Tag Archives: Health

Just As Bad As Tobacco Smoke

Posted on January 2, 2020 by the archivist

Evening Standard: Revellers complain smoke ruined London New Year’s Eve fireworks I thought this might mean that they were coughing and spluttering and complaining about smokers, but in fact it was simply that the smoke obscured the fireworks. It’s far … Continue reading →

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Health Headlines

Posted on December 31, 2018 by the archivist

Health headlines I found on Google news today: I found all these headlines somehow rather disturbing. The idea of health checks (first headline) bothers me these days, because in the past you used to go and tell doctors that you … Continue reading →

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Not In Front Of The Children

Posted on February 25, 2018 by the archivist

Posted in a comment by Rose, from the Sunday Times: They smoke, they drink and brain scans suggest that they should be getting dementia but a group of “super-agers” — aged 80 to 100 and found to be mentally sharper … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Count

Posted on August 31, 2017 by the archivist

I mentioned a few days ago that I’ve taken to exercising every day by doing knee bends. I also mentioned that I’d combined this exercise with my regular cycle of activities by doing the knee bends each time I took … Continue reading →

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From Cain To Cain’t

Posted on August 30, 2017 by the archivist

Possibly as a result of inadvertently attending a rock concert on Monday, I spent a while yesterday listening to music, and ended up watching a two-part (1, 2) documentary about the history of the blues. According to the documentary, the … Continue reading →

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The Exermarket

Posted on August 25, 2017 by the archivist

Surreal BBC report I came across yesterday: Middle-aged told to walk faster Middle-aged people are being urged to walk faster to help stay healthy, amid concern high levels of inactivity may be harming their health. Officials at Public Health England … Continue reading →

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Three Rival Ethical Codes

Posted on August 13, 2017 by the archivist

Yesterday I was discussing the river engineer and his belief that “health” was “our highest good”. I contrasted the ill-defined notion of health with my mathematical-physical concept of idleness (from Idle Theory) as a much better candidate for being our … Continue reading →

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Health Is A Meaningless Word

Posted on August 12, 2017 by the archivist

Yesterday I was watching a YouTube video called The Mystery of Water. I think water is mysterious stuff, so I was attracted to a video with that sort of name. It was about the “memory” of water. Because apparently water … Continue reading →

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Meat-Free Mondays

Posted on November 5, 2016 by the archivist

H/T Walt: In the summer the new mayor Chiara Appendino – of the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) – announced plans to make Turin Italy’s first vegetarian city. The exact details of Appendino’s five-year plan have yet to be fleshed … Continue reading →

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Junk Food Is The Best Food

Posted on September 20, 2016 by the archivist

I was looking after my brother’s house last week, and I didn’t want to cook anything, so I ate what’s called “junk food” all week. Cheeseburgers, donner kebabs, Chinese roast pork fried rice, and lots of biscuits. And I loved … Continue reading →

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