Four (or Five!) Reasons Why

….Maxwell Smart is Better than Bond

1. Maxwell Smart while a regular guy as opposed to the suave, debonair and handsome James Bond. As a result, it’s easier to relate to Maxwell Smart, who often bumbled around before defeating the evil KAOS forces.

2. His gadgets were fun as opposed to corny/unbelievable. The Shoe Phone, for example, was a stunning piece of technology that arguably was ahead of its time as a mobile communications device. Meanwhile, James Bond had a team of scientists in a well-funded lab dreaming up elaborate new gadgets and products that he usually used once before they were tossed aside or blew up.

3. Maxwell Smart was a one-women guy - Agent 99. Meanwhile, James Bond was always playing the field looking for the next score while he was supposed to be working and saving the world from evil. Of course, many of the Bond Girls were delectable but Barbara Feldon (aka Agent 86) was pretty good looking as well.

4. He drove a cooler car - a 1965 Sunbeam Tiger. Meanwhile, James Bond couldn’t decide on what he wanted to drive. He pretty much drove anything and everything.

For more details about Maxwell Smart, check out the unofficial Maxwell Smart Site, Would You Believe.

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…Green Is The New Black…Which Is Good

1. If you’re not green, you’re not mainstream. It used to be that being green meant you lived on the margins. It meant that you lived at the thin end of the long tail. It meant that you were kind of different. These days, however, being green has moved to the fatter part of the tail. If you don’t demonstrate that you’re green, whether you are a corporation or an individual, you run the risk of being a pariah amongst your neighbours, friends and family.

2. Green has become a sign of status. It may not bling, but it is as much a part of your personal branding as the clothes you wear. Yeah, yeah, people are green because they want to contribute. Totally agree. But people are also green because it feeds their ego, makes them look good, and gives them something to talk about at cocktail parties.

3. Consumers are starting to talk the talk…and some are even walking the walk. As Joel Makower summarizes, recent studies show that almost 4 in 10 Americans are buying products they believe to be environmentally friendly, 28% say they have made “major changes” in their lifestyles to protect the environment, they expect to see significant corporate commitment to environmental leadership, and 1 in 10 say that they have looked up their personal and/or household’s carbon footprint.

4. Green has become the preferred colour of the rich and famous. Hollywood has always set the benchmark for public relations and the green movement has taken a front seat. Gone are stretch limos and pimped-out speed racers. The new status symbol among the glitterati – the Toyota Prius.

5. Green events are common place now – Earth Day, Earth Hour, The Green Living Show. Green markets abound – farmers market, neighourhood and local markets (check out localharvest.org), organic delivery services. The evolution and proliferation of “green” has made us realize that we can do something for Mother Earth, regardless of which scientific study you choose to believe.

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….Gardening is Such a Hot Business

1. Demographics. With older people staying active longer, gardening is an activity that provides exercise and socializing in the comfort of your own backyard. It goes a long way explaining why 82 million people spent $35-billion on lawn and garden products last year in the U.S., according to the National Garden Association.

2. Gardening is benefiting from the green/environmental movement. More people want to do their part to take care of Mother Earth. What better way than getting your hands dirty by nurturing a garden full of carbon dioxide-absorbing plants to health.

3. It’s a business with no lack of equipment to purchase, including all kinds of gadgets and potions to help plants grow better and faster. Then, there’s the huge variety of plants you can purchase - many of them with exotic names. And for gardening retailers, if a plant doesn’t perform as promised, it’s not like you get many dissatisfied customers taking it back.

4. With rising food prices becoming a reality, more people might turn to gardening as a way to supply some of their own food. It may not be long before people start carving out an area in their backyard for easy-to-grow vegetables such as peppers, tomatoes, carrot and lettuce.

5. Believe it or not, gardening is becoming sexy and fashionable as the pride people take in decorating their homes extends right into the backyard. If you need any inspiration, check out Home & Garden TV.

For more information on the joys of gardening, check out these blogs: Sustainable Gardening Blog, Dirt, and Garden Voices.

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1. How much crime actually happens under water? Maybe Black Manta trying to torch the ocean. Maybe the occasional renegade, nuclear-powered submarine captain with a hate on for the world. Maybe Captain Highliner and Captain Crunch finally settling their longstanding feud in a messy battle royale. Seriously - what evil mastermind plans to take over the waterways of the world?

2. When they were handing out superpowers, Aquaman was clearly last in line. The ability to extract oxygen from the water. Check. The ability to withstand deep sea pressure and extreme cold. Check. The ability to speak with sea creatures. Check. The ability to swim really fast. Check. Ready to save the world? Check! And while he does possess superhuman strength, what is there to lift or throw underwater?

3. All superheroes have an Achilles heel. It’s the law of being super. Superman has Kryponite. Spiderman has Mary Jane. Ironman was susceptible to the bottle. Aquaman - he grew weak when he was away from water for too long and would die unless he was in contact with it at least once an hour. WIthout super speed, all you had to do was run away for a while before he had to retreat to the ocean.

4. Sidekicks are pretty common, but admittedly they’re not particularly cool. That’s why they’re sidekicks. But Aqualad?

5. Aquaman is, by far, the most ridiculed superhero ever. He has been mocked on South Park, Family Guy, and Robot Chicken, to name but a few. If you are truly super, you don’t get teased so badly.

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….Free Food/Drink in the Office is Bad

1. For the most part, anything that your employer provides for free is unhealthy - soft drinks, chips, pretzels and candy just load you up with sugar and salt all day long. Of course, it’s cheaper to supply these things than having to pay for fruit, juices and vegetables.

2. Since free food and drinks are always around, it is impossible to ignore or resist them. Under normal circumstances, chocolate-covered pretzels would have little or no appeal but if they’re staring you in the face every time you go into the kitchen, your defenses eventually break down. Next thing you know, you’ve gobbled half the box.

3. It ruins your appetite for regular meals. Why eat lunch after you’ve had a pile of pretzels, some jujubes and an ice tea (complete with eight teaspoons of sugar!) as a mid-morning “snack”. And you know that dinner won’t look as appealing when the late-afternoon munchies have caused you to consume a bag of in-office chips.

4. Free food and drink are just more ways to kill productivity. It’s bad enough leaving the office for coffee and/or lunch, spending time on personal e-mail, eBay, Facebook and Twitter. But having food and drink in the office wastes even more time as you shuttle back and forth between your desk and the kitchen.

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