September, 2009
When It Comes to the Equinoxes, All Things Aren't Equal
As a chiropractor, who has assisted many patients over the years in improving their balance, I’ve always had a bit of a fetish for the concept of balance in all of Nature’s phenomena. As yesterday was the first day of Autumn, I found it very satisfying that the day and night of both equinoxes are [...]
Take a Break and Breathe
Did you know that the word, “whim,” which generally means “an odd or capricious notion or desire,” is actually short for “whim-whams,” which has its origin between 1635-1645. Why am I mentioning this? Well, because the informal definition of whim-whams is “nervousness; jitters,” as in “He had the whim-whams after the accident.” Aah, that didn’t [...]
Muscle Weight That's Lighter Than Air
Some people find a bit of whimsy watching the antics of animals, while others may search for an odd or fanciful notion in a book, but I’m one of those people who can get lost in whimville reading about the extravagant, and often fanciful, ideas and experiments of science. I’ve been interested in science all [...]