It's All Viagra's Fault


There are reports that an epidemic of STDs has broken out in The Villages in Florida. That's a senior citizens' town like Sun City, I suppose. The gynecologist who sees many of the residents says it's all because if Viagra. Louis Franklin, a resident in The Villages, says, "I've had more dates since I moved here that I've had my whole life." Colleen McQuade, the gynecologist, says she has had more cases of STDs in The Villages than she used to have when she practiced in Miami.

Believe It


A medium in Brasil wrote two letters from the the victim of a murder whose spirit told the medium that the accused on trial had not done it. The two letters were entered into evidence and proved to be the determining factor in the judge's decision, according to the defense attorney. A clerk at the court confirmed that the letters were accepted as evidence, because the prosecution did not object.

Watch the Commercial or Pay

Royal Philips Electronics has applied for a patent in the U.S. that would not allow the TV's remote control to change channels during a commercial, unless you have already paid a fee. The same would apply to digitally recorded programs: you wouldn't be able to skip the commercials without paying a fee. What's this world coming to? We already pay for cable just to be able to watch the programs at all, now we have to pay not to watch? This is an outrage! Well, okay, not that much of an outrage, not like NSA spying. But, it pisses me off nonetheless.

The Fattest City in the Fattest State in the Fattest Country in the Whole Fat World


That would be Houston, Texas. We drove over there Saturday to see my sis-in-law and her husband. So, what did we do? We ate! Let's see, Saturday evening was Alladin's. I got the vegetable sampler which had like 12 or 15 things on it. It was fantastic. Afterwards we went to see Kinky Boots. I would say it's okay, but not what I would call great. It's a comedy about a shoe maker and a drag queen. There are some funny parts, but it was way too predictable. I didn't pick the movie by the way.

The next morning it was breakfast at Spanish Flower (the name reminds me of Spanish Fly). It was very good Mexican food. Then, later we went to church with the in-laws. They're Catholic and we've been to the same service with them several times. The services don't get any better - it still looks like a well rehearsed but poorly performed magic show. Like everyone knows their part so well that it's become routine. Robes, candles, wine, bread, holding stuff up in the air like a magician showing you there's nothing up his sleeves, assistants, procession, and so forth. The priest's homily was good though, it was about Archbishop Oscar Romero who was killed by death squads in El Salvador.

After church of course it was time to eat again. This time we went to Nidda's Thai Restaurant. I thought it was very good and so did the Goddess.

We left Houston about 9:30 in the morning so no more eating. Oh well.