R.I.P.



Humphrey Osmond, who coined the word psychedelic in 1956 in correspondence with his friend Aldous Huxley.

The two men were looking for a word to describe this new class of drugs, and they were doing so in rhyme. Huxley wrote:

To make this trivial world sublime,
Take half a Gramme of phanerothyme.

To which Osmond responded:

To fathom hell or soar angelic
Just take a pinch of psychedelic.

Psychological Exercise

This is an effective way to determine how to get your needs met, when you're experiencing negative emotions.

1) Feelings. Label the feelings that you are having. Think of a few different words that you feel describe the emotions.

2) Needs. Using the labesl you came up with for the emotions, now think of words that would be the opposite of those. Often, the opposite of the emotion is the need that is going unmet.

3) Action. Focussing now on the words that you came up with for the needs, think of a couple ways that you could do something that would allow you to get the needs met.

So, practice that for awhile. Btw -- street value? $120. But, for you, dear reader? -- gratis.

Feeding my Head

Reading:

• Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs -- John (Johnny Rotten) Lydon
  
• Dude, Where's my Country? -- Michael Moore

Listening to:

• Jeff Buckley -- Live @ Sin-e. Tremendous and touching.
  
• Joe Firstman -- The War of Women. Ok. Kinda poppy. Made by a friend. Like the last tune a lot.
  
• And miscellaneous streaming punk, just 'cuz I'm in the mood.