Trippin'

Sometime last week, a very momentous event happened. The nature of the situation was, and still is, very tragic. A great man in the scientific field passed away. He could be put up in the ranks of such men as Albert Einstein, and Watson and Crick. His name was Albert Hofman.

Most of you are probably asking, "Who on earth is that man?" Well I'll tell you. Mr. Hofman was a Swiss chemist, and the inventor of LSD. Mr. Hofman's famous discovery happened on April 16, 1943, when he was researching LSD and accidently absorbed a tiny amount through his fingers. (Man, good thing he wasn't wearing gloves that day). After he experienced the effects of the LSD, he decided to do more experimentation with it and led him to become an advocate of psychedlics for their effects on the human mind.

One of the most shocking things about Mr. Hofman's death was his age--102. Since reading about him, i've always thought that he somehow found a way to prolong his age with his psychedelic drugs. I guess this is good news for all those hippies from the 60's and 70's who took LSD. Maybe they too will have rather long lives. I suppose the last trip Mr. Hofman ever took was on his way into the ground to be buried. I hope it was a good one.

When a reporter from The Onion.com asked a woman what she thought of the situation, she replied, "Shit, did anyone remember to write down the recipie for LSD?"