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…and not of the cinnamon variety! Meet the newest addition to the Conway family! Needless to say Jenny and I are absolutely thrilled. Here’s the little one, looking from above. You can see two wee bitty little arms up against its body. The big black circle is its brain (very impressive), and [...]

Do you get a D? I don’t mean a grade, I mean vitamin D - you know the stuff you find in milk? I’m a bit sensitive about vitamin D because I’m lactose intolerant and I just don’t have a lot of dairy in my diet.

Do you get a D? I don’t mean a grade, I mean vitamin D - you know the stuff you find in milk? I’m a bit sensitive about vitamin D because I’m lactose intolerant and I just don’t have a lot of dairy in my diet.

Let’s work on exercising our brains. When I was in school, I had a great teacher for homeroom three years running. Every day, we would arrive in the classroom and there would be a problem on the board. The first thirty minutes of the day was devoted to that problem.

Everyone has an opinion about exercise and weight loss - but what does the vast body of research tell us? How effective is exercise, and is it necessary? Can we at last lay down some rules of thumb - a reality check as it were?
A researcher at the University of Colorado has pored over 70 [...]

Whether you like or dislike Michael Moore, most people can agree that he always seems to ignite some type of controversy.
I recently heard an interview with him as he was promoting his new healthcare documentary â??Sickoâ?. His new movie documents many of the failings of the American health care system.
It seems that [...]

Black beans and rice is such a classic combination, especially in Caribbean or Southern cooking. There are probably dozens of ways to make it; this one is an easy recipe that cooks up quick and tastes great. Now, if you are really serious about your beans you’ll soak dry black beans overnight and [...]

Yes, you read that blog title right. I described to you earlier that My Face Is Killing Me and why. Now I feel compelled to share with you the 10 things that pulling my face have taught me.
10. First and foremost, learn to tell the story of what happened with a straight face. Grinning hurts.

Yes, you read that correctly - my face is killing me. I mentioned my migraine last week and the difficulties of coping with it and trying to get over it. What gets more interesting is that Saturday morning, I woke up in pain - my face hurt.