Today is Your Lucky Day

Tonight's word salad reads as follows: Pill for masturbation Alcoholism might replace circumcision Princess Masako unliberated Kootch liberated too dam Well Democratic scripted Convention horney rats and whales mean disaster.

Did you get that? No? Maybe I will clarify later.

Playing chess stoned inspired me to grow some of my own, because I was too paranoid to trust other people's drugs. I dug out a teaspoonfull of Columbian Gold seeds from the freezer and sandwiched them inside a damp paper towel. Then I bought some potting soil from K-Mart, plus three big planters and some neon gro-lights. The seeds rose on the third day and I planted them in the three planters and turned on the lights and left them on 24 hours a day, in the walk-in closet. A few months later after a bit of trimming I had three handsome six foot Ganja plants suitable for harvesting. I did not attempt to force 'flowering' because I was satisfied with weak weed. When they were ready I skinned all the leaves off the plants, put them in a large container, and shredded them with a giant scissors. Then I let them dry out, turning the mass once a day until they were all fluff. Then I put the stuff into a plastic bag and stuffed it into the freezer and went in search of a head shop.

I found one in Aurora and bought a nice bong with a big bowl. I took the bong home and filled it with hot water. Then I stuffed the bowl full of freezer stuff and lit up. Not bad! I may have taken the bong and some of the Ganja to the DCC on one or two Friday nights, may not... I don't remember. But what I ended up with was about .5 cubic feet of passable pot which lasted me for several years.

Pot is illegal, of course, and therefore I do not recommend it. Note that.

But just between you and me I consider the judicious mixture of alcohol and marijuana to be the sweetest most innocuous high available. In fact I have had quite a few 'mystical experiences' using that combination. Do you know what a 'mystical experience' is? No? You only go to church? Then today is your lucky day.

Various drugs have been used to induce religious (mystical) experiences for thousands of years. It is my opinion (and the opinion of others) that the human impulse to believe in supernatural stuff had its origin in the drug experience thousands of years ago. The ancient Greeks, for example, did an analog of LSD. The Southwest Indians did Peyote, another 'hallucinogen.' (Pot is a mild hallucinogen). And I could go on and on but you get the idea. (If you are not connecting with this and Billy Graham is your idea of a mystical experience then flee!)

I want to tell you that you can overdo a mystical experience. I have done that more than once. If you drink too much beer and inhale too much Ganja you will have a very long night on the couch hoping you will not throw up. So I would advise you to approach the subject carefully over time. A mystical experience is not to be taken lightly.