Glands and Radium

Did you ever stop to wonder what we might be doing now that people of the future with look back on with incredulity?

Because, one thing is for sure, hindsight is 20/20.

This is insane. And suppositories no less? I feel like I just stuck a lemon up my butt.


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OK, here's an update. The above comments now have to be altered to say: "Did you ever stop to wonder what people might be doing RIGHT FUCKING NOW that people of the STONE AGE would look on with incredulity?!?!?"

I have no explaination for this, there can BE no explaination for this, except stupidity and most likely greed. According to this page on the same site,

"That these old products continued to be used into the 1950s might be considered mildly curious. What is astounding is that similar, but entirely new, products have continued to be developed in the 1960s and 1980s!"

What the hell is going on here?!?!? I had to read on... (emphasis mine)

In 1985, an importer in Kansas managed to distribute 20,000 Endless Refrigerator/Freezer Deodorizers at U.S. $10 each before the inevitable visit from federal agents. This deodorizer, which is still manufactured today, is made of green plastic into which has been mixed thorium-containing monazite sand (thorium's 10 billion-year half-life is reasonably close to endless). Users are instructed to hang it in the refrigerator where the emitted radiation is said to purify the air by destroying odors.

Another device from Japan is the NAC Plate. Its outward appearance is similar to that of a playing card, but with one important difference: it contains low-grade uranium ore on one side. The plate is intended to be slipped into a package of cigarettes where the radiation "denatures and reduces nicotine, tar, and harmful gas" and that with the NAC plate "you enjoy . . . the golden moments of watching (the) smoke rise slowly" and "with your nerves relieved and refreshed you can get back to work."

Regrettably, this fine product is not available in our country although an importer did contact the Nuclear Regulatory Agency and the Food and Drug Administration about it in 1983. The replies from these agencies suggested that permission to import the NAC plate could probably be obtained, but the matter seems to have been dropped.

The Nuclear Regulatory Agency. Among other altruistic tasks, safeguarding our right to buy idiotic stuff.

Is it ok to repost your comments on your own site?

It better be....

Why download when you can purchase for $10? This makes lots of fun, fun sense. Hey, next time i need a phone number instead of going to yp.yahoo.com, I'll just knock on my neighbor's door and offer him $10 if he knows it (a $5 finder's fee will also be available if he doesn't know it, but he knows someone who does know it)

actually I'm just bullshitting

I can't read anything online that's more than 5 pages if it's in straight prose form. the sal wise thing was readable because it was in little bite sized email pieces. Kind of like "Cat's Cradle"

(this next part is obviously no longer relevant, but included for, oh I don't know, let's say I've included it just for the hell of it)

I have an extremely short attention span when I've drunk as much coffee as it takes to keep me awake at DIG (where we have no work, but must keep the appearance of busy-ness) man, that takes a lot of effort ...hey wait...this isn't my blog! damn I've just wasted all this typing!!!

(end no longer relevant section)

Bio

The Mark Laramee is a fearsome predator in the ponds at Narbeck wetland. The Mark Laramee has large eyes to help them spot prey such as other insects or even tadpoles. The Mark Laramee has a special mouthpart called a labium, which is like an extendible lower jaw that shoots out to hook prey. The beautiful Mark Laramee adults are also predators. It’s fun to sit near a pond on a warm summer day and watch the brightly colored adult Mark Laramee whiz past as they hunt or defend their mating territories.

How could we ever have forgotten.

It's not often that you see a family like this. In these uncertain times it's good to see people stand up for what they believe in. Mr. Brain is obviouly a special and committed person, one we can all look to as an example. The Doodys (Doodies? not sure on the spelling here), I'm sure, will be warming bellies and raising profiles all over Wolverhampton.

I count 19 times, how bout you?

This is going to become very common

You see what's goin on here?


This administration is using the current situation to promote a ultimately fascist agenda. The "patriot" act is just another giant leap down the road towards fascism...oh wait, looks like we're almost there. In 1984 George Orwell describes a future society where a distant war fought in far away land is used as one of the main fulcrums by which rights are limited and society is controlled through fear. I can't believe they can use the same tactic right now so blatantly. Didn't everyone have to read this in high school?

Why do we have cops? We have them because life without them would be short and painful. I understand this; however, that does not mean the cops are the good guys. They are the criminals that are on your side. I say this, obviously talking about the federal government as well. We can all agree that they are all corrupt. power corrupts. It's a given. What upsets me about the current situation is that the american people are letting them ride roughshod all over us. Bush and his administration are ultimately only part of a problem. The problem is that americans no longer stand up for their rights and therefore, perhaps we don't deserve them anymore. Actually the part of Bush and Cheney's administration that is truly awful is the measures they been able to enact that decrease our ability to watch and control them.

I hate Ebay (scammers) AKA "the fast is you dont know me "

Maybe it isn't fair to blame it on Ebay, but I still do. I tried my first transaction on Ebay in 1999. I tried to buy the collected episodes of "Mr. Show" for $45 and never received them. The guy kept saying he was sending them and never did. After a couple of weeks of emails and some bad feedback he finally returned my money to my Ebay account where it sat until a couple of months ago when I bought a couple of T-shirts from Fensler Film.



So like I was saying, Ebay sucks. I bought a couple of things from there in the past few years, but only from people with long transaction histories. I still believe this entitles me to say that it sucks and I'm aware that it's a wildly unpopular opinion. Still, it sucks...for me. Actually, in theory, I think it's great. It's a great idea that comes from a time when great ideas on the internet were vastly a minority; however, it's still a place where people get ripped off. That's actually who I really hate. The scam artists. I've known a few of these types in my time. They should be starved to death while slowly being hacked to pieces. Is that severe? Not severe enough.



What a lying sack of shit this guy is.



Do you know what else pisses me off about this? JS keeps giving him chances to redeem himself. I know he's just trying to get his money back, but c'mon. This guy is just stalling. It's pretty f'ing obvious. But that's no so bad. What really pisses me off is how hard it's going to be to prosecute this guy. I'm not one who's for busting people as a rule. I saw a car chase on TV a few nights ago where the guy got away. I was pretty happy about that. But this guy needs to be caught and the Philly PD won't get off their butts and even knock on his door. Typical.

Reporter unfazed by flies and rampant bullshit.

I meant to post this earlier, but it's truth is timeless. Well, relatively timeless. Anyway read down to the "begin digression" part. That's the really good bit.

The future is now

Ok, by the way, the future is now.  Ok, now I know this technology has been around for a long time, but this really is the pong of the future. Smell that? Smells like Norman Spinrad.


This is exacerbated by indications that they are going to announce sometime in the near or distant future that life used to or still does exist on Mars .  I'm only think I'm kidding when I write this.

Tired?

Hey check this out: http://tired.com.  It's a site that consists almost entirely of an email link where you can tell someone how tired you are.  You know what I'm tired of?  Not being able to see what people are saying they are tired of.  This site should take a cue from these guys: http://grouphug.us