Good Article on Web Design

I know some of my site need better navigation path.  This is a great article on web site design and useability by Michael Bernard.

http://psychology.wichita.edu/optimal/default.htm

Ab exercises – No Crunches!

Citracal has a list of abdominal strengthening exercises you can do that don’t include any crunches. I hate crunches but want flatter abs.  You can find the list here.

Pesticides in Produce Ranked

The Enviornmental Working Group has a list of the fruits and vegetabel with the most to least amounts of pesticides.  You can get a copy of the full list here.  The worst offenders are peaches, apples and sweet peppers.  The produce with the least amount of pesticide contamination include onions, avacado and frozen corn.  So if money is tight and you can’t afford to buy all organic fruits and vegetables, you may want to consider spending your organic budget on the the most pesticide laden produce.

I had made smoothies for my kids this last week with nonorganic peaches and after reading this list wished I had gotten only the organic freeezer fruits for them.

James Bond Movie Review: A Quantum of Solace

Before I went to see this movie, one relative told me it wasn’t very good and another said it was pretty good. I really liked the last James Bond movie with Daniel Craig, so I’d been looking forward to this next one. I don’t know what all of the fuss was about over Daniel Craig not being Bond. I thought he was the best Bond ever. The person I never thought was a good Bond was Pierce Brosnan. He always kind of looked like a pretty boy to me – not someone he could be a real secret agent.

The comment that it wasn’t very good I guess set my expectation low, and I was pleasantly surprised. While not as good as the first movie, it was entertaining nonetheless, and well worth the price of admission ($7.50 with movie tickets bought in advance from Costco).

This movie, like the last one is set in exotic location around the Globe, and center around a conspiracy and possible coup in a South American country. As always the special effects are great and the action highly improbable, but heh, who wants to go see a dull, logic based movie. Craig shines again as Bond and the latest Bond girl, Olga Kurylenko, hold her own. All in all I’d rate it a B+. If someone you know is a Bond fan, there is a calendar out for 2009 with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale on the cover which might make a cool Christmas gift.

Old Proverbs You Just Don’t Hear Anymore

Oh, sure we all like to repeat old sayings like, ” A stitch in time saves nine” or “A penny saved is a penny earned.” But what about all of the old proverbs that went away like Nehru jackets and pet rocks? Here are some actual gems from an old proverb book from 1852:

Be a dog rather than a younger brother. – Persian Proverb

Carry an old man with you in a sack. – Marathi Proverb

You may blow till your eyes start out, but if once you offer to stir your fingers you will be at the end of your lesson. – Gascon Proverb

Do not speak of a cup; there is a bald person in the house. Osmanli Proverb

Ah, they just don’t make proverbs like they used to. And maybe that’s a good thing.

Unhappy? Maybe Your Expectations are Just Too Damn High

“He who dies not in his twenty-third year, drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of good days.” – Dutch Proverb

I found this proverb in a book published in 1852. So forget Maslow’s hierachy of needs and all of that namby-pamby new age stuff about self actualization and personal growth. Just not dying a tragic death was all it took to be happy in the good old days, when life was less complicated.

Funny Video – Chad Vadar Day Shift Manager

Welcome to My Cluttered Mind

Welcome to my companion blog to www.aclutteredmind.com