Tag: Durban Poison
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An Ode To Waking And Baking
Two facts: I have never been busier in my entire life AND I have never been more “stoned” in my entire life. Those facts don’t contradict each other. Actually, they complement each other. Pot and productivity go hand in hand. It’s hard to describe to people who are fearful of pot that it’s not just…
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In Cannabis Veritas
In vino veritas is how the original goes: in wine there is truth. Actually, the original original goes in libris veritas: in books there is truth. Books has it right. Wine… not so much. Oh, the occasional drunk may spew out how they really feel about you or the world in that instant, but the…
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A Cannabis Consumer Review: Canndescent Charge (No 514)
It was absolutely inevitable that the instant cannabis became legal, it also would become corporate. There’s a staggering amount of money to be made. What more do we need to say? To be fair though, there’s really no “middle way” to come in from the cold. The whole idea of calling it “cannabis” instead of…
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An Ode To Waking & Baking
My mind’s a blur when I awake, That is, until I let it bake. The coffee’s strong and dark and hot, A sip or two, a hit of pot. The caffeine “turns the lights on”, sure, But cannabis actually “opens the door”. There’s no magic here, no “hocus pocus”, Indicas make you sleepy; sativas give…
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The Joys Of Waking & Baking
It ain’t the cannabis talking — I’m far more productive and focused after a couple of hits of sativa. These days, my morning go-to’s are Willy Wonka, Alaskan Thunderfuck, Strawberry Diesel and Durban Poison. I like variety, ya see. I also like the way different strains work inside my brain. Yeah, they’re all variations on…
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Sports & Cannabis — It’s Not A Good Thing, It’s A GREAT Thing
America’s sports leagues are walking point on some very important realizations we’re all having about cannabis. The NFL, MLB, the NBA and the NHL no longer punish athletes for using cannabis. As ESPN put it, league attitudes — at the rules & regs level — is now officially “whatever”. The leagues — all still holding…
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Question: What’s The Proper Cannabis Strain To Go With A Coronavirus Quarantine? Answer: Pretty Much ANY Cannabis strain
You know shit’s strange when real time is as plastic and fungible as time while you’re high. I don’t think it’s just me. The deeper we’ve plunged into the coronavirus quarantine, the weirder “time” has become. If you smoke as much dope as I do, you’re kinda used to thinking suddenly “Wait– where am I?…
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The Cannabis Lifestyle: “Platforming” Vs “Cocktailing”
My day begins with cannabis and it ends with cannabis. That’s not hyperbole. Medically (and I keep up my prescription because — even though I do recreate with cannabis — it is, to me, first and foremost a legitimate “medicine” that successfully treats a host of very real physical and mental ailments. Consequently, I’m very…
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Cannabis & Productivity Go Together Like Cannabis & Feeling Good
I’ve written here before about my cannabis story. I wasn’t a fan in high school. Cannabis (if that’s what I was really smoking) put me to sleep. That didn’t appeal to me as a kid. So, I avoided cannabis in favor of alcohol, cocaine and, occasionally ecstasy. Depression made sleep hard to come by as…
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Cannabis & Sports Go Together Better Than You Think
I started using cannabis to play tennis about 2 years ago. I wish I had started way sooner. I bet I would have enjoyed tennis a hell of a lot more. I don’t mean because I’d be playing high. I’m not sure why anyone would want to do that. I don’t use cannabis to get…