Including me. Sorry all, I will be back when I’m better. In the meanwhile, check out the blogs in the blogroll and/or click on the Oracle in the sidebar to get to a random post on this blog. c u l8r! P.S. I have no idea why this blog went from an average of 400 […]
July 30, 2007
There are many reasons to blog: keeping in touch with friends, sharing your expertise, publishing your own stories without waiting for the publishing world’s permission, or chronicling your own journey, whether metaphorical or geographical. Those fighting chronic illnesses have many compelling reasons to blog. They can trace their reactions to different treatments, get their feelings […]
July 26, 2007
Here’s an intriguing article from the Times of London, the alcohol diary of a columnist who thought: Oh hey, I’m getting on, maybe I should start cutting down, just in case, you know. Then he found out how much he really had been drinking, day in and day out. Not a pretty picture: I had […]
July 9, 2007
Now, this is interesting…but also a bit of a well duh. According to a study released by the Social Issues Research Centre in Oxford, sites that load slowly and are hard to navigate caused classic signs of stress including sweating and an increase in heart rate. Now, theoretically this means you could get your aerobic […]
July 4, 2007
We’ve covered resting heart rates, and you already know that when you work out, your heart rate increases. And you also know that when your heart rate increases too much, you need to slow it down. But what you may not know is, just exactly how hard your heart should be working in order for […]
June 20, 2007
This is heartlessly stolen from the late Caroline Knapp‘s brilliant and beautiful book on alcoholism, Drinking, A Love Story. (ebook for purchase here; sample chapter here). Whether or not you’re an alcoholic, you’re a human being and this book is a work of art and a work of true insight into human nature. It is […]
June 12, 2007
You can’t beat free when it comes to pricing out your resource options. Here (for the next 30 days) is a graphic representation of what happens to your body if you quit smoking right now, as a print-quality PDF file you can have Kinko’s or whoever print up and even laminate if you want. If, […]
June 4, 2007
Well, maybe air is boring-er, but not by much. I’m talking about water. You need it, a body’s gotta have it, but good lord in heaven is it dull stuff. And I dunno about your bathroom, but mine just isn’t such a fabulous oasis of delights that I care to spend half my day in […]
August 28, 2007
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