Thanks to the idiot actions of a dingus, Zoe has to be extra careful with her online persona. Part of that was shaving her friends’ list down to a bare minimum… 🙁 A pity that folks can’t just sit down and play nice, instead of scaring people… hearing more and more about net-meanies these days… Bugging Neko, earlier this week, and now this.
Bah. On behalf of the nice non-stalker folks… *hug*
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) – Americans had sex most often this year, while older teens and young adults in Japan did it the least, a global survey by a British condom maker said Tuesday.
Americans were also the quickest to lose their virginity but it was the French who boasted of having the most sexual partners, said SSL International, which manufactures Durex condoms.
“On average, people globally are having sex 96 times a year,” said the company in its survey of 18,000 adults aged between 16 and 25.
“The Americans claim to be enjoying the most sex at 132 times a year followed by the Russians (122), the French (121) and the Greeks (115).”
The survey said young Japanese made love the least often at 37 times a year while Malaysians did it 62 times a year and the Chinese 69 times a year.
Most Dutch people said they learned about sex from their mothers, while the Americans attributed their knowledge to their fathers.
Most Italians said they were told about sex by their brothers and sisters while the French gave credit to their bed partners.
Americans were the earliest to have sex at an average age of 16.4 years, followed by Brazilians at 16.5 and the French at 16.8.
The French also seemed to have the most sexual partners, claiming an average of 16.7 each. The Greeks were second with 15 partners each, followed by the Brazilians at 12.5 and Americans at 11.8.
Indians were the most faithful to their partners, with 82 percent saying they have had sex with just one person.
The survey said 61 percent of those aged 16-20 and 52 percent of those aged 21-24 preferred condoms for contraception. Thirteen percent of respondents said they used no form of contraception at all while eight percent said they used natural methods.
The survey also said that most men thought American stars Madonna and Jennifer Lopez were the sexiest female celebrities.
Supermodel Cindy Crawford and actress Demi Moore were tied for second place. “Pretty Woman” star Julia Roberts ranked third.
“Titanic” star Kate Winslet and former Spice Girl Geri Haliwell were the least desirable, getting just two percent of votes, while tennis ace Steffi Graf was a notch better with three percent.
Hm… went to bed early, and therefore, am now up early. I should’ve paid more attention to Ben Franklin when he was talking about that stuff. Is dark.
Thinking about some things… good luck to Bud on his surgery…
According to Tillytollo –
8:05p
ALEXIS IS HERE!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEXIS!!!!
10:25 pm
8 pounds 9 oz
21 inches long
little blonde hair 🙂
CONGRATULATIONS KELLIE AND CHRIS!!
i just talked to mommy and to daddy. kellie was feeding lil wee baby when i called. she’s doing fine and is very happy.
Hooray!!!! Who had the 18th in the pool?
especially if it’s a little floyd.
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
Where have you been? It’s alright we know where you’ve been.
You’ve been in the pipeline, filling in time, provided with toys and ‘Scouting for Boys’.
You bought a guitar to punish your ma,
And you didn’t like school, and you know you’re nobody’s fool,
So welcome to the machine.
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
What did you dream? It’s alright we told you what to dream.
You dreamed of a big star, he played a mean guitar,
He always ate in the Steak Bar. He loved to drive in his Jaguar.
So welcome to the machine.
some little ether-mouse has seen fit to nibble on my ‘tales’ folder at my website. I suspect I burned it up when transferring some new data over there this morning. I have backups of my poems, stories and snippets at home, though, so it shouldn’t be too inconvenient to patch up.
to all the folks who have linked to me, lately…
and farewell to those that have departed.
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back
of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold
his temper than to drive those nails into the fence….
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and take it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us.
“It’s National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it means sending it back to the person who sent it to you. If it comes back to you, then you’ll know you have a circle of friends.
HAPPY FRIENDSHIP WEEK TO YOU!!
YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED!!
Now send this to every friend you have!! And to your family.
Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole in you.
quoted from Oct 16th at ign.filmforce.com
The Terminator himself, “Ahnuld,” recently dished the latest 411 in a Los Angeles Times interview. Schwarzenegger says that he’s currently shooting an action-thriller in Mexico called Collateral Damage, in which he plays a federal officer seeking revenge upon terrorists who murdered his family. Arnie went on to confirm that he will begin work in March on Terminator 3, in which he will battle a female android to the death. After that, he’s hoping to bring the comic-book hero “Doc Savage” to the big screen. He compares the script by Frank Darabont (one of several writers on the project) to Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Groovy! Make that #6!
Snagging this from Nashata, who nailed it from assorted other meme-spreaders.
Five Good Things About Today
1. Finished short-story project with a week to spare.
2. Confirmed the Gourd carving for the coming weekend with my Hippie pals, and that Robb could come with. More the merrier!
3. Decided on a different Halloween costume. Chuckles, the Cannibal clown. Standard clown suit with vampire fangs, and a limb of some sort to gnaw on, and some lovely blood to match the red foam nose.
4. Kellie might’ve had her baby!!!
5. Worked out a more economic travel plan for the near future, figure to save at least 70% of expenses.
Hey all!
Just recovered from first wave of heavy duty data. Thick and syrupy, but at least it came in before 2. In a perfect world, this means I can go home at 8pm. in the real world, who knows!
special note, send good vibes to Kellie, she went to the hospital today, she and the baby are fine, last I heard… maybe today’s the day?
Do you know how lucky you are?
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness…you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pang of starvation…you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death…you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep…you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish somewhere…you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.
If your parents are still alive and still married…you are very rare, even in the U.S.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful…you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can hold someone’s hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder…you are blessed because you can offer a healing touch.
If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
Have a GREAT day, count your blessings, and pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.
“The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t laugh at it, it’s probably deserved.”
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while procrastinating on my short story, and shaking from being on the upswing from drinking company coffee. (about a pot or so…) I surf while waiting for data to arrive.
This is messed up. http://www.msnbc.com/news/475364.asp
here’s the blurb –
Who wants to get a divorce on national television and win $100,000? Interested? Then hook up with Fox. The television network that brought you “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?” — apparently learning little from that experience — now wants to make divorce entertainment for the masses, with marital assets as prizes.
end blurb.
How totally wrong is that?
I support the right to show anything on tv to adults… but I know I’m not going to bother with a show that rewards people for ending marriage on tv. F’-ed up, that is.
What’s next? Reality TV, where you get paid points for catching your spouse in varying states of infidelity? “Woo! Bob got a hooker! Looks like His wife will get $1000 for that one!” “That nearly makes up for Mary giving the children ether so she can run off with the babysitter” Blow by blow coverage by sports guys? [hm. no pun intended]
Can focusing on a sad thing (which I imagine divorce is, more often than not) and paying for it be a good idea? Am I over-reacting in my current addled state?