"My question is, though, what about people with lactose intolerance? "

They should avoid looking at the Milky Way.

>Love the whole sciency-flavored powdered milk on the telescope thing <

Kind of a Steampunk Homeopathy.

"The trituration process began with lots of giggling and silliness; and throughout there was talk of getting high, stories about getting high. Senses were distorted. One prover kept seeing smoke rise from the milk sugar as she ground and scraped.
“Drugs come into the mainstream… truckers used speed to stay awake. Ecstasy was first used for marriage counseling.”
“I’m feeling really high… spacey.”
Provers were laughing until the tears came. “You guys are ripped.” “I feel like I smoked.” “Sound is distorted as if I’m high…” “Do you remember the first time you smoked?”"

"One prover jotted down chords on a piece of paper. There was a long conversation in which provers named their 5 favorite Beatle songs of all time. One prover told a story of a man with severe short term memory loss; the only things he could recall were “music and love.”

Provers were humming and singing “stand by me, “dust in the wind, “when the night has come.” "

"One prover made a drawing on his notepad - it started out as a drawing of one of the other provers but then he added horns and a beard. It looked like Pan, or a satyr."

"One prover demonstrated a seductive way of eating a sandwich: “if I could get food that way I would never be hungry…”
Provers were very thirsty, drank a great deal of water."

"One prover made a list of dates going back 10 years and wanted a major historical event named for each year.

There was a long discussion about 1969, Woodstock, Chappaquidick, the moon landing, and also about time speeding up and slowing down. “ Funny how time gets so blurry no matter how much we try to define it.” “no matter how old we are we perceive ourselves as young and in the moment. Discussion of “My stroke of Insight,” the memoir of the stroke survivor who is also a neuroscientist.
Provers recalled incidents when time had slowed way down, such as an accident was happening. “ Life and death moments go in slow motion.” "

"Toward the end of the trituration, near the 3 hour mark, provers’ energy flagged and they described feeling “lost and confused…over time it begins to piss you off, not being able to fully participate in life, what is happening … I will just check out.”
“I feel exhausted and a little drained.. .. At first there as definitely a physical / mental high, then I felt really out of it and now tired.”

“I feel tired as well as airy, light‐headed… Interested as to what purpose this serves.” "

"The female provers especially experienced a great deal of itchines"