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Friday May 24th 2013

Posts Tagged ‘Health’

Happy Global Handwashing Day

Happy Global Handwashing Day

You know how I have a little issue with being all judgy (I'm working on it--truly). Well I'm going to own this bit of judgement. Own and keep it and perpetuate it in fact. I think people who don't wash their hands when they go to the toilet are [...]

The inner thigh gap

The inner thigh gap

My daughter and I were taking a long walk this morning (yep, I got over not talking to her) when the subject of the inner thigh gap came up. She tells me that guys are mad for it and there are facebook sites dedicated to the inner thigh gap. Who [...]

How not to get pregnant from a toilet seat

How not to get pregnant from a toilet seat

Ever been in a fancy place where they have those paper toilet seat protector things. More trouble than their worth I think. They give you a false sense of security or a reason to have 50 stress attacks while you wonder if the thing's still in [...]

Middle age is a blessing. Apparently.

Middle age is a blessing.  Apparently.

So here's some good news for all you Gen Xers who are shoving back hard against the term middle age. A clever man in the UK has written a book about middle age and all the good things that go with it (and if you're 40ish you're middle [...]

Friday inspiration

Happy Friday everyone.  To set you up in the good mood you deserve to be in for the next three days check out this cute clip.  Normally I'm not a cat fan, but that could change.

I’m off the drink again. Wrong month. Again.

I’m off the drink again.  Wrong month. Again.

Gosh it seems like only yesterday that I gave up drinking in what I like to call Dry August. That was in 2010. Quite a long time ago. I stole the term Dry August from the Dry July campaign that ran the month before. I'm a little slow at catching on [...]

A new movement–toilet yoga

A new movement–toilet yoga

Yoga is good for all things. Flexibility, strength, inner peace and now, adding to its already impressive resume, the ability to help you go to the toilet in a zen like manner. The Toilet Yoga Movement (seriously I did not make that up), has [...]

Mum guilt–did you send your kid to school with this lunchbox?

Mum guilt–did you send your kid to school with this lunchbox?

The kids are back at school today (well they are if they live in Queensland). So mums all over the place have put together healthy and nutritious lunchboxes for their kids to impress the the teachers and get a great shot at oneupmanship over the [...]

Really important gross stuff

Really important gross stuff

In the interests of continued health, hygiene and stuff you should know, I'll share the following about stuff that flies around your toilet after you've umm used your toilet. Prevention website reports the following: Every time you flush with an [...]

Scientists say alcohol makes you feel better. Really?

Scientists say alcohol makes you feel better.  Really?

So how's this little lesson from the school of the bleeding obvious. Scientists have proved that drinking alcohol provides us with a big old hit of endorphins which make us feel better. And here I was thinking that we had a drink after work just [...]

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