Monthly Archives: September 2009

Stealth Germs In Your Body

How hidden germs may cause more illnesses than we currently believe, and how some disease is caused by our normal flora getting into areas they shouldn’t, and how antibiotic treatment can affect the natural bacterial balance of one’s body Continue reading

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It Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time

A memoir of a food writer’s life with some recipes Continue reading

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Book Review: Even Money by Dick and Felix Francis

Dick and Felix Francis’ latest novel Even Money Continue reading

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Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth

A funny and scathingly accurate picture of the pressure on women “of a certain age” to look younger, and all the approaches, tricks and sales pitches they endure to shave years off of how old other people think they are. Continue reading

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Our Daily Meds : How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs

Our Daily Meds is a book which categorizes all the modern marketing that Big Pharma uses on all levels of the public to get them to buy their products. While Big Pharma says their largest cost is Research and Development, it’s actually Sales and Marketing that takes the bulk of their budgets Continue reading

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The Cost of Bad Behavior : How Incivility is Damaging Your Business and What to Do About It.

The cost of bad behavior amongst employees, customers, and bosses, and how much it really costs a business in lost time, wages and productivity. Continue reading

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The Shameless Carnivore : A Manifesto for Meat Lovers

A book covering the moral, and ethical concerns over eating meat. As well as the author’s attempt to eat thirty one meats in thirty one days, and to eat all of the parts of a cow that the USDA considers fit for human consumption Continue reading

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My Continuing Struggle Learning WordPress Or Why Some Posts Are Coming Online Before They Should.

Why my posts are off timed. Continue reading

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Why Manners Matter:The Case For Civilized Behavior in a Barbarous World

Why good manners matter more as society gets more and more complex and people get more and more stressed.They also help impress one’s superiors as well Continue reading

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500 ESSENTIAL ANIME MOVIES:The ULTIMATE GUIDE

A guide to the 500 Anime movies every otaku should see, along with anyone who’s just discovered anime. Ms McCarty covers almost every genre of anime imaginable. Continue reading

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