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Survey says...
M-E-N
1) 94% of men lie about their penis size. According to condom manufacturers, only 6% of men use extra large condoms.
2) The average man is 5 inches long when erect(contrary to what you have heard ladies and that's the truth).
3) 80% of American men are circumcised, even though Pediatricians say it is completely and utterly unnecessary.
4) No matter what all the ads say, nothing can make your penis grow but time (most men reach the end of their growth by the early 20's)
5) There is no correlation [whatsoever] between penis size and shoe/hand or nose size.
6) Blue balls does exist! The technical medical terminology is prostatic congestion.
7) Only 16% of men shave their privates.
W-O-M-E-N
1) Only 9% of women around the globe consider themselves "attractive" (20% of British women do).
2) FYI about women:
- 43% of women use the term "natural"
- 24% say they have "average" looks
- 8% prefer the term "feminine"
- 7% refer to themselves as either "good looking" or "cute" respectively and finally
- only 2% of women say they are "sexy"
3) An estimated 85% of women wear the wrong size bra.
4) 60% of women have had breast implants.
5) 75% of women don't like oral sex
6) 95% of women shave their privates.
FYI
- Masturbation is actually deemed medically healthy for both men and women.
- 70% of high schoolers have had sex before they have graduated. 27% loose their virginity senior prom night. Only 3% wait until marriage.
- 95% of men would have sex with a girl after 1 month of dating. Only 10% of women feel this way.
BONUS***5 Reasons Why Sex is Good***
1) It is a good workout. Sex burns about 150 calories every half an hour in duration. It will lower your cholesterol and improve breathing and circulation.
2) You won't get sick. According to research if you have sex up to twice a week you are less likely to get sick.
3) You'll feel happier and will have a greater sense of well-being. Women who have more sex were clinically proven to be less depressed than women who don't have sex.
4) Makes you look better. Sex releases hormones in you which make your skin and hair softer and shinier and tone your physique.
5) (The best reason yet!) You will live longer. Studies have proven that sex can lengthen you life. Men who had sex 1-2 times a week had half the death rateas those
Quote of my day
I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Matthew LaCroix" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "Fuck you."
dear diary
so it's midnight on a thursday and i'm bored like hell, with nothing else to do but try this out and see how it all goes.
i'd guess it's something akin to keeping a diary (never done that before - but worth a shot right?) i mean it's suppoesed to be theraputic - although how theraputic can disclosing potentially harmful, and intimately personal information about my deepest darkest persona actually be [rhetorical right?]
anyhow...for any of you out there reading my budding blogspot and have any words of wisdom, friendly advice, parting shots, etc., just let me know - oh, and uh..wish me luck!
anansi: dear diary
the 2nd day
Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workouts to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end whenever the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home. He knows only The Cause
Asheru
I am the stone that the builder refused
I am the visual, the inspiration
That made Lady Sing the Blues...
I'm the spark that makes your idea bright
The same spark that lights the dark
So that you can know your left from your right...
I am the ballot in the box, the bullet in the gun
The innerglow that lets you know
To call your brother sun...
The 'story' that just begun
The 'promise' of what's to come
And I'ma remain a soldier 'til the war is won
Today's opinion...
9/11 is really one big Rorschach Test to the US...Everyone really does see something different.
Each time the event is rehashed on or during its anniversary there's a slew of 'docu-dramas', and "accounts" of what the causes where [or may have been - who knows anymore] and no tangible evidence[because everything linked to WMDs nowadays]...and each scenario seems subjective [or biased or skewed in some way] to me.
Remember when there were websites that had to do with what "really happened" on that day? There must've been tons of them then and there was more speculation as to what exactly had been the reasons behind the attack...? Well, it's 5 years later and we've yet to properly memorialize the near 3000 lives lost on that horrible day; although the conspiracy theories have quelled a bit, one still can't help but wonder where exactly we all took the "wrong turn" in the hunt for the wrong doer[s].
It's 5 years later and we're no better secured[theoretically speaking] today than we were then and I can't help but wonder if our present administration's actions to date was nothing more than a petty hitlist construed to remove opposition [granted Saddam Hussein's removal is a good thing in my book, by any means].
Draw Yourself
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I recently began posting on Artxilla [a forum for artwork and the like] and just though it would be nice to give some regonition to the forum for anyone interested.
Big Ups Artxilla! Keep up the good work guys.
One fine day in the middle of the night
Two dead boys got up to fight,
Back to back they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot each other,
One was blind and the other couldn't, see
So they chose a dummy for a referee.
A blind man went to see fair play,
A dumb man went to shout "hooray!"
A paralysed donkey passing by,
Kicked the blind man in the eye,
Knocked him through a nine inch wall,
Into a dry ditch and drowned them all,
A deaf policeman heard the noise,
And came to arrest the two dead boys,
If you don't believe this story's true,
Ask the blind man he saw it too!
God
- Armstrong, Karen, A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Ballantine Books, 1994. ISBN 0-434-02456-2
- Pickover, Cliff, The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience, Palgrave/St Martin's Press, 2001. ISBN 1-4039-6457-2
1.6M baby daddies
Creating slaves
Today, 30% of DNA paternity tests prove that the man involved is not the father of the child in question. Currently more than 300,000 such tests are done each year. Since it is unlikely that these paternity tests were done without an underlying reason, almost certainly involving payment of child support, there are thus over 90,000 men who have been falsely accused of paternity each year.
Maybe if we didn't encourage such behavior by enslaving men to pay for it we wouldn't have so much of it? But courts are notorious for continuing child support even when it has been proven the man named is not the biological father. With few exceptions we can assume that a minimum of 90,000 men a year are being indentured for onerous payments for a period of at least 18 years in the United States. That would suggest that, at a minimum, 1.6 million men are enslaved today by the courts to pay for other men's children (90,000 men per year for 18 years).
The sample size of 300,000+ DNA tests a year suggests that, as an upper limit, 30% of all children are conceived by a man other than the one named by the mother. With ~4 million children now born each year in the United States, 1.2 million men are likely victims of paternity fraud each year.
It can be presumed that by far the great majority of these deceived men are enslaved by the courts and the mother's lies to support these children until at least age 18. Therefore, as many as 21 million men are indentured today, either by marriage or the courts to pay much of their income for children they have no biological ties to.
From the lower limit of 1.6 million men proven to be current victims of paternity fraud to the upper estimate of 21 million, the middle ground of 10 million men presently enslaved by this fraud appears reasonable. For comparison, there were 3,953,696 slaves in the United States were counted in the 1860 census.
Four million slaves in 1860 were the catalyst for a terrible Civil War in which nearly a million men were killed or wounded. Out of that crucible came the lesson enshrined in the Thirteenth Amendment to our Federal Constitution: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Most states, use similar language [in their state constituions]. Unequivocally, Article II, Section 26 of the Colorado Constitution states: "There shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted." I have no wish to quarrel with that stark dictate. But Colorado judges seem to and tens of thousands of men here are indentured or imprisoned to pay for children not theirs.
Punishing men for their wife's adultery
Roughly 12% of men who refuse to pay child support do so because they are not the father. Yet when a man doesn't pay support for a child that he has proven is not his progeny, under current law and practice, Colorado labels him a "Deadbeat Dad," takes his drivers and other professional licenses away (making it almost impossible for him to work), and then throws him in jail for contempt of court. That often occurs without a hearing and certainly without a jury trial. A man can get out of prison for murder based on DNA evidence but can't get out of child support payments or jail based on the same conclusive evidence.
Colorado, like many states, is undergoing a budget crisis. But it appears it is cheaper to take an uppity, rebellious slave and throw him in jail for not supporting another man's child, than to offer him justice and freedom. To say nothing of the taxes a free man might pay to support a just state. So we continue to build jails to hold slaves rather than uphold clear Constitutional dictates.
Four million slaves sparked our last Civil War. A conservative estimate shows there are now 10 million men indentured by paternity fraud under draconian court orders from which they cannot escape. Demonstrably, these men have committed no crime of which they were duly convicted.
Charles E. Corry, Ph.D., F.G.S.A. is currently the President, Equal Justice Foundation and frequently works 'to promote equal treatment of the sexes under the law.'
I found Dr. Corry's newsletter about false paternity claims while scouring the net, and thought it interesting enough to excerp a bit of it for my blog. Although I haven't been able to verify the figures he is presenting, I have been able to corraborate the findings he has used in this particular newletter.
Throughout the article there are active links which I've kept intact that back up his thesis and opinion. It brings to focus a very interesting point, however, that so many men are being burdened with the fiscal responsibilities of their wife's adultery [even after being released paternally by DNA testing]. I've taken the liberty of adding a link to a case which occured recently in Texas that mirrors the very circumstances which Dr. Corry discusses in the preceeding article (see: Tim's Story).
Untitled
of daft and subjugative bigotry...
when i combat the verbal masturbation
and hypocrisy that occurs with anonymity...
or battle those who seek to obfusticate and disseminate untruths
through self-righteousness and duplicity...
My pen is HUGE...and bears the wrath of my vocabulary.
Can You Hear Me Now?!
Clearly, Verizon does not want its customers to fully make use of their phone's capabilities & potential. Their phones all support these various options, but Verizon has instructed the manufactuerers to disable the best and most capable features on all of them. They proudly cripple every phone they keep in their inventory and make no qualms about it; 
they take the gamble that consumers will pay for everything (and boy do they ever!), even when it obviously should be included. I bought a Samsung SCH-A950 with a $175 termination fee for my Sprint account when I switched, along with a $250 price tag for the phone, a $30 leather holster that was thrown in "free" by Sophia the seductive sales clerk (although there was a mysterious $30 surcharge on my reciept) and it included only what's listed below.
- 1. Phone (Crippled)
- 2. Battery
- 3. Charger
$485 later.....and that's IT!!
Yes!...that's it - no flash cards (my girlfriend Ramona got me one when I was out to visit her in GA for $100+ last year) no software or cd's no usb cables (apparently another $75-100) - nothing nada zip zilch goose egg zero. I can accept not allowing bluetooth to work the way it's supposed to so they can make there money, but to flat out have the phone not allow copying mp3's to the phone so I can use them as ringtones is to frakkin' much! And this has nothing to do with DRM either.
I tried my BT/AirCard transferring my files, and still the phone is blocked from doing that. I had a Sanyo PM8200 from Sprint and found dozens of sites with all the links in the world to d'load music and content for free to the phone; I know the same ain't true for the Samsung but at least that blasted phone had a walkie talkie built in so I could chitchat with friends for free. I did call Sprint by the way [side note: they never did get the transfer/termination fee from Verizon when i shifted networks and claimed I was in "breach of contract" after leaving them 3 days short of my contract end date] and checked the 'other' companies as well. There phones mostly come with not only a holster but transflash/SD cards, card-readers, usb cables, software, and tech suppourt that always seemed to sound a little confused about why Verizon blocks all the cool features in all of their products while claiming that their phones are "unocked".
Bottom Line: Money. Verizon wants to suck every last penny out of it's subscriber base's bank accounts [they're worse than TimeWarner if you can believe that].
Now, don't mistake me for the disgrintled ex-user who cries foul when the pushaman raised the prices on my addiction: I am not jilted about their services-as a matter of fact they're cool until you realize you don't really need 'em. It's all eye& ear candy and I have no problem with that, its what makes america the great and free capitalist society it is today. Just make sure I can actually get some decent use out of your product. I can at least still smoke something else in a crackpipe if I wanted to, correct?!
The A950 unfortunately, is one of the best concieved and designed yet, worst implemented pieces of technology I have seen in recent years. The hardware is nice (awesome resolution on the screen - great camera that takes crisp pix and an music player with a jog-shuttle wheel and dual speakers for max stereo output), but the manufacturer software and intended use has been horribly hobbled by Verizon. The user interface is a joke(menu items aren't in logical places), there is no computer interconnectivity for syncing or transferring contact or mp3 files: which lo and behold, you can only gain access to thru the proprietary VCast for $15/month on top of the $1.99 to $9.99 d'load fee. The transflash/SDMicro card has to be used in ways it wasn't intended (repeatedly installed and removed), there is no software in the phone fr file management (play lists, pictures etc.), you can't go back to playing automatically after hanging up a call, and the instruction manual doesn't really cover any of the features for which I obtained the phone to utilize. Add to that that by the time I got my first bill, I'd already racked up record charges for all the ancillary services that I HAD to subscribe to in order to have a fully functional product. 1000 SMS messages for $10/month - I hit that mark by lunch (I'm talking Clevelands yawl!).
I recently cleared things up with SprintPCS
[since my termination fee was never recieved by them and therefore placed me in their "bad" book] and ante'd up $200 for a Motorola Q - lemme tell ya this thing does it all: email, SMS, bluetooth, opens attachment (yes even PDFs)- at no extra cost! I can even remotely control my PP sales presentations with the push of a button on my motoQ but, like everything that runs on Windows it crashes every once in a while right when I need it the most and a quick reboot fixes all - typically. The icing is I get a corporate discount from Sprint because of the company I work for, can 'adjust' my plan whenever it suits me and I still got a hundred dollar rebate outta the whole deal (Yay!! take that whore-izon!).
I was gonna wait and buy an IPhone but, I'm gonna let the 20somethings and well-to-do fortune500 CEO wanna-be's pay the initial "stupid tax" on that product until the price lowers a bit (PS3 anyone?), plus only tree huggin' hippies and kindergarteners ever really use Apple's products and there's hardly any productivity software for the damn thing yet anyhow ("but porn just looks so much more colorful on a Mac"). I also happen to know that Cingular/AT&T don't have the most dependable service or quality in my area and they've got the market for that product for a couple of years at least.
All in all I wrote this blog to shed some light on a topic that needed it in my book: cell phone service providers' shoddy calling plans and shitty contracts which makes for a poor quality product that reflects badly on the manufacturer [Samsung I hope your taking notes] and the service provider.
Verizon's technology is something akin to a ho' who gets paid up front for the evening but graciously bows out after dinner when commitment time comes-a-harking. I hope no-one else ever falls prey to the perils of this nickle-and-dime strategem of service that Verizon Wireless offers....and if you ever do - just blog it!
The ups and downs of dating a female player
Listen in as one man shares what it's like to go outwith one of these irresistible but dangerous creatures: The female player.
Tonight would be the night, my friend Johnny told himself. He'd dated the lovely Sarah off and on--flirting with her over $15 cocktails at swanky clubs, trying to get closer and being pushed away. He finally decided to go for it--to show her how he really felt and pull her into his orbit once and for all. Off they went to New York for the weekend and all was going well. They laughed and kissed over dinner at a hip Japanese restaurant... that is, until a guy named Brad happened to appear. Sarah had mentioned to her "friend," as she called Brad, that she might be in town for the weekend, and let slip the name of the place where she and Johnny would be dining. Since Brad knew the hottest parties in town, Sarah thought the three of them could team up to hit a few. Before Johnny could raise any objections, his romantic date was co-opted into group outing--one where he was forced to watch Brad and Sarah bump and grind all night. The kicker? She ended up spending the rest of the weekend with Brad. And Johnny? He was devastated. He had no idea women acted that way. He'd been used... and it wasn't a pretty sensation.
Players. Long a label associated exclusively with men (James Bond, Mr. Big, and Alfie, to name a few),this term has increasingly become all too fitting fora growing number of women as well. Like their male counterparts, female players are always stringing along numerous suitors and thriving on all the attention--not to mention the flower deliveries. What makes her tick? And can we guys stop ourselves from falling for her? As someone who's dated one or two of these ladies (and recoils at the memory), let me share what I can on the subject.
First, the good news: Female player fact #1: There's a definite ego boost that comes from dating her. These women don't get all this attention from guys because they're wallflowers or plain Janes. They are dazzling conversationalists, well-dressed, and very capable flirts. Says Paul, 37, "I've dated a couple of women like this, and, I have to say, they present themselves in such a great way. It's like dating a character on Sex and the City. They're full of funny stories, and they always have beautiful hair,beautiful nails, great clothes. When you're out with one of them, you feel like a clever, Hugh Grant type out on the town." That's part of what keeps a guy coming back to these women--they feel as if they're part of a rarefied, fabulous world when they're with her. Oh, and there's one more specific way in which they dazzle a guy, as you'll see in my next point.
Female player fact #2: She has incredible lingerie. All of the guys I interviewed who had dated a female player said the same thing (looking rather dreamy-eyed): Great lingerie. "This is not the kind of girl who's going to be caught dead in plain cotton undies," says Tony, 41. "The woman I dated? She toyed with my emotions, that's for sure. But I can't help but be nostalgic for her lingerie drawer. I'd never seen anything like it. Talk about a kid in a candy store. I guess she'd accumulated that wardrobe to keep her different suitors enticed."
Now, the less-than-good news: Female player fact #3: These women are on a power trip. These women believe the pleasure of their company is a treasure men should work for. One player named Christie, 28, explains it this way: "I don't throw myself at guys; I see dates as a trade-off: The guy gets to be seen with a hot girl at a restaurant, and I get to eat sushi for free," she says. "I had a male friend take me to get a couples massage. He got to see me in a towel and I got pampered at a nice hotel. Sounds fair, don't you think?" Obviously, a guy's ego can take a real butt-whupping from this kind of treatment. I don't know about you,but feeling like a doggie chasing a premium biscuit isn't exactly a sensation I cherish in my personal life. Knowing that these women see themselves as "above you" is a real cold shower in my book.
It goes without saying that guys love the thrill of the chase--and that's exactly what a female player gives them by keeping the relationship casual. "Guys don't like it when you're too eager and available, so I keep my schedule booked," explains Mary, a chic blonde who usually juggles a handful of suitors. "When you make a guy work for it, he really ramps up the romance--he's doing everything he can to impress you and be the last man standing. I'm really amazed by how hard a man will try to win me over: Orchids, dinner at the most in-demand restaurants, incredible love notes--sometimes even jewelry. It's almost embarrassing what a guy will do to get the girl."
Embarrassing, yeah. A female player's way of remaining cool, coveted and non-committal can drive a guy crazy.The prophet Jay-Z once said, "Don't hate the player,hate the game," but that's a tall order. My best advice? If you find yourself drawn into the web of one of these women, set your pride aside--and bring your checkbook.
Happiness
I hear so many people set limitations on themselves by thinking how happy they will be when some special event happens in their future. They probably will be among another group who say, "When my ship docks, I'll probably be waiting at the airport." So many of us forget what it's like to truly be happy that we don't really realize how despondent we were until we're not as happy again.
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another, get that promotion, etc., etc. Then we're frustrated that the kids aren't old enough yet and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We'll certainly be happy when they're out of that stage, etc., etc. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our significant other gets their act together, when we get a sweet ride, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.
The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D. Souza. He said, "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." This perspective has helped me to see that there is no pathway to happiness. Happiness is the path. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with...because remember: time waits for no one.
Stop waiting until you finish school, until you lose ten pounds, until you have kids, until your they leave the house, until you start working again, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you're off welfare, until the first or the fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you've had a drink, until you've sobered up, until you die, until you're born again to decide that there is no better time than right now.
There is nothing wrong with having an ambition, or a goal and desire to improve one's state of being. The human animal is the only organism that is constantly driven to improve its own quality of living. That is what we are all doing. We just need to keep that positive attitude but enjoy each day as a blessing right now. Be constantly striving forward.
Don't dwell on what happened previously in a situation just like the ones you may be encountering now, or you'll only have one foot in the past and another pointed toward the future and be pissing all over what could be "your happiness" today.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So work like you don't need money,Love like you've never been hurt,And dance like you do when no one is watching.
About
I believe that the most worthy things in life are hardest to come by so when you do obtain it, you appreciate it even that much more. Although I have spent many years in school my life lessons have been the most valuable. My friends have taught me that I will never be alone and my travels have taught me that these United States are just a speck on a gigantic spaceship that we all must share....and I can't wait to learn more.
I find fascination in culture, art, music, and food. I've learned to appreciate the finer things in life rather than the superficial aspects of it. Sometimes its the kindest gesture that reaps the biggest reward, besides: the toes you step on today may be connected to the ass you'll have to kiss tomorrow. Old spanish proverb...I think. These aren't rules that I live by, by any means...but a guideline as far as how my logic works. I hope this helps avoid any confusion. So, there's a lil tad bit about me...if you want to know more, you'll have to work for it. Sorry, if you haven't learned yet, nothing in life ever comes for free..
"The future is not yet set; It is a place that we create, first in the mind and will, then in activity. It is not a place we are headed to, but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found, but made and the activity of making them can profoundly change both the maker and the destiny."
-Barbara J. Daley
