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I'm at home and alive again; I even dropped into work yesterday on the way back from the airport. I broke my fast with some Kombucha (the kind with floaty blobs of mushroom) and some Phở Gà.

Feb 14 at 18:00 PST: Pillow Fight Club

Rules:

Tell everyone you know about PILLOW FIGHT!!!
Tell everyone you know about PILLOW FIGHT!!!
Wait for the Ferry Building clock to strike 6:00pm
Don't hit anyone without a pillow (unless they want it)
Don't hit anyone with a camera
HAVE FUN!!!

Hybrid Images:

Hybrid images change interpretation as a function of viewing distance. Hybrids combine the low-spatial frequencies of one picture with the high spatial frequencies of another picture producing an image with an interpretation that changes with viewing distance.

(When I talk about high and low frequency image components, I'm talking about stuff like this. (Or more precisely, how sharp (high frequency) the edges of something are. In a 2-D Fourier transform, the sharp discontinuities result in very high frequency sine waves.)

The amino acid Coprine (a derivative of glutamic acid) will prevent your body from metabolizing alcohol [ethanol]. So while it's not poisonous itself, it will make alcohol poisonous. Someone deleted the Wiki page on it, so here's some other stuff about it:

From: http://americanmushrooms.com/toxicms.htm

From Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America:
Coprine poisoning occurs when mushrooms containing coprine… are consumed before, with, or after alcohol. … Following ingestion, there is a delay of thirty minutes to two hours before the onset of symptoms, including an increased pulse rate, flushing over the upper half of the body, headache, and rapid breathing. After fifteen to thirty minutes of these symptoms, the victim feels weak and dizzy and typically experiences nausea and vomiting.

It is important to note that coprine leaves the body primed for poisoning for several days (even a week by some reports) after eating the mushroom. Therefore, it is not only the consumption of a coprine-containing mushroom and an alcoholic drink at the same time that can cause coprine poisoning. Symptoms can also occur if someone drinks wine, for instance, two or more days after the meal or eats a coprine-containing mushroom after consuming alcohol.

Mushrooms reported to cause coprine poisoning include Coprinus atramentarius (see photo, above right), C. variegatus, and Clitocybe clavipes.

From: http://www.drugsandpoisons.com/2007/02/coprine.html

is thought that it or one of it's metabolites (cyclopropanone hydrate) inhibits the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH)
alcohol (ethanol) is primarily metabolized in the body by the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) into acetaldehyde, a fairly toxic substance that is responsible for many of the symptoms of a hangover
acetaldehyde is then further metabolized by ALDH into not nearly as toxic acetic acid, the stuff in vinegar that makes it taste and smell the delightful way that it does
inhibition of ALDH results in the accumulation of acetaldehyde when alcohol is consumed, essentially giving you an insta-hangover
gettin' smashed or even just having a single drink up to 72 hours after eating mushrooms containing coprine will cause acetaldehyde poisoning, symptoms of which include flushing, nausea and vomiting, headache, and palpitations
[…]
has no known toxic effects on its own - is only poisonous when ingested prior to alcohol consumption, and even then it is the metabolized alcohol that is causing the problems

Berger KJ, Guss DA. Mycotoxins revisited: Part II. J Emerg Med. 2005 Feb;28(2):175-83.

By the way, the mushrooms pictured on the bottom of my default LJ style are Coprinopsis atramentaria or some other kind of Coprinoid Mushroom, I think.

The New Pepsi Logo[PDF]

And I was wondering why this photo was getting so many views: http://laughingsquid.com/burning-foot-man-amputee-turns-prosthesis-into-fire-art/
(Actually more people came from