Good Eatin': Soup, The Ultimate Comfort Food

"There's something extremely satisfying about a hot, bubbling pot of soup on the stove on a cold winter's night," says Simply Soups: The Ultimate Comfort Food, a handsome site with dozens of recipes for broths and stocks, chilis, chowders, cream and cheese soups, onion soups, vegetable and meat soups, dessert soups, fruit soups, and cold soups. <http://www.simplysoups.com/>

Resources: Business Data Portal

globalEdge, a business information portal designed by MSU, provides links to news, industry profiles, and diagnostic tools to aid business research. <http://globaledge.msu.edu/>

Artists: Edvard Munch Museet

When he died in 1944, Norwegian Expressionist artist Edvard Munch bequeathed the works still in his possession to Munch Museet in Oslo, Norway. The institution's site has a Munch biography and timeline, illustrated essays about his paintings and other graphics, details about specific works such as "The Scream," online exhibits on such topics as "The Frieze of Life" and the artist's palette, conservation information, images of paintings stored on rolls, and munch else. <http://www.munch.museum.no/>

Wellness: Brain Fitness Center

Sharpbrains -- "our mission is to provide individuals, companies and institutions with the best science-based information and guidance for Brain Health and Fitness" -- has links to articles on such topics as mental exercise, stress management, improving memory, nutrition, and workforce training and leadership, a blog, newsletter and glossary, plus puzzles to help keep you mentally agile. <http://www.sharpbrains.com/>

Music Videos: Sharon Jones and the Dab-Kings

I know I've touted Sharon Jones before

but I plan to keep it up until her name is as familiar as Aretha's or Madonna's. Sha-ron. Sha-ron. Sha-ron....

More Sharon Jones and the Dab-Kings live:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3UqzuOtAfo>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5oWJEJBmxE>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJtXE8PDm2A>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhWiQXOgo9M>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7nVZhqb04>

Maps: Mormon Expansion

And here is a swell map from the Church of Latter Day Saints depicting the organization's growth since 1830: Google Video

Resource: Assistants, Do My Stuff

Darren Berkovitz and his partners were experiencing a familiar problem: too much to do and not enough time to do it. Somehow, though, they found the time to create a solution: DoMyStuff.com is an online community where busy people can quickly find assistants to handle their errands and tasks. People who need help — called "buyers" — post a task they need completed, anything from mowing the lawn to chartering a private jet, no job too big or too small. Individuals or businesses bid on tasks by providing such information as how much they’ll charge, how the task will be accomplished, and when it will be done. Buyers review bids and choose the best assistant for the job. The site is free to buyers; DoMyStuff.com keeps a percentage of the assistant’s winning bid. <http://www.domystuff.com/>