Wow. Gorgeous. peacey, I think you'll especially like this:

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Pharmaceutical propaganda through the aeons.

Isn't "injectable whole opium" actually just heroin?? Jesus.

topaz7 linked to this story about the death of one of the last veterans of the Great War, and it reminded me of this song. I linked it in her comments, so I thought I'd post it here.

Cheryl Wheeler - 75 SeptembersCheryl wrote it for her dad for his 75th birthday, but it applies to any older person looking back on life. It's always reminded me of my ( Read more... )

Last year I sat in my car in the parking lot of the Block Island Ferry. I was early for the boat (which was a rarity), so I had time to listen to the NPR story that had been on since before I arrived. The story was Haunting the Quabbin, about the history of the Quabbin Reservoir that is now Boston's water supply. But once, there were four towns ( Read more... )