| Monday, November 24, 2008 |
| Seven Nights in Heaven |
When we were kids, we played a game called Seven Minutes in Heaven. I can't recall the rules but it involved a blushing pubescent girl and a sweaty pubescent boy being shoved into a dark closet for some 13-year old fumbling around. Or else a pretense at it. Whatever went on in the dark, I doubt the priests, rabbis or imams would have given their blessing, despite the celestial, albeit not-always-accurate name.
Last week a priest in Texas challenged his congregants to have sex for seven nights in a row. Although Pastor Ed Young was saying something that sounds quite radical, in later interviews he and his beaming wife, Lisa, explain that God and the bible have lots of good things to say about sex and this is a message that has been lost along the way in Christian dogma. He was simply going back to the true spirit of the bible.
But before you run off and join his church, note that he carefully qualified his big sex challenge, inviting only married couples to participate. I don't think he meant to include the happy couples who are marching against Proposition 8.
As of the end of the week, which was yesterday (hey, its over, you can stop now!) word on the street is that a whole lot of folks in the Lone Star State are as full of wind as a corn-eatin' horse.
You can watch the dude from Texas explaining to his somewhat blown-away, somewhat thrilled congregation how “we're going to be the happiest church on planet earth”.
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| Monday, November 17, 2008 |
| Loving Your Body |
Congratulations to Whitney Calvert from Linesville, Pennsylvania, the winner of the NOW Foundation's Love Your Body Poster Contest.
Since a picture says a thousand words and this particular picture is simply spectacular (ok, that's just my opinion, but a few judges thought so too), let's just say less and show more.
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| Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
| Its Music to My Ears and Body |
Play that funky music, white boy. And consider it to be your doctor's orders.
Researchers at the University of Maryland have discovered that music is good for the heart. That may sound as banal as saying that music is good for making out, but read on and you'll understand why they are all part of one big healthy party.
Don't worry if you hate classics or can only listen to rap; we're not being told to listen to one style or genre rather than any other. It is simple as this: music that you love and that makes you feel good will relax your blood vessels and make that blood flow better.
Let's not forget that getting the blood flow going is what picks up the passion in the body and gets you ready to rock 'n roll, in whichever way you choose. Of course it should be mentioned that the head of the study had nothing to say about the sexual outcome of the good music study. Thats just us adding a word on the obvious. And then suggesting that if its better sex you're after, you can always bring in a third: Madonna, Mozart or Marilyn Manson. Whoever does it for you.
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| Monday, November 03, 2008 |
| Facing your Stupid, Misguided Lover on Election Day |
Last month The Frisky ran a piece on how to get through the elections when you and your romantic partner are on different sides of the political fence.
Their suggestions were all about avoiding conflict, distracting yourselves with neutral activities and staying respectful. Nice. Sounds like something Nancy Reagan would have said. Like “I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department”. Actually, that is something she DID say!
Eleanor Roosevelt, on the other hand, said “I could not at any age be content to take my place in the corner by the fireplace and simply look on”.
Nancy Reagan was a Republican first lady (or apparently so she was told); Eleanor Roosevelt was a Democrat. Hmmm.... now why does that dynamic sound familiar?
How about (instead of accepting his or her misplaced understanding of current reality) adding that thought to your arguments and raucous debates about the future of your country? You can be pretty sure that if one of you doesn't land up sleeping on the sofa that night, the final communication of the night will be done with fervent, uncompromising sex.
More (real) History of Sex
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