My wife and I have been away on holiday for the last month in the UK. If you're a regular reader of the newsletter you'll have noticed that Mark dropped me in it for turning up at Loch Ness in Scotland to check out the nessie experience. Mark set the expectation that I'd be writing an article about it.
There are plenty of scam wellness products on the market, but the latest one to catch my attention is a fancy water bottle called LumiVitae CellPower. You can pre-order your very own in either Anthracite Gray or Champagne Gold for the bargain price of $845.
It's nice to occasionally be able to talk about nonsense outside of New Zealand. In this case, the Sydney Morning Herald recently printed - and then retracted - an article about a supposed new form of water called hexagonal water, made up of H3O2 molecules.
Finally this week, and related to the Streisand Effect above, comes the tale from David Farrier, of the popular Webworm blog.
"Alkaline and hydrogen-rich" water is being touted as the latest cure-all.
Alison Campbell learns some interesting facts about water chemistry
I have just visited another universe; it seems a much more interesting place than the dull old world we are forced to inhabit.
Hydrogen peroxide — sometime rocket fuel, blonde bleacher and disinfectant — is increasingly being touted as a cure for what ails you.