How To Talk To Your Teen About Sex

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Thank God for James Dobson’s Focus on the Family.  Without it, I wouldn’t know have discovered this informative article about how to talk to my teen about sex: First, put a paper bag over your head. Then, speak slowly and clearly. So far, I’m not impressed with the advice.  Should I cut out eyeholes or not? Ah, don’t you wish … Read More

And I Thought MY Life Was A Waste

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Question: What’s more pathetic than standing in line at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles for 60+ days in order to be one of the first to see what is sure to be another really bad Star Wars movie? Answer: maintaining a blog about standing in line at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles for 60+ days in order to … Read More

Electing A Pope

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Like the tax forms, there are some "new rules" this time around.  For a full explanation of how a pope is selected, check it out below the fold.  Hat tip: catholic-pages.com.

The Most Offensive and Humorous Website

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is a government website.  I’ve mentioned it here before, but only recently have I had a few moments to explore it. It is www.4parents.gov, the website in which the federal government continures to insert itself into family matters (again), often taking positions that are, well, ridiculous. This site already is generating some controversy.  For one thing, it offers this offensive … Read More

Attend The Tale of Bad Casting

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What?  Are you kidding me?  Such a stir of reactions! First of all, they are making a movie of Sweeney Todd?  That is fantastic!!  Nobody will see it or like it (except for theater folk), but that is largely beside the point. But . . . Russell Crowe as the title character?  Possibly, says Playbill: Russell Crowe is in the … Read More

Not An April Fool’s Day Joke

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From Daily Kos: Ok, it’s quiz time! Consider the following two statements: Abstinence helps protect teens from contracting a sexually transmitted disease, becoming pregnant, and the emotional risk and responsibility involved with sex. Abstinence is the healthiest choice for teens because they are not ready for the adult emotions of sex and the adult choices that sex entails… Abstinence for … Read More

Pope Given Last Rites

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He’s coming in second in the DeathRace. Actually, I liked this Pope.  I attended an Easter Mass in Vatican City in 1983.  He blessed us in, like, a hundred different languages.  A whole generation is about to learn (and I am about to re-learn) those silly and wonderful rituals about black smoke and white smoke as a new pope is … Read More

Religious Right Represents One Small Part of Spectrum

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Barbara O’Brien has a must-read over at The American Street.  To quote the best parts is an injustice to the whole thing, but I reluctantly will selectively quote and summarize anyhow: Right now Michael Schiavo and his supporters are hoping an autopsy of Terri Schiavo’s brain will eventually settle the matter of her persistent vegetative state beyond a shadow of … Read More

Sweet Charity Coming To Broadway After All

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From Playbill: It was on. Then it was off. Now it’s back on again. Broadway will see Sweet Charity at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 11 with Charlotte d’Amboise in the lead, and Christina Applegate joining the show on April 18, producer Barry Weissler told Playbill.com. Opening night will be May 4. Good news, if you happen to like … Read More

The Dirty Scoutmaster

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Douglas Smith, Jr. in September 2004, talking about the character of the Boy Scouts and why it is important that the Scouts exclude gays: Some intolerant elements in our society want to force scouting to abandon its values and to become fundamentally different. They want scouting to forego its constitutional rights, affirmed in 2000 by the Supreme Court in BSA … Read More

Archaic Backwater Law Used To Discriminate Against Woman

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Unbelievable.  But then again, it’s Wilmington. Woman Sues Over N.C. Anti-Cohabitation Law By Associated Press March 29, 2005, 7:58 PM EST WILMINGTON, N.C. — A former sheriff’s dispatcher who quit her job after her boss found out she lived with her boyfriend is challenging North Carolina’s law against cohabitation. Debora Hobbs said she was told to get married, move out, … Read More

Photos of the Day

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From here: The look on the "3 Of A Kind" woman is priceless.  Check out the other poster "Judge Greer = Poo Head". Bonus:  The Fake Photo of the Day.  Reflecting on the Schindler’s recent business deal where they sold email addresses of supporters to spam marketers, we now have, courtesy Billmon: