“I don’t smell my pee,” a friend said to me a little while ago. It might be a bizarre thing to say, but it was an honest answer to my question: “Have you noticed that when you eat asparagus your pee smells funny?” On the other hand, it was a little offensive of her. I [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Feb
14
Vinegar: elixir of life? Or fool’s gold?
Did you know that if you hit your thumb with a hammer, putting vinegar on it will stop the pain? Well, that’s what my sister said anyway. And she read it in a magazine from the 1960’s… I’m on a search for a more reliable source of information, because in the world of home remedies [...]
Feb
4
Picking the right friends: “Don’t worry, I’m not contagious anymore.”
Everyone has had a cold. Your nose is runny, ears are blocked, and your head feels like it’s filled with cotton balls. Hot soup and tea become the elixir of life, and health is more important than work stress or any diet you’ve been trying to keep. But then something interesting happens; after a few [...]