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In my town for the last, I dunno, like 77 years or something, they have a Pet Parade.

This year, if you believe the illustrious “journalism” of the local “news paper” was a bit like the rest of the world we live in: filled with mayhem and police horror. See for yourself:

BBC NEWS : Health ; Security bad news for sex drive
It’s badly worded in the article but to paraphrase:

Researchers from Germany have found that since less than 1/2 of 30 year old women in a secure relationship want sex, it is therefore permissable for their spouses to conduct extramarital affairs with as many as three dozen Swedish college-age study participants.

Frank Moore
Bearded Clam, 1997


A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this?

Best and Worst of the Web - Religious Advice & Best Fan Letter

Differences Between The Sexes | The Mismeasure of Woman | Economist.com

A study done in 1994 hints that if women think nobody is watching and judging them, and there are no physical consequences, they might be more aggressive than men.

In this study, participants played a video game in which they defended themselves from attackers, and the number of bombs they chose to drop was a measure of aggression. When participants thought they were known to the experimenter and were having their performance assessed, men dropped more bombs than women did. But when those same participants were given the impression that they were anonymous, women became the more enthusiastic bombers.

Moral of the story: Never turn your back on a girl with bombs.

I heard through the indie pop grapevine today that after a really grand time recording together, the former Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars has decided to join the indie pop powerhouse Modest Mouse. Wow!! This is great. I’m so glad the younger kids are beginning to recognize the super talents from days of yore.

Artists conception of the newly formed “super group”.

on men.style.com

It’s a slideshow. I wish they had voting enabled like a quiz because I know I could totally ace this.

For my money? Giada makes the MOST excellent “marinara.”