Thanksgiving

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

First of all---Happy Thanksgiging [giggling?] to All 
readers ev'rywhere and with a soul in every stoned. . . .

To Mr. Haney, thanks for your interest.

Something to consider about our favorite author ['OFA', pronounced 'OFAY']

              "What's that Aroma?" Dixon blurts, knowing quite well, from the 
              Cape, what it is."

                 "Ah, the new Harvest. . . ."

THERE'S PARANOIA, AND THEN THERE'S PARANOIA.

              "I have no Idea what You're Talking about, 
              I'm fucked up on cornbread."
              Kevin Neelon, 'Weeds"

AND, IF YOU WANT TO RECONSIDER VINELAND [I WOULD 
GATHER THAT VINELAND IS THE MOST], ahem. . . .the 
most autobiographical of the novels simply because it is the 
closest to the author's time, place and memory and also 
because it is the funniest---Satirical targets have a sell-by 
date stamped on them, don't you know?---but also because 
of some rather serious paranoias, well documented ones at 
that, that make up the spine of this rather Simpsonian work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATpNwU4RHJY

There is a certain quantity of Apocrypha [Monte Hall doubtless 
would call it 'Apocrapha'] deliriously detailing examples of the 
intersection of Thomas Ruggles Pynchon the 23ed and 
Marijuana---not those fictional fables of the quasi-autobio-
graphical characters, like Tyrone, Or Zoyd, or Kit, but those 
glimpses of OBA/OFA [and yes, the whole Honkies in 
Blackland---Franz Ferdinand anyone?---thread is a biggie 
in Pynchonland and we'll probably find some Pynchon & 
Company involvement in well established money-making 
enterprises found in all coners of the globe] 'holding the bag'. . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHjHFkDZ1nk

. . . .and as some of you already know from personal experience, 
paranoia is one of the better known contraindications for this 
remarkably effective and non-toxic medicine, on display pretty 
much throughout the text we are now observing under the 
magnifying monocule.

I mean, I'm just sayin' . . . .

Oh, by the way, all you unregenerate carnivores, enjoy your 
L-Tryptophan buzz and try not to overdose. Unlike weed, 
there is a potentially lethal dose of L-Tryp.

              TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A lot of people are going to feel 
              pretty tired after stuffing themselves today. But experts 
              say the turkey isn't solely to blame. 

              There is an amino acid in turkey that induces sleepiness 
              but experts say the real bottom line is that people get 
              tired because they eat too much, drink too much and 
              don't get enough sleep. 

              Dr. Carol Ash of Somerset Medical Center's Sleep for Life 
              Center in Hillsborough, New Jersey, says the amino acid, 
              tryptophan (TRIP'-toh-fan), produces the brain chemical 
              serotonin, which promotes calm and sleepiness. But as 
              part of a big dinner, the tryptophan has a hard time 
              reaching the brain. 



              Even if it does, Ash says diners would have to consume 
              several turkeys for the tryptophan to have an effect.

http://www.9wsyr.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=9d992daa-3112-4e25-b446
-d080a8afa005

              Nutritional Pathology: Pathobiochemistry of Dietary 
              Imbalances - Google Books Result
              by Herschel Sidransky - 1985
              In normal rats injection of a lethal dose of tryptophan 
              (510-775 mg/100-g body weight) produced dyspnea, 
              dehydration, prostration, and death without an ...
              books.google.com/books?isbn=0824773039...

http://tinyurl.com/2az6wy

What is the lethal dose of marijuana?

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/mj_overdose.htm