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When writing Tripping on Utopia, my book on the history of psychedelic science in the 20th century, I found an enormous amount of material from the 1940s relating to a kind of therapy I’d never heard of before. It was called narcohypnosis or narcosynthesis. In essence, this involved the use of potent sedatives — especially sodium pentothal and sodium amytal — to put patients in a prolonged dream-like state. Psychiatrists of the era hoped that this would allow them to process, or “synthesize,” trauma from repressed memories of violence or conflict.

The most common question I get is: what’s a good entry bike for a 70.3 or Ironman? So I built a 3 part “Beginner’s Bike Guide” series with the most helpful information to know. In this Part 1, I’ll cover: entry considerations where to look buying new vs. used road bike vs. tri bike how to know your size brands I recommend There are links to Part 2 and 3 at the bottom of this post with details on what they cover.

I hadn’t heard of Matt Rife until a few days ago, he’s absolutely not in my algorithm. The only straight men allowed there are Turkish men cradling cats, or balding middle aged comics talking about how their only joy is a very specific type of sourdough bread. I heard that he’d done a domestic violence joke in his set, and then posted an apology - which was a link to a helmet store for people with special needs.

When I was growing up in the 1980s, a lonely, unhappy child of a brutal divorce involving severe mental illness, rock music meant the world to me. Of course, rock music has meant a lot to countless millions of teenagers down through the decades. But for me, it was a much-needed refuge from a bruising emotional reality, giving me a playground for my imagination. I loved the music and the musicianship and the volume and the iconoclasm and the charismatic swagger.

I recently published a piece in the Pudding called This is a teenager. This post is about how the piece was done, so it might be useful to read the story before you read this. I’m often asked how long a project takes and what that process looks like. I usually give a vague answer like, “Probably a total of four weeks, spread across several months.” But I always knew that was a bullshit answer, because time is actually a really bad measure for what it takes to finish a project.

"We're all crazy motorsport people." That’s how David Salters describes Honda Performance Development, the North American motorsports arm for Honda and Acura that’s been responsible for the brands’ success in various forms of the sport over the last 30 years. From 15 victories in the Indianapolis 500 to multiple class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, numerous IMSA and IndyCar titles, as well as most recently becoming the first LMDh manufacturer to win in IMSA’s new GTP class, HPD has been one of the key players in modern day motorsports, yet has sometimes stealthy flown under the radar.

My friends! Did you have a good weekend? I was home in DC, which was great…after weeks and months on the road, sometimes it’s nice to have a few days at home. We had a quiet Easter—did any of you make the Deviled Eggs from last week? What did you think? One of you (Jeff!) suggested garnishing with an anchovy…I absolutely love that idea, and I think I’ll do it myself next time I make them.

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I always knew that I had a different way of thinking and processing information to most people. I struggle with staying organized, staying focused on anything for more than a few minutes and having disproportionate emotional responses to things that would be perceived as minor by most people.   In my 20s and 30s I assumed I was immature and that my struggles would ease as I got older. However, I reached 40 yet remained as disorganized, inattentive, hypersensitive, chaotic and overwhelmed as ever.