Lavender oils = bad

I had a suspicion about herbal and tree oil extracts and their lack of real merit for use. Now it looks like it is confirmed, but with potentially dangerous side effects: causing young boys to grow breasts, upsetting hormonal balances and other health oddities.
Lavender and tea tree oils found in some shampoos, soaps and lotions [...]

Gearing up for Vista

Microsoft Vista is soon to be released Tuesday, January 30th but at much reduced fanfare for me. Every Windows upgrade since 3.1 has added extra caution to any enthusiasm I once had for the developing OS. I believe my first bitter taste of how fickle and unruly an upgrade could be was when I transitioned [...]

One button mouse returns

I found a great site called Virtual Apple 2 that has an archive of over 1,100 games and software for the Apple II and IIgs. Amazingly, you can use the online emulator plug-in to run any of them through your browser. IE seems to work better than Firefox for me. Once you get it working, [...]

No spanking, headbutt ok!

Oops, another reason to leave California? Of course you want to jail parents who are real child abusers, but banning spanking in general? How will it be enforced and what constitutes spanking? Sounds like a real bad idea.
SACRAMENTO – California parents would face jail and a fine for spanking their young children under legislation [...]

Half Moon Morning

No whammy! No whammy!

It’s a triple whammy for Woodinville – floods in November, winds in December, and now in January, snow and ice.
Woodinville seems to have been hit harder than other communities.
Some residents say they’ve had enough.
The Woodinville-Duvall Road – a 500-foot incline – was littered with abandoned cars.
As frozen branches hung on power lines, there were again [...]

The Truth About Food

BBC2 is running an informative series on people’s food habits and how the body is affected in various volunteer test environments. Notable segments include How to Feed Your Kids, The Smell Arousal Test and the curious but gross Fart Pants Test.
We took two of our prebiotic-eating horse wranglers and gave them especially designed ‘fart pants’ [...]

No milk for you!

Interesting, I don’t drink milk with my tea but for those that do might want to consider not adding milk if only for the health benefits.
Tea drinkers were urged today to give milk a miss if they want to help their hearts.
Studies have shown that drinking the brew can help protect against cardiovascular disease. But [...]

In Search Of

In the early 80’s, there was a popular TV documentary show called In Search Of, focusing on the paranormal and other weirdness around the world. Hosted by none other than Leonard Nimoy (aka Spock of Star Trek), the search was for the truth or explanation to these mysterious events.
This leads me to my own In [...]