Yuval Levin was a staff manager of the Bush-era “President’s Council on Bioethics”, a body widely derided for its almost comically right-wing leanings and gross intellectual malfeasance. Today he steps in it trying to say something all clever and sophisticated about the new authori...

In the first part of this post I discussed why donating to a cancer charity may not be quite the wise investment you first thought. With regards to your health, it’s not my job to tell you what to do, but it is my job to educate you, so you can make an educated choice. I do not necessarily wish fo...

This past week has been a doosy. If it wasn’t one big thing then it was a HUGE thing (or two). On Monday, I left work early because My Lovely and Talented Wife was sick, really sick. I was gone for most of the day and when I came home around 2 or so, she thought I had never left for work. We p...

I enjoy writing about things that I like, and I have been finding it difficult to find things to write about. So instead of doing a group product review on PunkMedics‘ 5 product Vegan sample pack of hair & body products, I’m going to review each product individually. First product up...

You can disregard my iTunes bitching in the last entry. I bit the bullet and transferred some of my music files from my PC to my Mac and my iPod is now loaded properly. More or less. I have waaaaay more CDs I’d like to put on there! I like that [...]...

Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil announced today that other providers are ready to provide care to people who are currently receiving services through Mosaic. Mosaic, a company that provides supportive services to people who have developmental disabilities, will cut most of its services in northea...

You would not BELIEVE all the sugary crap my son got for Valentine’s Day. The first wave came days before Friday, when my in-laws brought my son a dozen mini cupcakes. He had four in the eight hours they were with him and begged for more after they left. Then there was the pre-K Valentine’s par...

Intermittent fasting and calorie restriction are two ways of reducing your calorie intake to obtain health benefits. Intermittant fasting might be accomplished by eating every other day, for example, while calorie restriction means eating every day, but eating less. In both cases, you have to make s...

I went today, and the girl who normally teaches the Tuesday night class wasn’t there, which was kind of sad because she’s really cute! I digress.  Anyways, it was the new release so a new routine that everyone needed to learn, I didn’t go to the release class that was last  Tuesd...

There’s a shockingly disturbing trend I’m seeing in e-mail, on blogs, and in the news.  More and more people are suffering from: Anxiety and Anxiety Attacks Heart Problems Stress Sleeplessness These, when they take a nasty turn, can lead to further health problems, relationship problems...