Blog Archives / February 2009

+ = 25 Random Things about GE. I know one random thing their market caps might only be 25 billion. Is Facebook’s “25 Random Things About Me” a dazzling web phenomenon or the internet’s version of nails on a chalkboard? Depends on whom you talk to, but according to Facebook, last week alone another 5 million people jumped on the viral idea that exploded online, seemingly from out of nowhere. In a nutshell, it involves writing 25 unconnected facts about yourself and then proudly sharing (or over-sharing) the post with the world via a chain-letter note to all of your web friends. Are we late...


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    +  = 25 Things from Flickr.   Watermark: 25 Things 1. buddha with tulips, 2. 49 Angelique tulip, 3. Gorgeous Spike, 4. 35 angel's heart, 5.Sunset, 6. boo 4, 7. the new family's first outing, 8. 11 worm, 9. 26, 10. 12 henry, 11. pencil jar, 12. Still Life, 13. dreamcatcher, 14. 1 Henry & Spike, 15. where are you going?, 16.Sea-Thing, 17. 26 cupboard shelf, 18. winter graces, 19. 5 porcelain berry, 20. 46 mountain ash, 21. Lucy, 22. Lila Faylor sculpture - Icarus, 23. beads, 24. glass and dust, 25. pretty belle  


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    + = 25 Random Whole Foods Market things by Winnie Hsia. We thought we’d get in on the fun and post our own “25 Random Things” list. How many of these did you know about us? Do you have a favorite fact about us that has missed our list? Several times a year, our stores hold community giving days (known as “5% Days”) where five percent of that day’s net sales are donated to a local nonprofit or educational organization. Margaret Wittenberg, our Vice President of Global Quality Standards and Public Affairs, was the only retail representative on the board which...


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   + = 25 random things about the Stimulus package by Terence Samuel at The American Prospect. Rules: Once you've been tagged, write a note with 25 random things, facts, provisions, amendments, or implications related to the stimulus package. At the end, choose 25 members of Congress to be tagged.1. It should have been called a "jobs bill." That would have made it harder for Republicans to oppose it. 2. It doesn't really matter how big it is. Passage at any size was the win the White House needed. 3, The 59 percent -- and rising -- approval for the bill among Americans may be the confidence...


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   +  = 25 things I hate about Google from Search Engine Watch.     Originally, this was to be called "100 Things I Hate About Google." I suppose it's good news that by the time I reached the twenties, I started running out of steam. Then again, I've also got other things to do. I'm sure I've missed pet peeves that others have. Don't worry. After you work through my list, you can contribute your own via a forum link at the end. Remember, just because there's much I hate doesn't mean there's not a lot I love. In fact, anyone in a relationship knows that often the people you can hate...


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   +  = 25 things you should never put on your resume by HR World Editors.   Applying for a new job comes with its fair share of rejections, setbacks, frustrations and perhaps even lonely periods of unemployment. If you've been turned down for position after position, you could be getting desperate and may want to shake things up a bit so that your résumé will stand out from the piles of others stacked quietly in HR. Before you decide to get too creative, there are some rules to résumé etiquette that you should follow. Read below for the 25 things that you should neverinclude on a professional...


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   + = 25 things disappearing from America at WalletPop.   WalletPop takes a look at 25 such things that are quickly disappearing from our country. From honey bees to checks to bowling alleys to incandescent light bulbs, we count down 25 things you may not be able to find in the U.S. for very much longer. 25. Pit Toilets By the 2000 Census, the number of Americans who lacked indoor plumbing was down to 0.6%. Even though that's still an awful lot of Americans using an outhouse or pit toilet -- 670,000 households or 1.3 million people -- it's a huge improvement from 1950 when 27% of households...


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    +  = 25 Facebook things I never wanted to know about you.    "25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You." appearing at Time by CLAIRE SUDDATH. "Facebook's "25 Things About Me" meme seems harmless enough; people write 25 facts about themselves and post them on their Facebook pages, just as they do with videos, status updates and photos of last weekend's party. An estimated 5 million of these notes — that's 125 million facts — have appeared on the website within the past week. Assuming it takes someone 10 minutes to come up with their list, this recent bout of viral narcissism...


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  Today is 24+1 = 25 Friday. Here are 25 things you thought you knew and that keep 'popping' up in your life. 25 Random Things…About Health at Health.com. In the spirit of those annoying, addictive, you-know-you’re- reading-them-even-though-you- wish-you-weren’t Facebook notes popping up everywhere, Health.com presents its list of 25 random things you might not know about the human body, nutrition and exercise, sex, sickness, and health. Go ahead: Pass it on to your friends. 1. Rinsing your nose with salt water can help keep you healthy and ward off allergy symptoms. 2. Dogs...


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Learn to Love Exercise. Better yet learn to love 'your' exercise. "People who successfully maintain a workout regimen learn to shift their focus from distant, external outcomes like losing weight to positive, internal experiences in the here and now. They become what I call "intrinsic exercisers." And you can become one, too." Jay Kimiecik in Psychology Today gives very compelling reasons to look at how we view our exercise and how to stay motivated, make exercise meaningful rather than just another to-do item: "The core concept behind intrinsic exercise is to exercise for its own sake. Because...


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