Author: soma

Results Benzodiazepine ever use was associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (adjusted odds ratio 1.51, 95% confidence interval 1.36 to 1.69; further adjustment on anxiety, depression, and insomnia did not markedly alter this result: 1.43, 1.28 to 1.60). No association was found for a cumulative dose 180 prescribed daily doses) and with the…

The old models are dead ends. Don’t expect to be redeemed by them. Don’t expect them to empower. People are stuck with the old models. They find comfort in them, even though they are dead ends. They have delusions of success which lead to more and more imbalance and suffering. Its time to stop. Its…

I was researching the topic of verbal abuse as it unfortunately occurs quite a lot in the city where I live. The other day as I was bicycling one motorist randomly started spewing at me about a helmet – something I consciously choose not to wear. Irregardless, a passing motorist has no business whatsoever shouting…

As everyone probably knows, quinoa is one of the trickiest foods to season because of its unique characteristics. It is not like rice at all, so all the things that would normally be done to season rice don’t really apply to it. For example, no one really adds oil to quinoa. Likewise it is not…

Pepper spray can be an excellent defense for someone who is in a position in which they are exposed to possible physical violence. If I had had pepper spray with me a couple years ago I would have been able to prevent a violent assault against me in which I was nearly strangled to death,…

Where is Heaven? Does it ever come from abandoning, from forgetting, from not being careful about, not being attentive; from not being conscientious, dedicated, watchful, vigilant, meticulous, kind, caring, or loving? Ever? Or does it come from being even more dedicated, remembering, careful, attentive, conscientious, dedicated, watchful, vigilant, meticulous, kind, caring, and loving? Is it…

Every single green space in my city stinks like dog urine and it is distusting. If that statement is not entirely clear, let me re-state it just to clarify: Every single green space stinks like dog urine. This is not exaggeration. It is reality. Along the dirt-path promenade by a shore, the entire, continuous stretch…

What is being blocked is the most fundamental thing. Everyone is blind to it, but it’s so obvious. Cut off from nature, cut off from Earth, humans are sick. Nature cannot just be a place where people have to drive to. It has to be here. It has to be your home. Where you live.…

Here is another Früchte Tee variation that I’ve really been enjoying lately: Hibiscus Lemon Verbena Dried apple pieces Rooibos Orange peel Lemon peel Stevia leaf Suitable as an evening or nighttime tea.

A while back I tried out a different developer for the hair color treatment I use. I thought it was supposed to be more gentle than the regular one, which has a kind of strong ammonia smell. It ended up not having as strong an odor but damaging my hair. After the first time using…