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Taking a walk

There is an expression in English that reads - I told him to take a hike.  This is to imply that the addressee (him) was causing undue stress to the I and I was not willing to listen to him. Hike literally is a long walk preferably in a country (or country side - which is a strange term given country sides are usually the most dangerous locales - if anything you want to be as far away from the sides as possible) setting where country means wilderness.  Then there are the implied meanings of taking a hike i.e. get lost or out of sight. Of course there are also tax hikes and price hikes and others where the implication is on the rising or raising of said tax or prices. I on the other hand take walks.  Could be a hike or a stroll but it is the act of wandering with no particular plan in mind.  That is my contribution to my being healthy.  Or not ill. I am not quite gaga about the health and fitness craze myself nor do I envisage a day when I have any p...

Kale and Kombucha

Could pass of as a limited liability partnership of accountants or bail bondsmen in Kampala, Uganda with Messrs Kale (a person of Maharashtrian origin and therefore more cerebral) and Kombucha (the muscle) teaming up in a good guy, bad guy routine. But it is far from it.  Kale pronounced as Kail is a green leafy vegetable that has had a resurgence in the American health market as a super nutrient with loads of vitamins that might do someone good.  While a staple of some European diets in varying forms its recent entry as a superfood that can be consumed as a juice (assuming consumee has the right tools to juice a leaf) has drawn interest from a lot of yoga pant wearing crowd. Add Kombucha to this.  This one is a mystery ingredient that is essentially a fermented goop arising from bacteria working on either tea or some form of seaweeds to produce what may be another cancer fighting wonder drug. These two K's are now the new killer breed of bottled wonders that has Am...