Think about a time when you were surrounded by good happy Vibes.  Maybe you were enjoying a folked-out sing-a-long around a bonfire, or just laughing with some good friends.  Whatever the situation and for whatever reason, you were really feeling it.  Okay, now imagine that in the middle of this joy inducing experience, someone is cooking something.  Maybe there’s a large pot of stew simmering over the bon-fire.  My hypothesis is that the good vibes would be absorbed into the food.  I imagine a lump of bread dough rising in an environment of singing and laughing and I see the tiny yeast organisms getting puffed up with vibes making one happy loaf of bread.  I hypothesize that when this bread or stew is consumed later, the consumer will find themselves to be wonderfully uplifted.

Now, rather than making this a blind Experiment with a control and all that, I am thinking I’d rather take advantage of the highly under-appreciated and under-utilized Placebo Effect.  Rather than attempt to test out the Placebo Effect, wouldn’t it be more fun to try and enhance it?  In other words, let it be known:  This food has been spiked with good vibes.

And so it shall be.  The perfect opportunity for such an experiment has arisen.  Tomorrow we’re going to the Cody Rivers Show- a ridiculously funny duo.  And when I say we, I mean me, my husband and 11 of our closest friends.  I am smiling just thinking about it.  Needless to say, I think the chances are pretty high that there will be some good vibrations zinging around the theater that evening. I’m going to capture some of these vibes in a tin of cocoa powder.  Then later I’ll make some brownies to hand out for Christmastime out of the “special” cocoa.  I just hope something doesn’t go horribly wrong, like the theater catches fire, or my seat mate has horrific gas, or both, one because of the other.

Here’s to enhancing our life experiences through “science”.