Archive for January, 2009Brazilian town declares Orgasm Day Sex rarely makes the news in Brazil’s conservative Northeast — until a small town declared an official Orgasm Day on Monday. Espertantina Mayor Felipe Santolia endorsed the May 9 holiday, which he said was intended to improve relationships between married couples. “We’re celebrating orgasm in all its senses. There’s even a panel discussion on premature ejaculation. But from what I’ve seen, women have more trouble achieving orgasm than men, especially in marriage,” Santolia said by telephone from Esperantina, 1,300 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. Santolia said the remote town of 38,000 people has been unofficially celebrating orgasm day for years, but that the town’s former mayor had vetoed a bill making it an official municipal holiday. The city council passed a law Saturday creating the holiday. Santolia, who took office earlier this year, said he would sign the bill later Monday. “I’m 32, single and I have an open mind. Beside the theme is very much of the moment,” he said. Orgasm Day celebrations include a series of panel discussions by sexologists from across Brazil and a presentation of Eve Ensler’s play “The Vagina Monologues.” Santolia said the idea of celebrating Orgasm Day at first created a scandal in this poor region, known for its religious fervor. But he said residents gradually residents warmed to the idea. “I’ve seen scientific studies that show when a woman is unloved, when her husband can bring her to orgasm, it affects all aspects of her life, her relationships with her children, at home, with the city and at work,” Santolia said.
Is that a shark under your coat? FRANKLIN SQUARE, N.Y. – A New York man is accused of going fishing in a pet store aquarium — catching a $350 shark and smuggling it out under his jacket. Police say the bizarre shark heist took place Dec. 12 at Total Aquarium in Lynbrook. The man went up to the tank where the shark was swimming and “just grabbed it and put it into his jacket,” store employee Jared Goldenberg told the New York Post. “And then he just walked right out. It didn’t take long.” The Freeport man released the contraband shark into his home aquarium, where he also kept a green moray eel he had purchased for $300 with a stolen credit card from a different pet shop on Jan 2, police said. Police tracked down the man, a frequent patron of the pet stores, and arrested him Wednesday at his job as a food-service worker in Brooklyn, the Post reported. The 30-year-old suspect was expected to be arraigned on charges of grand larceny and petit larceny. The fish are being cared for at the pet shop where the eel was purchased.
Family is finally gone after they were here for 3 weeks. YIKES! You know what they say about family “It is really good when they come to visit and even better when they leave! I had a great time during the holidays, we visited lots of areas in Florida I had never seen before. I went on a Swamp Boat in the Everglades and visited a lighthouse. 2008 is a year I can forget. I went through a lot of tough emotional things. 2009 will be a great year. Our country will go through a lot of tough times this year. Tough times make tough people. It will only get better! Let’s all look forward to a brighter future in 2009. Luv,
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