A lot of people have said they don’t understand the pill gun, so I made a video.
Thank you to everyone for your love and support. We really appreciate it.
Ripley isn’t any better so far today balancewise, but she’s completely there in her head mentally, and that makes me a very happy mama.
This really is a post about sex.
I was looking at tweets and saw Princepessa (aka Amber) post this article about the health benefits of sex. I would like to second the motion that sex is a very good thing by peanut gallerying each of the 10 reasons you should have more sex:
1. Sex relieves stress.
I’ve been really tense from work lately. Sex has been the only way for me to release the tension from work. Bad timing to have my period during the week when everyone was screaming at each other, but I’m back on the sex wagon and am a firm believer that sex cures the stress bug. At least while the endorphins are circling in my head.
2. Sex boosts immunity.
I have no specific data on this, other than that in December 2007 Dawg and I each had AWFUL illnesses where we were very sick through both Christmas and New Year’s and had long comment discussions about how sick we each were. And then we got together in January and finally were having regular sex in August 2008 when I moved to NYC and I personally haven’t had a cold since, despite my 5-days-a-week subway rides.
3. Sex burns calories.
It’s physical activity. Of course it burns calories. I’ve actually put on a tiny bit of weight through this holiday season. Dawg is going to be a very busy boy helping me shed those pounds. Wheeeeeee!
4. Sex improves cardiovascular health.
I feel great in the heart department! I have no complaints about that. I haven’t been to a doctor, but I do remember in the late fall/early winter of 2007 I felt like shit and now I don’t.
5. Sex boosts self-esteem.
I’m awesome. Nuff said!
6. Sex improves intimacy.
I’m pretty sure this is how Dawg and I can be on a crowded NYC street corner and feel like we’re the only two people around.
7. Sex reduces pain.
Well, ok, sometimes sex increases pain if you’re doing it right but in general it does keep my pain in check. I think it’s a matter of positions. If you’re the one on top you might possibly flare up your pain areas depending on how aggressive you get with the motion. But in general the endorphins of the orgasm will make you forget you’re in any pain, so that’s real niiiiice. 
8. Sex reduces prostate cancer risk.
I don’t have prostate cancer! (And neither does Dawg.)
9. Sex strengthens pelvic floor muscles.
They mean Kegels. Ladies, if you don’t know how to do them, pretend you’re trying to stop peeing mid-flow, count to three, and that’s a Kegel. I have a hard time concentrating well enough to do them during sex. I get very lost in the mind and body. But it’s something I strive to get better at in 2009. 
10. Sex helps you sleep better.
I can be all “OMG I COULD STAY UP FOR 3 DAYS IN A ROW HOW WILL I EVER SLEEP” and then I get my midnight orgasm snack and I’m all “zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz”. If you’re having trouble sleeping in general maybe you need more sex.
Poppy’s addition: Sex helps take away The Funk.
If I’m in a funked out head space and then have the sex I am no longer in the funked out head space. It temporarily glues my untouching synapses so that I can be happy as a clam. For this I am most grateful, especially during the winter months when I seem to get funked for no apparent reason.
Yah, so, there ya go, some information you probably already knew but maybe someone out there learned something. And I’m sure my mom, brother, former co-workers, and fans under the age of 10 are now completely horrified. You’re welcome! 
I was on the subway Thursday innocently listening to my iPod when a Stuff You Should Know podcast began playing titled “How Cannibalism Works“.
The description of the podcast:
“Cannibalism is one of humanity’s near-universal taboos, but it has been practiced in widely varying circumstances throughout history. Check out this HowStuffWorks podcast to learn the difference between the three types of cannibalism.”
In this podcast they describe the three types of cannibalism which I will now do for you as well:
Survival cannibalism is the act of person(s) eating other person(s) to survive. Those people they feed upon can be dead from natural or untimely causes (including murder by others than those involved in the act of cannibalism), by murder at the hands of the cannibal, or by suicide at the hands of the person being consumed.
Learned cannibalism is passed down from generation to generation and is broken up into two categories:
Endocannibalism: Eating members of your tribe or family. This is most often done to honor the dead person or to capture some characteristic the person possessed in life. It, obviously, can be done for more nefarious reasons.
Exocannibalism: Eating members outside of your tribe or family. This is generally done with the nefarious intent of scaring a group of people, stealing a person’s life force, or just for shits and giggles (as in, “I’m hungry, I think I’ll eat that guy!”).
Autocannibalism is the term applied to a person who eats his or her own flesh. This practice is not very common in everyday life, it is more a mechanism of torture or war crime, or can refer back to survival cannibalism where it is necessary to eat a portion of yourself to stay alive.
The one thing the How Stuff Works podcasters couldn’t find were laws specifically outlawing cannibalism on the books. There were references to it being illegal, but the podcasters concluded that the reason there were no laws on the books was because the topic was so taboo, so heinous, that we don’t actually need to have laws banning cannibalism.
What ass backwards thinking. If there is an action that is deemed punishable by society’s standards for healthy and harmonious living we cannot assume that there are some actions so absolutely horrible that no law needs to be made against it. I personally wouldn’t torture anybody, but I’m very glad there are rules on the book about it. I personally wouldn’t forcibly rape anybody, but I’m very glad there are rules on the book about it. I personally wouldn’t stalk someone, but I’m very glad there are rules on the book about it.
But, if given the “right” circumstances, I probably would resort to survival cannibalism or autocannibalism. Books or not, if I am in a self preservation circumstance then Meat is Meat and I’m gonna eat it to stay alive. If that means I’m going to jail, so be it.
I did a bit of googling and found no specific reference that cannibalism itself is specifically illegal, but the act committed prior to eating the flesh is:
IC 35-45-11-2
Abuse of corpse
35-45-11-2 Sec. 2. A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) mutilates a corpse;
(2) has sexual intercourse or sexual deviate conduct with the corpse; or
(3) opens a casket with the intent to commit an act described in subdivision (1) or (2);
commits abuse of a corpse, a Class D felony.
As added by P.L.249-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.52-1997, SEC.56.
Sources: http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title35/ar45/ch11.html
In order to eat a person’s flesh you kind of need to filet or somehow tear them up a bit, thus mutilating. So… what happens if your BFF filets someone and you just eat the flesh? Just the butcher goes down but you’re in the clear? Sticky situation, that.
You can find out waaaaaay more about the hows, whys, and whats of cannibalism at HowStuffWorks.com. Enjoy!
