Category Archives: Health

Meg: A Clear And Present Danger To The Golden State

By Smaktakula When Promethean Times first commented on the phenomenon of kids using nutmeg as a recreational hallucinogen (see Sweet Lady Meg), we believed–perhaps foolishly–that these were isolated incidents, and that the so-called ‘nutmeg epidemic’ would evaporate, as with Jenkem … Continue reading

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Stuff You Probably Didn’t Know About Wilford Brimley

By Smaktakula Got his acting start with an uncredited role in John Wayne’s True Grit. Once worked as a bodyguard for playboy-turned-recluse Howard Hughes. Is an unabashed supporter of cockfighting.

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The Skonk

By Smaktakula In preparation for our upcoming multi-part investigative series on modern whoredom, Skanks In The Crosshairs, the Promethean Times Research Staff spent hundreds of man-hours reading tabloids, clipping articles from old issues of People Magazine we’d liberated from dentists’ offices, and … Continue reading

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Unsettling Urban Legend Springs To Hideous Life

By Smaktakula   When longtime emphysema-sufferer Ron Sveden complained of chest pains, doctors immediately feared the worst.  X-ray data seemed to support these concerns, revealing a small dark spot on one of Sveden’s lungs.  The doctors gave the 75 year-old the bad news: … Continue reading

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A Great New Way To Make Mom And Dad Pay For What They Did

By Smaktakula Why not get inked by tiresome former celebrity and citizen of Clan Arquette, David A. Cox?    Well, you know what, Mom?  Maybe if you’d bought me Red Power Ranger with the light-up eyes and collectible key chain for Christmas 1999 like I asked you … Continue reading

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Something’s Cooking In The World Of Competitive Sauna

By Smaktakula The sporting world is still aboil about the news dispatches steaming out of Finland reporting the tragic death of Russian quasi-athlete Vladimir Ladyzhensky.  Ladyzhensky, along with his Finnish opponent Timo Kaukonen, collapsed during the annual World Sauna Championships in Finland.  Both men suffered … Continue reading

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Sweet Lady Meg

By Smaktakula In years past, degenerate types seeking a new high would have to work for it.  Forced either to rely on the often-dubious advice of older siblings or else trust their luck to trial and error, this avenue of experimentation … Continue reading

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Happy Thoughts For Tuesday: Thank God Michael Lohan Isn’t Your Dad

By Smaktakula In the tradition of such illustrious space-wasters as Brian “Kato” Kaelin and Kevin “K-Fed” Federline, unctuous pimp Michael Lohan has managed to keep food in his belly by crafting a persona famous for being semi-famous.  Lohan, no doubt a subscriber to the maxim, “All Roads … Continue reading

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Still Not What You Were Looking For?

By Smaktakula In which we once again present some of the various search-engine keywords used to find Promethean Times. Some, we suspect, were not on purpose.  See our first installment here: Not What You Were Looking For?. live aid Geez, you put up … Continue reading

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Californians Wisely Rethinking Marijuana Legalization

By Smaktakula You’ve got to hand it to the Cannabis Mafia–they almost pulled it off.  They came dangerously close to fooling enough of the electorate to transform California into a patchouli paradise. Fortunately, it appears Californians have seen through the smokescreen. The media has … Continue reading

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