Category Archives: Health

The Drug Of The Right

November 2, 2011 – 9:59 am

When I was in high school in the late-60s, I steadfastly refused marijuana on the grounds that it was illegal by law. A good friend was working in a drug store. We did reds, whites, and Ludes. They were FDA-approved drugs. My mindset was not much different from the present population of America addicted to [...]

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A Gift From The New World

October 14, 2011 – 2:31 am

Young men in the 1960s were constantly warned about the dangers of drugs, rock n roll, and sex. Sex not only led you to hell, but to Syphilis. We had no idea what Syphilis was, how you got it, and what you did once you had it other than horrific tales of doctors shoving an [...]

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Mipples For Moobs

October 6, 2011 – 10:49 am

“I’m like the Acropolis. In a state of ruins, but you can tell at one time I must have been splendid.” David Tidball said more than twenty years ago. The English painter was describing himself, but I have quoted his words on many occasions to Americans without a single reply. I attribute their lack of [...]

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The Fatman Cometh

August 18, 2011 – 8:23 am

Obesity has taken over America. Cheap food without nourishment has transformed the nation into a horde of overweight behemoths and they have no intentions of pushing away from the trough of processed food. They are in love with potato chips, Big Macs, and Diet-Soda. These heavyweights suffer from the fears in extremes number, since their [...]

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Nothing Better Than Pizza

July 26, 2011 – 4:37 pm

Back in 1995 I left the USA after the death of my younger brother. My plan was to visit the holiest places in Asia to expiate Michael’s sins. I was a non-believer, but felt this pilgrimage would help his soul on the other side. By late August I was residing in old Yunnanese city of [...]

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