tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82200632915179602182024-03-05T02:26:35.239-08:00cheers and rock'n'rollour obsessionsMollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437970180398852199noreply@blogger.comBlogger1485125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-5316329266915499452010-02-01T09:23:00.001-08:002010-02-01T09:27:47.992-08:00We've Moved!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QrBDRr7JSWI/S2cOyKCIH9I/AAAAAAAADD4/8p9f6tkIchk/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QrBDRr7JSWI/S2cOyKCIH9I/AAAAAAAADD4/8p9f6tkIchk/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433327730295316434" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">To our dear friends and followers:<br /><br />After a brief hiatus, we have decided to relaunch our blog.<br /><br />Please check us out at <a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.cheersandrocknroll.com/" target="_blank">cheersandrocknroll.com</a> !<br /><br />Cheers!<br />B&M<br /></div>Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437970180398852199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-77029256320215817922010-01-29T00:18:00.000-08:002010-01-29T00:20:05.942-08:00Exciting NewsStay tuned.... Check back on Monday, February 1st!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-40078399514229771992010-01-12T09:40:00.001-08:002010-01-12T09:54:08.488-08:00Break Time<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Brooke and I are taking an indefinite break from the blogging world. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope to be back soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QrBDRr7JSWI/S0y3MNdos0I/AAAAAAAADDQ/VqYW_dSdS9I/s400/tumblr_kw56isW6zy1qzbboco1_500_large.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425913071474881346" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Twenty Ten!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">CHEERS!</div><div style="text-align: center;">B&M</div>Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437970180398852199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-39359529815917146122009-12-11T13:19:00.000-08:002009-12-11T13:19:00.645-08:00On my wish list...In an effort to control my tendency to purchase books, read them once, and never read or touch them again... a KINDLE!<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QtgUdFuoXok&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QtgUdFuoXok&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Gotta love stop motion....<br /><a href="http://cheersandrocknroll.blogspot.com/2009/01/oren-lavie-her-morning-elegance.html" target="_blank">Her Morning Elegance</a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2_HXUhShhmY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2_HXUhShhmY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /></div><a href="http://cheersandrocknroll.blogspot.com/2009/05/sorry-im-late.html" target="_blank">Sorry I'm Late</a><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PgpRz3RHJMw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PgpRz3RHJMw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-7367126681467646122009-12-11T09:53:00.000-08:002009-12-11T09:53:00.617-08:00Who Gains from a Falling Dollar?<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9JeP5Q7II/AAAAAAAACpg/iGfXKvyMMdA/s400/METRICS1_950.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413126061134244994" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />(via <a href="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/who-wins-when-the-us-dollar-falls/" target="_blank">The Big Picture</a>, via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/06/business/metrics.html"target="_blank">The New York Times</a> )</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-78553490672653794492009-12-10T12:01:00.000-08:002009-12-10T12:01:00.188-08:00Help Yourself by Sad Brad SmithWent and saw <span style="font-style: italic;">Up in the Air</span> this past weekend.....you HAVE to go and see it. It's incredible... from the acting to the soundtrack, it's an all around winner. Everyone will take away something from seeing this film. Anyway, I loved the soundtrack and just downloaded it tonight. Check out my favorite below and if you get a chance, "Angel in the Snow" by Elliot Smith. <br /><br /><br /><object id="uvp_fop" allowfullscreen="true" height="255" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/m/up/fop/embedflv/swf/fop.swf"><param name="flashVars" value="id=v218611717&eID=1301797&lang=us&enableFullScreen=0&shareEnable=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed id="uvp_fop" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://d.yimg.com/m/up/fop/embedflv/swf/fop.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="id=v218611717&eID=1301797&lang=us&ympsc=4195329&enableFullScreen=1&shareEnable=1" height="255" width="400"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-37916581699288051962009-12-10T11:13:00.000-08:002009-12-10T11:13:00.233-08:00That's So AughtiesMy friend Mike forwarded me the link to this dead on <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2009/12/aughties-nostalgia-200912?printable=true" target="_blank">Vanity Fair web exclusive</a>.......<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2009/12/aughties-nostalgia-200912?printable=true"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" target="_blank">"That’s So Aughties!</span></a><br />The 70s had shag carpets, lowriders, and lava lamps. The 80s had stonewash, Ray Bans, and Flock of Seagulls hair. The 90s had flannel shirts, Clintonisms, and heroin chic. But what will the decade that began with Y2K panic and ended with recessionistas yield in terms of funny and embarrassing nostalgia? Here are 26 possibilities.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BY HEATHER WAGNER</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEB EXCLUSIVE DECEMBER 8, 2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Pete Doherty Clones (and Other Hipster Subspecies)</span><br />Brit rocker (and Kate Moss consort) Pete Doherty’s skinny jeans, propensity for fedoras, and hung-over glare set the tone for a generation of pretentious twentysomethings. Vice magazine was their lexicon, American Apparel their official uniform, and the Misshapes their house D.J. This P.B.R.-sipping, Parliament-smoking in-crowd spawned endless subspecies: the early adopters (Millennium White Belt Hipster), the blue-collar kitsch revivalists (Trucker Hat Hipster), the folksy foodies (Urban Farmer Hipster), and, by decade’s end, the prohibition-style mustachioed mixologists (Handlebar Hipster). They were all irritating for various reasons but all present ample future costume possibilities!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Oversharing</span><br />The 00s were one big Overshare. The rise of mobile phones turned the world into your psychiatrist’s office, while Facebook status updates, celebrity Twitter feeds, and mommy blogs enabled the relentless broadcasting of personal minutia, from the mundane (“Buying fresh fennel at Whole Foods”) to the shocking (“Just got DNA results. Jason’s the daddy!”). Another source of oversharing? Blog commenters, especially those of the hyper-religious or staunchly partisan ilk, who so often felt compelled to air the most vitriolic, illogical, and hostile opinions under the virtual cloak of “SoccerSue” or “Jimbo01.”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Text-Message Breakups</span><br />Breaking up has been historically hard to do, but in the aughties it was terrifyingly easy. Just have a few drinks and text, “Sorry. Not n2u.” Voilà! No drawn-out conversations about closure and emotional needs unmet—just a few keystrokes and it’s over. Also popular: the I.M. breakup, the Skype breakup, and the Google Wave breakup (currently in beta). And we’re betting somewhere, someone has broken up via emoticon.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Losing Your Job to the Internet</span><br />The decade began with the-Internet-as-ultimate-jackpot. Venture capital abounded and 22-year-olds in the Bay Area were making $85K a year as “key-worders” or “platform consultants.” But by decade’s end, the thing we thought would make us all rich was chomping away at profits in journalism, the record business, and beyond. If what you produce could be reduced to 1s and 0s (articles, songs, movies, best-sellers), you got royally screwed. Bleep bloop, enjoy that severance!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. TV Shows That Are Better Than Any Movie Ever Made</span><br />Mainstream film did not exactly enter a new golden age in the early 2000s. In fact, most high-grossing blockbusters were C.G.I.-glutted behemoths of recycled ideas. The last people anyone expected to step into the quality-entertainment breach were the nation’s television producers, but—somehow—they did just that. Whether you were into the gritty urban realism of The Wire, the hypnotic narratives of Mad Men, or the epic Jersey saga of The Sopranos, it was a fantastic decade for TV—and for AMC, FX, and Showtime, networks previously known for little-seen Tommy Lee Jones films or last-resort soft-core late-night porn.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Gamer Culture</span><br />Behold the emergence of Red Bull–quaffing World of Warcraft players, shut-in Second Lifers, and Halo die-hards. The sheer unbridled geekery of gamer culture, where sophisticated graphics and motion-capture interfaces created a dazzling alternative to boring ol’ human existence, matured into a nationwide obsession, hastened by user-friendly innovations such as Wii Bowling or Guitar Hero, the latter of which allowed a generation of tipsy Uncle Bobs to unleash their inner Jimmy Page, to the quiet discomfort of all.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. Celebutards</span><br />In the past, you usually had to do something significant to become famous, like act or sing or play a professional sport. But this decade, thanks to TMZ and US Weekly, the barrier to entry became absurdly low, as witnessed by the glut of “celebutards”: the young, wealthy, spray-tanned, multiple-D.U.I-receiving, brawling-outside-L.A.-nightclubs, underwear-shunning set. The world changed the day we all clicked to view Lindsey Lohan’s lady business with our morning coffee, and not, one suspects, for the better.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. The Frat Pack</span><br />For some inexplicable reason, movie audiences in the 00s craved guilelessly stupid sex comedies with a heart of gold—a strange and sometimes unsettling combination that nonetheless raked in a ton of cash for one J. Apatow and his many imitators and second-tier collaborators. The existence of a movie tagline that reads, “From the Guy Who Brought You Knocked Up and Superbad” pretty much says it all.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9. White iPods</span><br />Whatever feelings you may have about Apple and its smug design-snob branding, it can be argued that the iPod was the innovation of the decade. It helped bring the music industry to its knees, produced an entirely new economic model via the iTunes Store, and created near-total isolation from our fellow man, as we bob along with our earbuds firmly in place. The original white iPod is already on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and one can assume it will eventually take its place in the Smithsonian alongside the telephone and the cotton gin. Which is fine—just as long as they don’t also preserve those poppin’-and-lockin’ iPod silhouette people.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10. Logo Chic</span><br />Reasonably edgy at its inception, from Ashton Kutcher’s kicked-to-the-side Von Dutch trucker hat to Lil’ Kim’s Murakami Louis Vuitton bag, logo chic was soon embraced by the public, with mixed results. Ugg boots, Seven Jeans, faux D&G sunglasses, and Juicy Couture jumpsuits were the standard uniform, until the recession (and Jon Gosselin’s Ed Hardy shirt stretched over his protruding, A.T.V.-riding belly) precipitated a crushing dénouement.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11. Food Porn</span><br />Food was so hot in the 00s. Haute cuisine went mainstream, celebrity chefs became household names, and even your lunch meat was grass-fed. There was a curious high/low synthesis: mac and cheese, fried chicken, and burgers showed up on menus of high-end eateries, while the humble cupcake became a status symbol. Food was no longer just subsistence but a lifestyle, as the farmers’ market became the new singles bar, twentysomethings expertly brined turkeys on Thanksgiving, job seekers listed molecular gastronomy as a hobby on their résumés, and everyone knew the meaning of sous vide. And yet, somehow Arby’s continued to exist.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">12. Internet Acronyms</span><br />OMG, LMAO, STFU! Popular Internet acronyms will persist, and likely become even more convoluted and complex as we grow increasingly dependent on our McGoogle machines, but the idea that they don’t belong in dictionaries or in official correspondence may gradually erode. We can actually imagine a future White House document that reads, “OMG, WTF is up w/North Korea?”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13. Terrorists</span><br />This was the decade when the terrorists actually won. From 9/11 to the current mess in Afghanistan, the bad guys got the upper hand, and kept it. No American hero saved the day, and there’s no clear resolution in sight. While it may forever be “too soon” to relegate al-Qaeda to kitschy nostalgia, there will be lots of ancillary war-on-terror ridiculousness to mock in retrospect, from airport Threat Level Orange alerts (has it ever been any other color?) to the theory that if we don’t all go shopping, The Terrorists Win.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14. The Housing Bubble</span><br />The 00s was the You-Deserve-It Decade. A four-bedroom home, an S.U.V., a new flat screen … who cares if you make less than $40,000 a year? You’re an American, and you need to keep up with the Joneses—who just got a new Sub-Z fridge! You could say that the housing bubble defined the arc of the whole decade, from McMansions and Mad Money speculation, to conscious overspending with money that didn’t exist, through the complete crash of the entire global economy. A new generation of permanent renters will likely look back on this MTV Cribs culture and wonder, “[insert new Internet acronym here]?” "Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-56370057251244054162009-12-10T09:07:00.000-08:002009-12-10T09:07:00.286-08:00Cell Phone EtiquetteSo true. Hint. Hint. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9M2KaZnrI/AAAAAAAACqA/g9hVLQqpRfw/s1600-h/500chart.jpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9M2KaZnrI/AAAAAAAACqA/g9hVLQqpRfw/s400/500chart.jpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413129770514357938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />(via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/07/flowchart-tells-you.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Google+Reader"target="_blank">Boing Boing</a>)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-90297564213269690652009-12-09T13:11:00.000-08:002009-12-09T13:11:00.234-08:00Terrariums!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9OtWVWnLI/AAAAAAAACqI/oRSo9WT48ig/s1600-h/product_12a_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9OtWVWnLI/AAAAAAAACqI/oRSo9WT48ig/s400/product_12a_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413131818118847666" border="0" /></a>LOVE these from <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.floragrubb.com/shop/detailWrapper.php?id=12&type=g&t=Product%2012">Flora Grubb Gardens</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9OuKedO_I/AAAAAAAACqY/XIx2Kss92R4/s1600-h/product_12c_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9OuKedO_I/AAAAAAAACqY/XIx2Kss92R4/s400/product_12c_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413131832115674098" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9Ot2ioGCI/AAAAAAAACqQ/Kg4GrPyxSN8/s1600-h/product_12b_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9Ot2ioGCI/AAAAAAAACqQ/Kg4GrPyxSN8/s400/product_12b_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413131826764453922" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Wall Bubble Terrarium with Succulent - $33.00<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(via the<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2009/12/tiny-terrariums-at-flora-grubb-.html"target="_blank"> LA Times</a>)</span><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-10057617372468537742009-12-09T12:02:00.000-08:002009-12-09T12:02:00.617-08:00Recycle electronics with USPS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9L8BEfT_I/AAAAAAAACp4/gk3Lde-O6wY/s1600-h/usps_green_recycle_staytuned.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 91px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9L8BEfT_I/AAAAAAAACp4/gk3Lde-O6wY/s400/usps_green_recycle_staytuned.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413128771574124530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Select USPS offices are offering free mail back envelopes to be used for recycling inkjet cartridges, cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras and other small electronics. Now's the chance to recycle those small electronics for free!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><a href="http://www.usps.com/green/recycle.htm" target="_blank">http://www.usps.com/green/recycle.htm</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">(via <a href="http://unclutterer.com/2009/11/28/recycle-small-electronics-for-free-through-the-usps/"target="_blank">Unclutter</a>)</span></span><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-90005792424465433752009-12-09T09:47:00.000-08:002009-12-09T09:47:00.209-08:00Best Movies of All Time<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/best-movies-of-all-time-map/"target="_blank">The Big Picture</a><br />Easily one of my new favorite blogs.... moved it right to the top of my Google Reader.<br />Great graphic representation of the best movies of all time<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9IjybnT5I/AAAAAAAACpY/AmpXVtxHUSY/s1600-h/f250bestmoviesmap_HQ.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx9IjybnT5I/AAAAAAAACpY/AmpXVtxHUSY/s400/f250bestmoviesmap_HQ.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413125056792842130" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-51337769009367920842009-12-08T07:14:00.000-08:002009-12-08T07:14:00.672-08:00Adopt a Species<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx3_Ll1143I/AAAAAAAACpQ/vPeaMJttrc0/s1600-h/wwfstuffedanimals.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx3_Ll1143I/AAAAAAAACpQ/vPeaMJttrc0/s400/wwfstuffedanimals.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412762901770789746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx3_LSam6jI/AAAAAAAACpI/qb7T_HViVKU/s1600-h/large-polar-bear-photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx3_LSam6jI/AAAAAAAACpI/qb7T_HViVKU/s400/large-polar-bear-photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412762896556288562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Instead of traditional gift giving this holiday season, consider adopting an endangered animal through the <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/index.cfm"target="_blank">World Wildlife Fund</a>'s species adoption. With donations ranging from $25 - $250 you can help support and protect severely endangered animals. There are over 100 species to choose from and you can even sort by threat level (extinct in the wild, critically endangered, vulnerable etc.).<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx3_LCJ5oOI/AAAAAAAACpA/V7_3aUMZETw/s1600-h/large-panda-photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx3_LCJ5oOI/AAAAAAAACpA/V7_3aUMZETw/s400/large-panda-photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412762892191244514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx3_KtC5GnI/AAAAAAAACo4/IU4F7v2ipcc/s1600-h/large-gorilla-photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx3_KtC5GnI/AAAAAAAACo4/IU4F7v2ipcc/s400/large-gorilla-photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412762886524705394" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Your donation will be used in general support of WWF's efforts around the world. 82 cents of every donated dollar goes toward conservation. WWF has been recognized by Charity Navigator as a Four Star Charity, and is a Better Business Bureau Accredited charity.World Wildlife Fund is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization."<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/index.cfm"target="_blank">http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/index.cfm</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx3_KQpNuwI/AAAAAAAACow/FEWbekxa-Ys/s1600-h/large-clouded-leopard-photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx3_KQpNuwI/AAAAAAAACow/FEWbekxa-Ys/s400/large-clouded-leopard-photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412762878900812546" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-34737512005297018092009-12-07T23:10:00.000-08:002009-12-07T23:13:35.506-08:00Hot Chocolate<div style="text-align: center;">Yum! Perfect for this colder weather. Just ignore the nutritional info.<br />from the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/la-fo-hot-chocolate-s,0,1587909.story" target="_blank">LAtimes</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx38UukWaQI/AAAAAAAACoo/rcMiirakoEo/s1600-h/i_love_hot_chocolate.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 383px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/Sx38UukWaQI/AAAAAAAACoo/rcMiirakoEo/s400/i_love_hot_chocolate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412759760197282050" border="0" /></a></div><br />Total Time: 10 minutes<br />"Patissier Cedric Thullier, pastry chef at the Chateau du Pont d'Oie in Belgium, says to reduce or increase the amount of chocolate to vary thickness and the degree of bittersweetness. You'll love it-it's like drinking a bar of chocolate."<br /><br />1/2 pound fine-quality semi-sweet chocolate with 60% cocoa content, such as Callebaut<br />4 cups whole milk<br /><br />1) Finely chop the chocolate and place the pieces in a double boiler set over, but not touching, simmering water or in a heavy saucepan over low heat.<br /><br />2) Add 2 cups of milk and stir, using a small whisk. Break up the chocolate until it starts to dissolve. Whisk continually until all chocolate is uniformly melted.<br /><br />3) Raise the heat to medium, add the remaining milk and cook until it comes to a simmer (do not allow the chocolate to reach a full boil).<br /><br />4 servings. Each serving: 422 calories; 126 mg sodium; 33 mg cholesterol; 25 grams fat; 47 grams carbohydrates; 10 grams protein; 3.34 grams fiber.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(photo via <a href="http://luckytastebuds.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/" target="_blank">here</a>)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-8136740952339905632009-12-04T15:49:00.000-08:002009-12-04T15:49:00.362-08:00Have a great weekend!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxmD8Khe6LI/AAAAAAAACog/ppJKWSte0ck/s1600-h/124172271727922.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxmD8Khe6LI/AAAAAAAACog/ppJKWSte0ck/s400/124172271727922.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411501496902543538" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cheers!<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">M&B<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(via <a href="http://imgfave.com/view/55587">imgfave</a>)</span></span></span><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-32335393123730518972009-12-04T14:45:00.000-08:002009-12-04T14:45:00.602-08:00Ten Primary Cloud Formations<div style="text-align: center;">Throw back to 4th grade. Gotta love it.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34320582" target="_blank">macroscopicmarket on Etsy</a><br />Screen printed on natural stock paper (20" x 26") with glow in the dark ink.<br />click for larger view.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxmDYmKsrVI/AAAAAAAACoY/nvDQsrK_onM/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.101854696.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 443px; height: 291px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxmDYmKsrVI/AAAAAAAACoY/nvDQsrK_onM/s400/il_fullxfull.101854696.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411500885847878994" border="0" /></a><br />(spotted on <a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/11/cloud-formations.html" target="_blank">swissmiss</a>)<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-70112984331017805362009-12-04T13:42:00.000-08:002009-12-04T13:45:05.140-08:00Lykke Li - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?<div style="text-align: center;">New from the wonderful Lykke Li<br />Download this free mp3 here from<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"> </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.lykkeli.com/promo.htm"target="_blank" >lykkeli.com</a><br /></div><br /><object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="412" width="486"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/13590588001?isVid=1&publisherID=13564929001"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=51332659001&playerID=13590588001&domain=embed&"><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com"><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/13590588001?isVid=1&publisherID=13564929001" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=51332659001&playerID=13590588001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" allowscriptaccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" height="412" width="486"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-70646947095826664562009-12-03T10:56:00.000-08:002009-12-03T10:56:00.334-08:00Lego's tribute to the MatrixAfter around 440 hours of work, and just in time for the 10th anniversary of the original movie release, Trevor Boyd and Steve Ilett present the Lego version of the famous Bullet Time dodge scene from The Matrix.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; 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"><a href="http://www.julienpacaud.com/" target="_blank">http://www.julienpacaud.com/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 373px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxftZK6ED4I/AAAAAAAACoQ/eUY5U6RAyIU/s400/terra-eco4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411054493989343106" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxftY3qn6iI/AAAAAAAACoI/cfYEg-lBn-I/s400/ravage.jpg.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411054488824310306" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxftYb97r7I/AAAAAAAACoA/OfCWUd08VO0/s400/eden.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411054481389105074" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxftYKXPGUI/AAAAAAAACn4/d6NZB1e8Q0I/s400/centmagazine-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411054476663396674" /><br /></span></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxftX4jyj_I/AAAAAAAACnw/FtxPhfGokkk/s400/BBK.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411054471884214258" /></span></b>(via <a href="http://design-crisis.com/?p=463">Design Crisis</a>)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-42416883604846530062009-12-02T19:30:00.000-08:002009-12-02T19:33:31.650-08:00The PassengerA classic... and thanks to the <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xIUtRrTlgo"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"target="_blank" ><b>Up in the Air</b></span></a></i> trailer I get to hear this Iggy Pop song quite frequently. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SESbd8Fm2JE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SESbd8Fm2JE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-34274024375772289632009-12-01T13:30:00.000-08:002009-12-01T13:36:57.813-08:00World Aids Day 2009<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxWLbtgJGBI/AAAAAAAACng/E3voB0gOdik/s1600/2_AidsRibbon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxWLbtgJGBI/AAAAAAAACng/E3voB0gOdik/s400/2_AidsRibbon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410383835542657042" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.worldaidsday.org/"target="_blank" >World Aids Day 2009 Official Website</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.google.org/world-aids-day-2009.html"target="_blank" >Google.org - World AIDS Day 2009 to find ways to learn, act and give</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.hhs.gov/aidsawarenessdays/days/world/index.html"target="_blank" >World Aids Day - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-48206308203538126322009-12-01T13:19:00.000-08:002009-12-01T13:28:54.054-08:00Toxic Travel<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Been catching up on my DVR since returning from Chicago.... wish I would have seen the Dr. Oz episode on toxic travel before I left for the break. Guarantee next time I stay in a hotel I'll be wrapping my remote in a ziploc baggie. Here's the article summary of last week's episode. <a href="http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/toxic-travel-how-stay-healthy" target="_blank">Read more here at the Dr. Oz website</a></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(116, 117, 120); line-height: 18px; font-family:Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxWKJU0vvfI/AAAAAAAACnY/5DhBdVrur-0/s400/iStock_000009255278Small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410382420168916466" /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We travel to work, to play, to visit the people we love, and, when we do, the last thing we want is to get sick. But, unfortunately, crowded airplanes, hotel rooms – even your Aunt Sally’s guest room – are teeming with millions of bacteria and viruses just itching to hitch a ride with you. And at busy times such as Thanksgiving (when some 8 million people board trains, planes, and buses), your risk rises.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Here’s what you need to know to stay healthy and happy for that long-awaited vacation, critical business meeting, or weekend with your long lost cousins.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Scare in the Air</span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">You don’t need anyone to tell you how crammed jet planes are these days. As airlines try to stay competitive, they jam more and more of us closer together leaving our health at the mercy of our fellow passengers. In fact, one recent study found that when 1,000 people traveled between San Francisco and Denver, 20% of them came down with a respiratory illness within the first 2 weeks after flying. In a famous example from 2003, one coughing passenger on a flight from Hong Kong to Beijing infected 22 other people on board with the deadly SARS virus. Five of them died.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">One of the reasons planes are such good incubators for illness is that their ventilation systems recirculate air from side to side. That means when the man in the window seat across the aisle from you coughs, his germs fly right onto you. So you don’t have to be sitting next to a sick person to be exposed. To make you more vulnerable, the cabin pressure inside airplanes dries out mucous membranes leaving them more susceptible to germs.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Air Quality Control</span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Luckily, there are a few simple steps you can take to reduce your exposure and minimize your chance of being sick on your trip.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "><li style="margin-top: 0.15em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-left: 0.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 1.5em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: url(http://media.doctoroz.com/sites/all/themes/droz/images/menu-leaf.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none; background-position: 1px 0.35em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Practice good hand hygiene</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> Pack an alcohol-based hand sanitizer in your carry-on and use it early and often (after getting seated, before and after eating and drinking, and when you return from the rest room.) This step alone will reduce your chance of getting sick by 50%.</span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0.15em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-left: 0.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 1.5em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: url(http://media.doctoroz.com/sites/all/themes/droz/images/menu-leaf.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none; background-position: 1px 0.35em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Wipe your worries away</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> Bring along sanitizing wipes and clean your tray (which can harbor the dangerous</span></span><a href="http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/your-bacteria-fighting-battle-plan" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">MRSA bacteria</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> and handrails.</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.15em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-left: 0.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 1.5em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: url(http://media.doctoroz.com/sites/all/themes/droz/images/menu-leaf.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none; background-position: 1px 0.35em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Be wary of the bathroom</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> Airplane bathrooms are some of the germiest places around. Wash your hands afterwards, use a paper towel to open the door when you leave, and then slap on hand sanitizer when you’re back in your seat. </span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0.15em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-left: 0.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 1.5em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: url(http://media.doctoroz.com/sites/all/themes/droz/images/menu-leaf.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none; background-position: 1px 0.35em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Arm your immune system</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> North American ginseng is a promising botanical product used to ward off flu. Populations that take it appear to have a lower incidence of viral spread. Try to be well rested and have any chronic conditions well under control before you travel.</span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0.15em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-left: 0.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 1.5em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: url(http://media.doctoroz.com/sites/all/themes/droz/images/menu-leaf.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none; background-position: 1px 0.35em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Aim the air</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> Make a fist with your hand and place it directly over your chest, then aim the air vent to blow onto it. That will give you the best airflow to protect you from being exposed to an infection. </span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0.15em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-left: 0.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 1.5em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: url(http://media.doctoroz.com/sites/all/themes/droz/images/menu-leaf.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none; background-position: 1px 0.35em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Stay hydrated</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> Drinking lots of water will not only help your membranes to stay moisturized, but it will help keep you from developing potentially fatal blood clots in your legs, which crop up because staying immobile in a tiny space slows circulation. Also get up and walk the aisle once an hour. </span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></strong></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Hotel Hot Spots to Check Out When You Check In</span></span></strong></p><ul style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "><li style="margin-top: 0.15em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-left: 0.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 1.5em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: url(http://media.doctoroz.com/sites/all/themes/droz/images/menu-leaf.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none; background-position: 1px 0.35em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The bedspread</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> You may be tempted to flop down first thing but don’t do it until you remove the bedspread, which is rarely, if ever, cleaned. Fold it up and stash it well away from your belongings. Then check to the sheets. Look for hairs, any other evidence they were used, and traces of </span></span><a href="http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/beating-bed-bug-epidemic" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">bed bugs</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">. If the sheets aren’t clean, ask for a new room (if the sheets are dirty the rest of the room probably is.) If you find evidence of bed bugs, get a refund on your reservation and find a new hotel. If one room has bed bugs, others will too.</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.15em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-left: 0.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 1.5em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: url(http://media.doctoroz.com/sites/all/themes/droz/images/menu-leaf.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none; background-position: 1px 0.35em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The phone and remote control</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> Two of the most handled places in hotel rooms are almost never cleaned and harbor all manner of bacteria and viruses. Experts recommend using a Ziploc bag as a makeshift glove when handling the remote or using a chlorine antibacterial wipe and wiping down every button, crack, and crevice, spending extra time on the power button, which is touched the most.</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.15em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-left: 0.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 1.5em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: url(http://media.doctoroz.com/sites/all/themes/droz/images/menu-leaf.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none; background-position: 1px 0.35em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The bathroom</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> The worst offender is probably one you won’t suspect. Those cute courtesy glasses by the sink almost never get a proper dishwashing and are more likely wiped down with a towel from the room, leaving them loaded with bacteria. Skip them unless you’re supplied with plastic glasses sealed in plastic. Experts recommend travelling with your own collapsible cup. </span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></strong></li><li style="margin-top: 0.15em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-left: 0.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 1.5em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: url(http://media.doctoroz.com/sites/all/themes/droz/images/menu-leaf.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none; background-position: 1px 0.35em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The carpet</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> A quick vacuum does nothing but pick up dust and move bugs and fungus around. So, bring slippers or flip-flops to protect your feet. </span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></strong></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Home Sweet Harm: Hidden Dangers in the Guest Room</span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Staying at a friend or family’s house means more quality time with the people you love, but it also means more one-on-one time with the germs they harbor. If you’re preparing for guests, don’t just vacuum, use a germicidal cleaner on all carpets and use a chlorine-based cleaning product in the guest bathroom applying it with a lot of love and elbow grease.</span></span></p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-29521013977166855902009-11-30T15:48:00.000-08:002009-11-30T15:48:00.271-08:00Days With My Father<div style="text-align: center;">We first mentioned this incredible photo essay from Phillip Toldedano back in April and if you haven't checked it out yet, it's a must. A few weeks ago, it was announced that the Days with My Father book will be published in May! Along with the email announcement, Mr. Toldedano allowed subscribers to choose a cover for the upcoming book. The two options are below. I chose the first one but they're equally heartwarming.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dayswithmyfather.com/#/43"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"target="_blank" >Days With My Father</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 234px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxRO2rYafFI/AAAAAAAACnI/IyEivSx35C4/s400/cover_option1(1).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410035753643834450" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 234px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxRPLqa_OzI/AAAAAAAACnQ/MDq3BCrwFCc/s400/cover_option2(1).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410036114163448626" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#551A8B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-38017321106513842322009-11-30T14:42:00.000-08:002009-11-30T14:48:10.572-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxRK-l7Z9SI/AAAAAAAACnA/NQf0V_xuhKc/s1600/pies_00722_xl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0f8OKx_w2A0/SxRK-l7Z9SI/AAAAAAAACnA/NQf0V_xuhKc/s400/pies_00722_xl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410031491572430114" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving holiday!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We thoroughly enjoyed the holiday break... meaning we completely overindulged in turkey and pumpkin pie. Spending the afternoon trying to get my life organized and get back to posting!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Cheers,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>M&B</b></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(image via </span><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/thanksgiving-pies"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">martha stewart</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-51721647572889968532009-11-24T16:12:00.001-08:002009-11-24T16:12:59.464-08:00Working For A Nuclear Free City<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf" id="lalaSongEmbed" height="70" width="220"><param name="movie" value="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="flashvars" value="songLalaId=360569466659668304&host=www.lala.com&partnerId=membersong"><embed id="lalaSongEmbed" name="lalaSongEmbed" src="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode="transparent" allownetworking="all" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="songLalaId=360569466659668304&host=www.lala.com&partnerId=membersong" height="70" width="220"></embed></object><div style="font-size: 9px; margin-top: 2px;"><a href="http://www.lala.com/song/360569466659668304" title="Kingdom - Working For A Nuclear Free City" target="_blank">Kingdom - Working For A Nuclea...</a></div>Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437970180398852199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220063291517960218.post-20300528976901179852009-11-24T07:02:00.000-08:002009-11-24T07:02:00.796-08:00Clients From Hell<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">blog</span>: <a href="http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">clients from hell</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">about: </span>a collection of anonymously contributed client horror stories from designers<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">excerpt: </span><br /><div class="post-body text-post"> <h3 style="font-weight: normal;"></h3></div><blockquote><div class="post-body text-post"><h3 style="font-weight: normal;">I've been thinking about that logo you sent over</h3> <p>…. Do you think it would be possible to see what it looks like with a duck on the left hand side. Have been thinking about ducks and what they represent, think it would look pretty cool you know?<br /></p><p>(10 minutes later, another email)</p> <p>… Scrap the duck idea, I don’t know what I was thinking. Perhaps we could try swapping the duck illustration and try using a chair instead. Chairs are good. I have sent an image of a chair for reference.</p> </div></blockquote><br /></div>Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437970180398852199noreply@blogger.com