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TESTIMONIALS:

"Wow...I've already lost 12 pounds & quit smoking!" -- Miss Normadesmond.

Flip Flops Fail

In addition to the good news that Crocs are bad for your health, comes The Truly Terrifying Case of Wearing Flip-Flops in the City.



"Flip-flops are for short walks or to wear by the pool; they’re not meant to be worn all day,” says Dr. Joshua Zeichner, MD, the director of cosmetic and clinical research at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC.

"Exposing the skin to dirt and microbes can lead to infections ranging from athlete’s foot to cellulitis and soft tissue infections."

“The actual flipping of the flop, says podiatrist Dr. Gary Evans, can lead to a severe heel callus, which in turn leads to cracks in the skin, which amounts to a cordial invitation for fungi to make their way into the foot and cause infection.

Physical injury is another major possibility. Flip-flops don’t offer any arch support or cushioning and shock absorption for the feet and legs. Without the support, your foot and toe muscles work extra hard to propel you through the gait cycle. That muscle overuse can yield everything from tendonitis and leg aches and pains to plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendon pain, and even long-term shin splints.

Other reasons not to wear flip-flops include:

Becoming more susceptible to bug bites, cancer-causing sun overexposure, and hammertoes. Google "hammertoes" and you'll see what I mean.

The Mistress will not rest until all Crocs and flip-flops have been swept from view.

The Infomaniac Hypnosis Clinic

Have you Bitches ever been hypnotized?


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Now accepting clients at The Infomaniac Hypnosis Clinic.

(Not associated with the Hypnosis for Power hypnosis clinic.)

Big Hole

The Mistress is fine and did not fall into the massive, gaping hole.

Lust for Lederhosen

According to Herbert Lipah, owner of the Royal Bavarian Lederhosen-Madness shop,"Once you try lederhosen on, your life will never be the same again."




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Note: That is NOT Herbert Lipah, pictured above. We suspect it could be Herr Mago.

Lipah adds, "You don't need to clean lederhosen, or at least no more than once every two or three years."

We here at Infomaniac wonder if after several wearings your lederhosen would get a bit "whiffy" but each to his own. I suppose you could always Febreze liberally.

Have any of you Bitches tried on a pair of lederhosen? Did it change your life?

Crocs Overload

How many Crocs is too many? We here at Infomaniac say ONE pair of Crocs is too many but chef Mario Batali has taken it to ridiculous heights.



Batali owns 200 pairs of Crocs!!!... all of them orange. To match his ginger hair, we presume.

Most of you Bitches are aware of The Mistress's intense hatred of Crocs. So...

We want his head on a plate!...

There, On a Chair

Taking a page from Miss Scarlet's A Book on a Chair theme, we here at Infomaniac have decided to follow suit, in our own particular fashion...


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While it's not a "book" on a chair, it's definitely something on a chair.

Dodgy Dentistry

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If your dentist answers to the name "Mama Elda," that might be your first clue she's practicing dodgy dentistry.

Elda Graciela Margez De Zamora "Mama Elda" (pictured below) was practicing dentistry without a license from her bedroom in a Phoenix, Arizona apartment.



The bed was set up as a dental chair and the living room was turned into a waiting room, with chairs and magazines, police said.

Most countries in the developed world have laws preventing the unlicensed practice of dentistry but we here at Infomaniac found a few more rogue dentists:

Muhammet Velipasaoglu (pictured below) operated a backyard dental practice out of his garage without a license for more than a decade in Melbourne, Australia...



He treated hundreds of patients while unregistered and smoked cigarettes during surgery. He smoked, spoke on the phone, didn’t wear a face mask or gloves and had unwashed hands while performing nine consecutive root canals on a young woman.

She said that Velipasaoglu asked her to hold the suction tube herself during her root canal. She gave evidence that he “dropped several of his tools, picked them up and continued performing the procedures with the dropped instruments”.


Eliver Kestler, also known as "El Dentista," (pictured below) operated an unsanctioned mobile dentistry service out of his red Chevrolet sedan in Santa Fe, New Mexico...



Police discovered a portable drill machine and other dental equipment inside his car...




Anca Claudia Macavei (pictured below) attempted to fit a bridge in the mouth of a patient after setting up a temporary surgery in a McDonald's restaurant in London, England...




Bogdan Pavlyshyn, (pictured below on the right) ran an unlicensed dentistry from his basement in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada...



Items seized from his home included scalpel blades, high-speed dental drills, dental implants, needles, local anesthetic and an x-ray sensor.

“I knew what I was doing was wrong. But I did it anyway,” Pavlyshyn said.

And finally...

"If you are looking for a new custom-fit gold grill for your teeth, you need to go somewhere else besides the Sunshine Flea Market in West Palm Beach."

Yousef Abuelhawa operated "Best Grillz in Town," a Florida business making custom gold teeth overlays — known as "grills." Grills are decorative covers for your teeth, often made of gold, silver or even jewel-encrusted, like this...



Abuelhawa was charged with a third-degree felony of unlicensed practice of dentistry, punishable by up to five years in prison. He also was cited for more than $2,700 in and told to cease and desist his activity.

In summary, we here at Infomaniac suggest that if your dentist runs his/her dental office out of their bedroom, garage, car, fast-food restaurant, basement or flea market, you might consider taking your business elsewhere. 

Perky Pick-Me-Up

The Mistress has been cleaning up after her house guests...



And now it's time for a refreshing "pick-me-up"...

Guests Guests Guests

The Mistress is busy preparing for a handful of house guests who are staying for *gasp* a week and a half.



There are meals to plan, bed linens to launder, and general housekeeping drudgery to endure.

The Mistress is not the greatest hostess so THIS is what you can expect of me...


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I'll pop in occasionally to visit you but it's unlikely I'll be posting 'til the last guest has gone home. Sigh.

Maple Match

Are you an American dreaming of moving to Canada if Trump becomes President? If so, Maple Match is at your service.


(Not an actual applicant to Maple Match)

This new matchmaking service “makes it easy for Americans to find the ideal Canadian partner to save them from the unfathomable horror of a Trump presidency”.

Details here.

Public Service Announcement #32

Please ensure that all hand and power tools are used properly, safely and in accordance with manufacturer's guidelines.



This young man did not heed our advice.

This has been an Infomaniac Public Service Announcement.

Happy World Naked Gardening Day

It's World Naked Gardening Day!



It's a perfect day to plan ahead for the Annual Infomaniac Garden Photos Event.

Bitches and Books

Thanks to everyone who turned out to report on the books they read in March and April for The 2016 Infomaniac Book Challenge.



Everyone rose to the challenge aside from Norma whose Corgi appears to have read more books so far this year than her.

Join us again around the 1st of July to discuss the books you've read in May and June. Well, maybe not on July 1st as that's Norma's birthday AND Canada Day... but around that time.

The 2016 Infomaniac Book Challenge: Your March-April Choices

It's time for you Bitches to have your say.


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Tell us what you've been reading during the months of March and April for The 2016 Infomaniac Book Challenge.

The Mistress's Reading List: March-April

The Mistress read nine books during the months of March and April; down from the previous 12 books during January and February.


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On SUNDAY, you Bitches will have your turn to tell us what you've been reading during the months of MARCH and APRIL for The 2016 Infomaniac Book Challenge.

But TODAY, we look at the Mistress's list of books for March and April.

NON-FICTION:

The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places From Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley by Eric Weiner (published 2016)...



An historical travelogue, examining Athens, Silicon Valley, Hangzhou, Florence, Edinburgh, Calcutta and Vienna.

The author attempts to find out why “certain places, at certain times produced a bumper crop of brilliant minds and good ideas.”

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/books/article53710280.html#storylink=cpy

Judge This by Chip Kidd (published 2015)...



Book designer Chip Kidd takes a fun, playful look at the importance of first impressions—in design and in life.

"From the design of your morning paper to the subway ticket machine to the books you browse to the smartphone you use to the packaging for the chocolate bar you buy as an afternoon treat, Kidd reveals the hidden secrets behind each of the design choices."

A fun, playful look at the importance of first impressions—in design and in life—from acclaimed book designer Chip Kidd.
- See more at: http://books.simonandschuster.ca/Judge-This/Chip-Kidd/TED-Books/9781476784786#sthash.Ibx48ick.dpuf

A fun, playful look at the importance of first impressions—in design and in life—from acclaimed book designer Chip Kidd.
- See more at: http://books.simonandschuster.ca/Judge-This/Chip-Kidd/TED-Books/9781476784786#sthash.Ibx48ick.dpuf

A fun, playful look at the importance of first impressions—in design and in life—from acclaimed book designer Chip Kidd.
- See more at: http://books.simonandschuster.ca/Judge-This/Chip-Kidd/TED-Books/9781476784786#sthash.Ibx48ick.dpuf

The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination by Richard Mabey (published 2016)...

Richard Mabey writes engagingly of the secrets of the flora around us as he mixes history, science, and anecdote.

Mabey's enthusiasm is infectious as he recounts the deeply intertwined history of humans and the natural world.

West of Eden: an American Place by Jean Stein (published 2016)...

I read this book following Norma's comment, "I am VERY anxiously awaiting the arrival of Jean Stein's new book, "West of Eden." (Stein wrote a great book about Edie Sedgwick years ago.) Stein is the daughter of Doris & Jules; Jules who with Lew Wasserman founded MCA. This is Hollywood fucking royalty."

This book proves that money and fame can't buy happiness.

American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teen­agers by Nancy Jo Sales (published 2016)...

The author talks to girls ages 13 to 19 in ten American states to get their views on social media.

One girls says "if you're not on social media, it's like you don't exist."

Another girl told Sales that “social media is destroying our lives.”

So why wouldn’t they just go off social media?

“Because then we would have no life,” her friend said.

If you think your teenage years were hell before social media, read this book.

It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright (published 2015)...

"Spanning eras and cultures from ancient Rome to medieval England to 1950s Hollywood, Jennifer Wright's It Ended Badly guides you through the worst of the worst in historically bad breakups."

In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri (published 2015)...



Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri gave up speaking, reading, and writing in English to compose her first novel in Italian; a language she adored although she struggled to learn it.

The Mistress, who also adores the Italian language (as well as Italian footballers,) savored this book as it contains both the Italian version and an English translation, all in one.

Lust & Wonder: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs (published 2016)...


If you enjoyed Burrough's previous memoirs including, "Running With Scissors," pick up "Lust & Wonder."

Could this be Burroughs' last memoir now that he's found happiness and contentment? He says in an interview, "No, I don't think it is. I think...catastrophe has sort of followed me around my whole life so we'll see."

FICTION:

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (published 2016)...



Lucy Barton is in hospital, recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her estranged mother comes to visit her. Lucy loves her mother, despite the fact that her mother cannot say she loves her daughter in return. This novel explores the nature of their mother-daughter relationship.


So ends Part Two (March-April) of The Mistress's reading list for The 2016 Infomaniac Book Challenge.

On Sunday, May 1st, we'll be asking YOU Bitches what you've been reading. Until that time, we hope you've enjoyed browsing The Mistress's selections.