Scottish Doctor, author, speaker, sceptic. Books by Dr Malcolm Kendrick. Last week a paper was published suggesting that excess lead was responsible for as many deaths as smoking. So, there you go, it turns out I was right. Yes, yes, I know, Nobel prize on the way. Oh well, you live and learn. Turns out that chelation actually works. The second thing about the latest paper demon.

Life in the Boomer Lane. Musings of a former hula hoop champion. Older Men, Younger Women Update. I found out about a month ago that a woman, J, who, throughout most of high school and college, was my best friend, was on Hospice care in a nursing home outside of Philadelphia. She was in the final stages of emphysema.

In the Merry, Merry Month of May. 31 May, 2015 by Lucinda. May is truly one of my favourite months of the year. On the tipping point between seasons we have the last of the spring greens along with the first summer flowers and there are always lots of wonderful things to gather.

What is this teaching? June 1, 2015. There is no longer an exclusive entity that says I am this or I am that. How is one to achieve such a peaceful state? It is achieved like anything else in this life-devotion. Unwavering commitment to the question who am I in spite of thought and the body? Where do I start? .

Of which I am one, although it has been a long time now. Some are really okay, and some are effing awful. And I have had a bit too much of the latter kind of late. Not that it matters all that much to me personally. I am an old hand at that game. Mind you, I do have a bit of a plum in my mouth. He is well educated, and erudite and with the same ghastly plum, .

Keep calm and thrift on! Who are the Thrifty Divas? December 1, 2016. My daughter always goes for her stocking on Christmas morning before she opens her big gifts.

An advocacy group for feminist mothers in Irish theatre promoting family friendly arts practice. Our group started by a simple cup of coffee and an opportunity to connect with other Mothers Artists Makers. We are now 230 members nationally and internationally and growing. We were inspired by the Waking The Feminists. Movement and the stand made by Tara Derrington at the November 2015 meeting.

The Vapers Code of Ethics and Vapism. So is there such thing as Vapism? I suppose there is to those who have had the bad vaper experience. Stealth vaping is taking a smaller drag, lower power, etc and holding it in after a double inhale. The vapor dissipates in your lungs and the exhale, if you did it right looks like nothing at all.