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Top 5 Jokes to Help Your Health


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It’s well documented that laughing is good for your immune system, fertility, stress levels and food cravings. I love to laugh but am rubbish at remembering jokes so courtesy of ThePerfectJoke.com, here’s 10 great jokes to improve your health.

Why Science Says Happy Works – Dr Egg’s Blog


I thought I’d drop a line on this subject as I have been very conscious while reading quite a number of the posts and comments on the Give a Brick website that many relate to individual well-being.

Probably the World’s Easiest Home Made Chocolate Cake


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In the words of the immortal Monty Python, “Now time for something completely different!” Do you like chocolate? Do you eat cake? If the answer is, “no” then try reading another one of our lovely posts. If however you are rather partial to a piece of delicious, moist chocolate cake, you are going to love this one.

How to Bottle What Makes Your Soul Sing


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Have you ever enjoyed a day when everything is wonderful? You wake before the alarm to a glorious sky. The children are sunny and delightful. Your breakfast tastes just that little bit extra-especially delicious. As you go about your day, you feel as if the world is smiling at you. It’s important to bottle moments like that so you can save them for a rainy day.

How A Pot Of Dead Basil Made Me Smile Today


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Once upon a time, a young family went on their first proper family holiday. They travelled across the sea and they travelled by car and eventually ended up in France … OK, enough of that. It’s still quite early and I was feeling a little poetic. However, I don’t really do stories :roll:

Alexa, From 8 Million to 500K in 14 Days


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I’ll make no secret of the fact that (in my head at least) this site has been going for just 14 days. Yes, Give A Brick was registered as a charity in November 2007. Yes, thanks to offline marketing and support of family and friends, Give A Brick has raised enough money to complete phase 1 of our first project. However, the idea

How I Turned My Kitchen Into A Cash Machine


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Have you been following Karen Ruby’s ‘Just For Today’ challenges? If not, I recommend you check them out. Yesterday was Day 17 and probably one of the most challenging to date. (Having written that, I just checked out today’s and it’s updating your CV. Sorry Karen, that could be one challenge

God Bless Technology


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Did you hear about the vicar who blessed laptops and mobile phones? Given that it happened last Sunday it’s probably old news now but I’m mentioning it today because of something some one said this afternoon.

It Took A Whole Day To Remember I Procastinate!


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It’s my youngest daughter’s birthday today. We got the predictable 6am wake up call, first from our eldest before swiftly being joined by the birthday girl. Having dropped her off at school, accompanied by a plethora of cakes to share with her class mates, I’ve returned home to the joy of birthday tea preparations.

The 56 Year Old Virgin! – Dr Egg’s Blog


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OK, so if you have read the post by Eleanor, you will have seen her top 5 recommendations for the iPhone. Well, here I go with a drafting attempt using the Wordpress App and I have to say, it seems to work very well. That said, I’m somewhat surprised that

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