Ali and I just got back from the Wild Goose festival, a gathering of “emergent” Christians — those who, broadly speaking, are seeking a way to reconcile Biblical authority and church teachings with issues of justice, technological and social change, and the place of Christianity as one religion …

Believe it or not, there is a small niche industry built around supplying people with fake, sythentic urine in order to pass a drug test pull a funny prank. Wait…pull a prank or scam your drug test? Which is it? See here’s on the deal on that: Technically …

I’ve always been fascinated with biofeedback, despite having had the chance to ever get my feet wet with it. The closest I’ve come is probably messing with mind machines and then there was that weird psychic experiment I did at Duke a couple years ago, too. But neither …

This trio of words — inspired by the Summer Solstice — are completely unrelated historically, but their phonosemantics are remarkably similar. Sun Sun derives from Proto Indo European swen or suwen, a slightly modified version of the base form saewel, which meant both “sun” and “to shine”. Old …

When I use to live in London and work in the City, I used to commute by bicycle. I didn’t think about it so much then, but those bike rides were a very valuable part of my day. Fitness aside, they were a great way to clear my …

If you know what I know,
you would laugh little
and weep much.
- Muhammad the Messenger of God

 
Spiritual discipline is part and parcel of Islamic spiritual embodiment. From daily practice of salaat (heart prayer) to sawm (fasting with goal …

I’ve been going into London a lot lately. Mostly for work. Occasionally for play. This week’s trip was especially exhausting – two nights in the big smoke, Wednesday and Thursday, the latter of which involved a wowzer of a dinner at Bacchus Pub and Ki…

What a brilliant invention this is. I highly recommend checking out NAC Flex if you’re looking for a safer alternative to treated timber. The video covers not only the benefits of the product, but also the dangers of treated timber. The timber is treated with arsenic, among other ...

It doesn’t take much reading of SmarterFitter to realise that there’s one overarching obsession that permeates everything I do: food.
For a while now I’ve been trying to figure out a way to turn my love of food into a full-time job. But here’s the h…

I awoke this morning to find this big beauty staring at me from right outside the front door. It’s a peahen, a female peacock (many thanks to @WiltshireWalker on Twitter for helping me identify it). And as much as I was amused by the idea, I will not…

My Story With Sleep Problems Sleep deprivation sucks. There’s no beating around the bush when it comes to this – it plain sucks. I used to have problems falling asleep just about every single night. For me the problem all came down to one thing: lower back pain. …

The term “electromagnetic therapy” can refer to a number of possible health related practices: In the field of alternative medicine, it refers to the use of treating pain, disease, and other health conditions through pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) and electromagnetic radiation. In relation to mainstream medicine, it can …