Butter vs. Margarine

I came across an interesting  study the other day, courtesy of Dr. John Briffa's blog . It's titled "Margarine Intake and Sub...

Christmas and Berries

Little Dreamer

Find The Fault No 44

Apologies for that break in transmission. Candles and whiffs of steam are intermittently available, so I'm typing very quickly before th...

They Go Together

(Click on the images for full size versions.) Source: American Hairdresser, April 1943

Christmas Tree Decorations

And What did you get for Christmas?

Vintage Christmas

Find The Fault, I Wish Somebody Would

Only Daughter speaking. Intergalactic radio waves failing to get into Father's village. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possib...

Birds and Winter

A Little Hiatus

I'm going to a conference next week, followed by a little vacation. I've written two posts that will publish automatically while I...

Housing Not Admitting To Their Mistakes

I found an article in the Toronto Star about Al Gosling that was very disturbing (the article and link are pasted below). How unkind can on...

Birds and Christmas

Christmas Girl

An Album of Hair-dos for Spring

(Click on images to enlarge.) Source: Dell 1000 Hints - Your Hairdo, January 1958

Total Ankle Replacement with No Metal

Newswise — Patients suffering from severe arthritis now have an option for total ankle replacement that offers increased mobility and pain r...

The business of flu: What can employers do to prepare?

Flu season is officially here, and that means more coughing, sneezing and runny noses, both at home and in the workplace. (Germy keyboards a...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part IV

There are three periods during the development of the face and jaws that are uniquely sensitive to environmental influences such as nutritio...

Chain Saw Reaction

Elsewhere on this blog I have drawn attention to the remarkable history of Scots Pines in the landscape . The tree here is opposite my home,...

Skin problems

Skin problems are very common. Some stem from the natural processes that occur in your body as you develop into an adult. Others are caused ...

Kidney Stones

Kidney Stones If I have a Kidney stone when should I call a doctor? If you have a kidney stone, you may already know how painful it can be. ...

Health is Your Greatest Asset

If you are like many people who take the entrepreneurial plunge, you do so most successfully when you are approaching or entering into middl...

Swine Flu Symptoms

Swine flu symptoms in children and adults. The swine flu patients is increasing enormously throughout the world, through electronic media ev...

Find The Fault No 43

First, an apology for the quality of the picture. That's not the fault, honest, it's just that my scanner has now decided to do ever...

That Added Touch and Top to Toe Accents

(Click on image for a larger version.) Source: How to Find Your Man by Joe Bonomo, 1954

Creature Feature No 7

I promised more from Carters Steam Fair, and these wooden horses do the trick. One of the now rare places where genuine popular art can stil...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part III

Normal Human Occlusion In 1967, a team of geneticists and anthropologists published an extensive study of a population of Brazilian hunter...

“Extra! Extra! Come and get your H1N1 flu vaccine!” So will you or won’t you?

You’d think that after months of headlines, newscasts and health warnings, Americans would be more than eager to be first in line for the ne...

Model Vision

I am reminded of illustrator Tony Meeuwissen , who this month has a restrospective at the Museum in The Park in Stroud, Gloucestershire, w...

Cupid's Bow

"With the proper use of lipstick you can give yourself any mouth that fits your face." (Click on image for a larger version.) Sour...

Find The Fault No 42

A lonely double-decker bus plies through the countryside. Probably lost by the look of it. That ground clearance is going to be a bit of a p...