April Showers

- The Washington Post reported that Obama recently met with the [Grateful] Dead. "After admiring the Scarlet Begonias, the band went next door to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to meet with the most prominent Deadheads in the Obama White House: senior advisors David Axelrod and Pete Rouse, and deputy chief of staff Jim Messina. All three are planning to go to tonight's one and only Dead show in Washington..." {g.kral}

-Apparently there's this electric cigarette that vaporizes nicotine, thus eliminating the most harmul part: smoke. Check it out HERE. {jc}

-Gothamist recently made me aware of this sad craze of "Pumping Parties" where people who can't afford legitimate silicone implants, take a DIY approach and inject themselves with "industrial-grade silicone, available at most hardware stores.... but one E.R. doctor says substitutes like castor oil, mineral oil, petroleum jelly and even automobile transmission fluid have been used."

-Happy Holidaze for all my heads!