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Tae a Fert (sometimes attrib. to Robert Burns, but likely doubtful) Oh, whit a sleekit, horrible beastie, Lurks in yer stomach efter a feastie. As ye sit doon among yer kin, There starts tae stir an’ enormous wind. The neeps an’ tatties an’ mushy peas Stert workin’ like a gentle breeze. But...

Albert Hofmann, born in Switzerland, joined the pharmaceutical-chemical department of Sandoz Laboratories, located in Basel, as a co-worker with professor Arthur Stoll, founder and director of the pharmaceutical department. He began studying the medicinal plant squill and the fungus ergot as...

And you touch the distant beaches With tales of brave Ulysses How his naked ears were tortured By the sirens sweetly singing

I say irregardless on purpose all the time. Kinda like unkindest (but not really)...

Dude, thank you SO much for introducing me to Levi. I feel like I've heard his name or know who he was, or rather, should know who he was, but I really don't think I did. I'm kinda tripping now (but what better time to read poetry? (this goddamn keyboard, godbless it) , but Levi's rendering of...

I think he definitely meant misunderestimate (and we did get his drift)...

People used to believe a lot of things. Citing the beliefs of illiterate goatherds, et al., from eons ago does not really move me to thereby respect religion in general or its current adherents' beliefs. As far as Christianity goes, Jesus told his followers that they should expect to be mocked...

Not just emotional weakness, evidently. The shit hit the fan for Jim and Tammy Faye in the late 80's, I guess that means your family is now too old and physically weak to orchestrate a second stoning. Or at least a very effective one. I mean, they failed in the 80's, you'd have to think...

I have to say, you'd think that would've occurred to them before now. Not that any administration before Trump ever gave them cause to, but just on general principle...

Yes, the prototype of Kevin Durant..

Here's another, only three translations of this one so I'll post them here: The Fountain of Blood It seems to me at times my blood flows out in waves Like a fountain that gushes in rhythmical sobs. I hear it clearly, escaping with long murmurs, But I feel my body in vain to find the wound...