March 1, 2009

Online Gifts Are out There

Filed under: Shopping Online — admin @ 10:30 pm

You can easily spot bargains in abundance when you are out doing online shopping. It also saves you of overheads like commutation fuel costs and traveling time. You can easily browse through scores of stores within a few clicks. Almost everything like Valentine’s gifts and other gift ideas can be purchased online.

During your online shopping trip you will come across a variety of unique gift ideas.

There are options of regular stores who also have their online shopping portal and other stores who only sell online. Such sites store various gift items like birthday gifts, fun gifts and the like. A well known site which is an online shopping portal is Ebay.

They sometimes have private auctions for members of the site. At other times, anyone can step in and proceed. But if you are sure on what you want, you can succeed in picking up a great bargain.

The experience can be rewarding if you are shopping online with just the budget and no specific thing in mind to shop. You will be offered fantastic ideas for gifts for specific occasions like birthday gifts or Christmas.

Just entering Gifts in popular search engines will give you a plethora of gift ideas. A whole new world of sites housing an abundance of regular and unique gifts shall be opened to you instantly.

Would you rather fly or be invisible?

Filed under: Life Of New Age — admin @ 9:13 pm

Recently one of my son’s favorite TV stations conducted a survey of children. They asked kids which superpower they would rather have: the ability to fly or to be invisible?

To me it seemed to be a no-brainer–to fly most definitely!

First of all, I think the ability to fly offers a lot more opportunity for fun, adventure, and freedom. Just think about being able to go anywhere, anytime you want, without worrying about traffic, road conditions, or gas money!

While being invisible offers a range of opportunities as well it just seems so sneaky to me that I feel uncomfortable even thinking about it.

My son agreed with me. He thought flying would be a lot more fun. No surpise there as he is a physical child who enjoys being on the go.

Then I really started to think about the question. What does our choice say about us? I think I would really want to know why a child would choose invisibility over flying. I would fear that a child who chose that option either already felt invisible or wished they were. I would worry about their self-esteem and security in social interactions.

Of course, on the other hand, there are certain practical considerations. There are a number of instances where invisibility could serve many purposes for good on a small or large scale.

Apparently this question has been around for some time. A public radio station did a program on superheroes some time ago and took a survey asking which power their audience would prefer, the power to fly or to be invisible.

Men overall, voted that they wanted to fly and women that they wanted to be invisible. Why? So that the men could fly their kids to school and soccer instead of fighting traffic and women wanted to be invisible so that they could sit in on conversations and hear what was being said about them. No one wanted to use the super power to help others.

I find that survey even more disappointing than the one for kids. But not surprising. I am not a cynical person (except when it comes to my students’ excuses for not doing their homework) in general but more often when I hear some act of courageous good I am surprised rather than affirmed.

So while this could certainly appear to be a superficial question, something like the Barbara Walter’s “If you could be an animal, what would you be” type, but I think it could lead to a much deeper discussion. What do you think?

Which would you rather be? Which superpower would you rather your child have?

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Deanna Mascle is an inspirational freelance writer. You can find more inspiration at Inspiration by Dawggone and her inspirational ezines Words of Inspiration Online and Daily Quote Online.