I missed that bit about how the HeadOn belongs to your Dad. I didn't have him in mind when I was planning out my little...abstract escapade.

By trendy I mean very common. I could be mistaken, but isn't the NHS of Britain exploring the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies? I'm pretty sure most of the trials resulted with little to no difference between the homeopathic treatments and the placebo, but there are people who continue to insist that homeopathic alternatives have an undeniable, positive effect for patients. What, precisely, this positive effect refers to, I'm not sure. I caught a bbc vid stream about it not too long ago.

Did you try gluing things together with the HeadOn?

It's trendy to complain about people whose claims are based on reversing the laws of physics?

Actually, alison, they do say what you use it for, because they have special 'formulations' (which, I gather, means that they have no measurable amount of different compounds in each variety of HeadOn.) They don't, however, have any such information on their website. (I think it's the homeopathic strategy towards information: the lower the concentration of information, the more informative the website is.)

The one my dad had is the "Migraine" version (which is interesting because he doesn't actually get migraines.) There are also sinus and extra strength headache relief versions (naturally, there is no 'regular strength'; contemplating how to formulate such a product might make even their heads explode.)

now these are cool looking socks... but can you imagine how much work they'd be? gah!


and this:

awwwwwww!

now, my question is... what IS HeadOn used for?

the website isn't exactly clear...
are we talking, uh... fast and effective relief of... headaches? cold foreheads? effective production of irritation and small itchy red bumps?? what exactly?

it doesn't say ANYWHERE.

R-rated film played in theatre slated for PG flick

Aren't the homeopathy vs medicine arguments pretty trendy? Don't let the power of the placebo surprise you, Par!

Now I have to find someone who actually uses HeadOn, swap it with glue, and release feathers into the air...

Hmm... I was just reading the label of a stick of HeadOn that my dad has. So, did anyone else know it's homeopathic 'medicine'? From their site:

Each ingredient is followed by a number and then an “X” (such as 6X, 12X or 30X), what does that mean?

The number and the “X” which follows the name of the active ingredient identifies the dilution of each active ingredient. For instance, 6X means that the ingredient has been diluted one part per million parts of water. The monograph of each active ingredient in the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States states the dilution at which the ingredient is safe and effective. The active ingredients in HeadOn are diluted much more than the minimum required dilution dictated by the monograph of the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States and therefore represent no health risk whatsoever.

Some random, short distractions.

The Inbox Of Nardo Pace, The Empire's Worst Engineer:

Hey, kid. That trash compactor you designed is up and running and I've got to say it looks great. Lots of grime, a magnetically sealed hatch that can't be opened from the inside, a tentacled garbage creature that practically serves no purpose at all. It's got everything a salty old janitor could ever want.

One thing, though. It takes an awful long time to flatten garbage. I'm talking a minute or more, depending on how many flimsy poles I toss in there. If our capital ships can boogie at faster than light speeds, why can't we make a few walls slide toward one another at a speed that outpaces a Hutt's leisurely stroll?

i just watched that video... (or, well, listened to it while checking e-mail, but still)...

what is wrong with Bill Donohue? his ideas/comments are like watching some repressed librarian rip all the photos of naked bushmen out of the National Geographics... because it offends him, it must offend everyone? hmm... and therefore it's bad... how big a stick does he have shoved up where the sun don't shine?


i'm a huge proponent of art for art's sake... and he just stomped all over that... what with his "why don't you show it in some dump down in Soho" and the other comments about no-good loser-artists... wow... (all artists must just be degenerates then, eh?) mr-high-and-mighty-right-wing-christian never thought there could be another kind of christian out there, did he? and if there are other christians, there's no way in hell that they could be right, is there? and the "Leonardo you are not" comment... way to not understand what he was asking... haha...

i guess that's what you get when you give uneducated people power... ;) haha

it bothers me that Earth Day has stooped to this level:



it doesn't even say whether or not they're made from recycled materials...