Glean: (verb) to col­lect or gather any­thing lit­tle by lit­tle or slowly. I glean the web, gathering bits of information, links, photos and quotes. Here are some bits that I gleaned. Enjoy!

» How To Sleep Well Every Night – How To Relax Every Day from Pzizz : I love this kind of stuff. I listen to deep sleep sounds at night. This one looks pretty cool.

» Nursery Design from Serenea and Lily: I saw this paper crane instillation over a crib at Design Mom. So sweet. Now, I’m trying to brainstorm other cute lightweight ideas for a whimsical instillation over the crib (out of reach, of course) for Sprout. Any one have any ideas? Stars? Flying monkeys!? Paper airplanes?

» Some may face penalty for shunning health insurance from CNN.com: I don’t want to get deep into political commentary. I think the bill is perhaps a beginning; however, there are a few things that I don’t agree with. The more complicated tax code, for one. And this penalty for another. I think we should have the right to choose health coverage or not. I went without health coverage for about 10 years and it was much less expensive for me as a healthy person to pay for my health care out of pocket than to purchase over-priced, under-delivered coverage I didn’t need. But that was just my experience. I don’t think the government should regulate my health care payment choices. If I have the cash, let me pay cash.

In fact, I think the health care industry would only be improved by removing the need for insurance coverage all together. Perhaps with a better pricing structure, or financing options, or charity funds? Then we wouldn’t have a middleman more interested in making a profit than patient care between us and our health care needs. Legislating a middleman between me and my doctor is a bad idea.

» High-fructose corn syrup linked to obesity from Kottke:

“Researchers at Princeton have shown that if you keep the number of calories the same, rats eating high-fructose corn syrup “gained significantly more weight” than rats who ate table sugar.”

Are we surprised? The research also suggests sugar addiction has a similar effect on the brain as drug addiction.

All images and links have been found and collected from the internet as inspiration for those viewing. Copyright still belongs to the owner or creator of each work. I don’t receive any financial benefit from posting them.