What Kind of Work You In?

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON May-07-01 AT 07:41 AM (CDT)[/font][p]Sorry for the triple post. There was an error message said my post wouldn't go through, so I tried twice more before realizing the system LIED TO ME!!! —J.J.

[apostle23]

CV,
any experience with classical guitar? I've been looking for some good tab sites, since I've only had a semester's worth of training.

Apostle.
"You Never Know."

[big_bish]

If you are looking for a specific band, go to www.nutz.org or harmonycentral.com. Thats where I go for bass tab and they have crap loads of guitar tab.

big_bish

I am the Creative Director for a Marketing Communications company (AKA: Advertising Agency) in Winnipeg, Canada.

The best part of the job is when I go "brain-storming" with the company's Art Director. It's amazing how a good cigar always gets the creative juices flowing.

Oh, Oh... I'm getting writer's block. Think I better go have another brain-storming session now.

So goes the way of the Cigar.

TCMP

Is it true that nicotene gets the synapses firing? They say that when people quit cigarettes they have to battle concentration problems for some time thereafter. Stephen King said that he had some difficulty writing when he first quit. —J.J.

[kjpman]

Wow, someone in my neck of the woods!! Im only about 225 miles from Winnipeg, and I will be up for sure for the Folk Fest, maybe ill see you there!!!!

...kjpman

A man walks through life painting a picture, not of what he could have done, would have done, or should have done, but of what he did"...unknown

[jsl]

LOL You have a great sense of humor! Thanks for the laugh!

You could be right about the nicotine, but I definately don't inhale. Can't stand cigaretes.

I think all my talk about "brainstorming" is really just an excuse to have a cigar. Also, one of the great things about smoking a cigar is that it sometimes appears (not to my wife who knows me better) to others that you are deep in thought.

If they only knew.

So goes the way of the cigar.

TCMP

Hey neighbour!

So you're a Folk Fest junkie as well. How many years have you been going? Definately, we should try to link up, but I'm not yet sure what day(s) I'll be able to attend.

I missed last year's festival and, needless to say, I was completely bummed! Won't make the same mistake twice.

TCMP

[DUFFER]

Machine layout, design and detailing for automotive assembly lines.

[LuckiLeo]

Hi I am Leo, and i am doing Computer Science at Imperial College, London, UK, and rowing (10 sessions per week). Pretty soon i will have to decide what to do. There is no money in rowing... decision made! Computers it is.

Oh yeah, and i smoke lots of cigars (good thing you dont inhale these babies,otherwise i'd be the crapest rower around)

[delarob]

Child Support Enforcement Investigator

I could explain but I think it speaks for itself. I look for deadbeats.

I also have a moving and hauling buisness that A buddy and I do for extra $. Gotta pay for them smokes somehow.

[kjpman]

This is going on the 5th year for me, and i too also missed last year, and i made an oath to myself that i will never miss another!!! There truly isnt anything like it!

...kjpman

A man walks through life painting a picture, not of what he could have done, would have done, or should have done, but of what he did"...unknown

[apostle23]

JJ,
Nicotine does, in fact, get the synapses firing, as you say. Nicotine is a powerful stimulant and appetite suppressant. The psychological effects of this are intense-- you have someone who doesn't want to eat, and whose mind is ready for action. It creates a decent learning paradigm, as long as the person ingests enough glucose (glucose is what keeps the brain running effectively).
Smoking by inhalation is the fastest way to get the nicotine to the brain. It takes 7 - 10 seconds for nicotine to get from the cigarette to the lungs, to the heart, back to the lungs, then to the brain. We non-inhaling cigar smokers feel the effects of our puros through the mucosal route-- i.e. absorption of nicotine by our mouth and lips. Mucosal ingestion of nicotine takes approximately 3-5 minutes to reach the brain. This could explain why about five minutes after we fire up a stogie, we get an overwhelming feeling of calm/buzz factor. What's happening is your brain has just absorbed a large amount of nicotine and is trying adjust.
In terms of quitting nicotine and its negative effects on creativity, after someone's brain has become used to nicotine (i.e. tolerance) it is easy to see that if you become used to creating while having nicotine in your system, then depriving your system of nicotine will affect the way your brain creates new things. You're depriving it of an element that it utilized in order to produce a creation. So, fire 'em up!

Apostle.
"You Never Know."

Fascinating! I'm going for a smoke right now! —J.J.