Accelerate!

Oh. snap.

R.E.M., the top band on my playlist, is coming out with a new album this April First, Accelerate. And, if the rest of the album is as good as the already-released song "Supernatural Superserious", R.E.M. fans are in for a real treat.

The video for the spifftacular song "Supernatural Superserious":


The release of a new album also means a tour for the album. Hopefully, I'll finally be able to see 'em in concert when they come to town. They'll be making the North American tour alongside the band Modest Mouse (also a pretty cool band, IMO). Here's the list of tour dates for the European and North American tours.

Drug Mugs

This post shall be rather brief, considering I had less mugs on this topic than previously thought. Looks like yours truly shall need to make a little trip to the Goodwill...

Anyway, today's (or tonight's) post showcases coffee mugs obtained at drug rep conferences or wherever my social worker mother got them from. Let us begin!

Our first mug is a nice little (well, not exactly little) purple plastic vessel, labeled by the drug it's promoting, Zyprexa. Zyprexa is a drug for treating schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder. It's an antipsychotic that works to balance chemicals in the brain, treating any symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations and delusions, and manic bipolar disorder, such as irritability and anxiety.

As a coffeemug, it's very good when handling hot coffee, because it's made of a thick, sturdy plastic. I especially like the logo, with the white silhouettes combining to make a darker silhouette of one person (note: I'm not implying that schizophrenia = MPD. MPD is where you think you're mutiple people. Schizophrenia is where you hear 'em).

Moving onward, we come to our next "drug mug", this one for Risperdal. Risperdal is also used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar mania, as well as autistic disorder. It can be ingested in liquid, pill, or tablet form. The logo doesn't really make sense to me, but it does look pretty cool. I haven't really used the mug that often, but considering it's made of the standard coffee mug material, I'd assume it wouldn't be great for straight-from-the-pot coffee unless you use a lot of milk/cream. Really, though, nothing much noteworthy about this one. Oh, but it does have the size of the tablets mentioned. "1,2,3,4 mg tablets / oral solution 1mg/mL" reads the small font. Ah, but this is not the last of Risperdal, as we shall see!




For, my comrades, this delicate mug has a cousin who has a penchant for traveling, and typically wears a spiffy cap. In this photo, it isn't, but it is sporting its normal vivid red plastic jacket on its stainless steel frame. The particular type of Risperdal, Red M-Tab, is, according to the little fold-up pamphlet that came with it, for the elderly with dementia. This mug is a very good insulator, and keeps my paws protected from the pain of coffee burns. There's also a plastic handle to secure the hand onto the mug.



Our next and final mug is an even better insulator, and looks a lot cooler, too. To break away from the schizophrenia treatments, Lexapro is used to treat depression and anxiety. The logo, itself, makes it a point, with the image of a spirit finally freeing itself from the abysmal spirals of clinical sadness and fear (note: depression and anxiety are different from just feeling "down in the dumps" or "a little worried"). This stainless steel mug is covered with a thick plastic, just enough to keep the heat in, but not so much that my hands aren't nice and warm. The plastic even has a purple tinge to it, which is definitely a plus. The cap seals nice and tight, so the most that is ever spilled comes out of the slide-open spout at the top. This one is definitely my favourite travel mug, and more should be made just like it (after all, there are other mugs made of cheap plastic, and what good is a mug if you can't even carry it?).

Well, that's all for this installation of Mugshots. At some point, I might actually begin posting regularly. Until then, you'll just have to wait 'til whenever, eh? If you have any mugshots you'd like posted (please limit those mugs to those of the coffee cup variety), just send them to me, at metal_enthalpy@yahoo.com, and I'll be sure to post them...at some point.

Happy Darwin Day!

Happy Darwin Day, everyone! I hope you're having fun enlightening yourselves on the significance of Charles Darwin's contributions to biological science. If not, go do so.

I know you've all been waiting on the edge of your seats for the latest installment of Mugshots, but, unfortunately, the wait is still on. I haven't posted in so long, and will continue to procra- I mean prepare the next posting. The thing is, I've been having this very bad ant problem. I know, I know, you're probably thinking, "WTF it's winter! The ants shouldn't be invading kitchens!" Well, these aren't your ordinary, everyday ants, dear comrade. These are ginormous ants! Fortunately, I was able to get a good picture of one stealing a piece of cappuccino-flavoured cookie before I ran to grab the Industrial-Grade Raid. And by "good", I mean "very blurry but still able to see something that kinda looks like an ant."
See its beady little eyes? Well, I did, at least. Man, that thing was scary. And you know, where there's one ant, there's bound to be a zillion more somewhere in the vicinity. And sure enough, one was hiding behind the bag o' bread.Fortunately, I was able to kill the one stealing my coffee cookies. Its head kinda popped off, but I've finally figured out why these ants are so ginormous.They're RADIOACTIVE!!!!

So, now my kitchen is on lockdown, meaning the next series of mugs will be awhile. Meanwhile, I'll be locked away in my office, with my bug spray, ready for the final invasion.

Oh yes, and if you have any pictures of coffee mugs, just e-mail 'em to me at metal_enthalpy@yahoo.com, and I'll post 'em on here!