1-31-2011

“We’ve all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes, we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today’s possibility under tomorrow’s rug until we can’t anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.”
-Grey's Anatomy 2005

Get Educated: Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying Runny Babbit, instead of Bunny Rabbit. Do it today, make a spoonerism, and pretend it didn't happen. See who notices.

Feel Inspired: Sometimes de-motivational posters can motivate you too, or at least make you feel better about not being motivated.

Be Entertained: Juicy Fruit is gonna move ya...

1-30-2011

“At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.”
-Chuck Palahniuk in Fight Club

Get Educated: Dictionary.com's word of the day is "vulpine." It means cunning or crafty. Try to use it in a sentence today.

Feel Inspired: Spend just two minutes on the beach, relax, and do nothing. Here's the beach.

Be Entertained: I can't stop clicking back to look at this picture. It's so funny.

1-29-2011

I want either less corruption or more opportunity to participate in it.
-Ashleigh Brilliant

Get Educated: "Sure, pets provide companionship and unconditional love. But research has shown that they can also help reduce stress and blood pressure in owners, increase longevity in those who've had heart attacks, and even relax and improve the appetites of Alzheimer's patients." Read the rest of the article here, or take a look at my best friend, Finnegan, right here.

Feel Inspired: This video is emotional, and amazing.

Be Entertained: I'm not sure this story is true, but it sure is funny.

1-28-2011

"A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know it."
-Jim Jones

Get Educated: On this day in 1845, "The Raven" was published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.

Feel Inspired: Well I just came across this page and am now inspired to get the ingredients and make them up. Who wants some?

Be Entertained: I never had braces, but this website is funny.

1-27-2011

“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.”
-Robert Fulghum

Get Educated: Protect yourself as you get older. Apples and apple juice protect against cell damage that can hurt your memory as you age. They also help with bone protection, weight loss, asthma, and many more things you can read about HERE. Turns out an apple a day CAN help keep the doctor away after all.

Feel Inspired: Meet the Australian Who's Saved 160 People from Suicide right HERE. What a great man!

Be Entertained: Gabriel Iglesias has got to be one of my favorite comedians. HERE is one of my favorite clips.

1-25-2011

“I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody... They don’t teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don’t teach you how to walk away from someone you don’t love any longer. They don’t teach you how to know what’s going on in someone else’s mind. They don’t teach you what to say to someone who’s dying. They don’t teach you anything worth knowing.”
-Neil Gaiman

Get Educated: There is no level cap on your intelligence. Research everything you hear today that you don’t know enough about, to chat with someone for at least five minutes.

Feel Inspired: Something about this apartment makes me want to redesign my living space. Pink couch?? Yes please!

Be Entertained: You know the movie quote... "Is this heaven? No It's Iowa." From the movie Field of Dreams? I just found the reason for this quote!! Click HERE and tell me you don't want one of these right now!

Happy Birthday Mom!!

1-24-2011

“Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you’re lucky.”
-Alan Moore

Get Educated: People tend to listen better when the quiet person in the room is talking. If you want to be listened to more, shut up more. Instead of giving your opinion about twenty things you only kind of care about, save it for the two things that you are really passionate about. The less you talk, the more valued your ideas will be, when you actually do.

Feel Inspired: Happiness is the whole point of life. Get it? You can read the short story here.

Be Entertained: Men really shouldn't give women advice. Here's why.

1-23-2011

“Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.”
-The Wonder Years

Get Educated: Ever notice how much static there is when you fold your laundry in the winter? To prevent that static cling in your clothing, throw a small crumpled up ball of aluminum foil into your dryer. It really helps.

Feel Inspired: I'm pretty sure my step mom has bought a few sets of these. Guess what. It's so easy to make your own.

Be Entertained: This is a great website to make your own play lists to share with people. Or you can listen to other play lists and discover new songs. This one happens to be a list I made.

1-20-2011

“When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.”
-Italian proverb

Get Educated: Authorities arrested 121 organized crime suspects on Thursday in what the FBI called the largest single-day operation against the Mafia in history. (That's crazy... I only hear about the mafia in the movies. Read more of the story here.)

Feel Inspired: "Motivation gets you through the day, but inspiration lasts a lifetime." -Nick Vujicic. Watch this video of Nick, he's truly an amazing man.

Be Entertained: I'm not sure what this little guy is thinking, but the look on his face is priceless.

1-19-2011

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
-Albert Einstein

Get Educated: The monarch butterfly can detect its lover's scent from eight kilometers away.(That's nearly 5 miles.) Wow!

Feel Inspired: "The only thing you should be faking is confidence. If you don’t have it yet, pretend you do. In every new situation, pretend you’re not nervous, pretend you’re not afraid. After a few times doing this, the pretend part disappears." Great advice! You can read more of her great advice here.

Be Entertained: Saw this on Ellen today. OMG. He's amazing, and she's so adorable.

1-18-2011

"If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise."

-Robert Fritz

Get Educated: Chicken nuggets. Mmm. Remember eating them as a kid? Maybe you still eat them. Want to see what they look like before they are breaded? Click here.

Feel Inspired: Be AWESOME instead.

Be Entertained: Johann Lippowitz (real name David Armand) performs his mime version of Natalie Imbruglia's 'Torn' right HERE. It makes me giggle.

1-17-2011

“The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally. You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.”
-Queen Elizabeth II

Get Educated: On the weekend, make a couple extra cups of coffee and dump it into your ice cube tray. Then, during the week, use the coffee ice cubes in your coffee when you've made it too hot so your drink is less diluted when the ice cubes melt.

Feel Inspired: This is the cutest video I've ever seen, if you don't feel inspired by this, nothing can help you.

Be Entertained: So I have this in my bookmarks, it makes me giggle every time I watch it. Bees!! Muah ha ha ha!

1-16-2011

"There are so many things I want to say to you but time's caught me up and now I'll never say them - except that I've loved you from the moment I saw you and every moment since."
-"Robin Hood" The Greatest Enemy 1985

Get Educated: “Tea deserves special mention on any list of the world’s healthiest foods. The second most widely consumed beverage in the world (after water), all forms of tea (black, oolong, white, and green) are loaded with antioxidants and anti-inflammatories.” Source

Feel Inspired: I love the idea of this page. I want to write random thank you notes too.
-Dear neighbor, Thanks for putting up the blue Christmas lights this year. I loved seeing them twinkle from across the street.

Be Entertained: This song has quickly become one of my favorite songs. It brightens my mood on a boring day.