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Wednesday Wanderings: 200 Calories, Crying Babies, Sleep Longer, Neptune’s New Moon, Long Running- and Dripping Experiment, and Wolverine: The Musical (Puppet)!

I firmly believe that it is not what you eat, but how you eat that really matters. Moderation is the key, not denying yourself favorite foods for "health" reasons. Still, this is an interesting series of photos showing what 200 calories worth of some different foods looks like: http://www.artfido.com/blog/photographic-series-showing-what-200-calories- looks-like-in-different-foods/ Interesting article on babies, crying, … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: 200 Calories, Crying Babies, Sleep Longer, Neptune’s New Moon, Long Running- and Dripping Experiment, and Wolverine: The Musical (Puppet)!

I am constantly amazed by the things people build with Legos, probably because I can barely make a simple tower. Here's a set of pictures of some cool stuff people have built with Lego blocks: http://www.topdesignmag.com/20-really-awesome-lego-sculptures/ A list of 25 geek books you must read (according to Gear Fuse, anyway). How many have you read? … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Legos, Geek Books, Predicting Aging, and Dr. Who Companion Poll

What happens to abandoned churches? For these, they were renovated to become homes or businesses. And all kept the beauty of the original church: http://io9.com/beautiful-churches-that-have-been-converted-into-secula-583156045 And now a few lists of 10: Ten Words that Need to Die Now (I agree with most of these): http://bit.ly/12GAGwH Ten Words that People Get Wrong: http://bit.ly/12lHUar And, finally, … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Churches renovated to secular spaces, and some lists of 10

The first link today is to some rather amusing (in retrospect) tech advertisements from the 1980's. Some predicted the future well. Others are just- funny: http://on.mash.to/14iI9Vt Next up are pictures of some book inspired cakes. There is some really nice work here. Amazing what can be done with cake, fondant, and frosting: http://walyou.com/cakes-inspired-by-books/ And now, … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: 80’s Tech Ads, Book Cakes, Abandoned Places, and Moving Statues

I apologize for the lack of a Wednesday Wanderings post. We had no internet access for a couple days. A bit of a dust up, and it took far longer than it should have to get us back. So, here we are, a few days late but I'm posting this week's internet findings today. Some … Continue reading Friday Followup (It’s Wednesday!): with SciFi bars, Smart People Drink, and Japan’s Cat Island

"Practice makes perfect!" We've all heard that, and maybe said it, too. Well, it seems that may actually be true: http://blog.bufferapp.com/why-practice-actually-makes-perfect-how-to-rewire-your-brain-for-better-performance A short bit on kindness, by Roger Ebert: http://zenpencils.com/comic/118-roger-ebert-on-kindness/ For many years, Finnish babies have slept in cardboard boxes. It's part of a health program that provides expectant mothers with essential supplies, including the … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Practice Makes Perfect, Kindness by Roger Ebert, Finnish Babies Sleeping in Boxes, and Drowning Warnings

There was no Monday Musings this week. Monday was a holiday, and I took it off. I hope everyone had a lovely weekend, with good food, good drink, good friends and family. I also hope you took a moment to remember the reason we have a three-day weekend in May, and to send a thank … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Bikes in NYC, Curiosity Rover in 1 minute, book addicts, and some funnies.

This weeks links are a varied lot, which sort of reflects what the Internet is, doesn't it? On the heels of a NY Times story (linked in the post) saying that salt may not be as bad as formerly thought, Michael Ruhlman wrote this blog post on the real eating disorder in America. No, it's … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Food, tornado, National Anthem fail, and more from around the ‘net