so happy (and proud), that I just don’t know where to begin. I am excited about the opportunity to start blogging again (on this blog) for PPP, and bringing you, dear reader, the best of both worlds.
As normal, you will continue to read and hear from me on the best of my world, experiences, and advice. You’ll still get that with my PPP posts, but it will offer me the chance to get paid to do something that I love … blogging! So stay tuned for many new and interesting things here on The Freedom Net, as I get the opportunity to review products and services, and give you the real skinny on the deals that are out there.
Do you ever get that joint or muscle pain that just nags on you after a rigorous day of activities? How about maybe aggravating an old injury area that has never come back up to par, or perhaps you’ve got arthritis?
Wouldn’t it be nice to freeze pain right in its tracks? Well, now you can do just that. I know, I know, there are a lot of products on the market that say that, but I’ve just found out about one that is different. It’s called Freeze It, and it’s put out by Perfecta Products, Inc. out of North Lima, Ohio. Now, at first sight, this might appear to be just like any other topical analgesic creme (or gel - it comes in both forms). However, it has some very distinguishing features.
First off, it doesn’t look like most other gels or cremes, which are usually white. Instead, Freeze It is actually a greenish color. It contains several ingredients which were of interest to me, as someone who prefers a natural remedy to a synthetic chemical one. It has camphor, an herbal extract called ILEX paraguariensis, aloe, and vitamin E. Now out of all of these, the ILEX really peeked my interest. I discovered that ILEX is an extract from a shrub grown in South America, and it has actually been used by native indians in Paraguay to enhance the effects of their medicines for centuries.
Well, I tried it out. I’ve got a shoulder that bothers me from an injury I sustained several months ago, as well some wrist strain from typing transcription work. So I applied it to my hands, wrists, and my left shoulder today. While the smell of the camphor is pretty strong at first, it does seem to fade with time after application. As for the feel of the gel, it was very sticky to the touch immediately after application, but became non-sticky after complete absorption into the skin, which took about 5 minutes. I did wash the palms of my hands, as I didn’t want to take a chance on getting my keyboard mangled. The pain has diminished significantly in both my shoulder and my wrist. The vapors from the gel do seem to be a little irritant to the eye, so be sure and cover up with a shirt if the location where you are applying the gel is close to your head.
Overall, I think this product has a lot of merit. I did a little price comparison, and it is definitely competitively priced in it’s market. So the next time you’re out to freeze pain in it’s tracks, head out to your local pharmacy and request Freeze It. If they don’t have it in stock, tell them they should get it!