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I held my breath. I always hold my breath when the scientists at Harvard sound the bell and tell us to gather round. Harvard scientists are always up to something; always studying one thing and then another and you never know what they are going to come up with next. Whatever it is though, you can bet that it is going to be life changing; some fun activity that you’ve done all your life and...

Is it logical to accept that human life happened by chance? Especially those who have studied the human body, studied anatomy and have learned the interactions of each organ in the body, as well as the influence of the mind on the body and vice versa. Why can the body continue to function even though the mind has been destroyed by disease until the destruction of the autonomic nervous system?...

Hard to believe that it wasn’t a statesman, scientist or philosopher that was one of the most influential people of our lifetime, it was a puppeteer! How unlikely is that? Can you name anyone else famous for their puppetry? Mention Jim Henson and people still shake their heads. It’s been nearly 20 years since his untimely death and his loss is still greatly felt, partly for what he did, and...

I asked the group in the last blog if anyone knew what the fifth flavor was....As you may remember, the first four are sour, sweet, salty and bitter. The Fifth taste ( not to be confused with the Fifth Element, a movie with Bruce Willis) is called Umami. I learned about this from my good friend Tim Hanni, a Master of Wine and a Master Sommelier ( I think there are only two or three in the...