Here are this weekend's reading diversions for your reading and enlightenment.
What did we do before email, before the advent of Blackberries? We had to talk to each other. That was fine, even great, but we also had to talk to people we didn't care for, too. Email is particularly good when you need to get right down to business, and you don't want to get caught up in small talk, especially when you don't care to communicate verbally with those you don't care for; Something, however, is lost, or at risk of being lost, when it comes to emailing and texting the people we love, the people we care for, too much. Writing, if it is not done well or clearly, sometimes leaves too much to the imagination, and we run the risk of mis-communicating on sensitive issues, when talking would easily clarify things. At other times, we hide behind email, to hide our sensitivities or vulnerabilities. Email affords us an enormous amount of power to manage literally hundreds of relationships, but it is no replacement for warm and fuzzy talk with those we care for and love.
Have a great and Happy Thanksgiving weekend!
The Doctors: 5 Ways to Increase Health and Wealth in Minutes
Your first thought may have been about ice cream, but talk of a "double dip" these days is anything but sweet. The latest economic numbers are not encouraging. Simply put, many folks are out of work, or just not working enough to make ends meet.
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Arthur Rosenfeld: What Is Qi?
Hawaiians refer to it as mana, the Greeks called it pneuma, the Japanese call it ki, yogis know it as prana, devout Christians might think of it as the Holy Ghost, martial artists know it is energy, and my 10-year-old son insists it the ineffable force that lends atoms awareness of themselves.
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David Nichtern: The Pursuit of Happiness: Developing Empathy for Others
I had a major epiphany a few weeks ago while playing with our family's chocolate toy poodle, Leroy Brown. I realized that he's just trying to be happy. Sometimes when he's trying to be happy, he makes me happy -- like when I go to the grocery store and come back and he acts like he hasn't seen me for weeks.
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Mike Bender: 'Awkward Family Photos': 18 Of The Weirdest Vacation Photographs EVER (PHOTOS)
It all starts with the best of intentions. Mom and Dad, feeling that the family needs to spend more time together, decide that we should take a vacation ... but between the itineraries, the sunburns, and the sing-alongs, the only thing relaxing about a family vacation is when we finally make it home.
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Dr. Peter Marcello: Lower your risk for colorectal cancer
Get regular colorectal cancer screenings beginning at age 50. Between 80 and 90 percent of colorectal cancer patients are restored to normal health if their cancer is detected and treated in the earliest stages
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Health Watch: Nutritional tips for feeding picky kids
Be creative. Your picky eater won't eat a healthy meal if it doesn't taste good. Homemade breaded and baked fish sticks taste better than frozen ones. Lightly bread the fish with rice cereal or corn flakes and then bake.
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The Hidden Benefits of Cursing, Negativity, and Gossip - Oprah.com
In nature, nothing is ever black-and-white, and every yin has its yang. Time and time again we discover that things we thought were unequivocally unhealthyâlike germs or UV raysâcan sometimes be quite good for us
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Rachael Ray's Official Website :: Mini Brownie Cupcakes
Everything's cuter when it's a mini! Try these easy brownie cupcakes for a school treat or a picnic!
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Josh Clark: Struggling to Define Death
The public had grown to accept headlines that described the findings of recent studies: Men literally see women as objects, we're all actually racist and humans are hardwired for religion, altruism or monogamy. The studies themselves were increasingly designed to cultivate such headlines.
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Wray Herbert: Clean Hands, But a Foul Mouth!
Lady Macbeth is history's most famous washer, hands down. Plagued by guilt for plotting her king's murder, she scrubs and scours her palms and knuckles to get rid of imagined blood stains. But all the scrubbing can't cleanse her impure heart.
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You don't need to drink smoothies for a month to give your system a jump-start. Our naturopath gives you the scoop on how to get a quick cleanse
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T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.: President Clinton's Intervention in the Health Debate Is Momentous
Even though the biology is complex, the message is simple. Choose a whole foods plant based diet--vegetables, legumes, fruits, cereal grains of your preference, but include lots of antioxidant-rich colored vegetables. Minimize added oil (no frying in oil), sugar and fat -- none is best. Animal based foods (including dairy) and processed foods are a no-no.
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Rachael Ray's Official Website :: Pumpkin Pie
Rachael's sister Maria â the baker in the family! â has shared this recipe with us. "I use canned pumpkin when I'm short on time," says Maria, " but if you're up to it, the best is fresh. Both versions are included here."
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Headache, Migraine - Expert Q & A - New Remedies for an Everyday Complaint - NY Times Health
Migraines are associated with moderate to severe throbbing pain, which is usually accompanied by nausea and sensitivity to light or odors. Migraines tend to get worse with physical activity.
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Recipes for Health - Berry-Rose Crumble
The perfume of rose water, which you can find in Middle Eastern markets, is irresistible here. Served with yogurt, this is one of my favorite breakfasts.
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New Release: Griddled Halloumi & Eggplant Salad - thestar.com
Halloumi is a Cypriot cheese with a high melting point thatâs popular in the Middle East and Greece. Itâs traditionally made with a mix of goat and sheepâs milk. Look for it in cheesemonger and Middle Eastern/Greek grocery stores. Loblaws makes a Canadian version (halloom) with cowâs milk.
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Joe Robinson: Is Email Making You Stupid?
You wind up answering the phone on the can in a public rest room ("Oh, I'm doing great!"). The thought of being out of contact on vacation summons up separation anxiety. E-tools are very handy to have around, but they're also brilliant at playing to the social animal's need for positive reinforcement, which can be insatiable.
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Marcia Reynolds: What Is Femininity?
Does accepting my femininity mean I like wearing nice shoes and getting my nails done? I do like this. Does it mean I like to nurture others? To be honest, I don't ... I like to challenge people more than nurture them.
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Stay-At-Home-Dads, Househusbands, or SAHDs - O Magazine - Oprah.com
My wife offered to buy me a stove for my birthday. We were having dinner at a neighborhood restaurant when she made the suggestionâjust a suggestion, she assured me, a joke, if I wanted to look at it that way. But the joke was on her. I just blinked and said, "The 30-inch Wolf range?"
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When Sleep Apnea Masquerades as Dementia - NYTimes.com
She was probably developing dementia, Dr. Petersen thought as he took her history. But along the way he asked, as he usually does, how she was sleeping. The woman, who lived alone, hadnât noticed any problems.
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Noticed - Too Much Red Bull? Relaxation Drinks For Sale - NYTimes.com
The nation is so wired that it looks as if consumers are now thirsting for anti-energy drinks.
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EatingWell: Food Label Lies: How to Sort Truth From Hype
So you would think Iâd know what terms like âall naturalâ mean. Especially when âAll Naturalâ appears on a pint of Ben & Jerryâs ice cream, which is made exactly 10.3 miles away from my house.
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Mary Darling Montero, LCSW: Can Your Partner Really Change?
In every relationship there are things that bother us about the other person. Problems tend to arise when we ignore these things, hold onto hope that eventually they will disappear or change, or believe that we can find a way to force them out.
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Among the finds: 24 frog species, scores of spiders and around 100 insects including ants and dragonflies that appear to have never been described in scientific literature before, the conservation group said.
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The Holiday Overeating Myths - The Daily Beast
For many dieters, the holidays are a time for giving up. Faced with a six-week neverending onslaught of fattening foods, you know you canât win, so you resign yourself in advance and then let yourself go
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