May 13, 2005
FOUR FOR FRIDAY THE 13TH
Q1: If you were given a one-year, all expenses paid, all-access assignment to make a documentary film on any subject of your choosing, what do think your film's focus/topic would be?
Q2: Do you think monkeys will ever learn to cook with fire?
Q13: Today is Friday the 13th, a date which many people seem to automatically link to bad fortune and unfortunate events. Even though many cultures consider 13 to be a lucky number, many in the United States are extra careful to avoid black cats, ladders, and mirrors on this, the most notorious combination of day and date of the year. How do you feel about Friday the 13th? Does it give you the willies, or is Friday the 13th just like any other day in your life?
Q4: Earlier this week, the Governor of Indiana signed a bill into law that limits consumers' ability to purchase certain over-the-counter cold medicines. The new law, Indiana Senate Enrolled Act 444, restricts the sale of medicines such as Sudafed that contain ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, ingredients the State says are used in making meth. (Background: The State of Indiana says it is on pace to bust 1,700 meth labs this year alone.) Starting July 1, 2005, Indiana stores with open pharmacies must place cold medications containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine in direct sight of the pharmacy with constant video monitoring, or in a locked cabinet or behind a counter. Additionally, anyone buying cold or allergy medicines containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine will be required to show ID and sign a log sheet upon making such purchases. How do you feel about laws such as Indiana's? Are they worth the inconvenience they'll create for consumers? Are they worth the extra cost and difficulty they'll create for stores?
Posted by Mikal at May 13, 2005 12:13 AM
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1. I'd do a climbing documentary. It would be about climbing bums and the lifestyle/culture surrounding the cohort.
2. Riiiiiiiiight....no. Except for the monkeys that already are...us.
3. Just another day.
4. I'm in favor of the intent of the law. It will be the practice in which I will find interest. How will consumers really know what their selection is? How will pulling medications containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine effect sales of non-ephedrine or non-pseudoephedrine medications? Colorado has a major meth problem, so I think that since stores haven't ponied up with responsibility, it's time to have the governement step in with a solution. Wal-Mart and Walgreens have already chosen to take the responsible action by putting those products behind the counter. It would have been nice to see other retailers do the same.
1. I'd do a fun documentary that chronicled musicians, those who sing in night clubs and coffee houses. Just follow them around to the next gig, see where they go and the people who go to their shows.
2. No, they're too busy painting http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/chimpanzee_art
3. Not really, it's just another day.
4. I don't think anyone should have to fill out a form or show ID. I guess meth labs are a problem, but the average person isn't buying the medicine for that reason. But if they start there, then where will they stop? You want aspirin for that splitting headache? Then here, sign this form. Too "big brother" for me.
Great questions, Mikal. Happy Friday!
I think that I would like to do a documentary film about sailing around the world in a sailboat. Visiting places in exotic ports of call like the South Pacific, Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.
Why would the monkeys want to cook with fire? Just look at how many of us human like a nice and thick juicy raw steak.
Just another dayÖ except Michael Rossís day ended at 2:15am
Why do they have to do all that, just limit the number of purchases to one box per customer.
Great Questions!
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1. Maybe on tourists. At least that would allow me to travel to different places.
2. It's possible. In a parallel universe.
3. Today's just like every other day.
4. I think that's the wrong way about going to crack down on meth labs. Besides, I don't like the idea of the government monitoring medicine use--because then what would stop them from controlling every other aspect of our lives?
Loved the questions. Very thoughtful ones.
Q1) I'd expose the NeoCon agenda.
Q2) The potential is certainly there in some species. Now are you talking apes or actual monkeys? Big differences there in intelligence.
Q3) Just another day.
Q4) If the state governments want to restrict the sale, then the FDA needs to ok this. Drugs are made over-the-counter for a reason. If these drugs are so potentially dangerous then just pull them from the market-place, or make them prescription-only again.
1) All access? Porn! No? How about a documentary about documentaries (Kind of like blogging about blogging). Other than that, I don't know, since I've never given it much thought.
2) Only if we give them lighters, and even then I suspect there'll be a learning curve (and injuries).
3) Just another day - though today started off good and went downhill.
4) If you're taking more than 100 pills a week, you probably need to see a doctor. When I get sick and need to takes these medications, I might go through one pack of 24 in a week. Aside from that people are only supposed to "use as directed." If they are buying 100 pills/week, they are probably using too many.
Q1 - I would go back to Antarctica and do a documentary about eco tourism.
Q2 - Heck, why not? Um...no.
Q3 - Another day, but at least it is a Friday.
Q4 - Already doing this in Iowa - the meth capital of the world. I recently talked to someone from Chicago who expressed deep surprise that Iowa could have such a reputation. I was surprised at her reaction. I know what I used to think about Iowa, but come on...Iowa is teeming with meth. I'll sign for the stuff. I'm not doing anything wrong - don't have a meth lab in the garage - I don't care who knows if I buy the stuff. But you should see, if you haven't, just exactly what these fools are willing to put into their bodies and what it does to them. And what it does to the environment, the neighborhood, the police and canine officers. It's disgusting.
Mine is up but I couldn't leave my URL, LOL. It's at http://twhgrafx dot com/scribblings
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