Thanks for the tips, Emiko!

• Read. Reading will help the mind focus on one thing, instead of racing about the day's activities.
• Practice deep breathing: lie on your back and breath in deeply for three counts, watching your stomach rise, and then breathe out for three counts. Do this for about ten minutes and then switch so you're lying on your right, and repeat the breathing process. Close your eyes, count each breath as you inhale and then relax as you exhale. Most people will fall asleep before they reach the count of 20.
• Pray: Talk to the deity of your choice about what is racing through your mind, and give the situation over to that deity.
• Meditate:visualize yourself addressing your thoughts and resolving them. Or, meditate on a calming word or phrase. This slows your heart, relaxes your muscles, and unburdens your mind enough to fall asleep.
• Count as high as you can. This makes your mind focus on one easy thing.
• Think of something you like. This makes you calm. This also gets your mind away from distractions of life.
• Starting from the very tips of your toes, imagine yourself sinking into the mattress. In your mind, begin to "acknowledge" everything around you that all your senses are experiencing. For example: Say to yourself (not out loud), "I hear the clock ticking. I smell the lotion I just applied to my hands. I feel my legs' weight on the bed. I hear my spouse/partner breathing. I see different shades of black. I hear the dog barking in the distance. I hear myself in my own mind talking.", etc. This should help to clear your mind by slowly acknowledging everything and subsequently dismissing it. Stay on your back, sunk into the mattress until you feel it is time to roll into your desired position.
• Exercise during the late afternoon. Go for a jog or to the gym. The aftereffects of the chemicals in your body released during the workout will get you through the evening and you'll fall asleep easily that night.
• If you have noisy neighbors, leave the fan on in the bathroom to drown out the irregular beats of their music, televisions, late night arguments, etc. If that doesn't work, don't underestimate the power of earplugs... Just make sure you can still hear your alarm!
• Do not exercise before going to bed. This will get your adreniline going, your heart pumping, and speed up your respiratory system. Those things will make it very hard to fall asleep.

In a large bowl, combine 1 pound uncooked red potatoes, scrubbed and thinly sliced (about 3 cups), 1 medium yellow pepper, cut into thin strips (about 2 cups), 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced (1 cup), 1 Tbsp olive oil, 2 minced medium garlic cloves, 1 Tbsp fresh chopped rosemary, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper. Mix until coated. Tear off four 12-inch long pieces of aluminum foil. Spread about 1 1/2 cups of vegetable mixture in a fairly even layer near one end of each piece of foil. Fold foil over to form packets; fold edges over to form a tight seal. Grill packets, turning a few times, 20 to 25 minutes.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Bugs: Fat download: at 8 meg, it's twice the size of most browsers. Messy installation adds sundry non-safari junk to windows and other folders. Builtin font anti aliasing blurs text, especially in menus. Can't resize window from sides. RSS feed reader works on engadget but not on gmail. Space and shift-space scroll HTML pages but not RSS feeds. Can't save complete web page (with embedded media). Tab window diversion doesn't (e.g., google docs litters screen with toplevels). Can't type Japanese into gmail (dealbreaker for me). Scrambled Japanese in a google doc (likely misinterpreted encoding; dealbreaker). No type-n-go (rodent-free surfing). No bookmarklets with arguments (like my delicious search). Blocks pop ups but not ads. No gestures. Safari's security holes make Internet Explorer seem safe!!!

Cool: Resizable text fields. Drag n drop tabs. (This should work on OSX too.)

View/Playlist Manage/Service/Shoutcast. Double click genres to open. Drag your favorites (or copy their URLs) to the General playlist, then File/Save.

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• reduce stress: simplify your life, take it easy
• sleep, rest, relax, meditate
• eat a healthy diet, with plenty of fluids, vitamins, yogurt, green tea, fish, fruits, vegetables (blueberries, broccoli), chicken soup, mushrooms (reichi, maitake, and shitake)
• exercise moderately (e.g., daily 30 minute walk)
• listen to your favorite tunes
• laugh, socialize, touch
• limit exposure to groups
• wash your hands; avoid touching your face
• avoid alcohol, sugar, red meat

Sources: metafilter, wellness, webmd

Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

Cover 8 eggs with cold water. Boil. Remove from heat, and wait 10 minutes. Cool, peel, and dump eggs in bowl. Smash with fork. Add 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1 teaspoon ground black pepper, some salk, and 1 tablespoon yellow mustard. Mix until smooth. Refrigerate.

Last week we cancelled our cable service. Today we sold our TV and VCR. The shakes are not too bad, yet...

Season chicken strips with garlic powder, chili powder, oregano, and chili powder. Fry in olive oil. Add 2 sliced onions, 1 green bell pepper, 1 red pepper. Wrap in tortilla or serve with guacamole, refried beans, tortilla chips.

Season chicken strips with garlic powder, chili powder, and oregano. Fry in olive oil. Add 2 sliced onions, 1 green bell pepper, 1 red pepper. Wrap in tortilla or serve with guacamole, refried beans, tortilla chips.

Place 2 c chopped fresh strawberries in tupperware. Sprinkle 2/3 c sugar. Wait 15 minutes. Drain juice into saucepan. To pan add 1 envelope unflavored gelatin. Wait 2 minutes. Heat pan, stirring frequently, until gelatin dissolves and mixture smoothes. Pour over strawberries. Add 8 ounce strawberry yogurt, 1/2 c buttermilk, 2 T lemon juice. Mix well, then freeze 2 hours. Blend until smooth. Freeze 6 hours. Remove from freezer 15-20 minutes before serving.

Heat 2 fry pans. Spray in Pam. Add a tablespoon of olive oil. Lay sliced eggplant, mushrooms, red and green peppers, 4 onion slices, tomato slices. Sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic, basil, oregeno. Fry five minutes per side. Toast bread completely (to prevent vegetables from gooeying up bread) then add a slice of cheese and a thin spread of mayo. Build sandwhiches, place in one pan, place second pan atop (to compress) and cook two minutes.

Place three herbal tea bags in a large pyrex measuring cup, fill with boiling water, and steep for ten minutes. Dump into an empty 1500 ml PET bottle, and top off with water. Refrigerate.

If you're used to drinking coke, sweat tea, or coffee, it takes only a couple days to get used to this new taste, and you'll save hundreds of calories and several dollars each day! Plus there're no scary chemicals: no caffeine, no weird artificial sweaters.

There're so many great tastes to try! So far I prefer Strawberry Vanilla, but I'm looking forward to trying Apple Cinnamon and Orange Burst!

Fill an empty 500 ml PET bottle with water. Refrigerate. Done!

It only takes a couple days to get used to the new taste, and (depending on how many soft drinks you usually drink) you'll save hundreds of calories and several dollars each day! Plus there're no scary chemicals: no caffeine, no weird artificial sweaters. Bonus bonus: The taste goes with any food!