Here is what he wants people to send by email:

You could help me a lot to spread my proposal to Mary – it is important that it is distributed as widely as possible so that it eventually reaches Mary. If you would like to support my proposal to Mary, please send the following text by email to a lot of people :-)

————- SNIP (email text end) —————

WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS, PLEASE HELP TO DISTRIBUTE IT TO OTHER PEOPLE!

For a long time I have tried to find a special way to propose marriage to my girlfriend Mary, whom I know for five years now. I wanted it very special, romantic and memorable, something our grandchildren would still remember.

And here is my idea: I will send out the proposal to Mary to 50 complete strangers, people I don’t know – hoping, that they will forward my proposal to as many people as possible, which in turn forward it etc. And some day, I hope, it will reach Mary, after it has travelled a very long way. I know, it will take a long time and I am quite nervous…

From the poem MY Mary will know immediately that the proposal is for her.

I have created a homepage ( http://www.proposal-to-mary.com ) where you can find the current status of my quest. You can use the homepage to check if the proposal has already reached Mary (in that case it is not necessary anymore to forward the mail).

Once the proposal has reached Mary, I will put a note on these pages. Also I will publish there how many people have read the proposal so that everybody can see how far it has spread and that it is getting closer to Mary.

And of course you will find there what I am waiting for most: Mary’s answer! I can’t tell you, how nervous I am… Will she accept my proposal? Will she like the unusual way how she got it, through the hands of thousands of messengers all over the world?

Please cross your fingers for me! And please – help me by sending the mail to as many people as possible, to help it spread, so that it eventually reaches Mary.

And here is my proposal:

Mary, please forgive me, as you know English is not my native language. And I am not a poet. But I mean it from my heart.

My angel,

Five years ago, I will always remember the day When fate made us meet, blissful Alaskan moments in May Earth spun around us and a journey began Love, warmth, happiness, enough the years to span.

The longer it lasts the more grows our bond And with 80 still – of you I will be fond Whatever happens, I will stay at your side Through good and bad, together let us stride

No second with you was ever wasted
You are the sweetest I have ever tasted
We have spent so many years – why not a life?
Mary, will you marry me – and become my wife?

Mary, if you have received that and have recognized me, then give me a sign so that I can continue with the romantic part of my proposal…

————- SNIP (email text end) —————

As you may have guessed, I am mad about bargains.
I am a wife, a mother and I have run my own recruitment business for over twenty years.
I make my living by giving the best value for money so when I spend it I expect to get the same.

I love quality items, five star cruises and generally the good things in life and I have found
that I can afford more of them if I get them at bargain prices.

This Blog http://bargains-hunter.blogspot.com is for bargain hunters to share information
so we can all get the best value for our hard-earned money.

Cheers

Sonja

I just got my own USB rocket launcher :-) Awsome thing.

Plug into your computer and you got a remote controlled office missile launcher with 360 degrees horizontal and 45 degree vertival rotation with a range of more than 6 meters – which gives you a coverage of 113 square meters round your workplace.
You can get the gadget here: http://tinyurl.com/2qul3c

Check out the video they have on the page.

Cheers

Jacob Roder

And I wouldn’t have had these experiences if I hadn’t interned abroad.

In the summer of 2006, I interned at a fashion television show in Paris. My responsibilities were standard; what I gained from them was exceptional. The experience taught me that no matter what the job, it’s the chance to work and play among a different people and in a different culture that makes both the duties and fun doubly exciting. Even the mundane events of your job, like trying to figure out directions in French on how to reset a voicemail, become somewhat exotic, a valiant quest not just to decipher a machine in a foreign language but to also understand your own capabilities, one of which I realized through the sound of my own successfully recorded message.

Not only that, my internship abroad also helped create a domino effect of success. My resume became more noteworthy. Prospective employers were impressed that I had the guts to go work in a country whose national language I didn’t speak but was willing to learn. It showed them that I was a risk-taker, determined, and inquisitive. That one opportunity in turn helped me get another internship at a prestigious publishing company in New York. And this internship I hope will lead to another, more permanent position. But this hope wouldn’t have been possible if last year I hadn’t dared to take a chance and flown halfway across the world to work for free- and gained immeasurable experience and chances for future successes in return. Because of my internship abroad, the dominoes just keep falling.

If you’re looking for a way to fund an internship abroad, start at home.

Begin your funding search by talking to professors and advisers at your university. Many colleges and universities offer funding for international work experience, though availability of funds may depend on the field in which you plan to work. During the summer after my junior year of college, for example, a professor at my university funded my month-long research internship with a professor in a similar field in England. Because the job involved independent research, the hours were flexible, leaving me free time in which to see the UK.