OK, you might think I’m overreacting, but web stats tell me there have been 2 Iraqi’s, 4 swedes and 8 Iranians come to visit Dr Gagg - and I find that pretty exciting (even if it was perhaps, a complete random mistake while surfing).

Many years ago, two friends and I drove “The Hippy Trail” from London to Kathmandu (except the VW Kombi died in northern India and we had to fly the last leg to Nepal - but that’s by the by). This took us through Iran - which now days, in the US, is seen as a land of evil terrorists. Certainly driving through Tehran was pretty terrifying- but I have memories of Isfahan as being this spectacularly beautiful place with a congenial populace.

 So I am happy to have Iranians visit - and any other nationality come to that!

In the real world precious few doctors do consultations on line because the insurance companies won’t pay. But we can adopt the Patch Adams philosophy of “who gives a damn about money” (no disparagement meant here - he’s cool) and offer on line consults with Dr Gagg. If your organs or pheromones or Psyche are not working right - consult the oracle.

In this slothful world that we now live, the only exercise some of us get is searching for the remote. Now a couple of boffins at Wollongon University in Australia have even eliminated that. Read the rest of this post here »