Warning To Readers Of This Blog

A recent double-blind placebo-controlled study conducted in our reader population showed that reading this blog was associated with a decrease in IQ of 24.42 points in average. As a consequence, this blog is considered to be the most dangerous material ever to be written. Readers must take this fact into consideration before continuing reading it. For readers previously exposed to this blog, it might be too late for them to be able to sanely consider whether or not they should consider prolonging their exposure.

Methodology: both readers and observers were wearing a blindfold in order to ensure the double-blind aspect of this study. Readers wearing their blindfold were then presented with this blog and forced into reading at least one whole article. Observers were also wearing a blindfold and made sure readers completed the task presented to them. The placebo blog used was any other kind of so-called literature.

Conclusion: It is rumored that the conclusion to this study may not be entirely trustworthy as most observers were inadvertently also exposed to this blog.

Summary: Exposure to this blog is extremely dangerous. The author is a living proof of this theory.

Testimonials from our readers:

Robert Xhatan, M.D. from Des Moines, IA: I was a neurosurgeon. After reading this blog, I couldn't find my way back to the hospital where I worked. I am now homeless.

John Doe from Washington, DC: I was a rocket scientist before reading this blog. I am now lost in I dunnoware.

Bob Morane, Indochina: I was seeking the yellow shadow when I stumbled across this blog. I ended up being lost in the infernal valley.

Bill Balantine, Indochina: I second what Bob M. just said.

Civa, Indochina: Where the frack is my necklace?

Maharadjah, Indochina: I have nothing to say.

The Structural Antagonism Between Oral Pleasure And Health

As disappointing as this may sound to the reader, this post is not about oral sex but rather surprisingly about food (another form of oral pleasure). Has it ever occurred to you that most pleasurable food or dishes are usually not good for your health? Whether it is cholesterol-filled tasty sauce or rich nutrients, experiencing fine food at its climax is usually associated with the intrinsic notion of putting our health in a transient state of jeopardy. Refusing to acknowledge this fact can result in an increased risk of cardiovascular or metabolic diseases and hence premature death.

This leads to a rather profound question. Is our world or universe structured in a way that pleasure has to be linked with guilt or danger? Or do we, as human beings, find pleasure in risky behaviors? Should we see in this realization the essence of God or merely the perverted nature of our condition struggling to disavow the castration perpetuated by religion or education? Do we have to sin to experience transient happiness followed by prolonged guilt? Or was our universe so ill-conceived that most good things are bad for us?

Qantas Of Solace

Yesterday, I thought about this geeky thing that happened to me 6 months ago.

It was a rather cold morning in Sydney, Australia last August. I happened to be riding on a hop-on hop-off, double decker open top city-tour bus when when my iPhone received a push email that was sent in the middle of the night just seconds ago in France. That email came from a patient of mine who was facing a personal crisis. It was long but I was able to read it entirely on my iPhone while riding on the open upper deck of this city tour bus.

I couldn't help but experience a rather awkward and disturbing feeling. The contrast between this email sent by someone desperate on the other side of the planet, in the middle of a summer night, and me receiving it, during a happy moment as far as I could be from home, in the morning in winter. This was rather unsettling and reminded me of the new technology-enhanced world we are all living in.

I was hopefully able to answer this email within minutes with a few comforting words that brought solace to this patient who still has no clue where I was at the moment I answered!

This can only lead to one question:

1) What kind of crazy world are we living in?

2) What kind of crazy/geeky shrink am I in this world?