There's an old saying that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." I'm not exactly sure where it originated, but the axiom points to the idea that regular doses of something small can contribute to a bigger gain. Besides the better known activities that we should do regularly for our physical health such as exercise and eating right, there are also a lot of things we can do for our mind and our soul. And wouldn't you know it, we can turn to the Internet for our daily dose.

For those of us who gather inspiration for the wise words of others, there are several "quote of the day" websites available. Check out www.quotationspage.com/qotd.html for a set of four daily quotations including convenient buttons for e-mailing and getting more detailed information on each entry. Another site for quotes you could visit is brainyquote.com, which includes quotations categorized by topic, author name and author type (such as athlete, inventor or writer). I found the brainyquote site when looking to add content to my Yahoo! my.yahoo.com personal page.

If quotations are not your thing and you're looking for a way to enrich your vocabulary, you could try reference.com's "word of the day" found at dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday. Here you'll find regular words and definitions ready to make your conversations sparkle with a roseate shine (roseate was Saturday's word). There are several other sites that offer daily words as well such as the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster. A simple Google search for "word of the day" will lead you to many others including words in languages other than English.

Are you interested in setting up a more historic routine? You could check out one of many "today in history" sites. Sympatico provides one such page at www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day which includes headlines from both Canadian and world events. The Wikipedia.org English main page also has an "On this day..." section with links leading to more detailed pages on each topic. The History Channel usually has a video clip covering one historic event in history. Visit www.history.com/tdih.do, but be sure to turn your computer's volume down, as the commercials you need to watch first can be loud! Look for links at the left side of the page for many more newsworthy items that happened on the day as well.

Maybe you have a fascination with celebrity? The Internet Movie Database has a huge listing of births, deaths and marriages for any given day. Did you know that Alice Cooper just turned 59 and it's been 20 years since Liberace has died? Visit www.imdb.com/OnThisDay for all the details. For the musically inclined, Billboard has a "This day in music" at the address billboard.com/bbcom/thisday/index.jsp.

There are a tonne of other options for you if you're looking for your daily filling of information. Try a quick Internet search for any of "verse of the day", "how to of the day", "sound of the day", or "joke of the day" and you'll find yourself with a wealth of motivation, instruction, trivia and what have you. Remember, many sites mentioned include convenient web feeds or features to have their daily tidbits e-mailed to you, so it can be even easier to stay informed. Maybe your newfound hunger for regular information will encourage you to create your own web feed to satisfy the world's appetite for your own unique brand of information or trivia.