http://www.dailydoseofcommonsense.com It's time to take your medicine Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:21:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At a Wisconsin zoo on Friday, a woman wanted to feed the bears by hand. (I mean, who doesn't? They're all like Winnie the Pooh, right?) She ignored several barriers and warning signs in order to get up close and personal with the bears. Result? She lost several fingers after ... http://www.dailydoseofcommonsense.com/2010/03/08/woman-loses-fingers-feeding-bear/ Progress in technology always brings about new kinds of dangers. Crossing the street must have become a frightening experience for a fair percentage of the folks who lived through the transition from horse-drawn to motorized vehicles, but soon every 5-year old knew enough to look both ways before they cross ... http://www.dailydoseofcommonsense.com/2010/03/05/tech-sense-look-before-you-click/ A couple in California had a new baby on the way and they needed to find ways to save money. So, in 2008, they removed their front lawn and replaced the grass with wood chips. This saved the city thousands of gallons of water and slashed the homeowner's water bill. ... http://www.dailydoseofcommonsense.com/2010/03/03/couple-removes-lawn-goes-to-court/ Waiting in line sucks. We all hate it, yet most of us do it every day. At the grocery, post office, drug store, restaurant, Target.... we're in line waiting to pay. Well, here's a gripe: Why isn't everyone READY to pay when the time comes? You were in line. You ... http://www.dailydoseofcommonsense.com/2010/03/01/waiting-to-pay/ As flying gets increasingly more laborious, expensive (hello, outrageous extra baggage fees!), and just downright miserable, at least one regional airline knows what consumers want--less hassle. SeaPort Airlines, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, offers regional flights within the Pacific Northwest and also within the Mid-South region. Started in 2008, their goal is ... http://www.dailydoseofcommonsense.com/2010/02/27/hit-the-sky-running-yes-please/ The fastest growing group on Facebook is the 35-54 set, which can lead to sticky situations with real consequences for many people. Therefore, who you friend is as important as who you don't. As an example, a survey out this week found that 56% of people believe it's irresponsible to ... http://www.dailydoseofcommonsense.com/2010/02/26/facebook-friending-should-you-or-shouldnt-you/ This week, a killer whale--which had already been involved in two deaths--killed a trainer at Sea World in Orlando in front of a crowd. Now, I'm not going to go all PETA on your ass and start ranting about animals in captivity. My kids like to see the bears, elephants, ... http://www.dailydoseofcommonsense.com/2010/02/25/killer-whale-kills-again/ This pillow freaks me out. It's called the Hug Me, and it's a pillow in the shape of a man's clothed arm. I understand loneliness and the need for human contact. But, this pillow seems hardly the answer. It just comes off as creepy. And sad. Please, buy a cat, fish, ... http://www.dailydoseofcommonsense.com/2010/02/24/hug-me-not/ It never fails: A subway car is packed to the gills and some knucklehead still has a giant backpack on. If you commute by anything other than a car, or if you're frequently around tourist attractions, you have likely had the same unhappy experience at some point. A lot of ... http://www.dailydoseofcommonsense.com/2010/02/23/backpack-attack/ Ok, not really. But, two clever guys did illustrate the ink usage of different typefaces and Garamond proved to use the least amount of ink. In this quirky demonstration they drew enlarged versions of eight fonts with eight ball point pens and used the remaining ink in each pen to ... http://www.dailydoseofcommonsense.com/2010/02/22/garamond-font-wins-ink-usage-competition/