Just what I think about every time I get poison ivy lately, this time I consulted google. And lo & behold there it is. I had considered that the ability of poison ivy oil to activate the immune system might make it a very good treatment for cancer. A microscopic glass bead soaked in the oil, then coated with a time release gel, inserted in a tumor could be used to emit levels of the oil on a homeopathic scale into the tumor. Then the immune system could possibly begin to target the cells infused with the oil.   more »

Is a new generation of leadership evolving as this article states? William Strauss and Neil Howe, coauthors of Generations, posit that each generation makes a unique bequest to those that follow and generally seeks to correct the excesses of the previous generation. They argue that the Boomer excess is ideology and that the Generation X reaction to that excess involves an emphasis on pragmatism and effectiveness. I would argue that this effecct is impelling a hybrid organizing principle. Pragmatic idealism. Obama's organizing principle? I think so.   more »

Here's a great video explaining the mechanism of how cannabinoids (THC & others), the compounds in maijuana, prevent cancer growth and cause cancer cells to eat themselves. In this video series, started off with Dr. Robert Melamede, Professor of Biology at the University of Colorado, the effect is detailed.   more »

Check this out, a 50s rockabilly song that is featured in "Kill Bill" in the opening scene, with a short snippet played on the radio in Sherrif Earl McGraw's (Michael Parks) car, as he pulls up to the wedding chappel massacre scene. Note the natural inspiration for this music. Carl Feathers..."that Certain Female"   more »

Here is an awesome new perspective on global climate disaster. From Jeff Goldstein in huffpost: Every Geologic Day, Earth will write in her diary the comings and goings for that day. Here's the next important point: Every one of the 27,394 pages in Earth's diary -- each Geologic Day -- is 365,000 years long enough time for 14,600 human generations. How come? Easy: 10 billion years divided by 27,394.   more »

Rainbow cinnamon gumdrop, Lemon and purple people are a plastic mystery, Radio bubblegum porkchop, Lilac lady will go down in history. (Chorus) Climb inside my world, Climb inside my belly button bean-bag plastic world!   more »