Jenny Block is looking for questions to answer for her sex column.
I considered, and still might, submitting some questions. But the obtaining the answers would probably entail graduate level research studies.
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In another gift to gun owners before leaving office the adminstration arrested Illinios Governor Rod (Pocket Rocket) Blagojevich today.
Now instead of restricting access to guns which he mixed up with a popular sex toy there is a chance he might well become a sex toy himself while visiting Club Fed. After working so hard for so many years to screw gun owners we can only hope he discovers what it’s like to be on the receiving end for a few years.
Being married to a physical therapist
I frequently get comments from envious guys who when finding out I’m married to a physical therapist say something about “the massages”. I just smile and let them believe what they want to believe. More about those “massages” later.
I don’t believe I’ve posted about this before but when I had lunch with her last Saturday at her office I saw a sign on the wall above her desk. It brought the whole issue into sharp focus.
The sign said:
The Ten “NEVERS” in Physical Therapy
- Never say you can’t, because you’ll do it anyway.
- Never say, “It’s easy”, because we’ll just make it hard.
- Never say, “I want to go home”, because you’ll just stay longer.
- Never lose count because you’ll start at one again.
- Never complain because we never listen.
- Never argue because you’ll never win.
- Never scream or cry because it only encourages us.
- Never look like you’re enjoying it because we’ll put a stop to it.
- Never hold your breath because if you pass out and die, we have to fill out the paperwork.
- Never lie or cheat because we know the truth, and you’ll live to regret it.
For most people that is just a hint. You don’t really understand what it means until you have been married to one for a few years. Here is another hint; when asked what the P.T. stands for on their badges they frequently give one of two answers:
- Physical Terrorist
- Pain and Torture
Now we go into the specifics of being married to one.
If you think of “massage” when you think of a physical therapist then you obviously don’t know what friction massage (also called Cross Friction Massage-CFM) is. The previous link says:
Where most massage methods use some form of skin lubrication, CFM uses none so that the finger (usually one, but sometimes two) doing the massage is not sliding across the skin, but rather is taking the skin with it, allowing for the force to be transmitted directly to the deep tissue being treated. The motion is small, maybe an inch or so, back and forth “across the grain” of the tissue, so you have to have some idea which direction the structure normally runs. The amount of pressure should be moderate, which will often cause some amount of discomfort, but this should never be too painful.
“Too painful” is a technical term which means the patient’s adrenaline reaches a level such they can break out of the restraints. Furthermore what they do is push you right up to the edge of “too painful” and hold you at a plateau until the area starts to goes numb. They keep asking if it has gone numb yet and as it starts feeling a little bit better they press harder to keep the pain at the same level. They claim this is just to “treat the deeper tissue”. The veracity of this claim depends upon what your definition of “treatment” is. All observable data indicates that “treatment” consists of destroying your pain receptors through over stimulation.
You might ask how I know all this. Good question. It turns out that in order to keep her Pain and Torture license up to date your local friendly Physical Terrorist has to take classes on a regular basis. Guess who she experiments on before she starts charging money for practicing her evil trade. It’s me. In the early years of our marriage she would come home from a class and coyly ask something like, “Didn’t you say your shoulder was a little sore last week?” I would answer truthful — and regret it. Since then I learned the wisdom of Oscar Wilde when he said, “The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception a necessity.”
A contest with a thinking being is never over and a little white lie about all my body parts being in perfect working order was only a minor speed bump to someone who has made their career P/T. One time when she came home from class she had a little box with wires coming out of it she wanted to experiment with me as the subject. I have a couple degrees in electrical engineering and I know what can be done with a box with wires coming out of it. I also hate electricity going through my body. I mean just a little bit of it which most people think of as “I can barely feel it” makes me very irritated. If someone else were to describe the sensation as “a little tingle” it will infuriate me. I asked if the box had batteries or plugged into the wall outlet. She informed me that it had “little batteries”. Apparently she didn’t realize the only word I needed to hear was “battery” and “little” was superfluous unless she was talking “little” on a microscopic scale. I mean, I could make a device that would kill a horse with a watch battery if I wanted to and her trying to downplay the part about electricity being involved was only increasing my suspicion.
When her telling me how much it didn’t hurt when it was used on her, and how it felt “kind of strange” only caused my teeth to grind she broke out the sad eyes and looked like she was about to cry. I softened a little bit and she said she would put it at the lowest level and slowly increase the intensity and as soon as I wanted to stop she would immediately stop. I said I wanted to stop now, but she brought back the sad eyes and I let her attach the electrodes to my leg.
She slowly turned the knob clockwise repeatedly asking, “Can you feel it yet?” “I don’t want to hurt you, let me know if it hurts.” I told her I didn’t feel a thing and she continued to turn the knob. Her face grew more and more puzzled and I started to smirk. Her little box was broken and I was going to get away with not being shocked! She finally stopped and announced that the intensity was at the maximum setting and that I “should feel something.” I assured her that I didn’t and repressed my satisfaction as best I could. She looked her little box all over and said, “Oh! I see!” and before I could twitch a muscle she turned the switch she found from “Off” to “On” and muscle twitches were generated without any conscious effort on my part. I levitated off the bed and roared in anger. Before I came back down I had torn the wires off my leg and when I landed was facing her like a lion in a crouch and ready to pounce. She instantly brought back the sad eyes, froze absolutely still, and mouthed the words, “I’m sorry.” This saved our marriage but not from her from being very vocally reminded that I do NOT like electricity going through my body.
Another time she came back from a class and told me she had learned how to test for “bone spurs“. She explained that you pushed with your thumb in various places and watch for a “chandelier sign”. I politely asked about bone spurs and she explained they usually go unnoticed until the person gets up years a ways. At my age, then in my mid twenties, I might have some but wouldn’t notice them at all. Even with testing she probably wouldn’t be able to find them. But she wanted to practice the tests anyway.
I should have paid more attention during the part about what a positive test result indicator was rather than the part about “probably wouldn’t be able to find them”. I took off my shoes and socks and she started pressing her thumb into the flesh around my heel. She pressed harder and harder and I could hear her grunting with the effort required to probe deep into the tissue of my feet which were nearly armored with strong muscles from playing tennis almost every day. It felt kind of nice. Basically I was getting my feet massaged which I considered a real treat. It was what I had expected when before we got married she said she wanted to become a physical therapist. I was relaxing and enjoying it and I could tell she was getting a little frustrated (see rule 8 above). I was sympathetic and asked, “What is it you are trying to get to happen again?” Between grunts she growled out, “A chandelier sign”. I started to ask what that was when she said, “Maybe it’s over here” and she pressed deep into my flesh. We didn’t have a chandelier in our bedroom and hence I returned to floor level after bouncing off the ceiling. I do remember looking down at Barb still in position as if my foot was still cradled in her hands with her thumb mashing as hard as she could on that hidden button in my foot which should have been labeled, “DANGER! DO NOT PRESS UPON THE PAIN OF DEATH”. She had a big smile on her face and after I stopped bouncing I demanded to know why she was so happy. Her glee was totally oblivious to my state of mind and she told me, “Because I found it! I couldn’t find it in class but I found it with you! That was the chandelier sign. It was just like they said it would be.” Her moments of happiness are somewhat rare with me around and since I had not warned her I did not like chandelier sign I didn’t do anything but glare at her and resolved to listen more carefully and think things through in the future.
Surely, you might ask, there are some “benefits” (nudge, nudge) to being married to a physical therapist. My response to that is, “Do you know why physical therapists make such poor lovers? It’s because they use ice to take the swelling down.”
Lest you think my life is miserable or even uncomfortable I need to point out that I’m not only married to the physical therapist named Barbara, I’m also married to Barbara the woman. I’m not going to go into all the details but the card below is a hint. I get cards of a similar nature for my birthday, Valentine’s Day, and our anniversary (click to see the inside):
Barb explained, “It really should say, ‘You win’, rather than ‘You lose'”. But it’s close enough. I’ve been with her for 34 years now and most of the time I know how to read between the lines with her.
Well duh!
I never would have guessed. So someone didn’t and commissioned a survey:
More than a third of Britons rank sexual activity at the top of their list of freetime activities, according to the YouGov survey conducted over the Internet.
That was more than the next three highest options combined – gossiping with friends (18 per cent), window shopping (9 per cent) and going to a museum (6 per cent). According to the poll, however, women preferred gossiping with friends, while men tended to rank sex as number one.
At least it was a private charity that did the research rather than using taxpayer money.
Depression
I’m very depressed today. I can’t even blame it on Internet sex (it should be safe for work). It’s the election. I voted yesterday and I think that started it.
Then at the cafeteria at work there is a woman that for some reason has been particularly friendly to me. She recognizes when I show up at a different time than usual and always wants to talk a bit (it’s time to introduce her to my wife…). Yesterday she asked if I was excited about “the big day tomorrow”. I told her I was rather depressed about it actually–it is the choice between the lesser of two evils. I then asked if she was excited about it. “I. Am. SO. Excited. About it.” she said. I wanted to tell her how many people were murdered last century by attempts to make socialism work. Was she excited to be a part of the next attempt? Was she looking forward to adding her body and the bodies of millions of others to the pile?
It’s the Second Coming or something. Once the Messiah is on his throne all will be forgiven, all will be peace and love.
I see ethics, rules, and the law do not matter to them. I see Brown Shirts.
Quote of the day–Roberta X
Well, you’d be no fun if you lost interest.
Roberta X
October 26, 2008
Speaking Of Wood
Regarding a new camo pattern (it’s call Morning Wood) she saw at the gun show yesterday.
[I really need to write the post that has been poking around in my head ever since I read Bonnie’s Twitter post from over a month ago. It all has to do with the differences between the male and female brain. Read The Female Brain for the long version–you might get the answer sooner than if you wait for me to write the post.–Joe]
She doesn’t qualify as a mother
Ths happened in the state of South Idaho, not North Idaho where I am:
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — An eastern Idaho woman whose boyfriend impregnated her 9-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Isabel Chasarez, 27, must serve at least one year in prison before she is eligible for parole, 7th District Judge Brent Moss ordered Tuesday at the sentencing hearing.
Chasarez pleaded guilty in August to failing to provide proper prenatal care for her daughter.
Her 38-year-old boyfriend, Guadalupe Gutierrez-Juarez, pleaded guilty to rape in September. He is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 28 and faces life in prison.
The girl became pregnant at age 9, sometime between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30 2007, authorities say, and gave birth in April.
It looks as if the authorities are handling the case appropriately but I’m still shocked that the egg donor was unable or unwilling to protect her offspring.
Three months in jail for sex on the beach
I’ve reported on this before here and here. The couple has been sentenced now. It could have been up to six years in jail but they were given just three months, a $350 fine, and are to be deported from the country. I agree with:
Analysts here say their punishment is meant to strike a balance — by showing that expats must respect local laws, while maintaining the Emirate’s image of being welcoming to Westerners.
I don’t agree with the law but I think the judge did the right thing.
Interview with a porn star
Newsgroups: alt.sex
Subject: Porn Star Interview.
Organization: Prototronics @ Sandpoint, Idaho
Distribution: alt
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1991 23:39:02 GMT
Keywords: Cherri Hill Porn Movies StarAbout 3 weeks ago I posted saying a former porn star was going to be visiting with a friend at my place. Well… due to various problems they didn’t show up. I still wanted to ask her some questions and finally last night I was able to make contact with her via phone. She lives several hundred miles from here but we spent about 45 minutes on the phone. She seemed intelligent and articulate. I was sort of expecting someone a bit ‘simple’.
Perhaps a the stereotype of a ‘dumb blonde’. This was not the case as near as I could tell.
Without further elaboration — my interview with “Cherri Hill”:
Questions I had:
Me: How did you get into the business?
Cherri: I grew up in Coeur d’Alene Idaho and got married at 18 (I’m 21
now). We moved in with another couple that was older and had this big
house. The other women and I worked at a massage parlor at Stateline
(nearby town). The older guy asked if I was interested in X-rated movies and I said sure. He sent pictures to Jim South’s World of Modeling then we went down there and I started working. My husband stayed behind and I told him that I was just modeling and not doing any sex stuff. He later came down and I told him about it and he decided he didn’t like it and he moved in with his father that he hadn’t seen since he was about 5. We’re still married ’cause I haven’t got around to getting a divorce.Me: Was it hard work? How long did you have to work each day?
Cherri: It was work. We would usually meet at a parking lot about 7:00 in the morning and caravan to somebody’s house. It was illegal in Orange county because we were getting paid for sex. So people who were having trouble meet a mortgage payment or something would rent out their house for three or four hundred dollars for the day. We would start filming the scenes and work all day until 11:00 or 12:00 that night. We would get our money and go home.The movie ‘formula’ is 6 scenes with 3 men and 3 women. The scenes are made with switching people around so you get some girl-girl scenes, threesomes and straight boy-girl scenes.
Me: Did it pay well? Are the men paid comparable to the women?
Cherri: For a beginner $400->$500 scene, $250->$300 for man. Each day would involve about 3 scenes. Towards the last I was getting 2 or 3 jobs a month. The agents fee is a straight $50.00.Me: You only worked 2 or 3 days each month? That gave you lots free time!
Cherri: Yeah! A lot of people are going to school or something like that.Me: Did you get to know your co-stars ahead of time?
Cherri: No — not really. You might know who was going to be there and you got to know a lot of the people involved. But nothing like you were introduced a week ahead of the filming or anything like that.Me: What about disease prevention?
Cherri: You had to have AIDS test results that had come back in the last 24 to 48 hours. If you didn’t have the papers you didn’t do any filming.Me: How would someone go about getting started in the business?
Cherri: Call down to Van Nuys California (area code is 818) ask information for Jim South’s World of Modeling. They are very cautious about police and stuff. You have to send in pictures.Note: I called information this morning. There was no Jim South’s World of Modeling. There was a “World Modeling Agency” with the phone number 818-986-4316. I have not called it and probably won’t.]
Me: Is there a demand for men or just women?
Cherri: They need men as well as women. A lot of men get in front of the camera and just can’t do it. That’s the end of their career in that field.—-
Several other people sent in questions. Some were sort of duplicated. One person didn’t want their name mentioned so I stripped out all identifying information from all the questions. I read the following questions to her and give credit to “Net”.
—-Net: Yes. I would like to ask if they ever fake stuff in order to meet some kind of a deadline. If she’s tired and just doesn’t feel like having sex, can they just rest for a while, or are they supposed to be ready to have sex no matter what?
Cherri: You are told when your scenes will be a day or so ahead of time. Then it’s pretty just go in and shoot them. A scene takes about an hour to an hour and 15 minutes. Later when I got better at it it sometimes got down to as little as 22 minutes. Only one time was there any fake stuff that I saw. It was doing some still shots for some magazine and this guy couldn’t get it off and I had this bottle of lotion that I held it behind his cock and squeezed it so that it looked like he was cumming.Net: Also, I’d like to know if they get to specify what kind of sex they will and won’t do.
Cherri: Yes when you go into the agents office. They have you fill out this form — will you have sex with blacks, hispanics, etc. What kind of sex will you do — DP (double penetration), anal, girl-girl, etc.Net: Also, do they get to pick with whom they will have sex? If so, is this on a movie-by-movie basis or do they just say that they will not have sex with someone of the same sex at all.
Cherri: You can always say no for whatever reason (privately you know he’s been shooting up or they aren’t clean or whatever). As far as sex with another women — the first time I was put on set and asked to do a girl-girl scene I was so scared! I figured someone I knew would see it and that bothered me. But I did it and it got easier. One women brought these ‘tools’ for me to use on her and I did — it was kinda fun and it made it a little easier. And then afterwards she told me that she REALLY liked what I did to her. That helped a lot too.Net: And lastly, can she share some of her personal opinions about the porn world in general?
Cherri: I liked the people involved they were REAL people — down to earth. I promised myself I wouldn’t change from the person I was back in Couer d’Alene. But then I got involved with drugs and this guy from Argentina. I was more carefree then at 18 than at 21 now. I only worked in the business for 8 months.Net: Where might we see her or what movies or whatever has she been in?
Cherri: 25 movies were made. Which eventually were then cut up into 34 -> 40. Some of the better ones were: “Thrill on Cherri Hill” (which I helped write), “Eye of the Tigris”, “Port Holes”. They will say on the box “Features Cherri Hill”.Net: My exposure to this material (magazines and movies) is limited, but I have always felt somewhat of a dilemma. Given the media’s representation of the porn industry, I get the impression that most of the women involved are doing it because of desperate financial situations (including expensive drug habits), or they are run-aways with no place else to go and are more or less forced into it. Is this a correct representation of the industry, or is the media/politicians trying to control the industry. By renting/purchasing this type of material am I contributing to or promoting abuse? This bothers me.
Cherri: Absolutely not! You are asked for ID and birth certificate. The last thing they want is another Traci Lords thing. Many got rid of drug habits before getting involved. And if you wanted drugs there was no expense involved. When people found out that I made movies like that they would give me all the drugs I could have ever used. Everyone is absolutely straight on the set. This is no place to be messed up. Many of the men and women are 25 -> 35 (some men even in their late 40’s) and have to work a bit more to keep in shape — they have to stay away from drugs.Net: Bearing in mind that what’s on the screen is a performance, when she was doing these movies, did she find that she had to put herself into a frame of mind that it was work, and not sex?
Cherri: It’s work of course. There were some people that I really liked. There was one guy (Mark Wallace) that I had outside relationship with and that made the work more enjoyable.Net: Did her performances impede her ability to function normally in an intimate relationship outside of work?
Cherri: Hmmm… No it made me more aware of what turns a guy on.Net: Was the sex on the job too much (I mean did it turn her off from seeking an emotional commitment in her life?
Cherri: No.Net: Did men in relationships outside of work assume she was a slut?
Cherri: Some. But they are rare.Net: Were they abusive to her because of her job (i.e. did she have to lower her standards for a man/mate because she had to find someone who would not be jealous.
Cherri: One guy was sort of mentally abusive. He’s in prison now for doing some other stuff. He wasn’t a very nice guy anyway. Didn’t have much to do with what I had done. He would have been bad for anybody.Net: Was she able to reject sexual partners (hygene, questionable health, etc..) or did the “producers” _require_ that she perform with any and everyone that they told her to. Could she reject a scene because she didn’t like it? The reason I ask these questions is because, while I find the
material arousing and it can really improve bedroom play, I don’t like the idea of making someone else miserable so I can enjoy erotica.
Cherri: You could reject anything. You are your own boss. You can decide.Net: The men in the movies are brought to orgasm (I assume they are when I see them ejaculate). Did she find that to be arousing? Did she enjoy the sex? I always wonder how much is over-acting (on the part of the women) and how much is actually orgasm (perhaps that’s what makes the movies intriguing?).
Cherri: Different people are different. I did a lot of acting. I felt
there was too much “let’s fuck” not enough “let’s make love” in the movies. A friend and I used to go in and do voice overs for movies because the women on the set didn’t make enough or the right kind of sounds.Net: If she isn’t either bi-sexual or gay, was she aroused in scenes where she had to play with other women? Was she worried, turned off, or otherwise disgusted if she knew that what she was doing was actually arousing/getting a female co-star off (I guess that doesn’t apply if she’s bi or gay).
Cherri: Early in the business I was scared that someone would see me and I was nervous but later I got over that when some of the women really liked it.Net: I have seen one movie where the woman was literally dripping _very_ copiously, (despite all the posts in this newsgroup, I have never seen a women _literally_ drip). I assumed they had put something inside her before the scene.
Cherri: Who was it? I could probably tell you if was real or not. There was one woman who did do this naturally.Net: Does effect outway precaution? Do the producers care if she is injured in or gets an infection (I don’t mean an STD, but more like a yeast infection) from using some bizzare sexual prop (like a bannana or such)?
Cherri: There are laws against that. Also these people are knowledgeable they won’t do that. They don’t even do things that straight couples do — like use Vaseline. That’s really bad for you these people know their stuff and won’t do risky stuff. They watch out for others too. These people just don’t do dangerous things.Net: Are the sex scenes in the movies scripted out fully partially
or not at all. Do they have the freedom to improvise as the scene progresses.
Cherri: The scenes are nearly all the same and everyone pretty much knows what to do. Not much scripting because it’s the same as last time. So much of this then change positions and do some of that, get the camera angles, etc.Net: In addition, I would like to know about the “type” of person who makes films. Are there wide variations in personalities? What are some of her comments on the “big-name” stars?
Cherri: Some are pretty stuck up. Samatha Strong is one. Tasha Ray would come do her scene and leave with her $1500 and didn’t associated with the ‘low life’. Others like Nina Hartley are neat people — I liked watching her.Net: If you do get to ask her this stuff ask her if the stars really read their fan mail, or just throw it away. I’ve written a couple (being tasteful, asking questions and not saying what I’d do to her or what not) but have never got a reply. Anyways I am VERY curious about the answers to the questions you’ll be asking, if you don’t post to the net please write me telling what her answers are. Thanks much and good luck!
Cherri: I never got any. Some people set up P.O. boxes and advertise in the back of Hustler and other magazines. “Send $5.00 or whatever”. Men get letters and pictures back saying how horny they are and stuff. These are all fakes just photo copied stuff that was made up by some other guy. Trying to make some money. The women got a modeling fee and are never involved again. If this is what he is talking about then he was kinda ripped off.
More on Palin as a hottie
I don’t know if this will help or her chances of getting elected (vice) President but my guess is it will help:
US Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has caught the eye of Hollywood – as the subject of a movie definitely not for kids.
A major Los Angeles porn studio is on the hunt for a Palin look-alike to play the mother-of-five politician in an adult film.
The successful actress would earn $2535 to $3800 for the role, according to online advertisements posted on the Los Angeles webpage of sales and social networking site Craig’s List.
“Looking for a Sarah Palin look-alike for an adult film to be shot in next 10 days,” the advertisement said.
It’s time for me to dig up the interview I did of a porn actress I posted on Usenet several years ago. I’ll try to post that this weekend sometime.
H/T to my Aussie friend.
Update: Via Sebastian here is the Craig’s Listing.
Too much information
I review my Sitemeter referrals fairly frequently but today I got too much information:
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I’ll be busy with lots of other things today trying to get that image out of my mind.
The only motivation for the above web search I can think of is there that must be a shortage of sheep in Mesa.
Interesting implications
The Pill makes women pick bad mates Ability to sniff out a compatible partner affected by taking contraceptives:
While several factors can send a woman swooning, including big brains and brawn, body odor can be critical in the final decision, the researchers say. That’s because beneath a woman’s flowery fragrance or a guy’s musk the body sends out aromatic molecules that indicate genetic compatibility.
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are involved in immune response and other functions, and the best mates are those that have different MHC smells than you. The new study reveals, however, that when women are on the pill they prefer guys with matching MHC odors.
MHC genes churn out substances that tell the body whether a cell is a native or an invader. When individuals with different MHC genes mate, their offspring’s immune systems can recognize a broader range of foreign cells, making them more fit.
Past studies have suggested couples with dissimilar MHC genes are more satisfied and more likely to be faithful to a mate. And the opposite is also true with matchng-MHC couples showing less satisfaction and more wandering eyes.
“Not only could MHC-similarity in couples lead to fertility problems,” said lead researcher Stewart Craig Roberts, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Newcastle in England, “but it could ultimately lead to the breakdown of relationships when women stop using the contraceptive pill, as odor perception plays a significant role in maintaining attraction to partners.”
So a woman is on the pill and is dating. She selects a mate, they marry, and then she goes off the pill so they can have kids. She then finds out her husband stinks and she is not only more interested in making babies with someone other than her husband but they would be better babies too.
Interesting…
Quote of the day–Joseph A. Hauptman
Prostitution involves sex and free enterprise. Which of these are you opposed to?
Joseph A. Hauptman
Found at the beginning of Chapter 10 of Freehold.
[I’m not sure if this is a real person or a fictional character but it’s a great question.–Joe]
Get a new life
First he tells us:
How To Make Women Happy…
[530 words]
Then he tells us:
How to make men happy…
[3 words]
I think he should move to a different part of the world and get a new life.
Oh, that’s right–He did.
Good luck Kris.
Random humor
At dinner with Phil and his wife last night we talked about religion some and for a short while Baptists in specific. Hence this isn’t entirely random:
A man was seated next to a stiff-looking Baptist minister on a flight to Wichita. After the plane was airborne, the flight attendant came around for drink orders. The man asked for a whiskey and soda, which he got.
The attendant then asked the minister if he would also like a drink. The minister replied in disgust, “I’d rather be savagely raped by a brazen whore than let liquor touch these lips.”
The man then handed his drink back to the attendant and said, “I didn’t know there was a choice.”
This is for their dog Elsie:
Q: What has four legs and an arm?
A: A happy Rottweiler.
Transcendent sex?
Reader Rob sent me this link: FOXSexpert: Reach for the Pinnacle With Transcendent Sex.
I’m skeptical. Here is what this self proclaimed expert has to say on the topic:
Some people actually supersede the state of climax and reach a state of transcendent sex. Such lovemaking is said to involve a divine force, and is regarded as a path to a higher consciousness. It has been known to change one’s views on sex and spirituality. Yet this mystical, spiritual sexual experience is one of the best kept sex secrets around.
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The closest I’ve ever come to such a spontaneous, divine experience involved my life-force energy shooting up from the base of my spine during an orgasm. It happened when I was with my ex-lover and I found myself blissfully lost in a purplish-turned-white light that went beyond my body.
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People who have been swept into transcendent ecstasy, according to developmental psychologist Dr. Jenny Wade, have reported:
— Seeing visions;
— Feeling heat, light and energy waves throughout the body;
— Reliving past lives;
— Seeing the face of God;
— Paranormal powers;
— Being visited by gods;
— Feeling possessed by spirits;
— Working with natural forces;
— Nothingness, whiteness, pure bliss;
— One with everything – there is no “me” or time;
— A lack of sensory channels;
— Time travel;
— Enlightenment.
It sounds more like someone blew a few circuit breakers in the electrical system of their brain rather than they found violations of several physical laws.
Six years jail for sex on the beach
Some countries take their prohibitions against sexual freedom very seriously. In some places you could get up to six years in jail for having sex with someone not your spouse in a public place:
A British businesswoman is facing up to six years in a Dubai jail after she was allegedly caught having sex on a beach.
Michelle Palmer, 30, was arrested on 5 July, along with another Briton believed to be a male tourist.
The Foreign Office confirmed that two British nationals had been arrested and the case was under investigation.
The Sun newspaper said Ms Palmer had been charged with having sex outside marriage, indecent behaviour in public and being drunk in public.
If you want to partake in Dr. Joe’s cure for everything I suggest checking the local laws first. Getting your daily dose in prison might not be as healthy or as pleasant as the stuff you get on the outside.
Use it or lose it
I’m not surprised but it’s nice to have the numbers to back it up:
There’s new advice for older men who want to preserve their sexual function: have sex, and have it often, researchers say.
In a study that followed nearly 1,000 older Finnish men for five years, researchers found that those who were regularly having sex at the start of the study were at lower risk of developing erectile dysfunction (ED) by the study’s end.
In fact, the more often the men had sex, the lower their ED risk.
The implication, say the researchers, is that men should be encouraged to stay sexually active into their golden years.
Dr. Juha Koskimaki and colleagues at the University of Tampere in Finland report the findings in the American Journal of Medicine. The study included 989 men who were between the ages of 55 and 75 at the outset.
Overall, those who said they had sex less than once per week were twice as likely to develop ED over the next five years as men who had sex at least once a week. Furthermore, compared with men who had sex three or more times per week, their ED risk was increased nearly four-fold.
This reminds me. At the reunion our classmate Les Schillings asked me how Barb managed to stay so young looking. I told him, “lots of sex” and you should have seen Barb blush as she explained “Joe’s cure for everything.” A half hour later or so John Anderson asked Barb how she managed to stay so young and she asked me to tell him. John responded with, “That doesn’t seem to be working for me. Maybe I need to be having sex with your wife.” I said that could be true and got a fresh blush out of Barb. I should have asked if he thought I could rent her out.
Another reason to like Scalia
This seems like as good a time as any to bring this to peoples attention:
I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.
Antonin Scalia
September 2004
Full-throated?
I never been called this before:
Joe Huffman, the full-throated Second Amendment activist
For some reason that brings to mind “deep throat” and there is no version of that phrase that applies to me. Particularly in the context of the Pink Pistols as was the case in this post.
It must be something new. The rest of the post was nice. I think it was a compliment.