Random Thoughts

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:40 pm

I'm still sick. Is there a service single people can call to have someone come and pamper them? Actually I could've used that even when I was married!

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:56 pm

Ever get that ball of stress in the back of your neck where you feel like you could bend steel with your fingers?

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:57 pm

Hope you feel better soon Muggy - eat lots of ice cream!

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:01 am

selfmademug wrote:I'm still sick. Is there a service single people can call to have someone come and pamper them? Actually I could've used that even when I was married!

What about Boys 'R Us?

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:22 am

El Vez wrote:Ever get that ball of stress in the back of your neck where you feel like you could bend steel with your fingers?

Right at the top of the neck, at the base of the skull? I get a really tight feverish feeling there occassionally.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:56 am

verbal gymnastics wrote: What about Boys 'R Us?

I called them and I got an automated voice saying I was number two in line and could expect a waiting time of approximately fifteen years. They said my call was important to them, but I'm not sure I believe it...

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:03 am

How long until some nutcase in Crawford, Texas attacks Cindy Sheehan? Despicable piece by Christopher Hitchens on Slate.com this morning, calling her "hysterical". Yeah, you miserable drunkard, she only lost a son. What's she got to complain about? What a fuckwit.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:08 pm

Play "A Message to You Rudy" by the Specials for a 5-year old. He/she will dig it - fact.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:13 pm

Not as much as 'Hey Fatty Bum-Bum'!

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:55 am

selfmademug wrote:
verbal gymnastics wrote: What about Boys 'R Us?
I called them and I got an automated voice saying I was number two in line and could expect a waiting time of approximately fifteen years. They said my call was important to them, but I'm not sure I believe it...

Everyone knows you're number 1. Perhaps they're experiencing a high volume of calls at this time.

Failing that perhaps you should go down to the store and pick something out yourself

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:42 am

Lay's Dill Pickle potato chips taste better than the name would lead you to believe.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:53 am

+

even better!

I like 'em with ketchup too!

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:55 am

mood swung wrote:even better!

True. You do get that cool, crisp crunch, but the pickle chips aren't bad if you don't have a jar in the fridge.

SoLikeCandy · Post by **SoLikeCandy** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:56 am

Am I the only one who has dreams that you're awake and can't move or speak? I had another one, and it was terrifying--my boyfriend says I almost kicked him out of bed.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:55 pm

That's a familiar dream, though not of late. You must be full of deep anxiety.

Wan light surrounds my heart.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:06 pm

bambooneedle wrote:
El Vez wrote:Ever get that ball of stress in the back of your neck where you feel like you could bend steel with your fingers?
Right at the top of the neck, at the base of the skull? I get a really tight feverish feeling there occassionally.

...which is no surprise as the adrenal gland is there and it has an undoubtable relation to levels of stress. I probably was experiencing a form of glandular fever.

Ghost of Ray · Post by **Ghost of Ray** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:32 pm

The adrenal gland is at the apical pole of the kidney, down around the mid to lower back. It is a source of epinephrine, and its endocrine function places this 'stress' chemical into the general circulation. The tension in the neck region is only related to adrenal endocrine output to the degree that the individual holds tension in the head/neck/shoulders region. Epinephrine can induce these muscles to contract in preparation for flight or flight, but there is nothing specific about the action of the adrenals, or its neurohumeral endocrine output, on tension in any specific area of the body.

I counsel on stress management. Unfortunately, I have failed my course many times.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:51 pm

I was wrong; it's called the pituitary gland, the one at the base of the skull, right? In any case, it controls all other endoctrine glands like the adrenal glands by the hormones it produces. If the pituitary gland is not functioning optimally might you feel pain at the back of the neck and feel very stressed or exhausted?

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:24 pm

Watched The Brown Bunny last night. Woof. I had no idea that Vincent Gallo was such a fan of MST3K staple Manos: Hands of Fate (Manos is "hands" in Spanish so the movie is actually Hands: Hands of Fate) because, just like with Manos, three-quarters of Bunny is just him driving down various highways, looking pensive in that insufferable GQ way. I kept thinking "Is this one of Soderbergh's jokes or something?" I really, really liked Buffalo '66 but this was quite possible the worst film ever made by someone who might be a major talent.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:30 pm

bambooneedle wrote:I was wrong; it's called the pituitary gland, the one at the base of the skull, right?

No. Your pituitary is deep in your brain, roughly behind your eyes and between your ears. I know cause I had to have mine scanned for tumors about eight years ago; long story but all was and is well.

Ghost of Ray · Post by **Ghost of Ray** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:43 pm

The pituitary is located just south of the Thalamus, a huge sensory nucleus in the midbrain. It resides just north of the hard palette of the roof of the mouth...thus, BRAINFREEZE occurs when the Pituitary tries to thermoregulate after too much ice-cream causes a sudden thermal drop.

While the pituitary and the hypothalamus mediate a tremendous amount of the more primal functions of the human body (and thus, affect human behaviour...See the Rene DesCartes "Mind-Body Problem) it is not the source of the pain that you describe. In general, the pain is secondary to muscle tension and/or alterations in cerebral blood flow inducing headaches that can radiate into the neck and shoulders.

The pituitary adn hypothalamus are incredible gatekeepers and keymasters of the body. You are right that they are proximal to the source of your pain, but they are not DIRECTLY the source of it.

Interestingly enough, by inserting needles made of bamboo into the sexual satiety center of the hypothalamus you can induce a grown man to hump a Laz-Y-Boy Recliner through orgasm all the way to unconsciousness.

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:48 pm

Ghost of Ray, you don't post nearly often enough.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:49 pm

Ghost of Ray wrote:Interestingly enough, by inserting needles made of bamboo into the sexual satiety center of the hypothalamus you can induce a grown man to hump a Laz-Y-Boy Recliner through orgasm all the way to unconsciousness.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:59 pm

Why do all my anecdotes begin with "So, I was watching the director's cut of Pootie Tang....."

ice nine · Post by **ice nine** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:37 pm

I have a copy of Pootie Tang. I'm disappointed that there is no commentary or deleted scenes, just a music video.