just a test

just checking for contrast, so you can better read my posts going fwd.

OSCILLOCOCINUM--the best flu preventive

With the controversey surrounding the flu vaccine, and the mfr.'s apparent reluctance to disclose all the ingredients, perhaps it's time to return to traditional therapies.

In the nineteenth century, before the AMA was formed and issued its mandate ("we will annilhilate the competition"), classical homeopathy was the medicine of the day.  It works on the premise of "like cures like".  For example, coffee, diluted to .0000000000001%, will treat insomnia and jitters.  According to Gary Null http://www.garynull.com/ it was the British medical journal, The Lancet, that published 79 double blind studies, proving the effiacacy of homeopathy.

That being said, there is a product sold in health food stores, called OSSILLOCOCINUM, or "ossilo", for short, that people swear by. Must be taken at the very first flu-like symptom.

Cost: about $3 per dose.

AMC THEATRES--A NEW APPROACH--DINNER&MOVIE UNDER ONE ROOF

It's my understanding that a movie theatre must remit 90-100% of its ticket sales to the movie production company (?!) for roughly the first five weeks of a first-run showing. (How else could they pay for the talent?).

Someone at AMC came up with a clever idea.  Turned their theatre rooms into a night-club-like setting, with tables, wide-body chairs (like flying first-class). They raised the price to twenty dollars ($20), which includes a ten dollar ($10) food/beverage credit.  You can reserve on-line, then when you arrive, you swipe your CC and the tickets come flying out of the machine instantly, like in a milli-second, literally.

I highly endorse it. The menu is creative. You're watching a movie in a vastly improved environ.

Whats the bottom line?  Figure thirty-five dollars ($35), including tax and gratuity, for entree and one alcholic drink and, of course, the flick. For the year 2011, in-line.  May change the paradigm for more theatres.

p.s. movie  "How Do You Know"--I thought it was o.k., Amber thought it was cute.

http://www.movietickets.com/

BIC COMFORT 3 RAZOR---COMFORT COMPARED TO WHAT?

If I were a maker of styptic pencil, I'd beg for the customer list of this "switchblade" that masquerades as a throw-away razor.  What I construe from"throw away", is that one should trash it before actually using it.

If I walked down the street after shaving with this hachet, police would have probable cause to interrogate me.  What were the product team at BIC thinking? One word comes to mind.....UPSELL$$$

post-script--I just found out that styptic pencil contains aluminum......SWELL.

CELL PHONE SAFETY--BLUE TUBE HEADSET

While the alleged dangers of cell phone radiation continue to be debated in the court of public opinion, I am one who elect to err on the side of safety.

That being said, Blue Tube (not to be confused with "blue tooth") is a hands-free device that eliminates the majority of radiation by use of a tube similar to an M.D's stethoscope in place of metal.  Verify: if you hold a gauss-meter next to phone, you will see a marked reduction in the S.A.R on the gauge.

Note: they are fragile, must be handled with kid hands.  The way I see it: if I replace it 3x per year (cost: $40x3), the down side is I'm wasting ten bucks a month. If I don't use the Blue Tooth, then the downside is a possible serious health challenge.  As I said, better to err on the side of overly-cautious.

note: the final verdict on cell phone and radiation is still up in the air, this is not an indictment of cell phone manufacturers.

CACAPHONY DEFINED

Used to play drums, also was cursed (sometimes referred to as "blessed") with something called perfect pitch which means I can tell the instrument that is even a scintilla out-of-tune.

So, it was a real treat this morning, while doing my AM yoga session, in the middle of George Benson's "This Masquerade" (live version 2000), to hear a car horn alarm sounding off, completely obliterating the key and time signature of this classic jazz ballad.

Current statutes prohibit me from bashing in Range Rovers.  Why anyone would pay that kind of $ for such an historically under-reliable vehicle with poor re-sale value, demonstrates behavior that borders on the pathological.

DESIGNER JEANS--ORIGIN VS. 21ST CENTURY

In the beginning......blue jeans were work jeans.....1970's---wrangler, levi's, about fifteen bucks.
End of the decade, a perceptive designer named Calvin Klein, dissected a pair, re-designed, rounded out the rear, raised the crotch, giving rise to the dress jean.
The market became saturated--jordache, clouds, paris2000, jessie jeans, cacharel, sassoon, guess, gasoline, ad infinitum.  Price point: $25-40. Surreal for that time period.

Today---True Religion, 7 for Mankind...$175.....$250....$300.....??!!
Has the world lost its collective mind?....

The best pair of jeans I had was called Chi Pants...made in the USA. Why? Ever notice that stitch that runs down the inner thigh? Is that the optimum place to put it?   Of course not, it's there because it reduces manufacturing cost.  Chi Pants did not have that. Also had spandex in the crotch area, making them the most user-friendly jean ever.  They moved with you. You could wear them at a nite club and go to the gym and do squats or lunges without a change in wardrobe.

Did the public catch on? Of course not.

WBGO 88.3FM, 32 YEARS STRONG

Had the privilege to volunteer at this special and rare radio station last week, during pledge drive.  WBGO (http://www.wbgo.org/), is one of ten remaining jazz radio stations in the country.
This proves that the best music, jazz and classical (also few stations remaining), is not the best selling music.

All the program hosts that were at the station during my shift, came over to my table,  introduced themselves and were most gracious--Rhonda Hamilton, Brian Delp, Dan Karcher, Gary Walker, Doug Doyle.

WBGO--first class all the way,  I look forward to working with them again.

BEST FUTURE CAREER--AUDIOLOGIST OR E.N.T. SPECIALIST

Took the train into Brooklyn last nite for my entrepreneur class.  In two seperate instances, I could hear someone listening to music on their earbuds, placed inside their ears, from a distance of 20 feet away.

This astounds me.  From what I understand, if one can tolerate that volume without discomfort, then the permanent damage has commenced.  I mean, I listen at what I consider to be high volume, yet when I take the plugs or phones off my head, the sound is barely audible.

Education and scare tactics will prove to be futile, like they are with other vices (source: BUYOLOGY, by Martin Lindstrom).

My advice: start training for vocations listed above.

JOB APPLICATIONS

Tell me if you have similar experiences.  You fill out job apps, they ask you penetrating questions, attempt to analyze you psychologically, run background and credit checks.  Then, as a customer, you have experiences with the employees at these companies and wonder, "what filtering-out process did they use on these people?"

ex.  Motor Vehicles--rep talking to me with food in her mouth, no eye contact.

Dept. Of Labor--thug security firm (PPSC NY), rudeness to the max

Restaurant chain--being upgraded to value meal without your consent.  And this from a company whose online application takes 30 minutes to complete!

Access Self-Storage- in Kenilworth-nice at the beginning but........

Have rented from these ppl for 28 months@ $180....do the math.  Ran into some money troubles recently, caught up but not before they charged $40 late fee, would not budge.  My experience with Public Self Storage in Hillside was superior.  Stay away from Acess Self Storage in Kenilworth, 760 Blvd.  They talk sweetly when you're a prospective customer, then go from Jeklyl to Hyde.