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by Ghost of Ray
Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:36 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Scarlet Tide lyric change
Replies: 47
Views: 44067

Okay. I'm full of something. No reason to get excited. My point is that I read your posts, but I often cannot figure out what you are trying to say. Probably me. Haven't been around long enough to make gross generalizations. Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut on the adrenal gland issue. I starte...
by Ghost of Ray
Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:09 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Scarlet Tide lyric change
Replies: 47
Views: 44067

I don't understand why any individual in a free society, including the misguided Cindy SHeehan, cannot say whatever they chose? If it resonates with some, it's okay. If it angers others, it's okay. That is, I thought, the essence of Freedom. While I can't really understand the positions of posters l...
by Ghost of Ray
Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:00 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Random Thoughts
Replies: 3952
Views: 3200035

Natalie Holloway is alive. Not well. Not on Aruba. Not free to move back to her family. The Arubans know exactly why. Sadly, it does not conform to the template that the media have molded for this event. "America is waiting for an Answer of Some Sort or another..." -David Byrne and Brian E...
by Ghost of Ray
Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:56 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Recently viewed films
Replies: 1602
Views: 2177380

Steve Correll is a remarkably funny man. The horribly stupid "Anchorman" featured Correll as a completely insane weatherman. He was the sole bright spot of the film. In the American version of the office he is the perfect surrogate to bring the British comedy to an American audience. Saw t...
by Ghost of Ray
Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:43 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Random Thoughts
Replies: 3952
Views: 3200035

The pituitary is located just south of the Thalamus, a huge sensory nucleus in the midbrain. It resides just north of the hard palette of the roof of the mouth...thus, BRAINFREEZE occurs when the Pituitary tries to thermoregulate after too much ice-cream causes a sudden thermal drop. While the pitui...
by Ghost of Ray
Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:32 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Random Thoughts
Replies: 3952
Views: 3200035

The adrenal gland is at the apical pole of the kidney, down around the mid to lower back. It is a source of epinephrine, and its endocrine function places this 'stress' chemical into the general circulation. The tension in the neck region is only related to adrenal endocrine output to the degree tha...