weekend update

4-10-2010—[Michelle] Bachmann’s fame has increased by leaps and bounds despite the fact that she, um, makes stuff up.—NYT A17 [Midwestern girls]
--4-10/11-2010[Danish truck driver union rep] argues that the right to tip a cold one at work is as sacred as other rights enjoyed by Copenhagen-based Carlsberg workers, such as a year’s sick leave at full pay, an average annual salary of $59,000 and two free crates of beer monthly.—WSJ A1 [workers of the world unite]
4/11/2010----BOSS: Say the user needs to lube the product ten times a day with the wax from a bear’s ear; and say the warranty is voided if the device isn’t properly maintained. DILBERT: Is that legal? BOSS: It’s better than legal. We’re using the law to keep justice away!
--After taking the hallucinogen, Dr. Martin put on an eye mask and headphones, and lay on a couch listening to classical music as he contemplated the universe.
“All of a sudden, everything familiar started evaporating,” he recalled. “Imagine you fall off a boat out in the open ocean, and you turn around, and the boat is gone. And then the water’s gone. And then you’re gone.”
Today, more than a year later, Dr. Martin credits that six-hour experience with helping him overcome his depression and profoundly transforming his relationships with his daughter and friends. He ranks it among the most meaningful events of his life, which makes him a fairly typical member of a growing club of experimental subjects. NYT A1 [you read it first in EXTREME PROUST sec. 46]