Friday Distractions -- Random Links & Recipes Bookmarked

Ready for the LONG weekend? To help you pass your Friday here are the highlights of what distracted me this week online, what I bookmarked that I hope to one day eat, and a picture.   

48 Things That Will Make You Feel Old. These sure worked on me; #14 was my favorite. (Thanks, Ben-Boy!)

Tiny Turtle in a Shell (via Kim)

Extreme motivation - The difference between being uncomfortable and exhausted (via Motivation into Habit)

Recipes Bookmarked
Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp and Lemon Cream Sauce at Simply Recipes
Glazed Doughnut Muffins at My Baking Addiction
Spinach Sweet Potato Egg Nests at PaleOMG

 Mountain Laurel, Syria, VA May 2012

Kimbra's mashup of "Two Weeks" by Grizzly Bear and "Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears for Triple J's Like a Version program.

Friday Distractions -- Random Links & Recipes Bookmarked

Ready for the weekend? To help you pass your Friday here are the highlights of what distracted me this week online, what I bookmarked that I hope to one day eat, and a picture.   

The 5-Second Rule Quantified! (via Jeff Wilser)

"To find that training on a working-memory task could result in an increase in fluid intelligence would be cognitive psychology’s equivalent of discovering particles traveling faster than light. ... 'Do we think they’re now smarter for the rest of their lives by just four weeks of training?” she asks. 'We probably don’t think so. We think of it like physical training: if you go running for a month, you increase your fitness. But does it stay like that for the rest of your life? Probably not.' ... Just like physical exercise, cognitive exercises may prove to be up against something even more resistant to training than fluid intelligence: human nature." excerpts from Can You Make Yourself Smarter? by Dan Hurley

As someone who enjoys sushi but is on a budget, I found Marion Nestle's Tuna Scrape, a case study in International Food Safety, to be thought provoking and a little scary. No, make that straight scary. See the follow-up post too.

Fake It Till You Make It. (via LFM)

Dr. Carson C. Chow hypothesizes that the U.S. obesity epidemic is caused by food overproduction in A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity.  


Recipes Bookmarked
April Bloomfield's Lemon Caper Dressing at Food 52
Spicy Lemon Coconut Sauce at 101 Cookbooks
Veggie Chips (!) at NPR's Open Window

(Didn't want to skip twice in a row so no photo!)

Friday Distractions -- Random Links & Recipes Bookmarked

Ready for the weekend? To help you pass your Friday here are the highlights of what distracted me this week online, what I bookmarked that I hope to one day eat, and a picture.    

Never-before-seen photos from 100 years ago tell vivid story of gritty NYC. Boardwalk Empire fans - there is a mug shot of Charles 'Lucky' Luciano!

"Does Hollywood create a false expectation that love conquers all? Does the 'meet cute' story line have some play in the long-term success or demise of a marriage? Maybe it would help to realize that we do not know what happens to the happy couple after we leave the theater." Read Jane L. Rosen's hypotheses about how some popular romantic comedy relationships turned out in Are Harry And Sally Still Happily Married? (via Jeff)

"We’ll inevitably face challenges in life. The best defense is believing that we are strong, we will survive, and we will be better for it." Tiny Wisdom: Believe That You Are Strong

Peter Dinkelage doesn't like the word luck. His thoughts reminded me of the Thomas Jefferson quote Chris S. shared with me a few years ago -- "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."

Angel cleverly highlights that we may be eating more than we think. Yikes.

Recipes Bookmarked
Pineapple Upside Down Cake via Vital Juice
Saffron Rice Pilaf at Simply Recipes
Spicy Guinness Mustard at Saveur (via Chessa)


I need to go on a hike. Thanks for the beautiful visual, Coach Matt.