“Heroic dose” was coined by Terrence McKenna who Hicks studied in the last years of his life. In fact, the peace that Hicks’ experiences brought him before his death is the primary factor that led me to use psychedelics as I approach my 40s.

On a serious but completely subjective note, when I broke through on mushrooms, I had no gender, no sense of self whatsoever. I became “we.”

As someone who has done both “heroic” doses of psilocybin mushrooms and broken through on DMT, he’s full of shit.

I like you. That came off as odd at first, and then I realized you were right. But I cannot add much more about Jimmy other than he was mall-walking, as he does with his current partner most days.

I’m a bit of a cynic (thus Diogenes as my avatar), so I feel that even though 80/20 housing is the way to go, it’ll never happen. It’s another case of “I got mine, fuck you.” We have economically depressed neighborhoods in every city in the nation, and undoubtedly 80/20 would be in the best interest of pretty much…

We were looking for a way to make the ratings soar
So we orchestrated an encounter with the Borg
Normally you’d think that that would get us into shit
But this one has a smashing ass and a lovely set of tits

It occurred to me this month as I prepared to pass a drug screen that unless the federal government legalizes weed, many job will still require drug screens that include marijuana. Why? Because any employer receiving more than $100,000 in government funds or contracts is legally obligated to do so.

My account makes me put in the CVC number to complete a purchase. Can’t remember if that’s standard or not. It’d take some lucky guesses to complete purchases using someone else’s account.

Ewwww. Someone on the account server side fucked up. I’d hate to be that person.

I’m not a small guy, but I feel like there should be something in between McDonald’s and Hardee’s burger, quality and quantity wise. If I have one of Hardee’s featured burgers, I feel like I’m going to explode. With McDonald’s I’m hungry an hour later.

That has a lot to do with the owners selling out/franchising. The soup is always hot, as is the stroganoff sauce (at least the way the kitchen was initially set up) and the noodles are just dropped in near boiling water to heat. There is no excuse to make a single patron wait for those items even if the place is…

I think a good example of this is Noodles & Co. I worked at store #2 back in the late nineties and we were ever reminded that it was not fast food, it was “swift service.” I’m not sure what the defined distinction was, but I’d worked at a Hardees prior to that and the difference was night and day. I think it had to do…

My cousin’s fiance told me the same thing. He worked in a factory that bagged/packaged pretty much every brand you see next to each other in the frozen food section. He said besides packaging, occasionally the very cheapest brands of broccoli would have more stem pieces.

He also said the worst thing about working there…

Very much so. It’s given me clarity in my spirituality regardless of how batshit insane my ideas are. At least I’ve had actual visions relating to my spirituality. I’ve also had unpleasantness from a couple experiences, but I still learned from them. And each journey has been different then the last. Someday, I’ll be…

It’s Persian for Twin. It was in Aramaic, but suddenly Kinja didn’t like the characters anymore and made them boxes. It’s the literal meaning of my name in the context of the bible. I’m also a psychonaut and have come to the conclusion that I absorbed my twin in utero.

There should have been a bigger backlash against those fascists that held CD burnings.

I live in Madison, so whatever the Walker administration and his lackeys have to say, I hear about it. It’s been depressing with the attacks to funding of badly needed Madison projects and services (we spend too much money on snow removal, dontcha know?).

I often dream of living somewhere warm and socially liberal that…

Oh no. No “popping off” allowed. That’s something gangbangers do.

I miss your commenting. I don’t see you nearly as much as I did back when The Consumerist still had a working comment system.

My buddy was literally 50 feet away from this shooting when it happened. It’s a fucking mall. It echoes like a canyon. So when someone fires a gun in one (second shooting in a Madison mall this year), how do you pinpoint the noise? Should everyone CCL holder pull their weapon and aim? Where should they aim? Oh, I see,…