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That Counts as Sex?

We never knew. Eric Scheske is gonna be grabbing his wife's arm a lot for now on. It'll reduce the number of unexpected NFP births. > Fitzroy Barnaby said he had to swerve to avoid hitting the 14-year-old Des Plaines girl who walked in front of

Going to Europe?

If so, you may want to check this: > To experience Old Europe, there's no better way than by eating, sleeping, walking, studying, and praying in the houses of monks and nuns. Europe's Monastery and Convent Guesthouses: A Pilgrim's Travel Guide by Kevin J.

Monkey Art

Paintings by Congo the chimpanzee sold at auction for more than $25,000 on Monday. Link [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHIMPANZEE_ART?SITE=NYNYD&SECTION=STRANGE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-06-20-16-47-57] . Excerpt: > The three abstract, tempera paintings were auctioned at Bonhams in London alongside

Longer and Longer Acronyms

Don't ask us how we stumbled upon it, but here's a lesbian writing about this coming weekend's gay pride parade. She adores the parade, but has some problems with it, like this one: > Stand proud Gay Parcheesi Players with Hay Fever! You are

Gay Vague?

The New York Times is excited. According to this story [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/fashion/sundaystyles/19GAYDAR.html?ex=1276833600&en=9a7245033eb2af5a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss] , it's getting harder and harder to distinguish queers from straights. Excerpts: > As

Slow News Days?

Reuters devotes a substantial amount of print (three Internet pages) this weekend to a story about Raphael's alleged affair with a baker's daughter. Link [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=lifeAndLeisureNews&storyID=2005-06-17T120916Z_01_L20372736_RTRIDST_0_LIFESTYLE-ARTS-RAPHAEL-DC.XML] . Excerpt from the introductory

Batman Begins

Crux Magazine on the boring beginning of Batman Begins and Hollywood's inability to stage a fight. Funny stuff. > OK, I understand it's Batman Begins, and you feel obligated to show his beginnings, which is acceptable as a premise even though we've seen his

Calling Wendell Berry

An article in the June 20th issue of U.S. News & World Report speculates that suburbia might be bad for our health. A few excerpts (no link available): > Since 1960, the number of people commuting to work out of the county they live in jumped by 200 percent.

I Feel Like a Woman! I'm Comin' In!

> [Eugene, Oregon's] current Human Rights Ordinance bars discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, or source of income. The new ordinance would add "gender identity" to that

On Smut

Gil Reavill, a former employee of Screw magazine and current writer for Penthouse and Maxim, has written an excellent cover story for The American Conservative about the prevalence of smut. It's not available on-line yet, but when it is, we suggest everyone read it and send the link