:::thinking WARM::: This cold snap

:::thinking WARM::: This cold snap is getting very old fast. I found myself looking at the cost of taking a cruise somewhere warm. I've never taken a cruise before. I'm told they're nice and a way to take a vacation that's not too expensive. The trips I'm looking at seem pricey though.

Imprisoned Teen Challenges Kansas 'Romeo and Juliet' Law - Jan. 17 — Matthew Limon was one week past his 18th birthday when he performed oral sex on a younger male teenager in the residential center for developmentally disabled youth where they both lived. If the same act had been performed by heterosexual partners, Matthew's sentence would have been about 15 months. However, because he performed the act on a same-sex partner, he will receive a 17 year sentence for the same act. I read an opinion of this case in another web log which I totally agree with.

Calling Someone ‘Gay’ May Not Be Slanderous for Long - Jan. 16 — Sticks and stones may break your bones, but some names may lead to lawsuits. At least that's true in most states if someone calls you gay, even if the name-calling did not result in major economic damage.

The cookie diet! - Jan. 28 — Dr. Sanford Siegal makes a weight-loss offer that sounds hard to refuse: the Cookie Diet, a pound-shedding program that he says has helped thousands of his patients drop an average of 15 pounds per month.

Corporate America Is Profiting From Porn - Jan. 28 — Pornography has grown into a $10 billion business — bigger than the NFL, the NBA and Major League Baseball combined — and some of the nation's best-known corporations are quietly sharing the profits. I thought this was interesting. I never really thought much about companies profiting from pornography.