Pause and sit on a bench
Five reasons to adopt this simple lifetime habit of sitting on a newly encountered bench.
Healthy living
Every time I rip open a bag of Cuties, I feel like the Incredible Hulk
Ripping open a Cutie nylon bag makes you feel good. Not just for the nutritional punch of an orange, but also the satisfaction of ripping open a bag with your bare hands.
Too much caffeine for your creativity?
A Mayo Clinic article said that you shouldn’t have over 400 mg of caffeine a day. The FDA says if drink more than 400 mg, you can get: insomnia, jitters, anxiousness, fast heart rate, upset stomach, nausea, headache, a feeling of unhappiness (dysphoria). Yipes! That’s quite a list of things you don’t want. How much …
Mindless eating is actually mindful eating
When eating cookies or chocolate, do you have just one or two pieces, or do you dive into the bag? I’m a bag diver. If there’s a bag of chocolate in the house, it will be gone very soon. Especially if it’s a bag that is in my secret stash. I never intend to eat …
Doing bicycle donuts in a parking lot
When a parking lot has circles painted on the surface, how can you not do donuts on them? Mysterious circles in parking lot On birthday I went on a little bike ride. Along the way home is a YMCA with a mostly empty parking lot. This lot has painted about 8 to 12 circles, each …
Tennis rackets are legit weapons against Murder Hornets in Asia
How do you defeat the Asian Murder Hornet? Beekeepers in Asia use tennis rackets to defeat the Murder Hornet. Scientific American takes a look at how Asia handles this monstrous hornet: Beekeepers can help by installing entrance traps over the doorways of managed hives that have holes large enough for a bee to pass through …
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Use a spoon to spread jelly and peanut butter
Do you use a knife to spread the jelly on your sandwich? The jelly slides off the knife. The jelly in your jar is left with deep trenches. The serrated blade from the knife makes an awful texture sound when you slide it across the bread. Knives in my peanut butter and jelly jar? No …
There is a 64% chance that someone I know will die of the coronavirus COVID-19.
There’s a lot of talk about whether the media is overhyping coronavirus (COVID-19). I was wondering how many people I know will be infected and possibly die from COVID-19, so I did the math. People who will die from COVID-19 Between 2% to 3.4% of people who contract COVID-19 dies. Let’s be conservative and take …
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Gingerbread Men Peeps: both cute and unappetizing
Is it possible to be both cute AND unappetizing? Peeps accomplished that with their Gingerbread Men Peeps. They are quite possibly the most dramatic possible combination of cute and unappetizing. So cute, but so unappetizing! The Daily Meal has a funny write-up on these giant sugar-laden treats If you look forward to getting Peeps every …
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Analysis of my six favorite cereals
Cereal, cereal, cereal. The standard quick meal not only for breakfast, but for any time of day! National Cereal Day was last week. Yeah, I’ve been too busy eating cereal throughout the day to really remember about this esteemed national holiday. In belated honor of National Cereal Day, here are my six favorite cereals, in …
The last Pay Day bar
A message I sent to a vending machine company: We have a vending machine on the 3rd floor of the Tribune Tower in Chicago (435 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611). Almost every day I get a Pay Day bar. Sometimes twice a day! Today I hit D7 on the vending machine. My delicious Pay …