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Love spiced coffee? You can easily make your own

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Do you enjoy starting your mornings by drinking a steaming cup of spiced coffee?

These days you can buy coffee that’s spiced up with cinnamon, nutmeg or most any other spice you can think of.

The thing is, these spiced coffees often cost more than their non-spiced counterparts.

If you love your spiced coffee buy hate paying a premium for it, you can easily make your own right at home using the cheaper non-spiced version of your favorite brand of coffee.

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Video: The 10 biggest snowfalls ever recorded

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If you watch or listen to the news you’re probably amazed at some of the reports you hear about snow storms dropping massive amounts of snow in a short period of time.

And depending on where you live, you might even have your own “deep snow” stories to tell.  [Read more…]

Video: Meet Thor, a very special young deer

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If you’re an animal lover you’re probably quite fond of our deer friends.

I grew up in a rural area where deer were abundant, and it was fairly common to see one of them become semi-domesticated to the point where it trusted humans – at least up to a point.

Today’s short video features Thor, an abandoned young buck that grew very close to the lady who cared for him when he was too young to care for himself.  [Read more…]

Video: Would you take this wild bus ride?

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A while back I shared this video featuring what many consider to be the most dangerous road in the world.

I asked readers if they would feel comfortable travelling that road, and the responses I received ranged from “Not on your life!” to “In a heartbeat!“.

Today’s video features a virtual bus ride on one of India’s narrowest, and most dangerous one-lane mountain roads.  [Read more…]

Q&A: Why do people in hot climates eat spicy foods?

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Question from Lawrence:  I was trying to decide what to order at a Thai restaurant the other day and I noticed that most of the dishes on the menu were spicy (as in hot).

That got me to wondering why people from countries with hot climates seem to prefer spicy foods.

You’d think something spicy would be the last thing you’d want to eat if you lived in a place where it’s hot all the time.  [Read more…]