You know, a hundred-odd years ago, one could be prescribed marijuana for menstrual cramps. Unlike its contemporary "cocaine'll cure what ails ya!" remedies, this is actually legitimate, and I think we should go back to it. It's a mootish point, since New York is not a medical-marijuana state anyway, but it ought to be ( Read more... )

heehee - words and phrases that used to mean something very ordinary, but nowadays sound completely filthy. this one -

Yesterday, his majesty's urinator, Mr. Curtis, gave a demonstration of his special urination techniques. Once, to urinate meant to swim underwater. Mr. Curtis really existed; he was the royal navy's professional salvage diver in ( Read more... )

I started reading the Aubery/Maturin (i.e. Master and Commander) series again (I'm on book 16 of the 20-and-a-bit book series) and I keep getting reminded that Stephen Maturin is one of my favorite fictional characters ever. I keep meaning to do a whole write-up (maybe for idol_reflection on why, but I don't want to go through 16 books looking for quotes right ( Read more... )

Mario thing on YouTubeSteve at work showed me this on our lunchbreak. I think the thing that makes it so funny to me is that the guy sounds like Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. damn, I want our SNES to work. "this is worse than Ann Coulter ( Read more... )

An interesting botanical note of interest ... some plants increase in potency the longer they dry after they've been picked. you can see this is peppers, for one - we had a clump of chili peppers hanging in the kitchen for years, and by the time we finally ate them they attained the potency of napalm ( Read more... )

a couple original art things ...

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Had a nice day ... I got out an hour early from Principles of Cartooning (and got good feedback on my work, I'm very excited about this project - I may try to sell it once it's completed, maybe at the next NYCon), cut my hair a bit (it's longer and straighter than it's been in awhile, slightly Oscar Wilde-ish when it's brushed), got a lovely new ( Read more... )

I'm feeling VERY creative today, it seems ... you get 2 mini-videos!

Breathe ... a spOOky, aRTSy video featuring me and Mariel, to the first minute or so of Pink Floyd's "Breathe". rockin'.

Intergalactic ... Star Trek gets a newer and far funkier theme song

and now to draw and watch House