I'm feeling a bit like Russell Zisky and his cohorts in Stripes after they slept through final inspection. VH1's Celebrity Fit Club has passed, and nary a word from FlynnFiles on the erratic, drugged-out, and wildly entertaining behavior of Daniel Baldwin. My apologies to the readership. Must-see television is a disheveled Danny Baldwin on painkillers and a cocaine hangover telling the show's panel: "This is as good as it gets." But it wasn't. Even better was the show's concerned physician, Dr. Katz, explaining to Baldwin that he hoped his weight loss wasn't coming through unhealthy methods. After arriving late and in a stupor, Baldwin no-showed the next week on Celebrity Fit Club's finale. The show promised a "shocking" update, only to deliver a post-production interview with Baldwin in which he confessed to abusing hard drugs while on the show. I haven't been so "shocked" since irrefutable, videotape evidence settled the raging controversy over Paris Hilton's virginity.

What could have been? This guy wasn't half bad in the only movie I remember him. He and James Woods were pretty good in ‘Vampires’. Where he played an overweight, drugged out alcoholic……ACTING!!! Brilliant!

Baldwin was great in Tree's Lounge.

Quienes mas loco senor Baldwin or senorita tyler?

What is worse being the most untalented Baldwin? The wierdest Jackson? The skinniest olson? or The drunkest Flynn?

Hey Flynn, try eating some psilocybe mushrooms. I don't mean this in a negative connotation. I just think it might expand your political mindSET a little. Really, there are NAtive tribes in Mexico, which have been ingesting these for millenia. Beyond words, as it were.

Yeah, and they're all extinct. Dirtbag.

No they are alive and well... scum

Not only are they thriving, they are 1000 times more dynamic and intelligent of human beings, than mentally diseased folks, such as yourself.

Joe D, I tried some of those psilocybe mushrooms you suggested. Actually, I tried a whole lot of them. After consulting with Socrates, Jesus, Gandhi, and Tony Robbins, I decided to jump off a six-story building. The police, who had earlier attempted to convince me that I couldn't fly, chased me for a mile after my leap. Amazingly, even with two broken legs, I was able to out run them. In fact, it wasn't until much later that I began to feel pain. Now I'm in a lot of pain and wishing that I had a some more psilocybe mushrooms so that I could do it all over again. Do you know any Native peoples in the area who could supply me? If not, could you pick me up a bucket of paint and a towel? A tribe of white people living in a trailer park in the Florida panhandle have been inhaling paint fumes for decades, and their wisdom is really, really legendary.

Flynn, the ceremony should be conducted in a proper setting. Also they are not to be eaten casually. It is heavy stuff. One must enter with a stabile yet open state of mind. But of course, everybody has a different mind and everybody responds differently any particular compound. However I am glad that you made it out ok. Otherwise we would not be having this discusion. Also, just because you yourself may have had a "negative" experience does not mean that this is a universal effect for all. One more thing ought to be considered as well. If a shaman or any person with enough personal power decides to partake in this type of thing, they ought to have the right too and not be put in the slammer.

It is an experience of a symbolic rebirth. One must be willing to let go of all preconceived notions and allow the experience to happen. When they come back, often times they have awakened senses, new appreciation for life itself and learned much in a few hours. It has to be experieced of course, as it is impossible to put into words.
There is quite a difference between trailer people huffing paint fumes and native shamans using there spiritual medicines. In fact it is theorized by some molecular evolutionists, anthropologists and neurologist that psilocybe may have assisted primates in evolving some higher centers in the brain. Do the research if you don't buy it. Its out there. It made calculus easy for me!

Next time Flynn, if there is on... don't drink so much and have a quiet place with water by your side, and have nothing planned the next day!

I must say, I have seen a couple people flip out like you have too off similar stuff. However, these people exhibited immature and unstabile mentalities to begin with. I am not drawing conclusions however.

I too, have conducted similar mind expanding exercises. Back in '68 I was with Peter Fonda, Tim Leary, Donavan, Andy Warhol and a man who went by the name of Mr Hall. We all drank peyote and ate ham. Lots of ham. As the night evolved into day we talked endlessly of stanislosky,altered consciousness, vietnam, pop culture and a new concept of "house detention".

You know, the cheapest "mind-expander" is to stand up, look up, spin around with your arms outflung until you are too dizzy not to fall. As I understand it, Caesar, Alexander the Great, Noam Chomsky, and the great W. Churchill (Ward, not Winnie) got their s*** together thus. Oh wow.

Powerful shamans and "symbolic rebirth" through drugs?! Dude, get a theologically grown up religion or have no religion, but this stuff is just foolish.

Hey short, don't underestimate the soveriegn legitimacy of other cultures. Just becaues you have grown up in an American box does not give you the right to disrespect other ways of life, spirituality, religion and healing. You call this stuff foolish but you know what? Try some, you will see what a fool you were for thinking like the way you did. The only constant in the universe is change. Conserve that!

"Theologically grown up religion" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Joe Dirt is Truth is disguise. Sorry Truth you cant hide behind the mullet.

Yeah Dirtbag, they are so "dynamic and intelligent", that they still live in poverty and social obscurity in shi$hole huts in the bowels of a third world country.

Oh, but their minds are "expanded". Done a lot of good for them, eh.

The Florida panhandle trailer park paint chip ingesting an#logy was about right.

You got a good rise out of this though.

Joe Dirt: cultural relativism is so hackneyed. Do you really think you're smashing naive parochialisms? When will you realize that you're not avant guard?

Finally, do you really think American Indian superstition is as theologically sophisticated and intellectually coherent as Islam or Buddhism? Who are you kidding?

Paint chips are what I had for breakfast; meant paint fumes.

I'm seeing colors, Dirtbag.

Short wrote "Finally, do you really think American Indian superstition is as theologically sophisticated and intellectually coherent as Islam or Buddhism? Who are you kidding?"

I am not comparing different belief systems. To do so would be futile. We are men, hence in prospect there are an infinite amount of beliefs. Perception is everything. And some Native American beliefs prove to be wholesome, respectful and healthy. They are unique to their respective cultures.

asdf wrote, "Yeah Dirtbag, they are so "dynamic and intelligent", that they still live in poverty and social obscurity in shi$hole huts in the bowels of a third world country." Well if you didn't know, 50 million Native Americans were slaughtered in what is the biggest genecide in history. I am sure this lack of respect didn't help their "third world" status. Also, the western classification and system of "worlds" is subjective in nature. Tribal way of life in many respects can be fulfilling in its own right. So it would be wise not to speak condescendingly of these things untill one has experienced it. My oh my, the ignorance is rampant from all you elitist warhawks.

I would speculate that even Flynn the "author" would concur at least some, with regard to this respective scenario.

Truth, you are a dirty hippie...nuff said

Profound statements from James.

Its the TRUTH

I'm not gonna get involved in this discussion at this point, but my one request is directed at Joe Dirt.

Joe, could you PLEASE start putting everything you have to say in one comment, instead of doing two or three in a row? It would make it easier to follow the flow of the conversation.