Life pigs rejoice!...Cousin Fred found...and suddenly he's loaded (with cash)...Compound bound (still)

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So here we are, headed back (hopefully nonstop) to The Compound from Black Rock Desert. I say “we” because we’re all three back aboard Friend Lamont’s RV.

Course, I’m not currently talking to either of them. I’m too pissed.

So, yesterday I began to drive off the festival site and once I was outside the gates, I see Friend Lamont and Cousin Fred over on the side of the road jumping up and down and waving at me. Thank goodness I found them.

And then I find out that the two fools were getting bored at Burning Man and caught a ride over to Reno where they participated in a marathon Black Jack/Craps/Slots bender over the course of 48 hours. To their credit they made it back to Black Rock Desert with $48,000…so far. They’re still digging money out of shoes, cargo shorts pockets, and various bags.

Cousin Fred figures he’ll have enough now to start his medical marijuana enterprise and finance his self-help guru thing that the Hairdressing Hydrologist Gigi is cooking up.

Talk about a guy who can fall into sh*t and come up smelling like a rose.

He wants Friend Lamont to stay on The Compound for awhile to help with the medical marijuana project. I didn’t respond – still not talking to them. Figure by the time we reach Guymon later today I’ll say something. In the meantime, I’ll just sit here in the back of the RV and work on my own stuff.

We should be back home by early this evening I figure. That’s good. I need an hour-long shower and 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep.

After that, I have a gazillion project to get back to work on. The last I heard from the Wife, she was safely ensconced in a hut on stilts in a turquoise-colored bay somewhere in Tahiti. Not sure she’ll be coming back.

The thing about my list of projects is probably like your own experiences. You’re great at dreaming up crap you need or want to do, but then never seem to have enough time. And, that time seems to slip past faster and faster as the years go by.

Am I right?

But recently I came across an article on my newsfeed about scientists at Harvard and in Australia who may have stumbled onto a pill that we could take that would reverse aging to the point that humans could live to be 150.

Now, I know there are those of you who are saying that there’s little point in living to be 150 if your bones and organs are crumbling a bit more on a daily basis.

Well, you might say that if you weren’t a LIFE PIG LIKE ME!

But, even you naysayers, listen up! The technique (as scientists are referring to it) comes in the form of a pill with a molecule chemical known as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD). The chemical has been used as supplement to treat people with Parkinson’s disease and to fight jet lag.

Researchers believe that taking the treatment can pave the way for certain organs to regenerate and/or reverse aging…possibly. Even more important to life pigs (like me) it could extend human life to as much as 150. Much more testing and research needs to be done. Researchers say that a medically approved supplement could be available as early as 2020.

An over the counter supplement is currently available for about $40 for a 30-day supply. Researchers caution against trying to take the supplements until more testing and research is completed.

In their initial trials, one researcher talked about his sister-in-law who was once again fertile after having started the transition into menopause in her 40s after taking the treatment. Great…nothing like making babies at 65…sheesh.

Dear researchers, if you need someone to try out your NAD supplements…I’M IN! Me! Me! Pick me!

But, then again, if you really stop and think about it, living to 150 has its drawbacks. For instance, running out of money. Guess they’ll push the social security retirement age to 110 now. That would suck.

Will I still be writing this stupid blog at 125? I could only hope because, after all, I’M A LIFE PIG! And, you people will get what you deserve!

​That is all!   

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