My snobbish self

Not so many of us have a noble background. If you have ever dreamt of becoming a Duchess or a Vicount, but your family tree somehow doesn't allow it, visit this site.
Being an aristocrat has never been so easy, eh ;)

How do I look ;)

I had some fun making that avatar here.
Try it, it is cool!

August press-clipping ;)

As you might know part of my job is to read newspapers. And look what I found - an article dedicated to me :) In case you feel as self-centred as me or just if you want to see how it feels to be a journalist - click here.
Enjoy and remember - do not manipulate the readers!

The police against Bulgarian bloggers

I never believed this could happen until it actually happened!
Bulgaria is a member of EU for 6 months now, it is supposed to be a modern and fast-developing country...but...obviously its citizens do not have freedom of speech.
Story goes like this.
The previous week there were several non-violent protests and flash-mobs against the decision of the Bulgarian supreme courts to allow building in the natural reserve Strandja. The participants were mainly young and well-educated people who did nothing but just showed peacefully their disagreement with the decision.
Then, suddenly one day, one of the active bloggers in the Bulgarian blogging community - Michel - was asked to go to the police station and he had to answer questions.
The problem was he had published in his personal blog information on one of the Strandja protests!
This is happening while only a week ago another Bulgarian businessman was shot in the very centre of Sofia. And the police is not working to find his assassin but is trying to scare people that openly state their position in their personal web-space.
Strange, ain't it?
Absurd!
Good thing is - the whole blogging community reacted immediately and for two days there were more than 100 opinions posted in the blogs of all this people.
The Ministry of internal affairs is still silent.
I would like to here what they want they have to say...

No smoking

A rather depressing and shocking video showing why is it not good to smoke!Well, I don't but...they do not say anything for passive smokers.

24 may -the day of the Slavic alphabet

Well, a bit too late from my side, but still - before midnight!
Happy 24 may - Day of the Slavic alphabet.
Or, if I should say it:
Честит 24-ти май :)
And because of that - Google today is written like GoogЛе :)
Ah, I love that!

Big Google is watching you!

Today I read an article about the Google personalized pages (IGoogle) and I thought how transparent I actually am by being registered at so many places on the web.
Let me see...
I am using Gmail, Google reader, Blogger, Google of course...
Then - 4 (or something like that) more mails.
Another couple of blogs.
Several registrations for different websites (Postcrossing, Hi5, LinkedIn,YouTube, Flickr)
Oh, my! Feels a bit scary when I think that my personality is exposed to such an extent.
I do not even mean the things I write explicitly here. I mean the "secret" connections, the visits to different websites that show some kind of a consumer pattern.
When I first read about people getting more and more transparent with the usage of technology (it was something like 10 years ago, when I didn't even dream about having a PC)I was a bit sceptic...
Now I know that Big Google (and not only)is watching me!

My First Postcrossing Card arrived!

Recently I registered at a very cool site, called Postcrossing.
The idea is that you send postcards to random people around the world you do not know.
So, I sent two cards - one to a woman in Finland, and one to a guy in Switzerland.
Today I got the great news that my card has arrived in Switzerland and the following answer:
Helle Svetla.
Thank you for the nice postcard.
The eye is very beautiful. I like it a lot.
I must give you quite. Swiss chocolate is really very good.
If you want, I can send you 2 bars of chocolate.
Write me your address if you want.
Many greetings from Switzerland.
Daniel

I am happy that it reached its destination and waiting for a card to reach me now :)

Hoops and Yoyo

Yes yes yes
I know that you may know these guys pretty well, but I found them yesterday.
I love the e-cards with these well ...I don't really know what to call them...hm...Creatures "Hoops and YoYo".
I first came upon the "A million thanks" card. I was rolling on the floor with laughter (especially when they are taking a breath).
And yesterday, the toughest day of the week (as we are puting the paper together) was just a Sarcastic Wednesday, pardon Thursday.
I still dind't have time to browse the website but I really like these guys - they are annoyingly sweet or sweetly annoying...
Well, whatever :)

Impossible is nothing

I have always liked the "impossible is nothing" slogan. Here is a very touching video of the new campaign:


There are some more:
Saint Margaret's team
Sachin Tendulkar
Yelena Isinbayeva
Jeremy Wariner
Allyson Felix
Lionel Messi
And even...
David Beckham

Beautiful:)

Blogging misfortunes

Blogging is a very nice thing.
BUT...there is one big but, as someone used to say:)
Since Saturday, I cannot open my Bulgarian blog which really drives me crazy. I just send a letter to the support team of wordpress and I am keeping a my fingers crossed that I will get an answer.Soon. I hate not knowing...
Besides these blogging misfortunes there is one good piece of blogging news from me:)
Today, a month or so after the idea was born, I started my Real estate blog on the Capital website.
It will be a great challenge for me, as I believe there isn't a good Bulgarian blog on this topic. I have the ambition to make mine one:)

OMG:P

What age are we living in...

Ice cream cemetery

and
Advice how to make bloggers notice your ad:)