Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Lion’s mane (Hericium erinaceus) is a type of medicinal mushroom. Long used in traditional Chinese medicine, lion’s mane is widely available in supplement form. Scientific research shows that lion’s mane contains a number of health-promoting substances, including antioxidants and beta-glucan. I have been trying it for a week after buying oneContinue reading “Lion’s Mane”
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What Is Your Genome?
Life –Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Your genome is the information needed to build the human body and keep it healthy It is written in chemical code called DNA The genome is made of segments of DNA called genes and other genetic material Most cancers are caused by cells with unusual changes in their genome. UK scientistsContinue reading “What Is Your Genome?”
The Shame of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
Life –Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. ‘It wasn’t a party because we didn’t burn £50 notes in front of a homeless person’ Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson the British politician serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. On the 12th April two thousand and twenty two Johnson isContinue reading “The Shame of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson”
QATAR WORLD CUP OF SHAME
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid was a bid by Qatar to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. With a population of just 2 million people, Qatar will be the first Arab state to host the World Cup. Working against the Qatar bid was the extreme temperature inContinue reading “QATAR WORLD CUP OF SHAME”
P&O Sackings
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Condemnation of the Dubai-owned ferry company’s peremptory handling of 800 redundancies, via video recording, without consultation, without notice, has (finally?) ‘united’ Industry leaders and Union officials. Seemingly, not all the P&O workers have been sacked. The Irish & French workers are (still) European citizens & covered by EU employmentContinue reading “P&O Sackings”
17/3/22 – Everton
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. 17th March, St Patrick’s ‘Paddy’s‘ Day. A huge date for ‘the Irish’ at home and around the world. St Patrick’s Day is also, the 6 year annavarsary of my radical prosectomy surgery (17/3/2016). That took place three months after I was diagnosed with prostate cancer (23/12/2015). Liverpool hasContinue reading “17/3/22 – Everton”
Paternal Haplogroup
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. My Paternal Haplogroup is I, a Y-DNA Haplogroup. 300,000 years ago Y-Adam to about 43,000 years ago – I The origin of haplogroup I resides in Asia Minor. It is a haplogroup with a high diffusion in the countries of northern and southeastern Europe (Balkans, Nordic peoples, Sardinia,Continue reading “Paternal Haplogroup”
COVID -19 : What is Deltacron?
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Yesterday, at work, I was surprised to hear of a new Covid variant, DELTACRON. Earlier, I had received an email from HR telling me I should ‘work from home’ (if possible), another colleague had not received this email yet another had. Both that had areContinue reading “COVID -19 : What is Deltacron? “
World War 3:Who will Support Whom?
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Russia is seventeen days into the largest scale military conflict seen in Europe since WW2, with no signs of a peaceful solution anytime soon. A military invasion (an illegal invasion) of one European country by another. The War ‘narrative’ is changing constantly. Ukraine andContinue reading “World War 3:Who will Support Whom?”
The First Great Information War
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Social media turn on Putin, the past master, disinformation and fake accounts were used against the west for years – now the Kremlin is under attack. One of the wildest aspects of the first Great Information War is notContinue reading “The First Great Information War “
Dying to Live 