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When I was a student at Hampshire College, the annual Halloween tradition was known as “Trip or Treat.” Being a total square, I never partook. For a variety of reasons, I wish I’d tried acid, but it’s a bit late in life for that.
Anyway, Albert Hofmann, the man who first synthesized LSD, has died at the age of 102. But, as Acid Archie sez, “ACID NEVER DIE!”
(written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Steve Yeowell; not sure who holds the copyright, which is 1990)
Your morning moment of Rufus:
Once upon a time, Robin Williams said, “Cocaine is God’s way of telling you that you have too much money.” This week I bought a Kindle
(And it’s proof that I’m a tremendous geek, but it’s not like we needed more of that.)
Click on the image for pictures from the unboxening:
That’s an excerpt from Chelsea Handler’s new book, Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea
Anyway, I’ll play around with this thing for a while and report back. If it manages to become a book-version of the iPod, I’ll be a happy man. This will be predicated on how comfortable I get with reading off an e-ink screen like this, and how insecure I get at not having “the actual book” in my hands.
(Man, it sure is an awful piece of design. Makes you realize how amazing Apple is with this sorta thing.)
In the tradition of the cassette guy whom I used to buy music from in Philly, the Kennedy Fried Chicken that Dad & I used to hit in Paterson, and, of course, McDowell’s, it looks like some black people have been sticking it to The Man by genetically bootlegging beta blockers.
What I’m reading: Just finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
What I’m listening to: Angel Milk
What I’m watching: Ratatouille
Where I’m going: Atlantic City, for a clinical supplies conference that may spawn some good topics for my magazine. Unfortunately, this means 3+ hours of driving each way today, but I decided I wasn’t in the mood to drive down the night before and stay in an AC hotel, and I can’t miss 2 days from the office.
What I’m drinking: Dead Guy Ale from Rogue
What I’m happy about: That Rufus had a great time meeting a bunch of his fellow greyhounds at an adoption event on Saturday (thanks, Greyhound Friends of NJ!).
What I’m sad about: That Rufus is going through a “phase,” in which he turns around during our walks and tries to head back home. Oh, and which he escalated on Saturday night by getting up, running downstairs, and peeing on the carpet, without giving any signs that he needed to go outside. I take these things personally, as you can tell.
What I’m pondering: Why I thought it was a good idea to drive down to AC and back in one day. I really should’ve taken the bus down with the old ladies. Then I’d get $15 in quarters, too!
Today marks the third anniversary of my dad’s quintuple bypass surgery, ably performed by Dr. Peter Praeger. I can’t speak for the doctor’s line of heart-healthy food, but he did a heck of a job on Pop. Many happy returns, Dad!
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Mom headed home to St. Louis yesterday, but before her departure, she posed for a couple of pix with her four-legged grandchild. Enjoy!
I don’t have any traditional activity to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday, but here’s a post from Ron Rosenbaum with a ton of suggestions about Shakespeare material (websites, books, movies).
I really enjoyed his book on Shakespeare scholarship. You oughtta read it, even though the paperback edition
Happy Earth Day, everybody! To celebrate, my mom is going to fly home to St. Louis on a half-empty jet, Amy’s going to cook only with endangered species, and I’m going to run the air conditioning with the windows open!
Okay, only one of those is true, but I needed a lead in for the item that Amazon just added to my list of ironic recommendations: Fossil Fuel