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How Do You Rebuild Trust

June 22, 2010

Faith and trust are such delicate things. Once broken or damaged they are not easily repaired. Just as a dog that bites you is always going to be suspect, when an organization that you turn to for help lets you down you will have a hard time trusting it ever again.
I was thinking about that [...]

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44oz Super Big Gulp. Is Anyone Really Ever That Thirsty!

March 18, 2010

There is nothing better, more refreshing than a cold drink on a hot day. For me, after a tough workout a glass of cool, clear water is perfect. But only because my gym doesn’t sell beer! Other people turn to other beverages. And one that I came across the other day is not just a [...]

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Why Being a Civil Servant is a Class 3 Protected Substance!

February 16, 2010

I’ve had some really boring jobs in my life. I remember one time I was temping at the corporate offices of a supermarket chain. It was pretty menial, mindless clerical work but I sat outside the office of the man responsible for buying tissues and toilet paper for all the stores.
One day a salesman came [...]

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A Message of Hope

January 25, 2010

Sometimes when you watch the news or just see what is happening all around you it’s easy to get a tad gloomy about the prospects for the world. War, famine, murder, disaster, corruption. It’s misery on a grand scale and you look around at the next generation and wonder if they are capable of making [...]

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Sticks & Stones etc – But Names Might Hurt You After All!

January 18, 2010

Some people call their kids the weirdest names. I remember reading about a family in Scotland, the McCann’s, who called their son Genghis. It was probably funny for about five minutes before it left him scarred for life. Pop star Bob Geldoff called his daughter Fifi Trixiebelle! Now there’s a gal who is in for a lot of therapy. [...]

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Mystic Medicine Marvels – and Other News

November 19, 2009

Did you hear about the Buddhist who went to the dentist to have a tooth removed. When the dentist offered him Novocain he said no, because he wanted to transcend dental medication.
I love a good pun. Actually, come to think of it I love a bad pun, particularly when it gets me rather neatly into [...]

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Can I Have Your Body When You Are Done With It!

November 17, 2009

When I die I am going to donate my body to science.  I figure that after many years as a journalist specializing in health, and now working for a hospital, that I have made a good living out of medicine and so should give something back – even if it is my discarded old carcass.
I [...]

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Wash Your Hands – Or Die!

October 29, 2009

Ever wonder how doctors discovered that washing your hands was one of the best and simplest methods of protecting yourself and others from germs? You had to ask didn’t you. You might want to look away at this point.
It began in Vienna 150 years ago (doesn’t that sound like the start of a fairy tale!) [...]

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