How Americans Spend their Days

A very cool, interactive graph at NYTimes.com. The data for the graphics came from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ American Time Use Survey. The people surveyed were over the age of 15 and were asked to record what they did every minute of the day. The results are interesting, and about what a person...

Friday Funny

Now I really, truly understand osmosis.

Cookie Monster Interviewed

Video of Cookie Monster being interviewed by NPR. Very funny.

Hand in Space

A pretty cool image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Awesome

Another email from my brother Terry (if this posting trend keeps up I might have to re-name this blog to “stuff my brother emails me”)

Great Article on Health

I came across a very well written article today, A Public Health Campaign Reminds Me Why We’re Not Healthy. The writer does a great job detailing what is wrong with food and health advertising and how the government’s efforts to impede the American epidemic of obesity are not working. I am constantly...

Luna Cookie

Earlier this week I receive a package from drugstore.com – I ordered some things I needed so I could get the sample bag. This morning I dumped all the samples out of the bag so I could use it to tote my lunch to work. Quickly looking through the samples I found something edible: a Luna Cookie Whole...