Musing

Sex Education for Parents or No, My Wife Is Not Pregnant One of the latest crazes sweeping the nation for 10 year old girls (1) is having a Purity Ball . Far right evangelical Christians bring their daughters to one of these balls where the father pledges to be a good role model (faithful to the wife, no pornography (2) , etc.) and the daughter promises to wait until she's married to have sex. Sounds like a good idea, if a little corny, right? Then you get to the end of the article: 88% of those girls lose their virginity before marriage . So it works! In fact, it works so well that the number of Purity Balls across the county this year is expected to double from last year! Idiots. If you're a father concerned about your daughter's willingness to remain a virgin until wed, I have a better solution for you. This summer, I will be hosting the first annual Fugly Ball. I'll be renting the Indianapolis Convention Center for one weekend in July, where eligible young ...

Paranoid Copulating Androids or I Don't Understand Either Music is orgasmically wonderful all on its own. Personally, I think having sex with music playing would be awfully distracting. Chiming in with me is Thom Yorke, who revealed in an undated video clip that he is confused by people who tell him they love to shag to the sound of Radiohead. He mentions Paranoid Android in particular. What the hell? (brought to my attention by http://www.greenplastic.com)

And Then I Blew Up The Indians or Rage, Rage Against The Occupancy of the Handicapped Spot A couple of months ago, a new family moved into the apartment below ours. They looked harmless at first - a young couple with their toddler and a pair of grandparents. In fact, for a while, we never heard a single peep work its way up to our domain. Even the baby was silent. This is probably the closest I've ever been to a baby without making it cry. One night I was out at Kroger picking up some snacks. It was around Christmastime, so the weather wasn't bitterly cold, but definitely cold enough to make a jacket a must-have. I gathered my bags, locked the doors, and walked up to the sidewalk leading to our stairs. Then crazy Grandpa India comes charging out of his door in a skirt. You're probably shaking your head, calling me ten different kids of culturally intolerant. But I'm telling you it was a skirt. I walked within three feet of the man when I went up the stairs, but ...

A Quote or Another Tidbit "Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are." --St. Augustine Normally I'm one to rant against hope, but this is a brilliant statement nonetheless. Stay young. (That's another brilliant statement, in a less obvious way.)

Tidbits or Minor Updates Thomas Covenant - The second book in The Last Chronicles, Fatal Revenant , is due out this October. This is exciting for me, because for me, the Covenant books are one of the most well-written trilogies ever. While you do have to read the books with a dictionary at your side, I don't find that too distracting. Under Construction - I want to find a way to bring good music to you, my Gentle Reader, without beating you over the head with it. So this section of this particular post is going to be tweaked over the next couple of weeks as I work at embedding some simple media player into the page. Eventually it will probably find a permanent home in the sidebar. Right now, the test track is a leaked track from an upcoming Nine Days album. The song is called "Favorite Song." Catchy title, no? Edit (2/27/07): For some reason, I just discovered that the autoplay option isn't working the way it was supposed to. The song is not supposed to st...

The 2006 Ho Media Awards Bringing You the Best Since 2002 It was a tough year of judging in the Ho household. There were a number of new releases in every category. This is also a tough post to create because as of right now, my entire archives seem to have disappeared (Update: A number of other people have reported the same problem, so hopefully it's just a widespread but minor snafu.), which would have made formatting this much easier. We've got new categories this year, so let's start things off with one of those. Website of the Year - Obfuscated Thought OT was gently laid to rest earlier this year, but it was long the home of some of the weirdest science/tech news you could find at the time. The layout was tastefully simple and easy on the eyes, which is something 9 out of 10 MySpace users could learn a lot from. OT, you will be missed. Book of the Year - Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon This book is a brick . Some reviewers have said that there are parts th...

Choked, Maimed, or Irradiated - It's Your Choice or The Real Life "A Christmas Story" Do you miss the days of toys that were actually intended to put your eyes out? Then you'll love this little trip down memory lane . Man, I want that Atomic Energy Kit.