Is it wrong to sleep with your step dad after your mom dies?

Dear Eve,

Last spring my Mom was killed in a car accident. I came home from college at the end of the semester to help my Step-Dad pack up her things and we spent a lot of time talking about my Mom. One night we decided to open a bottle of her favorite wine to toast her memory, and before I knew it my Step-Dad and I were making love on the living room floor. I always had a crush on him and was jealous that he married my Mom. He says he loves me and wants to spend the rest of his life with me. I feel like this is the way things were supposed to be but I’m afraid to tell our friends and family.
Eve, what would you do?

Mistress in Mourning

Answer can be found here: http://eve-101.com/mommies-sloppy-seconds/ 

Dzone is down, 500 Servlet Exception Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory error

Dzone is one of my favorite site to stay on top of programming news. Dzone is down right now. Here is the whole damn exception page, a friendly down for maintenance page would have been better

org.springframework.beans.PropertyBatchUpdateException; nested PropertyAccessExceptions
(1) are:
PropertyAccessException 1: org.springframework.beans.MethodInvocationException:
Property 'blacklistManager' threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.jdbc.CannotGetJdbcConnectionException:
Could not get JDBC Connection; nested exception is org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException:
Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (Communications link failure due
to underlying exception:

** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION **

java.net.ConnectException
MESSAGE: Connection refused

STACKTRACE:

java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:519)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:469)
at java.net.Socket.(Socket.java:366)
at java.net.Socket.(Socket.java:209)
at com.mysql.jdbc.StandardSocketFactory.connect(StandardSocketFactory.java:173)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.(MysqlIO.java:268)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.createNewIO(Connection.java:2745)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.(Connection.java:1553)
at com.mysql.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver.connect(NonRegisteringDriver.java:285)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.DriverConnectionFactory.createConnection(DriverConnectionFactory.java:37)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolableConnectionFactory.makeObject(PoolableConnectionFactory.java:290)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.validateConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:877)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:851)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:540)
at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils.doGetConnection(DataSourceUtils.java:113)
at org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientTemplate.execute(SqlMapClientTemplate.java:190)
at org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientTemplate.executeWithListResult(SqlMapClientTemplate.java:249)
at org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientTemplate.queryForList(SqlMapClientTemplate.java:296)
at com.dzone.utils.filters.dao.BlacklistDaoImpl.getBlacklist(BlacklistDaoImpl.java:20)
at com.dzone.admin.managers.BlacklistManager.getBlacklist(BlacklistManager.java:19)
at com.dzone.links.managers.LinkManager.setBlacklistManager(LinkManager.java:242)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:844)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:655)
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:78)
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:59)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1300)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1042)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:539)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:485)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:455)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:251)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:169)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:248)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:170)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:268)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:104)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1274)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1042)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:539)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:485)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:455)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:251)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:169)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:248)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:170)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:268)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:104)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1274)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1042)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:539)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:485)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:455)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:251)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:169)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:248)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:170)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:413)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:735)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:369)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:251)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:190)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:45)
at com.caucho.server.webapp.WebApp.start(WebApp.java:1864)
at com.caucho.server.deploy.DeployController.startImpl(DeployController.java:667)
at com.caucho.server.deploy.StartAutoRedeployAutoStrategy.startOnInit(StartAutoRedeployAutoStrategy.java:72)
at com.caucho.server.deploy.DeployController.startOnInit(DeployController.java:549)
at com.caucho.server.deploy.DeployContainer.start(DeployContainer.java:160)
at com.caucho.server.webapp.WebAppContainer.start(WebAppContainer.java:659)
at com.caucho.server.host.Host.start(Host.java:450)
at com.caucho.server.deploy.DeployController.startImpl(DeployController.java:667)
at com.caucho.server.deploy.StartAutoRedeployAutoStrategy.startOnInit(StartAutoRedeployAutoStrategy.java:72)
at com.caucho.server.deploy.DeployController.startOnInit(DeployController.java:549)
at com.caucho.server.deploy.DeployContainer.start(DeployContainer.java:160)
at com.caucho.server.host.HostContainer.start(HostContainer.java:484)
at com.caucho.server.cluster.Server.start(Server.java:1315)
at com.caucho.server.cluster.Cluster.startServer(Cluster.java:710)
at com.caucho.server.cluster.ClusterServer.startServer(ClusterServer.java:542)
at com.caucho.server.resin.Resin.start(Resin.java:703)
at com.caucho.server.resin.Resin.initMain(Resin.java:1157)
at com.caucho.server.resin.Resin.main(Resin.java:1360)


** END NESTED EXCEPTION **



Last packet sent to the server was 7 ms ago.)

GOOG is worth $1

Someone has gone on a crusade against Google, maybe he bought it at $700 and now he lost a lot of money? Check out the stuff he writes on a google.finance message board

thats the REAL value of GOOG, soon the high nominal value of GOOG will
drop to its actual REAL value which is $1 or less. all the stock
market is is a casino where people buy and sell air aka stocks. all
stocks are is empty air. they are NOT tangible real assets, (like gold
or silver) therefore they have NO REAL value. another thing is that
the outcome of GOOG's price has NO direct relation to the company
Google. on the stock market all that is sold is a product of air
called GOOG. the price of this air is NOT based on the Google company.
it is based on the supply and demand for this stock of air. if people
are scared of the economy they sell this air, and vice versa. this has
nothing to do with the company Google. therefore all the casino stock
market measures is NOT GDP, CPI, etc or any economic variable. all it
measures is the market value of air. and now we will see what air's
REAL value is as you watch GOOG plummet to .50 cents. then maybe "it
will be time to buy in! DAMN GOOG is a steal at 50 cents! BUY BUY!
haha what a casino the stockmarket is. it is NOT based on laws, NOT
based on theories, NOT based on fact, NOT based on formulas and math.
it is only based on SPECULATION of future prices and the beliefs that
"investors" have in those prices to bid up or bid down these shares of

im 8 years old and know more about economics than you. the whole idea
of "stocks" is a scam. it is NOT a real asset like land, gold,
capital, etc. it is NOT a real investment. it is simply AIR. it has NO
TANGIBLE REAL VALUE. do you know what the word VALUE means? go READ a
book and learn it, cause a stock has no value. it is a share of air
that is pumped or dumped, bid up or bid down, based on the sentiments
and speculations of "investors". thats it. it has nothing to do with
the well being of the economic, the stability of the currency, GDP of
the country etc. all it is is a market where shares of air are sold.
basically you have given VALUE to something that is NOTHING. what is a
share of GOOG? NOTHING. you DONT OWN GOOG, the CEO of Google tells you
NO I WONT GIVE YOU ANY DIVIDENDS. ILL KEEP ALL the retained earnings
and ill "invest it back into the business". then the google CEO goes
and gives himself and his buddies millions of dollars in bonuses,
while you, the so-called "owner" have no right in anything except
picking a corrupt group of board of directors who all make themselves
wealthy on the backs of the "stock owners". they dont care about
principal agent relationship.
when Google had its IPO it said, "hmmm how can i increase more capital
to enlarge my business. hhhmmm let me think............ill take a pile
of air, divide it into shares and sell it to investment banks, then
theyll sell it to you the "investors" and ill make millions"
you see my post says GOOG will go down to $1. you can make fun of the
REAL value of GOOG, but in a few months you wont be laughing anymore
becuase then the price of GOOG will have reached its true value which
====== NOTHING.

all this "wealth" was built on nothing. in creating a share of GOOG
there are no resources to create it, not costs in making a share, no
labor or capital used to create the share, NOTHING, because it is a
USELESS, VALUELESS, INTANGIBLE piece of garbage air.warren buffet? he
didnt get rich inventing things like Bill Gates. all he did was buy
and sell air to "make fast money" "without working" 1 day in his life.
now, i believe he must have bought alot of shares of air in this stock
market. as it collapses i hope he loses ALL of his "investments"
hahaha what a con artist, he steals money from people the legal way.
the only difference between a bank robber and warren buffet is that a
bank robber uses a gun instead of the casino con-game called the stock
market.
now i said GOOG is actually VALUE-LESS, i said 1$ to show thats where
it will head in 1 month or so. you i can have 10 PhDs from Harvard and
still CANNOT PREDICT the price of this share of air( the value of GOOG
is not based on math formulas but is just based on speculation and
sentiment ). go ahead and tell me ONE formula that tells you the VALUE
of a share of GOOG. THERE IS NONE. so go on pretending how smart you
are (you are actually stupid). in the coming weeks i will see you lose
ALL of your money in this market of shares of air. this week GOOG
will enter the 200 zone, next week 100, then it will hit the bottom, .
0000005, which is the TRUE VALUE of this intangible item of air.
now, go hang yourself quickly before you see this garbage plummet. you
thought you could become rich selling air, but i assure you that you
shall lose EVERYTHING in this con game.

you cannot compare GOLD bullion to shares of air. what does GDP
measure? it measures PRODUCTION. when a share of stock is created,
what is produced? NOTHING. it does not add up in GDP. if stocks had
REAL value then a POOR country in africa could attain high GDP per
capita just by "producing stocks" endlessly day and night. if the
african country mines for and produces Gold, then IT CAN raise GDP and
Net Exports. unfortunately, something that is made of air has no real
value. you CANNOT create something from NOTHING. that is what the
stock market tries to do: take air, cut it up into "shares" and place
a market value on it. NOTHING went into creating a share of GOOG, NO
capital, labor, land, equipment, resources or ANYTHING went into
creating a share of GOOG. there was NO COST in creating the GOOG share
which shows that it truly is garbage. now, comparing to gold is
stupid. gold has held value since the times of ancient egypt.
countries used to have gold coins as currency which had value. now we
have stupid paper fiat currency which "has value" because the
government says its "has value". once inflation begins youll be
burning your paper "currency" to heat your homes. Gold is a REAL
mineral wihich is mined. there are resources, labor, and capital that
are costs of producing an ounce of refined Gold, so you CAN give it a
real value based on the costs it takes to produce it. gold and silver
has always retained its value and thats why for most of history was
used as currency. also, the value of gold always rises in recessions
because it has always retained its value. NEVER will you see the price
of gold drop to $1, but you WILL see the price of GOOG drop to .
00000000006 cents because it is WORTHLESS. when GOOG goes to .0008373
pennies you retards will be yelling "BUY IN NOW! GOOG's A STEAL RIGHT
NOW! DAMN IM LUCKY!!" hahahahahahahahahaha
the stocks have nothing to do with PRODUCTIVITY, therefore they have
nothing to do with GDP, and contribute NOTHING to the economic
development of a country. the value of air cannot be used to measure
GDP. all it is is a LEGAL casino game where the odds of winning are
lower than in blackjack. if i wanted to make a fortune id rather go
count cards in a blackjack game in Vegas or Atlantic City

You can read it all here: GOOG is worth $1

What worries me most about the credit crunch

What worries me most about the credit crunch, is that if one of my checks is returned stamped "insufficient funds", I won't know whether that refers to mine or the bank's!

How an Engineer folds a T-Shirt

You gotta love this comment:

Yep hes an Engineer... who else would be brainless enough to cut cardboard on a ceramic tile floor with out protecting the floor...
Engineers only live in the moment they never think about the future or the past.

Amazing Art With Food

I got some amazing pictures of art with food in my inbox today

The Sarah Palin Debate Flowchart

The Sarah Palin Debate Flowchart

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The Dow Is Like A Bad Yo-Yo Diet

Take a look at this chart, doesn’t it look like a bad yo-yo diet, the Dow goes up one day and down the next day. But in this case it would be a reversed yo-yo diet since the Dow is losing more than it gains every couple of days. A diet like that would be a image conscious person’s best friend. In the case of a 401K where you invest in mutual funds it is not so good. Take for example the Vanguard 500 index Fund (VFINX ) down over 20% year to date. Of course it could be worse, the China stock index is down 57% year to date.

I am scared to check my 401K, well not really since I still have 30 years or so until I retire. Like Suzy Orman says “Now is the time to buy” right, but first you need to have money to buy! Some of my friend are giving up their pets because they can’t afford to keep the pets anymore. I myself never got into trouble, I put 10K down when I bought my car, I put 29% down when I bought my house, I don’t have any credit card debt. I also don’t have a fancy car and a big screen plasma but at least I can sleep at night without having to worry what will happen if I don’t receive my next paycheck

Google Offers $10million Prize Fund for Ideas that will Change the World

This week, as part of their tenth birthday celebrations, Google has announced the launch of project 10^100 (ten with 100 zeroes), an innovative scheme designed to inspire and fund the development of ideas that will help to change the world.

The internet mogul has called on members of the public to share their ideas for solutions that will help as many people as possible in the global community, offering a $10 million prize pool to back the development of those chosen as winners.

Here is a little video you can watch



To learn more about the project, visit this URL: http://www.project10tothe100.com/why.html

The Street Suffers But Microsoft Increases Dividend And Announces Share Repurchase Program

$40 billion authorized for share repurchase; Dividend increased 18 percent

Microsoft Corp. today announced that its board of directors approved a new share repurchase program authorizing up to an additional $40 billion in share repurchases with an expiration of September 30, 2013.
The board of directors also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.13 per share, reflecting a two cent or 18 percent increase over the previous quarter’s dividend. The dividend is payable December 11, 2008 to shareholders of record on November 20, 2008. The ex-dividend date will be November 18, 2008.
In addition, the company stated that it has completed its previous $40 billion stock repurchase program. Microsoft has returned over $115 billion to shareholders through a combination of share repurchases and dividends over the last five years.

At least one company doesn't seem to suffering like AIG, Merryl Lynch, Lehman Brothers and others.

Got to go, have to buy some gold and platinum bars :-)

In Vitro Succesful For A Third Time

I wrote about the Family We Donated The Eggs To Is Expecting A Girl before. We received an email from the family:

Our little girl was born, she is 8 pounds 1 ounce, twenty-two inches long. She is strong, bright eyed, healthy and beautiful! We are overcome with joy and gratitude to God and the two of you for blessing us with such a precious miracle.
Blessings to you both, and to your family

I saw the picture, it is a little strange to look at the picture and see so many similarities with our own kids. I would say she looks like a cross between our twins.

We did 2 cycles and both resulted in happy and healthy children, this family did one cycle and that also was successful. I know many families who have to do several cycles just to get one successful pregnancy.

Maybe we can meet this child later in life, I don't know that I want to since it might complicate matters for her and her parents. I am sure I will struggle with this but I do think we did the right thing, instead of destroying the eggs another person was born and another family who was childless has a child now.

iTax: States may tax iTunes, other digital downloads

Oh yes, can't wait for the backlash, this is a way to increase piracy.

If you enjoy buying music from iTunes, movies from Amazon.com's Unbox, or computer software from anywhere, be warned: the halcyon days of tax-free digital purchases may be over.

With retail e-commerce sales now estimated to exceed $130 billion a year, and iTunes song purchases topping 5 billion, state politicians and tax collectors have begun to levy new fees on digital downloads.

Call it the iTax. In 2008 alone, at least nine states have considered digital download taxes, and at least five of those states have enacted them into law. Nebraska's governor signed a digital download tax bill into law in April, and a similar measure was adopted in Tennessee in June. As CNET News reported a few months ago, Indiana, South Dakota, and Utah also enacted digital download taxes this year.

Full article here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10013327-38.html?tag=nl.e703

A woman (married three times) walked into a brida

A woman (married three times) walked into a bridal shop
one day and told the sales clerk that she was looking
for a wedding gown for her fourth wedding.

Of course, madam,' replied the sales clerk, 'exactly
what type and color dress are you looking for?'

The bride-to-be said: 'A long frilly white dress with a
veil. The sales clerk hesitated a bit, then said,
'Please don't take this the wrong way, but gowns of that
nature are considered more appropriate for brides who
are being married the first time -- for those who are a
bit more innocent, if you know what I mean? Perhaps ivory
or sky blue would be nice?'

Well,' replied the customer, a little peeved at the
clerk's directness, 'I can assure you that a white gown
would be quite appropriate. Believe it or not, despite
all my marriages, I remain as innocent as a first-time
bride.

You see, my first husband was so excited about our
wedding that he died as we were checking into our hotel.

My second husband and I got into such a terrible fight in
the limo on our way to our honeymoon that we had that
wedding annulled immediately and never spoke to each other
again.'

'What about your third husband?' asked the sales clerk?

'That one was a Democrat,' said the woman, 'and every
night for four years, he just sat on the edge of the bed
and told me how good it was going to be.................
but nothing ever happened.'

Atheist Finds Absolutely Nothing in His Toast

I wasn’t that hungry tonight so I just thought I would make some toast when all of a sudden it popped up and I was staring at the face of NOBODY in the toast! NON-HOLY WHITE BREAD!

Rest here: http://www.cynical-c.com/?p=11173

Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama were on a boat. The boat sank in a big storm..........

Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama were on a boat. The boat sank in a big storm. There was no life boat.

Who was saved?



Highlight between these lines for the answer
America
Highlight between these lines for the answer

Lazytown, you are making my life miserable

My oldest son has discovered Lazytown. Not only has he discovered it on TV, he has also found it on the computer. He found it on Youtube and of course the noggin website (http://www.noggin.com/shows/lazytown.php).

I am not a person who likes techno music but this sounds like bad techno. So for some crazy reason I have that song Cooking by the Book in my head this morning. No matter how much Metallica I listen to it won’t go away. Maybe I should listen to some Slayer or King Diamond instead. I can only imagine what will happen when the twins discover Lazytown in a year or so :-(

Who Would Participate In Such Crazyness?

hot tub group release (berkeley)

Reply to: pers-116894823@craigslist.org Date: 2005-12-08, 10:51PM PST

Let's keep this simple. I have a hot tub on Euclid. I am having a group release party on December 28th. Everybody is welcome (last time was all men which was fun but I would really like to get some women this time). Here's how it works: Five people get into my 400 gallon redwood hot tub. The temperature is a challenging 125 degrees. After a few minutes, everybody "evacuates." (voids their bowels in the tub). We see what "floats to the surface." This "letting go" stage is followed by a "coming together" stage in which each person helps the person to their left reach satisfaction (handsex). Simple and wonderful.

Some ground rules:
1)No footwear of any kind in the tub! Leave your flip flops on the deck!
2)Do not go into the house.
3)Scents are okay but please, NO GREASY HAIR PRODUCTS.
4)Please refrain from smoking.
5)Once everybody is in the tub, its silent time. No talking until everybody is out.
6)If you do not like what is "going down" (or coming up) step out of the tub. You do not need to make it everybody elses problem.
7)Please commit before showing up. Don't come out to the backyard, check out the "scene" and then decide to leave. This disrupts the experience for everybody.
8)Please no laughing or frivolity. Its not that it has to be "dead serious" but we don't want it to turn into a joke. For many people a group release party is a vulnerable psychosexual experience and your laughter can be shaming.
9)PLEASE NO LOUD TALKING AFTER THE SESSION. MY NEIGHBORS HAVE COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE THREATENED TO CALL THE POLICE.
10) If you are over two hundred pounds it is fine, but please let me know in advance.
11)PLEASE NO DIABETICS, PREGNANT WOMEN OR PEOPLE WITH HEALTH CONDITIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY A LONG AND UNUSUALLY HIGH TEMPERATURE HOT TUB SITUATION.
12)NO DRUGS OF ANY KIND!!!!
13)Please make sure that you have eaten well and NOT EXCRETED FOR AT LEAST TWELVE HOURS before coming.
14)No food in the hot tub or on the deck. If you must eat, finish your food in your car.
15)You can park directly out front or along the street. PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY. If parking is limited park on POPLAR st.
16)Do not turn on the airration jets under any circumstances. This makes the party impossible to clean up afterwards and also disrupts the atmosphere in the tub.
17)Please show up on time for the session. The orientation period is extremely important and helps to insure that the party will be a success for all participants.
18)NO CAMERAS OF ANY KIND INCLUDING CAMERA PHONES. For many, the session is a "discreet" experience and respect for individual privacy concerns is of utmost importance.
19)If you have a health concern which you believe may be transmittable through personal waste material please wait for at least two weeks after the matter has cleared up before attending a session.
20)You are welcome to bring a friend PROVIDED I KNOW IN ADVANCE. Please do not show up with an extra participant. Thank you for your interest and contact me if you wish to participate.


So let me get this straight; shit in the tub but make sure you don't bring any ketchup.

Polar Bear Eating A Head Or How To Get Horse Lovers Pissed Off

What is going on with all these horse loving idiots. Here are some comments from the flickr page

kurtise_wells says:
this is disuting i am a horse lover y put sumthing on like this


heatherds94 says:
Who ever put these pic on here is a stuped asshole. I'm a horse lover and i hate people who do these to aniamls. you stuped assholes. FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!


buckarmitage says:
Why...................Would.....................................U...................Do.......................That..............................!?I..H8te............. U!*Ur a horse hater*



And the best one is here

The comments on this are pure WIN.

And by win, I mean, where the hell did all of these total morons come from? Is this actually flickr? Can I block and ban these people so I don't have to see their inane comments?

Is YouTube down or something? Or is it time to delete my flickr account and move over to picasa or something?

Hey, morons? Check this out.
If you use more than one exclaimation point you're a moron.
If you use numbers instead of letters, you're a moron.
If you can't use an apostrophe properly? Yup, you're a moron.

If you think that feeding a dead horse carcass to a bear in a zoo is cruel, but you don't think keeping a bear in a zoo is cruel - you're totally a fucking moron.

If you think animals are "peaceful" - especially polar bears - you're such a fucking moron I have no idea how you even remember to breathe. How do you even tie your shoes? Can you even wipe your own ass? Does the spoonful of cereal get lost on the way from the bowl to your mouth? Do you actually get hypnotized and trapped by random shiny objects? I mean, other than your TV. We already know you're trapped by that.

Morons of the world? Keep it up. You're just making it easier for me to get work, and I'm a goddamn high school dropout. I look forward to ignoring your crappy service at WalMart.

However, if you do any of the above moronic things and you happen to be under ten years old - you might not be a moron. Yet. But you'd probably start cracking the books and learning how to write properly.

Unless you like working at WalMart. Do you? I'd hate it, personally, but I don't like working with dangerously stupid morons.


Also, I had no idea they fed carcasses to the large predators at zoos. I suppose I just imagined they'd cut it up for them. Why I would imagine that, I don't know. Bears are perfectly capable of eating a carcass. That's pretty much what they're evolved to be - carcass eating machines.

What do you think?