Wonderful Women Of The World
Posted by Michelle Moquin on October 9th, 2010
Good morning!
I just couldn’t resist posting this girl under my Saturday post heading.
Karen Owen, a 2010 Duke graduate decided to do a 42-page “power-point-fuck-list” on all the men that she slept with during her 4 years at Duke University. The Title: Excelling in the Realm of Horizontal Academics”. Needless to say, an e-mail sharing it with a few friends, was too much fun to keep a secret, and it quickly went viral.
Karen Owen’s Duke Sex-Rating PowerPoint Goes Viral
A Duke student’s risque PowerPoint has firmly implanted itself in the annals of legendary internet stories for generations to come.
Karen F. Owen, a 2010 Duke grad, composed an in-depth, thesis-like document titled “An Education Beyond The Classroom: Excelling In The Realm Of Horizontal Academics,” in May. In the report, she describes the men she’s slept with in near-scientific detail and even provides charts ranking their sexual prowess. She sent the show to a few friends after she wrote it and, from there, it went into a forward frenzy, ending up on fraternity listservs and making its way to the media.
Owen told Jezebel that she never meant for the show to go viral; since it has been posted she has gone into virtual hiding.
Some Duke students are less than pleased by the report’s infamy. In a letter to the Duke Chronicle, Alyssa Granacki wrote,
“…the overall glorification of Karen Owen’s PowerPoint and the implied sentiment that it was an act of sexual liberation equates “shattering the glass ceiling” with humiliating members of the opposite sex. Why should we congratulate Karen Owen for subjecting men to the objectification, embarrassment and harassment that women have fought against for years?”
Legal blog Above the Law questions whether or not Owen will be subject to lawsuits based on the number of incriminating details revealed in the PowerPoint, comparing Owen’s situation to that of blogger Jessica Culter, who detailed her exploits on the blog Washingtonienne — and was sued by one of her paramours.
And this girl went for it, not only showing pictures but in depth descriptions of the sex she had, what they talked about, and of course their performance. It is hilarious. Check out her evaluation process check list:
And here’s an excerpt from her “thesis” of one of her “not so thrilling subjects”:
And when her “subject” was good…Um mmm…he was sooo good:
Readers: If you want to see her entire “Thesis” click here. It is worth the read. Love this girls creativity – You have to give her credit. Frats make this kind of list all of the time, but when a girl does it, watch out…the guys are just getting a little pissy knowing that all of their stuff is out there, or at least the ones that lack in the sack are.
Can you imagine one of the guys suing Owen because he’s upset she claimed he was lacking in the pleasure department, claiming he was “too small”? I can just hear the judge say, “Well let’s see the evidence; pull down your pants young man and show us exhibit #1.” Haha! Gotta love it. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander – don’t ya think? Blog me.
Hey ZL: Enjoy your weekend!
Harriet: Your comment was hilarious!
Penny: Well said.
Hi Mike: Happy to see you back here. I always look forward to reading your comments on the trash Human Events feeds to the religious rights.
Lea: Thanks for the article. In answer to your question: Cowards. Sick people who would not stand a chance giving their shit to humans, so they take it out on innocent animals.
Rose: Yeah! Thank you.
Doug: How about making some coffee and heading out for a nice walk with Lucy?
Chin: I like what you said the other day. Have you ever thought of being a girlz? I could use a brain like yours aboard my ship. Just something to consider.
Madaline: Look at the voting stats of the Dems and if the voting numbers aren’t significant enough for the Dems to win in some key Democratic Senate and House spots, then do nothing. If the Dems get out there and vote, winning in any Senate and House positions, and the Republicans try to steal the election, intervene and prevent them.
Readers: Please take note to my comment above to Madaline. Let’s work together as a team and make this happen in November. Thanks!
HAVE BEAUTIFUL DAY EVERYONE…PEACE OUT
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October 9th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Rent out a Room and Make $5,000 or More
Jacqueline Grossmann
National Shared Housing Resource Center
If you need extra cash, you may be able to turn to your home for help. Renting out a spare room can provide very good income — perhaps $450 to $600 per month, though this varies by region and room quality.
First step: Check the rooms-for-rent listings in your local newspaper classifieds or online at Craigslist.org to find out how much other home owners are asking in your area.
Though renting out a room is a potential income source for any home owner, it’s most likely to pay off if…
You can offer a room with a private bathroom and/or private entrance.
Your home is located near public transportation.
Your region has employers that hire temporary and/or seasonal employees, such as colleges and universities.
SELECTING A TENANT
Renting out a room means inviting a stranger into your life. The wrong tenant could make you feel uncomfortable… rob you… or fail to pay rent. Strategies for finding the right tenant…
Work with a nonprofit home-sharing organization. These local organizations match home owners with room renters, usually for free.
They have experience spotting potential problem tenants and even might conduct background checks on prospective tenants.
Links to home-sharing organizations can be found on the National Shared Housing Resource Center’s Web site (www.nationalsharedhousing.org).
Click the “Directory” link, then search for programs in your region coded “MU,” for “Match-Up Program.”
Contact employers in your region. Companies that hire temporary employees or that transfer employees to the region from other branches for temporary assignments sometimes keep track of local housing options.
Contact local universities’ housing departments. They might know of graduate students or visiting professors in need of rooms for a semester or longer.
Contact school principals. Schools sometimes hire temporary replacements from out of town when teachers take maternity leave.
Contact hospital human resources departments. Hospitals often hire temporary nurses, sometimes from overseas.
Contact local houses of worship. Ask if they know any trustworthy people in need of affordable housing.
Insist that a potential tenant supply proof of stable income, such as pay stubs. Also get his/her employer’s contact information so that you can get a reference.
And be sure to get at least two other references, including one from a previous landlord.
If you want to avoid tenants who have criminal histories, lean toward applicants in fields such as teaching or nursing, where background checks and drug tests are the norm.
If you want to conduct your own check, search online for “background check” to find a company. Be sure to have the renter’s Social Security number so that you are checking the right person.
To see if the person is a sex offender, go to http://www.nsopw.gov/core/publicregistrysites.aspx.
Don’t wait until the last minute. Home owners often wait until their financial situations become desperate before renting out a room.
This desperation forces them to accept almost anyone who knocks on their door. Better to advertise your room for rent several months before your financial situation becomes tight so that you can be selective.
HOUSE RULES
Home owners should explain the house rules to would-be tenants before agreeing to let them move in…
Identify the sections of the house and grounds that are off-limits to the tenant.
Example: The master bedroom, den and the garden on the east side of the house are private areas.
Explain if and where smoking is allowed. Example: Smoking is not allowed in the home, but it is permitted on the back patio.
Explain whether pets are allowed. Example: Cats and dogs are not permitted, but smaller pets confined to cages or aquariums are acceptable, subject to the home owner’s approval.
Describe where the renter can park. Example: The renter can park a vehicle on the driveway’s left side, leaving room for other vehicles to pass.
Explain whether overnight and daytime guests are allowed. Example: Daytime guests are permitted in the renter’s private room but not in the home’s common areas. Overnight guests are not permitted.
Lay out the tenant’s access to the house TV and other electronics… the refrigerator… the washer/dryer… and the house phone.
Example: The tenant can use the TV and stereo between 10 am and 10 pm if they are not being used by the home owner.
One shelf will be made available in the refrigerator for the tenant’s use. The tenant has the right to do two loads of laundry per week.
The tenant cannot use the house phone without specific permission from the home owner.
Set certain hours as “quiet time.” Example: The tenant agrees to keep noise down between 10 pm and 8 am.
Explain whether the tenant has any right to change the thermostat… and, if not, at what temperature the home will be kept.
Example: The home will be heated to at least 68° in the winter and cooled to stay below 75° in the summer. The tenant cannot change the thermostat without permission.
List any restrictions on food storage, preparation and consumption in the tenant’s private room.
Example: The tenant can eat in the kitchen or in his private room, but all food will be stored and prepared in the kitchen.
No hot plate, microwave or refrigerator is permitted in the private room.
Explain who is responsible for household utility bills. Example: All utility bills will be paid by the home owner. (Room renters generally prefer the certainty of a fixed charge.)
ROOM RENTING AND THE LAW
Five legal considerations…
Landlord law. A long list of state and federal laws govern the landlord/tenant relationship.
Examples: Many jurisdictions have laws restricting a landlord’s right to evict a tenant or enter a tenant’s room or apartment… limiting security deposits and fees… and requiring the disclosure of lead paint and other health risks.
The Web site of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development offers details for federal fair housing laws and links to sites that cover state laws (www.hud.gov, click “Rental Assistance” under “Topic Areas,” then read the sections under “Your Rights and Responsibilities”).
Exception: If you are renting out a room in your own residence, you are not subject to the same strict federal antidiscrimination laws that other landlords must follow. You could choose to rent only to someone of your own gender.
Zoning laws. Some towns and neighborhoods have rules limiting the number of unrelated people who can live together under one roof.
These rules typically do not prevent home owners from renting out one room to one unrelated roommate, but it’s worth checking with your town offices.
Taxes. The rent your tenant pays to you is income that should be reported to the IRS.
However, you likely can deduct a portion of your home’s depreciation… home repair and maintenance costs… utility bills… and homeowner’s insurance premiums from this rental income.
See IRS publication 527, Residential Rental Property, for details. You can download it at http://www.irs.gov.
Insurance. Contact your homeowner’s insurance provider to make sure that your policy will not be voided if you take in a tenant… and that you will be covered if the tenant causes damage to the home or is injured on your property and sues.
Contracts. Prepare a written lease to be signed by both you and your tenant. Suitable forms can be found in do-it-yourself legal guidebooks… or downloaded from law Web sites, such as Nolo.com, typically for $10 or $25.
This lease should spell out each party’s responsibilities, including the house rules… the amount of rent and the day of the month on which rent is due… whether a security deposit is required… and the terms under which the lease can be ended. Room-rental agreements typically allow either party to terminate the lease with 30 days’ notice.
Bottom Line/Personal interviewed Jacqueline Grossmann, copresident of the National Shared Housing Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for consumer information about shared housing programs.
She also is homesharing coordinator of the Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs, a nonprofit organization serving the north suburban Chicago region. http://www.interfaithhousingcenter.org.
October 9th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Thank you so much Michelle. This is one for all the times the men have dissed us women.
Linda
October 9th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Please, please make me a Girlz. I have been a practicing paralegal for two years. My parents were ill and I couldn’t see myself going away to law school while they suffered alone.
I have no brothers or sisters but my 6 cousins are like the 3 brothers and 3 sisters I never had. We are very close and we share everything.
Our parents are very wealthy so we have never had a location problem. We spent most of our teens going on vacations together and we share the same elite schools.
My father treats me like the “son” he never had. I run all the VPs at his company ragged with my suggestions and demands.
My cousins are dynamos also. They want to be the heads of their families businesses also.
But I would give it all up to be a Girlz. I have been reading your blog for almost three years.
I didn’t believe at first, but now I have to take the option if it is actually being offered to me. Besides my parents are 100% okay now.
So beam me up Michelle.
Chin
October 9th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine into your brain, and that is where shitty ideas come from!!!
October 10th, 2010 at 7:01 am
Could Terrorists Be on Your Plane?
Mary Schiavo
Motley Rice
The attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day has once again focused Americans’ attention on air terrorism.
Per mile traveled, flying still is safer than driving, but the dangers of terrorism are real. Here’s what air travelers can do to reduce the odds that they will become victims…
Choose your airline carefully when flying overseas. It isn’t just US citizens who often are targeted by terrorists — it’s US airlines and flights headed to the US.
All four planes involved in the 9/11 attacks belonged to US carriers… the Christmas bomb attempt was on a Northwest Airlines flight… and the 2001 shoe bomber was aboard an American Airlines flight.
British, French, Russian, South Korean and Indian flights occasionally are selected by terrorists as well.
To reduce your odds of falling victim to a terrorist attack on an international flight, favor airlines that are not typically targeted by terrorists… and that are based in countries that seem unlikely to be singled out for political reasons.
These include Germany’s Lufthansa, Australia’s Qantas and Japan’s ANA (All Nippon Airways) and Japan Airlines.
Caution: The risk for terrorist attack currently is greatest on flights from foreign countries to the US.
These flights offer terrorists a way to target American victims without having to evade US airport security, which is considered to be among the tightest in the world in the wake of 9/11.
Choose flights on smaller aircraft when possible.
Terrorists like to target big airplanes. The biggest planes flying now include the Boeing 747, 757, 767 and 777 and most Airbus models.
They offer many hundreds of potential victims. Big planes also have much larger fuel tanks than smaller planes, making them potentially more damaging to targets on the ground in 9/11-style attacks.
It’s possible to make most flights of 1,000 miles or less on relatively small planes.
More than half of all domestic flights in the US now are on regional jets built by Bombardier (which have just 50 to 100 seats) or Embraer (37 to 122 seats). Flying these smaller planes on longer flights requires making a connection.
Lean toward small US airports rather than large ones. Security was very poor at some small American airports prior to 9/11, but that’s no longer true.
Security now is much tighter at all domestic airports. In fact, security can be tighter at smaller airports because security personnel at these facilities often have more time to screen each passenger and examine each bag.
Report any suspicious activity to the crew.
Suspicious activity by fellow passengers may include individuals spending long periods of time in the lavatory… congregating near the cockpit… having quiet meetings among themselves… taking an inordinate interest in the flight crew… and possessing any suspicious items.
Reserve a seat near one of the plane’s exits… but not necessarily a wing exit. It’s almost always safest to be seated near an exit in an emergency — passengers near exits get out first.
If there is a terrorist with a bomb onboard, however, passengers in the seats near wing exits might be at increased risk.
Terrorists generally try to detonate bombs near aircrafts’ fuel tanks, some of which are located in the wings. Naturally, it’s safer to be farther from the bomb.
Note: Passengers seated near the wings have the greatest responsibility to be on the alert for suspicious activity by fellow passengers seated near them.
Avoid traveling to, from or through countries that are not in compliance with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s safety standards. On the Web site of the US State Department (http://travel.state.gov), select “International Travel,” choose a country, then click “Aviation Safety Oversight” to find out if there is a potential problem.
Example: The US Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration has warned that it cannot assess the security of airports in Albania, Azerbaijan and Venezuela, among others.
Exercise the greatest caution when there has not been a recent terrorist attack. Most travelers become cautious right after an attack, but history tells us that terrorists wait months, even years, between attacks on airliners in hopes that security personnel and travelers will let down their guard.
Bottom Line/Personal interviewed Mary Schiavo, Inspector General of the US Department of Transportation from 1990 to 1996.
Her 1997 book, Flying Blind, Flying Safe, exposed problems with America’s aviation security prior to 9/11. Schiavo is a licensed pilot and former professor of aviation at The Ohio State University.
She currently heads the aviation litigation team for Motley Rice, a law firm based in New York City and Charleston, South Carolina.
October 10th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Saw you at the Reunion. You were too fine! I can’t remember you looking like that in school. No wonder you were always taken.
October 10th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Ruth
One of my favorite quotes is – You may only have two things in life, Reasons or Results:
Reasons don’t count.
It is something one can say if he is an Anon. But if he/she is anyone else, there are plenty of uncontrollable reasons the “best laid plans” don’t materialize.
One of them is the secret detrimental intervention of the racists.
Many OTWs go about their daily lives with plans and dreams identical to their white citizenry and those in a position to cause harm do so because of racism and their dreams become just that a dream unfulfilled.
I am working with a family whose farm in the wheat belt was lost because those racists whites who held government jobs in the Depart of Agriculture systematically denied blacks the same loans they gave to white farmers.
The obvious result was that the black farmers were forced to sellout to the whites. Their taxes went to support their white neighbors and to force blacks out of their farms.
Today a white farmer can proudly make the earlier quote. “Results are the only thing that counts.”
Except if one of the “Reasons” is the white boy conspiracy to keep you from your “Results.”
The fact that the government has established that their was a conspiracy to deprive black farmers of the loans to keep their farms and even outright fraud to force blacks off their farms hasn’t prompted the 99% white Senate to pay the award a federal court awarded the victims.
These are BLACK victims, they can wait. While the white boys in the 9/11 bullshit have to be paid immediately.
That makes me bitter.
Robert
October 10th, 2010 at 7:27 am
You were sparkling. Everyone was asking where did she get those sparkers?
The obvious answer lay in the absence of Doug. He was busy working to support her precious jewel habit.
October 10th, 2010 at 7:47 am
Hey, I didn’t expect anyone to beat me in. My observations were J you were hot. T, well you were just T. Michelle it’s your blog so I can use your name. When asked if you would comment on the Reunion several of us said “I won’t.”
I had my fingers crossed. So I will. W would have withered with regret had he seen you last night. I watched the guys and some of the girls getting an eye full staring down your top and grabbing unguarded looks as you crossed your legs when we sat down to talk.
Except for the occasionally sneak out to smooch in the car, you were usually more discrete when we partied in our youth. But tonight you were so much more aware of your power over the boys.
R said she left so quietly sort of like the flirtatious discrete distance she kept between her and the boys. Too bad for them, no car smooches at all.
We ended our convo about you with “at least she still loves her high heels!” :)
October 10th, 2010 at 7:52 am
I didn’t get a dance. I waited for a slow one so I could rub that hot back and feel the squeeze of those hotly displayed breast against my chest. I removed my T shirt to get a better feel.
But no slow dance and no you available, sort of like our school days. Except I don’t remember you having such hot legs. Or was it I never got to watch you cross and uncross them so much?
October 10th, 2010 at 7:57 am
I was there. I didn’t make my presence known. I watched you. What was the joke? You were smiling so much that I finally decided that you must have a hidden camera on you some where and you were snapping pictures for your blog.
I never attended any of your high school functions but we had our moments.
It was good seeing you again.
October 10th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Somebody got up early.
Why did you leave so surreptitiously? I wanted to say a few things before you left.
Will I have to wait until the next reunion?
October 10th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Just a note to those who said they would and didn’t show up. You MISSED out!!!
October 10th, 2010 at 10:23 am
I got up this morning looking for the pictures?
Well Michelle?
October 10th, 2010 at 10:45 am
Somebody slept late. I didn’t get invited to the “Reunion.” But then again I don’t live in California and I never have.
But should that prevent me from enjoying the obvious good time it seems the folks had with our blog host present?
No, a resounding NO! Yet, I read and read and no response. How much longer must I wait?
Like with the Zen Lill scraps of delight, the tease goes on.
Kent
October 10th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Robert:
My parents suffered in much the same way you described at the hands of bigoted whites her in the state of Washington.
We “chinks” as they like to refer to us as should go back to China. That is their excuse for using their governmental positions to conspiratorially deprive my parents and other Chinese American citizens of their rights to the same services and benefits they enjoy from our tax paying.
I congratulate you on your commitment to voicing the anger of all of us who can not do it ourselves.
Raina
October 10th, 2010 at 11:03 am
OMG! I just finished reading Karen’s “F**K List. That girl is too much!
It was a wonderful read. I recommend it to all women and teens. There was a bit of racism in there. But it was another example of how the real world is. I did not like it, but at least she was honest about what was said.
The sexual descriptions were, how should I say it? Take that Guys – for all the times you described us as a piece of meat.
Oh the guys will bitch. And they will undoubtedly get a few less thinking women to go along but it was DUE and it was Good.
Good for you Karen and so good for you disgusting guys who not only kiss and tell but stoop to kissing and degrading because of your inadequacy in the meat department.
Hmmmm, loved it.
Evelyn
PS. you go Robert, eh mother?
PSS: Somebody had a nice time at their reunion.
October 10th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Can I just add that my favorite bullshit quote is
“Trying provides two excuses,
an excuse for not Doing.
and an excuse for not Having.
Now doesn’t that sound like your AFFIRMATIVE ACTION baby Robert? He never had to worry about not “Doing,” or not “Having” because our government provided for him because he was a white male.
While the rest of us were left to “trying” to make ends meet the best we could.
Like the republicans today who put down government while receiving Social Security, tax breaks, government business subsidies, Veterans care, Medicare, and a host of other government services designed to protect us from the companies that operate on the business policy of – make a billion by cheating or poisoning the American people and pay a tenth of it in fines and pocket $900,000,000 in profit – they put down “trying.”
From their perspective maybe they have a point. Why try when they have rigged the system to allow “Doing” and “Having” only for themselves.
Evelyn