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Barefoot Running: Natural and Healthy or plumb foolish?

Running shoes have come a long way in the latest few decades. We've come to believe we need them to compensate for biomechanical flaws. Of course the shoe companies love this. Now we have shoes that look...

3 comments    shoes running mexico
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Grey Water in the Land of Oz

My family has been living in Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria for a few weeks.  It's the middle of winter here (July), and Melbourne is a coastal city.  It is about as far south as you can go...

4 comments    environment drought scarcity
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Your LDL cholesterol reading may be 40 points off

As you are probably aware, cholesterol is neither good nor bad. There is the "good" or high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and the "bad" or low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Given that...

9 comments    cholesterol prevention ldl
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Ask for a detailed drug plan before having surgery

If you have been reading my hubs you know that earlier this year I had a huge polyp removed from the transverse colon. My TMI Tatoo and Piercing hubs describe the experience. I was told my only option...

8 comments    depression drugs surgery
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Want a colon cleanse? Get a colonoscopy!

Are you plagued with any health problems at all? The latest craze seems to be that the colon is the base for almost all problems and that all we have to do is cleanse it and our tummies will be flatter, we...

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Floaters and Sinkers and Meth, Oh My!

I sort of got tired of fart jokes in about 8th grade, and went on to think about grander things and leave digestion to do it's work autonomously. Recent digestive health issues, however, caused me to do...

1 comment    fat surgery gas
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Body piercing comes FREE with colon surgery!!

continued from Part I... When I woke up from my operation I had another surprise.  Stitches are no longer in vogue.  The latest thing is staples and I had a dozen or so of them in my belly.  At right is...

20 comments    tattoo hospital body piercing
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I got a TATTOO where the sun dont shine: maybe you should too?

You read it right.  Make no mistake about it.  I did indeed get a tattoo in the place where the sun never shines.  Yeah.  That one.   Tattoos are meant to be seen, so why in the world would anyone get a...

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How to create cartoons even if you can't draw

Do you have a slew of great punchlines welling up inside you but can't draw? Do you have statements you want to make but need a "sock puppet" to say them for you? Do you like messing around on the...

14 comments    creative cartoon comics
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We play Debussy's Clarinet Rhapsody for you

I uploaded this track of my son Connor and I playing Debussy's Clarinet Rhapsody a couple of years ago. It's far from perfect -- we were both a little rusty. Hope you like it! For a single click experience...

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