paperclips and embalming fluid

Today I learned that you can't string ethernet cable from the bottom of one wall through the end stud in a wall perpendicular to the first one using just a clothesline, a butter knife, and a paperclip. With that stud in the way, I think I'm gonna need a few more paperclips.

In other news, if you type 'embalming fluid' into Google, the first link you get is to a site that claims people soak marijuana cigarettes in PCP or embalming fluid to make their marijuana hallucinogenic. I thought smoking embalming fluid sounded pretty weird, so I went on to the next link, which was Wikipedia, and it said that was a myth that had made its way into anti-drug literature, citing the first site. The Wiki article's other references didn't work, though, so it's not clear that I learned much on that little foray, but they at least had the following quote:

A famous arsenical embalming compound in the late 19th century was Professor Pludeman's Eternal Egyptian Embalming Elixir. It was also recommended as a tonic and nostrum, reported to cure a litany of afflictions. Professor Pludeman claimed to consume a tablespoon daily, until he died of heavy metal poisoning.