a blog about ratiocinations out of thin air and elsewhere
JUST HOW DOES LSD affect human consciousness? This question has puzzled users and investigators for more than seventy years. Personally, I have been more amazed and filled with joy wonder awe at the Universe/Void/God than puzzled by the how of these things. And that seems to be a defining difference between the experienced and the non-experienced in the world of LSD and any and all things psychedelic. READ MORE
EARLIER THIS YEAR, I responded to a posting on my Facebook page—it was an inquiry concerning my reputed stokedness now that I am legally a senior citizen—and in a somewhat derisive tone passed the whole thing off: “I was stoked once, but I forget when.” Alas, that is an incorrect statement.
Oh Hell’s Belles, it’s a damn lie—although not quite in the league of a (shudder) statistic. READ MORE
WE’RE NOT TV-WATCHERS in my house, so unless something outrageously happens, we are not up on what’s happening with contemporary commercials. That means that I occasionally see a spot from the Super Bowl because of the extraordinary attention those commercials get in the making and in the viewing. But your normal everyday ad spot never crosses my screen. READ MORE
THE TEASER USED TO LURE READERS to William Rivers Pitt’s thoughtful editorial on legalized and home-grown pot titled “Homegrown” is a pair of questions:“What is more caustic to this society: marijuana or thousands upon thousands of people consigned to the tender mercies of the penal system? Marijuana or thousands of people suffering and dying in needless and preventable pain?” READ MORE
ON JANUARY 1, 2104, Colorado celebrated the first day of legal marijuana sales. The entire day was covered by various media outlets, large and small, reporting on the lines of jubilant customers. Alas, the next day, The Rocky Mountain News carried the headline “Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization.”
The newspaper reported that deaths were due to marijuana overdoses and related issues and were statewide! Dr. READ MORE
ACCORDING TO THE FOLKS over there at CBSNews, “New York would become the 21st state to allow medical use of marijuana under an initiative Gov. Andrew Cuomo will unveil this week. Cuomo plans to use administrative powers rather than legislative action to allow a limited number of hospitals to dispense marijuana for certain ailments. He will formally announce his plans in his state of the state speech Wednesday.” READ MORE
DAVID BROOKS’ latest editorial (January 2, 2014) features the rather inane title of “Weed: Been There. Done That.” At least that’s how it appears on The New York Times website, the original publisher of Mr. Brooks’ columns. In our local Seattle Times it was altered to “Marijuana: been there, done that.”
Why? There is nothing objectionable or unprintable about the original title, nor is it grammatically incorrect as an editorial page title! READ MORE