Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

20 Stress Fixes for Better Sleep

Reducing stress can impact your sleep significantly. Here are 20 smart ways to calm down and rest up.

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How The Hand Reacts In A Karate Chop

This one will made you cringe!

Only In Russia

Day Ninety-Six

Tomorrow will bring the first of three concrete pours. The forms you see will create the automatic cover system. On the right is the box the cover will live in when the pool is open. The tracks down each long side will allow the cover to ride on rails to cover the pool. The second pour will cover the rail system with an apron so you can stand over the rail system. The third portion will create the patio all around the pool.

The Beast!

Deb and I picked one of these up at Costco this weekend. The NordicTrack® Commercial 1300 Elliptical.

I have renamed it... "Hell Spawn!"

It made the assumption, that on my first attempt, 30 minutes on level 1 would be a good start. Two minutes into it, I realized I had invited the devil into my home! At 10 minutes I convinced myself I would be sore in the morning, but that I could make it to the end. That is when "Hell Spawn" pulled out all of the stops! The display flashed "Pedal Backwards." I complied only to be taunted by a new display, "Pedal Faster." 1 minute later and I am starting to make noises, 2 minutes in and I am calling the machine names that would make a sailor blush... then the display reads, "Push Yourself!" I kept looking down at my legs thinking that might help with the burning. I'm screaming things like "I built you!" and "You can't treat me like this!" Who knew that backwards would be any tougher than forwards? Finally after 3 minutes it informed me it was okay to reverse my stride. I am here to tell you that I did not make it the full 30 minutes, but I have high hopes for next time.

I am hoping in the next 2-3 hours my legs will allow me to go back upstairs so I can go to sleep... right now it does not look good.

Time Change: Springing Forward Could be Bad For You

"We are placing these people back into February. We are dealing with a public health issue and the extension of Daylight Saving Time at both ends is extending the period of year in which people are most vulnerable to depression."
—Michael Terman, Columbia University Medical Center

A Great New Movie!

Iceman on Everest

It's a bitterly cold winter day and students on the University of Minnesota campus are bundled up, hurrying to their next class. Wim Hof, dressed in shorts, sandals and nothing else, appeared from the doorway of a school building.

"He's known as 'The Ice Man."

Scientists can't really explain it, but the 48-year-old Dutchman is able to withstand, and even thrive, in temperatures that could be fatal to the average person.

Top Ten Grammar Myths

Organizer Martha Brockenbrough, who writes about grammar and language for Encarta, has fun suggestions for National Grammar Day, including holding a good-grammar potluck at your office or school and mixing drinks she calls grammartinis. She also suggests correcting other people's grammar, but I hope that instead of marching into grocery stores and scratching out misplaced apostrophes, people will spread the word about the language myths that well-meaning people argue about every day in offices around the world.

Worst 10 Urban Myths

In a moment of serious killjoy-osity we've trawled through the world of urban myths to find the scientifically most inaccurate... well, the ones which are just quite daft. So what's the truth behind KFC's mutant chickens and are blonde's really going to go extinct?

iPod touch - Yup, It Is That Cool

Pick One Up! You will not be disappointed!

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Fire and Forget Expense Tracking.

the most efficient way to manage your expenses and reports.

I'm Getting The 4x4 Fever!