What really happens aboard a ‘cougar cruise’? – USATODAY.com. Plain-spoken Jersey guy Chris Alberts, 31, just out of a four-year relationship, is “here to hook up. Period. And I don’t want to hear any of this, ‘I’ve never done this before’ B.S., either.” That’s beautiful. And If I had a dollar for every time I’ve [...]

Dopamine system in highly creative people similar to that seen in schizophrenics, study finds. New research shows a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity. By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to show that the dopamine system in healthy, highly creative people is similar in some [...]

Gulf of Mexico oil slick: Sarah Palin fuels anti-British sentiment – Telegraph. Apparently we’re still fighting off the Brits.  Or something. Maybe we’re trying to get the crown out of Canada (for their own sake)? Beats me. Also, this sort of rabble-rabble seems to be early promotional material for her 2012 run at the GOP [...]

Just to put things into perspective: the world doesn’t stop being shitty just because it’s the holidays.  A couple of local things and one from afar. Jerry Oliver, founder of Mercy Ministries in Augusta dies. He was tough as nails.  Watching him recover from the stroke he had last year was inspiring.  He will certainly [...]

Ranked by site-meter based on what is bringing people here: Porn. (Edita Bente, specifically) “mirrors and lsd” Cornbrator And the rest seems to be from some cd rips I posted ages ago or random music/movie reviews I’ve written, but those are almost always from foreign countries. I don’t count the hits generated by bloggers checking [...]

When it comes to philosophy (in this case political philosophy,) how you state your argument is arguably just as important as the context of and point you are trying to make. Chuck posted something interesting about the dialectal process being used in the abortion debate. Egalitarianism has slithered its way into our pocketbooks once again; [...]

Seriously, the world needed a horror flick about Vagina Dentata.  Teeth is that movie. I’ve mentioned Vagina Dentata before and it should come as no surprise that I found this movie to be a gold-mine of vagina-related jokes.  Truly, the world has been waiting for a movie about a cooter with the disposition of a [...]

How I Met Your Mother might be the best sitcom of all time. Pretty serious about this. One of the writers there must be reading Roissy. The characters are, well, idealized for the situational humor, but seem to play well into Roissy’s facets of Game (even Barney has his moments, albeit rare and mostly in [...]

Milwaukee man arrested in connection to 9 killings MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man whose DNA authorities say linked him to the slayings of nine women since 1986 has been charged with two counts of homicide, with more charges expected later this week, police and prosecutors said Monday. Walter E. Ellis, 49, was taken into [...]

How celestials assist humanity with extraterrestrial life Numerous individual testimonies and historical records describing physical contact with extraterrestrial life refer to highly developed ethical beings often witnessed in association with extraterrestrials. In contrast to extraterrestrials, these beings do not appear to be dependent on technologies for communication and travel. These highly developed ethical beings have [...]