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Media Conspiracy!
CZ Jones v. Clear Channel
Trade center cups, Pt. III
Monica Lewinsky
Roman Polanski


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I pity my friends, who pop in and almost reel from the stink.
Smoking ain't awesome. It's just a filthy addiction. I say so as one who knows.
11/21/08
Smoking builds strong bones and teeth.
It makes you a hero.
It stops the huns in their tracks.
11/20/08
How? The patch! The patch works. Two weeks at 21 milligrams a day, two at 14 milligrams a day, two final weeks at 7 milligrams a day and then ... no more patches. Just freedom!
Although it wasn't easy, at the same time, it wasn't nearly as difficult as I expected. In fact, I wish very much that I'd done it 20 years ago.
It's a chemical addiction. You just need to wean yourself off the chemical. Don't use the gum! you have to fight the urge to chew too much (just like smoking too much). With the patch, you surrender control over the intake -- that's the key.
SMOKERS: Use the patch! It works! Free yourself!
11/20/08
I was able to ditch 'em for a year after the patch. Then it crept back, and I've tried again, but I find I lose my will now when I get down to the low dose, and give up.
A quitter in everything except quitting.
But, yeah, I recommend the patch for anyone. It's a fantastic tool. And Bloomberg keeps giving 'em out for free, if yer a New Yorker.
11/20/08
The hardest steps of 14 mg down to 7, and then 7 mg to zero. The first couple days after each step are pretty touch. But damn, Senor, try again and stick to it! You already know you can, because you did it before!
11/21/08
Oh, but also? Smoking is awesome!
11/21/08
But, I never, never lecture anyone about smoking. I know it used to just annoy me when I was a smoker, so to each his own. I will duck out of a smoke cloud these days though.
11/20/08
It's a very good book. It works. It changes how you think about smoking. Although, it does cause you to despise/be disgusted by those who smoke. Which is bad. But you're fighting an addiction. So it's ncessary. And you won't be smoking. And you'll live happily ever after. I promise. Rainbows! Unicorns! For everyone! Limited time offer. (it really does work. But don't ever pick up another cig again. Because then you have to start all over. And that's tiresome.)
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But I do think Chantix should be avoided like the plague. That one I'll put a big red flag on.
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And btw, my comment that you would never want a child you loved to get hooked was lifted from an A. Carr book.
11/21/08
It did nothing, absolutely zero, to help me quit, although I soldiered on for almost eight weeks. I have scars on my skin from raking my nails down my arms over the withdrawal.
I kept on thinking of suicide, which is now a known side-effect of the drug.
I vomited in the center aisle of the local supermarket, also a side effect of Chantix.
And I farted like a New Zealand sheep for eight weeks.
Mostly it embarrassed the hell out of me. But the suicide thing was very real. Pfizer now has to put a warning on the boxes. People have killed themeselves taking this drug.
11/21/08
Kids: Don't smoke. But if you do, NEVER take Chantix.
11/20/08
So yes, true NYC romantics absolutely love fussy tourists complaining about cigarette smoke outside, on sidewalks. Because they want to live forever. So they can gorge themselves on crap food and crap TV. Meanwhile, true NY'ers know it's all a crazy game. We enjoy life while it's here, tease each other with innuendo, have brutal existential sex. And then we have a cigarette. What's so hard to understand? Tourists, when in Rome, shut the fuck up and stay there. New York ignores you. Deal.
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You've an hour, otherwise Bono will be up here boring us all to death again.
11/20/08
Basically, WE ARE ALL ASSHOLES!!
Okay, fine, not everyone, but I sure as hell am.
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(You know I am kidding and really I love you, though, one asshole to another)
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Anyone want to argue against me? I thought not.
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But I really fucking want one right now. Sigh.
11/20/08
The sanctimonious fuckers are the worst. Some of these kids today fell for that "Smoking Stinks!" shit hook, line, and sinker.
I'm pretty freaking sure the tobacco companies have known for decades what the magic bullet would be to make us all get off these things and not care.
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*Were I ever to bear a child, pregnancy would be the one exception.
11/20/08
I mean, saltpeter? Criminy. They put that in there so they stay lit. Because relighting a smoke is such a tragedy. (Oh, okay, it does kinda suck.) But meanwhile, fellow's erections become problematic and couch fires run rampant.
The level of evil which tobacco companies have attained is sheer poetry. Wonderfully old-school James Bondian villainy.
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I chain smoke. When I'm around the next generation, I wear a nictotine patch and tell the girls the reason I'm single is because guys don't want to date girls who smoke.
I really don't think I'm a sanctimonious prick. Sharp-tongued bitch? Yes. You expected less from this site?
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I was a chain smoker too. I did it, and I'm a weak little coward. So if I can do it, YOU CAN TOO!!
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Oh, but there's this:
Those were the days.
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My mom was totes cool carrying her oxygen in this adorable little satchel! And the coughing and hawking up phlegm every morning was soooo hot! I'll leave the party now so you can enjoy.
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Whuf, I hope it wasn't too freaking serious, but "pain management doctor" sounds pretty freaking serious.
And did you have to wear that cone around your neck? Was that when that photo was taken?
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You have a point. Most smokers use their hands to move the cigarette back and forth. It's pretty rare to see someone with a cigarette just dangling from their mouth. Even if you are an evil smoker (as am I) it's just uncomfortable. The smoke gets in your eyes.
However: Do you think by exhaling smoke in other people's faces you are somehow avoiding getting it in your own lungs? Aside from being incredibly rude, that would be a stupid train of thought.
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Out of curiosity, is there anyone at Gawker that doesn't smoke?
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God I hate it. But I love it.
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