Blood Pressure Myth Exposed!
Ed,
I remember when we founded Nugenics Health, Inc all those years ago. Do you remember, Ed? Because if I'm not going CRAZY I could've sworn we were going to keep the focus on Ted Nugent and eugenics, NOT get into all this "blood pressure" or "deep sea chemical exploration" foofaraw! But nooooooooooo, someone had to get fancy on me, had to get all "We can do so much more for people than mapping out Ted Nugent's genes for a select midWest clientele who are definitely interested in Nugent-oriented gene therapy." We had a DREAM, Ed! And it looks like it's time for me...to finally wake up.
Since you were so kind as to reach out to me despite the restraining order I tried to get against you, I think it'd be polite to catch you up on what I've been tooling around with in my abandoned underground ICBM silo-cum-lab. Just for simplicity's sake, let's break it down by how long it takes me to shimmy down the firehouse pole I installed to take me to the bottom of the silo.
Half A Second: Before I've had much time to build up momentum on the pole we're in what I like to call the Scream Chamber. This is where the drifters I lure into the silo are exposed to a looped version of "Cat Scratch Fever" for five days. Once they blow out their vocal cords "singing along" for help, help help helphelphelphelp, it's time to tidy up and begin their transformation. This leads us further down the pole to...
Two Seconds: The Wig Room. Everyone knows Spirit Of The Wild-era Nugent is all about freely flowing locks of hair fluttering in the gusts of wind created by a wall of pumping Fender amplifiers, so I took the time to select only the finest border collie wigs for my subjects. "Why border collie hair," you might reasonably ask, "why not human being hair?" Well I'll tell you, Ed. I'll tell you when I'm standing on your grave, shouting my triumphs to the stormy wind that blows low and mean across the dead grass of the graveyard. YOU'LL NEVER KNOW ED, I'M TAKING THE WIG SECRET TO YOUR GRAVE! HA!
Three Seconds: The Instruction Room. My drifters have pretty much gotten a feel for what's going on with me and my ambitions for them at this point. Their wigs stapled firmly in place, I put a reproduction of Ted's Gibson Byrdland (unlike some people, Ed, I'm not made of money for vintage Gibson jazz guitars...some corners, like drifters' Achilles tendons, must be cut) in their trembling hands and have them stand in front of a wall-sized screen showing only the choicest clips from Ted's solo shows, his early work with the Amboy Dukes and, of course, his inimitable contribution to Damn Yankees.
Five Seconds: The Performance Room. This is where it all comes together. After the drifters have their wigs, guitars and stage moves down, they're injected with a delightful cocktail of genes/chemicals and gently strapped into a harness which will allow them to approximate The Nuge's stage moves for a period of time. Until they pass out or their hearts explode. Most of the time both. After the subject expires, his DNA is harvested and compared to Ted's to see if there's an EXACT match. To date, there has been...limited success.
So that's my update, Ed. I hope your precious blood pressure "medicine" helps you sleep at night, knowing I'm slaving away in a marginally-lit ICBM silo trying to run down the dream we once shared. I hope you sleep like an exhausted, be-wigged drifter.
Take Care & See You At Easter,
Willard O'Keefe
CEO, Nugentinics LLC

