If your company blocks the online player, the BigBadWolf just did you a little favour – download the clip here: CPR.

When I got to work this morning I could hardly speak so the boss was kind enough to let me go feel sorry for myself elsewhere. Freedom!!

A cosy morning in bed and then back to work. I decided to not wait until Saturday to move the remaining stuff to Refilwe, but rather get it done this afternoon – pics to follow. My storage requirement is rapidly shrinking – woohooo! I’ve also seen the progress the guys are making and listened to James talking to the volunteers: they are serious about a self sustaining organic environment – I’m so excited to be able to witness the evolution of their project.

I have placed my bets and I’m now absolutely certain it was the best thing I could have done with the equipment. Sure, I could have sold it and probably bought myself a plane ticket to Europe or somewhere else I want to go, but it would have been a tedious and drawn out process with little satisfaction. I KNOW I’ll be going back to visit these people again and again, and seeing my small contribution grow into something more than the sum of the parts will be priceless.

However, the night, not eating and the hard work caught up with me, so I let my inner girl out and soaked in a hot tub… but only after making food fit for a king – a weird mix of mince, pasta and stewing sauce. Awesome!!

The weekend is looking good too: spoiled for choice of entertainment and company tomorrow night. An almost errand free Saturday, followed by more difficult decisions regarding which excellent entertainment offerings to peruse…. <sigh> Life’s tough! Muahahahahaha!

PS: The girl in the pic looks tired, like me, so that’s the reason for the pic. Promise.

Take care what adhesives you use in your S&M sessions

From the DailyMail: 
“Supermarket food is at risk of being contaminated by a ‘highly toxic’ chemical found in the glue of packaging labels.
The chemical, which is in the same class of toxicity as mercury, asbestos and hydrochloric acid, can seep through and contaminate food, according to a study.
The study follows previous research that found chemicals in a wide range of products that may cause infertility in women, cancer, immune system disorders and even neurological problems.
Strict EU safety regulations mean that certain materials can not come into direct contact with food, but there are no rules about the chemicals in label adhesives.
The study,  published today in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s ‘Journal of Materials Chemistry’, showed that toxic compounds on four label glues can seep through paper and plastic packaging and contaminate the food inside.”

“Scientists at Kansas State University (KSU) found that three spices in particular — fingerroot, rosemary and turmeric — seem to direct the greatest amount of antioxidant activity towards preventing the formation of heterocyclic amines (HCAs). HCAs, they note, are the cancer-causing compounds that are produced when foods such as beef are barbecued, grilled, broiled or fried.
Full article on Health24

and some more info:

Marinating meat in antioxidant-rich spice blends can reduce the risk of heterocyclic amines (HCAs) forming by more than 80 percent.

“If you are concerned about carcinogens, marinating a product, and this would be any kind of muscle food product, is a good way to reduce the formation of HCAs dramatically,” said study author J. Scott Smith, a professor of food science at Kansas State University. His research was published in the current issue of the Journal of Food Science. “The marinades would have to be rich in spices,” Smith added.
And although the researchers didn’t specifically check this, Smith suspects that the antioxidants found in red wine and in many fruits and vegetables might also do the trick.”

Cooked beef tends to develop more HCAs than other kinds of cooked meats such as pork and chicken,”

Of all those investigated, rosemary came out on top as the strongest protector against HCA.

The authors suggested that consumers integrate these spices into their menus when appropriate, noting that some, such as rosemary, come in an extract form that has demonstrated HCA inhibition of 61 percent to 79%.”
Full article on Health24

In other words:

Come to the darkside…..

If it’s black and white, it’s art….

But after a corneal transplant to correct a serious visidailn problem, the father-of-three has suddenly become obsessive about the cleaning.

In fact, so profound is Mr Palmer’s new-found devotion to housework  -  to the delight of his long-suffering partner, hospice worker Sarah Gadsby, 45  -  that he believes his transplanted cornea must have been donated by a woman.”

“The late donor of Mr Palmer’s new cornea will remain anonymous so he will never know for sure whether it came from a woman or not, although he is in no doubt.
‘For some reason seeing the grime gets right on my nerves.’

‘It started as a joke that I must have been given the cornea of a woman but I really do think it’s true,’ he said.

‘There’s a reason why men don’t clean like this and I think it’s because we just don’t see the dirt, but I see it everywhere I go.’”

Must be, he seems to be babbling like a woman too <dodge>

I very much prefer this version, as long as she did not have an operation too and used to be called “Steve”

Zorro, a six-year-old zebra shark, was shipped in to the Sea Life London Aquarium on Valentine’s Day to breed with a shark called Mazawabee.

Hopes were high as Zorro’s amorous advances had worn out his former tank mates at Sea Life Belgium – but so far his relationship with Mazawabee has been strictly platonic.

So marine experts are now taking steps to reignite Zorro’s mojo with seductive music, such as Barry White’s Baby We Better Try To Get It Together and Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On.

“Zorro has something of a reputation as a ‘ladies shark’, and as Mazawabee has been ‘single’ for a number of years now, we really thought they would get together very quickly,” says Paul Hale, curator at the aquarium.”

Perhaps Zorro has a different Shark-Babe in mind?

Problem: Aging.

And some medicine: