I just made some oatmeal/cranberry/chocolate chip cookies. Spectacular. The recipe wasn’t spectacular. My mixing and baking technique wasn’t spectacular. It’s what I did with those cookies that proved spectacular. I put some in a plastic bag and personally delivered them to co-workers. The cookies were part of an experiment I conducted. I was testing the…

With Thanksgiving peeking around the corner, I happen to associate moral courage with the holiday. It all started when I was talking with Marie, who was asked to be a Bride’s maid in her friend’s wedding. Marie said yes. Marie figured it would be a modest wedding. The bride and groom, both have children from…

Illegal and illicit activities occur. They don’t normally set very well with society and they certainly don’t promote happiness or health. What is illegal and what is illicit? That is debatable. And, the definitions change over time and according to known laws. Today, it’s generally accepted that it is illegal to steal because it breaks…

Researchers spend time trying to understand how the body’s immune system works. The immune system is responsible for fighting foreign invaders to your body and also for destroying cells within the body that become diseased. Although disease is not a joke, people joke that they didn’t eat enough dirt when they were a kid to…

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