http://theunreliablenarrator.net/2008/06/06/ripping-off-the-plaster/ "bringing you all the news that's fit to mistrust" Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:59:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://theunreliablenarrator.net/2008/06/06/ripping-off-the-plaster/#comment-31795 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:58:17 +0000 http://theunreliablenarrator.net/2008/06/06/ripping-off-the-plaster/#comment-31795 Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Better living through chemistry is K.'s mantra, but we're agreed there's limits to what psychoactive substances can do to improve a bad situation. She feels that for me 2 dry martinis (up, with olive) is definitely pushing the limit, especially if topics political are in the offing. Here's fervently hoping that regular sleep, undirected creative activity, occasional recreational sex, reasonably reliable income, and a permanent jettisoning of the superhero ideal will put the unbelievably admirable Un on the long road to general well-being—insofar as possible in a world gone mad with greed, power, bloodlust and related ephemera & epiphenomena. Remember the task of the slave in the triumphal chariot was to whisper in Caesar's ear: <em>All glory is fleeting.</em> Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Better living through chemistry is K.’s mantra, but we’re agreed there’s limits to what psychoactive substances can do to improve a bad situation. She feels that for me 2 dry martinis (up, with olive) is definitely pushing the limit, especially if topics political are in the offing. Here’s fervently hoping that regular sleep, undirected creative activity, occasional recreational sex, reasonably reliable income, and a permanent jettisoning of the superhero ideal will put the unbelievably admirable Un on the long road to general well-being—insofar as possible in a world gone mad with greed, power, bloodlust and related ephemera & epiphenomena. Remember the task of the slave in the triumphal chariot was to whisper in Caesar’s ear: All glory is fleeting.

]]> http://theunreliablenarrator.net/2008/06/06/ripping-off-the-plaster/#comment-31687 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:19:34 +0000 http://theunreliablenarrator.net/2008/06/06/ripping-off-the-plaster/#comment-31687 Psychotropic cocktails are like PhotoShopping your brain; even so, cold turkey can really crash your hard drive. Please proceed with caution, UnNarr. Psychotropic cocktails are like PhotoShopping your brain; even so, cold turkey can really crash your hard drive. Please proceed with caution, UnNarr.

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