November 28, 2009 – 1:35 pm
26-year-old John Jones died last Thursday after being stuck for nearly 28 hours in Nutty Putty Cave, a popular spelunking site to the south of Salt Lake City. Jones was a medical student, husband and the father of a 13-month-old girl. Nutty Putty Cave is a formidable 1,500 foot cave which outdoor enthusiasts began exploring [...]
October 15, 2009 – 5:22 pm
Sometimes you’ve just got to do more organically than Western society would want you to. No, I don’t mean nutritionally. I mean spontaneously, without bureaucracy and licensing and legal prep. Organic has so many meanings…and this is the abridged story of Kirsten Hoppe, who organically sells organic soup. Illegally. In San Francisco. (Yes, some things [...]
Rodale Inc. today announced support of a new community garden and playground at New York City’s P.S. 19, the nation’s largest elementary school, located in Corona Queens. Previously a cracked asphalt lot, the new $1 million P.S. 19 Community Playground was developed by the Trust for Public Land (TPL) in partnership with New York City [...]
No, this is not a statement about the up and coming Durban 2 summit in Switzerland but an advertisement for beds and bedding. Take a closer look
Ain’t nature grand ! Happy Easter !
March 17, 2009 – 11:35 am
Instructions for properly hugging a baby: 1. First, uh, find a baby… 2. Second, be sure that the object you found was indeed a baby by employing classic sniffing techniques. 3. Next you will need to flatten the baby before actually beginning the hugging process. 4. The ‘paw slide’: Simply slide paws around baby and [...]
March 16, 2009 – 12:32 pm
On an island in the sun, we’ll be playing, having fun. It’s time to prep up your spring vacation. Where are you going this year? I would love to hear your feedback and suggestions.
February 22, 2009 – 10:20 am
A recent research done in Amsterdam found that Propranolol, usually known as a beta-blocker (a type of medicine that serves heart patients), is also blocking fearful reactions in test subjects who had been exposed to fearful stimuli. To be more precise, test subjects where shown pictures of spiders while being simultaneously shocked, thereby creating an [...]
February 12, 2009 – 11:31 am
Afghanistan is a nation at war. Yet this Asian country holds the beauty secrets of the desert. The BBC is featuring a sideshow of pictures, now on display at the Royal Geographical Society in London. The rare pictures depict Afghanistan in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Mind-boggling!
February 2, 2009 – 10:15 am
There are four basic blood types in the world: Blood Type A, Blood Type B, Blood Type AB, and Blood Type O (which is the opposite of AB). Tracing back the genetic variations that have caused this diversity is a fascinating anthropological mission. The Palomar Community College of California posted staggering maps, which visualize the [...]
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