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Easter Eggs . . . All Over The Floor

When I was a kid, we would always go to my grandma’s house and paint Easter eggs. Grams would have a big pile of hard-boiled eggs set up for us. Then we would get these Crayola, water-color sets to paint the eggs. We would dye them funky colors, like pink, orange, bright blue, and yellow....

This Is As Bad For Your Health As Smoking A Pack A Day.

Over the last few decades, the dangers of smoking have been firmly established. Smoking causes lung cancer, and heart disease. Not only that, but second-hand smoke can be almost as bad. That is why cities and states have banned smoking indoors, and spent literally billions of dollars on anti-smoking campaigns. But there is something else...

How To Keep Your Kids From Getting Allergies

Allergies are on the rise! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from 1997 to 2011, food and skin allergies increased in children under the age of 18. Not only that, but allergy complaints among everyone else also grew MASSIVELY over the same time. There are lots of theories about why this is...

How Washing Hands Spread The Bubonic Plague

I was listening to the radio, and I heard a VEEERYYYY INTERESTING theory. The speaker was saying that, during the Middle Ages, the people that were hardest hit were NOT the poor people. It was the rich who lived in cleanliness, and used what was (at the time) the best sanitary practices. Why? Because the...

Sometimes Life Poops On Your Car.

I have magical powers. I can make it rain. Not in the rain dance way. Or the throwing dollar bills way. Or seeding clouds with one of those old timey planes from the World War I. But I can predictably, and reliably make it rain. How? What is my secret? Can I solve droughts around...

Police Rescue Squirrel from Manhole Cover

Think you’ve packed on some pounds over the holidays that you STILL can’t get rid of? We’ve all had that problem. But, sometimes, it’s worse for some than others. And this little guy had it worst than most. At least he had the police looking out for him? Who’s looking out for your health? Just...

The Missing Link?

There’s something missing. Not only in our lives. But in society. We can all see it. People spending hours and hours in front of a screen. Waistlines getting bigger. People getting sicker. Lives getting shorter. But while it is clear that there is something missing in our society, it’s also becoming clearer what that thing...

Thin Bones?

A major problem for people as they get older is thinning bones. As we age, our bones become less dense as we lose calcium. This makes us more susceptible to broken bones if we have accidents. When it gets really bad, it is called osteoporosis. It is especially dangerous for women over 60. But it...

My Aunt’s Sticky Fingers

I love my aunt. And my aunt loves to cook. She likes to make meatloaf, with lots of ketchup. I hate ketchup So she makes it without ketchup. She also loves to make chocolate chip cookies, with lots of almonds. I hate almonds. So she makes them without almonds. She loves to make chicken cordon...

What are YOU Breathing In?

We breathe much more than we eat or drink. But do you ever put as much thought into what you put into your lungs as what you put into your stomach? All day long, we breathe in millions of micro-pollutants, without even knowing it. And, while we probably think of air pollution as the air...