How to defeat the bad guys

Ross Castle Raven 5x3 oil

A couple of days ago, 1/2 through a 1 hour hike I was stricken with a migraine. It has been decades since I found myself caught unawares and unprepared. Now I had 1.5 km of boot camp inspired toe tripping interlacing networks of roots to navigate not to mention the multitudes of stairs and ravines to climb before I could find refuge in my truck.

For those of you who have never experienced the joy of a migraine let me enlighten you. It is NOT just a headache. First your eye sight goes causing you to experience the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" visuals making it impossible to navigate the earths surface. Then you get the beginnings of a headache. This feels like some insane baker is cramming an egg beater into each eye socket prior to turning it on.

If you are lucky, you get a good healthy dose of drugs into you and none of that "health conscious" crap, you go for the most toxic, warp speed premium strength stuff you can lay your hands on because if you don't, these babies will have you suffering for days. You'll lay in your bed weeping and praying for God to kill you and the nauseousness that follows would leave the crews of Deadliest Catch crying like toddlers because all you need is for a butterfly to fly by the CN tower to cause your stomach to compete in the gastrointestinal Olympics. I would prefer the deck of the Time Bandit on 40 foot seas in the Bering Sea to my bed during a migraine.

The best thing about Migraines, is if you don't get your life saving drugs into you quick enough then you experience residual headaches for about 3 days. Your stomach is screwed and you get the shakes. A friend of mine get hospitalized during his attacks and he was told that receiving a needle full of botulism directly into his brain 2 x a year for a cost of $1500 each time SHOULD cure him. This is a life long treatment. Some choice. Uggh, he is seriously considering it. Not that I blame him.

So if the world powers would ever like the chance to bring down a rival nation, find a way to induce migraines. I guarantee it to be the quickest easiest way to bring an army of soldiers to their knees and have them curled up in the fetal position and praying for their mommies!

On a happier note...

The painting featured today is one based on a photo from Ross Castle Ireland. The castle was beautiful and the area was home to a multitude of birds. The ravens were great as they hung around us tourists hoping for a tasty morsel so they were not opposed to having a silly Canadian photographing them.