Cancer Survivor, writing about Health and Fitness as you age

Pretty Himalayan Salt - but not the grilling plank The Himalayan Salt BBQ Plank Now that Father's Day is upon us here in the U.S. I have come to the conclusion that 70% of dads must really take grilling seriously because many "gifts for dad" lists are mostly about the grilling paraphernalia. How else could one explain the phenomenon of the " Himalayan salt barbecue plank " ? Have you ever even heard of such a thing? Well, now I have and not only does it exist, it is a "thing", that people have bought, used, reviewed and are happy with! Top Gifts for Dad I have been found out - yes, I look at those various lists of top gifts, and perhaps I should not have been looking at one from a site calling itself  uncommongoods.com but I did get stumped (read lacking imagination) and I figured if someone else has gone to the trouble to put a list together I should just use it. But have no fear, if the dad in your life is not a griller, he must be a d...

My family in Trinidad have Facebook accounts, so I decided to get one, to keep in touch. Well, what a time-sucker is all I'll say. It works great for pushing information outward to all your "friends" - a one-liner on your wall and they all see it, but it is very time-consuming when all your friends post something of their own on their walls which you see. I wish I could find a way to see only what my friends post and not the responses of their friends who I don't know! And I'm not even talking about the gifts, invitations and other miscellaneous things my friends send me. On the upside, I've reconnected with school buddies that I haven't spoken to in about 20 years!! I told one of my cousins that he has too much information on his (public) Facebook profile, to which he responded, "..and you have none". Well you see, it's because I have an IT background. I can only too easily imagine worst case scenarios (even my former corporate employer...