Is it a full moon?

[Maddy McCall]

Some damned strange posts on DU tonight. I don't think I've ever seen a night like tonight here.

Anyone else noticing this? Or is it just me?

What's topped it tonight for you?

[flamingyouth]

1. It's almost full

I'll refrain from answering your final question, thanks. :D

[Maddy McCall]

10. I suppose we are thinking of the same thing.

;-)

[Placebo]

2. Strange like how? And where? Just in the Lounge?

Do tell. :D

[salin]

5. strange is a strange word to describe the lounge

in the sense of "unusual" -as it seems often to be unusual - and thus then it is usual....

[Maddy McCall]

11. More unusual than usual.

Did that make sense? :hi:

[Cha]

3. THe Full Moon is Friday..but it's pretty

darn Full!

[shoopnyc123]

4. HMMMMM....

http://www.innerself.com/Astrology/horoscope.htm

[liberalmuse]

6. Actually, the past week has been nuts.

There's something in the air--seriously. If I were still into the New Age thing, I'd say there was a universal...something going on right now. Then again, I've probably gone nuts.

[salin]

8. pecans, almonds, peanuts or cashews?

mmmm

[Maddy McCall]

12. You're not nuts.

I noticed this today, too. On my hour-and-a-half commute, there were three bad wrecks. Then, a student of mine came up to the front of the class and HUGGED me in front of all the other students, just becasue I told them that I would let them go a little early today.

My son is more hyper than I have ever seen him. I got up this morning at 5:00 AM and cleaned my house. I mean I CLEANED IT GOOD.

My dog's in heat, too. Two months before she should have come in season.

Strange, indeed. I think you are right--it's universal.

[progmom]

22. You're not nuts.

Well, maybe you are. But man oh man - work was strange today. Everybody noticed it. All of us seriously on edge. One coworker said she felt like "something's about to happen!"

I have felt seriously uneasy all day.

:grouphug:

[one_true_leroy]

7. hard to tell... blame it on the RAIN!

[BoX o BooX]

14. I choose to blame it on the Bossa Nova.

Fucking Bossa Nova. Always fucking shit up.

[one_true_leroy]

16. bim bom bim bom bim bom

[progmom]

19. love that song!

:loveya:

[BigMcLargehuge]

9. Even a man...

who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.

[Maddy McCall]

13. Is the wolfbane blooming?

What's wolfbane anyway? :-)

[BigMcLargehuge]

15. a flower

http://www.doctorgarma.com/rst/aconitum_lycoctonum/

Synonyms: Aconitum vulparia, Wolfbane.

Family: Ranunculaceae.
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Range: Asia, Himalayas. The Aconitum lycoctonum complex is a widespread yellow-flowered group of species found in central and southern Europe (Utelli, 1999).
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Botany description: The stem is erect and about 3 or 4 feet high, although in some favored situations it attains a height of 10 feet. The stem is smooth, except on the upper flowering portion, which is covered with a short pubescence. The leaves are orbicular in outline, and deeply three to five-lobed; the segments are acute, and coarsely and sharply toothed. The leaf stalks are 2 to 6 inches long. The flowers appear in August or September, and are borne in a terminal loose raceme. They have the usual odd aconite shape, and can be recognized at once. They are usually of a yellow color, but vary to nearly white in some instances. Sometimes plants are found with bronzed flowers.
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Chemical composition: This plant yielded Hubschmann two alkaloids, acolyctine (previously called by him napelline) in powdered form, and lycoctonine in crystalline needles. According to Fluckiger, it is identical with neither aconitine nor pseudaconitine. Wright regards lycoctonine as identical with aconine, and acolyctine with pseudaconine. Dragendorff and Spohn, on the contrary, state the constituents of this plant to be lycaconitine (C27H34N2O6.2H2O), and myoctonine (C27H30N2O8.5H2O), the former of which, when boiled with water under pressure, splits into a volatile acid and lycoctonic acid (C17H18N2O7), and an alkaloid soluble in ether, lycaconine, and a second one, probably the acolyctine of Hubschmann, soluble in chloroform. Hubschmann's napelline is regarded by Mandel as a mixture of aconine and aconitine in variable amounts. The status of the constituents of the several aconites does not seem as yet to be well understood. The structures of two new lycoctonine-type alkaloids having an acetoxy group at C-6, 6-O-acetyldemethylenedelcorine and 6-O-acetyl-14-O-methyldelphinifoline, isolated from the flowers of Aconitum lycoctonum, were determined by spectroscopic analysis. In addition, 14-O-methyldelphinifoline gigactonine and lycoctonine, were obtained (Chen, Katz, 1999).
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Action: Analgesic, Antiinflammatory, Antiperiodic, Aphrodisiac, Astringent, Cholagogue, Febrifuge, Tonic.
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Part Used: Root.
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Medicinal Uses: Formerly used in medieval witch potions, it was considered a sure charm for protection against attack by werewolves. This might prove helpful if one lives in a city.
Caution - one of the deadliest plants known, do not ingest any part.

Gerard (1636) stated that chewing a few of the flowers caused burning and swelling of the gums and tongue. He reported the case of a medical student who tasted a root that hogs had turned up; the student's mouth, tongue and lips swelled very extremely so that he could not speak.

In this moment its plant used to treat uterine cancer, local anaesthesia.
Disorder of the heart.

Homeopathy: tonsillitis, fevers, cardiac conditions, glandular problems, neuralgia.

[flamingyouth]

17. So, what you're saying is...

It's pretty.

Pretty SCARY. :evilgrin:

[BigMcLargehuge]

18. MOOHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAH

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

that's the best evil laughter I can muster on this keyboard :)

[flamingyouth]

20. That was pretty evil!

I was running for the virtual garlic! }(

[BigMcLargehuge]

21. as long as you stay away from the virtual silver headed walking sticks

I'll be okay :)