The Law of Fives: "All things happen in Fives, or are divisible by or are multiples of Five, or are somehow directly or indirectly appropriate to 5."

(e.g. The E(fifth letter of the alphabet)dmonton Oilers (Oiler has five letters) won five Stanley Cups, the last of which was in a year divisible by five)

... oo-wee-oo.

what's the Law of Fives?

When an ordinary game of Rock, Paper & Scissors just won't do anymore...

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Spock & Lizard

(Thank you, fark.com.)

okay... I got caught in some badly worded statements... aluminum is cited as the suspect cause of alzheimers... but people still use aluminum cans and cook in aluminum pots... so many other things are cited as suspect causes of other diseases or illnesses, but they're all still out there too...

and... in your under arms, yes it is highly unlikely that the aluminum will actually do much, but it does get absorbed. And perhaps it isn't the aluminum that causes breast cancers, but they're starting to find links between chemical deodorant use and cancers... and the most prevalent location of breast cancers happens to be in the breast tissue in or near the under arm area... they've found the chemicals in deodorants lodged within those cancer cells too. Yeah, probably inconclusive evidence, and a new field of research, but still someting to be aware of... like those who first started thinking about lung cancer and the link to smoking or inhaling nasty materials like asbestos.

And... Tom, perhaps Lush is focused more on women, and catering to their specific needs, so yes, I can see how you would have issues with their products, but there are other conventional organic/natural deodorant bars out there that you can buy at Shopper's or other such stores for pretty much the same price and effectiveness as your good old mennen bar, and they'll do as much or less damage to your clothes than that same mennen bar. Don't damn a company off the failure of one product meeting your needs (in a line of many)... and I'll try to keep that in mind too when thinking of damning any other sort of company. Besides, many different deodorants of different makes and companies can ruin clothes... think about all those white marks you can get from other brands, and the bleaching that can happen to your clothes as a result, and those can be from things like speed stick. oh, and on that, some toothpaste also bleaches clothes (just so you know!).

Thanks Beck for the dihydrogenmonoxide link, much appreciated. I wasn't trying to be alarmist.. perhaps I came off that way. Sorry. It's just that no one ever talks about all the things that we put in and on our bodies as bad when some of them definitely are. Think about it... fragrances are VOCs (volatile organic compounds) some of which are HUGELY implicated in causing cancer. Nail polish often has formaldehyde or acetone in it - acknowledged carcinogens... but the charcoal on your barbecued chicken also is an acknowledged carcinogen. It's about choices and where everyone wants to draw their personal lines in the sand.

Alright now I have mastered the elementary skill of Posting pictures. Now I can go forth and pollute this and any other message board I come across with porn pictures. MHAHAHHAHAHA!!

Alright time to practice my picture posting skills with html. Here we go:

about muthafuckin' time

the RAPTURE: DVD

Here's the direct link for the album:

http://www.warnerreprise.com/qt-ref/rem_aroundthesun-fullalbumaudio_ref.mov

So I've heard the new REM cd a few times now and really like it. It's kind of mellow, no real high energy songs, but definitly quality stuff. If you want to check it out legally without buying it they have the entire thing available streaming on their website

Check out Electron Blue, it's the second song on the album and by far may fave.

Okay... so I'm a fucking liar. This last week or so I've been telling everybody that the new Arcade Fire album "Funeral" sucks ass... but it turns out after turning up the volume on my stereo system that it's not actually as bad as I had originally believed it to be. However, bear in mind that it's STILL not anywhere near as good as everyone makes it out to be.

Though on the other hand I've heard they're pretty fucking brilliant live...