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[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  Greetings BigBong in Australia ! ;-]
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: BigBong, here is the latest drug news from Australia:
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: Australia: Supervised Drug Injecting Room Trial Considered a Success
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1092/a06.html 2003-07-19
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: Australia: Addicts Finding New Fix
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1089/a02.html 2003-07-19
[5, omega]: not often for peace time
[6, micah]: ok just rying to enjoy the moment
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[6, micah]: hey BB
[7, BigBong]: webgreetings all 
[3, Will]: I'm right on the flight path between the Grand Ledge Armory and Fort Custer in Battle Creek
[7, BigBong]: hey micah great to see ya
[6, micah]: just watching the stones concert
[6, micah]: u too BB
[6, micah]: been too long
[3, Will]: Grand Ledge has a helicopter repair shop
[6, micah]: BB in an hr or so
[5, omega]: hey bb
[7, BigBong]: how patheic does mick look now he in his 60's instead of in the 60's?
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: "We say in a democracy that good ideas will drive out bad ones, so if the good ones aren't there, we're left with the bad ones" - Barry McCaffrey
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 6:54:52 PM ET ]
[6, micah]: LOL still waitnimng
[5, omega]: lol
[5, omega]: being a bitch 
[6, micah]: ill update ya in a few
[5, omega]: why so long
[6, micah]: rush was awesume
[3, Will]: Barndog from yahooka used to work at the Grand Ledge Armory...  he flew 'em and fixed 'em
[5, omega]: i've used flight sims
[5, omega]: on commodore 64
[3, Will]: lol
[5, omega]: i've always been into planes since i was 12
[5, omega]: but
[5, omega]: they didnt have helicopter sim for commodore
[5, omega]: then
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: then is 3 month dry spell
[5, omega]: plane sim for 386!!!!
[5, omega]: THAT WAS SOO EXCITING
[5, omega]: the 386!!!!
[1, observer]: lol
[3, Will]: bot
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: yes, Will?
[5, omega]: then
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: then is 3 month dry spell
[5, omega]: i got a 486 Dx
[3, Will]: forget then
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: Will, I have forgotten then.
[5, omega]: i emphasize D
[3, Will]: good bot
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: nice human
[5, omega]: cause
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: cause is just ... just ridiculous
[5, omega]: D
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: D is also joining the pack
[5, omega]: it had 66mhz man
[5, omega]: !
[5, omega]: BAD ASS
[5, omega]: i still have that box
[5, omega]: it would make a great router
[3, Will]: my first IBM compatible machine was a 40 MHz 386
[5, omega]: it has a sister board even lol
[5, omega]: i had a 33mhz 386
[5, omega]: :(
[5, omega]: and
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: and is healing a bit too fast if anything
[5, omega]: i got ahold of like 6 286's
[3, Will]: my mom started out her cat toy business with a 286
[5, omega]: that was fun
[5, omega]: qbasic BABY!
[5, omega]: my first programming was on commodore
[3, Will]: and a panasonic dot-matrix printer
[5, omega]: basic
[5, omega]: so i was pretty good in qbasic
[5, omega]: now i'm into c
>> [6] micah left the chat.
[5, omega]: but that was when i was 12-13
[5, omega]: weird
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: weird is driew 
[5, omega]: i remember makin so many crazy games
[3, Will]: yeah, I can program in basic too...  I like visual basic
[5, omega]: i never mess with vb
[5, omega]: thats when i got into linux
[5, omega]: on my 486 dx
[5, omega]: 66mhz
[5, omega]: had
[5, omega]: 36mb of ram
[5, omega]: and that was like AWESOME then
[3, Will]: how old are you?
[5, omega]: cause everyone else was pimpin 8-16
[5, omega]: 18
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: 18 is ok also
[3, Will]: I'm almost twice your age
[5, omega]: so...
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: so... is marijuana legal yet?
[5, omega]: cannabis brings peace to us all
[3, Will]: lol
[5, omega]: :)
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: ;]
[5, omega]: mmj for social reasons
[5, omega]: nothing wrong with that
[5, omega]: it helps me
[7, BigBong]: lol  omega
[5, omega]: but not really
[5, omega]: when i smoke and go into social settings
[1, observer]: _
[3, Will]: nothing wrong with a little harmless social lubrication
[5, omega]: i usually have bad experiences 
[5, omega]: i've actually had a terribly bad experience with marijuana
[5, omega]: first time i started using the high quality bud
[7, BigBong]: cannabis is not a thing you can instantly control, takes time
[5, omega]: smoked in the school parking lot with my buddy
[5, omega]: and
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: and is healing a bit too fast if anything
[5, omega]: i always carried eye drops always
[3, Will]: lol
[5, omega]: but my eyes dont go red a
[7, BigBong]: however, once you canget your head around rolling the stone where you want it to go
[5, omega]: man
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: man is anyone in here
[3, Will]: neither do mine
[5, omega]: i just thought
[5, omega]: everyone was lookin at me
[5, omega]: mad paranoia
[3, Will]: lol
[5, omega]: everyone knew i was stoned i felt
[5, omega]: i dunno
[5, omega]: and that scares me
[5, omega]: i dunno wtf scared me really
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: "Only the deaf and blind have to believe." - Romanian Proverb
[7, BigBong]: but omega, everyone is always looking at you, wondering what you think of them
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 7:01:53 PM ET ]
[5, omega]: but it was a REALLLLY bad experience
[5, omega]: but mmj cured it cause i dont remember it too well
[5, omega]: :)
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: ;]
[5, omega]: those were the days
[5, omega]: woo boy
[5, omega]: lol
[5, omega]: i've been outta high school for 3 months
[3, Will]: pot has never made me feel that way...  when I'm really baked, I know people can tell, and I don't really give a shit if they know or not
[5, omega]: :-P
[5, omega]: well at school
[5, omega]: i just have a high character
[5, omega]: ehehe
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: ehehe is that a sinister laugh I hear???
[5, omega]: no pun
[7, BigBong]: ;O)--~ 
[5, omega]: but like
[7, BigBong]: lol
[5, omega]: i'm the... 
[5, omega]: IM A COMPUTER GUY FOR GODS SAKE
[5, omega]: you can figure it out
[3, Will]: lol
[5, omega]: you havent had ANY bad experiences
[2, bruce_bbl]: ;-)~
[5, omega]: where like your brain just freaks on ya
[3, Will]: if Microsoft ever implemented a drug testing policy, they'd have to fire 80% of their staff
[5, omega]: chemical mis fires or sumpin
[5, omega]: yeah
[5, omega]: all comp peeps smoke
[5, omega]: and
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: and is healing a bit too fast if anything
[7, BigBong]: i have had heaps, but more to do with external causes than the chemical content of my blood
[5, omega]: musicians
[3, Will]: nope, even when the cops found a bowl in my car, it wasn't a bad experience...  they gave my bowl back and sent me on my way without a ticket or anything
[3, Will]: it was kinda funny actually
[5, omega]: coo
[5, omega]: but i live in texas
[5, omega]: texas
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: texas is big...
[5, omega]: texas is a bitch
[5, omega]: there we go
[5, omega]: thats a bit more accurate
[5, omega]: i do know the mayor here tho
[5, omega]: and he's pro marijuana
[5, omega]: i cpuld prolyl get city charges dropped
[5, omega]: DAMN M YFRIENDS
[3, Will]: I was working on the petition drive to legalize pot, and they suspected me of drunk driving, because they saw me walk out of the bar and get in my car...  I was drinking coke and collecting signatures, but they didn't know that
[5, omega]: downlaoding COUNTRY MUSIC Mp3S
[5, omega]: were ya high?
[5, omega]: :L)
[5, omega]: LOL
[3, Will]: I passed the sobriety test, and another cop was searching my car while I was walking heel-toe...
[5, omega]: i'l listenin to 50 cent with snoop dogg
[5, omega]: man
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: man is anyone in here
[5, omega]: here if they suspect you
[5, omega]: they take you to the station and piss test you
[3, Will]: no
[1, observer]: _
[5, omega]: taht's how shit is here
[3, Will]: my bowl was in my pocket, so naturally they found it because they frisked me as soon as they got me out of the car
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: breaking drug news by Bot! http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/  Get the latest, first. One-click hawking lets you newshawk faster than ever!
[5, omega]: lol
[5, omega]: one time i was so desperate for pot
[5, omega]: i went to the southside and went to a random house
[5, omega]: hahahahaha
[5, omega]: hahahaha
[5, omega]: i knocked they answered like HOLY SHIT POLICE
[3, Will]: then while I was going thru the sobriety test, another cop was searching my car...  he says, "What's all this petition stuff in your back seat?"
[5, omega]: they said come in...
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: 1826 The American Society for the Promotion of Temperance is founded in Boston. By 1833, there are 6,000 local Temperance societies, with more than one million members.
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 7:08:52 PM ET ]
[5, omega]: i walked in and the dood shut the door behind me
[5, omega]: i was like yo i heard from a friend i can get some weed here
[5, omega]: and the guy was like uhh
[5, omega]: and another black dood immediately yelled NO 
[5, omega]: and said THIS AINT NO DRUG HOUSE
[5, omega]: hahahaha
[3, Will]: I said, "It's a petition to legalize pot, so you guys can concentrate on getting violent people off the streets instead of wasting your time on guys like me."
[5, omega]: exactly man
[5, omega]: like those black folk i dealt with
[5, omega]: i have to .. dela with that shit
[5, omega]: personally
[5, omega]: not anymore tho
[3, Will]: turns out I said the right thing at the right time...  about a minute after I said that, they got a call about an assault in progress
[7, BigBong]: back, been zoning out at alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo
[3, Will]: they gave me my bowl AND my stash back
[7, BigBong]: found my way there from athread at www.williamgibsonboard.com
[7, BigBong]: william gibson cyber punk author of neuromancer
[5, omega]: yo yo yo
[5, omega]: i'm gunna go play DOOM with my comp science major buddy
[7, BigBong]: have you read that omega?
[5, omega]: no
[7, BigBong]: neuromancer
[7, BigBong]: go get a copy
[3, Will]: here I was sweating jail time for possession, and I wind up with the cops agreeing with me and giving me my pot and my paraphernalia back
[7, BigBong]: one of the best books written about the internet and it was written in 1984
[7, BigBong]: www.williamgibsonbooks.com
[3, Will]: neuromancer is a sci-fi novel...  nowhere near reality
[7, BigBong]: true will
[1, observer]: _
[7, BigBong]: islands in the net by robert silverberg is closer
[7, BigBong]: but neuromancer has a feel for the wwworld like no other
[7, BigBong]: and from where i sit as 42 year old,
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[7, BigBong]: at the controls of this machine
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: "A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country." - James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434 (June 8, 1789)
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 7:15:52 PM ET ]
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  Get ready! It is *almost* 4:20 in Harare, Oslo, Paris, Honolulu, Amsterdam, Prague, Johannesburg, Rome, Barcelona, Belgrade, Kiritimati, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Stockholm, Cairo, Cape Town, Madrid, Copenhagen, Vienna, Warsaw, Frankfurt, Geneva, Zagreb, Zurich    (it is 4:15 there now) 
[3, Will]: if you ask me, the internet ain't all it's cracked up to be...  maybe in another 20 years it'll be cool, but at present it kinda sucks
[7, BigBong]: neural interface not as far away as it was when i first read neuromancer
[3, Will]: maybe if they had broadband connections available out here in the boonies, I'd have a different opinion
[7, BigBong]: can not agree with you on that
[7, BigBong]: tho gi = go
[7, BigBong]: gi-go is garbage in = garbage out
[7, BigBong]: content more important than speed of transmission
[7, BigBong]: global problem solving
[3, Will]: yeah, but all the cool content takes too damn long to download
[7, BigBong]: virtually free access to the highest quality data base ever assembled by humans
[3, Will]: don't get me wrong, the internet is my bread & butter...  I gross over $1,000 a month in e-sales on go-cat.com
[3, Will]: I just wish it wasn't so fucking slow
[7, BigBong]: commerce is aminor function of the web when compared to information transfer
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  It's now 4:20 in Harare, Oslo, Paris, Honolulu, Amsterdam, Prague, Johannesburg, Rome, Barcelona, Belgrade, Kiritimati, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Stockholm, Cairo, Cape Town, Madrid, Copenhagen, Vienna, Warsaw, Frankfurt, Geneva, Zagreb, Zurich
[3, Will]: dude, commerce is the future of the internet...  you're on crack if you think otherwise
[7, BigBong]: cannabis law reform as we know it now would not be as effective with out the back up of the data base and the information transfer
[1, observer]: _
[3, Will]: yeah, well how come it ain't legal yet?
[7, BigBong]: me not on crack will, me live in differnt wwworld is all
[7, BigBong]: www.nimbinenvironmentcentre.com
[3, Will]: if the internet is so damned effective in the political realm, how come we STILL don't have real reform?
[7, BigBong]: because not enough humans are connected to the web yet
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: 1939: WWII begins with Germany's invasion of Poland. France and Great Britain declare war on Germany. Spain, exhausted from civil war, remains neutral.
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 7:22:52 PM ET ]
[3, Will]: at least 50% of the US population is wired
[7, BigBong]: and not enough of those who are connected are fully assimilated into the sotad
[7, BigBong]: 50% of usa = 2% of earth
[3, Will]: 2.5% to be precise
[2, bruce_bbl]: ;-)~
[7, BigBong]: have you travelled out side usa will?
[3, Will]: to Canada and Costa Rica...  that's it
[3, Will]: Canada may as well be the 51st state...  it's just like the US only a bit more liberal
[7, BigBong]: understand
[7, BigBong]: i say to australians (after my experience of living in usa)
[7, BigBong]: that the americans have erected a mirror all around their country.
[3, Will]: Costa Rica is cool though...  their political system is so in tune with the culture
[7, BigBong]: and when they try to look out side all they can see is their own reflection
[3, Will]: they haven't had a standing army in Costa Rica in over 50 years
[7, BigBong]: this is not the fauklt of the usa citizen
[7, BigBong]: it is a result of the indocrination process
[3, Will]: it's the boob tube
[7, BigBong]: tv
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: tv is expensive but  it definately gets the message across
[7, BigBong]: tv is the best propaganda dissemination device yet created by the totalitarians
[3, Will]: I call it the hypno-screen
[1, observer]: _
[3, Will]: man, could you imagine what Hitler could have done if TV was around during his reign?
[3, Will]: he was bad enough with radio
[7, BigBong]: yep
[7, BigBong]: no need to imagine dude, you living in it
[3, Will]: master propagandist
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: 'How do you feel about women's rights?' 'I like either side of them.' - Groucho Marx
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 7:29:52 PM ET ]
[3, Will]: I may be living IN it, but I'm not a part of it...  I watch CNN and laugh at the blatant propaganda
[3, Will]: I got Dish Network for one channel and one channel only...  Free Speech TV
[3, Will]: fstv
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: fstv is Free Speech Television, channel 9415 on Dish Network, also carried on local cable TV in 21 US cities.  For more info, see www.freespeech.org or to submit video productions, see http://www.freespeech.org/fsitv/html/howtosubmit.shtml
[7, BigBong]: agree you not part of it
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: breaking drug news by Bot! http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/  Get the latest, first. One-click hawking lets you newshawk faster than ever!
[3, Will]: their slogan at FSTV is "Your progressive voice in the media revolution."
[7, BigBong]: intersting
[7, BigBong]: can you input to them ?
[7, BigBong]: btw, at the moment i am working on my next word assembly..
[7, BigBong]: As I coughed the last of the fungus out of my lungs I resisted the urge to sink back down into the state of total fungal awareness that I had just experienced. By the position of the southern cross in the sky and the fullness of the moon I was unable to determine whether my seemingly endless time inside the biological gestalt* was to be measured in hours, months or years. 
[3, Will]: I'm working on a program that I'm going to submit to them for broadcast...  if they accept it, they'll pay for broadcast rights
[1, observer]: _
[7, BigBong]: that is good
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of its example to the earth. -- Charles Dickens, on "America"
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 7:36:53 PM ET ]
[3, Will]: their broadcast license contract is $12.50 per minute for a six month term, with the option to renew three times...  that works out to $750 for a one hour program for one term, and if they max out on renewals, that's $3000 for a one hour program over a two year period
[7, BigBong]: sounds most viable
[3, Will]: with a firewire card, a digital camcorder, and Adobe Premiere, anyone can produce and edit broadcast quality video with a little practice
[3, Will]: anyone with computer skills that is
[7, BigBong]: true
[7, BigBong]: sometimes i wish i wasn't so TOTALLY committed to the web
[3, Will]: it doesn't hurt to diversify
[7, BigBong]: also true
[7, BigBong]: whats that frank sinatra song?
[3, Will]: use as many channels as possible to get your message out
[7, BigBong]: regrets
[7, BigBong]: i've had a few
[1, observer]: _
[7, BigBong]: etc
[7, BigBong]: kno the song?
[3, Will]: My Way?
[7, BigBong]: yup
[7, BigBong]: besides which
[3, Will]: as soon as I get a working computer that'll stay working, I'll be able to produce TV shows
[2, bruce_bbl]: ;-)~
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs. - Seneca
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 7:43:52 PM ET ]
[3, Will]: I'm currently shooting footage of the planning phase of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki memorial vigil in Lansing, MI
[7, BigBong]: i really don't want to entertain/educate people via tv
[3, Will]: you can reach more people with TV than you can with the internet
[7, BigBong]: far rather wwwork with the global intelligencia
[3, Will]: in other words, you'd rather preach to the choir
[7, BigBong]: 'reaching' someone via tv who can't assess the net is waste of time for web based projects
[3, Will]: dude, unplug your computer and get out of the fucking house for a change...  maybe you'll get some real reform accomplished if you reach out to the majority that don't use the internet.
[7, BigBong]: www.nimbinaustralia.com/rusty
[7, BigBong]: was my last action
[7, BigBong]: preceded by www.peacebus.com/FourthJuly
[3, Will]: I spend a lot of time on the net myself, but that's only because that's how I make my money.\
[7, BigBong]: all my money comes via web
[7, BigBong]: either teachig classes of humans localy
[1, observer]: _
[7, BigBong]: or building sites professionally
[3, Will]: damn....  what's the word I'm looking for....
[7, BigBong]: www.nimbinaustralia.com for example sub leases heaps of space
[3, Will]: most people have a phobia of technology...
[7, BigBong]: www.nimbinhempbar.com is also a regular art of my activism
[7, BigBong]: i do heaps in real world
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: Life is far too important to be taken seriously. -- Oscar Wilde
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 7:50:52 PM ET ]
[7, BigBong]: we have changed/bent the law heaps
[3, Will]: then talk more about your offline activism for a change
[7, BigBong]: specially over last few years
[7, BigBong]: www.bigbongburgerbar.com/mardigrass2003
[7, BigBong]: my opffline activism is woven through this chat room
[3, Will]: I'm not mad at you, I'm just trying to get you to acknowledge the fact that people who use the internet on a regular basis are in the minority, and that you need to use other avenues to get your message out.
[7, BigBong]: some of the times i come in here i am on the side of the road somewhere
[7, BigBong]: "on an action"
[7, BigBong]: lots of the words that are used on our media releases are inspired in here
[7, BigBong]: keep in m ind that big bong burger bar headquarters is where i am typing from now
[7, BigBong]: enough pot to go to jail for around me
[7, BigBong]: police know who i am, where i live and that i grow heaps of pot 
[3, Will]: the best tech gadgets to have when you're "on an action" are a cell phone and a non-digital answering machine
[7, BigBong]: they can come get me anytime they like
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: breaking drug news by Bot! http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/  Get the latest, first. One-click hawking lets you newshawk faster than ever!
[7, BigBong]: not when the task is write the words, upload the pictures and tell the wwworld what is / was gouing down
[1, observer]: _
[7, BigBong]: no budget, old equipment, borrowed telephone lines
[3, Will]: get one of those hands free earbud microphones for the cell phone, hide it under your clothes, and when the cops come to harass you, dial up the line with the answering machine and let it record whatever it picks up
[7, BigBong]: relying on the kindness of strangers
[7, BigBong]: cops don't harrass us
[7, BigBong]: they respect us
[7, BigBong]: search big joint 99
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: Looking on the net ...
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: the BIG Joint —~
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   http://www.nrg.com.au/~hemp/bigjoint/bigjoint.htm
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: E-Commerce News: Big Three Automakers Form Joint Internet Venture
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/2584.html
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: The Skybox - History
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   http://www.umass.edu/skybox/history.html
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: TIMEasia.com | Macau: Macau's Big Gamble | 12/20/99
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/99/1220/macau.handover.html
[7, BigBong]: the top one was the break though mission
>> User 0001 comes in from h24-71-19-52.wk.shawcable.net at line 5.
>> [5] 0001 is called Herb now.
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  Greetings Herb in Canada ! ;-]
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: Herb, here is the latest drug news from Canada:
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: CN ON: Ontario Court Hears Appeal Of Fed Pot Law
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1149/a05.html 2003-07-30
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: CN ON: Toronto Police Will Take Marijuana At No Charge
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1149/a06.html 2003-07-30
[3, Will]: wb herb
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: "Psychological forces exert a decisive influence on the elements involved in war." -- Carl von Clausewitz
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 7:57:52 PM ET ]
[5, Herb]: evening
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: evening is good
[3, Will]: brb...  I'm at the office since my computer is down...  gonna step out for a cig
[5, Herb]: Thunderstruck
[5, Herb]: like those topless 
[7, BigBong]: webgreetings herb
[7, BigBong]: As I coughed the last of the fungus out of my lungs I resisted the urge to sink back down into the state of total fungal awareness that I had just experienced. By the position of the southern cross in the sky and the fullness of the moon I was unable to determine whether my seemingly endless time inside the biological gestalt* was to be measured in hours, months or years. 
[5, Herb]: hey Big Bong
[7, BigBong]: This didn't surprise me too much because I've never been able to determine what hour month day or year it is by the stars, so the question remained. How much time had passed in what I used to call the real world? 
[7, BigBong]: If you were to judge by the wild state of my beard, hair or clothing you would have to say years. Judging by the thickness of the slime on my teeth I'd say days, max… 
>> User guest comes in from adsl-64-109-135-146.dsl.mdsnwi.ameritech.net at line 6.
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  Greetings guest in the United States ! ;-]
[7, BigBong]: which of course is the norm and left me none the wiser, after all, almost drowning in fungus is not an everyday experience and one not easily dealt with. 
[7, BigBong]: The fungus felt like drying honey as I headed home to the shack and in almost no time at all it was almost gone, whether it evaporated into the air or disappeared into my pores I had no idea. 
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[5, Herb]: go Angus
[7, BigBong]: Reality check. I had not set out from home to experiment with possible fungal portals into alternative dimensions, I had set out to take some pictures of 'the farms' cemetery for a magazine article I 'd just been commissioned to write. 
[7, BigBong]: A totally fictional piece about hippies burying their dead (wrapped in cannabis leaves) in an old tree stump in the heart of an old growth rainforest. I'd got the gig because I was a hippy living on a rainforest regeneration project who knew the owner of a funeral parlour magazine
[7, BigBong]: is where my head is at at the moment herb
[7, BigBong]: wwwhat about you?
[7, BigBong]: ;O)-~
[5, Herb]: watching some concert footage from Toronto - crowd close to half million!
[5, Herb]: AC/DC, Stones
[7, BigBong]: bon scott ac dc or the fake one?
[1, observer]: _
[5, Herb]: live
[7, BigBong]: the fake one
[2, bruce_bbl]: ;-)~
[5, Herb]: the second one?
[7, BigBong]: ever heard early "accadecca"?
[5, Herb]: nope
[3, Will]: back
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: wb Will
[3, Will]: ty bot
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: yw human
[7, BigBong]: huge differnece 
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: The right to be left alone - the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by a free people. -- Justice Louis Brandeis, Olmstead v. U.S. (1928)
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 8:04:52 PM ET ]
[5, Herb]: moral of the story: when you pass out from drinking, face down is the way to go
[5, Herb]: don't know AC/DC that well
[5, Herb]: just their usual Greatest hits
[3, Will]: my fav AC/DC tune is "She's Got the Jack"
[5, Herb]: what amazes me is how fast those shrooms grow
[3, Will]: so who all was booked for the Toronto SARS benefit?
[5, Herb]: many Canadian groups like the Guess Who, Blue Rodeo, Rush etc.
[5, Herb]: 
[3, Will]: Guess Who is still around?
[5, Herb]: tast 2 acts were AC?DC and the Stones - Geezer Rock still rocks : )
[3, Will]: damn...  they must be as old as the stones by now
[3, Will]: lol @ geezer rock
[5, Herb]: yeah the Guess Who still do summer tours these days
[1, observer]: _
[3, Will]: Steppenwolf is still doing the occasional concert
[5, Herb]: Randy played well and what's his name can still sing - sounded goog
[5, Herb]: good!
[3, Will]: of course, John Kay is the only original member left
[3, Will]: he's playin' with a bunch of youngsters now
[5, Herb]: the Guess Who is fighting the battle of the bulge
[5, Herb]: looked they were having fun
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does -- Margaret Mead
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 8:11:52 PM ET ]
[5, Herb]: the drummer lost the battle (of the bulgee)
[3, Will]: saw Steppenwolf in concert back in 1995
[5, Herb]: still got leather pants?
[3, Will]: yep
[5, Herb]: :)
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: ;]
[5, Herb]: they came to Van once but I never saw them
[3, Will]: no more electric organ though...  their keyboardist had all kinds of midi gear set up
[5, Herb]: so howz the article going Big Bong?
[3, Will]: John still plays his rickenbacker though
[7, BigBong]: thinking it's a novel
[3, Will]: lol
[5, Herb]: got a greatest hits tape of theirs not long ago
[7, BigBong]: I'd got the gig because I was a hippy living on a rainforest regeneration project who knew a dude who owned, amongst other titles, a funeral parlour magazine that needed a constant supply of "interesting ways to bury your dead" stories.
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[3, Will]: lol
[7, BigBong]: Bottom Line, other commissions could be had if I could write a publishable piece. Not too far out there, believable, funny and globally marketable
[5, Herb]: strange dayd have found us"
[7, BigBong]: reworking..
[3, Will]: I'd have to say my fav steppenwolf tune is Monster
[7, BigBong]: when I get to the part about the air roots of trees being the biological equivalent of computer hard drives and that earth roots represent a globally interlinked operating / networking system of such processing power, speed and capacity that it will render silicone chip hard ware obsolete over night, it's the rubber room for sure, until they immerse them selves in the fungus of the stump that is
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  Get ready! It is *almost* 4:20 in Algiers, Anadyr, Kamchatka, Lagos, Lisbon, London, Dublin    (it is 4:15 there now) 
[7, BigBong]: Intuitively, I reached out-touched a tree and interfaced with the fungual world once more. 
[7, BigBong]: The fungus hadn't disappeared, it was how I accessed the grid. hmmmn, I wonder what will happen when when I get home and touch some one else ....
[5, Herb]: yeah I listened to Monster
[5, Herb]: good lyrics
[5, Herb]: I thought they were just some stupid Cock Rock band  : )
[3, Will]: your greatest hits tape probably doesn't have that song, or if it does, it's most likely the short version that was originally released as a single
[1, observer]: _
>> User Tom comes in from ip68-9-108-26.ri.ri.cox.net at line 6.
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  Greetings Tom in the United States ! ;-]
[5, Herb]: it's on it
[3, Will]: I like the version they put on the album
[6, Tom]: hey hey hey
[6, Tom]: say hi to me, damnit
[6, Tom]: lol
[3, Will]: they cut an entire verse from the single
[3, Will]: hiya tom
[6, Tom]: lol. ty
[5, Herb]: evening Tom
[6, Tom]: im eating cashews
[3, Will]: gesundheit
[6, Tom]: haha
[5, Herb]: actually it wasn't their Greatest Hits! the GH CD did not have Monster
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: You have accepted things you would not have accepted five years ago, a year ago, things your father ... could never have imagined." -- Milton Mayer, "They Thought They Were Free, The Germans, 1938-45"
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 8:18:52 PM ET ]
[5, Herb]: Steppenwolf 16 Great Performances
[5, Herb]: doesn't say how long the song is on the tape
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: breaking drug news by Bot! http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/  Get the latest, first. One-click hawking lets you newshawk faster than ever!
[3, Will]: Don't Step on the Grass, Sam
[3, Will]: The Pusher
[3, Will]: Snowblind Friend
[3, Will]: you know who wrote The Pusher and Snowblind Friend?
[5, Herb]: nope
[3, Will]: Hoyt Axton
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  It's now 4:20 in Algiers, Anadyr, Kamchatka, Lagos, Lisbon, London, Dublin
[5, Herb]: maybe I knew that?
[5, Herb]: the Pusher - don't totally agree with the song but I think I understand... blah, blah, blah
[3, Will]: if you hang out in Memphis long enough, eventually you'll cross paths with John Kay
[3, Will]: look for him on Beale St.
[5, Herb]: he does one "country" song on this tape
[3, Will]: what's the title?
[5, Herb]: so Will is at work?
[3, Will]: yeah
[3, Will]: my brand new computer took a shit
[5, Herb]: yeah work is okay if you need to use the comp  : )
[2, bruce_bbl]: ;-)~
[3, Will]: didn't even wait til the warranty expired
[5, Herb]: that's annoying
[3, Will]: I tend to think it's got bad ram
[1, observer]: _
[5, Herb]:  don't know the song's name but I'll listen again someday
[3, Will]: it was running slower than a 2.4 GHz P4 should run before it died
[5, Herb]: so what's new observer?
[7, BigBong]: that obs auto log in
[5, Herb]: so what's the problem? any idea?
[5, Herb]: unhunh but he's usually lurking out there somewhere
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. - Abraham Lincoln
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 8:25:52 PM ET ]
[3, Will]: I went to turn it on, heard the fan and the drives spin up, the hard drive light and the cd light both came on like they're supposed to, but the power light didn't come on, and it didn't send a signal to the monitor
[5, Herb]: warranty?
[3, Will]: it's got a one year warranty, and I haven't even owned it a month yet
[5, Herb]: sometimes there are lemons
[5, Herb]: Whoa! Satisfaction!
[3, Will]: it's acting like it's got faulty ram
[6, Tom]: any of you crazy canadians go to the SARS concert thing?
[3, Will]: lol
>> User 0001 comes in from c-24-98-173-228.atl.client2.attbi.com at line 8.
>> [8] 0001 is called Peaceful now.
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  Greetings Peaceful in the United States ! ;-]
[6, Tom]: hairy
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: hairy is shaved
[5, Herb]: watching some on the tube
[8, Peaceful]: whats up everyone
[5, Herb]: Keith's still smoking...
[7, BigBong]: webgreetings hairy
[3, Will]: I wouldn't go to that concert...  all the potheads would be quarantined because they'd be coughing
>> List of users currently in this chat:
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>> 0: DrugSenseBot001 h24-108-113-172.gv.shawcable.net (24.108.113.172), Ch: 0 (MAIN)
>> 1: observer h24-108-113-172.gv.shawcable.net (24.108.113.172), Ch: 0 (MAIN)
>> 2: bruce_bbl 12-213-236-244.client.attbi.com (12.213.236.244), Ch: 0 (MAIN)
>> 3: Will d83.as1.chrl.mi.voyager.net (216.93.70.212), Ch: 0 (MAIN)
>> 5: Herb h24-71-19-52.wk.shawcable.net (24.71.19.52), Ch: 0 (MAIN)
>> 6: Tom ip68-9-108-26.ri.ri.cox.net (68.9.108.26), Ch: 0 (MAIN)
>> 7: BigBong gooax1-029.dialup.optusnet.com.au (203.164.12.29), Ch: 0 (MAIN)
>> 8: Peaceful c-24-98-173-228.atl.client2.attbi.com (24.98.173.228), Ch: 0 (MAIN)
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[3, Will]: lol
[7, BigBong]: As I coughed the last of the fungus out of my lungs I resisted the urge to sink back down into the state of total fungal awareness that I had just experienced. By the position of the southern cross in the sky and the fullness of the moon I was unable to determine whether my seemingly endless time inside the biological gestalt* was to be measured in hours, months or years. 
[6, Tom]: lol
[8, Peaceful]: lol interesting\
[5, Herb]: Mick keeps himself in shape!
[3, Will]: that's deep BB
[5, Herb]: they never were the Beatles...
[3, Will]: too deep for me...  better get out the hip waders
[1, observer]: high peaceful !
[8, Peaceful]: high obs
[1, observer]: ;-) 
[7, BigBong]: As I coughed the last of the muchus out of my lungs I resisted the urge to sink back down into the state of total cannabis law reform awareness that I had just experienced in the map chat room. By the position of the southern cross in the sky and the fullness of the moon I was unable to determine whether my seemingly endless time inside the mapchat gestalt* was to be measured in hours, months or years. 
[8, Peaceful]: long time no see
[8, Peaceful]: how are you
>> User 0001 comes in from 0-1pool217-24.nas9.albuquerque1.nm.us.da.qwest.net at line 9.
>> [9] 0001 is called sandy now.
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  Greetings sandy in the United States ! ;-]
[8, Peaceful]: hey sandy
>> [9] sandy left the chat.
>> User 0001 comes in from 0-1pool217-24.nas9.albuquerque1.nm.us.da.qwest.net at line 9.
>> [9] 0001 is called sandy now.
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  Greetings sandy in the United States ! ;-]
[6, Tom]: lol
>> [9] sandy left the chat.
>> User 0001 comes in from 0-1pool217-24.nas9.albuquerque1.nm.us.da.qwest.net at line 9.
>> [9] 0001 is called sandy now.
[5, Herb]: just take a bunch of shrooms
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  Greetings sandy in the United States ! ;-]
[8, Peaceful]: wtf
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: wtf is that
[8, Peaceful]: lol
[9, sandy]: hello
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: hello is anyone here?
[8, Peaceful]: hey sandy
>> [9] sandy left the chat.
[8, Peaceful]: lol
>> User 0001 comes in from 0-1pool217-24.nas9.albuquerque1.nm.us.da.qwest.net at line 9.
>> [9] 0001 is called sandy now.
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:  Greetings sandy in the United States ! ;-]
[1, observer]: _
[8, Peaceful]: hahahaha
[3, Will]: * gets out the duct tape and pounces on sandy
[5, Herb]: wish I was there  : )
[8, Peaceful]: lol
[8, Peaceful]: hello sandy for like the 3rd time
[9, sandy]: duct tape
[9, sandy]: hello
[9, sandy]: wnat handcuffs better
[3, Will]: lol
[5, Herb]: no HAs beating folks with pool sticks  : )
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: hello is anyone here?
[6, Tom]: robot
[3, Will]: woohoo!!!  you sound like my kinda gal sandy
[8, Peaceful]: for real
[9, sandy]: lol will
[8, Peaceful]: lol
[9, sandy]: where is everyone from
[3, Will]: sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me
[6, Tom]: Rhode Island, USA here
[8, Peaceful]: hahahaha
[3, Will]: Michigan
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: Totalitarianism is when people believe they can punish their way to perfection. -- House Speaker Newt Gingrich, at a President's Day Republican fundraiser, May 1998
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 7/30/2003 8:32:52 PM ET ]
[9, sandy]: Albuquerque, New Mexico here
[6, Tom]: im going to DC tomorrow!!!
[8, Peaceful]: near atlanta, georgia
[3, Will]: I got family there
[7, BigBong]: map-awwware is as I coughed the next of the muchus out of my lungs I was unable to resist the urge to sink back down into the state of total cannabis law reform awareness that I had was experiencing in the map chat room. By the quantity of cannabis on my desk and the fullness of the ashtray I was unable to determine whether my seemingly endless time inside the mapchat gestalt* is to be measured in hours, months or years. 
[5, Herb]: BC here
[3, Will]: You ever heard of Mike Morier sandy?
[6, Tom]: MPP medical marijuana advocacy training workshop this weekend
[7, BigBong]: define gestaly
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: gestaly ...
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   maybe: justly, gestalt, Gestalt, gestalts, gesturally, geyserite, gestapo, gestural, gestates, jesters
[9, sandy]: no
[7, BigBong]: define gestalt
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: gestalt ...
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   Main Entry: ge·stalt
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   Pronunciation: g&-'stält, -'shtält, -'stolt, -'shtolt
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   Function: noun
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   Inflected Form(s): plural ge·stalt·en  /-'stäl-t&n, -'shtäl-, -'stol-, -'shtol-/; or gestalts
[9, sandy]: who is that
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   Etymology: German, literally, shape, form
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   Date: 1922
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: : a structure, configuration, or pattern of physical, biological, or psychological phenomena so integrated as to constitute a functional unit with properties not derivable by
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: summation of its parts
[0, DrugSenseBot001]:   (see: gestalt, Gestalt psychology)
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: that is good
[7, BigBong]: remember that, bot
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: [bot saves 37314 assertions.]
[8, Peaceful]: thats right mpp is in dc
[7, BigBong]: who am I?
[6, Tom]: mpp
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: mpp is wasting its time then?
[5, Herb]: Geezer Rock has still got it - sound as good as ever
[3, Will]: he's a professional artist in the Albuquerque area
[9, sandy]: your big bong
[7, BigBong]: phewww
[7, BigBong]: 
[3, Will]: he does pottery
[9, sandy]: not in to art
[9, sandy]: lol
[8, Peaceful]: cool
[7, BigBong]: map-aware
[6, Tom]: you guys heard of the artist Alex Grey?
[8, Peaceful]: nope
[9, sandy]: you been to albuquerque before
[3, Will]: learned the craft on a commune...  Cheech Marin taught him
[7, BigBong]: nope
[5, Herb]: ENCORE!
[7, BigBong]: back to fungus world for me
[8, Peaceful]: wooohooo i got donuts, just like the pigs
[5, Herb]: crowd ain't stoppinn more!
[9, sandy]: donuts
[8, Peaceful]: lol
[8, Peaceful]: fucked up spelling
[8, Peaceful]: ya know what i mean
[3, Will]: here's some of my uncle Mike's work...  http://www.artisok.com/Morier,%20Michael/MorierMichael.htm
[8, Peaceful]: spare me im stoned
[5, Herb]: Yah Get your Ya Yas out!
[8, Peaceful]: lol
[9, sandy]: will look at it when i get out of the caht room
[1, observer]: _
[5, Herb]: It's a gas gas gas
[9, sandy]: so you been to albuquerque befor i take it
[3, Will]: nope
[9, sandy]: peaceful you alwyas stoned
[7, BigBong]: nope, it's baby world instead
[8, Peaceful]: duhhhhh
[9, sandy]: never been here at all
[8, Peaceful]: lol
[7, BigBong]: map-awwware
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: map-awwware is as I coughed the next of the muchus out of my lungs I was unable to resist the urge to sink back down into the state of total cannabis law reform awareness that I had was experiencing in the map chat room. By the quantity of cannabis on my desk and the fullness of the ashtray I was unable to determine whether my seemingly endless time inside the mapchat gestalt* is to be measured in hours, months or years. 
[7, BigBong]: till next
[3, Will]: * gives Herb a bottle of 
[7, BigBong]: peace
[3, Will]: g
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: peace BigBong
[0, DrugSenseBot001]: g is for green nuggies
[3, Will]: 
>> Goodbye, cu !

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