Brabec Bulletin Tidbits on Life
February 18, 2026
15 Minutes’ Daily Exercise Can Change Your Life
Grasping the Significance of Artificial Intelligence
Recipe for a Sleepless Night
How to Move a Bookstore
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15 Minutes’ Daily Exercise
Can Change Your Life
“Move it or lose it” is not just a saying; it's a fact of life. Sitting at a desk all day or spending hours in a recliner watching television increases our risk of death from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. But according to fitness experts, we don’t have to exercise for an hour a day to help ourselves. Being active for just fifteen minutes throughout the day may offset a full day of sitting at work.
Since I sit for many hours a day working online or writing, exercising is the farthest thing from my mind. But I get out of my office chair countless times every day, walk the hallway, go up and down stairs for this or that, and move about in the kitchen three times a day.
I loved the article I’m linking to you here because it explains the benefits of moving about every 15 minutes throughout the day, which will mitigate health risks. Just standing up, stretching, and doing a couple of squats in and out of your chair counts as exercise, as does a trip to the bathroom or a trek to the kitchen for a cup of tea or coffee.
Grasping the Significance
of Artificial Intelligence
Everyone seems interested in ChatGPT, the world’s most popular assistant. Some of my friends use it all the time and love it. I’m too busy working to play with it, and will never use it to “write for me.” But I use Google’s AI every day to get answers to many simple questions, like “How much protein is in pea pods?” Or, “How many books have been published on the significance of artificial intelligence?”
This Tidbit was prompted by the answer I got, which was "hard to be specific," but was “thousands, likely tens of thousands.” But when I asked the same question a day later, I got a totally different answer, saying, “Impossible to state as this figure is constantly changing …” The list of related articles had also changed.
One book that came to my attention recently was AI and the Antichrist by pastor Jimmy Evans. In an interview, I heard him say that AI was “the most significant invention in the history of the world,” and for the first time, “we’re no longer the smartest entity.”
That question also brought up a quote by Bill Gates in a CNBC interview, which was summed up as “AI is so profound, its influence is hard to overstate.”
Earlier, I caught these interesting remarks from Elon Musk, which I’ve paraphrased a bit. He pointed to the power of AI to take over Social Media with the goal of mass disinformation. Even worse, he said, “When technology is integrated into human bodies, it will change the genetic makeup leading to a hybrid human, and this could happen in the next five years.” One shudders to think about what’s coming down the pike.
I subscribe to the newsletter, Nutrition Action, published by CSPI. The cover story in the September/October 2025 issue focused on the questionable health advice generated by ChatGPT. “Be skeptical,” advised the editor. The key points I picked up in his lengthy exploration of what he’d learned by asking six important health-related questions and AI’s answer to them were:
(1) Once you get an answer to your question, challenge ChatGPT by asking, “What’s the evidence for your advice?” (2) Then check all recommended sources, and be prepared to find mistakes. (3) You can also ask for contradictory evidence, which may reveal more mistakes.” (4) Ask the same question another day, and you’ll get a completely different answer.” Where your health is concerned, always discuss what you’ve learned with your doctor, who will weigh the strength of the evidence.
Conclusion? If you ask AI, “Does ChatGPT make mistakes?”, you’ll get a “yes” with reasons why and links to many on the internet who say it’s making so many mistakes it’s defeating its purpose. But if you want to explore ChatGPT further, it’s now free to try. Click here to get started.
Recipe for a Sleepless Night
Ever wake up at three or four a.m., brain raging, unable to go back to sleep? I used to warm a cup of milk to calm me down, but now I give the milk some power by adding some sweetness and a blend of spices that are the basis for so many “Golden Milk” recipes on the web. Until I read about Golden Milk in a consumer magazine, I’d never heard of it and didn’t know that it was on the menu of coffee shops everywhere. That’s because I’ve never had the time to go out for coffee, at a cost I can’t justify.
There are countless variations of this recipe online, but this is the one I tried that worked for me. (Read this article to learn about the health benefits of Golden Milk, particularly turmeric, which can reduce inflammation and improve brain health.
1 Tab. Turmeric Root
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
Over a low flame, heat a cup of low-fat milk in a small pan and add one teaspoon of the spice mix and a teaspoon of either honey or maple syrup. Since turmeric doesn’t dissolve easily in liquids, stir constantly as the milk heats.
My tips: Don’t turn on any lights when you wake up in the middle of the night; otherwise, your brain will think it’s daylight and time to get up. Use as little light as possible when going to the kitchen and while preparing the milk. When the temperature is right, pour it into a mug you love. (Don’t forget to turn off the burner; easy to forget when you’ve had too little sleep.)
Sip the milk slowly in the dark while listening to restful music. Take a few deep breaths as you crawl under the covers, and say a prayer to help you get back to sleep. (Here are several prayers to help you sleep. I printed four that spoke to my needs.)
How to Move a Bookstore
Hundreds form a human chain
to move a Michigan bookstore by hand.
A bookstore owner in Michigan decided she wanted to move her bookstore to a larger place, but how was she going to get the 9,000 books in her store to the new location? It was down the street and around the corner, past ten other storefronts. She didn't have the money to hire people and a truck to get books moved, so she just asked for help and hoped for the best.
In the days when hundreds of people were gathering to protest or support one cause or another, it was heartwarming to see how hundreds of other people in this small community gathered to form two human chains on either side of the sidewalk to move one book at a time down each line.
If you can watch this happening and not stop a tear from forming, I’ll be surprised. Many hearts were blessed that day, and so was mine when I watched this video.
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