2,700 year old Shaman pot...

Interesting article in today's Toronto Star about the oldest known dope stash found in a Chinese tomb.

Some chronic quotes:

Stash seems to have been intended for buried shaman to use in the afterlife

Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China. The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly "cultivated for psychoactive purposes," rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany.

The entire article is here.

Bad animals...

Heard a great interview on CBC Radio One's The Sunday Edition with Farley Mowat a couple of Sundays ago. He referred to humans as bad animals in that we treat other species and the environment so horribly. Very engaging, humourous, in-your-face interview. Also read a piece on him the Toronto Star where he touches on that subject again with the following quote:

"I am absolutely sure that the human species has not very far to go, in terms of lifetime on Earth...And I couldn't care less. Life will continue on after we're gone. There have been lots of evolutionary mistakes. What's one more?"

I'm looking forward to reading his latest book Otherwise.

I hope I'm as ornery as him at aged 87....

The Macallan...

...Nothing like a Sunday night drunk on Macallan.... 

Thanks Gabriele....

NIN again...

Forgot to mention here that last Friday night in Hamilton at Copps Coliseum, for the 3rd time on their  "Lights In The Sky" North American tour, I saw Nine Inch Nails live. Took my daughter, her girl friend and my youngest son. It was a spectacular show. Huge crowd that was totally into the band. And the band was really on. NIN is such a great band to see live. 2+ hours of pure intensity. 

So this marks the 5th time I've seen them live, the 4th time my daughter has seen them and the 2nd time my son has seen them. 

We're one big happy NIN family....

No, this is not photoshopped...

Amazing architecture in Sopot, Poland. It's called The Crooked House. Imagine seeing this when drunk or high... First picture in a series from the Village of Joy blog entry entitled 50 Strange Buildings of the World.

Lest we forget...

Would that make us kin?...

Two good ole boys in Keswick were sitting around talking one afternoon over a cold beer. After a while the 1st guy says to 2nd:

"If'n I was to sneak over to your place Saturday & make love to your wife while you was off huntin' and she got pregnant and had a baby, would that make us kin?"

The 2nd guy crooked his head sideways for a minute, scratched his head, and squinted his eyes thinking real hard about the question. Finally, he says:

"Well, I don't know about kin, but it sure would make us even."

Proverb...

Marriage.... Once is a mistake. Twice you're a masocist.