Archive | September, 2008

Noise – What Noise?

Adam Eason wrote on an interesting posting on his blog a couple of days ago about noise and how it can affect your health.  The thing that I find most fascinating is the fact that some people adapt to different levels and types of noise quite easily whereas other people don’t. Adam himself describes how [...]

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Habits To Keep Thrills Alive All Your Life

Why do the majority of people lose the joy of living that they displayed in our youth? Is there a reason that there are so many grumpy old men? Are the depressing lyrics of John Mellencamp’s song Jack and Diane a reality for most? – “Oh, life goes on, long after the thrill of living [...]

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Bed Sharing Leads To Disturbed Sleep

For a variety of reasons I have recently found myself talking about sleep.  Only this morning my wife Babs said as I arrived with her cup of tea in bed (aren’t you impressed?)  – greeted me with “Oh I didn’t hear the alarm go off!” She basically doesn’t need to as I get up to [...]

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Will Olympic Fitness Splurge Be Maintained?

Here in the UK we are experiencing a January type fitness splurge because of our unexpected success at the Olympics.  At a time when most retailers are reporting a downturn in trade, sales of sports equipment has doubled. Bike sales have gone up by 130 percent and swimsuits and goggles by 135 percent. Unfortunately we [...]

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