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I think, at least insofar as my rhetoric degree is concerned, I'm glad of the proscription against intradepartmental romance. Rhetoric majors are the mouth-breathiest people in the world.

No, Jake, I did not use a rectal thermometer, but my ex-bio-major roommate did inform me that Science Has Proven that masturbation helps you get over minor viruses and bacterial infections more rapidly. So you can do what you want with that one.

Orgasms cure migraines. Tell that to your wife the next time she tells you she has a headache. Of course, your orgasm won't do a thing for her, so if you're the only one getting one, don't waste her time.

http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/triggers-161473-5_2.html

(Insert "Giving Head" related joke here.....)

Now that Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is back on track, maybe we'll get some discussion of it on here, somewhere. Here's a nice vid of director Julie Taymor (Across the Universe) discussing the story.

And a vid about how they came up with the title.

And the link to the show's website: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

I had actually forgotten about this until I opened my bedroom door this morning. PetSmart shaved my dog.

I have a mini-schnauzer/poodle mix named Judy B. who is, in accordance with her mix, extremely fluffy. Having been a stray when we found her at the end of last summer, she had a ton of mats, especially in her beard. I tried to get them out with a brush, but she won't let me near her face with it and I doubted I could get them out even if she did, so I took her to the fine groomers down at my local PetSmart and asked them to work their magic. The girl behind the counter briefly mentioned having to cut close to the skin to get the mats out and I signed a release and went merrily upon my way. And when I got back, they had completely shaved my dog. Down to the skin. Mats were certainly no longer a problem.

I think it must have been the only way to get them out, but there are few shocks to equal coming back to PetSmart and being presented with a completely bald dog. She looks like a chihuahua. I had to buy her a little sweater to stop her from shaking in the 60° weather last night.

In other news, I am turning into a little old lady who carries small dogs around in handbags and knits them little booties. The dogs, not the handbags.

I don't know how to respond to that story without getting completely inappropriate.

Just let it out, honey. It's natural. You'll feel better afterwards.

All I can think of involve shaved kitty metaphors.

I'm eating cold pizza for lunch. It is teh awesome!

I am six minutes away from leaving the office and going home. Also teh awesome!

Julie Taymor says she did her due diligence and read hundreds of comic books. She also mentions Spider-Man "flying." Either she concentrated really hard on the arc where he gained Captain Universe's cosmic powers, or she was being metaphorical (since "flying" and "web shooting" would have to be handled the same way on stage).

Other options: 1.) she didn't read hundreds of comic books, 2.) she did read hundreds of comic books but few were (or none was) Spider-Man related, 3.) despite reading hundreds of comic books (which may or may not have been Spider-Man comic books), she still thinks Spider-Man flies.

I'm gonna go with metaphorical.

I went to Barnes and Noble last night to buy the Watchmen Ultimate Cut, but damnit, they're having a month-long 50% off sale on most of their Criterion Collection DVDs. Damn you Barnes and Noble! I picked up Amarcord and Ugetsu.

Do you guys know if smoking pot can cause digestive upset? I have a friend who has convinced himself that it's giving him diarrhea and stomach cramping, even though every credible source I can find says that it's just not how it works.

Um... It's been a long time, but I doubt it. Cancer patients use it to help ease the nausea and pain from chemo.

Maybe it's a food allergy? If he's smoking pot and then eating snacks (lol, crazy, right?)... wheat allergy (sandwiches)? lactose intolerant (ice cream)? corn allergy (doritos)? etc?

kah wrote:

wheat allergy (sandwiches)?

The gluten allergy is a fad that has taken the academic world by storm. Thousands of (mostly white) graduate students across America have convinced themselves they are allergic to wheat. Some of them are vegans. The ones who are nut-allergen vegans now have a diet that consists of very, very little.

Enjoy your water, fruit, and B₁₂ shots, you nut-free (so to speak), wheat-allergen-hypochondriac vegans!

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Is Wheat Intolerance Just a Fad?

For the very small number of people with a genuine allergy to Wheat, it's a serious thing. It should not be treated lightly, in such cases.

spammityspam wrote:

Do you guys know if smoking pot can cause digestive upset? I have a friend who has convinced himself that it's giving him diarrhea and stomach cramping, even though every credible source I can find says that it's just not how it works.

http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/DrDrew/health.html#stom

"It's also worth pointing out that cannabis dehydrates you. Make sure you keep your water intake up, although this is nowhere near as big a problem as with Ecstasy, except in extreme cases. However, if you've been drinking alcohol as well, or taken way too much cannabis, you may well feel very nauseous. If this happens, best to give into it and throw up, tuck yourself in a quiet corner somewhere afterwards, and sip water or weak tea to replace your bodily fluids.

As to its effects on your digestion, these are indirect, really. Anyone feeling more relaxed and comfortable is going to digest food better - similarly, anyone feeling paranoid or tense is more likely to get indigestion. Both can be caused, or at least encouraged, by cannabis."
There is another short paragraph of info atthe link.

Also depends what he is smoking it with. Tobacco can have laxative properties, even moreso when combined with alcohol and other narcotics.

Dehydration is a bitch. Just when you need all your fluid, your body makes one of the first signs of oncoming dehydration the evacuation of as much fluid as possible. Yeah, thanks for that!

A whole day of pain and terror in 46C heat in the desert on the Sinai peninsula taught me that..... and to never, ever eat squid off a Mongolian barbecue.

Nothing with tentacles. Ever.

Anyone have ONE MILLION DOLLARS plus CHANGE for this poster? But postage is only ten dollars, so that's cool.

http://cgi.ebay.com/KiNG-KONG-ESCAPES-Original-UNiVERSAL-Cinema-Quad-POS...

I did the following:

Yes, I am aware of the unnecessarily capitalized P in the last sentence.

Almost everything else is done, but today and tomorrow before 6 p.m. I have to write a 10-page history paper that constitutes 60% of my grade. I started the research today, because my time up until now has been consumed by the 75 other projects that were individually less important but as a group more pressing. I have no idea how I'm going to get this done.

Lucky for me, there's not very much research on counterfeiting by women in early modern England, so I can get away with not much historiography. I just have no idea how to organize this behemoth. I have a text document full of notes and a goal, but I'm not really seeing the jump between them at the moment.

Let the chain-smoking and obsessive making of tea begin.

spammityspam wrote:

In other news, I am turning into a little old lady who carries small dogs around in handbags and knits them little booties. The dogs, not the handbags.

Just don't turn the small dogs into knitted handbags. Then we will really be worried for your state of mind.

I'm sure I've posted these before, but they always make my day! :-)

Even you're not that gay, eh, KV?

I didn't know they had bugs in the magical world of weather maps.