I've never met an asshole smoker, but I've seen a few on Reddit LOL. (mostly they tend to be Masons too...Miley Cyrus opened a pot bar, so obviously "bad" people are into it)
I don't really indulge in anything besides coffee, cigarettes, and weed...I spend my time fasting and reading for the most part. No porn, sex, very little food (I fast most days and haven't eaten today as of yet), very little sleep too.
Music I tend to stick to instrumentals mostly these days. Ulrich Schnauss is a really good one in that regard. I do eat pure chocolate on occasion and do drink teas as well, but unfortunately don't have access to a sauna. That'd be sweet.
I don't let drugs change my mentality about things, which is why I stayed away from heavy drugs my whole life. One of my first girlfriends eventually ended up alcoholic and a heroin addict, and even after she kicked them she just went ahead and got really fat. Got diabetes too.
Some people just have a death drive.
Well, on quick glance, if you are loaded up with laudanum all the time, nitrous probably isn't a huge stretch.
Ever hear of the Nitrous Mafia?
I went to a Phish show back in 2015, and they were there before the show. After the show, I had a LONG walk back to where I parked, and noticed cops in some very strategic positions and had a feeling they were gonna get busted...
https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/12-arrested-for-nitrous-oxide-distribution-at-phish-concert
Kinda boggles my mind that stuff like that is illegal, but what do I know?
I tend to keep myself on the organic end of the drug spectrum. God did give us the plants of the Earth for our use, and I highly suspect that marijuana is quite possibly the great tree that Enoch saw in heaven...with its "indescribable fragrance and goodness." From a Google search..."The Book of Enoch also mentions a tree for the righteous at the end-time. This tree is said to be as tall as a fir, with leaves like a carob, and fruit like clusters of a vine. Its fragrance is said to penetrate far beyond the tree."
I don't know about you, but to me that's pretty spot on. Kinda helps that cannabis has almost no lethality. :)
When I think of God as man and Jesus being a "hippie", I think that take might be very plausible. I would like to think that God is chill. ;)
Gankutsuo
Wow, pretty weird alright. Never heard of that one!
Also didn't know that there was another remake of the movie last year. I thought the Caviezel one was decent, although I thought that they could have stuck a little closer to the actual events in the novel. The remake director's name (Alexandre de La Patellière) is funny...same actual surname as Dumas.
I also wasn't aware that the Count was originally a serial novel (like Sherlock Holmes), and too that there were references to hashish and opium removed from abridged versions...like the Count serves hashish jam to someone. (from wiki---the Count (calling himself Sinbad the Sailor), calls it, "nothing less than the ambrosia which Hebe served at the table of Jupiter").
Dumas was a member of the Club des Hashischins in France too. Perhaps that could account for his rather singular use of words and perhaps even more so his levity.
After reading about the hashish jam though, it really makes me wonder what other things were whitewashed through abridgment, not just in this novel alone.
Ever read The Black Tulip by Dumas?
I read it quite a while ago but it would be an interesting re-read as it is very "political" and I wasn't quite as versed in "politics" at the time of reading.
Still, a good book, especially if you like Dumas.
I was just looking at his wiki, and he also has a book called Castle Eppstein; The Spectre Mother. Hmmmmmm......
The OP in that reddit thread also has a breakdown of the note on google docs where he directly links the end part of the note to the Freemasons.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CUynVxK37ReWqJ2r3jyue0hUMh36GfiRAzYXG-Q8IE8/edit?tab=t.0
He also states that some parts of the body of the letter also line up with Freemasonry (such as addressing "the Council").
It's pretty intriguing. Found a Reddit post about decoding the letter found during the investigation...https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/hmsat3/rey_rivera_decoding_the_note/
I also happened to tutor one of the Mangione kids back in 2015-2016. A girl that went to the closest private girls' schools to Gilman.
May have been Luigi's sister or possibly cousin. I also won a halftime shootout at an pro indoor soccer game once, and it was sponsored by WCBM 680, owned by the Mangiones.
Weird world huh?
Edit: Hyperlink isn't working for some reason.
Thanks for the kind words, and another one to look at is Thorsten Quaeschning. He and Schnauss made an album together, and he's the head of Tangerine Dream now. My brother said their old stuff was good, but Quaeschning is awesome. Actually, Schnauss was part of Tangerine Dream for a bit too.
Take care man