I sat down to take a break from some housecleaning and came across this article about penguins that either lose their feathers.

It strikes me that there are similarities to what happens in humans.

http://news.discovery.com/animals/penguins-are-mysteriously-losing-their-feathers-110407.html

Reach out, youngsters, this place is marvelous, I wish I had such a strong support network back in my younger days!



Sometimes I think it's odd that I only post about my "other" problems.



I've had alopecia for so long that I should really be used to it, but deep down I'm not. At some level I accepted it and moved on with my life, but having this disease and lacking coping skills early on led me down a tortuous path. And in the back of my mind it still needles me a… Continue

Researching Stress, Scientists May Have Accidentally Found Baldness Cure

Interesting read linking stress and a hormone in mice to baldness - and the regression of said baldness.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-02/stress-research-may-have-accidentally-set-scientists-path-toward-baldness-cure

Not that I'm overly chatty to start with.



So much has changed since my last post, I really have made some positive changes in the life I've got, but still struggling with some of the "big rocks" so to speak.



But I made it a point to do things that were fun and not related to my daily job - some woodworking, some house-fixing-up stuff, some socializing - and some healthy things, I quit smoking (for good) and stopped eating junk - it's helped to deal with all the other… Continue

Not my alopecia, no. For me thats not going to change, and I'm sure that doesn't matter.

I need to work less and do more. I spend far too much time staring at screens and pushing buttons.

Lets see what Squonk gets up to this year. Plenty to do around the old homestead.