"Zen Habits is about finding simplicity in the daily chaos of our lives. It’s about clearing the clutter so we can focus on what’s important, create something amazing, find happiness."

"Mobility and flexibility go hand in hand, but mobility is more about movement quality. This program is intended for beginners looking to do one of two things: increase general range of motion in your movements, and/or help fix all the creaks, aches, and pops of age and bodily disuse." (Goes with Starting Stretching.)

"Many people want to improve overall flexibility, but do not know where to begin. This guide should serve as a general jumping-off point for beginners. If you wish you could move your limbs a little bit more, or bend just a few extra inches, this program should help." Intended to go hand-in-hand with 'Molding Mobility.'

Great violist and not a bad dancer, either.

Such as heating oil until it smokes, not letting the meat rest, or using metal utensils on nonstick pans.

An interesting system used to gauge proficiency in a language. The barest gist:

A Basic User
-A1 Breakthrough or beginner
-A2 Waystage or elementary

B Independent User
-B1 Threshold or intermediate
-B2 Vantage or upper intermediate

C Proficient User
-C1 Effective Operational Proficiency or advanced
-C2 Mastery or proficiency

(Mainly it's intense immersion.)

Myth 1: No Pain, No Gain
Myth 2: Soreness After Exercise is Caused by Lactic Acid Building Up in Your Muscles
Myth 3: Exercise Takes Long Hours/Is Worthless If I Can't Exercise Regularly
Myth 4: You Need a Sports Drink When Exercising to Replenish Your Body's Electrolytes/Minerals/Etc
Myth 5: Stretching Before Exercise Will Prevent Injury
Myth 6: Working Out Will Only Build Muscle, Not Help Me Lose Weight
Myth 7: Exercise Will Help Me Lose Weight Quickly
Myth 8: You Need to Take Supplements to Build Muscle
Myth 9: If You Don't Exercise When You're Young, It's Dangerous When You Get Older
Myth 10: Working Out at Home/Working Out at the Gym is Better than Working Out at Home/Working Out at the Gym

Pay someone five bucks (like on Fiverr) to record an "ad" for you (whatever message you're wanting to drill into your own skull.) Set it as your morning alarm sound. (Or, record yourself.)

-Cut orange in half, scoop out the flesh, leaving the long piece of white pith in the middle.
-Fill with olive oil.
-Done!
(For stability, you can turn the other half into a base by cutting a hold in it just big enough to set the candle half on.)

"All you need to do is fill a bowl with cold water and place the egg inside. If it sinks to the bottom, it's good. If it sinks but stands on its point, it's good, but won't be good for much longer and should be used soon. If it floats, toss it. This works because old eggs will have lost a lot of the liquid on the inside, evaporating through their porous shell—causing the egg to float instead of sink. Hit the link to read more."

"If you're a parent of small children you know all too well how happy they are to drop food while sitting in a high chair. If you're lucky it will drop in front of them and land on the tray, but it seems like a lot of food is dropped on the left and right sides. To help prevent this install high chair "wings" by modifying placemats to fit the sides of your high chair.

Ikea modification weblog Ikea Hackers recommends using LJUDA placemats for this purpose—they're cheap ($1.49 each), colorful, and solid enough that they won't flop around. All you need to do to modify these or other placemats into high chair wings is to cut slits in the placemats so the high chair straps can fit through. Just place the wings under the high chair and feed the straps through the slits. If necessary you can also place a cardboard cutout under the mats for rigidity.

The resulting modification should help minimize both food waste and the frequency you have to clean the floor area around the high chair. The "wings" are highly portable and when attached your kid can pretend they're flying around on the high chair. Win-win."

"If you have a beverage dispenser with a dispenser spigot it's likely that users will drip liquid on your table or counter from time to time. To eliminate this problem you can buy a commercial drip catcher for $6 or you can just cut out a 20oz soda bottle." Cut away the front, sides, and top, cut a hole in the back to hang it on the spigot, and if you feel fancy, paint it white. Ta daaaah.

This sounds (and looks) insanely good, and I'd like to try it sometime. Prooobably not super healthy, but hey, I'd be eating a veggie.

Includes information about the species as well as its relationship with humans (such as in mythology.)

This chronicles the terribly entertaining downfall of an asshole. True story, in fact. An e-mail exchange between PR man Paul Christoforo and a customer went downhill fast, and the customer brought in Mike Krahulik (Gabe) of Penny Arcade webcomic fame. (Those guys eat assholes for breakfast.) Mike exposed Paul to the tender mercies of the internet. Glory be.

Starts off with "An Introvert's Lexicon," comparing the definitions of common words in the minds of an extrovert and introvert. It then goes on to cover the differences briefly as well as talking about introversion specifically.

An article seeking, you guessed it, the best textbooks on every subject. Many topics are covered, not just those in my tags, but I'd say 75-80% are dry subjects (in my estimation,) like statistics.

"We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We currently host courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Pennsylvania." Currently interested in the Pharmacology course.

A form of prehistoric art found mainly in Atlantic Europe.

The name given to a particular symbol represented among the rock carvings of Val Camonica.

I heard this described as the most explicit poem in history.

A haunting favorite.

Solid tips that hold true, at least, for American culture.

"Just how heavy were swords from the Middle Ages and Renaissance? This question (perhaps the most commonly encountered in this subject) is easily answered by knowledgeable students of the subject. While understanding of the true weights of Medieval and Renaissance swords is appreciated by serious enthusiasts and practitioners of historical fencing today, in contrast the general public and even specialists are often woefully ignorant on the matter."

One of my favorites.

"Starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more..." Star-studded indeed. It even has Jesus!

(And send them into an all-white domestic-type room.)

(I want one.) "A fainting goat is a breed of domestic goat whose muscles freeze for roughly 10 seconds when the goat is startled. Though painless, this generally results in the animal collapsing on its side. The characteristic is caused by a hereditary genetic disorder called myotonia congenita. When startled, younger goats will stiffen and fall over. Older goats learn to spread their legs or lean against something when startled, and often they continue to run about in an awkward, stiff-legged shuffle."

"From Will Ferrell, Adam "Ghost Panther" McKay, and Funny Or Die."

(Or vishkanya.) A bit of Hindi mythology--the "poison girl."

"A nondouchey guide to personal branding and self promotion."

A writing community where you set a goal of writing a minimum of 150k words in a year. You can only join just before a year's end.

The first Aston song I came across. One of these days I'll have the disposable income to buy these. XD;

"How It Should Have Ended" is a great set of videos, and this is definitely the one I agreed with most.

Public resource created by the National Institutes of Health. I like to think there's something a novice nurse could learn here.

Gives you kitten pictures when you've written a certain amount. "We like positive reinforcement, so we decided to make something a bit like writeordie but cuter and fuzzier. Images are randomly selected from Flickr's “most interesting” photos matching the tags “kitten” and “cute”."

More Aston--"Rude Boy."

Aston does great classical covers of pop music. Here we have "Bulletproof."

Every community and subculture evolves its own sublanguage. I had to look this up after seeing it all over the place in survivalist articles: The End Of The World As We Know It.
I like it. XD

The author helpfully translates what Alli really means when they say "treatment effects." The vivid imagery leaves me in tears from laughing.

Gorgeous scarf looks, even if I don't have the neck to pull off half of them.

"This FAQ answers those questions that both non-barefooters and new barefooters ask of barefooters all the time, from the basic (obvious) questions to those on foot health, care, and treatment, as well as those on how to deal with a mostly shod world." (Not generally for me, but intriguing!)

An AI learning to converse. Talk with it and be impressed! Help it beat the Turing test!

Very useful tools for learning about the heart, including an EKG simulator. (As well as dynamic cardiac anatomy review and even trivia games.)

To summarize: in a particularly awesome blog post, Neil Gaiman lets you know that George R. R. Martin is not your bitch.

An inside look at the publishing industry.

A site covering the many dangers of dihydrogen monoxide. SO MANY DANGERS.

The blog belonging to "Pearls Before Swine" creator Stephan Pastis. He's just as quirky here as in the comic.

Handy way to keep track of all the latest developments in the Bujold-verses.

You can't spell "Disgruntled" without "Grunt". A Marine Corps webcomic, funny even to a civilian like me.

An article on controlling clutter and keeping things simple around the house. Includes ideas like "one in, out" for things like clothing, and limiting sentimentality.

Living with less, but only the best.

On spending mindfully. (Figuring out what you value most and spending your frugal dollars accordingly. If you love good coffee, for example, go for it, but keep an eye out for the best deal.)

An example of unfortunate product design decisions.

To make sure you are giving your money wisely.

Reddit's community answers this sort-of age-old question.

An article taking a look at Roald Dahl, the man behind such beloved children's books as "James and the Giant Peach." He was actually not a particularly nice man.

The Persian/Middle-Eastern way to pluck your facial hair. Faster than tweezers, and all you need is a bit of thread.

"Pablo Neruda: arguably the most influential Latin American poet of our time." Best known for his love poems.

"The 'Craigslist Penis Effect' describes situations where everyone else is so horrible that, by being even half-decent, you can dominate everyone else and win." True to a perhaps alarming degree.

"The Clarke Patented "Am I Really a Writer?" multiple-choice test."
(Here's a hint: go write.)

Not enough pictures for my tastes, but a place to start.

The importance of generalizing and proofing the training you give your dog.

An 18-year-old who graduated from U-Va in one year, with a double major, in 2006. Just in case you didn't feel like a slacker yet.

Components of assertive behavior, cultural variations, and barriers.

This is what I got a few years ago on the MBTI. (In high school, I would get INFP, the Healer.)

One of the more interesting personality type assessments, the Myers-Brigg Type Inventory.

Beyond the obvious ones like "proofread," "have original content," and "write short and lively posts."

"Putting the 'prod' in productivity." This tool will punish you if you're not writing at a certain rate, in modes ranging from "gentle" to "kamikaze."

Administrators of the IgNobel prize, these folks locate, in their words, "research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK." Or possibly cry over public monies being spent in such a way.

An online collection of Sade's work. (Sade being the origin of the word "sadism.") "Sade is not only something you read, it's something you withstand and endure, a battle of wills with the reader squaring off against the divine Marquis. If you can't read Sade to the end, you lose — and somehow even if you do, you still lose. It's like playing chicken with a bulldozer: if you run away, you're a coward, but if you don't, you're a fool — a dead fool at that." (I haven't gotten around to trying these yet.)

Live version. (She always looks so much like Kaylee here...)

"It takes courage to reinvent yourself." A blog on finding motivation and even happiness in your work life. (Among other topics.)

Twenty-five exercises used in this fellow's classes.

An interactive anatomical tool, good for review. In particular it has the heart, brain, skeleton, and digestive system.

Maybe a hundred quotes, and actually, this is just a subsection of your usual general-purpose quotation site.

A number of viewpoints on what the future of the American suburb will be, post-housing-bubble and with fossil fuels becoming scarcer.

A blog summarizing the latest Slayers series, Slayers Evolution, with lots of graphics.