going in the patch full body naked tomorrow.
if it goes well, i'll be pope. i'm pretty shredded of late. shredded like shredded cabbage. cuts everywhere.
it would make a nice video. looking for new hot spell now, worst yet, 100 f forecast thursday. haven't seen triple digits in decades, especially this late. i should be sweating like a slave when i get to the patch.
nope.
must keep it dignified. with sacred scratching and hooting.
The Religion Thread
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turns out, i missed yesterday's urtication and dew the line at going in there past dark.
read some more about the chemicals likely found in the stinging hairs. histamine is the itchy part, formic acid the sting, but there's serotonin too, which seems odd...and acetylcholine.
read some more history of nettle use and some modern medical use.
the pain reduction feature is possibly placebo and possibly a re-working of brain signaling that may interfere with allergies, which are somewhat 'mental' to begin with.
everything is filtered through our brain's choice of interpretations, evidently. it's not so much the meds that work, it's the hype that one must find acceptable before granting power to the pill.
An analyses paper introduced me to a new word:
"homovanilly" from homovanillic acid. it's also the name of my new boy band.
reality is subjective as hell; possibly doesn't exist. like time. and space.
(i went in hard today with exposed new tender areas, like my inner, upper arms. it was all i could handle; mostly subsided in an hour.)
(maybe coincidentally, my arthritic numbness and pain have improved dramatically in the past week, as i introduced the sting)
read some more about the chemicals likely found in the stinging hairs. histamine is the itchy part, formic acid the sting, but there's serotonin too, which seems odd...and acetylcholine.
read some more history of nettle use and some modern medical use.
the pain reduction feature is possibly placebo and possibly a re-working of brain signaling that may interfere with allergies, which are somewhat 'mental' to begin with.
everything is filtered through our brain's choice of interpretations, evidently. it's not so much the meds that work, it's the hype that one must find acceptable before granting power to the pill.
An analyses paper introduced me to a new word:
"homovanilly" from homovanillic acid. it's also the name of my new boy band.
reality is subjective as hell; possibly doesn't exist. like time. and space.
(i went in hard today with exposed new tender areas, like my inner, upper arms. it was all i could handle; mostly subsided in an hour.)
(maybe coincidentally, my arthritic numbness and pain have improved dramatically in the past week, as i introduced the sting)
Re: The Religion Thread
Nice church and pastor: https://www.advocate.com/religion/dillo ... belltitem1
Amazingly, they're anti-vax, too. https://sbckjv.com/
Amazingly, they're anti-vax, too. https://sbckjv.com/
Re: The Religion Thread
Delusional about one thing, probably delusional about a lot of things.
Poor miserable (infected) bastards.
Poor miserable (infected) bastards.
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He's got the "Yes, I'm a closeted faggot psychopath" look about him. 
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and, let's face it, there's something really gay about religion.
(unless it's outside and fairly pagan with supplements)
(unless it's outside and fairly pagan with supplements)
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Ever see the original "The Wicker Man"? Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee. And let's not forget Britt Ekland. Serious looker that one. Specially when she gets all naked and such.
Now there's a fuckin' hoot. Great story all about the clash of belief systems.
Now there's a fuckin' hoot. Great story all about the clash of belief systems.
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in this short clip, you can see the flying spaghetti monster, among other un-named beasts:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/newly-found- ... 19560.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/newly-found- ... 19560.html
Re: The Religion Thread
A Rabbi and his friend, a Catholic priest, were having a discussion.
when the rabbi asked, “Could you ever be promoted within your church?”
The priest responded, “Well, one day, I hope to become a bishop.”
The rabbi asked, “And then?”
The priest thought for a second and responded, “Well, then I might become a cardinal.”
The rabbi again asked, “And then?”
The priest again pondered the question before responding “Then I would become Pope!”
The rabbi, still unsatisfied, asked “And then?”
The priest, exasperated, cried “What else could I become? God Himself!?”
The rabbi quietly responded, “One of our boys made it!”
when the rabbi asked, “Could you ever be promoted within your church?”
The priest responded, “Well, one day, I hope to become a bishop.”
The rabbi asked, “And then?”
The priest thought for a second and responded, “Well, then I might become a cardinal.”
The rabbi again asked, “And then?”
The priest again pondered the question before responding “Then I would become Pope!”
The rabbi, still unsatisfied, asked “And then?”
The priest, exasperated, cried “What else could I become? God Himself!?”
The rabbi quietly responded, “One of our boys made it!”