Shopping.

Well, I've sort of knuckled down to some serious christmas shopping. I always find the task very depressing.

I hate crowds of people that amble along with no sense of purpose or intent, like zombies in the shopping mall of a George A. Romero flick.

I hate buying things for people based on the fact that it's bad form not to, even when you know that in a couple of weeks time you could get twice as much "crud" for your money.

I'm not religious in any way, shape or form, and even if I was then I'm unsure that christmas shopping would form any part of my beliefs.

I hate seeing the same old crap that was on display at this time last year being wheeled back out onto the shelves for us to have another crack at.

Christmas socks, mugs, hats, shirts, cardigans, jumpers, decorations, in fact anything christmas "branded" that will never see the light of day until the same time next year.

I always see loads of stuff that I'd want to buy for myself, but I know nobody else will see those things and unless I DO buy them for myself, then I'll never receive them (examples of this, today, were: Electric toothbrush heads; Deodorant; Clothes; Shoes; Walking boots).

Even a dose of Michael Caine in Muppet Christmas Carol has failed to thaw my icy mood.

HUMBUGGERY!!



Not a great photo, but a nice example of a spider in my living room. I love spiders because they eat flies.... and I HATE flies!! There are also some good examples of dust bunnies in this photo, the kind that blow across my floor like tumbleweeds in Dead Man's Gulch.

Reefer madness.

I would like to think that over the course of many years I have at least learned something about drugs. Not all the lessons were positive ones. Nevertheless, they were lessons, and each one was as valuable as the last.

I was always fascinated by the lengths that some people would go to in order to satisfy their curiosity with drugs. The "spider experiments" of the sixties were a classic example. Give a spider LSD and I can tell you it's gonna spin a mighty fugged up web!! Do you really need to go to these lengths?


Tripping on mescaline.


Spider on hashish.


Wizzed on acid.


Spider laced with caffeine.

Anyhoo.....

Perhaps you might like to see this short film, which shows how the experiments were conducted. Make sure you stop the tune that's playing in the background first with the media player thing over there at the top on the right hand side otherwise the sounds are all fugged up.


Effects Of Drugs And Alcohol On Spider Webs