What happens in the one hour after… We don’t usually post anything sex related on this site, but I was intrigued by this post that describes post-glow physiology. It’s actually quite interesting. There is no doubt that orgasms are the ultimate stimulation for procreation as they feel so good with the effect lingering for some time after. This is down to the hit of dopamine which is not dissimilar to the high of class A drugs. Females get even more with a hit of oxytocin for a feeling of euphoria and men have a release of prolactin which creates feelings of satisfaction and satiation. After 10 ..read more

Car Cost Comparison: Electric vs Gas I’m a petrol head. Quite a bold statement to make in 2021. I’ve always loved cars and loved driving. The advent of electric cars is changing the driving landscape and I think in my lifetime everyone will be driving semi-automated cars. Or, they will have their car driving and speeds tracked and capped. Elon Musk and Tesla have probably done more for the positive image of the electric car than any other brand. If the future looks like Tesla then bring it on. Electric cars are more of an investment to purchase outright and insurance is more expensive for elec ..read more

What documents are required for a birth certificate If you don’t have a birth certificate, do you exist? What would you do if you lost all of your documents in a house fire. Or, if your parents lost your birth certificate. Or, you came from another country and don’t have access to your original birth certificate. Birth certificates are a commonly abused document for fraud as they are so essential to obtain other documents – driver’s licence, passport, bank account etc. Do you know how to obtain a replacement certificate – and how do you even prove you are who you say you are? I would have no i ..read more

A handy guide of hidden fees to look out for when you hire a car I’ve never actually hired a car. I’ve hired plenty of vans (there’s something really empowering about driving a big van). But I don’t have the experience of car hire. On a random tangent, one of my favourite comedy moments is in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The moment that John Candy tries to take his jacket off and it gets caught as he’s speeding in the their hire car along the highway. I think about that moment every time I want to take my jumper off whilst driving. So, if I was to rent a car – I really wouldn’t know where t ..read more

Why Game-Based Learning will make your child Smarter I love learning. One thing I wish I had known when I was at school is that every child has a different learning style. Most state schools don’t support this. Turns out I’m a kinaesthetic and visual learner. I need to see something and then to touch it and complete it. Being taught by someone talking at me is very difficult for me to absorb. I just switch off. I would like to see a massive overhaul of how kids are taught and to encourage and nurture individuality and creativity instead of cultivating conformity and ‘one-size-fits-all’. Why Ga ..read more

Americans’ dream wage is 25% above their current salary Don’t we all dream of a higher wage? How many of you out there get the wage you feel that you deserve and more importantly, that reflects how much value you offer to your company? In the US, that figure would be 25% more than employees are receiving. What is the primary factor for your job satisfaction? Working conditions? Who you work with? The work you do? Or, does it all hang on the compensation? Marketing generalists are the ones most lacking with an expectation of a wage 40% higher than is on offer. Full stack developers are the most ..read more

How Pigs Helped President Trump Win the Trade War When this landed on my desk I was slightly trepidatious thinking that it was another Trump hater article – and I’m not into sharing hate anything. But, when you read through this is an insightful piece of content that drills deep into a fascinating subject – the trade war between the US and China. Through currency manipulation, inhumane labour laws, intellectual property theft to market barriers and censorship. The infographic dissects the Chinese pork market and touches on the current coronavirus outbreak. How Pigs Helped President Trump Win t ..read more

Women in Business An infographic doesn’t have to be an ultra long never ending scrolling page. A short and to-the-point graphic with a few simple icons can convey a strong message. Feminism, equality in the workplace and gender pay gap have been issues over the last several decades. Starting as a small snowball in the sixties, the issue has gained momentum until it is now a huge boulder of snow hurtling down the mountainside and getting attention. Companies have been making moves over the last few years to ensure more women are in roles that they are entitled to by skill and ability. Yet, the ..read more

Unscrambling the US Auto Debt Explosion In all honesty, this is an area that I know nothing about and is confusing. Even after skimming the infographic I am unsure as to how people in the US get trapped into never ending Auto Loans. For me, the most surprising stat on the page is the average price of a car in the US at $37,950 – what are people buying??? The information on the page shows a huge explosion in car loans and to me this looks eerily reminiscent of the rise of the sub prime home loans scandal that brought down the economy pre 2007. It will be interesting to track where this trend go ..read more

Analyzing the Health Risks of Vaping I’m going to throw this out there – since vaping started I predicted that they would be found to be harmful to health and eventually banned. I have a personal dislike of smoking and didn’t see the move to vaping as a positive step. Inhaling any type of smoke or a vapour into the lungs is going to have an effect as the lungs are designed to react to any foreign substance. And for what reason does anyone want to suck a watermelon based vapour into their lungs? Seriously, why? So finally, the health risks are surfacing and hopefully the move towards banning va ..read more