June 17, 2004
More Mohonk, More Interventions
So yesterday I received a call from an old acquaintance. I haven't seen him for nearly a decade. He was married to a colleague, they had two sons together, and, when the kids were tiny, I hung out with them a little. Then he became her "bad object " extraordinaire, they divorced and she spent the years after working on his annihilation. Although I am certain that there are frustrating things about living with him, (like me, he has quite a case of disposaphobia ), he remains a gentle, kind, brilliant, good hearted soul. Being an MIT inventor type (he has invented some rather impressive things that the government of India, for example, scooped right up), he has a diagnosed case of Asperger's Syndrome . Growing up in a family of four or five brothers, all of whom made cannons and weapons of mass destruction in their boyish spare time, he also has quite a case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He is an unusual man. I think he called because he thought I might know some single women to whom I might introduce him. Do I? You may email me privately at dakotafeinstein@yahoo.com.
However the crux of his call yesterday had to do with a new project he has been working on for the past few years. He just came back from Japan, where he presented a scientific paper on the subject, which is Nitric Oxide (not laughing gas of dental reknown). Natural nitric oxide. a vasodialator, evidently regulates many body functions. He is convinced that it is the lack of essential bacteria on our skin which produce nitric oxide, that is the cause of many of today's health problems, obesity, autism, diabetes and allergies. The American obsession with hygiene, particularly bathing with antibacterial soaps and detergents has decimated the nitric-oxide-producing bacteria on our skins. Restoring the colonies, by rinsing (he actually discourages that too), and using his "liquid" restores the bacteria, and therefore the natural balance. I asked him if using his invention required abstaining from the bath , and, on the phone he assured me that it didn't. When I went to pick up the samples he offered to me, he disclosed that he had not bathed in over two years. using his invention instead. I am sure that I would not have rushed over if I had known that beforehand. Actually, he looks very healthy, he has no aroma, (we hugged, but, as you may remember, my nose is strictly decoration),and he claims that he has never thought so well.
He began his query because his friend asked him why her horse always rolled in the dirt in March. He felt that the spring rolling was instinctual, and this lead to his investigation of what might be in dirt that horses needed. Evidently increased nitric oxide can account for the perennial popularity of mud baths and saunas.
In the spirit of resisting nothing, this morning, I have used Ivory and sprayed. I have a peculiar taste in my mouth, a little salty metallic. We shall see. It takes ten hours to get a good colony going. I shall check with my shaman to see if it has any adverse effects on any of my bodies.
Photo note: Flowers at Mohonk. These fellas are about eight feet high, the flowers themselves four feet long. Although I have not seen any microscopic views of the nitric oxide producing bacteria, they could look something like this, don't you think?
Posted by Dakota at June 17, 2004 06:25 AM