Is anyone actually surprised?

Rock drummers are like athletes, in terms of stamina and exertion.

Salicylate Lists

Here is one list, in a format I find relatively pleasing. Here is another list in a format I find harder to follow, but which may be more complete, and gives numerical ranges (I’d have bolded those section headers to make it easier to follow.)

Related Plants List

Found this list interesting in my travels.

Aversion, Phobia… Something Like That

Have you gotten more telephone averse with age? This is something I’ve written about before myself, or close to it, in reference to phone phobia. Even in times of no creditors, my heart leaps up into the roof of my mouth and addles my brain when I hear the phone ring, in large [...]

Tips to Become a Failure at Work

These sound about right.

Spokesmodel Bill Gates

Too funny, Bill Gates in a Tandy ad.

Being Apparent

Ready for parenthood?

Thumb Rules Worth Knowing

Good post on rules of thumb, some of which are familiar to me. I didn’t know the interruptions thing had a number attached, but I knew it was bad. I can seldom do much of substance without being free of interruptions. And I have to keep my self-sourced interruptions under control. [...]

Not Surprising to See Issues

Credit Card Ghosts, including somr interesting links to factoids and statistics about credi cards.

Hoarding

Apart from cost and fussiness, depending on model, I actually like the compact florescents, and what they did to the electric bill. At least, until the electric usage we were getting billed for nearly doubled for no apparent reason. One of the things I don’t like is that you can’t or couldn’t, put [...]

Selling Those High Fees

On an amusingly related not to my consulting fees post the other day, here’s a post on how to sell overpriced services. The dressing part feels tongue in cheek, even though it’s tried and true advice I first saw decades ago, and so not me. The part about being right up front is [...]

Abandoned Airfields

This is mainly a local interest Massachusetts link, received in e-mail, to an Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields site. It’s of particular interest for the first one on the page, as my grandfather worked for George Clark and lived for a time in that area. I grew up on a street called, before it [...]

Love the Title

As I always say, The Constituion Means What It Says. I think Scalia is my new favorite. Wait. Did I have a favorite before?
Trouble is, it means what it says about takings, too. Poor Kelo.

Reunion

Who’s who and reunion for the famous picture of Microsoft’s early employees.

Gates and Usability

Via Dan, this is an amusing, lengthy article in which Bill Gates e-mails complaints about Microsoft end user experience to his own staff, which apparently was something he did regularly. I have to agree in general with Dan about Vista.

Low Salt Considered Harmful

I already knew some of the harm salt reduction can cause, but this is a great post laying it all out in detail, using the relevant studies and science and history. Just a tiny taste of it:
The lowest sodium intakes — the 1500 mg/day amount some are saying we should all be eating — [...]

Text Messages Private

Apparently text messages are private from employers, per the court.

Atomic Toys

Fascinating, cool stuff. The toy specialist on Antiques Road Show would love it.

Retirement

This is exactly my view of it.

Blogs and Social Networking

A contrarian view, which is worh considering, if not 100% right.