by Advocate Staff | Nov 27, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Featured
It’s winter again. Or almost anyway. As the days grow shorter, it’s no coincidence that religious holidays emphasize light-up decorations and light in and of itself. At the same time, arts organizations also put an effort into bringing some light into our lives with...
by Advocate Staff | Nov 27, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News
Housebroken A would-be burglar encountered something he didn’t expect when he broke down the door of a Rochester, New York, home — the brute strength of the 82-year-old woman who lived there. The woman, who told a local television station she works out almost every...
by Dusty Christensen | Nov 26, 2019 | Articles, Clueless Parent, Columns, Featured
I’ve thrown out my back. I’m constantly see-sawing between excessively caffeinated and impossibly tired. My old clothes don’t fit anymore. And I’m convinced that the tune to “Elmo’s Song” will forever crowd out more important thoughts from my brain. Some of the...
by Advocate Staff | Nov 25, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast
Peter Stilla wrote the recent Advocate cover story “The Return Trip: Psychedelics may come back from the abyss of illegality” looking at how mushrooms, LSD, and mescaline may be poised to be legalized for certain uses. He also speaks about how the drugs...
by Rob Brezsny | Nov 25, 2019 | Articles, Astrology, Featured
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Humans invented the plow in 4500 BC, the wheel in 4000 BC, and writing in 3400 BC. But long before that, by 6000 BC, they had learned how to brew beer and make psychoactive drugs from plants. Psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel points to this...
