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Sitting Down Is Killing You [Infographic]
When you have a desk job, it's easy to see the advantages of sitting at a desk inside when looking outside and there is a guy shoveling snow in front of your office. There you are, in your cozy warm office, typing away on that little keyboard while that guy is out there busting his butt in the cold. ...
Smallest Town In America: Population One Person
I can't decide if this is sad or kinda neat. As you see in that sign, the town of Monowi, Nebraska has a population of one person. Her name is Elsie Eiler, and she is 77 years old. Most of the town's buildings are crumbling down, and as you can imagine, it's very quiet and desolate.
The last even ...
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How Americans Feel About The Osama Mission [Infographic]
I remember exactly where I was the morning of September 11, 2001. I was sitting on the floor of my living room with the television on. I was playing with my son who was not quite two years old at the time. These days, I don't watch TV, but back then; I watched the news in the mornings. I remember wh ...
How To: Make Pop Rocks
Do you remember eating Pop Rocks as a kid? I do. It was like a chemistry experiment exploding in my mouth every time I ate them. I thought that eating Pop Rocks was just one of those things from the '80s that parents let us do, like riding in the car without a seat belt. You know, one of those thing ...
Combating Global Warming: Simple Action Steps
I read something the other day that said most people don't understand what global warming is. The phrase itself, "global warming," has been used so much in so many different contexts over the past few decades that a lot of the meaning in those words has lost its punch.
In the spirit of bringing a ...
5 Tips For Handling Failure
We are overjoyed when we know of friends who are experiencing triumphs and successes in life. Whether it be with their relationships, work, or whatever aspect of life, we celebrate with them. However, when we experience failure, often times we find it hard to deal with the situation. One reason I lo ...
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The Real Cost Of Dating [Infographic]
So there you are, you're just about to go on that first date. As a guy, you always want to make a good impression and be the expected gentleman you know you have to be in order to gain the respect of your date. There are some misconceptions when it comes to dating that both guys and girls are quite ...
Shopping By Color: The Designer Way To Buy Groceries
Whenever it is time to go grocery shopping over here I usually make the legendary list. Yup, it's all about optimizing, and the more detailed the list is, the faster the whole trip will be. I sometimes even try to list the items the way they are positioned in the store I am going to. That way, I can ...
World’s Most Secure House: A Zombie Bunker
Every once in a while I stumble over some crazy article in the newspaper that reports about someone rich building a doomsday shelter or bunker to keep safe from whatever might strike earth in the near future. Those articles have always been quite mesmerizing to me because it sounds like a huge endea ...
Creativity Takes Courage: 5 Ways To Build Your Courage
"Creativity takes courage" is one of my favorite quotes. It's an oldie but a goodie from Henri Matisse. It's so true. Creativity really does take a lot of courage. When creative people express their emotions through their artwork, writing or music, and they present it to the world to see on the Inte ...
North American Dialect Chart: Ya’ll Talk Funny
Lately, for whatever reason, I've been talking to more and more of my Twitter friends on the phone. One of the first things people usually notice when they talk to me is that I have a very southern accent (gimme a break... geez, after all, I do live in Atlanta). For some reason, that surprises a lot ...
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The Cost Of William & Kate’s Wedding [Infographics]
You can hardly go on the Internet today without being confronted with the royal wedding that took place yesterday. News reports estimated that there were over 2 billion people watching the ceremony and the partying. That's almost a third of the entire population of the world. Sure, I had a peek at t ...
Tulipmania: An Inspiring Field Of 3 Billion Tulips
If you didn't read the title of this article, and if you just glanced at these pictures below, what would you think that was? Perhaps a beautiful piece of artwork created by a child? Or maybe a tapestry of colorful fabric? Who would ever guess that is a patch of three billion tulips?
Yep, this is ...
Over Or Under: The Great Toilet Paper Dispute
When you think of the biggest toilet paper debate, you probably think of something worthwhile like the debate about whether or not it's important to use toilet paper made from recycled paper products, right? Well now that toilet paper manufactures are making toilet paper with green material that is ...
Environment: Mushrooms Break Down Disposable Diapers
When I was researching this topic today, I couldn't help but think of a recent article Richard wrote called Gross Foods That You Want To Eat Anyway. It was about how, according to a TED speech, we will have to change our food supply in the future so that we will still be able to sustain ourselves an ...