Sex...Clothing...Sex...Clothing.... hm....

I mean, I'm sure you all know the answer to this... but here is a fun little post.


http://www.styledash.com/2007/02/08/women-chose-clothes-over-sex/

Women chose clothes over sex

| Posted Feb 8th 2007 10:48AM by Jonathon Morgan
Filed under: Head to Toe

You may have suspected as much -- hell, you probably knew this already -- but a recent survey proves it: women prefer clothes to sex.

On average, they'd be willing to give up sex for 15 months for an overhaul of their closet -- 2 percent would be willing to go without for 2 years in exchange for a new wardrobe. (Although, let's be fair, it's possible these women weren't having any sex in the first place.) 61 percent of the 1,000 women participants would rather abstain from sex for a month than lose their favorite article of clothing.

Clothing also stays with women longer -- with the average woman holding on to her favorite garment at least one year longer than any one relationship -- and is better for self-esteem.

So next time my fiance's mind wanders, I can be confident that -- chances are -- she's not thinking of some other guy, but rather a new top, or that old, reliable outfit that just won't go away.

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And, special thanks to S. Vincent for dubbing me his blogger of the week. I guess its my first "recognition" from a fellow blogger hence the excitement.

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i just realized my "m" button keeps getting stuck so pardon any ispellings you ay notice... thanks

Just to add to your "what is the world comming to " thoughts...

Snickers is pulling the ad it had on durring the superbowl...the really funny one with the two guys and the Lady and the Tramp moment...because of guy rights groups protests

also, this new one, Suicide-prevention group protests GM Super Bowl ad

We are weetarded...

Posted by Arbella on Thursday, February 08, 2007 at 9:33 PM

Just be grateful its not a survey

Look, I could post tons of bulletins but i choose to post tons of blogs instead - I'm in property... what else do you want me to do? Here is my collection of fun articles.... 1. Another one jumps into the race - Sen Biden has thrown his hat in the ring. And, while most presidential hopefuls are busy making keynote speeches and doing political news interviews, Biden is scheduled to appear on the Daily Show 2. Husband pisses wife off - except this husband is an important political figure and this wife decided to take the fight to the media - the front page of the newspapers to be exact. 3. Don't know what the CIA was thinking here... look at this guy's face... would you want to kidnap him? 4. Random Urine Testing: FOR ALCOHOL! Yep, kids are going to start getting tested for weekend drinking. 5. LaRouche continues to terrorize: Folks, if you see these LaRouche people, avoid them like the plague. They aren't "like a cult" they ARE a cult. These kids get paid to sever contacts with family and support LaRouche - LaRouche is nobdoy. He is not a real political figure. He will not be president. And don't think these kids are smart - whatever argument you make, they ignore and continue on their path - they try to make you feel dumb and the more frustrated you get, the dumber you sound. Give it up! (On a side note, these people crashed the Dem Convention one year and the Berkeley Dems got in a huge "singing" war with them - sounds gay huh? but it was invigorating. After that they began tabling on campus calling us the children of the devil. aww, so sweet!)

Who remembers Giggles?

How many of you remember Giggle's? Remember several years back when Giggle's was open to all ages - I believe it was on Tuesday nights during the summers (and spring break). Man, Emily and I loved going to Giggles and doing our thing - of course, it was a whole bunch of Jr High/HS drama but you gotta admit, we had fun. And for most of us, it was our first chance to go to a "club."

Well, what I bet you didn't know all this time was that Giggle's student nights were put on by two community activists (one of them being Dick Seeley - you may remember the name if you keep up with Glendale politics) and the money raised from the event over the years was donated to the Glendale Community Foundation for Scholarships!

So, all that "partying" was actually productive and thanks to us, some high school students will get a couple bucks towards college. Doesn't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy?


(Excerpt from the Glendale Community Foundation website:)

When Marilyn Wiechmann and Dick Seeley began their "Giggles Dance Nights" in 1995, they could hardly anticipate the legacy they would be creating.

And when area students began dancing their brains out at the Brand Blvd. nightclub they could never have imagined that they would be helping future area students.

But that's exactly what they ended up doing by selling enough tickets to the periodic Wednesday night student dances that they were able to contribute more than $3,500 to the Glendale Scholarship Fund at the Glendale Community Foundation.

And when Edmond and Garnik Galoostian began donating the use of their Brand Blvd. business as a safe and secure place for local high schoolers, they simply wanted to help today's kids. But they put in motion the means by which as many as 1,500 kids a year attended the dances, paying $10 at the door for a night of dancing, pizza, soda and pool.

A mixture of students from both public and private high schools in La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, and Glendale, the dances made an inadvertent profit. When their administration was turned over to the Glendale Family YMCA earlier this year, Wiechmann and Seeley turned to the Community Foundation.

"We felt that the kids who have come to the dances over the years would want the profits to be used for other students," said Wiechman. "So, after talking with staff of the Community Foundation, we found that Chuck Sambar had started an endowed scholarship fund that would provide a steady stream of earnings for future kids. And we liked that these scholarships would be for either college or vocational students."

Seeley added, " The history of the Community Foundation gave us peace of mind that the money will be well used for many years to come."

Microsoft - a losing battle.

I know, tech is totally not my thing and i should just stay out of it. But the Apple v. Microsoft ordeal is just too interesting.

In sixth grade, my teacher had a computer in the classroom - of course, it was a Mac. He loved his Mac and would give us little demo's on Macs and "email" (a bizarre concept to me at the time) and would talk to some of the techy kids in our class about the Mac v. PC. A few years later, my parents bought a computer (Tandy? or something....) - and I was disappointed. The Mac format seemed so much easier to use - drop down menus etc. And just as I started to get used to using Windows... windows began tweaking its programs (suddenly there was drop downs and a start menu... hm). I remember being a kid and thinking... Gee, is Microsoft copying Mac?

Years went by - Microsoft built its empire/monopoly and then, Apple started to make its comeback. The comeback was pushed along with the release of the Ipod which soon took over the mp3 player market leaving other (some even better) players in the dust.

Since then, Microsoft seems to be losing ground and popularity - yes yes, I know, Microsoft is still huge - its on every computer and Microsoft owns everything. I got it. But did you read the Zune reviews? The basic consensus is that Microsoft took everything that users don't like about the ipod (that stupid wheel thing) and COPIED it and then took everything that people LOVED about ipod and, well, CHANGED it. They can't yet compete with the extensive iTunes store and every "innovative" thing they tried to add on Zune was a pathetic attempt to be cool (yay, you can "send" your music to your friend's zune - but they can only listen to it 3 times - even if it's not copyrighted material!!!! - so whats the point? no one will ever use it!). Zune will fail unless some rap group comes out with some catchy jingle about it (hey, it worked for vans and nikes didn't it?). And, while microsoft was busy trying to copy the iPod success formula, Apple was busy creating the awesome iPhone and apple TV. (Check out the iPhone on their website... its pretty neat though I'm not a fancy phone person myself).

So sad that Microsoft lacks such innovation! Apparently they've created a new Word program... and (SURPRISE) it resembles the Apple formats (ribbons instead of drop down menus). And, according to the first review i've read... it sucks.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/04/technology/wordreview_fsb.fsb/index.htm?postversion=2007010513

Be careful when you wake up in the mornings...

Be careful when you wake up in the mornings...

Because 600 Americans die each year by falling out of bed.

This is a very interesting article about how we fear possibilities instead of probabilities....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/26/cover.story.tm/index.html

(It talks about how we obsess over germs and the bird flu but still smoke and drive without seat belts....)

Also, this story and a friend's recent bulletin reminded me of something i posted last year...

The holidays are the deadliest time of the year.... and no, its not just because of drunk drivers on New Years Eve. Since everyone is surrounded by families and good cheer, people have a tendency to put off their health. This season is marked by an increase in the number of heart attack deaths because many people don't want to burden their families or take time out of the busy holiday schedule to go see a doctor when they know something is wrong. Everyone figures, "I'll just wait until after New Years... first week in January I'll go see a doctor"

Some people don't make it to that first week. So, everyone... stop worrying about the bird flu, be sure to take care of yourselves this holiday season and make sure you keep an eye on the ones you love.

Oh yes, and happy belated thanksgiving :)

(and quit smoking already damnit!)