Snail Trail

I have so few brain cells this morning due to the Eddie Hinton party last night..... or did that end this morning?... god, I hope I have pants on..... whew, I have pants on.... that no thinky-thinky articles or politics today.

Pics and stories from the Eddie Hinton documentary and after party on Friday

Snail trails

Snails Save Energy by Re-Using Mucus Trails:

"In order to conserve valuable energy, snails essentially play a game of follow-the-leader, a new study finds.

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Marijuana as wonder drug

Oh, its a wonder drug, alright. Wonder where you left your keys.... Wonder what the hell is the name of the person you met 2 seconds ago.... Wonder what happened to that box of chocolate covered Oreos you bought 2 seconds ago....

Seriously, though, it needs to be legalized. The damage I did to my body last night with a legal substance (alcohol) should be illegal.

"A NEW STUDY in the journal Neurology is being hailed as unassailable proof that marijuana is a valuable medicine. It is a sad commentary on the state of modern medicine -- and US drug policy -- that we still need 'proof' of something that medicine has known for 5,000 years."

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Here's one of those, "Damn, that could have easily been me" moments. This happend on my campus on a route that I take to the main campus.

2 people hit when 2 SUVs collide / Woman dies, man seriously injured near USF campus:

"The wife of a University of San Francisco administrator was killed and a man was critically injured Thursday afternoon after an SUV that had been struck by another vehicle jumped the sidewalk near the USF campus, striking the two pedestrians.

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A River Runs Through it.

Longest underground river found:

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Cave divers in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula have discovered what may be the world's longest underground river, connecting two cave systems with a waterway at least 95 miles long.

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