“Sometimes we are too busy with the concerns of living to give much thought to life.” ~ Thom Lemmons

I had a different post about a different book recently plotted and planned for this garden of ours — that all changed earlier today when I went shopping with my daughter at a local thrift store for her Homecoming Dress. 

(For those of you in other places not stateside, Homecoming is an annual high school ritual marked by a football game [the other kind, not soccer] with the local rival school, and a formal dance the following evening — it’s a great excuse for the kids to get very dressed up and for the parental units to take pictures.  It’s usually the last time we see our kids looking this good until Prom, or the “Spring Formal”.)

While my daughter perused the clothing aisles of the GoodWill Store, I perused the massive used book selection.  For reasons still marginally unknown to me, I snatched a small hardbound novel off a shelf and flipped thru the pages . . . READ THE REST AT GO! SMELL THE FLOWERS main site.

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At least once a week (if not more) I'll be over at GSTF with my usual wit, wisdom and personal brand of blahhhh-ging flavour.  I'll keep you updated here, so you can go over THERE.  It's my new home away from home and this time being committed is more than just a threat from the local psych ward.

I'm going to announce my next picks for the highly coveted "Flower Smeller" award in the next couple of weeks too.  So, stay tuned. 
And dudes, please leave a comment when you visit me . . .  It's okay to comment elsewhere.  You won't get flogged by the Xanga Gods!  I promise!

One of the founders at GSTF asked today what any of us would do for the world if we had Fifty BILLION $. I replied that I wouldn't know what to do with 50 Million, let alone fathom that amount.

But truly, my answer was pretty straight forward after I googled, "how much would it cost to end world hunger".

"The cost of providing one billion people with 250 kilograms of grain every year is approximately $40 billion dollars a year. That would seem to be a lot of money, but with one billion people to pay, it is no big deal: $40 a year! An even more moderate estimate is provided by the organization Netaid: Just $13 billion dollars a year and the basic health and food needs of the world's poorest people could be met.

With $50 billion a year as an estimated cost of ending world hunger, the expense for each well-off person is one dollar a week. It is the growth in the number of rich people on the planet, while the number of poor has not grown, that results in this favorable situation, unprecedented in human history."  Tor Norretranders

What about you?  What would you do with 50 Billion Dollars?

Competition time again at Flowers! Your chance to win $60 of flowers delivered anywhere in the world courtesy of our partners Flora 2000, the International delivery experts.

To enter make up a fun connection between the four people below and leave your answer in the comments at Go! Smell The Flowers and include something about yourself, your blog, your website or you in the answer. Your chance to have fun and promote yourself.

So here we GO!