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My life in T-shirts: Ask Me About My Cat - Legalize Frostitution - Death Before Decaf. You get the idea. I enjoy lint-rolling, bons mots, magazine launch parties (if I was invited), paying too much for groceries, and the occasional semicolon. I'm a copy editor at The News Tribune, but I won't correct your grammar at the bar. Contact me at kelly.davenport@thenewstribune.com.

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Niki Sullivan Niki Sullivan
...is a political reporter for The News Tribune. She likes sunshine, soup and puppies. Beyond that, it gets dicey. Contact Niki at niki.sullivan@thenewstribune.com.

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You'll like Tacoma
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Posted by Niki Sullivan @ 04:43:14 pm

Thanks to plenty of meth heads and a novel, Tacoma is known by some as "Methlehem." Awesome enough.

I'll take that over some clever drug+town name that could result from a surge in the abuse of a drug called Jenkem.

Never heard of it? Read on, my friend, from a Collier's County Sheriff's Office memo:

Jenkem originated in Africa... (it) is a homemade substance which consists of fecal matter and urine ... placed in a bottle or jar and covered most commonly with a balloon. The container is then placed in a sunny area for several hours or days until fermented ... inhaling the gas is said to have a euphoric high similar to ingesting cocaine but with strong hallucinations.

I'll spare you from most of the rest, but I feel obligated to include this gem, lest you think you should try fermenting some sewage:

All subjects who used the Jenkem disliked the taste of sewage in their mouth and the fact that the taste continued for several days.

Huh. Who woulda thought?

I'm not sure what to say about this, besides: Do not let me hear about you doing it. If I have to endure any jokes about the new aroma of Tacoma, I will ... do ... something.

(Thanks, Roxanne)

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