Chinese Antique Dining Room Furniture

Decorating With Antique Chinese Dining Room Furniture The walls of the dining room are painted a warm mustard colour to offset the burgundy ...

Hyperphagia

One of the things I didn't mention in the last post is that Americans are eating more calories than ever before. According to Centers f...

Bould Statement

Last week I showed you Bould's now extinct garage in Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, and promised that I might show you Bould's yard...

Get Ready Mailbag: Healthy commuting

Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions from our readers. Have a question you want an...

Media Misinterpretations

The New York Times just published an article called " The Overflowing American Dinner Plate ", in which they describe changes in t...

Watch Out, There's a Hassock About!

We now know, thanks to Gordon and his chums, that we mustn't smoke in church. Damn, I always loved a Park Drive during the Nunc Dimitti...

Life Expectancy and Growth of Paleolithic vs. Neolithic Humans

If paleolithic people were healthier than us due to their hunter-gatherer lifestyle, why did they have a shorter life expectancy than we do ...

King Poison

The recent talk of suspicious things growing out of trees had me reaching for Poisonous Fungi by John Ramsbottom. Illustrated by Rose Ellen...

Hunting

Like 99.9% of the world's population, I am mostly dependent on agriculture for my food. It's fun to pretend sometimes though. I en...