28 April 2010
26 April 2010
Where's the Art?
I keep putting off posting my creative attempts with colored pencel. One of these days. Now my excuse is an upcoming family visit.
25 April 2010
23 April 2010
15 April 2010
BBC News - New species of nose-dwelling leech discovered
via news.bbc.co.uk
A little something for those planning a trip to Peru. We swam in the Amazon several times but I don't think we are playing host to these little beauties.
States woo California dairymen with less regulation - Yahoo! News
via news.yahoo.com
Dairy farmers flee California due to regulations? Great. Now they can release all the methane produced by their herds and feed GMO corn to the cattle. (No mention of pasturing their herds.) Nice. Thank you to all the dairy farmers who don't care about the environment or the quality of their dairy products. There is a cost for doing things the right way. Don't know if I want to drink milk from Iowa.
14 April 2010
08 April 2010
Several of my online friends have mentioned suffering from sinus and/or allergy discomfort. I have suggested they use a neti pot...
Several of my online friends have mentioned suffering from sinus and/or allergy discomfort. I have suggested they use a neti pot. What is a neti pot? How does it work? Please see attached article. (Do Neti Pots Really Work? http://ow.ly/1wgzF.) I have been putting off commenting on the neti pot but now that it is becoming more main stream I will spout forth. Long ago I witnessed my great grandmother irrigating her nasal cavities with a bulb and it freaked me out. What was she doing? To the future. I have suffered "hay fever" for years. Three years ago I started popping a generic 10mg Loratadine every day, dreading adding an unnecessary pharmaceutical concoction to my body. With the coaxing of my son and daughter-in-law, a year ago I reluctantly tried a neti pot. After several days I became used to the sensation and now use it every night. I have not taken a Loratadine since. If I do wake up sneezing or stuffy (rarely), I neti pot again. One may overcome allergies by living in an area over a period of time. Either I have grown accustomed to the endemic pollens, etc. or the neti pot really works for me. This is the neti pot I use. (NeilMed Pharmaceuticals http://ow.ly/1wfwn.) It is plastic so it won't break when dropped. Once the provided saline solution was used up I began using about a half teaspoon of Kosher salt per pot. If you are a swimmer, the sensation should not be any thing at all. Most of it is psychological. I hope this first-hand account helps those out there that haven't tried a neti pot.
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