tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post3456897493256732255..comments2024-03-25T10:29:21.161-07:00Comments on Total Dick-Head: Rare PKD Photo of the DayRagle Gummhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951340313214410331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-23042390593188605352008-07-07T11:31:00.000-07:002008-07-07T11:31:00.000-07:00I had to laugh, I landed in a place in "Second Lif...I had to laugh, I landed in a place in "Second Life" and there was "Blade Runner umbrella" which I had to try. I read online they recovered the originals for the film and if you look around there are some new, actually manufactured and for sale! About $25, the shaft lights up, one has a clear umbrella top. Interesting crossover of PKD film prop into the modern use of the day.George Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167669826031076860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-85664046536712824662008-07-07T11:30:00.000-07:002008-07-07T11:30:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.George Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167669826031076860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-20420134748403198072008-07-06T00:23:00.000-07:002008-07-06T00:23:00.000-07:00PKD seemed to have the ability to not get addicted...PKD seemed to have the ability to not get addicted to anything, outside of writing and women, of course.<BR/><BR/>The best example of that would be his cigarette smoking. He smoked fairly consistently when he was with Anne, and then stopped. He'd smoke occasionally at parties and the rare SF conference in the 1960s and early 1970s, but it never became a habit. Or if it did, he could quickly shake it off. The same with all the speed. He wasn't going through withdrawals when he checked into the rehab clinic in Canada, he just needed somewhere to stay, and lay low. He needed good security, not rehabilitation.<BR/><BR/>He may have imagined himself to be a hopeless loser drug addict who needed scraping off the floor, but those around him didn't often see him, if at all, in that kind of condition. <BR/><BR/>But was this ability to not get addicted a physical or psychological gift? Still not sure.Darryl Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03488464950581586568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-5515282009618257342008-07-03T17:52:00.000-07:002008-07-03T17:52:00.000-07:00From the picture I am not sure whether he is fully...From the picture I am not sure whether he is fully enjoying the cigar or whether he is enjoying the buzz from the drink that he had prior to smoking the cigar. It is clearly a pensative moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com