Who's your caddy?

Thanks to the Sun-Sentinel's Nick Sortal for testing products that hold our stuff while we exercise!

The Fitness Caddy is just one in a line of "unique & innovative water bottle carriers". A non-bulky bag to store your water bottle, a secure hook for your keys, a ring through which to thread your towel. Sorry, there is not any place to store your excuse not to exercise.
There's also the Cruising Caddy and the Golf Caddy...

While we're in things that hold things, there's the SPIbelt (small personal items) and the Hold-A-Phone.

Every Woman Counts

Join the Coalition... the Every Woman Counts Coalition. Not only can you make your voice heard, you can learn more about the issues that are important to you, whether they be about children, education, or both.

Do you have the cutest pet?

If you or someone you know has an adorable pooch, a cuter than cute kitty, a beautiful bird, or a freakish darling ferret, make sure the animal is entered in the Cutest Pet Contest:

Press release for immediate release
Free Cutest Pet Photo Contest Open To Miami Area

Grand Prize is $1,000.00 Cash - The Top 10 Photographs Will Grace the Cover of a New Book Titled, America's Top Pets - Area Listeners Can Enter the Free Contest Online or by Postal Mail
The FL State Chapter of Dog & Cat Lovers of America in partnership with CutestPetContest.com Publishing is proud to announce a $1,000.00 Cash Grand Prize in the Free 2008 Fall Cutest Pet Photo Contest. Gift certificates to Pet Smart and show quality trophies will also be awarded.
And that's not all! The top 10 cutest pet photos will be displayed on the cover of an upcoming pet photography book titled, America's Top Pets. (Library Of Congress-ISBN# 978-0-9770401-6-3) Printing is scheduled for Spring 2009.
"We refer to the ten photos selected for the cover as the Cover Pets. There will be 4 photos selected for the front cover and 6 photos selected for the back cover. Just think if your photo was chosen. You'd be showing off to everyone you know," says Dr. Rex Naylor, contest volunteer.
Recent grand prize winners include Diane Stichler of Ohio ($1,000 Cash) & Candice Ramsey of Arkansas ($1,000.00 Cash).
Pet owners from the Miami area are welcome to win a share of the prizes. The deadline for the contest is September 5th. The contest is open to everyone and entry is free. Dog or cat photos only are preferred. The photo may contain one pet or several and may include different pet types in the same photo. There is a strict limit of one photo per household to avoid disqualification.
"Some pet owners treat their pets as good as or better than their own children. Therefore, it's not uncommon to have literally hundreds of pet photos around the house. Imagine for a moment what it would feel like if your photo was picked and you received a check in the mail for $1,000 cash. Since the contest is free, you'd almost be foolish not to send in a photo," continues Dr. Naylor.
The preferred method of entry is to enter directly online at www.CutestPetContest.com. The website has a voting feature, similar to the popular TV show American Idol, that allows the general public to help choose the winning photos.
You may also submit your photo by postal mail. Please send one photograph, full-color or black and white, of any size. Cell phone images and pixelated photos should be avoided. All photo entries must include the photographer's name and address on the back. Photographs should be sent to: Fall Pet Contest, P.O. Box 4470, Olathe, KS 66063. Entries must be postmarked by Sep. 5th 2008.
Dog & Cat Lovers of America is an organization dedicated to bringing pet owners from around the world together for fun and fellowship. Membership in the organization is not required to participate and the entry is free. Past winners are listed at www.cutestpetcontest.com
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Dr. Rex Naylor - Contest Volunteer
Dog & Cat Lovers of America
c/o CutestPetContest.com Publishers
admin@cutestpetcontest.com
P.O. Box 4470 Olathe, KS 66063

A Picture Perfect Saturday

What a cool idea! This Saturday (August 23rd), Lauderdale-By-The-Sea will host the biggest Worldwide Photowalk ever. A photowalk is walking around with your camera and taking photographs while doing so. It's a great opportunity to show people your view of the city, and in turn, see another's view of the same place. It's a free event and begins at 9am this Saturday at Commercial Blvd. and AIA. By the way, there are 243 cities around the world with thousands of photogs doing the Photowalk on Saturday, too!

So much for six degrees

It's more like six songs... according to author Daniel Levitin. A new book by Daniel, The World In Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature, will be released tomorrow. Levitin checks the link between music and the brain through six types of songs: knowledge, friendship, love, comfort, joy, and religion.
Even an article Levitin wrote about the Beatles is heady stuff - the last paragraph mentioning neural firings and cortex... who knew?
Levitin is also the author of This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession.
As you may have guessed, I'm a really big fan of the whole music thing!