tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53538401781408445592024-03-13T10:03:23.373-07:00ChakaboxGet Some.Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-2503564287036917632013-06-08T12:35:00.002-07:002013-06-08T12:37:48.615-07:00Cheeky AnglandI've mentioned before that I'm a little <a href="http://blog.chakabox.com/2010/02/and-i-thought-bush-era-sex-education.html" target="_blank">stupid about British things</a>. I stayed up all night with girlfriends to watch <a href="http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2011/06/royal-watch-bill-cathy-cambridge.html" target="_blank">Bill and Cathy Cambridge</a> get married, I watch Downton Abbey with joyful abandon, and, omigod, have you SEEN <a href="http://www.pbs.org/call-the-midwife/home/" target="_blank">Call the Midwife</a>? And then there's Newcastle Brown Ale and Plymouth Naval Strength Gin...oh! Also Henry Cavill. <br />
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I say stupid because if you noticed, most of my impressions of Britain come from television. I spent a day in London once, and know British people, and plan to go there again...but really, if I'm truly honest about it, in my mind, England is kind of a big foggy, moor-y, cottage-dotted fantasyland full of simple folk full of country wisdom. <br />
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Intellectually, I know it's a dynamic, diverse and complex country with cities and issues and poverty and people that get up and go to the bathroom like everyone else, but when you have delightfully oblivious old gentleman like this one talking about the "extraordinary action" of his "particularly clever novelty toy", it's hard not to let my imagination get the better of me.<br />
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It's all just so damn charming. I almost don't ever want to go back, just so I can keep this ridiculous mirage going, because the cakes in that mirage are really good, and everyone has really great clothes and are most polite when being horribly insulting. And all the men call me "love" or "miss" and all my friends think I'm cheeky and fun and there's strawberries and history and fairies. Doesn't that sound great?<br />
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Ah, fantasy. Where sexy ladies will scuttle your back with extraordinary gun vibrators before going down the pub and buying you a warm pint of lager. Cheerio! </div>
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Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-88680719137894326052013-05-03T12:15:00.000-07:002013-05-04T06:53:57.871-07:00Science is True! Believes No Politician Ever, Apparently.<span style="font-family: inherit;">Back at the beginning of April, a US district court judge, in an official ruling, told Kathleen Sebelius, Director of the Department of Health and Human Services, that her 2011 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/health/policy/sebelius-overrules-fda-on-freer-sale-of-emergency-contraceptives.html?_r=0" target="_blank">decision</a> to restrict the over-the-counter sale of <a href="http://blog.chakabox.com/2010/08/no-babies-emergency.html#more" target="_blank">emergency</a> <a href="http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/emergency-contraception-morning-after-pill-4363.asp" target="_blank">contraception</a> to women over age 17 was "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable," and that "the motivation for [her] action was obviously political."</span><br />
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Well, as organizations that have been called out are wont to do, the Department and the FDA carefully reviewed their decisions, and, what do you know, they said, "by golly, maybe we were too strict. Let's make it available over the counter to all women...over the age of 15."<br />
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Their reasoning was that "the data reviewed by the agency demonstrated that women 15 years of age and older were able to understand how Plan-B One-Step works, how to use it properly, and that it does not prevent the transmission of a sexually transmitted disease." Funny...that's not what the data told them before. <br />
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Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-27136296950428981172013-04-26T09:58:00.000-07:002013-04-26T10:04:10.321-07:00Dave Chappelle and Q-Tip Explain STDs to America's YouthDave Chappelle is funny as hell. And Q-Tip apparently does everything well (and is also beyond dreamy). Here, they (and also Snoop Dogg/Lion) tell some youngsters (and now you!) about penis diseases! (NSFW on account of puppet nudity!)<br />
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How great is it when entertainment can teach you something? The only thing not true in that whole video is that you can't get crabs from toilet seats - though you CAN get them from bed sheets, towels and sofas. And just so you know, the <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-13/brazilian-bikini-waxes-make-crab-lice-endangered-species-health.html" target="_blank">story</a> about crabs going extinct because of Brazilian waxing is based on doctors' <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/01/16/lousy-science-behind-waxing-lice-debate/" target="_blank">anecdotal data</a>, not any kind of actual scientific research, so we haven't exactly dodged a bullet yet.<br />
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Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-11829317780824589592013-04-19T20:54:00.000-07:002013-04-19T20:54:07.492-07:00Sex Work Flow ChartI've said it before, and I'll say it again - I really do try and stay apolitical here. It doesn't matter which side of the aisle your preferred legislators congregate, pretty much everybody has sexy times, and I don't want to make anyone feel unwelcome. <br />
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There are couple of things I'm pretty unwavering in my support of, however. I am deeply, deeply pro-choice (don't believe in abortions? Don't have one!), and I'm highly supportive of legalized, well-regulated prostitution (don't want to support prostitution? Don't hire a prostitute!). If this bugs you enough not to read further...well, chances are you're not reading this, anyway, so I guess it's irrelevant. Moving on!<br />
<br />I often struggle with explaining my support of legalized prostitution. At it's basis, there is a belief that adult people have a right to do with their bodies what they choose. If what they choose to do is rent their warm and cozy places to other adults...seems to me like they should be able to do that. Isn't that what being a damn grown-up is about? Doing what you want (provided you're not hurting anyone)?<br />
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But there are complicating factors that keeps it from actually being simple. Truth is, lots of exceedingly awful things can look identical to consensual, legal prostitution. Things like sex slavery and human trafficking. Here's something to remember though: <i>they are not the same thing. </i>Consensual prostitution is just that - consensual. Everyone is fully aware of what is going on and has signed on willingly, and when it's legal, there are third parties watching out for everyone's general welfare. Slavery and trafficking are, very literally, the exact opposite of all that. By definition. </div>
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But seriously, my brain has started to go off on the zillion little tangents it goes on when I start thinking about this (hence, the aforementioned struggle)...some people doing sex work consensually could be doing so for <a href="http://blog.chakabox.com/2010/11/porny-dilemma.html" target="_blank">destructive reasons</a>...but then, they're grownups too...the freedom to make one's own decisions includes the freedom to make <i>bad </i>decisions...adding governmental control to sexuality has, historically, not turned out so well...</div>
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A friend of mine posted the following diagram this morning on Facebook <i>(danke, Sil!)</i>. It says, in diagram form, pretty much exactly how I feel about the matter. It compiles it all into a lovely, concise, format that doesn't go off half-cocked on tangents that are, while important, only a fraction of what it's trying to get across. It's very articulate that way.<div>
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Yep, that about about covers it. Except for the use of the word "civilized". I hate that word. Replace that with "compassionate" and/or "open-minded" and I'd risk plagiarizing. Except not really, because plagiarism sucks. This was entirely the work of <a href="http://annemodus.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">annemodus</a>! </div>
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Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-24814904284353929092013-04-12T12:45:00.002-07:002013-04-19T20:54:46.104-07:00Chlamydia: The Broken Collarbone of the STI WorldI wanted to use the CDC-approved slang term for chlamydia in the title of this post, so I could strike that supafly balance between legit and kewl (and also to point out the CDC recognizes the street names of these diseases), but, seriously, the CDC-approved slang terms for chlamydia are so <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/std/healthcomm/HPVGenPub2004ApD.pdf" target="_blank">gross</a>, I just couldn't bring myself to to it. <br />
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That being said, I've never really broken a bone. I mean, I've broken a couple of toes, and I royally screwed up an ankle in a dance class when I was a teenager, but I've never had a cast, or even a splint. Ace bandages, ice packs and ibuprofen are about as serious as I've had to get.<br />
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I only bring it up because the title I did come up with might be a crock of poo. I've never had a broken collarbone, so it might be utter agony, and if that's the case, I'm sorry for being insensitive. But from what I've gathered, it's something you want to avoid, if at all possible, but if it ends up happening, it's not the end of the world. <br />
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chlamydia is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection caused by <i>Chlamydia trachomatis </i>that primarily affects young people under age 25 - and boy howdy, does it. In fact, recent <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/stdfact-chlamydia.htm" target="_blank">surveillance</a> data has suggested that 1 in 15 girls between 14 and 19 has chlamydia - which is kind of awful, if you ask me. <br />
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Testing is recommended whenever someone has symptoms, or yearly, for women under 25. The test has traditionally been done with a urine sample - and it still is, for men - but recent changes in clinical guidelines advocate the use of a vaginal swab for diagnosis in women. The swab can be taken during a pelvic exam, or can be self-collected during an STD check <i>sans</i> stirrups.<br />
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Treatment can be as quick as one single dose of the antibiotic Azithromycin, or 7 days of Doxycycline. Erythromycin is a slightly-less favored treatment. And this is where I want to get serious for a second: it might seem like a bacterial infection that often has no symptoms is not really a big deal. For some people it's not. For others, though, unchecked chlamydia can have dire consequences. <br />
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Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-1902098782475839042013-04-05T11:55:00.000-07:002013-04-05T11:55:24.599-07:0020 Years of Sex Positive Commerce!There is a store that makes me so happy I can't even stand it. I'm not much of a shopper, so this is a relatively rare thing - there are <a href="http://www.koboseattle.com/shop/default.aspx" target="_blank">some</a> <a href="http://museumstore.sfmoma.org/" target="_blank">stores</a> that make me happy, but for the most part, I'd rather walk barefoot on gravel than shop. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Luxurious rubber sheets. They have EVERYTHING.</i></td></tr>
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<br />They opened in the spring of 1993 as Toys in Babeland, which is one of the best and most appropriate store names I've ever heard. Over the years, they've come to have an incredible inventory of <a href="http://www.babeland.com/store/productslist.aspx?categoryid=3000&PageNo=0" target="_blank">vibrators</a> and <a href="http://www.babeland.com/store/productslist.aspx?categoryid=129&PageNo=0" target="_blank">dildos</a> (including some <a href="http://www.babeland.com/candy-colored-glass-dildo/d/2748" target="_blank">beautiful glass</a> ones), a zillion different <a href="http://www.babeland.com/store/productslist.aspx?categoryid=15&PageNo=0" target="_blank">condoms and lubes</a> (and gloves and dental dams...), some <a href="http://www.babeland.com/leather-and-ice-whip/d/4359_c_126" target="_blank">gorgeous BDSM</a> accessories, even accessories to aid in preferred <a href="http://www.babeland.com/store/productslist.aspx?categoryid=151&PageNo=0" target="_blank">gender expression</a> and fun <a href="http://blog.chakabox.com/2009/12/sexing-up-white-elephant.html" target="_blank">white elephant</a> gifts.<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Because admit it: you'd fight for this.</i></td></tr>
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In addition to their fantastic products, they have the nicest staff you could hope for. Informative, unshockable and enthusiastic. They actually seem to care about their customers' sex lives, and seem invested in making sure they come as hard as they can, in an entirely appropriate way. Men (gay, straight, trans, and everything in between) are 110% welcome, too. It's delightful.</div>
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<br />To put icing on a cake that is already so yummy it doesn't even NEED icing, Babeland offers a whole <a href="http://www.babeland.com/community/stores/seattle" target="_blank">slew of classes</a>, on everything from giving a great blowjob, to raising kids without sexual shame. The only fault I find is that for my personal tastes, their video offerings leave something to be desired, but they carry a lot of female-produced porn, which is rad.<div>
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<br />They've got <a href="http://www.babeland.com/community/stores" target="_blank">3 stores</a> in New York, now, as well, and are all kinds of <a href="http://www.babeland.com/" target="_blank">online</a>. Do yourself a favor and check them out. Your parts will thank you, I promise. Happy Birthday, Babeland!<br /><div>
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Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-69747016916903197892013-03-17T22:02:00.001-07:002013-03-17T22:03:26.840-07:00Design for LoversI love good design. Utilitarian is great, and it most certainly gets the job done, but when something can be clever, beautiful and useful, all at the same time, it's like a little slice of sunshine.<br />
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This little contraption is not exactly puppies and sunshine, but it has a certain...functional adorability to it that pleases me.<br />
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The EasyTail was designed in 2006 by <a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/core77_design_awards/core77_design_award_2011_easytail_runner-up_for_never_saw_the_light_of_day_20307.asp" target="_blank">Mathieu Turpault and David Schiff</a> to make putting on a condom foolproof. There is, most definitively, a wrong way to put on a condom. If you (or the man you are sexing up) put it on upside down (so it can't be rolled down), it can't simply be flipped over - there's all kinds of goodness on there now, and you have to get a new one.<br />
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The idea is that this invention makes it impossible to put a condom on backwards, as well as making putting on a condom itself super easy to do! Within 2 seconds! Whether or not the penis to be condomed is fully or only half erect! What a great idea!<br />
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The EasyTail, apparently, never quite got off the ground (it is a lot of packaging for one condom...so much that it might end up costing more than just getting another condom and thereby rendering itself obsolete), but it was clever enough to catch the praise of the <a href="http://www.core77designawards.com/main/about/the-program/" target="_blank">Core77 Design Awards</a> in 2011, winning the runner-up position in the "Never Seen The Light Of Day" category...which, I'm sure, is way better than it sounds, and totally an award you want.<br />
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And really, have you invented something that makes it nearly impossible to put on a condom the wrong way, much less one that was the second best idea that never happened in 2011? Yeah, me neither. Go, designer guys from Philadelphia!Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-57004937227616825762012-09-21T06:46:00.001-07:002012-09-21T06:46:44.010-07:00Something to Ponder for the Weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-73394877222096053092012-09-14T14:18:00.001-07:002012-09-14T14:22:32.430-07:00Donor SexualI have been made aware of a man named <a href="http://trentdonor.org/" target="_blank">Trent Arsenault</a> (many thanks, RoyalFirefly!), who refers to himself a "donorsexual". What the hell?, you may ask. I also asked this.<br />
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<div>The hell is that 37-year-old Trent donates sperm. Lots of it. Seriously...it's, like, what he does. He's the biological father of over 16 monkeys to date. He says he feels like it's <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/family-relationships/ci_21231806/q-trent-arsenault-one-man-sperm-bank-tlcs" target="_blank">his calling</a>, seeing as how he's got a huge sperm count (about 4x that of the average American male). The wrinkle comes in, though, when we find out he's not affiliated with any established sperm bank, and he doesn't charge for his goods. </div><div><br />
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Dude advertises his goods in newspapers and online, and couples that either can't afford, or don't like going through a sperm bank, give him a call and say "Let's make a baby!" They then meet in a hotel, where Trent insists that all his 'customers' sign paperwork relieving him of any and all parental responsibilities, then retreats into the bathroom with a magazine and a sterile cup and then does his thing. He hands the cup to the lady what wants to get preggo, and leaves the room, leaving her to inseminate herself in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_insemination#Techniques" target="_blank">method of her choosing</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The usual way women get pregnant in cheap hotel rooms is off the table...</i></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It gets stranger. Trent's whole life revolves around being fertile. He drinks special "fertility shakes," and gets up super early so he can do what he needs to do before the sun comes up, because sunshine kills sperm (while direct sunlight will harm sperm outside of the body, I can't find anything that says it will harm it while it's still inside). He won't date, because he won't have sex (has never had sex, actually), because it harms his fertility. He used to "long" for a wife and children of his own, but has decided his donating is more important, and fulfills him completely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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He says he's a virgin, and I'm inclined to believe him. "By 18 I had made the decision to abstain from sex. I knew I wanted to be a donor and I wanted to save myself for that," he has said in an <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4351383/Trent-Arsenault-I-have-fathered-16-children-but-I-am-still-a-virgin-aged-36.html" target="_blank">interview</a>. Now, I have no problem with people choosing to be celibate, but I'm a little skeptical about an 18-year-old boy deciding to completely abstain from sex and center his sexuality around the needs and wishes of complete strangers that want nothing more from him than his sperm.<br />
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Adding to my skepticism is the fact that multiple videos have surfaced of him, er, donating (read: masturbating on camera and then posting it on the internet), and the fact that he was raised by strict religious parents (dad is a Pentecostal minister), who don't talk to him any more because he's a "sinner". Now, I'm not meaning to knock Pentecostals when I say this, but they're not exactly the most sexually liberated people in the world, and I can't imagine that a Pentecostal kid would have had the latitude to explore his sexuality in any kind of holistic way, even while remaining abstinent.<br />
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</div><div>So I think he's probably running from something he's ashamed of regarding his sexuality. Maybe he's gay (also not generally accepted in the Pentecostal crowd). Maybe he's got crappy self-esteem or social anxiety and is too scared to date. Maybe he's just ashamed of having sexual feelings at all, and only gratifying himself when it's in aid of procreation is a way of mitigating that shame. Who knows. But I suspect it's something. </div><div><br />
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When it all comes down to it...I think he's probably doing all of this to avoid some issue within himself. But you know what? It's a free damn country. The <a href="http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2012/01/17/sperm-donor-who-fathered-14-kids-reveals-hes-a-36-year-old-virgin/" target="_blank">FDA is trying to shut his little operation down</a>, saying that he's not complying with the regulations of a sperm bank STI testing, among other things, but he's arguing that he's NOT a sperm bank, just a guy helping people out, and that one of the reasons he never has sex is to avoid the risk of STI altogether, in order to protect his customers. I can't really see how he's wrong on either count, frankly.<br />
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</div><div>Honestly, this dude doesn't seem to be hurting anyone, and although I don't really believe his stated motives, but it's really none of my business what his motives are. He's making people happy...I hope he's actually making himself happy, too.</div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-81815633842290752592012-09-01T08:37:00.000-07:002012-09-01T08:37:01.437-07:00Well, Hello!Sooooo...it's been a while. Heh. How the hell are ya?<br />
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</div><div>Truth is, I've been a busy Chaka. Turns out, getting a master's degree and prolific blogging are somewhat contraindicated, at least in Chakatown. But now I'm DONE and one step closer to my goal of world domination. Or, if that proves to be too burdensome, to at least fill the shoes of one tiny, badass Jewish lady:</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Oh, snap - glass of wine with Dr. Ruth is totally going on the bucket list.</i></td></tr>
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Since we last chatted, aside from finishing graduate school, the Manfriend cut off his toe in a truck's hydraulic lift (he's fine now, but seriously, watch your toes on those things. They'll crush 'em right the hell off and you won't be able to put your foot below your heart for MONTHS. Trust me on this one), I gained the cutest niece on the planet (like, actually, not just being a biased auntie), and we moved to the suburbs. Did you know how QUIET it is without junkies and garbage trucks outside your window?! It's vaguely alarming.<div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Admittedly more soothing than junkies hocking loogies.</i></td></tr>
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<div>But now I'm back! It's time for more tidbits and info to make your life more amusing and sexy! Because who doesn't want more amusing and more sexy? If it's you, can you tell me why? Because I don't understand that at all. </div><div><br />
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For your perusal, to get back into the swing of things, I provide you with the following, which is sexy and amusing, but also kind of creepy as hell. I present to you, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006JMDUTG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=natdee-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006JMDUTG" target="_blank">Zombie Dildo</a>, brought to you by your friends at <a href="http://www.fleshlight.com/" target="_blank">Fleshlight</a> (be warned: link is hella porny).<div><br />
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The zombie craze has reached every corner of the market, I see. Well, to each her own, I guess. Or his own, for that matter, because I'm pretty sure zombie cock is no bigot, so long as you've got BRAINZ to eat. But...did they, like, STUDY actual rotting penises? Because someone put in some serious detail there. <div><br />
<div>Fleshlight has a whole "freaks" series of toys for your masturbatory amusement...<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fleshlight-FL6739-Freaks-Frankenstein-Dildo/dp/B006JMDU2S/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_4" target="_blank">Frankenstein</a> (though, isn't that kind of the same thing as a zombie, only with bolts?), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fleshlight-FL6715-Freaks-Dracula-Dildo/dp/B006JMDTHY/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_7" target="_blank">Dracula</a>, a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fleshlight-FL6777-Freaks-Cyborg-Dildo/dp/B006JMDUTQ/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_3" target="_blank">cyborg</a> (<a href="http://www.hark.com/clips/pwpcppwrxp-i-am-programmed-in-multiple-techniques-a-broad-variety-of-pleasuring" target="_blank">tee hee</a>), and for the mens, even an <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fleshlight-FL6885-Alien-Male-Masturbator/dp/B004BNE1JI/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_1" target="_blank">alien yoni</a>! FUN! </div><div><br />
</div><div>Welcome back to the 'Box!</div></div></div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-40277270323626244442011-07-11T22:03:00.000-07:002011-07-11T22:03:17.321-07:00Condoms, Please. No, Really. Trust Me.You've been hearing it since forever, but now there's an all-new reason to not just glaze over and think, "Come ON. We know to use condoms, OK? Next topic". <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Being told to use condoms is sooooo '07.</i></td></tr>
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<a name='more'></a>Ok, but seriously? If you're out there gettin' it on with new people, USE A CONDOM. Why? 100% antibiotic-resistant SUPER GONORRHEA, that's why.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Somebody call Michael Bay...this shit's gonna explode</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>An international team of Japanese and Swedish researchers announced today that they have<a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/ul-sdf070711.php"> found a strain of gonorrhea</a> that is resistant to all known antibiotics. Which is exactly what the world needed, don't you think?<div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I would have preferred invincible rainbows, but whatever, Invincible Clap works.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div>This bug has not been found in any large populations, but if there's one thing gonorrhea knows how to do, it's spread like a mofo: somewhere around 700,000 people get it every year in the US alone. </div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>It's not cool when it's true</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div><a href="http://blog.chakabox.com/2009/09/barrier-fun.html">Here's a reminder</a> of how to properly put on a condom. <a href="http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/tc/gonorrhea-symptoms">Here</a> is what it feels like to have gonorrhea. <a href="http://www.hivtest.org/">Here</a> is where you find out where to get tested and treated. Keep your precious bits healthy, my people! </div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div></div></div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-70007411911907870692011-06-22T21:20:00.000-07:002011-06-23T19:00:22.304-07:00Choppy ChopMale circumcision: it's a controversial subject. Some people say God commands it, some people say it's the only way to keep a penis really clean (which is patently untrue), some people say it's merely an unnecessary cosmetic procedure, and some others think it's the straight up mutilation of babies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Something like that, yeah...</i></td></tr>
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<div><a name='more'></a>Male circumcision is super common in the US - about <a href="http://www.americanpregnancy.org/labornbirth/circumcision.html">65%</a> of baby boys are given the snip. The American Academy of Pediatrics has no real stance on the practice - they say there's no real reason to do it, but also no real reason not to do it. Thanks, pediatricians...totally helpful there.</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A pediatrician explains to her residents that babies are small and cry a lot*</i></td></tr>
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<div>If you're unaware, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision">male circumcision</a> is a surgical procedure in which the foreskin of the penis is cut away. The practice is a religious commandment for Jewish boys, and though not explicitly mentioned in the Qur'an, circumcision is a sunnah, or something that the Prophet Muhammad said is a good idea, for Muslim boys. For most other people, it's just a cultural tradition.</div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">There have been <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19370585">studies</a> that show circumcision of heterosexual men in Sub-Saharan Africa can reduce their risk of acquiring HIV by 30-60% over 2 years - to me, that's a legit reason for snippin'. There has not been the same protective factor found in women, however, and studies in <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19935420">men having sex with men</a> have found evidence to be "weak and inconsistent," but that's still pretty exciting news.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kwamba ni bora habari!</i></td></tr>
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</div><div>Despite this good news in Africa, similar studies done in the States found no real protective factor from circumcision for<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> American men. So...what do I think about it? I think that babies are perfect just as they are when they arrive.</span> I'm not trying to tell other people what to do with their sons' penises, but were I to make a Manchild, his little parts would be left intact.</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>No disassembly required</i></td></tr>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">San Francisco has put a <a href="http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/04/san-francisco-circumcision-ban-makes-november-ballot">bill on their ballot</a> come this November that would outlaw male circumcision in boys younger than 18, punishable by up to a $1000 fine. Unsurprisingly, several religious groups are a little up in arms about this - state infringement on religious freedom and whatnot - but the authors of the bill insist that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“We don’t come at this from a religious angle. We feel this is a very harmful thing. Parents are guardians. They are not owners of children. It’s a felony to tattoo a child.”</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Little Billy, though, has a motto, and that motto is "F*ck the law."</i></td></tr>
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<div>What are your thoughts, you sexy beasts? Chop? Not to chop? Why? Is SanFran reaching too far? I wanna know whatcha think!</div><div><br />
</div><div>As for female circumcision....that's a different post. We'll get to it, but not tonight.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*I don't actually have any problem with pediatricians, and think they're mostly awesome - it was a JOKE.</span><br />
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</div></div></div></div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-58680479077199948982011-05-28T08:39:00.000-07:002011-05-28T08:39:53.318-07:00I'm Having a Michael Jackson MomentNot because I have inappropriate relationships with children, or because I've gone bonkers because I didn't have a childhood, but because I totally found some human remains I want to buy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>and also dance with</i></td></tr>
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<a name='more'></a>Tomorrow, in Ireland, Matthews Auction Rooms are putting the (alleged) skull of <a href="http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2011/05/25/18191586.html">Saint Vitalis of Assisi</a> up for bid. Saint Vitalis is the patron saint of what? Genital diseases. That's right, not only do genital diseases HAVE a patron saint (honestly didn't see that one coming from the Catholics), but you can now buy his head for the bargain basement price of about $2K. </div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Crispy palm fronds included at no extra charge!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div>St. Vitalis was apparently a total manwhore when he was young, but then felt all bad about it and decided to repent by joining St. Frankie's crew in Asissi and becoming a Benedictine monk. He was sainted because he supposedly provided miracle cures to people with complaints of the junk. Which was, you know, nice of him.</div><div><br />
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<div>So if you've got an extra $2K lying around and want to get on the good side of your faaaaaavorite sex blogger<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, <a href="http://www.matthewsauctionrooms.com/">Matthews Auction Rooms</a> are located on the Square in Oldcastle, directly opposite the Bank of Ireland (handy!!) and their phone # is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">049 855 0055.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">And now here's some Billie Jean, because it's good to remember that Michael Jackson made incredible music before he went bonkers, and because there's no such thing as enough Billie Jean.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Please note: Management maintains there are better disaster movies than what's mentioned, totally randomly, in this compilation here. Just sayin'. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And the fact that kissing can be more analgesic than morphine is RAD and makes me crazy happy. </div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-50754314356724925222011-05-19T23:21:00.000-07:002011-05-19T23:21:14.058-07:00Greece Has Always Been Interesting......but now I am FASCINATED.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">All that, and feta, lamb, and olives for days? This is my kind of country, people. </div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-88334652976562226672011-05-14T10:25:00.000-07:002011-05-14T10:30:03.986-07:00No, Seriously...It's EverywhereSo, some Navy Seals killed Osama Bin Laden. You've heard this, right? When I think about the raid, I tend to picture Demi Moore. Not to take away from the sheer bad-assery of the actual guys that went in and did it, but I've seen GI Jane one too many times.<br />
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<div><a name='more'></a>Well, the latest news is that the people that went in to OBL's compound to get all his stuff found a <span id="goog_2032128152"></span><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/13/us-binladen-porn-idUSTRE74C4RK20110513">bunch of porn</a><span id="goog_2032128153"></span>. There's no evidence that the man himself procured, or even watched, any of it, but it was there, in the compound of a religious extremist infamous for ramming planes into countries that do things like watch porn.</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Irony: most poetic when extremists are involved</i></td></tr>
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<div>To me, this is simply more proof of what I have believed for a long time: most people in the world view sexually explicit material,<i> by choice</i>, at some point in their lives, if not regularly. Which means that looking at sexually explicit material is not deviant or perverted - it means it's the exact <i>opposite</i> of deviant or perverted. It means it's NORMAL.</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Normal curve or trouser tent? You make the call.</i></td></tr>
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</div></div><div>Anything can be taken to an extreme, and spending most of your time watching porn or accessing other sexually explicit material is evidence that something's up with you, but it's normal to be turned on by sexy things, and it's normal to want to access them.</div><div><br />
</div><div>So lighten up, extremists. Kind of in general.</div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-81674152433959869472011-04-15T09:12:00.000-07:002011-04-15T09:13:15.425-07:00Terrifying? Incredible? It's Bowf!Here's something to know about me: spiders and I don't really get along. In fact, they utterly terrify me. Once, I slept on my couch for 3 days because there was this big horrific spider (at least the size a large New-York style pizza, I swear) camped out on the wall above my bed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pictured: the beast's tent</i></td></tr>
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<a name='more'></a>Truth is, when spiders show up, be they in life or on screen, I tend to hightail it out of wherever I happen to be. READING about Shelob in The Lord of the Rings nearly made me catatonic, but SEEING her in the film version was like watching a replay of every spider nightmare I've ever had.</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>wake me up wake me up wake me up!</i></td></tr>
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<div>However, despite the level of heebie jeebie it raises in me, I have to share this video because it's pretty incredible. The clip below shows the mating ritual of the Peacock spider, which is actually as hilarious as it is amazing. The action starts around the 2:30 mark:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Hey! Hey! Over here! Excuse me! Lady! Over here!</i></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Despite both these creatures having more eyes than I can really handle and moving more quickly than I really feel comfortable with, how cool is that?! The world is AMAZING, is it not? And though I don't recommend it for peoples, I find it vaguely hilarious that if a lady peacock spider isn't impressed with a male's display, she'll just eat him.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Yay nature! You made a spider neat enough that even <i>I</i> couldn't resist watching it try and get laid!</div></div></div></div></div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-77585028767510551182011-04-06T15:47:00.000-07:002011-04-06T15:49:46.404-07:00Best. Picture. Ever.During my visit to the homestead of the Manfriend, his mom and I spent an afternoon elbow-deep in baby pictures of the cutest little tow-headed boy you ever frickin' saw. In the midst of the adorbz, though, I came across the Best. Picture. Ever. It's like the universe put the Manfriend and I together so that I would one day get to see this picture. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>poetry...pure poetry.</i></td></tr>
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<a name='more'></a>That's the Papa du Manfriend there, leaning against that sign, when he was stationed in Korea. The sign was posted at the gate of the base he lived on, reminding the men that keeping their junk healthy (by keeping away from street girls and New York) was part of their duty to themselves and their country.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>According to Papa Manfriend, most of the places on the list, which rotated out every few weeks, were clubs dotted around the base. Because seriously, South Korean bars will give you the clap like <i>that</i>, just by walking in the door. They're totally infectious like that.</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>filthy, I tell you</i></td></tr>
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<div>It would be hilarious if the military was calling out states as sexually transmitted disease vectors, though, wouldn't it?</div><div><br />
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<div>In all seriousness, though, it's nice to know the gubmint was looking out for the privates - and the soldiers, too! <i>HA!</i> </div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-41369512463891258432011-04-01T10:09:00.000-07:002011-04-01T10:10:05.093-07:00Lessons from an American AdventureManfriend and I spent the past couple weeks visiting his parents and driving for hella - as in, from Atlanta to Seattle. I learned some interesting things on our travels:<br />
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<a name='more'></a>2. It is illegal for porn to be made or distributed in Oklahoma, yet the state is among the top 10 consumers of porn in the country. Vice laws totally work, didn't you know?</div><div><br />
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</div><div>3. Having sex in cheap motels is really fun.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>4. It is totally worth it to stay friends with your exes, and to not be weird about your sweetie staying friends with his or her exes. I got to meet the Manfriend's ex on our trip, and have gained a crazy awesome new friend out of it, and an ex of mine provided us with a much-needed oasis of hospitality, beer, and good conversation out in the New Mexican desert. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>5. The Manfriend is awesome. It's not every man I could spend 4 days in a van with and still want to make out at the end of it.</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Speaking of the Manfriend...today happens to be the 5th anniversary of having him as my Manfriend! So if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go interrupt some <i>Fallout: New Vegas</i> (he's on his last day of vacation) and avail myself of his goodness. Yay - it's good to be home!!</div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-21199708284954669002011-03-23T09:26:00.000-07:002011-03-23T09:28:33.930-07:00Something To Think About When Planning International TravelIf you like penises, anyway. I have no idea who compiled this information, but I appreciate it. <br />
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<div>I'm not a snob when it comes to cock size - in fact, I list a man that lost most of his penis in a botched surgery as one of the finest lovers I've ever had. Don't get me wrong - I'm delighted that the Manfriend's is as glorious as it is - but size is absolutely not all when it comes to a man's skill. I mean, hello...the country that brought the world the Kama Sutra purportedly has some of the smallest dicks in the world. </div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Click <a href="http://www.disinfo.com/2011/03/world-penis-size-map/">here</a> for an interactive version of the map. Enjoy your travels, cock lovers - send me a postcard!!</div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-84017155323834265582011-03-15T20:03:00.000-07:002011-03-15T20:04:51.626-07:00Nobody Wins When You Play Games With Traffic SafetyThese are actually words I live by. According to the Manfriend, I kind of drive like an old woman, but do you know what? I'm okay with that. Do you know why? Because nobody wins when you play games with traffic safety.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Even ol' Kim Jong agrees - you know it's gotta be true.</i></td></tr>
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<a name='more'></a>I'm not doing 30 on the freeway or anything, but I'm a big believer that when you're driving, that's pretty much what you're doing. An occasional switch of the radio station is whatever, but if you're steering a hunk of steel and plastic down the road at 15-85 mph, put the other crap in your hands down and DRIVE!!</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>There has to be a LAW against this? What part looks like a good idea?! </i></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div>Driving time is also not blowjob time. I mean, it's fun and exciting and oooooh what if someone sees and tee hee he's getting a blowjob while driving, but if you think about how it feels to get a blowjob, (or how a guy's face looks when he gets one), how likely is it that Mister Man is going to be driving defensively?!</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Not very.</i></td></tr>
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<div>Just ask <a href="http://jalopnik.com/#!5775673/dui-suspect-blames-oral-sex-for-erratic-driving">Jason Kircher</a>, who got pulled over for driving erratically in Louisville. There were open beers in the console of the car, and dude apparently failed several field sobriety tests (though he did pass the breathalyzer with a a limit of .08), but he blames all his crazy driving on what? Road head.</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>That's his mugshot, people. He totally got road head.</i></td></tr>
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</div><div>Today's lesson? If you must either get or give road head, keep it in the back seat. You know, for safety. Have fun be careful!!<br />
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</div></div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-13418969577600795362011-03-13T18:08:00.000-07:002011-03-13T18:09:09.496-07:00Take This Job and Shove ItKnow what most people <i>didn't</i> say when someone asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up? A German porn dubber. Video is definitely NSFW.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I totally have a backup career plan now.</div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-26779718968422637392011-03-11T17:08:00.000-08:002011-03-11T17:09:46.987-08:00What Wesleyan SaidSome students at Wesleyan have produced a protest video that I support and now supply here for to enrichmentize your lives. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gaxBR1AiFS4" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>I also have sex. Just so we're clear on that.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">You can sign an open letter to your Senator (and a "what the hell?!" letter to your Congressperson) <a href="https://secure.ppaction.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=pp_ppol_ws_I_Stand_with_PP">here</a>. Save Planned Parenthood, peeps. Do it for the chirren - <i>that you have only when you want to!</i> </div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-69531007503884185082011-03-09T13:09:00.000-08:002011-03-09T13:19:30.474-08:00NYC is Pretty Neat, It Turns OutI've never been to New York. I've had various friends living there on and off since right after high school, but I've still never managed to get there. There are some things that sound amazing about it, like 4 million restaurants from every country in the world, not to mention 4 million PEOPLE from every country in the world. But then someone will say something like "every streetcorner in Manhattan smells like a different asshole" and the bloom comes off the rose a little.<br />
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<div><a name='more'></a>The Big Apple has another positive check mark on the "New York is rad and I should actually go there" list with their <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/condoms/condoms-where.shtml">NYC Condom Campaign</a>. The public health department is handin' rubbers (and lube!) out like candy, which is something I like in a city. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>The campaign has now gone all 21st century and shite - they've developed an <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nyc-condom-finder-by-nyc-health/id418902795?mt=8">application</a> for iPhone and Android (if you are also of the 21st century and/or anti-Windows phones) that will tell you where the nearest <a href="https://a816-healthpsi.nyc.gov/CondomOrder/IndividualsGetSome.jsp">condoms</a> are to you! Using GPS and space and satellites and whatnot! That is some space age sexy goodness!!</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Even space age spermies and STDs are no match for that kind of technology, yo</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>And also tooooootally geek out on Broadway shows!</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div>NYC, we've got a date. I'll probably bring the Manfriend, but he'll be cool with it - he's very open-minded.</div>Chakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971218454325707110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353840178140844559.post-67267301040612328902011-03-05T13:15:00.000-08:002011-03-14T11:00:55.131-07:00Sexy Books With An Actual Story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sexy books are fun, but sometimes you want something more than just bangin'. I was 13 when I found <i>Butterfly</i> in a friend's bedroom, and ooooooooh, watch out. The gold parts of the cover were all embossed like books from the grocery store, and though now it's so 80s it's kind of charming, back then it <i>was</i> the 80s and it was just kind of fabulous. </div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Where are my Dynasty shoulder pads and L'Oreal mousse?</i></td></tr>
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</div><div><a name='more'></a>Seriouly, this book is awesome. It's got highly entertaining parallel storylines about super high-powered women who belong to this Beverly Hills brothel called Butterfly - as the customers. There's also this whole overarching story about the rise of a self-made, super-rich business woman with designs on destroying a slimy televangelist on account of he did her wrong when she was a hooker in Texas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then there's the sexy bits! There's the stuff that goes on at Butterfly (confederate soldiers, highwaymen, cowboys - even one woman that gets it on in a hot tub with <i>two men! </i>This totally blew my newly-teenage mind, let me tell you what) as well as various and random sexy parts that go on in the "real world". And then there's detailed descriptions of all the food they ate and what everyone wore - like the best parts of Nancy Drew novels only x-rated and hella from the 80s! SO GOOD!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>You wouldn't believe what happens when those shoulder pads come off...</i></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I tried on a series of Harlequin romance novels, but, frankly, I found them lacking. I didn't read them for the same reason I don't watch Sex and the City: watching women desperately search for husbands is not particularly interesting to me. (Oooooooh, I said it! I said it and I'm GLAD!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>There were some frickin' cute shoes on that show, though</i></td></tr>
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<div>ANYWAY, then there's the sexy book that put everything else to shame (though I'll admit, I'm totally re-reading Butterfly right now, because it is pretty awesome). It's technically in a different category than romance novels, but really, "erotica" books are just romance novels that publishers say have literary value on top of being all sexy sexy. </div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>this chick new how to turn a girl on, I'm tellin' you.</i></td></tr>
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<div>It's a series of short-stories written in the 1940s about all kinds of different things...an eccentric old aristocrat and his randy adventures across Europe, a captivating woman and her revolutionary lover, a seductive prostitute with men trailing in her wake...it's delicious and sexy and makes me wish I could hang out and drink wine with Anais Nin. </div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>That smirk means she has super interesting things to say, I just know it</i></td></tr>
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<div>There are others, and I may highlight them from time to time, but this will get you started. You'll never be more happy to know how to make paper book covers because you totally won't be able to put them down. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Do you have any favorite sexy books or stories? Do tell!!<br />
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