I'm not as old a fart but I am 62 and in my thirties I had a time of when we went to parties and smoked a bit. I also drank but I found that serious artistic work made my senses higher than chemicals and I wasn't anesthetized in the process. I stopped all chemicals except for illness and have never been sorry although I did enjoy a beer occasionaly. Each person has to choose their own way but I have found various exercises to be much more able to stimulate endorphins and to open my perceptions including taste, sexuality and especially music. The mind is the greatest aphrodisiac and discipline is the door. Chemicals are a pale substitute in my experience. But you have to be willing to practice and learn.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: "jerome schatten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darryl and Natalia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 2:15 AM Subject: Re: dope-was:[Futurework] Possible U.S. cutbacks? > Time for the old farts to come out of the closet, I guess... > > I'm almost 70 years old; have had an excellent life; careers in > both the sciences and education. I have smoked the evil weed, on > and off for maybe 50 of those years. I have found it about as > addictive as my afternoon pot of green tea. > > That said, there is a lot to be said for sex, music, and eating; > the weed enhances all three to a great degree (not to mention > relief from my aches and pains) -- try it listers, it's not too > late -- what more could you want? > > Induction on one piece of data, you say? Check around. > > Best, > Jerome Schatten > > Darryl and Natalia wrote: > > > > Chris, > > > [snipsky] > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
