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My Best Birthday Present - Timothy Leary My Best Birthday Present I haven't celebratedmy birthday in decades. Sure, when you're a kid it's exciting to add ayear to your age, have your parents gather your friends, blow out the candles,and get presents, but today I turn 49 and the last thing on earth I feellike doing is celebrating, much less blowing out a fire. Nothing very specialabout November 10th other than it is the day that Stanley found Livingston.Okay, I wouldn't mind a present or two, but that's more a matter of actuallyneeding stuff than thinking I deserve any sort of reward just for havingsurvived another year. I've always felt it was a wee bit egomaniacal tothrow yourself a big birthday party. Nothing wrong with celebrating others,but when it comes to celebrating yourself, it shouldn't be in public. Fifteen years ago todayit was also my birthday and, as normal, I was doing what I always do, whatI still do, what I'm doing right now, writing at my computer, with absolutelyno plans for the day. When you don't have a plan, there's nothing to deviatefrom. You can do whatever you want without fear of failure because howcan you fail when you don't have any goal in mind? Whatever happens, happens,and it's good or bad on its own terms. The higher you get your hopes up,the further you have to fall, so I never count on anything. If somethingbad happens, too bad. If something good happens, it's a gift. There was a knock atthe door. I opened it and there was Timothy Leary who said "Hi, I'm yourbirthday present." He wouldn't explain how or why this came to be, or whoin particular was bestowing him upon me. He was simply there, and he wouldhang out for at least an hour. All he would tell me was that he was toldI was someone he should meet. Whenever you meet someonefamous in a personal situation, it's hard to know how to behave, particularlyif they're enormous media stars. After all, you've spent hours gazing atthem, thinking about them, perhaps days or weeks staring at their image.Imagine the hundreds of hours you've spent with certain stars broadcastregularly into your living room. They feel like a friend, like you actuallyknow them. They're not and you don't, but it's a hard feeling to shakewhen they're standing right in front of you, coming into your house, sittingon your sofa, checking the place out while waiting for you to bring thema drink. No matter how many memories you have of them, they have none ofyou. To them, you are a total stranger. Treat them like a fan would andyou risk becoming part of their teeming crowd of lookie loos. Treat themlike you don't know who they are and they could get insulted. No way tomake a friend. Friendships deserve an even playing field, so it's hardto think of yourself as the friend of a celebrity until they know as muchabout you as you know about them. Which is why celebrities are SO interestedwhen you interrupt them somewhere in public and tell them about your uncleSid's gall bladder operation. I wanted to be friendswith Timothy Leary so he had a hell of a lot of catching up to do becausehe knew nothing about me and I knew a lot about him, or at least I thoughtI did. I shifted into show-and-tell mode, whipping out a book of Polaroidsfor him to peruse. He enjoyed my madness immensely and I proceeded to tellhim something I'm sure he heard a million times. My life was profoundlychanged by his research into psychedelia, combined with reading Tom Wolfe's"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," the Beatles, and meeting a guy namedMario in 1970 who claimed to be the husband of the actual Alice that ArloGuthrie sang about but who supported his acting habit by selling acid atLee Strasberg's studio where I happened to be studying at the time. But I digress. Thefirst and foremost influence that Timothy Leary had upon me was my art,which simply didn't exist. Before my first acid trip, I wasn't an artist.I had never played guitar, had certainly never created any impressionism,and hadn't written a single word other than school assignments. Maybe Iwould have discovered these talents on my own, but if my Polaroids remindyou of acid flashbacks, welcome to the club. On acid, what I do to my Polaroids,you can do to reality. Move it around a little. Make big things look small,small things look big, marvel at the infinite depths you're capable ofperceiving, as though reality were a 3D comic book and for the first timeyou were looking at it with the red-and-blue glasses. Pre-acid, I was onlyinterested in being an actor, moving to New York to study with Lee Strasberg,and getting in a Broadway play. On acid, I actually attempted to give aperformance from Spoon River Anthology in front of the man himself, a performancehe declared "interesting," a performance that convinced me that actingwas a very strange profession. While personally communicating with theinfinite miracles of the universe, I had a very hard time convincing myselfthat the most important thing I could be doing was pretending to be a fictionalcharacter while reciting dialogue written by a writer I'd never met. Post-acidI walked home from the Village to my boarding house at 39th and Park, pickedup my roommate's guitar and started playing. It wasn't long before I wasa better guitar player than actor, and I ended up composing music for severaloff-Broadway shows. Way off Broadway. The Company Theater at La Cienegaand Pico in Los Angeles to be precise. Other acid trips wereless eventful and I stopped taking it, but not before playing with my firstSX-70 Polaroid camera and discovering I didn't need acid to change realityto my own specifications. We talked and talked.He wasn't a drug addled guru and I wasn't an acid burnout. He was extremelyintelligent. My vision of Leary had been fogged by his media image, andI had forgotten that he was a Harvard professor. Luckily, some others forgottoo and that's how he escaped from prison. The most amazing story he toldme was this one... When he was bustedby the Feds for possession of one single joint of pot and sentenced to20 years in a Federal penitentiary, the prison officials did what theyalways did with new prisoners, they gave him a psychological test to determinewhether he would go to a minimum or maximum security prison. He passedthe test with flying colors and was sent to minimum security where he promptlyescaped. What the officials didn't know was that Leary himself wrote thepsychological test for the Federal prison system when still at Harvard,so he knew exactly what answers to give. After a couple hours,my birthday present had to leave, but in his new life as Hollywood gadflyI kept running into him over the years at video shows and art galleries.I'm glad he lived long enough to experience the Internet, and if you haven'tseen his site, it's still up at http://leary.com/ and well worth a peek. Excuse me, there'sthe door. Emulsional Problems

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Almost 180 select merchant establishments will accept this stored value card including home furnishing related names such as Williams-Sonoma, Pier 1, Crate & Barrel, Restoration Hardware, Macy's, Pottery Barn and Linens & Things. Other Wire Articles Wireless: Brightpoint adds services Retail: Launch of GEO Asia from Locus Business: New CEO at Pago Distribution: 8x8 signs with Hello Direct Next Gen: NexTone Communications joins Level 3 program Business: Yankee Group analyzes bcgi ruling Distribution: Brightpoint, VTech partner on VoIP Payments: Trycera launches prepaid MasterCard Business: Arbinet-theexchange expands in Hong Kong Wireless: IDT launches TYo Mobile Wireless: Virgin Mobile USA and UTStarcom debut new camera phone Wireless: IDT selects Brightpoint Payments: PreCash adds execs Payments: Debisys and Emida merge Payments: RBS Lynk launches GiftVantage card Next Gen: eBay to acquire Skype Retail: BankFirst partners with Next Estate Retail: Evolution Prepaid Visa joins Green Dot Financial Network Distribution: Debisys signs contract with AmeriTel Wireless: bcgi offers services for MVNOs Next Gen: PrivateTel launches Click-and-Connect Retail: Roslyn Telco launches two cards Business: Total Call providing for Katrina victims Retail: Arthur Blank & Co. introduces DualCard Payments: IPP, Red Cross partner on hurricane relief EXPO EXTRA-Distribution: UTA invites attendees to test their skills EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: Titan General Holdings acquires Oblio; BRAVO launches EXPO EXTRA-Distribution: Direct Wholesale announces several initiatives EXPO EXTRA-Next Gen: NetworkIP launches international VoIP service EXPO EXTRA-Payments: SVS expands Scoot program EXPO EXTRA: Wireless: Horizon Mobile targets Hispanic market EXPO EXTRA-Retail: Phoenix, Protocol target travelers EXPO EXTRA-Business: MissionTelecard launches Enterprise Edition EXPO EXTRA-Retail: Ta'Facil joins Green Dot network EXPO EXTRA-Retail: Total Call launches two new cards EXPO EXTRA-Next Gen: Dialexia named to 'Pulver 100' EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: Locus to introduce new GSM features EXPO EXTRA-Payments: BankFirst to offer gift card drawing EXPO WIRE-Business: WCGS to introduce new BAT-1000 applications EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: Zamia Group, CellPoint target Latino market EXPO EXTRA-Payments: NMITech offers Profit Center EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: Beyond Wireless launches GSM wireless service EXPO EXTRA-Payments: Digital World to offer merchant solution EXPO EXTRA-Business: WCGS, AmeriVon team up on dialer EXPO EXTRA-Business: EZ Scores' new partner programs EXPO EXTRA-Retail: Navigata launches e-commerce store EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: Smetannikov to discuss MVNOs EXPO EXTRA-Wireless: MobileMax to present SmartPlug Payments: Morgan Beaumont adds payroll card Wireless: Motorola, Apple launch phone with iTunes Wireless: Orion Information Services merges with CellPoint Payments: NetBank Payment Systems appoints Bridget Brown Next Gen: FCC VoIP 911 panel takes shape Next Gen: 8x8 teams with Level 3 Communications Wireless: Verizon Wireless enables hurricane help Next Gen: Microsoft acquires VoIP firm Wireless: Sprint 'opens for business' Distribution: Affordable Telecom Wireless: Skype signs up mobile network partner Wireless: Boston Communications will appeal Wireless: U.S. Cellular targets Hispanic market Payments: MasterCard announces IPO Payments: COO leaves Morgan Beaumont Wireless: FTS Wireless partners with Metro PCS Business: Q Comm, IPP of America partner Payments: Payspot partners with VeriFone Business: Morgan Beaumont makes marketing changes Wireless: iLoop Mobile to partner with MyMoneyPlus Next Gen: New Global Telecom sells unit to StarVox Payments: Citibank to launch new product Business: FaceTime Communications provides service for Google Talk Business: Texas cell phone ban to target teenage drivers Business: EZ Scores expands affinity program Payments: Football team to launch gift cards Business: Morgan Beaumont to partner with Symmetrex Next Gen: iBasis partners with Telefonica Payments: CFLPA to launch cobranded prepaid cards Business: Viscom International appoints Barona Retail: NetSpend to sell prepaid cards at Safeway Business: Verso reports management changes Next Gen: VoX Communications appoints Harden Business: Quality Publishing partners with the IPCA Retail: 7-Eleven partners with Omnicom Wireless: Orion to deliver Brightcontent services Retail: TSYS expands services to Portugal Distribution: Morgan Beaumont expands corporate headquarters Retail: TaFacil Corp. signs with Next Estate Communications Business: Excel parent company acquires Brooktrout Payments: NetMusic partners with Media Global Infrastructure Business: Pocket Billboards appoints Silverman Next Gen: 8x8 signs with Melaleuca Payments: Relay Capital Corp. to market iWire cards Wireless: Brightpoint subsidiary appointed master agent Business: Legal Alert-- Fines Levied by Texas PUC Payments: Doc Hollywood Kidz, Relay Capital launch stored value card Business: OTC becomes CVT Prepaid Solutions Payments: 99Bill and NetEase launch online prepaid card payment platform Wireless: T-Mobile reports 2005 results Next Gen: Techedge to launch new VoIP product Payments: ChexCard signs with Green Dot Financial Network, adds load locations Payments: Morgan Beaumont, Meta Payment Systems to develop cards Payments: RBS Lynk certifies Integra service Payments: Retail Decisions signs with Fifth Third Bank Processing Solutions Business: Sprint and Nextel to close merger Business: Amrica Mvil acquires operator in Peru Wireless: Verizon Wireless has new prepaid service Wireless: LeapFrog and Enfora launch prepaid phone Payments: Football celebrity to launch prepaid card Wireless: Brightpoint partners with Skype Retail: HiCoLoCo launches card website Wireless: ESPN Mobile and Brightpoint finalize agreement Next Gen: CallWave launches VoIP-enhanced phone Payments: Trycera Financial signs with Western Union Next Gen: VoxBox World Telecom Inc. signs with Infinity Mobile USA Inc. Payments: Study focuses on gift card incentives Next Gen: Compro Technologies teams with Excel Switching Corp. Payments: FSV launches stored value program Wireless: Brightpoint signs with InProdicon Payments: WoW! Technologies to promote Philippine tourism Business: FCC fines InPhonic Payments: Relay Capital moves its corporate headquarters Business: Sprint and Nextel name senior vp for combined company Payments: Viscom International Inc. launches bilingual website Next Gen: Study reveals Latin American VoIP revenue drop Wireless: InfoSonics expands product with Edge Wireless Next Gen: Empirix launches Hammer DEX Wireless: In-Stat appoints new director of wireless research Payments: USA Paycard launches the PayCard Payments :Euronet acquires Euronet Worldwide Inc. Payments: Study projects international stored value to top $5 trillion Wireless: Calypso Wireless introduces new dual-mode phone Distribution: ExxonMobil's 'ewiz' kiosks gain ground at c-stores Next Gen: Study shows future growth in wi-fi VoIP handsets Payments: Paypro to extend services to Latin American banks Business: GTE signs licensing Agreement with RapidMoney Corp. Next Gen: Newroads Telecom selects Zhone and Metaswitch for new service delivery Next Gen: Hop-On gains six additional carriers Payments: Meta Payment Systems partners with Travelex Distribution: New division for Royal Buying Group Retail: Wal-Mart applies for bank establishment Wireless: FTS Wireless launches Hispanic radio campaign Payments: Spotya! offers loans with stored value card Retail: DBS to support Firefly phones, now available at Target Next Gen: TelEvolution launches VoIP service Business: Motricity appoints new CIO Business: OTC plans future growth, new headquarters Business: Sprint shareholders approve merger Payments: Genpass launches new card product for credit unions Wireless: Stratos and SMS Global introduce messaging service for maritime crews Next Gen: Nuvio upgrades VoIP platform Next Gen: Brightpoint becomes Vonage Master Agent Payments: TIO Network expands with Speedway Payments: PreCash reaches milestone Payments: GlobalCash partners with IBX Wireless: Study shows new services should be localized Distribution: Meru Networks offers new channel program Business: NACT acquires KASA Enterprises, names execs Payments: Visa USA appoints new president and CEO Wireless: bcgi opens offices, expands international market Business: Q Comm International gains new funding Wireless: Gemplus renews Cingular agreement Wireless: SanDisk to support Kyocera's music phone Distribution: Locus to expand card distribution Wireless: PCTEL, Kyocera partner on handset software Payments: eSafe contracts with Ingenicard for global market expansion Next Gen: ONIT updates IP Centrex product Next Gen: iBasis connects with SOFTBANK BB Wireless: Virgin launches third payment option Business: RK Telecom forms partnership with ECT Group Wireless: Turkcell reports increase in subscriber base Business: News from SaskTel Business: FastFunds signs agreement with Choice Payments: eTelcharge.com signs reseller agreement with Anres Technologies Corp. Next Gen: Study reveals increase in retail VoIP usage Next Gen: RNK to launch E911 VoIP solution Payments: CEMC to launch Destiny's Child card Wireless: Verizon and Gameloft to offer 'War of the Worlds' mobile game Payments: VISA adds new feature to TravelMoney card; plans new distribution Wireless: TCS and Skyhook Wireless to offer solution to E911 VoIP mandate Payments: i2c to provide processing solutions for eFiesta Card Wireless: Disney and Sprint to launch family-friendly MVNO Business: i2 Telecom International and Touch Group launch 'plug & play' VoIP Business: IP911 Resource granted 911 VoIP patent Payments: Debit Cash Card signs with HOT TV Network Wireless: QUALCOMM appoints Jacobs and Altman Payments: RBS Lynk appoints prepaid director of sales Payments: Ernst & Young names Steven Streit as Entrepreneur of the Year Wireless: NET10 launches new prepaid wireless service Wireless: Amp'd Mobile and THQ Wireless to launch 3G mobile entertainment Business: Total Call celebrates anniversary with DNA Wireless: Calypso Wireless completes demonstration of VoIP cellular phone Business: MobilePro Corp. to acquire Tiger Communications Distribution: Program helps troops call home this Independence Day Business: Bank of America to acquire MBNA Payments: IPP appoints Richard Okun Business: IDT approaches Net2Phone with offer Payments: Neos Merchant Solutions chosen for national launch Retail: Direct Response Financial Services launches stored value cash card Business: Stored Value Systems forms alliance with Brand Keys Wireless: Study says more adults prefer wireless Payments: Report reviews open prepaid market performance Business: Pay Pro Card Corp. to change name, split stock Distribution: Morgan Beaumont partners with CGS Financial Technologies Business: Ecount launches educational teen prepaid Visa card Business: Convergys to provide T-Mobile billing solution for wholesale business Business: Level 3 expands E911 VoIP Wireless: Yankee Group study reveals usage patterns Payments: IPP of America, BPS deploy new software on Verifone terminal Distribution: Q Comm, Telrite Wireless partner Wireless: CallWave launches branded prepaid phone service Business: TSYS announces executive promotions Business: Kineto Wireless names president and ceo Business: Cisco to acquire NetSift Payments: i2c offers services to Comm/Sure Business: NACS reports anti-trust suit procedures Wireless: SK-EarthLink names executives, sets up headquarters Next Gen: Siemens Communications offers VoIP solution Distribution: Brightpoint to distribute Belkin WLAN and VoIP products Business: Q Comm International to restate financial information Payments: Global Travel to offer check card Website Extra! Updated legal primer now available Wireless: CloseCall America launches 'TommyWireless' Wireless: Pingo lowers rates Business: Amrica Mvil receives top spot Business: Card Express welcomes new executives Wireless: Yankee Group releases 2005 survey results Business: Study predicts private line services to recover Wireless: bcgi reports status of patent case Retail: Study reveals online usage by ethnic groups Business: Census Bureau reports Hispanic population milestone Payments: CardSystems Solutions issues statement on security breach Payments: Ostrich Products acquires Pay Pro Cards Payments/Loyalty: Subway selects Chockstone Business: Trycera acquires Hawaiian company's assets Business: Relay Capital receives ZZ-Card order Retail: Walgreens to offer Next Estate Green Dot cards Business: Robert C. 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agreements Payments: MasterCard holds forum Wireless: Verizon targets Spanish-speaking subscribers Wireless: Cingular updates GoPhone plans Next Gen: Gemplus to provide T-Mobile platform Payments: Relay Capital launches stored value card Next Gen: PointOne, Always On Wireless to offer VoIP Wireless: Verizon Wireless targets flyers Business: SmartServ won't acquire Telco Group Next Gen: Voiceware Systems, Rab Communications partner Wireless: Prepaid wireless creators win suit Payments: Chase Card Services launches Blink Payments: Alliance Data Systems acquires Atrana Solutions Retail: Caseys buys Gas N Shop stores Wireless: Azonic to change name, market cell phones Distribution Website launches rating system Business: Prepaid drives Visa 1Q sales Distribution: Q Comm to distribute Jump by Cricket Business: PayStar gets new backing Payments/Transactions: i2c in the news Payments/Transactions: HDFC Bank joins Euronet's ATM network Payments/Transactions: Valista offers new technology 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Chip partners with IBM Payments/Transactions: Global Vision, Bright Global Groups form an agreement Payments/Transactions: CashWorks offers new platform Business: FTS appoints new president Payments/Transactions FiSCA, NetSpend join to offer program Next Gen: NACTs new system Next Gen: Great Lakes Telephone selects Voicewares switch Distribution: Nitecrest Ltd. receives Queens Award for Enterprise Business: Breitzke joins RBS Lynk Payments/Transactions: Matthews joins Morgan Beaumont Business: NACT appoints new vp of marketing Business: US Starcom's new management team Wireless: Accell assigns new sales director Business: US Starcom merges with Bestel Next Gen: Veraz offers new solution Business: VeriSign to acquire INS Wireless: Carriers see prepaid popularity Payments/Transactions: Mexican emigrants send money back home Payments/Transactions: InstaDial launches a debit MasterCard card program Business: Legal Alert Petition seeks to make VoIP pay DAC Business: IDT Europe makes inroads in Belgium Wireless: Movida speeds up rollout Business: IDT moves up Fortune 1,000 list Payments/Transactions: Q Comm appoints new chief financial officer Wireless: InPhonic gets listed Payments/Transactions: Euronet makes changes to management Business: Quality Publishing, IPCA sign a LOI Retail: 7-Eleven to add new stores in the United States Payments/Transactions: MPS partners with NetSpend Wireless: Vodafone K.K. to confirm ID prepaid customers Payments/Transactions: PreCash offers payment alternatives Retail: PaySpot, CJK Inc. form agreement Retail: UTA, Touch-n-Buy join forces Wireless: T-Mobile has new advertising campaign Payments/Transactions: IWC to distribute Tryceras cards Retail: Q Comm provides terminals to Certified Oil Payments/Transactions: Legend gets in the game of card trading Payments/Transactions: Print & Pay tests online payments platform Business: Legal Alert New Illinois certification requirement for prepaid Wireless: Gemplus offers services to wireless companies Distribution: Nobel launches new cards Distribution: Teleconnect receives big order Wireless: M:Metrics finds mobile gaming is in demand Payments/Transactions: Meta partners with NetSpend Wireless: MobilePro plans for new prepaid service Payments/Transactions: No Borders, IPrepay have agreement Orions new plan Russell Simmons conducts Hip-Hop Summit on finances No Borders has new card platform and liability company Trycera, CMG sign marketing agreement CallWave reveals new distribution strategy Entner joins Ovum LaGarde offers new platform ECHO provides POS services to CTW Prepaid Virgin Mobile, Kyocera introduce new phone NetworkIP enhances conferencing tool Q Comms new multi-app AirTel adds new master distributor Brooktrout demonstrates new media server Ingenico selects Peppercoin as a payments partner Heuristic, Copeland Burtnick & Associates reveal marketing agreement i2c, MetaBank processing agreement IBBS, PointOne form agreement New association created Trycera teams with US Capital Telstra offers new global VoIP service Launch of Nexus Mobile Universal Cash Express, Trycera partner Trycera launches new prepaid card Direct Response, Poder de Compra enter agreement NetworkIP patents iQT Telemac receives patent in Mexico MCI accepts Verizons bid Optimum Pay, First PREMIER Bank partner Peoples Trust, DM2 Technology, Mint to issue MasterCard Prepaid cards Excel and NACT partner Ritz, Sheetz sign for ExpressPay Direct Response forms advisory board Next Estate enables ubiquitous reload Euronet completes acquisitions Encompass to provision Fleet One Verso to display I-Master at Expo Skype offers new prepaid services EXPO newsmakers: Orion to unveil distribution strategy EXPO newsmakers: Excels press conference EXPO newsmakers: Noble's Touch N Talk Expo newsmakers: Pactolus introduces a new software application EXPO newsmakers: AmigoMoney prepaid cards EXPO newsmakers: Annunziata joins US Starcom EXPO newsmakers: DBS Communications to offer EZLinkMobile 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EXPO newsmakers: Verso Technologies Inc. selected by Pakistans Worldcall International EXPO newsmakers: New services from VoiceVision International EXPO newsmakers: The Helein Law Group provides a one-stop legal shop EXPO newsmakers: World Communication Group teams up with Telco EXPO newsmakers: Billetel introduces its debit card at Expo EXPO newsmakers: Ingenico broadens its prepaid base EXPO newsmakers: Morgan Beaumont brands its locations as Sire Network EXPO newsmakers: POSA Systems to offer Telcels Amigo service EXPO newsmakers: Tele-Pak offers faster delivery EXPO newsmakers: NetworkIP upgrades iQT measurement tools EXPO newsmakers: Touch-n-Buy partners with IPP Surcharge Control LLC to launch POS bill generator EWI, PRE Solutions resolve dispute 7-Eleven offers digital photo service Ampd to use bcgi services Hansen oversees Blue Bamboo EMEA office Infonetics declares Convedia a leader Viseon offers new VoIP phone No Borders expands services Orion is back Leap offers new service 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