We lived Dangerously on our Honeymoon. Elka Andreas We were married in September 1988, in the village of Bischoffingen, on the picturesque Kaiserstuhl in southern Germany, surrounded by vineyards as far as the eye could see. Bischoffingen is also the place where the regular contributor to Tintota, Werner Schmidlin, grew…
My Banana Deficiency Syndrome. I still vividly remember my mother coming home from hospital with a new baby brother (Horst) when I was just four and a half years old. The following day I was taken to the same hospital for an appendectomy. Visitors asked me what they could get…
A Drunkard’s Ode (Gulp, gulp) Blockhead, halfwit, ignoramus, Hmm… What’s this? A C-minus? Not bad, not bad for a Three-time college freshman-ous. (Gulp, gulp) Did you just say incorrigible? indelible? Nah… I think not. It’s (hik!) disagreeable! Disagreeable, my life, it’s un-feeble, Feeble-minded, nitwit, twerp, irrational, Gosh (I’m dizzy) Is…
To have the chance to look look 10 years younger in 10 days sounds too good to be true. However, according to experts like Dr. Oz and Dr. Perricone it is, in fact, true. These experts have both been guests on the Oprah Winfrey show and both claim that it is possible to look 10 years younger in just 10 days. The key to this age defying miracle is in the foods you eat. Add some food they term super foods to your diet and then you are well on your way.
Advice Be Jasus! said my friend, one day (Paddy was his name) you’ll wake up dead one morning and just yourself to blame better give up drinking, lad – especially on the stout go on the Holy water now there’s plenty here about. Would you look at me, for instance…
About Black Black . . . My dad’s skin color And he almost got killed by an unknown sect Because of his skin. Black . . . My mom’s skin color And she got fired Because of her skin. Black . . . My kid brother’s skin color And nobody…
Diary Of A Heart Attack As Warren the original Editor of Tintota recently had a heart attack, I thought I would describe my own heart attack, since it may interest many persons, especially, men! On Mother’s Day in 1997 at 3 a.m. I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my…
Have you ever been troubled by an attack of the blues? It happened to me one day. Nothing grabbed my interest. I felt thoroughly dispirited. Wandering aimlessly from room to room, I finally ended up at the kitchen window, only to be confronted by the dismal gap left by the…
An alternative therapy to consider for treatment of psoriasis is reflexology. Psoriasis has no cure and can be a painful condition with lesions that are red, scaly, and inflamed. Although you should work with your doctor and take the prescribed medications, you might want to add reflexology as a complementary therapy to reduce the symptoms of psoriasis.
Fluffy, as he came to be known, came to us as a wandering stray, which we fed, and it took several months before Kay could pick him up and give him a stroke and a cuddle. With the die cast, it then only took a few minutes before he began…
When it comes to dieting there are many mistakes that are made on a near daily basis. While there are many real profound mistakes that go along with the territory there are a few that seem to have far more profound and lasting implications than others. Hopefully by learning about these mistakes you can learn to avoid them in your own weight loss pursuits.
Anatomy of a Leader Dog I am a Golden Labrador Retriever. Currently, I am only a small puppy but, with time and training, I can grow up to become a serious working service dog. A volunteer will raise me after I am seven to eight weeks of age. From the…