Somali

This picture of a Somaliboy with an AK47 rifle in Ethiopia rally just really got my attention. I think the picture is self-explanatory.

Babies on Board?

To check out this very entertaining article go to www.babble.com. A new website dedicated to new parents. The co-founders of this site are from nerve.com.

Ready for 007?

2007! What's your resolution?

3-in-1 Breakfast

Coffee, toaster and egg pan on top-now you don't have to do 3 things at once!

Curry Eater

Curry makes you smarter. Well, yes really it does. Still don't believe me. According to a study in the American Journal of Epidemology, researchers found that elderly men who consumed curry occasionally or frequently performed better on standardized tests than those who never or rarely ate curry.
Curcumin, which is found in curry, especially turmeric, contain potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
But slurping down that extra scoop won't add to your brain quotient!

Hotel Castell

If you are ever make a stop in Zuoz, Switzerland check out:

10 Items or Less

Excuse my french but the reviews for this film are 'shitty' but I like the combo of Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega who are the main stars of this "look at us observe human behavior" film.
On a brief note I attended this training seminar where the highlight of the seminar was BEHAVIOR BREEDS BEHAVIOR. If you are nice to that 800 operator they will be nice-and vice versa. I realized how emotionally driven we human beings are, some more than others. It's easy to push that button or change that thought in the other person just by our behavior. Americans need to add a class like this in school and implement it more.

The 10 Best Books of 2006

Fiction:
1) ABSURDISTAN By Gary Shteyngart. "Absurdistan" introduces Misha Vainberg, the rap-music-obsessed, grossly overweight son of the 1,238th richest man in Russia. After attending college in the United States, he is now stuck in St. Petersburg, scrambling for an American visa that may never arrive. Caught between worlds, and mired in his own prejudices and thwarted desires, Vainberg just may be an antihero for our times. **I recommend**

2) THE COLLECTED STORIES OF AMY HEMPEL Scribner.
The title speaks for itself.

3) THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN By Claire Messud.

4) THE LAY OF THE LAND By Richard Ford.

5) SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS By Marisha Pessl.

Nonfiction:
6) FALLING THROUGH THE EARTHA Memoir.
By Danielle Trussoni.

7) THE LOOMING TOWERAl-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.
By Lawrence Wright. Alfred A. Knopf.

8) MAYFLOWERA Story of Courage, Community, and War.
By Nathaniel Philbrick.

9) THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA A Natural History of Four Meals.
By Michael Pollan. **I recommend**

10) THE PLACES IN BETWEEN By Rory Stewart.
**I recommend**