Don’t follow sensationist medical stories designed to get you to click!

Don’t follow sensationist medical stories designed to get you to click!

I knew that it could destroy your liver if you overdosed, but inducing risk-taking behavior is something disturbing. Alain R. There are way too many caveats for this article’s claims to be understood as 100% proven (which is why I’m not advertising the article’s sensationalist title. It is merely indicative research, and the paper highlights…

Trollish

Trollish

… and factually incorrect. Many languages have three genders. I suggest the troll read up on linguistic genders or otherwise they will risk getting in a gender-flap, and we wouldn’t want that now, would we? Or perhaps bigotted ignorance is just bliss?

An astonishing distinct lack of empathy on FB! Or not!

An astonishing distinct lack of empathy on FB! Or not!

Sharing this story from Tobie Openshaw’s wall. Many wall commenters elsewhere on this story seem to show an astonishing distinct lack of empathy. Czech couple rescued by helicopter from Taiwan’s Taroko Gorge | Taiwan News | Nov. 1, 2024 17:29 I’m glad the couple are well, too many mountaineers die in Taiwan’s mountains, … I’m…

Aberdeen 2025 Calendar

Aberdeen 2025 Calendar

I have very mixed feelings about Aberdeen… and yet, when we were there, it was lovely. I just don’t enjoy the gray granite buildings which predominate in this low-lying city. But my Mom grew up there, and my Dad lived there for a long time. It just seemed so parochial compared to Edinburgh where I…

Never do just one job: it’s a dangerous risk in our economic environment

Tonight I was chatting with Christine in the car as we came home after dinner. Through our discussions, I found that I really have been something of a jack of all trades through my life. I’m not sure if this is the result of personal upbringing or experience or is simply a reflection of my…

Asbestos – take care: you may still be at risk!

It’s always a challenge to write about some topics, especially those which I have had no direct relationship with. But, I was researching mesothelioma for this article, when I was astounded how many famous people had actually been affected by this disease, including Steve McQueen who worked in the navy shipyards when he was young. Mesothelioma…