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Website of the Day: Clever Commute
An article in this weekend's New York Times exposed "BlackBerry as a Weapon in the Fight to Commute," showcasing a website called Clever Commute, which allows users to exchange e-mail messages with fellow riders to ease and speed their commute.
You use your Smartphone to navigate delays via timely info from people making the same trip as you. Right now the free service is only available for people living in New York and Chicago, but the company plans on expanding their coverage.
BREAKING: Bush Commutes Sentences for Two Former Border Patrol Agents
Breaking News. President Bush commutes the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, convicted of shooting a Mexican drug runner in 2005. On his last full day in office, President Bush commuted the controversial sentences of two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug runner in 2005.Morning Music
I have music I listen to on the way to work that motivates me. ie: Iceman - lloyd Banks or Trouble sleepin - Corrine Bailey Rae. So I was wondering: "What do you listen to to motivate you on your commute?"Silent DC sniper mastermind Muhammad executed
JARRATT, Va. – Sniper John Allen Muhammad refused to utter any last words as he was executed, taking to the grave answers about why and how he plotted the killings of 10 people that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002. The 48-year-old died by injection at 9:11 p.m.Amazingly from the L.A. Times: The Golden State isn't worth it
THE CALIFORNIA FIX The Golden State isn't worth it Our high-benefit/high-tax model no longer works, especially compared with low-tax states like Texas. By William Voegeli In America's federal system, some states, such as California, offer residents a "package deal" that bundles numerous and ambitious public benefits with the high taxes needed to pay for them. Other states, such as Texas, offer packages combining modest benefits and low taxes.Unspoken rules govern cell phone etiquette
Slow day on Sugar today!
Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:06pm EDT
By Patricia Reaney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It may not seem like it when commuters are shouting down their cell phones to the dismay of other passengers but most Americans believe there are unspoken rules about mobile phone etiquette.
Checking emails, sending text messages and making telephone calls while in the company of others are definite breeches of mobile manners.
T.G.I.Thursday
An energy- and money-saving solution that pretty much everyone can get behind: three-day weekends. Workers of the world, unite in giving Utah a round of applause. The Beehive State has made Thursday the new Friday, and by proving the benefits of this condensed calendar, Utah has brought us all closer to the dream of a shortened workweek.Interesting Facts from the New Moon Companion
**While filming the breakup scene in the forest Rob and Kristen were being swarmed by mosquitos.
**When Melissa Rosenberg wrote the Twilight screenplay she “tried to keep the fan base out of (her) head, but (she) couldn’t avoid it by the time of New Moon.”
**She gave the men in Port Angeles motorcycles to make it a more “significant moment” and because motorcycles will become “an important part of her relationship with Jacob”.
**Taylor began working out immediatly after he was done filming Twilight because he knew of the transformation his character would go through.
Interesting Facts from the New Moon Companion
**While filming the breakup scene in the forest Rob and Kristen were being swarmed by mosquitos.
**When Melissa Rosenberg wrote the Twilight screenplay she “tried to keep the fan base out of (her) head, but (she) couldn’t avoid it by the time of New Moon.”
**She gave the men in Port Angeles motorcycles to make it a more “significant moment” and because motorcycles will become “an important part of her relationship with Jacob”.
**Taylor began working out immediatly after he was done filming Twilight because he knew of the transformation his character would go through.
Scared Sh*tless of Starting Again
I am currently overweight. I have been obese in the past and through using a healthier eating plan I was able to lose about 75lbs. I am extremely grateful that I am no longer obese but after I got to a weight that was less than what I was in high school my weight loss stalled out.
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