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Scotty: Beamed Up For the Last Time

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Rest in Peace:

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original “Star Trek” TV series and motion pictures who responded to the apocryphal command “Beam me up, Scotty,” died early Wednesday. He was 85.
Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. (1330 GMT) at his Redmond, Washington, home with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease, he said.

I did not know James Doohan but I knew Scotty! There was never an insurmountable challenge for him. A model we’d all do well to follow.

What Not To Buy At Wal-Mart

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Willie Nelson’s new album:

Assuming you buy anything at all there…. Wal-Mart apparently doesn’t like the cover.
A second thought: Yes, the cover image links to Modulator’s Amazon account but perhaps we shouldn’t buy it all or anything else put out by Universal Music Group until they stop licking the boots of the censors at Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart certainly has every right to stock their shelves with items of their choosing but we do not have to support them or those who support the policy.
Via skippy’s place which you should hit many times today. Happy Birthday and many millions of hits to you!

Here’s to the Wookie in You

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Some of these pics of passed out wookies are pretty hilarious! Check out both the Wookie Hall of Fame and the Wookie Upload Gallery.
What their mommies and daddies will think when they eventually see their wee one in fine form? I wonder if they all gave permission to publish their picture. Well, probably more then one submitted their own but surely not all.

Medical Marijuana Accessories

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I’m not sure why this is being reported as something new as these vaporizors (R) have been available for quite a few years:

The biggest hit on the medical marijuana scene could soon be a high-tech gizmo that lets people inhale the drug but skip the smoke.
The device is a marijuana vaporizer. One version looks like a metallic volcano and sells for more than $500. Its creator calls it “the Mercedes-Benz of vaporizers.”
By heating marijuana to a point where vapors are formed but before combustion, a vaporizer is free of many of the toxins found in marijuana smoke, advocates say.
“You don’t have the harshness you get from smoking, no next-morning cough, no shortness of breath,” said Kathy Gagne, a 56-year-old Oakland resident who began vaporizing marijuana five years ago to treat her depression.

These are probably pretty popular with the non-cigarette smoking ganja users and as you can see at this California Norml information page there are a wide variety of vaporizers available.