Category Archives: Health and wellness

Emotional Stress Alters Heart Function, Ups Heart Disease Risk By Daniel J. DeNoonWebMD Medical News Sept. 20, 2007 — Here’s a health fact most of us understand better than our doctors do: Emotional stress really can harm our hearts. Intense … Continue reading →

Two things precipitated this post. First, my five year old computer is DOA. The onboard video chip just stopped working. I thought it was the video card but the Blue Screen of Death should have been enough for me to … Continue reading →

As reported on Sheldon Brown’s site,   We all know that there are lots of different pills available to the athelete with various "performance enhancers." Some of them work, but are illegal. Others are legal, but don’t work very well. … Continue reading →

After an exhaustive review of the research literature, here’s the final word on nutrition and health for those in the United States of America: Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us. Mexicans eat a lot … Continue reading →

Robert J. Samuelson of Newsweek writes: "I have always liked commas, but I seem to be in a shrinking minority. The comma is in retreat, though it is not yet extinct. In text messages and e-mails, commas appear infrequently, and then … Continue reading →

TED.com presents Carl Honore (thanks for the pointer Eolake): Speed, notes journalist and author Carl Honore, has become a combining form: speed dialing, speed reading, speed walking, even speed dating. Modern life is stuck on fast-forward to such an extent, … Continue reading →

Paul and Lynne invited us to take a tour to Port Townsend to go to a 3 hour chocolate tasting class. Half the fun was being with our friends and enjoying the ferry rides to the venue. Here is from right … Continue reading →

From one of my newly discovered fav blogs, GapingVoid.com. "So you want to be more creative, in art, in business, whatever. Here are some tips that have worked for me over the years: 1. Ignore everybody. 2. The idea doesn’t … Continue reading →

Josh Ledgard is a bicycle riding friend of mine and the third friend to be hit by a car in three years. One ended up in an emergency room for a week touch and go, the other two were able … Continue reading →

 Many of you know the famous Dove soap campaign. If you’ve not seen it, the film is kinda, well actually, majorly disturbing on a couple of levels. YouTube has excellent parody of the Dove Campaign that is closer to true life. … Continue reading →