Blog Business +
Posted by Michelle Moquin on May 23rd, 2011
Good morning!
First, I want to make a few comments to address some blog business:
Trish: That’s just not happening. You made a typo, and you thought that you wrote “woman” when you really wrote “would”. Believe me, I barely have time to edit my writes let alone check what my readers write, and edit theirs for them. You’re on your own on this one. Next time check your spelling before you click, whatever it is you click to post.
Anonymous, Imahottie, and anyone else questioning whether I censor my blog: Listen, people are jamming my blog all the time – there’s nothing I can do. Got it? If you want to do something, write your congressmen – write Obama – tell them to leave this blog the fuck alone.
And I would appreciate it if people would give me the benefit of the doubt and not blame me for everything that happens. “Michelle, are you censoring your blog?” “Michelle, did you edit my post? “Michelle , why can’t I post?” “Michelle, why do I keep getting the same message that I posted already?” NO and I DON’T KNOW. As I said, people are fucking with my blog all the time. Ask your government. Bitch if you must, but stop blaming me.
Now…that I have vented, I just want to say that I can understand the newbies questioning me because the newbies…well…they don’t know jack shit – they don’t know the fuck about anything. But my regulars, my loyal fans – where the fuck are you? Back me up. Can someone get my back, besides my husband Doug, and yes, thank you Robert.
But let’s not threaten each other on the blog. It’s an open forum meant to give everyone an opportunity to vent, me included as you have just witnessed. The operative word here is “vent”. That should mean for those of you that don’t understand the word “vent”, it means you can talk about the things that bother you, express them with as much vitriol as you wish, but absolutely no physical violence to be threatened or carried out. That’s the purpose of the blog: To allow you to “vent”. So go at it – “VENT!”
And since I believe in practicing what I preach, George I will respond vocally when I feel like it, but right now I’m gonna let you slide. Oh…but with a nod to Doug, “Go take your meds”.
Okay…Now…that blog biz is done, onto the write for today. This was sent to me by one of my readers in Guam, to post for all of you:
Problems Without Passports: Scientific Research Diving at USC Dornsife–Why Guam?
On Saturday morning we fly to Guam, an island about one fifth the size of Rhode Island. Guam is part of the United States, although as a territory it lacks voting representation in Congress or a say in presidential elections. Location is primary in real estate speculation, but it is also central to military strategy and ecosystem management.
Above: Endangered hawksbill sea turtle photographed on Western Shoals Reef, Apra Harbor, Guam on August 5, 2010. Photo by USC DSO Gerry Smith
Guam is the only patch of truly U.S. soil in the western Pacific and it has one of the finest deepwater anchorages in that part of the world — Apra Harbor. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has been planning a massive military buildup of Guam, including the relocation of U.S. Marines and their dependants from foreign soil (the Japanese island of Okinawa), and provisions for more frequent berthing of aircraft carriers in Apra Harbor. This buildup will significantly increase the population of 180,000 currently on this island and greatly stress its already deficient infrastructure.
The most productive ecosystems in the world are coral reefs, and those in Guam are threatened. The number of people per unit area of reef is already much higher than in other parts of Micronesia, such as Palau. While coral reefs are frequently harmed indirectly by human activity such as agricultural runoff, some of the reefs on Guam will be destroyed entirely in the course of dredging Apra Harbor for naval vessels. The DOD was required to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed buildup, and comparing that document to the “boots-on-the-ground” reality we will observe in Guam is a big part of the reason we are going there rather than another exotic location imperiled by climate change or overfishing.
Above: Map of Guam. Courtesy of the CIA World Factbook.
Last year we made eight dives in and around Apra Harbor, including two on Western Shoals Reef — approximately 200 meters from the proposed Navy dredging. The DOD environmental impact statement is a controversial document. To quote the chapter on proposed aircraft carrier berthing in Apra Harbor:
…no sea turtle density information is available for Apra Harbor, however thousands of dive hours have been conducted by the Navy and its contractors in the past seven years. Sea turtles have not been observed foraging or resting within the proposed project area; it has been observed to function as a transit area to and from Sasa Bay.
We saw endangered hawksbill sea turtles on both of our dives immediately outside the proposed project area, and we photographed one of them. Was it foraging? It was present on the reef, and sponges and other potential food items were nearby.
Above: Map showing Guam in relation to its surroundings.
Last year we also spent a lot of time with the Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources (the equivalent of a state fish and game agency). With their help our students became acquainted with several endemic Guam species that are threatened as a result of invasive vipers and other species, as well as habitat loss. Further habitat loss will inevitably occur as the proposed buildup moves forward.
Above: Image of aircraft carrier berthing alternatives in Apra Harbor. Image from U.S. Department of Defense Environmental Impact Statement “Guam and CNMI Military Relocation,” July 2010.
The natural environment of Guam, both marine and terrestrial, is threatened, and this is especially so as Guam becomes of increasing strategic importance to the U.S. military. We are a day or two from putting USC Dornsife students into this environment. After we answer the question “Why Palau?” you will start hearing from these students.
Editor’s note: Scientific Research Diving at USC Dornsife is offered as part of an experiential summer program offered to undergraduate students of the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. This four-week course takes place on location at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island and throughout Micronesia. Students investigate important environmental issues such as ecologically sustainable development, fisheries management, protected-area planning and assessment, and human health issues. During the course of the program, the 24-student team will dive and collect data to support conservation and management strategies to protect the fragile coral reefs of Guam, Palau and other Micronesian islands.
Instructors for the course include Jim Haw, Director of the Environmental Studies Program in USC Dornsife, Environmental Studies Lecturer Dave Ginsburg, SCUBA instructor and volunteer in the USC Scientific Diving Program Tom Carr and USC Dive Safety Officer Gerry Smith of the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies.
About the Author: Dr. Jim Haw is Ray R. Irani Professor of Chemistry and director of the Environmental Studies Program in the USC Dana and Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He is also a scientific, technical and recreational diver.
The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Scientific American.
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May 23rd, 2011 at 10:12 am
Hello Newbies:
I have been commenting here from the beginning and know the ins and outs of Michelle’s Blog.
She does not fuck with your comments! It is really governments all around the globe jamming the blog. China and some Muslim nations not only censor, but actually track people down and arrest or murder them for commenting on this blog. People actually risk their lives to get their messages out.
America is just as guilty as every other country. Many things are revealed here that politicians would not like heard. They prefer to keep the herd stupid. So don’t blame Michelle. She just posts and keeps her blog running every day.
It is very easy to type a typo and send it in, then look back and think it was rearranged. I know that I have screwed up my comments many times.
My advice is to write your comment on a word processor. Spell check it and read it. Then cut and paste it into Michelle’s blog. It will arrive as it was sent.
HOWIE
May 23rd, 2011 at 10:14 am
WHY DOCTORS HATE CHIROPRACTORS
If you’ve ever complained of a terrifically sore neck or lingering back pain, I’ll bet someone suggested that you see a chiropractor.
I visit my chiropractor when my recurrent neck pain flares up (as in, when I spend too many hours in front of my computer for too many days in a row), and I know lots of other people who see chiropractors, too.
Now research is affirming the efficacy of chiropractic care for a number of conditions, and this trend may be further stoked by changes brought about by health-care reform.
For many complaints, including such varied and seemingly unrelated ones as headaches and digestive distress as well as back and neck problems, chiropractic care can often provide safe, effective and fast-working treatment — and (unusual for natural therapies) most insurance plans cover it.
However, many mainstream medical doctors aren’t fans. Their reasons aren’t always clear but seem to lie somewhere on the spectrum between being worried that chiropractic care is not safe and feeling threatened that good chiropractors may take away many of their patients.
THE TIME IS RIGHT
In a glass-is-half-full kind of way, today’s troubled health-care environment actually presents an opportunity for chiropractors to gain some long overdue respect — at least that’s a hope that’s currently afloat in the chiropractic community, I heard from Robert A. Hayden, DC, PhD, spokesperson for the American Chiropractic Association.
A critical-care nurse for 20 years before becoming a chiropractor himself, Dr. Hayden explained that the nation’s ongoing and pressing concern about health-care costs and treatment efficacy is a good backdrop against which to understand the many ways chiropractic care can help patients.
Why are doctors skeptical? Dr. Hayden told me that one of his regular patients is an orthopedic surgeon — but another orthopedist in his community won’t accept patient referrals from Dr. Hayden, and a nearby hospital won’t perform MRI scans for his patients.
He believes this lack of acceptance is fueled by the very fact that chiropractic does not involve drugs and can be an effective alternative to hospitalization and surgery, which makes it attractive to both patients and the bean counters of health-care costs.
The fact that Medicare now covers some chiropractic services enhances its credibility but also adds weight to worries that this natural, less invasive and less expensive alternative will divert health-care dollars away from medical doctors and hospitals.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
Key to the growing acceptance of chiropractic care is evidence-based research demonstrating that it is safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient.
In the latest such effort, funded by Mercer Health and Benefits in San Francisco, Dr. Niteesh Choudry and colleagues reviewed existing literature on the efficacy of chiropractic.
Their conclusion is that it works as well as or better than conventional modalities, including exercise programs, drug regimens and surgical intervention, for treating many forms of low back and neck pain, two of the most common medical complaints.
Numerous other studies also support the effectiveness of chiropractic treatment for spine and neck issues in particular.
For instance, a 2002 study of patients with nonspecific neck pain found that pain was reduced and function improved for 68.3% after seven weeks of chiropractic care, while the success rate for those in the care of general practitioners was only 36%. The patients of chiropractors missed work less frequently and needed less pain medication.
CAN IT CAUSE STROKE?
One very specific concern voiced by many medical doctors is that chiropractic neck manipulation has the potential to cause stroke, or — if done improperly — even death.
The basis for this is a fairly rare and often undiagnosed condition in which the vertebral arteries in the neck are weakened, possibly by high levels of homocysteine.
The fear is that in a vulnerable patient, twisting or stretching those arteries during a chiropractic manipulation could cause them to rupture.
To investigate whether this is a real danger, researchers at the University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada) studied vertebral arteries from several recently deceased people and found that it would take nine times the force of a typical chiropractic adjustment to damage these arteries and mobilize plaque.
In fact, according to Dr. Hayden, normal head and neck movement present a greater risk than chiropractic manipulation for the kind of weak arteries that are of concern.
By that measure, it’s risky to have your hair washed in one of those beauty parlor sinks where you have to lean way back (there’s even a name for this one, “the beauty parlor stroke”), play sports or even to turn your head to complete a turn while driving.
The condition that puts people at risk for this problem is very rare, Dr. Hayden said, noting that the statistics don’t support the level of concern being expressed.
He pointed out that chiropractic is so low-risk that practitioners’ malpractice insurance costs only about one-tenth what an MD has to pay — around $1,300, on average, compared with $10,000 to $20,000 for general physicians.
THE TREND IS GOOD…
Meanwhile though, patients are voting with their feet — so maybe doctors should try to learn more about chiropractic care rather than stand in the way of progress.
The number of chiropractic patients in this country doubled in the two decades from 1982 to 2002, and an estimated 10% of Americans have seen a chiropractor in the past year.
As for me, well, when my neck hurts, I visit my chiropractor… and I feel better. If you’re interested in exploring this form of alternative medical care, you can go to http://www.acatoday.org/search/memsearch.cfm to find an experienced, licensed practitioner in your area.
Source(s):
Robert A. Hayden, DC, PhD, founder and director of Iris City Chiropractic Center, PC, Griffin, Georgia, and spokesperson for the American Chiropractic Association.
May 23rd, 2011 at 10:18 am
Ditto Howie. I have been reading this blog for more that 2 years. It is inconceivable that Michelle would spend the time to alter a particular comment.
And Howie would know if she did. He is as honest as they come so if he says no, it is no.
Melvin
May 23rd, 2011 at 10:54 am
The May 20th post(s) were about an alien’s glance into a possible world demise scenario. I am more likely to believe the aliens censored the blog, not the government. I have copied it all and I await the countdown.
May 23rd, 2011 at 11:02 am
11ok65ru’s countdown is at 24 earth hours left as of 5:02 a.m. today.
May 23rd, 2011 at 11:27 am
Urte #15 May 21:
Sorry I took so long to respond.
I too would like to reach out and acknowledge that I am at your service. I will try to help the TAO in any way I can.
HOWIE
May 23rd, 2011 at 11:44 am
Anon#5
You are mistaken that notice was not about any earth count down. It was to the LLi. The LLi are not earthlings they are mutated aliens.
May 23rd, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Anon39
I like the way you think. I read your initial comment and the follow up by surenough, and of course the subsequent repartee.
I like that you believe that love always has the upper hand. I think it is so romantic to believe that Love is the beginning and everything else is left to making a statement about it.
Simpler put Omnia vincit amor, Love conquers all.
So rather than call your self anonymous# or another why not sign in as Amorus – Love wins over everything else.
Robert
May 23rd, 2011 at 12:11 pm
And here’s some LOVE to YOU Robert!
xoxox
May 23rd, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Ernie this is what was written on May 20, 2011 at 5:02 am:
* * *
You represent the intelligence of a proud planet of explorers. Why disgrace your planet for the this planet’s sun. Sure we are a planet of light, and we understand your desire to return to it. But that is not your destiny, if you expect to be allowed to continue to exist.
Make the intelligent decision. You have 72 earth hours.
11ok65ru
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reads like earth hours to me
May 23rd, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Mischa, I apologize if you took my silence with g as not backing you up. I did not want to address him, it seems I already encouraged a ‘zen honey’ just for saying a joke was somewhat funny, don’t want to give him any further attention and DougTMD and Robert were on it. For the record, g you were completely out of line but I didn’t expect any other kind of behavior from you.
I can understand your frustration and frankly I’ve been waiting for you to just blow your lid on the incessant ‘are you editing’ and blah blah and blah, over the 3+ years it’s been on-going, ridiculous.
I no longer comment about politics/aliens bc I am so tired of being misquoted…read the whole comment before you distill what I say to ‘be married and use condoms’ that’s just lazy reading.
Hi Howie, I was just wondering where you’d gone…
I’m outta here, think I’ll watch until some other regulars show, I miss em’ – where’s Al, Ruth, Evelyn, Harris, Anonz (him, his desk or his emissary)…
Luv, Zen Lill
I hear there’s gorgeous diving in those parts of the world, will go back and watch, they wouldn’t load just now.
As far as being a little bit misquoted yesterday, my point was – if you men/women who are about to screw someone else’s spouse or gf/bf then go to the private party prepared, I did not tell anyone to live in a marriage with condoms. If you suspect anything go get tested and then confront.
May 23rd, 2011 at 12:36 pm
TAO I offer my assistance as well should it be needed. I trust you know how to reach me.
May 23rd, 2011 at 2:26 pm
I am Ja and alien who arrived from a planet just above your Globular Cluster about 3 months ago. My assignment is to meet and learn from the inhabitants. I’ve been reading this blog for two months. I don’t want to harm the humans on this planet.
But humans have to accept this fact. They belong to a group that need love, they crave it. They thrive on it it, every nuance of it. They can’t exist without it. We exist independent of it, perhaps beyond the reach of it. Most of the time we are dropped upon some inhabited rock to exist alone for a period of time until they come back to pick us up.
We have to spend some time observing the locals if we have had no time to do it before we entered their space. So we are dropped off with nothing to keep us company but our mission directives. Multiply this by a few hundred times and one should realize why emotional dependence would not be a part of this alien’s psyche. A lone individual couldn’t afford it if he/she is to accomplish their assignment.
But inevitably if we stay long enough we form relationships. But it’s like we are in a relationship that we are observing. We are beyond the emotional aspect of the relationship. It is sometimes baffling how attached the other party becomes to us.
When it is time to leave, to us, it is just time to leave for the next assignment. But we are usually stuck with the emotional angst of the indigenous being we are leaving.
For me, the worlds change the leaving remains the same. I sometimes wish I could experience this great thing these being possess. I want to know what it is they feel that makes them so unable to let me go. I always miss them until I land on the next planet then I concentrate on my assignment and they are forgotten.
I used to think that is what they did. But When I read this blog I learn that some may go on missing me in a very debilitating way. I can understand pain. And that would be painful. Meeting other indigenous beings is part of our assignment. But perhaps I can learn to leave the relationship before it becomes one of such deep emotional attachment.
That’s why I’m writing. I need clues as to when it is time to leave a relationship. What are the clues and the hints that would tell me when I should leave? I would appreciate any assistance or advice on the matter.
Ja
May 23rd, 2011 at 2:38 pm
I read that and my interpretation is that the 11ok65ru were giving the LLi 72 earth hours to surrender or be chased all over the planet via weather anomalies. It had nothing to do with the end of the earth coming.
Unless I was mistaken in your interpretation, I assumed you meant that you expected some calamity to befall the earth which was not what that message implied. Was I wrong?
Ernie
May 23rd, 2011 at 2:51 pm
Ernie, I meant 24 earth hours left (for LLI). Sorry I should have been more specific.
May 23rd, 2011 at 3:08 pm
Ja instead of looking for clues on when its time to leave before the emotional attachment sets it for the human, I would suggest just being honest from the outset.
Tell the human you are spending time with that its just a fling for you (fling = a brief casual relationship) or that you don’t want anything serious and or maybe, let’s not get serious becaue I will be leaving in ___ months or __ days. That way, the human is prepared and can *try* to keep their heart out of it. It may not work but its the best option.
When its time for you to really leave, you can say to the human, remember, I told you I only wanted a fling. I told you I didn’t want a serious relationship and now its time for me to go. The human would appreciate you being honest, in most cases.
If you don’t want to tell the human your real story (about being an alien, about leaving in a certain amount of time) just tell them, I’m not looking for anything serious. I only want a fling. Sometimes the phrasing is friends with benefits (as in, I’m looking for a friend with benefits). It works among humans anyway. Then when its time to leave you can say, it’s been fun but the fling isn’t working for me anymore.
And go.
Does that help?
May 23rd, 2011 at 3:57 pm
This where it all gets sticky
And not just output from your dicky.
I have a fondness for the many lovers
In and out of my silk bed covers
You’re here now but there were others before
All came in and dropped trou on the floor
Yet One is true and the Best of the Best
What words are for who is really a test
But if you are smart and read that right
Just enjoy the moment when I hold you tight
Then off you go and on your way
Because He’ll return for me some day.
May 23rd, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Ja, as a man, I don’t advise you to tell a woman you only want a “fling.” What she will hear is that you only want to fuck her(have sex). You will never get a relationship going using that kind of “honesty.”
My suggestion is to just meet and keep it casual. Casual means you never tell her you “love” her. When a woman starts bringing up love or how much she likes you, or how much she thinks you have in common, run don’t walk away from the relationship otherwise she will claim you led her on and bitch till the cows come home(forever).
Sam
May 23rd, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Ja,
If you want to learn about the dynamics of love, on this planet and the human specie, you must dive into it. You will not find out what you are looking for if you don’t play the game. You will find out some of the dynamics, but what you are asking for is only found when you are in it. You will then learn about the dynamic of what it is like to then leave the love behind. This is an emotional element that your research can only detail by being in it. However, over time, you will learn to be able to feel the pain, but learn to compartmentalize it so that you can move on in life and move on to your next assignment…This is a dynamic of the human that most people don’t take the time to learn and understand. Being able to learn how to have the pain, live with it, and still move forward is the key. It is a process of leaving the Ego at the door and learning about yourself and others in a more 3rd person kind of way…
May 23rd, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Ja
Fuck that “friends with benefits” shit too. Women do not want to hear that. You might as well just come out and say I just want a few friendly fucks.
And your chances of getting any of those “friendly fucks” for all your honesty are practically nil. Listen to Sam, Holly is full of shit on this issue.
She means well, but she is a woman and this frankly is man’s talk. I respect women as well as the next man and more than most, but that kind of “honesty” is a death blow to starting any kind of relationship with a woman on the planet earth.
Women are romantic by nature, meaning they want to fall in love in any meaningful relationship they get involved in. You can count the women on one hand that enter a relationship with the sole intention of having a fling or dropping their drawers for a brief but “honest” “friends with benefits. ”
Women want more out of a relationship than just sex. A man can get by for years on pussy alone. The more the better(that means variety). Unfortunately for women they never get that. They think the man is interested in the same thing they are, romance. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Guys out there help this man. If I am missing something.
Ryan
May 23rd, 2011 at 5:23 pm
I approached the question from the female human perspective and Sam from the male, but Doug nailed it Ja, if your true intention was to experience it, not just have your partner avoid any associated pain with your departure. You say you are beyond the emotional aspects of a relationship so I’m not sure you have the abilty to actually become emotionally involved as Doug suggests (provided I am understanding Doug’s write correctly of course).
May 23rd, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Ryan, I think you are under estimating (and under appreciating?) women if you think none are just interested in a fuck. Women in their 20s may be looking for wine and roses but a woman over 35 wants an orgasm.
May 23rd, 2011 at 5:53 pm
There is a time and place in every females life when she might be looking for just sex and/or friends with benefits, the trick really is to stop it between 3-6 mos and yes, that is key.
You can gauge when one or the other party is getting attached, and I can’t explan why it’s that timing, it just is…even if you made it clear from the beginning what the basis of the relationship is.
I don’t recall Ja saying he didn’t like teh feeling, he just didn’t share it or understand it. Many earth men don’t either but try being the female who says it’s over after 3-6 mos and you’ll see just who gets pouty. That’s not bs. men can get very emotional when they’re not calling the shots.
Ryan, you and others can kid yourselves but women do this – usually it is just after a separation (during which the ass they’d been married to cheated their ass off), then said female usually indulges but wants little attachment, at least not for awhile, generally speaking…and/or…I know many twenty-early thirty women who don’t like the hassles (men are babies’ who demand attention and my job is my baby) and take some lovin’ on the run, so to speak. It is key about the end timing though. I had a busy life in my twenties and that’s how I know. It wasn’t a ‘count em’ on one hand’ situation either.
The reason it’s convertly done, bc a double standard still lingers, so women partaking this way run it on the very down low, only their bf’s know. If it was well known then every jerk in the vicinity would think he had a chance and more often than not the female in question has discerning taste, she just dooesn’t want the closeness or love at that point in her life. Simple. Though I know a few men here would label it ‘slut’ and to that I say: get over yourselves.
I will say that I was not in that particular situation after my separation, and I won’t say what I did then or now but it is all about timing and it is all about ‘terms’ and establishing what’s acceptable and what’s not acceptable. then there’s always the element of love, and when it creeps in, then all bets are off and attachments are made and strong feelings occur. Then I would suggest reading Doug TMD take on things, he made a fantastic point, have the love and go in deep (nothing is more worth it) and feel the pain when it ends (and it often does) and carry on with life.
Men who can live for years on variety of women are somewhat living with head up ass if they think that women cannot or do not do that also. Do women tend to think they’re in a relationship when they might not be more often than a man, yes, when a man manipulates it to be so (lies, juts let the womn go and get another one if she means so little but no you greedy manipulators have to have it until YOu want it over). Women tend to be more straightforward about negotiating the FWB situation.
On the flip – Do women often forget to ask crucial questions like – do you currently have a wife or gf (if he lies about a wife, there are ways to verify that, but gf’s are harder to detect) and by not asking, men will lie by omission…of course, bc you didn’t ask a straight question. : )
I think I’m about done.
Again, I didn’t think Ja was trying to imply that he didn’t like the attachment just simply taht he didn’t understand and thinks we need teh love attachement more. I could be wrong. ja, maybe you can clarify?
Luv, Zen Lill
May 23rd, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Ja, went back and reread, clues are a female (or male – have had this laid on me in the past) and it’s called ‘the talk’ : ) I’m sure you’ve had one or two of these big ‘talks’?
If you continue to call, be sweet and create a groove in bed then yes, most people get attached (even men though they will lie to the death over it bc it doesn’t seem manly) hee hee hee…
- ZL
May 23rd, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Boy do I stand corrected. Thanks Zen Lill. You can be the encyclopedia of love when you put your mind to it. I agree Ja, based on her presentation of the true state of affairs between men and women.
Personally I am not one to call a woman who likes the WFB a slut or any other derogatory name, but I can understand the need for discretion due to the double standard that men perpetuate and most women accept as gospel.
Ja that 3-6months sounds about right. I would go with it.
Holly what can I say? You have seriously educated this man! I am 34 and I didn’t have a clue. Ja that’s why this is THE BLOG!!!
The women regulars on it are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks ladies for all you do. And for educating this die hard bachelor. Maybe there is a woman out there for me after all.
Ja, you’ve read it. Now get out and live it.
Ryan
May 23rd, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Ja:
I’m a woman, 42. Recently divorced and looking for that FWB relationship. I live in Liverpool, England. If I need to be more specific I will.
I would to have a relationship with an alien. Sexually or otherwise. Some consider me very attractive. I left my husband, he was a dud. I don’t need money. My half puts me none the worse for the wear.
Melanie
Melanie
May 23rd, 2011 at 10:30 pm
Ryan, you state this ‘the need for discretion due to the double standard that men perpetuate and most women accept as gospel.’ ah that partly true but you forgot my addition of ‘then every jerk in the vicinity would think they had a chance’ and woman really don’t want that weird attention, they want – under the radar. the nice thing about these trysts are that you can be very monogamous fairly easily bc of the duration. You know, if you’re going for that Catholic girl thing : ) hahaha…dammit I love my wicked humor. – ZL
May 23rd, 2011 at 11:40 pm
My thanks to all for your contributions. I will give them equal weight as I ponder the meaning of love. I must say I like Rober’s “Amorus.”
The Idea that this “Love” is so important to humans that it wins over everything is else is astounding. It would seem that we have been studying all the wrong things.
Melanie, I can find this Liverpool England. Is there a park or of shopping gathering that we could meet at? I will agree if you will agree to allow me to give you a bracelet that will transport you to my vessel.
I will hand it to you and leave immediately. You will put it on and it will clothe you in a color spectrum undetectable by human vision. 4 minutes later you will be transferred to my ship. you will be centered by our ship’s doctor and returned to earth immediately.
Afterwards I will be able to lock in on you for immediate transference to your locale. I will be able to mell with you in any form and you will be able to use items from my world without danger of radiation of any other side effects.
Deal?
Ja
May 23rd, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Damn, I want to fuck you so bad!