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==Page 157==

==Page 158==

'''swinishest''' 
most swinish, i.e., most pig-like

'''sodding''' 
a pejorative intensifier, chiefly British in usage

'''fingerling''' 
something very small

'''the Beats''' 
members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beats Beat generation]

==Page 159==

[[Image:Mercury.jpg|right]]

'''1956 Mercury Montclair''' 
See right, though Incandenza's father's car is "bit-lip red."

'''nubbly''' 
full of small protuberances

'''sinew''' 
another word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinew tendon]

'''parping''' 
According to the ''OED'', a parp is a honking sound; parping is defined as causing something (as a car horn) to parp.

'''Head is body.''' 
Incandenza's father is expressing a non-Cartesian point of view. René Descartes (1596-1650), the French polymath, separated the mind (''res cogitans'') from the body (''res extensa'').

'''rutilant''' 
bright red

==Page 160==

'''actuating''' 
putting into action

'''Nein?''' 
German: No?

'''tiller''' 
what turns the rudder to steer a boat

==Page 161==

'''pronator teres''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronator_teres_muscle muscle] of the forearm

==Page 162==

'''whorled''' 
having whorls, i.e., coiled and spiral shapes

==Page 163==

'''flying sod''' 
He's referring to divots, i.e., bits of the fairway that get torn up when a golf ball is hit.

'''anal rage''' 
He's probably referring to anal-retentive rage, rather than rage specifically located in the anus.

==Page 164==

'''DeSotos''' 
a brand of automobile, examples of which can be seen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_%28automobile%29 here]

'''hove''' 
past tense of heave

'''lox''' 
smoked salmon

'''gregariously''' 
in a sociable manner

==Page 165==

'''Himself''' 
Note that Incandenza's father calls his own father by the same nickname as Incandenza's children call him.

'''''senza errori''''' 
Italian: Without errors

'''veldt''' 
From Afrikaans, this is a word for an open field with grass, bushes, etc.

'''deft''' 
quick and skillful

'''President''' 
here referring to Franklin Roosevelt

'''lattice''' 
This is "a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').

==Page 166==

==Page 167==

'''Bisbee''' 
a city of Arizona, 82 miles south of Tucson

'''Dean''' 
probably referring to [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000015/ James Dean]

==Page 168==

'''inertia''' 
absence of motion

'''scabrous''' 
having a rough surface because of minute points or projections

'''mortified''' 
having undergone mortification of the flesh, i.e., abuse of the body by one's self as a form of penance''

'''USC''' 
the [http://www.usc.edu/ University of Southern California]

'''Avalon''' 
probably [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000811/ Frankie Avalon]

==Page 169==

=November 4th, YDAU - Pemulis Scores DMZ=

==Page 169==

'''Latinate''' 
suggestive in style of the ancient Romans

'''Inman Square''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inman_Square square] in Cambridge named for colonial merchant Ralph Inman

'''Brioni''' 
a high-fashion clothes company

'''Mr. Howell''' 
''Gilligan's Island'' character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_Howell Thurston J. Howell, III]

'''rakish''' 
jaunty or dashing

==Page 170==

'''oxfords''' 
formal shoes with laces

'''nacelle''' 
the enclosed part of an airplane, where the engine is housed

'''DMZ''' 
Most commonly, this acronym stands for "demilitarized zone," as in the area between North and South Korea. Here it is a made-up drug name.

'''MED.COM''' 
not a real Web site

'''mescaline''' 
Mescaline is the active ingredient in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyote peyote].

'''TMA''' 
an acronym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimethoxyamphetamine trimethoxyamphetamine]

'''DOM or STP''' 
STP stands for "serenity, tranquity, and peace," and it's a pseudonym for DOM, which stands for dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine.

'''DMT''' 
acronym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine dimethyltryptamine

'''Ololiuqui or datura's scopolamine, or Fluothane, or Bufotenine (a.k.a. 'Jackie-O.'), or Ebene''' 
Ololiuqui is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ololiuqui morning glory] plants, the seeds of which are known to be hallucinogenic. Datura's scopolamine is another name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine hyoscine]. Fluothane is an inhaled general anesthetic. Bufotenine is an alternate spelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufotenine bufotenin] and is the active ingredient in the skin of toads that cause hallucinations when licked. (I have no idea why it's called "Jackie-O.") Ebene is a South American tree that yields a hallucinogen used in rituals.

==Endnote 56==

'''PMA''' 
acronym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para-Methoxyamphetamine paramethoxyamphetamine]

'''myristicin''' 
Found in the essential oil of nutmeg. In addition to a semi-conscious state, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myristicin#Uses myristicin] also has been known to induce psychoactive effects such as visual distortions.

'''ergine''' 
Also called LSA, it's found in morning glory seeds

'''ibogaine''' 
Ibogaine is a naturally occurring psychoactive substance found in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabernanthe_iboga Tabernanthe iboga]. Ibogaine-containing preparations have a history of medicinal and ritual use within Africa and are controversially used to treat narcotics addiction.

'''yagé's harmaline''' 
Yagé is the native name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banisteriopsis_caapi banisteria]. Harmaline is the active ingredient.

'''fitviavi''' 
apparently a coined word

==Page 170 (cont'd)==

==Endnote 57==

'''''Tibetan-Dead-Book''''' 
better known as the [http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/dead/ Tibetan Book of the Dead]

'''Futurist''' 
referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism_%28art%29 Italian Futurism], an art movement on the early 20th century

==Page 170 (cont'd)==

'''chemist at Sandoz Pharm.''' 
This would be Albert Hoffman (born 1906), a Swiss scientist best known for first synthesizing LSD.

'''Alan Watts''' 
Alan Wilson Watts (1915-1973) was a British-born philosopher and writer in the field of comparative religion.

'''T. Leary''' 
Timothy Francis Leary (1920-1996) was an American writer and psychologist best known as an advocate for regular LSD use.

'''Millbrook NY''' 
a town in New York state, about 90 miles north of New York City

'''WYYY''' 
actually a radio station in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYYY Syracuse, New York]

==Page 171==

'''Riverside ''Hamlet''''' 
The ''Riverside Shakespeare'' is one of the better-known editions of Shakespeare's work. Note that Hal, who is based on the character Hamlet, is reading ''Hamlet''.

'''the minor and soft-core Alexandrian mosaic''' 
i.e. Byzantine erotica (cf. 29, 36)

'''''Consummation of the Levirates''''' 
A levirate is a man called up to marry his elder brother's childless widow, in accordance with Jewish Law. In the Bible, Onan was punished for not consummating his Levirate marriage (he pulled out and spilled his seed).[http://infinitesummer.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=302]

'''''Baron's''''' 
a (probably deliberate) misspelling of [http://online.barrons.com/public/main Barron's]

'''''Tilden on Spin''''' 
The book by William Tatem "Big Bill" Tilden II (1893-1953), American tennis giant, is actually entitled ''Match Play and the Spin of the Ball''.

=April, YY2007MRCVMETIUFIITP SFH,O,OM (s) - ''TENNIS AND THE FERAL PRODIGY''=

==Page 172==

[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Yushityu...]]

==Page 173==

'''stevedore''' 
a person who loads and unloads cargo from boats

'''40 km.''' 
almost 25 miles

'''''Schnell''''' 
German: Quickly

==Page 174==

'''formants and fricatives, trochaically stressed''' 
A format is, according to Wikipedia, "a peak in an acoustic frequency spectrum which results from the resonant frequencies of any acoustic system." A fricative is a phoneme produced by forcing air through tight lips. In English, fricatives are /s/, /z/, /th/, and /zh/. Trochaically means spoken in trochees, or a metrical foot on two syllables with the stress on the first (the word "trochee" is a trochee).

'''aperture''' 
An aperture is an opening; here it is probably referring to the anus.

==Page 175==

'''''8 1/2''''' 
a film by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000019/ Federico Fellini]

'''intensile''' 
incapable of being stretched

==Page 176==

'''Noxzema''' 
a skin cleaner marketed by Procter & Gamble

'''Contracol''' 
not a drug currently marketed in the U.S.

'''Epsom salts''' 
Magnesium sulfate, used to relieve pain, among other uses.

=November 4th, YDAU - Pat Montesian's Drop-in-hours=

==Page 176==

==Page 177==

'''Higher Power''' 
Most twelve-step drug or alcohol recovery programs teach a belief in God or a "Higher Power" (the latter to soften the blow to atheists).

'''Kemp and Limbaugh''' 
Jack French Kemp, Jr. (1935-2009), was a conservative American politician, former member of the House of Representative, former Secretary for Housing and Urban Development, and 1996 Republican candidate for Vice President.

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born 1951) is a conservative radio talk-show host.

'''formicate''' 
to crawl like ants

==Page 178==

'''magnaminously''' 
a (probably deliberate) misspelling of "magnanimously," i.e., generously

'''the Fenway''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenway-Kenmore Fenway-Kenmore] section of Boston

==Page 179==

'''septum''' 
more specifically, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_septum nasal septum]

'''harelip''' 
also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harelip cleft lip] or cleft palate

'''doocy''' 
As in the same Tommy Doocey already introduced; the harelipped pot dealer in the trailer park with the smelly snakes.

==Page 180==

'''2% proof''' 
Redundant because "proof" is an expression of alcohol content. Doubling the alcohol percentage gives you proof, i.e., 2% alcohol is 4 proof.

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=☽ Winter B.S. 1960 - Tuscon, AZ=
==Page 157==

==Page 158==

'''swinishest''' 
most swinish, i.e., most pig-like

'''sodding''' 
a pejorative intensifier, chiefly British in usage

'''fingerling''' 
something very small

'''the Beats''' 
members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beats Beat generation]

==Page 159==

[[Image:Mercury.jpg|right]]

'''1956 Mercury Montclair''' 
See right, though Incandenza's father's car is "bit-lip red."

'''nubbly''' 
full of small protuberances

'''sinew''' 
another word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinew tendon]

'''parping''' 
According to the ''OED'', a parp is a honking sound; parping is defined as causing something (as a car horn) to parp.

'''Head is body.''' 
Incandenza's father is expressing a non-Cartesian point of view. René Descartes (1596-1650), the French polymath, separated the mind (''res cogitans'') from the body (''res extensa'').

'''rutilant''' 
bright red

==Page 160==

'''actuating''' 
putting into action

'''Nein?''' 
German: No?

'''tiller''' 
what turns the rudder to steer a boat

==Page 161==

'''pronator teres''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronator_teres_muscle muscle] of the forearm

==Page 162==

'''whorled''' 
having whorls, i.e., coiled and spiral shapes

==Page 163==

'''flying sod''' 
He's referring to divots, i.e., bits of the fairway that get torn up when a golf ball is hit.

'''anal rage''' 
He's probably referring to anal-retentive rage, rather than rage specifically located in the anus.

==Page 164==

'''DeSotos''' 
a brand of automobile, examples of which can be seen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_%28automobile%29 here]

'''hove''' 
past tense of heave

'''lox''' 
smoked salmon

'''gregariously''' 
in a sociable manner

==Page 165==

'''Himself''' 
Note that Incandenza's father calls his own father by the same nickname as Incandenza's children call him.

'''''senza errori''''' 
Italian: Without errors

'''veldt''' 
From Afrikaans, this is a word for an open field with grass, bushes, etc.

'''deft''' 
quick and skillful

'''President''' 
here referring to Franklin Roosevelt

'''lattice''' 
This is "a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').

==Page 166==

==Page 167==

'''Bisbee''' 
a city of Arizona, 82 miles south of Tucson

'''Dean''' 
probably referring to [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000015/ James Dean]

==Page 168==

'''inertia''' 
absence of motion

'''scabrous''' 
having a rough surface because of minute points or projections

'''mortified''' 
having undergone mortification of the flesh, i.e., abuse of the body by one's self as a form of penance''

'''USC''' 
the [http://www.usc.edu/ University of Southern California]

'''Avalon''' 
probably [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000811/ Frankie Avalon]

==Page 169==

=November 4th, YDAU - Pemulis Scores DMZ=

==Page 169==

'''Latinate''' 
suggestive in style of the ancient Romans

'''Inman Square''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inman_Square square] in Cambridge named for colonial merchant Ralph Inman

'''Brioni''' 
a high-fashion clothes company

'''Mr. Howell''' 
''Gilligan's Island'' character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_Howell Thurston J. Howell, III]

'''rakish''' 
jaunty or dashing

==Page 170==

'''oxfords''' 
formal shoes with laces

'''nacelle''' 
the enclosed part of an airplane, where the engine is housed

'''DMZ''' 
Most commonly, this acronym stands for "demilitarized zone," as in the area between North and South Korea. Here it is a made-up drug name.

'''MED.COM''' 
not a real Web site

'''mescaline''' 
Mescaline is the active ingredient in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyote peyote].

'''TMA''' 
an acronym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimethoxyamphetamine trimethoxyamphetamine]

'''DOM or STP''' 
STP stands for "serenity, tranquity, and peace," and it's a pseudonym for DOM, which stands for dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine.

'''DMT''' 
acronym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine dimethyltryptamine

'''Ololiuqui or datura's scopolamine, or Fluothane, or Bufotenine (a.k.a. 'Jackie-O.'), or Ebene''' 
Ololiuqui is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ololiuqui morning glory] plants, the seeds of which are known to be hallucinogenic. Datura's scopolamine is another name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine hyoscine]. Fluothane is an inhaled general anesthetic. Bufotenine is an alternate spelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufotenine bufotenin] and is the active ingredient in the skin of toads that cause hallucinations when licked. (I have no idea why it's called "Jackie-O.") Ebene is a South American tree that yields a hallucinogen used in rituals.

==Endnote 56==

'''PMA''' 
acronym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para-Methoxyamphetamine paramethoxyamphetamine]

'''myristicin''' 
Found in the essential oil of nutmeg. In addition to a semi-conscious state, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myristicin#Uses myristicin] also has been known to induce psychoactive effects such as visual distortions.

'''ergine''' 
Also called LSA, it's found in morning glory seeds

'''ibogaine''' 
Found in varieties of dogbane, it is a drug used to ease heroin withdrawal.

'''yagé's harmaline''' 
Yagé is the native name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banisteriopsis_caapi banisteria]. Harmaline is the active ingredient.

'''fitviavi''' 
apparently a coined word

==Page 170 (cont'd)==

==Endnote 57==

'''''Tibetan-Dead-Book''''' 
better known as the [http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/dead/ Tibetan Book of the Dead]

'''Futurist''' 
referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism_%28art%29 Italian Futurism], an art movement on the early 20th century

==Page 170 (cont'd)==

'''chemist at Sandoz Pharm.''' 
This would be Albert Hoffman (born 1906), a Swiss scientist best known for first synthesizing LSD.

'''Alan Watts''' 
Alan Wilson Watts (1915-1973) was a British-born philosopher and writer in the field of comparative religion.

'''T. Leary''' 
Timothy Francis Leary (1920-1996) was an American writer and psychologist best known as an advocate for regular LSD use.

'''Millbrook NY''' 
a town in New York state, about 90 miles north of New York City

'''WYYY''' 
actually a radio station in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYYY Syracuse, New York]

==Page 171==

'''Riverside ''Hamlet''''' 
The ''Riverside Shakespeare'' is one of the better-known editions of Shakespeare's work. Note that Hal, who is based on the character Hamlet, is reading ''Hamlet''.

'''the minor and soft-core Alexandrian mosaic''' 
i.e. Byzantine erotica (cf. 29, 36)

'''''Consummation of the Levirates''''' 
A levirate is a man called up to marry his elder brother's childless widow, in accordance with Jewish Law. In the Bible, Onan was punished for not consummating his Levirate marriage (he pulled out and spilled his seed).[http://infinitesummer.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=302]

'''''Baron's''''' 
a (probably deliberate) misspelling of [http://online.barrons.com/public/main Barron's]

'''''Tilden on Spin''''' 
The book by William Tatem "Big Bill" Tilden II (1893-1953), American tennis giant, is actually entitled ''Match Play and the Spin of the Ball''.

=April, YY2007MRCVMETIUFIITP SFH,O,OM (s) - ''TENNIS AND THE FERAL PRODIGY''=

==Page 172==

[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Yushityu...]]

==Page 173==

'''stevedore''' 
a person who loads and unloads cargo from boats

'''40 km.''' 
almost 25 miles

'''''Schnell''''' 
German: Quickly

==Page 174==

'''formants and fricatives, trochaically stressed''' 
A format is, according to Wikipedia, "a peak in an acoustic frequency spectrum which results from the resonant frequencies of any acoustic system." A fricative is a phoneme produced by forcing air through tight lips. In English, fricatives are /s/, /z/, /th/, and /zh/. Trochaically means spoken in trochees, or a metrical foot on two syllables with the stress on the first (the word "trochee" is a trochee).

'''aperture''' 
An aperture is an opening; here it is probably referring to the anus.

==Page 175==

'''''8 1/2''''' 
a film by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000019/ Federico Fellini]

'''intensile''' 
incapable of being stretched

==Page 176==

'''Noxzema''' 
a skin cleaner marketed by Procter & Gamble

'''Contracol''' 
not a drug currently marketed in the U.S.

'''Epsom salts''' 
Magnesium sulfate, used to relieve pain, among other uses.

=November 4th, YDAU - Pat Montesian's Drop-in-hours=

==Page 176==

==Page 177==

'''Higher Power''' 
Most twelve-step drug or alcohol recovery programs teach a belief in God or a "Higher Power" (the latter to soften the blow to atheists).

'''Kemp and Limbaugh''' 
Jack French Kemp, Jr. (1935-2009), was a conservative American politician, former member of the House of Representative, former Secretary for Housing and Urban Development, and 1996 Republican candidate for Vice President.

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born 1951) is a conservative radio talk-show host.

'''formicate''' 
to crawl like ants

==Page 178==

'''magnaminously''' 
a (probably deliberate) misspelling of "magnanimously," i.e., generously

'''the Fenway''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenway-Kenmore Fenway-Kenmore] section of Boston

==Page 179==

'''septum''' 
more specifically, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_septum nasal septum]

'''harelip''' 
also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harelip cleft lip] or cleft palate

'''doocy''' 
As in the same Tommy Doocey already introduced; the harelipped pot dealer in the trailer park with the smelly snakes.

==Page 180==

'''2% proof''' 
Redundant because "proof" is an expression of alcohol content. Doubling the alcohol percentage gives you proof, i.e., 2% alcohol is 4 proof.

==Page 181==

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=☽ Winter B.S. 1960 - Tuscon, AZ=
==Page 157==

==Page 158==

'''swinishest''' 
most swinish, i.e., most pig-like

'''sodding''' 
a pejorative intensifier, chiefly British in usage

'''fingerling''' 
something very small

'''the Beats''' 
members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beats Beat generation]

==Page 159==

[[Image:Mercury.jpg|right]]

'''1956 Mercury Montclair''' 
See right, though Incandenza's father's car is "bit-lip red."

'''nubbly''' 
full of small protuberances

'''sinew''' 
another word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinew tendon]

'''parping''' 
According to the ''OED'', a parp is a honking sound; parping is defined as causing something (as a car horn) to parp.

'''Head is body.''' 
Incandenza's father is expressing a non-Cartesian point of view. René Descartes (1596-1650), the French polymath, separated the mind (''res cogitans'') from the body (''res extensa'').

'''rutilant''' 
bright red

==Page 160==

'''actuating''' 
putting into action

'''Nein?''' 
German: No?

'''tiller''' 
what turns the rudder to steer a boat

==Page 161==

'''pronator teres''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronator_teres_muscle muscle] of the forearm

==Page 162==

'''whorled''' 
having whorls, i.e., coiled and spiral shapes

==Page 163==

'''flying sod''' 
He's referring to divots, i.e., bits of the fairway that get torn up when a golf ball is hit.

'''anal rage''' 
He's probably referring to anal-retentive rage, rather than rage specifically located in the anus.

==Page 164==

'''DeSotos''' 
a brand of automobile, examples of which can be seen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_%28automobile%29 here]

'''hove''' 
past tense of heave

'''lox''' 
smoked salmon

'''gregariously''' 
in a sociable manner

==Page 165==

'''Himself''' 
Note that Incandenza's father calls his own father by the same nickname as Incandenza's children call him.

'''''senza errori''''' 
Italian: Without errors

'''veldt''' 
From Afrikaans, this is a word for an open field with grass, bushes, etc.

'''deft''' 
quick and skillful

'''President''' 
here referring to Franklin Roosevelt

'''lattice''' 
This is "a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').

==Page 166==

==Page 167==

'''Bisbee''' 
a city of Arizona, 82 miles south of Tucson

'''Dean''' 
probably referring to [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000015/ James Dean]

==Page 168==

'''inertia''' 
absence of motion

'''scabrous''' 
having a rough surface because of minute points or projections

'''mortified''' 
having undergone mortification of the flesh, i.e., abuse of the body by one's self as a form of penance''

'''USC''' 
the [http://www.usc.edu/ University of Southern California]

'''Avalon''' 
probably [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000811/ Frankie Avalon]

==Page 169==

=November 4th, YDAU - Pemulis Scores DMZ=

==Page 169==

'''Latinate''' 
suggestive in style of the ancient Romans

'''Inman Square''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inman_Square square] in Cambridge named for colonial merchant Ralph Inman

'''Brioni''' 
a high-fashion clothes company

'''Mr. Howell''' 
''Gilligan's Island'' character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_Howell Thurston J. Howell, III]

'''rakish''' 
jaunty or dashing

==Page 170==

'''oxfords''' 
formal shoes with laces

'''nacelle''' 
the enclosed part of an airplane, where the engine is housed

'''DMZ''' 
Most commonly, this acronym stands for "demilitarized zone," as in the area between North and South Korea. Here it is a made-up drug name.

'''MED.COM''' 
not a real Web site

'''mescaline''' 
Mescaline is the active ingredient in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyote peyote].

'''TMA''' 
an acronym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimethoxyamphetamine trimethoxyamphetamine]

'''DOM or STP''' 
STP stands for "serenity, tranquity, and peace," and it's a pseudonym for DOM, which stands for dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine.

'''DMT''' 
acronym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine dimethyltryptamine

'''Ololiuqui or datura's scopolamine, or Fluothane, or Bufotenine (a.k.a. 'Jackie-O.'), or Ebene''' 
Ololiuqui is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ololiuqui morning glory] plants, the seeds of which are known to be hallucinogenic. Datura's scopolamine is another name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine hyoscine]. Fluothane is an inhaled general anesthetic. Bufotenine is an alternate spelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufotenine bufotenin] and is the active ingredient in the skin of toads that cause hallucinations when licked. (I have no idea why it's called "Jackie-O.") Ebene is a South American tree that yields a hallucinogen used in rituals.

==Endnote 56==

'''PMA''' 
acronym for [paramethoxyamphetamine paramethoxyamphetamine]

'''myristicin''' 
Found in the essential oil of nutmeg. In addition to a semi-conscious state, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myristicin#Uses myristicin] also has been known to induce psychoactive effects such as visual distortions.

'''ergine''' 
Also called LSA, it's found in morning glory seeds

'''ibogaine''' 
Found in varieties of dogbane, it is a drug used to ease heroin withdrawal.

'''yagé's harmaline''' 
Yagé is the native name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banisteriopsis_caapi banisteria]. Harmaline is the active ingredient.

'''fitviavi''' 
apparently a coined word

==Page 170 (cont'd)==

==Endnote 57==

'''''Tibetan-Dead-Book''''' 
better known as the [http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/dead/ Tibetan Book of the Dead]

'''Futurist''' 
referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism_%28art%29 Italian Futurism], an art movement on the early 20th century

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'''chemist at Sandoz Pharm.''' 
This would be Albert Hoffman (born 1906), a Swiss scientist best known for first synthesizing LSD.

'''Alan Watts''' 
Alan Wilson Watts (1915-1973) was a British-born philosopher and writer in the field of comparative religion.

'''T. Leary''' 
Timothy Francis Leary (1920-1996) was an American writer and psychologist best known as an advocate for regular LSD use.

'''Millbrook NY''' 
a town in New York state, about 90 miles north of New York City

'''WYYY''' 
actually a radio station in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYYY Syracuse, New York]

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'''Riverside ''Hamlet''''' 
The ''Riverside Shakespeare'' is one of the better-known editions of Shakespeare's work. Note that Hal, who is based on the character Hamlet, is reading ''Hamlet''.

'''the minor and soft-core Alexandrian mosaic''' 
i.e. Byzantine erotica (cf. 29, 36)

'''''Consummation of the Levirates''''' 
A levirate is a man called up to marry his elder brother's childless widow, in accordance with Jewish Law. In the Bible, Onan was punished for not consummating his Levirate marriage (he pulled out and spilled his seed).[http://infinitesummer.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=302]

'''''Baron's''''' 
a (probably deliberate) misspelling of [http://online.barrons.com/public/main Barron's]

'''''Tilden on Spin''''' 
The book by William Tatem "Big Bill" Tilden II (1893-1953), American tennis giant, is actually entitled ''Match Play and the Spin of the Ball''.

=April, YY2007MRCVMETIUFIITP SFH,O,OM (s) - ''TENNIS AND THE FERAL PRODIGY''=

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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Yushityu...]]

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'''stevedore''' 
a person who loads and unloads cargo from boats

'''40 km.''' 
almost 25 miles

'''''Schnell''''' 
German: Quickly

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'''formants and fricatives, trochaically stressed''' 
A format is, according to Wikipedia, "a peak in an acoustic frequency spectrum which results from the resonant frequencies of any acoustic system." A fricative is a phoneme produced by forcing air through tight lips. In English, fricatives are /s/, /z/, /th/, and /zh/. Trochaically means spoken in trochees, or a metrical foot on two syllables with the stress on the first (the word "trochee" is a trochee).

'''aperture''' 
An aperture is an opening; here it is probably referring to the anus.

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'''''8 1/2''''' 
a film by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000019/ Federico Fellini]

'''intensile''' 
incapable of being stretched

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'''Noxzema''' 
a skin cleaner marketed by Procter & Gamble

'''Contracol''' 
not a drug currently marketed in the U.S.

'''Epsom salts''' 
Magnesium sulfate, used to relieve pain, among other uses.

=November 4th, YDAU - Pat Montesian's Drop-in-hours=

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'''Higher Power''' 
Most twelve-step drug or alcohol recovery programs teach a belief in God or a "Higher Power" (the latter to soften the blow to atheists).

'''Kemp and Limbaugh''' 
Jack French Kemp, Jr. (1935-2009), was a conservative American politician, former member of the House of Representative, former Secretary for Housing and Urban Development, and 1996 Republican candidate for Vice President.

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born 1951) is a conservative radio talk-show host.

'''formicate''' 
to crawl like ants

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'''magnaminously''' 
a (probably deliberate) misspelling of "magnanimously," i.e., generously

'''the Fenway''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenway-Kenmore Fenway-Kenmore] section of Boston

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'''septum''' 
more specifically, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_septum nasal septum]

'''harelip''' 
also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harelip cleft lip] or cleft palate

'''doocy''' 
As in the same Tommy Doocey already introduced; the harelipped pot dealer in the trailer park with the smelly snakes.

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'''2% proof''' 
Redundant because "proof" is an expression of alcohol content. Doubling the alcohol percentage gives you proof, i.e., 2% alcohol is 4 proof.

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