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MiddleFingerMom

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18. Around 1990 or so, I did a term paper on the history of LSD for a Sociology course.
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 01:12 AM
Apr 2013

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The coolest thing I found (and it's because of the personal connection) was information about how
Cary Grant was one of the celebrities who was being treated with LSD by his therapist. I think I
found this picture in a small article in the back of a 1956 Newsweek.
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The personal connection? Around 1962, at school they gave us the vaccine against polio. The local
newspaper had sent out a photographer and he chose me to "model" for the article. My headshot
has the same look of ecstatic joy as Grant's does (although my hand wasn't in the picture). The
polio vaccine had been eyedroppered onto a sugar cube -- also a common delivery method for
acid at the time. My mouth was wide open and the sugar cube was sitting on my tongue. I felt a
hilarious connection with him because of this.
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Technically, I no longer had this photo in Photobucket -- and I lost the newspaper article/photo
of young Master MiddleFingerMom years ago, but it was one of my favorite pictures of myself ever.
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And this picture is hilarious with or without my backstory.
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I just posted a pile in the cool/exotic/rare animal thread Kali Apr 2013 #1
I saw. Your post inspired mine. applegrove Apr 2013 #2
aw Kali Apr 2013 #3
1935 cyberswede Apr 2013 #4
What a great picture to have! applegrove Apr 2013 #11
OMG! What a special and adorable photo! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2013 #20
That's not really true, you know. (nt) harmonicon Apr 2013 #5
But I just saw a family tree by peoples. The one where our common ancestor was not applegrove Apr 2013 #8
I understand that, but it's just not that simple. harmonicon Apr 2013 #13
You are correct. From what I read when I quickly perused the internet on the topic applegrove Apr 2013 #16
A pic of my paternal grandfather: Aristus Apr 2013 #6
He does look like a movie star! cyberswede Apr 2013 #7
People see this pic, then look at me and ask: Aristus Apr 2013 #10
Those are big moviestar eyes. Bug eyes!!! applegrove Apr 2013 #9
ok, I will keep it to two Kali Apr 2013 #12
How cool is it to have evidence of real cowboys in your family tree. And to have actual applegrove Apr 2013 #15
some of it is already there, I am sure Kali Apr 2013 #17
Me and the best animal companion I've ever had, circa 1983 HarveyDarkey Apr 2013 #14
Toby was a handsome lad. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #19
I love collies. My aunt had one when I was a kid. Such pretty dogs. applegrove Apr 2013 #32
He was an oversized Sheltie actually HarveyDarkey Apr 2013 #33
Still beautiful. applegrove Apr 2013 #34
That he was HarveyDarkey Apr 2013 #39
Around 1990 or so, I did a term paper on the history of LSD for a Sociology course. MiddleFingerMom Apr 2013 #18
A photo of "myself and my cat" I once posted on DU.2. LOL! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2013 #21
Hilarious picture. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #26
That pic of you is still in my Photobucket 7wo7rees Apr 2013 #37
That pic made its rounds on the internet.. HipChick Apr 2013 #40
My mom & dad Prisoner_Number_Six Apr 2013 #22
What a fabulous photo! Callalily Apr 2013 #23
jewelry that I made several years ago - bracelets and necklaces Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #24
Very nice. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #27
thanks, ZombieHorde Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #28
Monks in the Forbidden City. ohiosmith Apr 2013 #25
Here are two. LWolf Apr 2013 #29
Lifting Ptah Apr 2013 #30
My mother, my garden and a woman with an appalling sense of fashion. LancetChick Apr 2013 #31
I had a post hidden because of that last photo HarveyDarkey Apr 2013 #35
Thanks, I just deleted it. LancetChick Apr 2013 #36
My grandfather and great-grandfather and great-uncles. MissV Apr 2013 #38
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