For the Wartime Bride!

(Click on the images to see larger versions.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, June 1942

Casual Curves

(Click on the images to view them better.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, February 1968

PBS presents Big Hair Moments

Big Hair Moments  is an entertaining piece on hair history that includes the first permanent and the bob. 

How prepared is your state?

Today's guest blog entry is by Jeff Levi, PhD, executive director of Trust for America's Health . People often say events like Hurri...

Sleeping Beauty

Searching for different viewpoints of the Midland Railway Water Point (see below), I came across the Camley Street Natural Park. Built on th...

Railway Echo No 10

Slowing up into St.Pancras station yesterday morning, I looked beyond the passengers gathering-up coats, lap-tops and Metro newspapers to se...

The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: Dental Health

I'm always on the lookout for studies that can confirm or deny the information in Nutrition and Physical Degeneration . Traveling aroun...

The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: Background and Overview

Tokelau's troubles began in 1765 with its 'discovery' by British commodore John Byron. Traditionally, residents of the three sma...

Message From The Skies

Starlings do many amazing things. Quite apart from their uncanny gift for mimicry- mobile phones, police car klaxons and even long forgotten...

More on Hydrogenated Fat

I stumbled on an interesting history of hydrogenated vegetable oil on the website Soy Info Center . It turns out, margarine was made out o...

Donating blood: A New Year’s resolution you can keep

Find a new job. Eat healthier. Get fit. Tired of making — and not keeping — the same old New Year's resolutions? Here's one to consi...

Pneumatic New Year

Not getting out much at the moment, as you can see. My shirts have been out on the washing line for two days now, stiff with ice like cardbo...

Ideas for Bedroom Decoration

Black and White All Over Black and white is a popular contemporary decorating trend. This black-and-white duo is both flirty and sophistica...

Butter, Margarine and Heart Disease

Shortly after World War II, margarine replaced butter in the U.S. food supply. Margarine consumption exceeded butter in the 1950s. By 1975...

High school students: Get set, get prepared and enter to win a $500 Get Ready Scholarship

It's pop quiz time again here at Get Ready headquarters, so take out those earbuds and listen up. Today's topic? U.S. teens. Q: Whi...

The Fundamentals

I heard an interview of Michael Pollan yesterday on Talk of the Nation . He made some important points about nutrition that bear repeating....

Custard Christmas

This is Bird's back cover advertisement from the Britannia and Eve magazine, Christmas 1946 issue. It makes its appearance to wish all m...

Adrift in the Coffee Shop

This book was a favourite of myself and my two brothers. We continually passed it around like a naughty magazine, serial reading of what was...

ideas for Open-Plan Decoration

Vibrant open-plan living room Make your living room an extension of the outdoors with clever use of vibrant textures, fabrics, plants and et...

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Portable Generators

The graphic posted on this blog post shows the proper placement of a portable gasoline-powered generator. The photos on the 12/14/08 blog po...

Hark The Herald Angels Sneeze

It's that time of year when we drop th e children off at school early, leaving them aeroplaning round the playground with arms outstretc...

Googling for flu may be good for you

Haven't we all done it? Felt sick, typed in our symptoms and searched online, attempting to diagnose ourselves before seeing the doctor?...