Quadriderm NF

So I'm sure this exists and all, and most of us are just flat out clueless, but just how available are prescription meds over the counter for a price? I mean all you have to do is look at your spam filter: 'Vicodin ES available online today', 'Vicodin#Xanax#Pecocet#Valium#', 'Enhance your focus with Adderall' 'Increase your Penis in Width by 20%'.

It comes to my attention only because a patient recently showed up using quadriderm NF. Quadriderm NF - ever hear of it? Well me neither. Hecho in Mexico and contains betamethasone, clotrimazol, gentamcin. Hmmm thats's quite a compund. Didn't realize you can get that in Mexico. 'No but I got it here'. In Concord, CA.

Well, I see. I mean, I know that the underworld tries to take care of its own, and come on who can blame them for that? But, that's quite a compound to be using without much instruction. And it makes me wonder what kind of real meds can you get for the asking... If your really want to know, as i say, just check your spam filter.

Salon

So I had my first taste of Salon the other night. Salon 1997. No idea what I'm talking about? It's supposedly a super high-end premium champagne. Check out the link if you care.



http://www.decanter.com/archive/58186.html



We'll anyway, I care about champagne, like it a lot. The famous economist John Meynard Keynes supposedly said, 'My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne'. I suppose that makes me Keynesian? But in actuality it's most telling that I will remember him for that more than anything to do with that dismal science. Perhaps that gives you some insight into me as well. Yet I digress...



Back to Salon 1997. It was, shall we say OK. Just fine. But nothing really special. I suppose its not fair to judge a house based on a single bottle or a single vintage. So I wont. But I'm not really sure if anything will get me to ante up to play that game again.



According to my cellartracker notes, my favorites to date have been:



N.V. Domaine Pernet-Lebrun Champagne

N.V. Larmandier-Bernier Champagne Brut 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs

1998 Gosset Champagne Celebris Brut

1998 Perrier-Jouët Champagne Cuvée Fleur de Champagne

1996 Fleury Champagne Brut

1997 Laurent-Perrier Champagne Brut Millésimé

1993 Ruinart Champagne Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru

1998 Gaston Chiquet Champagne Brut

N.V. Tarlant Champagne Cuvée Louis Brut Prestige



I was looking for where to get one of these, and damnit these wines are hard to find. K&L wines may or maynot have the last one, the Tarlant Cuvee Louis. Currently they have Tarlant Brut Zero in magnum, which I would be interested in trying myself. http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=1046887

Opening salvo

Well i finally got my act together to start a blog. What took me so long? Dunno, I'm busy. But it seems like a good thing to do especially for my legion of fans, no? Its a shame that all the URLs that i wanted are taken. I had to settle for munchrat.blogspot.com. Everyone knows munchrat, but if not they soon will. She defies taxonomic classification.

So then what to blog about today? How about just what's on the top of my head and that would be - what wine am I having tonite. Actually i'll save that for other posts. There's plenty of meat there to chew on. How about the amazing and inordinate political paralysis in the united states these days? One the one hand you have some very serious problems (national as well as global) that need to be addressed, on the flip side you have extreme paralysis among the government. The problem is that extremists and moneyed interests have hijacked the electoral process, and everyone in government is too busy looking out for their own ass. Too afraid to look cozy with the other side, dont want to be tossed out by the fringe? You know what to do then - heads in the sand until the government goes broke, planet boils over and all hell breaks loose. But hey, at least you'll still have your seat.

I'd like to grab you by the seat of your pants...