Wow.  Another year of life.  Amazing!  Thank You, God!  I have written some words of reflection incase you all want to read a little bit more: Birthday Reflections So… this year is almost over!  I can’t believe it!  On the fitness front, the Turbulence Training Contest comes to and... 

Everyone likes to search for information about their ailments online. There’s always detailed information all kinds of diseases and conditions. There are also online communities filled with people dealing with similar ailments and illnesses. The BBC reports on a study that found some of this online... 

Above is a frightening photograph of someone with a cold coughing and a thick cloud of cold virus being released and widely dispersed. A technique called Schlieren photography was used by Professor Gary Settles to show how a cough can spread the cold virus through the air. Now you know why the common... 

I cannot share my journal with you at this moment, but I do want to share someone else’s thoughts. This is writen far better than anything that I could write or express, but it describes exactly how I was feeling this morning as I sat outside on my porch, enjoying the rain and just [...]  Read More →

Hello… Vilma Here. I hope you all are doing well. In thinking about what I wanted to say to you all, this being a “Thanksgiving” blog entree and all, I considered the standard message about how Thanksgiving isn’t just a holiday but a lifestyle, and how we ought to be perpetually... 

I haven’t slept much and am running on this 5 hour energy stuff at the moment. Everyone is still sleeping and trying to recover from “Black Thursday” and Black Friday.  Did you know that there was a Cyber Monday? AND I just found out that there is even a “Buy Nothing Day“!! Whew.  My... 

At least on myspace I am. So I’m looking at my myspace home page and I see an advertisement on the top right corner to lose 42 lbs with some diet product.  And then I look at the girl, and I say to myself … “Man, she looks familiar…” So, I look closer and I realize that... 

Google has launched a new service called Google Flu Trends that uses search activity to estimate flu activity in your state. They say it could act as an early warning system for a severe outbreak. So why bother with estimates from aggregated search queries? It turns out that traditional flu surveillance... 

The BBC reports that a new study has found that women harbour more types of bacteria on their hands than men Women have a greater range of different types of bacteria on the palms of their hands than men, US research suggests. The study also found that human hands harbour far higher numbers of bacteria... 

This video from Fox News discusses some of the OTC drugs that help with eye itching and irritation caused by allergies. In the video Dr. Manny says he likes a recent drug called Pataday that treats your eyes. It’s a one drop once-a-day treatment as opposed to other eye allergy drops that need to... 

The American Optometric Association (AOA) is warning consumers about the risks of wearing decorative contact lenses without a prescription from an eye doctor. These non-corrective lenses are especially popular around Halloween. According to the AOA, only a proper medical evaluation from an eye doctor... 

Super lice are real. The nasty little critters have developed immunity and cannot be killed easily with today’s commercial lice killers. MSNBC has an article about super lice. Researchers have been warning for years that head lice in the U.S. and around the world are developing immunity to the...