Sunday, July 27, 2008

Court: Lesbians Free to Roam Lesbos


Three residents of Lesbos, brought a case last month arguing the use of the term lesbian insulted their identity.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
(Reuters) - A Greek court has dismissed a request by residents of the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban the use of the word lesbian to describe gay women, according to a court ruling made public on Tuesday.

Three residents of Lesbos, the birthplace of the ancient Greek poetess Sappho whose love poems inspired the term lesbian, brought a case last month arguing the use of the term in reference to gay women insulted their identity.

In a July 18 decision, the Athens court said the word did not define the identity of the residents of the island, and so it could be validly used by gay groups in Greece and abroad.

The ruling ordered the plaintiffs to pay court expenses of 230 euros ($366.2).

"This is a good decision for lesbians everywhere," Vassilis Chirdaris, lawyer for the Gay and Lesbian Union of Greece, told Reuters. "A court in Athens could not stop people around the world from using it. It was ridiculous."

He said the plaintiffs were free to appeal the decision in a higher court.

Lesbos, which lies just off the Turkish Coast, has become a gathering spot for gay women from around the world, especially at the village of Eressos which is regarded as the birthplace of the poet in the 7th century B.C.

Several residents testified during the trial that the use of the word lesbian had brought recognition to the island and boosted its tourist trade.




Saturday, July 26, 2008

5-Year-Old Leaves Day Care, Goes to Hooters


The 5-year-old boy slipped out of his child care center unnoticed Tuesday afternoon, crossed two busy streets and wandered to a restaurant in 100-degree heat according to the Denton Record Chronicle.

Employees of Hooters in Denton, TX found the child safe crossed an Interstate service road, bought a soft drink at a service station and walked to Hooters, where an employee found him in the parking lot and called police.

Deborah Pugh, who owns the child care business, said Wednesday that the boy asked to go to the bathroom and then slipped out a fire exit door, which must, by law, remain unlocked.


Boobies

Saturday, July 19, 2008

NY man must apologize for donning giant offensive costume at high school graduation

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) _ A judge has ordered a 19-year-old man to write an apology to a the city of Saratoga Springs in New York for dressing in an offensive costume at a high school graduation.

Calvin Morett had pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for dressing in a 6-foot penis costume at the graduation at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. A video of his visit last month has appeared on YouTube.

The judge has also ordered Morett to pay to have the apology published in a local newspaper, pay court fees and perform 24 hours of community service.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Bad economy is hurting strippers, too


TAMPA - It seems the lousy economy is keeping guys away from strip clubs.

In Tampa -- a city known for its adult entertainment businesses -- attendance has dropped at usually thriving strip clubs. Joe Redner, the owner of the well-known Mons Venus club, says his business is down 25 percent.

Angelina Spencer is national executive director of the Association of Club Executives, a group that represents adult entertainment clubs. She says she fields calls every day from strip club owners around the country feeling the pinch of a bad economy.

Spencer says entertainment is a luxury item and ``one of the first things people give up.''
But Redner says the economy is having another effect on the business -- it's bringing out more women willing to give pole dancing a try.

A great Butt

Friday, July 11, 2008

Perspective

Blind Cowboy

An old, blind cowboy wanders into an all-girl biker bar by mistake.
He finds his way to a bar stool and orders some coffee.

After sitting there for a while, he yells to the waiter, 'Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?'

The bar immediately falls silent. In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says,'Before you tell tha t joke, Cowboy, I think it is only fair, given that you are blind, that you should know five things:

1. The bartender is a blonde girl with a baseball bat.

2. The bouncer is a blonde girl.

3. I'm a 6-foot tall, 175-pound blonde woman with a black belt in karate.

4. The woman sitting next to me is blonde and a professional weight lifter.

5. The lady to your right is blonde and a professional wrestler.


'Now, think about it seriously, Mister. Do you still wanna tell that joke?'

The blind cowboy thinks for a second, shakes his head, and mutters,

'No...not if I'm gonna have to explain it five times.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Finland Hosts Wife-Carrying World Championships

SONKAJARVI, Finland (Reuters) - Julia Galvin came to Finland looking for a man that would carry her 120 kg over a 253-metres track -- the incentive being the chance to win the wife-carrying world title and beer worth her body weight.

In the end the Irish woman was carried by an English man through a pool and across hurdles. She did not make the gold, but said she would keep trying until the title and the beer was hers.

"I think I am worth carrying because I am a walking party," she said.

Wife-carrying is one of a host of bizarre contests that Finns, who can tend to gloominess in the long winter dark, have devised for the scant months of summer when the sun hardly sets and people's mood turns frolicsome.

Forty-eight couples from 13 countries, including Kenya, Australia and Canada, gathered in the remote Finnish village to complete the track.

Estonia reigned supreme once again, as Alar Voogla sprinted home in just over one minute to win the Baltic country's 11th title, with Kirsti Viltrop clinging upside-down to his back.

"Yesterday we have had a really bad luck, because we fell and we lost our first place in the sprint and today it's super," Viltrop said, after completing the main track.

Germany took away the silver and England the bronze, while hosting Finns had to do with a win for the 100-metre sprint, organized as a side-competition to the world-known event.

While some competitors are nearly professional athletes, others do it for fun or as a hobby. Third-place winners Ash Davies and Aila Bruce put extra thought in designing their costume, to get the extra edge.

"We came with our costume designer all the way from England -- she has designed this especially, so we can compete, streamline you know, aerodynamic tuning," Davies said.

Some 5,000 people came to view the event, set deep in forests and lakes a couple of hours' drive from the Arctic Circle.

The contest is rooted in the legend of Ronkainen the Robber, said in the 19th century to have tested aspiring members of his gang by forcing them to lug sacks of grain or live swine over a similar course.

It also purportedly stems from an even earlier tribal practice of wife-stealing, in honor of which many contestants now take up the challenge with someone else's wife.

It has also inspired others to organize events such as sauna sitting, swamp football, cell phone throwing or karaoke singing. All are part of a summer bonanza of events that rake in visitors and cash for as long as the midnight sun shines.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Teen Breaks Into Home, Steals Porn


(UPI) - Police in Palm Bay, Fla., have arrested a 14-year-old boy who allegedly broke into a home and ordered more than $100 worth of porn movies on a TV.

Officers said the boy was charged with occupied burglary and grand theft after he allegedly entered a family's home and used their TV account to order about $129 worth of pornographic films, WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla., reported Wednesday.

Police said the family had arrived home from shopping to find the alleged perpetrator watching their television.

The teenager has previously been arrested on felony charges, police said.


'Pregnant man' gives birth to baby girl


A transgender man who made national news earlier this year when he revealed he was pregnant has given birth to a girl, ABC News reported on Thursday.

Thomas Beatie, 34. who became pregnant through artificial insemination, gave birth Sunday to a healthy baby. The Oregon man was resting and healthy, according to ABC. The birth was natural.

Beatie, who was born a woman, kept his female sex organs.

"I actually opted not to do anything to my reproductive organs because I wanted to have a child one day," he told Oprah Winfrey earlier this year. "I see pregnancy as a process and it doesn't define who I am."

According to ABC, he was inseminated with a donor's sperm at his home by his wife. The device was described as similar to a syringe without the needle.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Top Ten Sex Laws

1. Oral sex is illegal in 18 states, including Arizona.

2. In Virginia, it is illegal to have sex with the lights on.

3. It is illegal for husbands in Willowdale, Oregon, to talk dirty during intercourse.

4. Sexual intercourse between unmarried couples is illegal in Georgia.

5. Engaging in any sexual position other than missionary is illegal in Washington, DC.

6. In Connorsville, Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner is having an orgasm.

7. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll booth.

8. Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal in Florida.

9. It is illegal in Utah to marry your first cousin before the age of 65.

10. Sex with animals is perfectly legal for men in Washington state, as long as the animal weighs less than 40 pounds.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Grilled Twinkies--A New Family Tradition?

Inspired by the Accidental Hedonist's angel food cake idea and the Twinkies Cookbook people are throwing a few Twinkies on the grill. They are quite tasty, actually. Crisp and warm on the outside, and gooey on the inside. Feast your eyes:



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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Remember its the 4th tomorrow..............

Remember to roll out your flag and display it proudly tomorrow......



Aussie funerals rock more than they used to




Hymns are being replaced at funerals in one Australian city by popular rock classics like Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' and AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell,' a cemetery manager said Wednesday.
At Centennial Park, the largest cemetery and crematorium in the southern city of Adelaide, only two hymns still rank among its top 10 most popular funeral songs: 'Amazing Grace' and 'Abide With Me.'
Leading the funeral chart is crooner Frank Sinatra's classic hit 'My Way,' followed by Louis Armstrong's version of 'Wonderful World,' a statement said.


The Led Zeppelin and AC/DC rock anthems rank outside the top 10, but have gained ground in recent years as more Australians give up traditional Christian hymns.
'Some of the more unusual songs we hear actually work very well within the service because they represent the person's character,' Centennial Park chief executive Bryan Elliott said.
Among other less conventional choices were 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' by the Monty Python comedy team, 'Ding Dong the Witch is Dead,' 'Hit the Road Jack,' 'Another One Bites the Dust' and 'I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.'

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

High fuel prices hurting business at Nevada brothels



Rising fuel prices are putting a pinch on the world's oldest profession.

Nevada brothels that cater to long-haul truckers are offering gas cards and other promotions after seeing business decline as much as 25 percent from a year ago, industry officials said.

Geoffrey Arnold, president of the Nevada Brothel Owners' Association, said truckers account for up to 75 percent of business at the state's rural brothels along Interstate 80 and U.S. Highway 95.

He said business is down about 19 percent at his two northern Nevada brothels along I-80: Donna's Ranch in Wells and Donna's Battle Mountain Ranch.

``We're being affected by the economy like everybody else,'' Arnold said. ``Times are tougher ... and truckers have less money to spend. They're not high-rollers anymore.''

Diesel fuel costs roughly $4.70 a gallon, up 67.5 percent from a year ago, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Of Nevada's 28 legal brothels, 16 are located in rural areas that are being hurt by truckers' higher diesel costs, Arnold said. Whorehouses closer to Reno and Las Vegas, which rely more on tourists and conventioneers, say business is up this year.

In response to a 5 percent drop in business, the Shady Lady Ranch along U.S. 95 about 150 miles north of Las Vegas plans to offer $50 gas cards to clients who spend $300 and $100 gas cards to those who spend $500.

The brothel also offers special monthly discounts, including an offer of 45 minutes of services for $175 instead of the usual rate of $200.

``Anything that has to do with discretionary income is down,'' owner Bobbi Davis said. ``Instead of spending $500 out here, they might only spend $300. I see it every time they raise gas prices.''

Under a promotion under way at the Moonlite BunnyRanch near Carson City, the first 100 customers who arrive with government stimulus checks receive twice the services for the same regular price.

``We're calling it double your stimulus,'' said BunnyRanch owner Dennis Hof. ``The brothel industry is having to get more creative just like all consumer products in America. Everybody has got to deal, and we're doing the same thing.''

Sue's Fantasy Club in Elko doesn't need to extend any promotions because it doesn't rely on truckers, said the brothel's manager, who would identify herself only as Victoria.

Business is up from last year because of a booming local economy driven by mining and rising gold prices, she said. ``We would be hurting, too, if we had to depend on truckers,'' she said.

Hardest hit are independent truckers, who must pay for their own fuel, said George Flint, a lobbyist for the brothel owners' association.

``So there goes your disposable income to have a little fun,'' Flint told the Reno Gazette-Journal.

Since January, the number of long-haul trucks based in Nevada has dropped by 4,100, or 12 percent, said Paul Eons of the Nevada Motor Transport Association.

Arnold predicted the industry would weather the slowdown.

``The customers won't be spending as much, but the brothels will still be there,'' he said. ``After food, the most important activity, at least for men, is sex. Sex is not going away.''

The downturn also has affected brothels by leading to an increase in the number of women seeking jobs as legal prostitutes, Arnold added.

As business for escort services and strip clubs goes flat, ``more women are interested in joining the (brothel) industry,'' he said.

Nevada is the nation's only state that allows brothels. Prostitution is legal in 10 of Nevada's 17 counties, but it's illegal in the Reno and Las Vegas metropolitan areas.

Driver crashes into store, then tries to buy beer there

A convenience store became an unwilling drive-in when a 74-year-old woman plowed her car through the front window and then tried to buy a six-pack of Budweiser, police and the owner said.

Lynne Rice of Norwalk drove her 1988 Cadillac into Joe's Food Mart and Video on Sunday evening, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Jenny Ha said.

The car plowed about halfway through the store but nobody was injured. Rice got out of the car, walked over to the cooler and pulled out a six-pack of Budweiser beer, said the store owner, who gave only his last name, Awada, to the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

"I don't know how she managed to walk," Awada said, adding a cashier declined the sale and instead called police.

Rice was taken to a hospital for examination because she had a pre-existing medical condition, Ha said.

She was also arrested for investigation of misdemeanor driving under the influence and released on $15,000 bail, authorities said.

Rice could not be reached for comment Tuesday. There was no telephone listing with her name in Norwalk.

Awada said the crash destroyed two 6-foot-wide glass panels. Damage was put at about $8,000.

Plainfield man gets 60 days for stealing puppy; cops say he made it inhale marijuana smoke

A Plainfield man who stole a $1,500 Pomeranian puppy and blew marijuana smoke into its face until it passed out was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in the DuPage County Jail.

"The bottom rung of humanity abuses animals for their amusement," Judge John Kinsella told Emanuel Lopez, 19. "Anybody who abused animals for their own amusement has a problem."

Lopez pleaded guilty in May to stealing the puppy on March 21 from a Petland store in Naperville. The dog was returned to the store three days later and has since been adopted.

Kinsella also placed Lopez on 30 months' probation and warned him that after he is released from jail, he will be subjected to frequent drug testing. "Bottom line is that you are a thief and we lock up thieves. Saying you were enticed is nothing more than an excuse. You're an adult."

Assistant State's Atty. Mary Cronin said that Lopez was asked to participate in the theft by two store employees. "One of the employees distracted the manager and the other made sure the coast was clear," Cronin said.

Lopez stuffed the 2-pound puppy under his sweat shirt and walked out of the store, she said.

Naperville Police Detective Richard Arsenault testified Wednesday that after stealing the dog, Lopez and some friends drove around the area, "Blowing marijuana smoke in the dog's face until it passed out."

Lopez told Kinsella that "the dog didn't pass out right away; he passed out later."

"Is there a difference?" Kinsella asked.

In seeking the 2-month sentence, Cronin noted Lopez has two previous theft convictions for which he received court supervision.

Cronin countered claims that Lopez was lured into the theft by the two former store employees.

"But no one enticed him to abuse the puppy," Cronin said. There's "no excuse for what he did to the puppy."

One of the two former employees, Karlie Pellock, 19, of Plainfield, pleaded guilty in April to theft and was placed on court supervision. The case against the other former employee, Anais Marquez, 19, also of Plainfield, is pending.