‘Joy is man’s passage from a less to a greater perfection.’ –Spinoza
Sometimes you hear a word for the first time and think: “Of course.” How better to describe Paris Hilton than as a “celebutante” or the frequent tabloid target Alec Baldwin as “the bloviator”? (Thanks, New York Post!)
Now make room for “prehab.”
Prehab made its debut on Feb. 23, the handiwork of GlasgowRose, a commenter on Gawker, after a publicist for Charlie Sheen announced that the star of “Two and a Half Men” was entering rehab as a “preventative measure.”
{ NY Times | Continue reading }
A respected scientist set out to determine which drugs are actually the most dangerous — and discovered that the answers are, well, awkward. (…)
The list, printed as a chart with the unassuming title “Mean Harm Scores for 20 Substances,” ranked a set of common drugs, both legal and illegal, in order of their harmfulness - how addictive they were, how physically damaging, and how much they threatened society. Many drug specialists now consider it one of the most objective sources available on the actual harmfulness of different substances.
That ranking showed, with numbers, what Nutt was fired for saying out loud: Overall, alcohol is far worse than many illegal drugs. So is tobacco. Smoking pot is less harmful than drinking, and LSD is less damaging yet.
{ The Boston Globe | Continue reading }
Andy was one of my best friends. We hung out together several nights a week for over ten years. We used to go to Studio 54 — an amazing place.
{ Jerry Hall interview | Index magazine | Continue reading }
photo { Andy Warhol and Jerry Hall, Studio 54, NYC, late 70s }
