Dec. 30 - Lisa's Musings on Every Day Life

If you've been following my daily blog, you've probably noticed my new posts usually appear at night.

Part of that is because it's a way to decide which of the many things that happened that day deserve mention.

Plus, I'm not much of a morning person -- so it usually takes me until noon or so to get my creative juices going.

I don't call myself the Queen of Late Night because it's cute.

Since I have a bunch of stuff to do this afternoon, important things like covering little kids making Mexican art at the Downtown Ann Arbor Library, a going away party for a colleague, and last but not least, a hair appointment, I thought I'd file this early.

Since I haven't gone anywhere yet, I'd thought I'd share some of the "news" from PR Web, a newswire I'm sent every day with company tidbits from all over the globe.

I'm not sure how I got on this list, but I probably subscribed a long time ago and just never got around to opting out. So, for the most part, I just delete it without opening it.

Today, I decided to see what was there.

Fifty-five items.

They ranged in topic from the perfect jewelry for New Year's Eve to free on-demand dog training; an allergy-free food recipe contest sponsored by a Website called allergies and me, to the hottest new get-away in Sri Lanka.

Harvard University has a new state-of-the-art modular child care center and, should you be so included, there's a Scandinavian Film Festival taking place in Beverly Hills in early January.

There were a bunch of Web sites devoted to alcohol education, recovery and support, followed by a company that's accountable for 80 percent of San Francisco's New Year's party scene.

Dorrance Publishing has a new reference book about snakes and on-line publisher Ektimis, has just released "The Top Ten Laws of Respect at Home - A Family Guide."

A lack of flowers at funerals may hinder grieving process, some TV channel I've never heard of is launching 24/7 broadcasting in Spanish.

Oh wait, here's one for football fans -- The Konica Minolta Gator Bowl is "highly anticipated by national sports outlets." I guess the ones with Cotton, Rose, and Sugar in the name aren't all that this year.

A Canadian company seeks to solve unemployment and save small businesses in the USA -- sure hope they are successful -- and there's a new portal for Russian-speaking Americans in Los Angeles.

I won't bore you with everything from all nine pages I printed out, but, it seems to me that I'm not missing much by ignoring this e-mail every day.

When I get home, I'll figure how to opt out.