Wow. The last post I put up about Julia Child and Sterling Hayden working for the OSS got my ires up and I dug around this here old bucket of tubes for some more information on one of my favorite character actors of the last half of the twentieth century. Turns out Sterling Hayden was more interesting than Jack D. Ripper or even Roger Wade for that matter.

A veteran, spy, gun runner, alcoholic, pot fiend, actor, best selling novelist, seaman and philosopher, Sterling Hayden wrote the fucking book on what it means to be alive in this world; uncompromising and restless. I only wish he was still stomping around our little planet sos I might have had a chance to knock a glass or two with the guy.

God bless you Sterling Hayden!

Awesome new web show from Dean (Michael “Mickey” Melchiondo) Ween, “The Brownie Troop Fishing Show“. In this particular episode he goes fishing with Gibby Haynes from the Butthole Surfers - it’s kind of like “Fishing with John” but with no John Lurie and more apparent drug abuse.

Give yourself over to the fish…

I’m pretty sure this is the most accurately rendered re-enactment of PCP psychosis ever created.

The New York Times has an article about two supposed “excercise” pills now in development.
From the article:

For all who have wondered if they could enjoy the benefits of exercise without the pain of exertion, the answer may one day be yes — just take a pill that tricks the muscles into thinking they have been working out furiously.

Researchers at the Salk Institute in San Diego reported that they had found two drugs that did wonders for the athletic endurance of couch potato mice. One drug, known as Aicar, increased the mice’s endurance on a treadmill by 44 percent after just four weeks of treatment.

A second drug, GW1516, supercharged the mice to a 75 percent increase in endurance but had to be combined with exercise to have any effect.

I knew this day would come sooner or later. All those fools who’ve spent their lives running and lifting weights are going to lament their choices and realize that they could’ve been drinking beer and eating sausage all along.

Read the whole article here (may require free registration).

I saved a couple remaining bits of seratonin especially for these sick motherfuckers!