Lost luggage auction

If you've ever lost anything on a trip, here's your chance at payback. Head to the Miami International Airport's Auction Saturday, beginning at 9:30, and you can bid on all kinds of goodies left behind by other travelers, from cell phones, to laptops, DVD players, jewelry, sporting goods and even a surfboard. Hundreds of unclaimed bags are there. Details here.

Butterfly Days and Free Trees

It's Butterfly Days at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens this weekend. There'll be children's activities, lectures on South Florida butterfly identification, butterfly watching, gardening and more. You also can buy plants that attract butterflies.

You want to get a little extra shade and a little extra fruit in your yard? You can "Adopt-A-Tree" Saturday at the Miami Dade County Auditorium, from 9 am til noon. You can choose two free shade or fruit trees. It's hosted by Miami Dade County's Department of Environmental Resource Management.

Avoiding speeding tickets

Let's face it, we all want to get somewhere faster than we should. But we also don't want to break the law and get a speeding ticket. There are some do's and don't's that might help you stay under the radar when you are going a little faster than you should. Some of the tips include don't lead the pack of fast drivers, stay back. Stay out of the fast lane and avoid a bright colored car. Other tips here.

E-mail helps you Exercise

Want to work out more? Get someone to nag you via email. A study found emails reminding participants to exercise, actually exercised more than those who didn't receive any reminders. However the nagging or reminding has to be more supportive than critical to get results. Read more about it here.

Sly calling

You want to avoid an awkward telephone conversation, then you'll want to use Slydial. This company lets you call directly into someone's voice mail, bypassing a direct chat. You could use it to avoid a date, a pushy co-worker or boss, whatever.

Fishy pedicures

Something's fishy in a Virginia nail salon, where they have fish doing some of the work of their pedicurists. The garra rufa fish nibble on patrons feet, to eat away at dead skin. It's a popular treatment in Turkey and other Asian countries. And it's now gaining followers in the U.S. Check it out here. And the real problem clients can go to the pirhana tank next door!

Hybrid bikes?

We've all heard about hybrid cars, now there are hybrid bikes. They combine battery power with human power to help propel you even farther. It's called "hybrid cycling technology," that can take you up to 70 miles. You can read all about it here. But where do you put your kids? On the handlebars?

Loud music=drinking more

If you head to a bar that plays loud music, you might want to bring along extra cotton... not just for your hearing's sake, but for your purse. Study finds in bars where the music is loud, patrons drink more. You can read more about it here.