A little 'something' was mailed last week so is in the hands of the Canadian postal service...

I hope that means you are getting restful sleep and pleasant dreams again, Doug - now that the "something"'s aura will no longer trouble you...!

Soon I'll have a mummy museum!

She is actually kinda sexy isn't she Doc? For a mummy I mean.

Don't let Egregor hear you say that, he'll buy them out!

Heh, my wife refused to let me open the box in the house and demanded I keep it at work in the closet.... wait until the night staff run into that....

What she doesn't know yet is of the pygmy mummy on the way

Anybody who'd marry one of us, qualifies for sainthood, whether or not one believes in that sort of thing.

Egyptians would have had brass mirrors, so an image would be a little distorted, enough to account for a slight misunderstanding between the realms of living and dead, which would then, of course, need remedying.

Sainthood or a sanitarium....

DOUG! The little mummy arrived today safe and sound... although my wife wouldn't let me open that box either... I'll open it up tomorrow in some appropriate graveyard atmosphere...

(Or wait until she falls asleep and pry open the box in the dead of night.... (hmmm...now what happens in those old movies....))

That should be part of the story...

Black Hart's amazing Scales of Death arrived today - it is very nice .... I'm working in some Egyptian symbols into the sides and havea set of small pewter gods (Anubis Thoth etc) to stand in judgement... this will be fun... I also plan to clutch a soul out for cleansing via a d'l*** ala a great idea I read from a Tony Eye manuscript.... fun fun fun! And I'll be switching the Latin scroll for a small papyrus for the ritual....

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I've also antiqued a standard Dove Pan into an Egyptian brewing bowl... I've made a bunch of tanna leaves out of flash paper.... fun fun fun! Jut waiting for clearance from my hopsital to do use a "small fire the size of a candle flame" ...

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My admin assistant utdid herself with creating a very nice e-notice of the talk... with Anubis holding a mummy case... and other nice crazy things... it is rumored this will be a standing room only rounds... now all I have to do is make sure I am not certified at the end...

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I will let you know how it goes... thanks again to everyone who offered me suggestions...! May the Blessings of Amon Ra grant you serenity and wonder.

Dr S

Sounds so great! Satisfaction guaranteed.....or double your mummy back!

Poor Egyptian children are so confused... half their daddys are mummys.

Beat them to it!

Certify yourself first!

Rim Shot! TA DA!
Hah!

Just finishing up some touches to the Pgymy Mummy that Master Higley escavated in the Peruvian mountains.... what a masterpiece! I have to keep my work on it in the garage as this is one of those things my wife refuses in the house... but what a sick twisted face... it really looks like it was mummified alive....

Aside: Doug gives a nice book on how to run a small scale show using his Zibits...and my little fella came with the book... it is really REALLY good... I am inspired to get an Ez-up just for trying out Doug's methods... maybe even as part of a demonstration of the power of Curiosity... (and how it killed the cat)...

(But Dear... its Halloween... tis but once a year....)
("BRUCE! HALLOWEEN IS ALL YEAR FOR YOU! STOP GETTING THINGS!")

Oh and these I bought at a bookstore:

http://www.learntarot.com/eydesc.htm

I plan to use them as Symbol forces as opposed to just Card Value forces... plus they look creepy... and I can spin the usual apochrypal tale that the Tarot cards date back to Ancient Egypt....

Obesessed: A man who's wife holds a heavy Rolling Pin.

By the way Bruce...there are those making a Full Time Living off that 'little book'. Maybe your wife needs a job?

I am sad I couldn't get it taped... but the Tokes from the Mummy's Tomb went excellently...

For a medical grand rounds, it was a great turnout of 200 people which created standing room only...

I had a few admin assistants dressed up as museum assistant curators with Offical Museum Name tags escort people to the front to make sure no one could hide in the back... hee hee...

Up front with the powerpoint equip were my mummies... fog machines, and a table full of egyptian artifacts...

had the Unicorn Mountain music playing....

After explaining the goal of doing a interactive narrative journey linking ancient Egypt and modern addiction science via archaology, mythology, forensics, psychology, film studies etc.... went to my opener...

MAXIMUM INVOLVEMENT - which, as always killed - Tony Eye, it is such a great template!.... here I got the audience to get into the realm of the imagination... people called off things associated with Ancient Egypt.... all the while someone ahs been holding a mysterious box... the choices are made... and the chosen item, The Pyramid (with the discarded other possible the Sphinx) led to opening the box - and a pyramid was within, with a thank you cards saying "Thanks for not choosing the Sphinx".... and all the materials were examinable (yes an extra couple of switches)....

The audience was impressed so I went up to a shocked fellow who really looked imaginative (ala Rick maue criteria) and got him to visualize the sands and temples of ancient Egypt... asked him to remove his shoe... and I took it and poured out sand out of it into his hand.... then removed an ancient scroll from the shoe as well for a memento for him to keep...

I assured them they were ready to go deeper into the presentation now that their imaginations were excellent!...

Argh... got to go to a meeting - I'll type in the rest later....

It really sounds beautiful, doc! Very impressive so far, and I can't wait to hear the rest!

Bill

Thanks Bill!

I then launched into the story of the cocaine mummies- the entire controversy and the fact people often jump to conclusions and stigma actions based on test results that are not 100% accurate... not science's fault - but those who have underlying agendas, motivations, etc... and how a urine/hair test etc. could lead to terrible results if it positive (lose a job, got to jail/prison, stigma, questions of person's life etc)...this all got linked to the all or nothing weighing of the heart against the feather of Ma'at..

Which led into the next demo, the Scales of Death - ("Would you believe that I was wandering in the back alleys of Marakesh when a strange old man in a cloack approached me with this odd box... saying 'Doctor.. take the box...it was always yours..heheheh (The audience got a good chuckle too - and this line was repeated in various ways with every object I produced )...which I modified to look more Egyptian, with a bunch of pewter figurines of Anubis, Thoth, Horus, and Osiris.... (I should mention there were powerpoints of all the art etc. from the tombs, the book of the dead etc... on the screen zoom fade in of Anubis and my pal Ammut).... (the Scales are Black Hart's...very nice... and the effect is of course Psychostacy from CC!)

Spec volunteers... after some by play, we see the weight she has chosen to imbue her Ka into was heavier than the feather... I cued a sound fellow and the auditorium began to hear a snarling hungry monster lurking around... Ammut... but I told the person I'd cleanse her... a do the ritual and pluck her evil deeds from her (in a d'litful way - again inspired by Tony I)... which I quickly shoved into the mummy's head.... the feather was now heavier than the weight...

this led into slides of the modern mystic ritual of chemcials and potions designed to screw up or cloak urine and hair toxilcology tests...

"Trust in Allah but tie up your camel"....

1st act over... second act was on Sheshat, Goddess of Cannabis... whch I will write up anon...

In fact, I think I'll be writing this entire thing up properly as a reflection piece for an addictions journal

Bruce
I bet your students think you're completely nuts!
And I bet they NEVER miss a lecture or tutorial.
Bravo, maestro.