I haven’t seen the article yet but it’s supposedly out:
Idaho Magazine–Outdoor Sports: It’s a Blast, by Barbara A. Scott.
In the spirit of full disclosure–the potential exists for some bias in the article. I’ve been sleeping with the author for over 30 years now. It was a long term investment and I’m hoping it paid off.
Thanks to David for bringing this to our attention. I named this plan Porn for Peace several months ago after Ry and I outlined the basics of it nearly three years ago.
That are lots of other implications for the data supplied in this posting. Think on this for a while:
Up to 70% of files exchanged between Saudi teenagers’ mobile phones contain pornography, according to a study in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.
The study quoted in Arab News focussed on the phones of teenagers detained by religious police for harassing girls.
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The men of Islam are obsessed with sex beyond even the wildest imaginings of the Western male’s mind. And the obsession is far from healthy and even further from reality.
We frequently joke about men’s preoccupation with sex and female body parts in the West, but our fascination with “T&A” is nothing when you consider that the Muslim world is literally consumed by female sexuality and with their fear of it. It is ironic that both Muslim men and women are under the mistaken impression that Western society is oversexualized compared to them, when in fact, it is practically impossible to be more obsessed with sexual matters than they are in Muslim communities.
Since my post on my colonoscopy last week was so popular (over 100 referrals in the last 16 hours) I thought I might bump the readership numbers still more by reposting something from UseNet from nearly 17 years ago. The details of my vasectomy:
From joe@proto.COM Wed Aug 15 11:59:07 1990
Path: proto!joe
From: joe@proto.COM (Joe Huffman)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Vasectomy
Summary: I am pleased with the results.
Message-ID: <1392@proto.COM>
Date: 15 Aug 90 18:59:07 GMT
References: <SCOTTP.90Aug14093250@bwdlh461.bnr.ca>
Distribution: misc
Organization: Prototronics; Sandpoint, Idaho
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(Scott Pace) writes:
> I would like to hear from anyone out there who has experienced a
> vasectomy (or knows someone who has).What do you want to know? As a means of birth control it has been successful.
I got mine about 2 years ago and I haven’t got anybody pregnant yet.The operation was relatively painless. The doctor and I talked about
computer programming most of the time during the surgery. I had some
slight internal bleeding in the scrotum area that left a bruise appearing
discoloration for about a week and a half. This is normal. The doctor
told me to take some pain pills before the novacaine wore off, go home put
a ice pack under my shorts and go to bed for the afternoon.
I got bored in bed and keep waiting for the pain to kick in after the
novacaine wore off but it NEVER did ache or hurt. I finally got up and
went to work on my computer in the other room. No orgasms allowed for
one week after the surgery (one of the toughest parts of the whole thing).
No heavy physical activity allowed either. It was a bit tender for a week
or two but no big deal as long as the kids didn’t jump on me. A month after
the surgery it was nearly impossible to see the incision marks. In 2 months
it was impossible. I had to use other methods of birth control until I got a
0 sperm count. That normally takes about 3 months. My first count (at 3
months post surgery) was 2 dead ones. A month later it came back 0. So 4
months past before other methods were deemed unnecessary.—–
>>>DETAILED<<< DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE FOLLOWS
—–The doctor had a pre-surgery consultation and advised me of all the risks.
The ones I remember were:
1) About 1 out of 200 fail and have to be redone.
2) Some number (I forget how many) develop a nodule at the point of
blockage. This may get as large as 3/4 of an inch in diameter. Usually it
is painless but sometimes it must be removed with surgery. I think I have a
very small occurance of that on my right side.
3) It should be considered permanent. Reversal rate is about 80% but it is
much more involved, more costly, and of course less successful.This was our GP and I asked how many he had performed, he told me about
300. I asked about complications that he had observed. He told me that he
had one patient that had to be redone, he had done nothing different in that
case that he was aware of. One patient was riding his motercycle about
three days later and ending up pushing it some distance when the engine
failed and he was bedridden for a couple days afterwards. With one
procedure the guy was more nervous than most but made it through one side
without freaking out. The doctor put in the stich on that side and said,
“Now we’ll do the OTHER side.” At which point the patient did ‘freak’ for
a while. 🙂He instructed me to shave the front of my scrotum the morning of the
surgery. The surgery was to be at about 10:00 AM. I went in a bit early
and they started early due to a previous patient canceling. The nurse
(Viki, beautiful woman, but that’s irrelevent, or is it?) had me take off my
pants and lay down. She draped my stomach -> thigh area with sterile
sheets with an opening for my scrotum and penis. She complemented me on
the shaving I had done and said she wouldn’t have to do any more. She then
scrubbed the front of my scrotum for (a timed) five minutes. We had a nice
chat about how it had worked out for her and her husband (she was very
pleased and indicated he hadn’t had any problems with it). She draped
that area and got the doctor. He put on latex gloves and manipulated the
vas deferens to the front of the scrotum (it is normally near the rear).
He then used a clamp to hold it place near the surface while he got the
syringe in his hand. He warned that this would hurt for a little bit. He
poked the needle upwards skewering the vas deference lengthwise, this HURT
until he started injecting the material. He then pulled the needle out of
the vas deferens, but not the scrotum, and repeated in the downward
direction. He then made an incision about 3/8 inch long vertically above
the vas deferens between the jaws of the clamp where he had made the
injection. He cauterized a few blood vessels that were bleeding and
pulled the vas deferens out of the scrotum so that about a 1 inch section
was exposed. I could feel some tugging on my testicles but it was not
painful. He ‘stripped’ the sheath that contains blood vessels from
around the vas deferens being careful keep damage to a minimum. When about
3/4 inches of the vas deferens was exposed he tied it off in two places
about 1/2 inch apart. He then used a scaphel to cut a section about 1/4
inch long from between the two places that were tied off. This section
was set aside to be set to a lab for “identification”. I asked if he had
ever had a lab report indicate he had made a mistake and he said, “No”
(then why do it? I didn’t ask, but I suspect it is insurance against
lawsuits). He then cauterized the two ends of the vas deferens. This was
to seal the ends (in addition to being tied off). He then put the severed
vas back in the scrotum and put in a single stitch.Repeat for the other side.
Through all the surgery Viki would come in and ask how things were going
and chatted with us a bit. The doctor had a mother cat that had kittens and
Viki had picked up one of the kittens a couple weeks earlier…They gave me some pain pills (which I only used one doseage of), some gauze,
and instructions on how to care for the incision site. No big deal, I was
to keep it dry for 24 hours, and change the dressing if it became blood
soaked. I had some minor external bleeding for about 1 1/2 days and had to
keep the gauze pads in place to avoid bleeding on my underwear.From the time I walked in until I walked out it took about an hour and 45
minutes. Actual surgery was about 50 minutes or so.I think it was about 4 days later I went in and had the stitches removed.
Anything I left out?
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netcom!proto!joe
joe@proto.com
Xenia is polling people about their sex education. If you have a Live Journal account you can participate. Even if you don’t you can still view most of the results.
Maybe it’s just because I’m up way too late and tired but I thought this was funny:
If a healthy sexuality is something you desire, then you have a responsibility to know as much about yourself as possible and a responsibility to freely communicate that information with yourself and your partner. As responsible adults, we encourage you to pull your weight and masturbate.
The 10 Real Reasons Why Geeks Make Better Lovers
This includes such things as:
Geeks don’t shock easily
Geeks have seen all the porn you can imagine and then some, priming them to be open to your sexual peccadilloes. They are not only less likely to be shocked by your exotic requests — they might not even realize that other people think your turn-ons are exotic.
Conversely, your geek lover might be relieved that your wildest fantasy involves only two other people, five utensils and a trapeze.
Geeks know kinky people
Geeks haven’t just seen a variety of positions, kinks and fetishes in blue movies. They know (or are) people who enjoy those things, so they don’t dismiss entire categories of sexual interests as the sole province of a bunch of weirdos in San Francisco.
It’s hard to sustain prejudice and bias against an abstract group when you develop relationships with individuals and discover they’re just like you. It doesn’t matter if they dress up like ponies, or refuse to conform to a societal idea of gender norms, or eat pancakes for dinner. Geek lovers know better than to try to impose their sexual preferences or standards on others — including your friends — and are more likely to love and let love.
Sorry– almost 600 words here, but I think you’ll like it.
My wife recently told me she might run for mayor of our small town.
Not being one to miss out on a good argument, I started strafing her with questions until I decided to try one I’ve been saving for a while:
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Is there anything, anything at all, in human life or endeavor that you consider to be absolutely none of government’s business whatsoever?
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She had to pause and think for a bit, because (and this is the point) few people ever consider the question. She disappointed me slightly by blurting out what I would have predicted (I bet 90% of you have already come up with the same answer): “Sex.” Then she caught herself, “Uh, between consenting adults, uh, of consenting age, uh, twenty-one.”
Age of consent, 21? That was a real surprise to me, coming from her. No matter. I then asked her, “You don’t favor government funding for AIDS research”?
“Uh…”
“Should government be given any role in STD statistics gathering, prevention, cures, or any such related matters?”
“Uh…”
Clearly, most people, when backed into a corner thus, will eventually admit that they do indeed believe government has some business in our sex lives, and that’s even before you get to the product of sex– children, and with that– raising children, child custody, child support, compulsory education, sex education and family law. (When our first baby was born, we were visited by a government case worker who interviewed us and inspected our house, clipboard in hand, to make sure we were fit to keep and raise our own child)
Again I asked: “Is there anything at all that should be entirely beyond the jurisdiction of government?”
“Yes– private matters. Some things are private”
“Such as..? We go to our neighbor down the street and buy a dozen eggs each week (they keep a few chickens). Is that a private matter?”
“Yes”
“I agree, but that $52 has to be declared to the IRS. Now let’s say word gets around and eventually everyone in our town goes to that neighbor and buys a dozen eggs each week. That’s around 500 dozen eggs per week, or $26,000 per year in gross revenue. Is that government’s business?”
“Yes, we have to collect taxes…but we could barter for the eggs. We can do yard work for the neighbor in return for the eggs.” (this is one of the infinite variations of; ‘other people should be taxed, sure, but we can find a way to sneak around it for ourselves without getting caught.’ This particular, instant knee-jerk reaction tells us a lot about politics all by itself).
“Sorry. That’s a taxable transaction according to the IRS, and if barter were to be made officially non taxable, you’d see a major shift in the economy as people found ways to barter and avoid taxation. Would you support that?”
“No. We have to collect taxes.”
On it went. The bottom line is; my wife’s initial reaction was that, certainly, there are many things that are properly none of government’s business. However, she would eventually say that each aspect of our lives, once I questioned her further, is actually government’s business in some way.
I ask you to consider the question, in this age wherein we have fallen to discussing (seriously, even) a ban on light bulbs, in this the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave: Can you name anything at all within the realm of human activity that in your opinion should be absolutely none of any government’s business whatsoever?
It could have been a lot worse. I expected they would spend at least some time in jail. But they didn’t. I think it’s a fair sentence. Being that stupid is generally it’s own punishment.
I originally posted about these guys here.
No, this is not about following up on Captain Kirk’s example of sex with green alien women–although I can see that having an exotic appeal.
Tree Hugger magazine (yes, the magazine actually exists) is advocating green sex. Check these articles out:
I can see how the mantra “reduce, reuse, recycle” needs some modification in dealing with condoms. And I don’t have any problem with the advice to shower with a friend but they are also advocating turning off the lights. What!!!??? How are we going to see anything on the video tape afterward?
Ms. Dewey has been reported on before but I decided to test out how she handled the topic of guns. I did repeated searches for “gun” and I was rather pleased in how she handled it. Plenty of snark without being anti-rights.
Similar satisfactory results came with searches for:
Of course I expect lonely geeks will spend lots of time asking her sexual questions. I’m happy to report I spent less than an hour doing that.
Gay marriage may take some time to make it to all 50 states but just like the concealed carry of firearm reforms that swept the nation in the past decade we are now seeing gay marriage start a relentless march. New Jersey has now decided that the gay cooties (thanks to Say Uncle for turning me on to that phrase) aren’t all that big of a concern. See also my other posts on this topic:
I’m reminded of a quote pointed out to me by Kevin Baker:
Basically, I figure guns are like gays: They seem a lot more sinister and threatening until you get to know a few; and once you have one in the house, you can get downright defensive about them.
Teresa Neilson Hayden
Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation.
Larry Flynt
[In some ways I’m envious.–Joe]
Last week, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld Alabama’s 1998 sex law. The court said states have a “legitimate rational basis” for making rules to preserve public morality.
That law bans nude dancing, limits where strip clubs and X-rated theaters can go, and bans the sale of any device whose main purpose is to stimulate human genitals.
Hmmm. Does that make Viagra a sex toy?
Lee Roop
February 18, 2007
I call a cease-fire in the war on sex toys
Huntsville Times
[I’m reminded of a conversation I had with Barb and Xenia yesterday. Xenia told us of one of the Moscow Idaho high school teachers commented to her about her older brother James and discussions in government class. Paraphrasing, “Sometimes he was ultra conservative. Sometimes he would take a completely liberal position. You just never knew.” As I told Barb and Xenia, “Some people are very confused by freedom.” And I could have added that most people don’t want freedom. I wonder how well the folks in Alabama would get along with Xenia when she posts about celebrating Vagina Day. It’s probably a good thing I didn’t take her to Space Camp in Huntsville during the middle of February.–Joe]
I always regarded it as sort of personal quirk without need of a “fixing” but I found it very “deflating”, shall we say, to have one of the kids knock on the door while my wife and I are engaged in certain intimate activities let along for them to actually be in the room. That personal quirk aside, I never understood why some people would regard it as child abuse or endangering of a child’s welfare for them to see such activity. After all, animals engage in that sort of activity in front of their young without apparent harm. And what about very primitive human societies without doors that can be locked? Do those children, or animals, that see those sort of activities suffer some sort of harm? I think we can safely predict the results of those studies before someone spends X million dollars of government grant money on the topic.
However such a study might help out this couple who I believe should be convicted of committing an act of stupidity not neglect:
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Woonsocket mother and her boyfriend are headed to trial on charges they had intercourse in front of the woman’s 9-year-old daughter as a way to teach the girl about sex.
Rebecca Arnold, of Woonsocket, and her boyfriend, David Prata, have pleaded not guilty to felony child-neglect charges. A pre-trial conference is scheduled for next month.
When questioned by an investigator from the state Department of Children, Youth and Families, Prata, 33, said he and Arnold, 36, had sex “all the time” in front of the child and that “we don’t believe in hiding anything.”
He said the girl would often be on the bed watching as the couple had sex. Though they did not ask her to leave, they also did not force her to remain on the bed, Prata said.
I have to admit I have a rather small sample compared to theirs but from my research this study is way off the mark:
On average, most women say they would have no problem abandoning sex for over a year if it meant they could get their hands on a new wardrobe. Two percent of the 1,000 women in 10 cities surveyed were ready to abstain from sex for three years in exchange for new duds.
When asked whether giving up sex for a month would be worse than losing a loved piece of clothing, 61 percent said they’d rather give up getting down and dirty. 48 percent, taking part in the survey by consumer products giant Unilever said their favorite article of clothing was more reliable than their man in giving them confidence and making them feel sexy.
“Some people say clothes make the man, but the right clothes can even replace him,” fashion designer, stylist and TV personality Carson Kressley from the reality TV show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” said in a statement accompanying the poll.
Same-sex marriage supporters introduce measure requiring heterosexual couples to have children. If you are going to insist that the purpose of marriage is the rearing of children then to be consistent you should be opposed to marriage between heterosexual couples that are unable or have no plans to have children.
Some people had that one coming.
And these are women who deliberately seek out this mutilation:
WEALTHY Australian women are jetting to Los Angeles for the hot new trend in plastic surgery — genital “rejuvenation”.
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The doctor said surgery on the female genitals, which can include reshaping the outer genitals (labiaplasty), became the hottest trend in plastic surgery in 2006 in response to the popularity of Brazilian-style waxing.
“The extra skin women could hide before is now totally visible,” he said.
Interesting stuff. And not just because of the sexual aspects:
WASHINGTON: When Robert Steinbuch discovered his girlfriend had discussed intimate details about their sex life in her online diary, the Capitol Hill staffer didn’t just get mad. He got a lawyer.
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If the case goes to trial, its outcome will be important both to bloggers and to people who chronicle their lives on sites such as MySpace.
Dr. Joe’s cure for everything, more sex, works for a lot of things but I have my doubts about this:
WHO?
All Men and Women, you and everyone you know.WHERE?
Everywhere in the world, but especially in countries with weapons of mass destruction.WHEN?
Solstice Day — Friday, December 22nd, at the time of your choosing, in the place of your choosing and with as much privacy as you chose.WHY?
To effect positive change in the energy field of the Earth through the input of the largest possible surge of human energy, a Synchronized Global Orgasm.
I’m fine with most of it but I think someone needs to take some physics classes because their understanding of energy and fields is more than a little wacked.
I’ll particpate and encourage Barb to help out because it can’t do any harm and it was on my list of things to do anyway but these people are nuts.
Now they are taxing sex. It’s an extension of the “pleasure tax”:
The sex levy is part of the “pleasure tax,” which originally placed a duty on casinos and arcades and was later extended to include brothels, massage parlors and table-dancing clubs.
Okay. So it’s only on the business sex. But they also pay other taxes:
The city’s finance department was not able to say how many prostitutes worked in the city as individual tax numbers could be registered to entire brothels. Prostitution is legal in Germany, where sex workers also have to pay income and value-added taxes.
Value-added tax? I”m going to have to think about that one for a while…