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The economy is in a recession, oh okay technically its not a recession, but its certainly slowed. Fuel is costly, actually energy costs in general are high. Which means prices all around are increasing. The housing market is crap. The dollar is down against the Euro and British Pound (and many other currencies), and worries [...]

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Article from the NY Times about a study that examines female sexuality, and makes the claim that women aren’t really excited by a naked guy, or some kind of male visual sexuality, but the “degree of sensuality”.
The concept is that men can see a naked woman just standing there and be almost immediately turned on. [...]

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A group of scientists has genetically modified some bugs so that they excrete what is basically oil.
We all understand the problems of an oil based economy right now. With limited resources and high demand, the prices of fuel is going up. In an ideal world we could switch to more accomodating sources of energy. However, [...]

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From The Huffington Post and AOL:
The survey, “Sex and the American Mom,” revealed that 34% of these married moms is in the midst of, or has already had, an affair. Think of three married moms you know and ask yourself, “Which one is cheating?”
Another somewhat mind-blowing result of this survey was that 77% of the [...]

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A lot of my friends make fun of my blog. They don’t understand it as a hobby. Or, even if they accept it as a hobby, they think of it as something really nerdy without much value.
I found an article that ran parallel to my understanding of why people do blogs.
Here is the argument as [...]

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Forget your residual feelings from middle school math class. Ratios can be fun and beneficial.
A census of the nation’s cities show that certain regions of the country have unbalanced ratios of single men or women.

By far, the best places for single men are the large cities and metro areas of the East Coast and [...]

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This comes straight from a judge’s ruling, so it’s practically a law.
Okay, so it’s from a judge in Britain, but I bet it holds true in the US.
A woman tried to claim her ex boyfriend was harrassing her by sending her a facebook friend request. The judge ruled that this was not implying that they [...]

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The title of this article from the LA Times - “The Risk for iPhone users, they know too much”.
I could have told you that. The whole reason I got my iPhone is so I could be connected to the internet everywhere. When I need to know something (bank balance, what that email said, where the [...]

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A study in the American Journal of Psychiatry has come to the conclusion that sending excessive texts and emails may be a sign of mental illness.
The article, by Dr Jerald Block, said there were four symptoms: suffering from feelings of withdrawal when a computer cannot be accessed; an increased need for better equipment; need for [...]

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One of my favorite true boredom hobbies is checking out the missed connections section on Craigslist. For those of you who don’t know, Craigslist is an online classifieds system. They have all the traditional sections like things for sale, job posting, etc. They also have personals.
Some of the most hilarious ads are found in the [...]

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