CSI Miami tonight was set in Hollywood… Mostly on Hollywood Blvd between Vine and Highland. This is an area I know reasonably well, and it looks as decayed in real life as bits of the show indicated – although there is the assumption in the show that the run down areas are outside Hollywood rather than a block or two away. Interesting to watch.

Also interesting was the fact that one of the onjects in evidence was a bottle of Absynthe which is illegal in mucg of the world. Absynthe has multiple effects apart from the high concentration of alcohol at 45-80%. Absynthe is derived from the wormwood plant which is what makes it so toxix… And this toxicity is why it has been banned in most of the world since 1915.

It was included in Moulin Rouge, mainly at the start where there were green parts with Kylie Minogue which are supposed to have taken place under the influence of the drink… In CSI, given that the drink is illegal it is amazing that they did not make more of this, and its effects…

Anyway it is now my bedtime… Good night