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	May 7th, 2012 The 1950s housewife on LSD Posted about 22 hours ago by The Week to Holy Kaw! Recently unearthed footage shows a doctor speaking with a straight-laced woman in the middle of an acid trip. Best interview ever? A recently discovered clip of a 1950s housewife on an acid trip became a viral-video sensation this week. (See video below.) In the eight-minute video, Los Angeles doctor Sidney Cohen administers a dose of acid to a self-described "normal" woman who had volunteered to participate in a study on the effects of LSD. Hours after taking a dose of the drug, the woman is clearly in the grips of a hallucinogenic revery, agape at the wonders of the world around her. In a trippy conversation with the doctor, she rattles off a number of memorable observations, such as, "I've never seen such infinite beauty in my life." She also says, "I wish I could talk in Technicolor," and "I can see all the molecules, I'm part of it. Can't you see it?" The clip originally aired on television in 1956, when the drug was a still-legal curiosity — years before it became a controversial, and illegal, counterculture touchstone of the 1960s youth movement. Full story and video at The Week. Photo: DEA All the top stories from The Week. 日常 Posted about 23 hours ago by Koichi Mitsui to s a s u r a u 7 連休終了。 A gentle reminder that social media's eyes are ever-watchful Posted about 21 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! 3 Summer’s right around the corner, and what that means is plenty of BBQs, picnics, weddings and parties at which to humiliate oneself. Thanks to technology, though, those less than stellar moments don’t just live on in the memories of friends and family, but are also recorded for posterity (and one’s employers) on social media. Luckily, there’s a drink cozy to remind you that “What happens tonight…goes on Facebook tomorrow." Graduation gifts don’t get more useful than this. Full story at NeatoShop. Smart shopping. Mummifying your pet just got easier Posted about 17 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! 3 Well, if you have have tens of thousands of dollars laying around, collecting dust… If you want to make sure Chuckles the cat outlasts civilization as we know it, mummification is the way to go! Accroding to Summum’s website: Upon delivery of your pet to our facilities in Salt Lake City, our Thanatogeneticists will immediately begin the Mummification and Transference. Individuals who have lovingly mummified their own pets will care for your friend with the affection and attention of a mother. The Summum science of Mummification revives the ancient art of wrapping the body and treating it with oil, while Transference aids the journey of your pet's essence to its next destination. When the Mummification and Transference are complete, we place your pet within a bronze Mummiform and rejoin you with your beloved companion. Your cherished friend has been transformed, as the caterpillar to a butterfly, in the promise of another tomorrow. Prepare to wait a while for your beloved pet to return home, since mummification takes between five and ten months to complete and can cost anywhere from $4,000 to over $100K. If you’re concerned that traditional burial rites will bar you from spending eternity with your pet, no worries; they also offer services for people. Full story at Summum via Geekologies. Going the distance for pets. Avengers, assemble! [infographic] Posted about 12 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! 1 So, what is the recipe for a blockbuster-worthy cast of superheroes? Perhaps the secret sauce… Via Lemon.ly. Fighting the forces of evil with infographics. Forget the plank…walk the keel [video] Posted about 8 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! 1 When the novelty of owning a yacht wears off, what’s an adventurous, well-dressed man to do? Walk the keel of said yacht, of course. Eight tons of boat and businesswear doesn’t stop Alex Thomson, owner of the Hugo Boss, from living on the edge, or taking a stroll on it. Embedded media -- click here to see it. Full story at YouTube. Spicing up the sailing. How a Bentley is made [video] Posted about 7 hours ago by Annie Colbert to Holy Kaw! The Cool Hunting crew made a trip to Crewe, England for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Bentley factory. The hands-on plant offered a wildly different experience than other car manufacturing processes we have seen and, by relying on a level of manual precision machines can't always replicate, provided a fascinating example of the merge of technology and craftsmanship in creating truly luxurious custom automobiles. Embedded media -- click here to see it. Via Sly Oyster. Luxury cars. 10 business plan mistakes to avoid Posted about 7 hours ago by Annie Colbert to Holy Kaw! 2 A business plan plots the course of your company, but wrong turns and detours within that plan can lead straight down a road of failure. Find your way to success with Entrepreneur's list of "The Top 10 Business Plan Mistakes." Misunderstanding the purpose: It’s the planning that matters, not just the document. You engage in planning your business because planning becomes management. Planning is a process of setting goals and establishing specific measures of progress, then tracking your progress and following up with course corrections. The plan itself is just the first step; it is reviewed and revised often. Don’t even print it unless you absolutely have to. Leave it on a digital network instead. Doing it in one big push; do it in pieces and steps. The plan is a set of connected modules, like blocks. Start anywhere and get going. Do the part that interests you most, or the part that provides the most immediate benefit. That might be strategy, concepts, target markets, business offerings, projections, mantra, vision, whatever. . . just get going. Finishing your plan. If your plan is done, then your business is done. That most recent version is just a snapshot of what the plan was then. It should always be alive and changing to reflect changing assumptions. Full list at Entrepreneur. Tons of resources for small businesses. Photo credit: Fotolia These are your kids on books Posted about 6 hours ago by Annie Colbert to Holy Kaw! A simple, yet clever black and white poster created by literacy nonprofit Burning Through Pages has made the viral-y rounds on the interwebs. The Denver-based group's message to parents to encourage their children to pick up a book resonated with bookmomworms and book snails alike, collecting thousands of Likes and Shares on Facebook in the past couple weeks. Via Media Bistro. Reading is awesome. A look at the modern college student's use of technology [infographic] Posted about 6 hours ago by Infographics Monster to Holy Kaw! 2 Remember the days of dragging yourself to the university library to do homework research that required utilizing the card catalogue and opening an actual book? Ask a college student these days that question and prepare yourself to see an eye roll. Created by Presta. The future of education. Sent by Posterous. Change your email settings or unfollow. Other questions? We'd love to help.