Fun on the Web March 31, 2011 Serving Size?

Our brains have been diverted from what a normal serving size is. Do you REALLY know what is one serving by looking at it? Check it out:
http://www.cspinet.org/new/201008301.html

More from the Thrifty Living people on just what IS a serving size:
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/thriftyliving/tl-serving_sizes.html

Relating portions to objects you can visualize
http://www.mealsmatter.org/Articles-And-Resources/Healthy-Living-Articles/Portion-Sizes.aspx

Fun on the Web March 30, 2011 Quotes

‎"The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well."
~~ H.T. Leslie

Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to.

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. ~~
Fred Allen

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. ~~
Robert Frost

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~~ Arthur Ashe

Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. ~~ Van Wilder

Fun on the Web March 28, 2011 Free Books Online

Free Books Online
http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-science-fiction-fantasy

Fun on the Web March 27, 2011 Austin City Limits

Watch full episodes of this great music before PBS disappears due to funding issues.

http://video.pbs.org/program/1273976454/

Fun on the Web March 26, 2011 100 Money Saving Tips

100 Money Saving Tips

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/02/06/little-steps-100-great-tips-for-saving-money-for-those-just-getting-started/

More ideas here:

http://www.mommysavers.com/money-saving-ideas/index.shtml

http://www.moneysavingmadness.com/

Fun on the Web March 25, 2011 Money Saving Sites

Do you use any of these money saving sites?

Bill Eater - Tips to lower your bills and frugal forums

75 Tips to Saving Money

More Money Saving Tips

RedLaser - RedLaser ―― Impossibly accurate barcode scanning for iPhone and Android that has been downloaded over 9 million times and has about as many uses.

TheFind - Find every product from every store, every coupon and every review.

GasBuddy lets you search for Gas Prices by city, state, zip code, with listings for all cities in the USA and Canada.

Brad's deals - has online coupon codes, handpicked deals, and more.

Mint.com - Free personal finance software to assist you to manage your money, financial planning, and budget planning tools.

WalletPop - Get personal finance advice, learn about budgeting, saving, taxes, retirement planning and investing info.

Hungry Girl - Hit the Kitchen with Hungry Girl. Just because you're watching your waistline doesn't mean you need to go hungry.

offermatic - It's a free service which tracks your debit or credit card purchases and then offers you discounts and deals.

Fun on the Web March 24, 2011 Podcasts

Do you listen to Podcasts? Here is a spot where they offer 5 directories of podcasts to download. The rest of the site has some fabulous info too.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-podcast-directories-visit-subscribe-download-free-podcasts/

Fun on the Web March 23, 2011 Free Security

Spring? Hah! We have 5 inches of snow and then there are knee high drifts due to winds of 25-30 miles per hour. We are getting even more now with 1-3 inches expected.

Best Free Security Programs Ever
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/probably-best-free-security-list-world.htm

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. ~ Henry Ford

RIP Pinetop Perkins

A sad sad day for the Blues
www.pinetopperkins.com

Fun on the Web March 22, 2011 What to eat where

Hmm how many places are available here:
http://www.dishtip.com/

This has been my fall back for ideas
http://www.foodspot.com/

Fun on the Web March 21, 2011 Enjoy Spring

10 Ways to Enjoy Spring (well my number one is take allergy pills)
http://www.wikihow.com/Enjoy-Spring

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Confucius says “Learning without thought is labor lost. Thought without learning is perilous.”

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Fun on the Web March 20, 2011 Cooking

Did you realize many of your favorite products have online recipe files? So try these or Google a product or brand.

For example:

Cranberries
http://www.oceanspray.com/recipes/

French's Fried Onions
http://www.frenchs.com/recipes/index.php

Birdseye
http://www.birdseyefoods.com/meal_solutions.html

Pork
http://www.porkbeinspired.com/

Beef
http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/default.aspx

Pillsbury
http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/

Fun on the Web March 19, 2011 Quilting

How to Tie a Quilt
http://www.wikihow.com/Hand-Tie-a-Quilt

Fun on the Web March 16, 2011 Scabble Help

As a big Scrabble fan I am looking forward to playing around with Scrabble Helper which allows you to enter the tiles on your rack, choose your dictionary, and if there is a word you want to attach to you can add that too.
http://www.scrabblehelper.net/index.php

Fun on the Web March 14, 2011 Happy PI Day

Do you know about PI Day?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/03/14/pi.tau.math/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

or is it Half Tau Day
http://halftauday.com/

Fun on the Web March 13, 2011 L Ron Hubbard

Yesterday was the 100 anniversary of L Ron Hubbard's birth. Read more here:
http://www.slate.com/id/2122835/

and here:
http://www.scientology.org/

Fun on the Web March 12, 2011 Worst States

Found this on Facebook - States of Shame
http://pleated-jeans.com/2011/01/24/the-united-states-of-shame-chart/

Earthquake and Tsunami

Slide Show
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42024887

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/11/earthquake-aftermath-from-california-to-chile-residents-prepare-for-waves/

Video
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/11/video-tsunami-waves-flood-japans-sendai-airport/
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/03/japan-earthquake-online-video-shows-damage-massive-tsunami-video.html

Fun on the Web March 11, 2011 Cool Jobs

What are the Cool Jobs?
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41889880/

Fun on the Web March 9, 2011 McMarriage?

You can get married but does it come with fries?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2055444,00.html

Happy International Woman's Day & Mardi Gras

Happy International Woman's Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day

In case you forgot it's Mardi Gras so get out there and get your paczki (jelly donut) unless you live in the south where King Cake is readily available.

Fun on the Web March 8, 2011 10 States with the Most Vice

10 States with the Most Vice and Most Virtue
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/07/ten-states-with-the-most-_n_832496.html

Fun on the Web March 7, 2011 25 Best Financial Blogs

The 25 Best Financial Blogs
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2057116_2057343,00.html

Fun on the Web March 6, 2011 Gmail Shortcuts

Do you use Gmail? Then you may want to check out these Gmail Shortcuts:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6594
or download the Cheat sheet at http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-essential-cheat-sheets/

Fun on the Web March 4, 2011 Literacy Council

Time to get involved in the community
http://www.woodcountyliteracy.org/

Fun on the Web March 3, 2011 Words with Friends

Words with Friends
http://wordswithfriends.net/

Fun on the Web March 2, 2011 Cosmos

I may well have heard about Cosmos for the first time on Sex in the City but I had certainly toyed with the ingredients. For many years I consumed Vodka Gimlets and what is not to like about Cranberry juice?

We discovered that the mixes available now appear to be inferior to one we used for years called Mixerz which disappeared off the shelves of the specialty grocery I used to frequent in Milwaukee. Now I can obtain Stirrings brand recommended by my friends at Discount Liquor (also in Milwaukee) but its a little pricey. Its available at Target here.

This week I embarked on making them from scratch and I discovered not many of the thousands of recipes I saw even looked the right color to me. We experimented and found we like much more cranberry juice than this recipe found here:
http://cocktails.about.com/od/cocktailrecipes/r/cosmo.htm

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz vodka
1 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1/4 oz cranberry juice
orange peel for garnish
Preparation:

Shake all the ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Optionally, use citron vodka in place of unflavored vodka for a fruitier taste.


Instead I used:

2 oz vodka
1 oz Gran Marnier
1 lime juiced (made about 1 oz)
2 oz cranberry juice

Preparation:

Shake all the ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Will try to use citron vodka in place of unflavored vodka for a fruitier taste in the future batches.

Do you like Cosmos? What is your recipe?

Happy St Patty's Day - send a card

Find a card
http://sendables.jibjab.com/landing/opt_stp
http://www.123greetings.com/events/saint_patricks_day/
http://www.care2.com/send/st-patricks-day-cards.html

Fun on the Web March 1, 2011 Escape from Sinking Car

Escape from Sinking Car
http://www.wikihow.com/Escape-from-a-Sinking-Car