... you might have warned me not to do as a kid. Or maybe not.

On Saturday, the day of sunshine and 40 degrees, I was itching to get my bike out of the garage and to go for a ride. So, out it came with a flat tire I swear it didn't have the last time I rode it, probably in October. No matter.

I pumped up that tire and rode out the driveway, quickly accelerating through my gears until- whoa- I felt that wind chill. Now isn't that interesting? At slow speed, with no wind and bright sun, it felt great to ride, but at speed greater than 10 mph, the windchill was a bit too much for me. So, I decided to take a low-speed ride instead, across Lake Wingra.

Does it seem like your kids are snacking all the time? A new study suggests most children eat three snacks a day on top of their regular meals, saying children snack so often, they're moving "toward constant eating."

The study, done by researchers at the University of North Carolina, says more than 27 percent of the calories kids take in each day come from snacks. And we're not talking healthy snacks either. According to the researchers, most of the stuff kids are eating is junk--like salty snacks and candy.  And kids today are eating 113 more calories a day than they were back in 1977.

Do you think that has something to do with the latest trends of childhood obesity?

Hopefully after a year or so in the recession, you've learned some ways to cut back. 

Not that I'm a big fan of Cosmo magazine, but they had some interesting suggestions on ways to save even more.  I don't think I need any tights, but its good to know there's a way to save on them.

Hawaii is the happiest state in the union..according to a new survey...and Wisconsin needs to get its smile on if it wants to move up in the rankings.

The new findings come from something called the Gallup Healthways Well-being Index, in which 350-thousand people were interviewed, with averages given in categories including life evaluation, healthy behaviors (do they smoke or drink?),  work environment, physical health, and access to health care. Hawaii and Utah top the list, but Wisconsin's neighbors of Minnesota and Iowa make the top five. Wisconsin comes in at number 27, with a 66.0% average in all those categories.

It might be interesting to note that the average in the happiest state (Hawaii) is 70.2, and the lowest state, West Virginia, comes in at 60.5 percent. So what this really says..is we're really all somewhere in the middle, and that everybody could probably use a happiness booster shot!

It’s not easy to land your dream job, and you’ve got to start somewhere. We’ve all been in the same position — getting the coffee and bagel order in the morning, filing, copying, and answering more phone calls than you ever thought possible. But, as you begin your career with an internship or entry level position, you welcome these daily challenges in the hopes that it will lead to something bigger and better in the field that you love.

Would you do this?

There's a new website called Failin.gs, still in developement, that will allow you to solicit your friends' opinions of you, provided in an anonymous forum. The point of it is to generate true critical feedback, for those who really want it, in a personality-neutral environment.

That is, all of the comments will be anonymous, though a security system will ensure that only people who know you (by virtue of knowing some fact about yourself that you choose) can make comments about you. The premise is that if people can anonymously comment on your value as a person, they will do so with complete honesty for the sole purpose of helping you to be a better person. What could possibly go wrong?