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Using baking soda for brushing teeth

Published in June 21st, 2024
Posted by in Health, How to
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I have started to use baking soda to brush my teeth (again). I don’t do this to save money on toothpaste, which is cheap and often free thanks to the lunacy of coupon clipping (this is the only place where we do this). Rather, I do it to save money on the dentist, who is […]

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Fit Dad Fat Dad

Published in June 13th, 2024
Posted by in Health
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The title of this post is “Fit Dad Fat Dad” partially in honor of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and partially to stir up some controversy in the same way that RDPD does. RDPD has a fairly poor reputation amongst personal finance bloggers. I think the reason is that it questions widely held beliefs on personal […]

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Swine flu and systemic responses

Published in May 24th, 2024
Posted by in Health, Strategy
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Whenever the swine flu (the pork industry would prefer if you refer to it as H1N1) or some other epidemic is spreading across the countryworld, it is a good opportunity to remark on a few strategies(*) the virus may take to survive. (*) If you think of humanity as a virus, it is also a […]

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