So yesterday was the first time in 18.5+ years that I swallowed a pill. I actually never attempted to swallow a pill until a couple of weeks because I was afraid of choking. I tried out a big multi-vitamin a couple of weeks ago and I simply couldn’t get the damn thing down my throat. That’s because my method was logically retarded. You can’t just put the thing any where on your tongue and expect to swallow it. You will probably get a reflex, like I did, that will prohibit it from ever going down. The best and easiest way (I am 2 for 2) is to just place it on the way way way way back of your tongue, almost down your throat. Take one average sip of water and it will go down. If you can’t swallow it like that, you are an idiot.
Category Archives: Health/Science
Puff Daddy
Slate.com
In fact, a statistical trace of what I’ve taken to calling the “puff daddy” movement emerged a few years ago, when researchers at the National Institutes of Health compared national drug surveys conducted over two-year periods beginning in 1991 and 2001. Their analysis, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that the percentage of people who say they smoked marijuana in the past year had remained fairly stable over the 10-year stretch. (That is to say, it ended where it started.) But they found a very different pattern among those between the ages of 45 and 64: As my parents’ generation matured, the number of smokers in that group had nearly tripled.The baby boomer drug uptick turns up again in the recent data. According to the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, almost 6 percent of all adults between the ages of 50 and 59 reported smoking marijuana in the past year. That’s up from about 3 percent five years earlier. Meanwhile, the number of recent users over the age of 50 has climbed to 2.65 million people nationwide (and we can assume the real prevalence is somewhat higher, since these figures are based on self-reported drug use). Here’s something to think about: There are about as many boomers using cannabis today as there are high-school students doing the same.//
Still, it’s not easy to get an accurate picture of who these puffing oldsters are and how their drug habits have evolved over the last few decades. (It’s also not clear to what extent the legalization of medical marijuana has been a factor.)
Hahahahahaha.
Shockwaves May Result In Damage
Physics Central
When today’s soldiers enter combat, they’re better protected from explosions than the military personnel of any previous war. Ultra-strong helmets shield them from the flying shrapnel of homemade bombs; high-tech cushioning cradles their skulls during sudden impacts with the ground. But because modern soldiers are surviving explosions that would have taken the lives of Vietnam-era infantrymen, army hospitals are seeing a rise in a particularly painful war wound—traumatic brain injury (TBI).TBI can range from a simple concussion to damage with long-term effects, including impaired cognitive abilities and even anxiety and depression. New research is helping to explain how those injuries come about, potentially pointing the way to helmet designs to reduce brain damage. Using code originally designed to simulate how a detonated weapon rattles a building or tank, physicists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and the University of Rochester in New York modeled an all-too-real situation: a 5-pound bomb exploding 15 feet from a soldier’s head. Their goal was to understand the effects of the high-speed shock wave that follows an explosion.
South of the Border
A trailer for the new Oliver Stone documentary on the Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez. I plan on seeing his earlier documentary, Looking For Fidel first though. This goes hand in hand with Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story for left-wing, biased movies that I generally agree with and enjoy but criticize the tactics.
Chris
Obama Addressing Congress On Health Care
O Katrina
NY Daily News
On this, the fourth anniversary of the destruction of New Orleans, let us resolve to replace the political heat of accusation with the penetrating light of reason.The single most important thing to know is that the city remains vulnerable to another big hurricane strike. Its flood protection system must be completely re-engineered, a project that will cost billions.
It takes work to think the matter through. Like many who fell in love with pre-Katrina New Orleans, I find it hard to avoid getting carried away by sadness and rage.
In honor of the anniversary:
H1N1 Map
Whacko Jacko’s Death Ruled Homicide
Popeater.com
Lethal doses of the powerful anesthetic propofol caused the death of Michael Jackson, according to newly unsealed legal documents. Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray said the King of Pop Jackson was suffering from insomnia, and that he had been giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol nightly.Also, an Associated Press source says the Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Jackson’s death a homicide.The Jackson family released a statement Monday afternoon commending the authorities on their hard work. “The Jackson family has full confidence in the legal process, and commends the ongoing efforts of the L.A. County Coroner, the L.A. District Attorney and the L.A. Police Department,” the statement said. “The family looks forward to the day that justice can be served.” Continue reading Whacko Jacko’s Death Ruled Homicide
Males, Keep it Cumming!
Ah yes, mastubation. The mention of the subject itself is enough to make even the strongest of men fall weak, cringing with fear. Others seem to mention their solo sexual endeavors aloud to their friends with pride, fearing nothing–as they should. It seems as though most are brought up to believe that said action is “sinful.” What the fuck? It’s perfectly natural for men who don’t get any to be doing this—there are many health benefits that go along with doing so.
Certainly, I don’t think one should just pull out their cucumber and start playing with their instrument in front of others. However, shouldn’t the same be said for sex?—it’s perfectly natural, though it isn’t something that should be done out in the open for all to see–the only exception would be for porn, or other entertainment purposes. What the fuck is so wrong playing with yourself; isn’t better than screwing around without a condom and waiting to see what happpens..? I don’t know about you, but I don’t wanna knock someone up or contract a deadly disease..
As for the whole health benefits factor, it doesn’t take a fucking doctor to know that masturbation is a stress reliever, and reduces headaches. Also, it can reduce the chances of prostate cancer…I dont know about you, but masturbation is sure as hell sounding like an awesome sexual alternative…So for those biggoted assholes who have something shitty to say about it, all I have to say to them is, “Fuck OFF!”
Oh yeah, listen to this guy {Justin Kirk, who plays Uncle Andy on Weeds} haha, I found this informative, I don’t know about you…
John
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 