Vivian Greene

Kisses™ & Zazzle Postage Stamps really do go together, nicely.

Zazzle cancelled my entire custom postage stamp order (re-order) I had designed for a USPS contest, because they objected to this one design! They said…

“For these reasons, we were unable to process your original order:
Title: Love and Kisses
Result: Not Approved
Content Issues: — Design may be considered obscene, pornographic, or sexually suggestive, including most depictions of artistic nudity.”

Better alert all the teachers, schools and libraries that use Kisses™ illustrated books since 1979. And all those 400 newspapers that had Kisses™ on the doorstep daily and Sunday for so many years. Not to mention the many charities which use Kisses™ to raise money and awareness to help millions of children throughout the world.

And – the greeting cards…80 million or more Kisses™ “nudists” are out there! Jeff Bezos even has one. Careful…The word “Bezos” means “Kisses.” And I mean business.

I’d like my Zazzle Postage Stamps, please.

I’d also like to develop the first and only dedicated character merchandising program online to do good in the world. And I believe I am the only artist alive who has 35 years of design and product development experience, and owns my own intellectual property to do so.

Don’t blush. When they’re not doing their “angel work” in the world, Kisses™ wear clothes. They even design clothes – and nearly every product you’ve ever seen Snoopy adorn.

Photo GEORGE F. LEE / Honolulu Star Bulletin
You can’t read Vivian’s mind, but you can read her dress.

In fact, I notified Zazzle in December that my art and quotes are used on some of your products, and was assured Zazzle would contact the artists/store owners to send me samples and request permission. It could be lucrative for all of us…

…Like one of my blog posts:
http://viviangreene.org/dance-baby-dance/172

I’ve asked my attorney Gary Fergus to follow up, so we can explore a collaboration.

I believe things happen for a higher purpose. And all kidding aside, I thanked Zazzle for their notice. I assured them that my life is dedicated to helping children, and the child in all of us. My work with Shriners Hospitals for Children, Stolen Childhoods, Foster Parent Plan, World Family, and an endless list is testimony. I could really further that work with Zazzle.

As one of my other characters proclaims “Together…we can soar.”

Please send my Zazzle Postage Stamps. Thank you.

cc: Jeff Bezos

Vivian Greene
Invest In Love inc
“All that is real is seen with the heart.”

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© 2010 – 2011, Vivian Greene. All rights reserved.

AMA and Health Care = IME Rules and Stools

GEICO has a Gecko, Met Life has Snoopy and my insurance has a Stool Pigeon. Health Care and insurance can be amusing.

I’m recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident. Today, I was sent to Quest Laboratories to get a stool specimen. I’m not real sure what this test has to do with my wrist and neck injuries, but you know the insurance and medical procedures inspire curiosity. It’s just the Rules of Stools and we must cooperate.

What I was given was some colorful little containers to take home, with instructions in TEN languages. Some of them are jokes and puzzles. For example, “the vial with the White Cap is to be refrigerated.” The caps are blue, orange, and pink. I am an artist, and I know my colors. I checked some of the other languages: blanca in Spanish, blanco in Italian. White.White. White. I couldn’t read the Cambodian, German, Japanese, Chinese, or Vietnamese and I don’t even know what Laotian is.

I decided to Google stool. Aha! Stool Pigeon: “A decoy bird, or a police informer.” Just WHAT is the purpose of the IME (Independent Medical Exams)?

I love Google. Here’s what I found:

 

Here’s a humorous post I found by Chas at BangItOut.com entitled:
AMA and Health Care

The American Medical Association has weighed in on Obama’s health care package.

The Allergists were in favor of scratching it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.

The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.

Meanwhile, Obstetricians felt certain everyone was laboring under a misconception, while the Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted.

Pathologists yelled, “Over my dead body!”. while the Pediatricians said, “Oh, grow up!”

The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the Radiologists could see right through it.

Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing and the Internists claimed it would indeed be a bitter pill to swallow.

The Plastic Surgeons opined that this proposal would “put a whole new face on the matter.” The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were pissed off at the whole idea.

Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas, and those softy Cardiologists didn’t have the heart to say no.

In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the tushies* in Washington.

* Forgive me, Chas, I took the liberty of changing that one naughty word.

AMA and Health Care = IME Rules and Stools

Vivian Greene
Invest In Love inc
“All that is real is seen with the heart.”

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© 2009 – 2011, Vivian Greene. All rights reserved.

Blog Your Way To The Bottom! I learned something about golf today. The golfer with the lowest score wins. Kevin Sousa told me.

Kevin Sousa is my blog guru who encouraged me to create this blog. He was explaining to me (patiently for the third time) that my low ranking was good on Alexa. Excellent. Cheers!

“The websites that have a lower ranking score, have more relevant content, are more popular and/or have more incoming links than websites with higher scores.”

I wasn’t sure who Alexa is, but the name sounds kinda sexy.

Kevin tried again. “In essence, the ‘lower’ the web site scores at Alexa.com, the “higher” its rank.” Wow. I’ve only been doing this for two weeks and I have a hot blog!

Out of curiosity I asked what the ranking is for BJ Gallagher and Mac Anderson who co-authored “my” book Learning To Dance In The Rain, The Power of Gratitude. It’s based on my quote (Mac’s favorite).

Giggle, giggle, giggle. My sexy rating is lower (like better) than both of their personal websites and I’ve only done 11 posts in two weeks! I haven’t even attempted to market this or anything …yet. Giggle, giggle….Don’t tell Mac, but BJ’s is lower (better) than Mac’s too. You really need to Blog Your Way to The Bottom!

Now, I find this very exciting. Because Mac has been an idol of mine for decades. He owned the Successories stores in most major malls throughout the country, and my Kisses™ and Juvenile Delinquent (naughty but nice) Greeting cards were in every mall, too.

We both love putting together words and pictures. I wanted to do a photographic line and write captions for him. When I sent him some material, he wrote me the nicest note. He said he could tell from my writing that I had a “heart as big as Texas.” I couldn’t wait to work together. He is a marketing genius!

My own work had been published in 24 countries. I wrote a daily and Sunday comic strip, several books, both inspirational and children’s. The children’s books are in schools and libraries forever, I guess. Kisses™ books are used to teach English in Japan. and adorn hundred of products . I’ve been involved in writing, designing, product development, licensing and speaking for three decades.

Mac’s a tycoon at the business helm. He founded Simple Truths, and put forth his expertise – and client list I suppose – to grow his success with motivational gift books.

He has that Midas touch. He was the founder and CEO of McCord Travel, the largest travel company in the Midwest, and part owner/VP of sales and marketing for Orval Kent Food Company, where they made inspirational (prepared) salad.

People love my website VivianGreene.com, but I love doing this blog even more because I can personally do it without waiting for a webmaster to help me. I love working with Kevin and I am going to really dance with Mac and Simple Truths. Together, we’ll reach hearts bigger than Texas. Are you ready, world?

=*=-Mac Anderson’s Top 20 Quotes -=*=

• Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…
it’s about learning to dance in the rain.
~Vivian Greene

• Sometimes our candle goes out, but is blown into flame
by an encounter with another human being.
~Albert Schweitzer

• When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.
~J. Lubbock

• Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
~Henry Ford

• Inch by inch, life’s a cinch. Yard by yard, life is hard.
~Unknown

• To love what you do and feel that it matters –
how could anything be more fun?
~Katharine Graham

• Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples,
don’t count on harvesting golden delicious.
~Bill Meyer

• You can have anything you want in life if you
just help enough other people get what they want.
~Zig Ziglar

• Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
~Abraham Lincoln

• A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
~Benjamin Franklin

• We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
~Winston Churchill

• What lies behind us, and what lies before us,
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
~Aristotle

• You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
~Wayne Gretsky

• Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base
and keep your foot on first.
~Frederick B. Wilcox

• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
~Chinese Proverb

• The key is not to prioritize what’s on the schedule,
but to schedule your priorities.
~Stephen Covey

• All things are difficult before they are easy.
~John Norley

• Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
~Will Rogers

• Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do,
something to love, and something to hope for…
~Joseph Addison

-=*=- -=*=- -=*=–=*=- -=*=- -=*=–=*=-

Vivian Greene’s Top 2 quotes by Mac

• The right words can engage the brain and bring an idea to life.

• Less is always more.

Blog Your Way To The Bottom!

Vivian Greene
Invest In Love inc
“All that is real is seen with the heart.”

© 2009 – 2011, Vivian Greene. All rights reserved.