friday five

Friday Fiver

1) Name one of your bad habits: but there are so many! lately, pure sloth.

2) What do you expect from friends? friendship

3) What is the last thing you wrote down? wamu 12.22 (amount paid via paypal for a halloween bracelet on etsy - my splurge for the week)

4) What is the last favor you did for someone else? gave joe all the money that was in my wallet yesterday - that 20 dollar bill that was still in there from last week.

5) What is your favorite TV show? right now it's "arrested development" - which of course isn't on anymore, but i am watching the 3rd and final season on dvd.

good news!

>>From today's Levine Breaking News:

MARIJUANA MAY STAVE OFF ALZHEIMER'S: Good news for aging hippies: Smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease. New research shows that the active ingredient in marijuana may prevent the progression of the disease by preserving levels of an important neurotransmitter that allows the brain to function. Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in California found that marijuana's active ingredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, can prevent the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from breaking down more effectively than commercially marketed drugs. THC is also more effective at blocking clumps of protein that can inhibit memory and cognition in Alzheimer's patients, the researchers reported in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics.>>

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