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the Excitable boy
Jimmy had always been an excitable boy, curious about every single thing and running everywhere he went. He was also prone to sharing whatever was on his ind ...in fact, sometimes he used his outside voice even when he was in the house!
One day, his parents decided they really didn't like him very much. In fact, they couldn't stand him anymore. So late that night, they had a Talk. By the time the Conan credits rolled, they had narrowed their options down to either an 'accident' on the basement stairs or putting him on medication.
Jimmy's dad told his mom that if ten years of JonBenét Ramsey had taught him anything, it was that even little bodies were a bitch and a half, so why not try him on the kiddy coke and see what happened. "It's a no lose" he reminded her, "the stairs will always be there of we need them".
Six months later, Jimmy was a new boy!
Now, Jimmy sat very still and the Ritalin did all the running, from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. Everything was fine, even if he didn't remember who this weird lady was, or why she was so stoked about showing him her dumb picture of an old hippie.
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Mental accessories
one of the great things about living
in a consumer society is that no matter
what you might be into, there are accessories
to go with!
poll boxes are not exclusive
to the mentally medicated among us,
of course. all kinds of people take
all kinds of pills for all kinds of reasons.
...but we the medicated have a very special
relationship with our pills.
sometimes it can feel like
"take them or else!"
but if one is medicating,
it can't hurt anything to make it
more memorable, or enjoyable
or even a personal statement of some kind.
as near as i can tell, they come
in a wide range of styles and colours.
even a Betty Page!
if that's too racy, you might
prefer "la royale".
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it's not strictly a modern thing, either.
these antiques testify to that.
this one strikes me as kind
of weird... like, why the kid?
is this where the idea of
'mother's little helper' came from?
it seems that pharmaceuticals
were a going concern during
the days of Art Nouveau.
this one is from Austria,
near the end of the 19th century.
this one's my personal favourite-
it's silver with a nephrite stone.
alas, it was sold at auction long
before i saw these pictures.
one never knows what might help.
whatever gets you thru the night,
or the day, as the case may be...
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far, far from Eye candy
out among the kittens and unicorns
and ninjas and zombies online,
occasionally i come across moments
that stop me in my tracks.
these are from a huge, amazing collection
brought together by Jennifer here:
take me there now, i command you!
brought together by Jennifer here:
take me there now, i command you!
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