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Turn Off The TV & Live Longer

      The fact that I don’t own a television makes me a bit of a social misfit, especially when I’m the one ON the television, and my own kid can’t tune in to see Mommy on the boob tube. It’s been over seven years since I cancelled my cable subscription, and I can [...]

Bogusia’s Homemade Perogies now available

  Ten READY TO FRY Perogies with Carmelized Onions   Bogusia’s homemade perogies are now available at these great locations … Currie’s Farm Market 736 Sixth Street            Collingwood The Cheese Gallery 11 Bruce Street South    Thornbury Blue Ridge Meats 5 Hurontario Street        Collingwood Sphere: Related Content Related Posts [...]

How Walt Disney Worked His Imagination

    Walt Disney was a high school dropout who suffered several business disasters and bankruptcy.  He overcame his personal and financial challenges by using his imagination to create an entertainment empire that has touched the hearts, minds and emotions of all of us. He summarized his creativity in one word: Imagineering. The term “Imagineering” [...]

9 indicators of long life

Attention all men: If you want to live into your 80s and beyond, here are nine things you need to know. Get a grip – and a good education. Get married. Don’t gain weight. These are some of the keys to long life for boomer men, according to a US study. In fact, nine factors [...]

Dealing with E-Mail: The 24-Hour Rule

      I know I am not alone in being overwhelmed by e-mail. I receive 200+ messages a day, and I actually welcome the Viagra/Cialis ads and the notifications that I am due millions of dollars or pounds from lotteries, long-lost relatives, and widows worldwide. I can immediately delete these sorts of messages and [...]

Stories and the Mirror Inside You

    Gallese is a key member of the Italian team that discovered mirror neurons. And mirror neurons have been called the most important discovery since DNA. Quite simply, they may tell us how we relate to other humans. Mirror neurons map actions that we see others perform onto the viscero-motor and somatosensory representations in [...]

For Your Brain’s Health – Stop Doing These Things Now

  There is still hope for your brain; it’s not too late.  Indeed, it’s never too late to slow brain aging.  Why? Because your brain ages a little bit every day, therefore, it’s possible to slow that process by doing something good for it every day.  Or, as I wish to emphasize here: NOT doing [...]