Vitamin D May Prevent Flu and Asthma

The AJCN just published a new controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of vitamin D supplements on flu and asthma ( 1 ). Dr. Hiroyuki ...

Greenwich Tea Time

Watch out if you're ever in a car with me and you haven't been driven across Blackheath before. The chances are I will suddenly hang...

A False Dichotomy

In the discussion section of the last post, the eternal argument about non-industrial people arose: were their lives (a) "nasty, brutis...

Start a Brush-up Course in Your Salon

(Click on images for full-size.) Source: American Hairdresser, November 1942 I love the first pic with 2 brushes.

Where's That Then? No 15

I used to visit this town often, but can't honestly remember this market place. I know there's a propensity to radically alter town ...

The Paleolithic Mind

I went to a meditation retreat this week with the Red Cedar Zen community in Bellingham. It was a good experience. Staring at a wall from...

Do You Neck?

(Click on image for a larger version.) Source: How to Find Your Man by Joe Bonomo, 1954 When I was buying makeup for my wedding, the woman w...

Long Trim

(Images link to full size versions.) Source: Practice and Science of Standard Barbering, ⓒ 1938-1958

What to do when your house floods: A real-life preparedness tale

For Christy of Arlington, Va., one late night last April was especially memorable. Awaking unexpectedly in the middle of the night, Christy ...