The loss that people brag about I recently lost weight. My solution is portion control. If you manage your portions, the pounds will drop off like magic. And before you click to another article, I will reveal my secret. Truth is seldom what it seems. Skim milk masquerades as cream. …

Or what is wrong with the war in Ukraine I am not playing down the current war on Ukraine. But there is something that is missing. The Russians are supposed to be experts in the cyber warfare. Cyber warfare is supposed the face of the new war. …

Simple explanation about plasma When I was a child, I was taught that there were four states of matter instead of three. Gas, liquid, solid and plasma. Plasma was supposed to be the state that fire was¹. It was explained in vague exotic terms. …

Or why the name of food is important There is one practise that I hate in the food industry and that is to change the name of a dish and then charge a higher price. Or to mislabel something and call it as food. Sausages It is just meat in tubes…

Or why things mean different things to different people I learn a new fact recently. The first animal to be domesticated may not have been men’s best friend. It may not even be a farm animal. It was possibly a cassowary. If you look at the picture and think that…

Or why modern zoos are so boring When I was young most kids wanted to go to the zoo. If you ask kids today if they want to go to the zoo, you need to make sure that the tablet or smartphone is not competing. It is not just kids…

A bird lost its way and fell to the ground due to exhaustion. Normally, this is a non story. Except the vulture is one of the world’s largest raptor. And it fell in Singapore (City state that lacks super-sized avian wildlife). Full disclosure: This article is not about eating roadkill…

No, I mean what I said Recently, a strange piece of news caught my eye. Apparently, I was misspelling the name of a country. In early December 2021, the country Turkey was supposed to be spelled Turkiye. This correction in spelling flew under my radar for close to a month. …

P is for …... I usually like to start the year with some positive pieces but something polluted the end of 2021 in style. There is a saying taking candy from a baby. This was a state sponsored candy stealing session. …