Very insightful study just published hypothesizes that common acne is the result of the skin’s encountering new microbes during adolescence and reacting to them with an inflammatory response. Quite interesting read. sci-news.com: Adolescent Acne Vulgaris is Naturally Developing, Transient Inflammatory State, Researchers Say

I’m really loving dulse. It has such a wholesome, umami taste. The flakes go great on almost anything: Salads, rice, potatoes, etc. You can sometimes buy dulse flakes but sometimes you can only get the whole fronds. No worries – you can easily make dulse flakes using a coffee grinder. In fact I prefer now…

tldr: You have to hang your head upside down. Let your mane fall naturally with gravity. Take note of the shape. Run your fingers through and feel the long areas – usually the sides and/or back grow faster so those are the areas that need to be trimmed to give the mane a nice, smooth…

I don’t want to live in the best place to be rich. I want to live in the best place to be poor. If one cannot be poor in a place, There is no point being rich. In my life I am on a quest Not to be rich, but to be poor, Which is…

For the past few years I’ve been trying out a lot of different types of premium tea. They often have interesting names like ‘Honey Orchid Black’ and ‘Monkey-Picked Teeguanyin’. They are certainly different in taste and often uniquely exquisite. But after trying all these different ones I ended up liking a basic, flavored white tea…

Can it be considered entertainment when you are the one creating the music? I think so. I think a player enjoys what they are playing as much as someone listening. When I think about all the “events” that occur all the time, much of it seems like junk food to me and doesn’t appeal to…

Lately I’ve been living on an extremely thin budget but I’m still managing to take care of myself and eat very well. My philosophy is that if you do not eat a lot, then make sure that what you do is is extremely healthy. One of those extremely healthy dishes I’ve been enjoying is simple…

I do not have a set answer for the provacative title of the post. It is only a thought, an impression that came to me. But I will say this: Any society where brahmanic cultivation is the purview of only a privileged segment of the population is totally fucked. Entitlement without brahmanic cultivation is a…

A healthy alternative to drinking plain juice or plain mineral water (a.k.a. sparkling water) is to mix the two together. It is a unique taste that one has to get used to, but it is very healthy and very refreshing. Lately instead of my regular morning baby glass of tangerine juice I now have mineral…

A human being has to feel good, secure, and happy in their bed. If they do not feel happy, good, and secure in their bed it affects them. The effect can be very profound. Having a bed or a nest is a fundamental thing for a human being. It has been fundamental to mammals for…