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Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
Nursing school was boot camp. My classmates and I worked long, hard hours, learning how to take care of our patients. Another thing my classmates and I learned was the secret to nursing longevity. Our teachers said that if we followed three rules, we would stay in the nursing profession forever: Wear comfortable nursing shoes when reporting for duty, work together as a team when giving patient care, and live life to the fullest. Even Florence Nightingale knew how to have fun, and we all know what great things she did as a nurse. Here are some tried and true tips on preventing burnout, while enjoying your nursing career.
Does this look familiar to you? Look at these nurses putting out a fire. They are working as a team.
I worked yesterday evening and I all I did for eight hours was run around in circles, trying to keep the unit from falling apart. Everyone needed PRN medications, the phone wouldn't stop ringing, two psychotic patients tried running off the unit, and one staff member, a tech, went home without telling anyone he was leaving. We didn't know he had gone home until a patient told us he saw the staff member leave the unit, carrying his backpack and coat. For the rest of the night I looked at the charge nurse and said,"I go home now, OK?" She bristled and then thanked me for at least asking before I eloped from the unit. We made it through the rest of the shift because we could laugh about what was happening, and we worked together as a team.
Life is a balancing act. I've learned to take time for myself during the day as a way of preparing for work. Do you remember that yoga class I told you about? I really love it. Yoga makes me feel twenty years younger and gives me more energy. If you want to get through your shifts without pulling your hair out, find the time to do things that make you happy.
Look, it's nurses gone wild! Ok, so maybe they aren't going wild, but they look like they're having a good time. Laugh with your friends and don't be so serious. So what if people think you're a little crazy. Do what these nursing are doing, take a walk, climb a tree, and have some fun. Remember, life is too short to be normal.
September 16th, 2006 at 3:47 am
I love, love, LOVE your blog! You're SOOO creative! Thanks for helping us to see the lighter side!
September 16th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
Terri, this is so true. Even though some hospitals may have primary care nursing, working together is the key to getting things done efficiently. Most nurses have a great sense of humor. They musr have just for getting selecting the profession alone and yes, those nurses, they sure can party! Wonderful post!
Mother Jones RN
September 17th, 2006 at 12:10 pm
Hi there. Thanks for your kind words about my post. Nursing is a team sport. Over the years I've learned that nurses have to work together or they hang separately.
September 18th, 2006 at 10:15 am
Hey Girl,
I think that the sense of humor nurses have is definately what keeps them going in what is sometimes an ugly job, but one that has to be done.
I've only had to experience a hospital visit once, with the exception of having two kids, and I truely enjoyed toying with everyone who came into my room.
Never ever think that you are not appreciated, even by those who grumble and grown while visiting your workplace. Somewhere deep down inside I'm sure they are wishing they could say thank you for being kind and helping me.
September 18th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
great post and just in the nick of time! i needed this reminder
September 22nd, 2006 at 10:18 pm
Nurse Ratched
YOu really put the fun into nursing! I must say I wish I was a nurse from the way youdescribe it! And allof those nursing action photos! Wild and carefree!
YOu will survive as a nurse with your humor and with the wisdom you espouse, comfortable shoes, spirit of cooperatoin and teamwork, and having a life outside of work! Hey that sounds like a prescrition for good living that is universally applicable! LOL
I love hot yoga myself!
September 26th, 2006 at 9:40 am
Oh, my gosh, your blog is great. I am so entertained.
January 2nd, 2007 at 11:01 pm
I absolutely love it!!! LOL!
I plan on climbing my avocado tree tomorrow – seriously – there are about fifty good ones just out of reach…
It will be great for my mental health!
I can't believe your tech just split in the middle of a shift. Isn't that grounds for…uh….termination? : 0
Too Fat 4 Ponies
January 11th, 2007 at 12:06 am
You are wise, funny, and I love your blog.
Your entry reminds me of my very first Med-Surg clinical.
We had been thrashed verbally during orientation. First day, we had a tube feeding. Fellow student tried to force Ensure down a clogged tube… *POP*… stern looking instructor with Ensure dripping from her eyebrows and hair.
Fortunately for us she had a good sense of humor.
Too Fat, SN
Greg Mercer, MSN
January 31st, 2012 at 12:33 am
Great blog – I learn something with every visit.


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By the time this letter is published, the vote will be over. I assume, given the school board's repeated false claims that outsourcing has saved us money, that the proposition to purchase buses was defeated. This matter is far from over however.
We are no closer to a solution today than we were four years ago after the school board illegally fired the bus drivers. But like a child who fails to learn from its mistakes, the board continues on its same course of action. Instead of taking responsibility for this disaster and trying to find a solution, the board concocted a proposition that was sure to fail. The board's actions are leading us to further litigation and even more backpay, interest, legal fees and other costs. What a waste! We need to fix this mess!
The district's alleged savings from outsourcing are false. In the district's piece in the Manhasset Press last week, it admitted that the savings they have been claiming over the past four years is based upon what the union cost would have been based upon "the average actual configuration of the fleet and staff used by Huntington Coach to perform the contract." Really? Did you know that the district was busing students with 40 personnel but Huntington has averaged 66? It appears that they are using this method to inflate what the union cost would have been and may be in the future. Who came up with this method? Apparently, our "industry expert" from the bus industry hired by the management side law firm we have been using to avoid reinstating the in-house system. Although we have had some increase in enrollment, it is not enough to justify the increased personnel used by Huntington Coach.
The board has also been promoting its outsourcing position by claiming that Huntington Coach can only raise its cost by the CPI but do the taxpayers know that they also get paid additional money if they add routes and drivers, which they did soon after they snagged the contract?
The board is also downplaying the millions of dollars the taxpayers must pay in backpay, frontpay, interest, legal fees, and consultant fees. Although it is hard to get accurate estimates, the board itself is admitting that the backpay may be $2.5 million per year for each of the last 4 years. That only makes me think it is much higher. And if we do not find a solution, we have to offer comparable jobs and pay the $2.5 million (more? less?) for an indefinite number of years into the future.
Do the taxpayers also know that we have been paying two superintendents over the past four years because of this debacle? We have been employing Dr. Shine, who was supposed to be an interim super, and Mr. Cardillo for the past 4+ years. Somewhere in there, we also paid off the prior super, Dr. Bozzomo, who left before the end of his contract. Millions of additional dollars wasted.
Do the taxpayers know that in the first summer that we outsourced, we awarded the contract to Huntington Coach but were sued by the actual low bidder, so we paid them too?
The district has been representing that even if they have to hire back the 39 employees in comparable jobs, this cost will "diminish as time goes by" because the jobs are the property of the employee. Having practiced labor and employee benefits law for both management and unions, this is far from clear. Interestingly, the district published a statement in January 2008 regarding a settlement with one former MESPA member. It stated "Recently one of the three former employees accepted the school district's proposal and will receive back pay, front pay and pension credit in exchange for a release and a waiver of any right to reinstatement with the school district. MESPA has also agreed to waive irrevocably its right to the settling employee's job." As far as we know, the union has not agreed to relinquish the comparable jobs in the future. The board is underestimating and hiding the true cost of the comparable work option going forward.
The board has no idea what the final bill for this fiasco will be. And after all this, the board still has the audacity to claim that they have saved us money! Incredible! This fiasco will impact our school budget and taxes.
The original October 2006 PERB Order required the district to restore the transportation system and rehire the bus drivers.
After the school district appealed, in April 2009, the court upheld PERB's Order but found that "Because petitioner has already sold its buses and leased it garage, compliance with the order may require taxpayer approval, which may or may not be forthcoming and could be delayed by the petitioner's contractual obligations." The court remanded to PERB for another remedy.
The July 2009 PERB Order states the district must: "Cease and desist from unilaterally transferring to nonunit employees the work of employees in the bargaining unit represented by MESPA including unit work consisting of the transporting of students…." It also says we must restore all such subcontracted transportation services, reinstate unit members with back wages, benefits and interest. We also must negotiate in good faith with the union concerning the terms and conditions of employment. In addition, it says that in the event that restoration of the unit work to unit employees is impossible due to taxpayer disapproval of the purchase of buses and other equipment necessary to restore the unit work, make comparable work available to all displaced unit members, without loss of work to any current unit employees, or pay the displaced employees back wages and benefits, with interest, less interim earnings, until such time as comparable unit work becomes available.
I believe this decision requires the district to make a good faith effort to present a real proposal to the community. It does not appear that the board has tried hard enough to find a solution. We must not blindly accept the board's interpretation of how it must comply. After all this time, the board has not found a way to resolve this situation and it is costing us millions of dollars per year.
It is not too late to save our schools. We need to examine all the options and seek a real resolution of this matter. The schools, taxpayers, and former employees are being held hostage by the board's irresponsible actions. Our curriculum and future budgets are in jeopardy. Come to the board of education meeting on Dec. 17, call or send an email to the board. Your tax dollars and the future of our schools are at stake!
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I heat up cold nights by serving this thick and zesty stew with corn bread. I also like to spoon leftovers into corn tortillas with a little salsa and reduced-fat sour cream for a satisfying snack. —Mickey Terry of Del Valle, Texas
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Prep: 10 min. Cook: 55 min.
1 pound boneless pork loin roast, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
3 teaspoons olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
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Drugs and rock & roll are old, tired bedfellows. They've stuck together for so long that the union has graduated from shocking to cliché. Singer-songwriter Mike Doughty, former frontman of inventively bizarro experimental/alt-rock outfit Soul Coughing, is well aware that stories of rockers indulging in narcotics are played out, so he uses his new memoir, The Book of Drugs, to poke fun at the archetype's existence. On his book's second page, Doughty half-jokingly classifies his story as "JADN: just another drug narrative," right before launching into a look at his past addiction (the memoir features dalliances with weed, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and speed, among other substances).
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Acknowledging the potential triteness of its very premise isn't the only thing that gives The Book of Drugs its personality. Doughty's narrative is written with self-deprecating nakedness; it's rich with amusingly awkward encounters (such as sex scenes that are never particularly sexy) and recaps of his personal turmoils and failures (such as unsuccessfully trying to become bisexual). The book also has no chapters (passages are broken up with hefty spaces) and was written in the order the stories came back to Doughty. The author aptly summarizes his book as "sad, comic and kind of haunting," which speaks to how fucked up his life was while Soul Coughing did solid business in the 1990s. He freely lays everything bare, which is what makes it such a page-turner. "I'm not trying to say that I have any kind of wisdom or great perspective on what's happened in my life," he says, "but I definitely have a lot of stories that I've told people and they've laughed at."
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Doughty doesn't look back at those times fondly. He writes, "If somebody says they love Soul Coughing, I hear, 'fuck you.' Somebody yells out for a Soul Coughing song during a show, it means, 'fuck you.'" But as he explains, this bitterness isn't just born of personal circumstance. "It was a horrible, horrible bunch of years that I am so bitter about and regret so tremendously, but honestly, the music wasn't what I needed it to be. Part of that was I was high and I was an unhealthy person, and maybe I could have made the music more what I wanted to be if I wasn't, but that's assuming that my bandmates wouldn't have been as difficult as they were. But I thought we had the muscle to give the Beastie Boys a run for their money, [or] Beck a run for his money, but we just ended up this weird little cult band," he says. "I can't fault somebody for being a Soul Coughing fan. That's absolutely fine. I'm just really not a Soul Coughing fan."
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Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
1 medium onion, thinly sliced and separated into rings
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1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
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COLUMBIA, MO. -- The Binghamton volleyball team dropped a pair of matches at the Mizzou Tiger Invitational, Friday afternoon. In their first match of the season the Bearcats fell to host Missouri in straight sets (15-25, 9-25, 17-25). Later in the day BU fell to North Dakota State 3-0 (13-25, 12-25, 19-25).
"It was a good learning experience for everybody and we got some nice things out of the matches," said head coach Glenn Kiriyama. "A few of the new players got extended playing time, so it was nice to see the freshmen contribute. We had a lot of unforced errors and our serving needs to get better, so we have a lot to work on. But we are looking forward to playing again tomorrow and having another opportunity to get better."
Against Missouri the Bearcats played well early on matching the Tigers point-for-point in the first set. Binghamton performed well, forcing Missouri mistakes and putting away sets. However, with scored tied at eight midway through the frame Missouri went on a 17-7 run, taking the first set 25-15. Freshman Kristin Hovie led the offensive charge for the BU, putting away five kills in the first set.
The second set was not a particularly good one for Binghamton, as they quickly fell behind 10-1. Unable to dig themselves out of a deep hole, BU dropped the second set 25-9. The Tiger defense held Hovie to just one kill during the set, limiting the Bearcats' offense.
In the third and final frame Kiriyama was able to motivate his team after a poor second set. BU once again matched the Tigers point-for-point, taking a 12-11 lead on a Missouri service error. From there Missouri rattled off a 14-5 run to win the set 25-17.
Hovie led the Bearcats with 11 kills in her collegiate debut, compiling a hitting percentage of .304. Fellow freshman, setter Amanda Dettmann handed out 20 assists while adding two digs and two blocks. Sophomore libero Xiomara Ortiz picked up 10 digs for Binghamton.
As a unit Binghamton hit at rate of just .041 while Missouri compiled a hitting percentage of .438. The Tiger's defense was stout, outblocking BU 10-6 and picking up 11 more digs than the Bearcats. Five of Binghamton's six freshmen all saw their first collegiate action against Missouri.
In their second match of the day the Bearcats fell by the same score, dropping their match against North Dakota State 3-0 (13-25, 12-25, 19-25). In the first set the Bison jumped out to 10-0 lead and never looked back as the Bearcats had no answer early. A pair of service aces by freshman Emily Litwin cut the score to 10-5, but the deficit was too much as North Dakota State took the first set 25-13.
During the second set BU took an early 3-2 lead on a Hovie kill and NDSU attack error. A 4-0 run by the Bison gave them a 6-3 advantage as they began to pull away. A kill by freshman Jordan Snapp made the score 13-9, but a pair of 5-0 runs by the Bison closed out set two, 25-12.
The final set of the day was the most successful for the Bearcats as they scored a match-high 19 points. At one point in the third frame BU held a 11-7 lead thanks to a kill by freshman Annelot Nieuwenhuis. However, North Dakota State went on a 5-0 run to take a slim 12-11 lead. The turning point of the set followed a kill by Nieuwenhuis that gave BU a 19-17. The Bearcats were unable to score again while the Bison scored eight straight points to take the set 25-19.
Hovie led the Bearcats with five kills, while Nieuwenhuis added four of her own. Dettmann tallied 15 assists and Ortiz collected 11 digs.
Binghamton attack percentage went down in their second match, totaling a hit rate of .000 and only 19 kills. The Bearcats were outblocked 10-0, as the Bison put away 35 kills.
BU plays twice tomorrow, first against Idaho State at 10:30 a.m. (EST) and then again versus Tulane at 4:30 p.m. (EST).
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Jun 3rd 2009 By Beth Brennan
I Discovered His Secret Fetish
My intentions were innocent enough. I wasn't even planning to snoop when I opened my new boyfriend's laptop that day; I just wanted to do some online shopping. I pulled up a Web browser and attempted to type in the URL for H&M, but the computer auto-filled the address with the phrase "hand bag" in it.
Hmm, what's this? I thought. Is my boyfriend shopping for purses?
No, no, he was not. He was shopping for something else entirely.
Click here to keep reading ...
Well, there was leather involved.
Upon clicking through to the site, I was shocked to see beyond-kinky hard-core torture porn. Girls tied to chairs, bound, and spread-eagled as latex-clad dominatrices choked them. I hadn't surfed to a bag site ... I was looking at a bound-and-gag site.
Opening Pandora's, uh, Box
Knee-jerk reaction: My boyfriend has a torture fetish, and the next time we have sex he's going to suffocate me to death. To be sure, I opened up his Recent Documents folder; did a search for all movie and image files; checked his browser history and bookmarks folder; scoured his hard drive, backup hard drive and thumb drives; and, finally, went through his collection of burned CDs.
I found it all. A terabyte's worth of movies and photos dating as far back as the '90s! Some of it wasn't even porn, just pictures gleaned from social-networking sites. And it was all the same. Choking-and-gagging porn. WTF? Where were the lesbian pillow fights? The girl-girl-guy threesomes? The first-person amateur blowjobs? Did my boyfriend have some kind of creepy smother FETISH?
Yes, yes, he did.
My Moment of Clarity
Why was I freaking out over some silly kink? I had always considered myself to be a pretty progressive, sexual-freedom-loving kind of chick. But now in the thick of a Savage Love-worthy situation, I had totally lost my cool. Was I -- gulp -- vanilla?
The next few weeks weren't my proudest. I'd lie in bed at night, pretending to sleep as my boyfriend worked on his computer in the next room. I'd hold my breath and listen for any incriminating fapping noises: proof positive that he was getting his kinky rocks off before having boring, non-chokey sex with me.
The Moral of the Story
Deprived of weeks of sleep, I confronted him. He was ... ashamed. Turns out that although he's always had an attraction to hands -- specifically palms, even more specifically, palms wrapped around his face--he was too shy to tell anyone. He'd never told a girl about his fetish before because he feared, well, this exact reaction.
I think I freaked out because of how I discovered the truth. If he'd come right out and told me what he wanted in the sack, it wouldn't have felt like a dirty little secret, that our so-far-textbook sex life had been a lie.
Now sex is fun, and smothering is part of a game we play. I've vowed to "punish" him before we head under the sheets ... and he's vowed to clear his browser history.
Beth Brennan is the byline Lemondrop bloggers use when they're too embarrassed to use their real names or are trying to protect their boyfriends.
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Wednesday 03 June
By .......
Hm, strange. But it's nice their relationship didn't take a nose-dive! =3
Wednesday 03 June
By G
I'm glad you went for it!!! I wish more chicks were like you - like my wife. Would it be to much to rub my ass a bit, or let me have hers once in a while?
Tuesday 09 June
By kdr
I wish I had found something like that. I found out my bf was cheating...... with other men!
Wednesday 08 July
By kiki
I got on my boyfriends computer...after 5 years of dating...and was shocked to find 6 shemale sites under favorites. I snooped and then found a suitcase full of shemale videos in the closet, and...the ultimate of disgust...actual photos of him and several varieties of shemales having mutual oral sex! After getting physically sick on the bedroom carpet, I confronted him. He denied the whole thing, despite pics. Hethen threatened to kill me if I told anyone. I left him. He then told our friends that he dumped me cuz I couldn't be trusted and snooped thru his home. I have been too embarrassed and too scared to tell anyone. I simply tell people we had very different interests!
Wednesday 10 June
By Puhsh
Wow that's actually sort of similar to what happened with me and my boyfriend a year ago, except it really wasn't a fetish, but was an online community he had been a part of for years, but couldn't quit it. I found it in the same way as you found the bondage site. I was just trying to put in an address and it came up. It went to his account page, and this was something I really was not okay with, but I kept thinking, "It's all right, I love him. It's not bad that he likes... DIFFERENT things than you." Well I sent him a txt since he was in class, and 15 minutes later he walks into the room, sat down, asked what I'd seen, and started crying. He was seriously ashamed. It's behind us now being it's been over a year since it happened, but the thing that bugged me about the whole ordeal was not what it was... Just that he never told me, and I had to find out on my own. xD
Thursday 11 June
By Surprise Me
Met a man, by date 4, we hadnt had sex yet, but he decided to tell me the truth concerning his kinks.
He said he'd always waited a long time to tell anyone in the past about his little kink and that it always ended or went badly
What attracted him to me was my frankness, smile and he said he could just feel a seductive, goddess power present in me.
Lucky for him I had a strong interest in him and his kink, and wanted to use that riding crop I bought once for a costume (Oh Yeah). So there should never be shame involved in something that gives you or your partner so much pleasure. If its someone you truly care for, love, and Trust, then give it a try, It will be a positive gain.
Tuesday 07 July
By chris
wow that's awsome that you think that you and are open minded. i wish more prople were into bondage and other cool kinky fetishes! ;)
Saturday 24 October
By stevie
i got with my girlfriend in a little part do to the fact that she seemed kinda mean and liked control. She already knew also before we got 2gether that i liked to be controled in the bedroom(tied up, whipped, paddled) after a while she really is mean enuf to not paddle my ass nemore because she thinks its rewarding me in a way. if she really wants me to do something or we are disagreeing on something where i wont budge she should give me some "MOTIVATION" i really thought she had that in her but after 3 years the only time i can get a good but paddlin is never bfore sex or nething like that only when she sais "honey if u clean the house Ill give u a good spankin, i wish she would do it before sex or make me get in the bedroom whip my ass good and make me do sexual favors or just intimate favors like massages for her. sigh I really love her though we have a good relationship I just wish i had a girl that got off on whipping me the way i like taking it. She acts like its a chore to do it. When she wants sex she wants sex no forplay OF ANY KIND. I guess i better clean the house 2nite if i want my butt to feel good 2nite and 2morrow at work
Thursday 11 June
By A
I was surprised and scared with my ex-boyfriend fettish. We were getting down with business when all of a sudden he just starts chocking me out of nowhere!, I was so scared, i tired to get him off of me but he seemed to like the struggle..... Bottom line, i WISH he told me about his fettish before choking me to near unconciousness...
Thursday 11 June
By lmk
I always knew (or thought) I was a "kinky" girl, but it wasn't until my ex introduced me to an entire world of what that really means. Come to find out, I have a whole list of my own fetishes, choking, restraints & latex included! It was surprising for me to learn that things I always thought I would NEVER do, I actually found to be extremely arousing. There were other things that I couldn't have ever imagined & enjoyed those too. This was all a lot for me "process", but I am not at all ashamed of my own desires and fetishes. Now I can only hope that I find a man who meets my level of "freakness" or doesn't freak out when I divulge my indulgences.
Thursday 11 June
By brit
I just wish my bf would do something freaky...Im so tired of sex its not even fun anymore i just look at it as ..lets get it over with so you can cum and i can lay there disappointed.
Wednesday 24 June
By christy43540
so come up with something new! why wait for him, you will just keep being disapointed. go to a sex store to gather ideas, you dont even have to buy anything. i was so bored with my husband and i guess he bored with me to. talking about sex leads to better sex and if your having sex then you should be talking about it!! dont just wait for things to happen, make them happen!
Thursday 07 January
By b.
I'm kinda in the same sitution with my bf. Him n I have been together for a yr and he tells me he is a freak, but every time I try to get him to do something freak-ish he wont do it. The sex is really good don't get me wrong, I just wish he would just show me alil freak so sex would be greater for me. Like I've try to get him try different things like spanking and tieing me up. I even tried anal sex for him and ended liking it but yet I cant ever get him to do it. I even tell him I'll do anything however he wants it. Basicly I think I've tried the hardest I think I possible could but yet still nothing.
Thursday 11 June
By Sapper
I can understand about being upset about finding things out this way, and most especially by the last comment of nearly being choked to unconsciousness. I hope that you reported him to authorities because as someone who lives that lifestyle he is dangerous. It is something that is built on trust and consent which was missing from your description.
My wife and I met over the internet before I went to Iraq, and I literally had to cancel our first date because my orders were moved up. We kept in touch though and built our relationship during the time I was there, and after a while I told her that I was involved in the local fetish community when I was at home. I also showed her pictures of past activities and diaries of mine to help her understand. When I came home, we took things slowly and I gradually introduced her to different aspects. In our case, I am happy to say that it has worked out marvelously and we have a wonderful relationship and marriage. IMHO, I think it has made ours an even stronger relationship because of the trust and communication it involves.
Sunday 14 June
By cruella
That is because choking/gasping intensifies release.
Ask Keith Carradine. He'd tell you if he had someone to do it to him, instead of having to do it himself.
Wednesday 08 July
By MS
umm, that was David Carradine, and he had a "hong-kong professional" with him at said time... I have been a phonesex operator for a while now, and I have heard it all.... the choking fetish is not the same as autoerotic asphyxiation...although it would seem so...
Friday 12 June
By Manney
This story would be a dream come true: An understanding and non-judgmental GF/wife who is concerned about their sex life and is interested in the guy's needs. Unlike my sexless marriage, which was vanilla at best as my wife is too coward for lack of a better word, to try anything new or different. And. no: i wasn;t being aggressive at all. I should have been, instead of wasting so many years. Little wonder that I ended up screwing 2 coworkers from my 2 past jobs. And like the guy in the story, I have kinky spandex stuff hidden in a subfolder. Even if I had the damn folder on the desktop, i doubt she'd ever find it as she hates computers.
Saturday 13 June
By Tara
I like it rough. And my hubby likes it when it gets too rough, I choke him.
Same thing, it wasnt about the woman being chocked, it was about the hands and about the choking in general. But looking at other males being chocked felt homoerotic.
Im a lesbian that happened to fall in love with a man, but even I was worried I was vanilla with that one, LoL
Also, Ive talked to 2 other friends... I kinda think its a PR thing, is your guy PR?
They all seem to be like that (thats not racist, Im PR too its a real question cuz Im curious, like something in our culture. It would be cute :p)
Tuesday 30 June
By JayJay
OMG! I think that is the craziest thing but it might be true. I'm PR also and many of the PR or just Latinos period that I've been with are into the whole chocking, ass-slapping, crazy rough, hair pulling, shoulder biting, nail digging and face slapping (at times) kind of sex. I've had sex w/different nationalities but none more than the latinos and they are by far the freakiest I've been with, yet the downside they were ALL cheaters. I'm not saying it for the whole race but just the ones I've been with, just so I don't get any hate comments...lol. Well hun sometimes you just can't help who you fall in love with, right? But, I'm totally agreeing with you on this one.
Sunday 14 June
By Libby Brennan
it's a little different when the girl has a fetish. I'm scared to tell my guy about my fetish(es) for fear of threatening his masculinity. same issue, different reason.
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Washington, D.C. – Marymount University's volleyball team split of pair of contests at a tri-match hosted by local rival Catholic on Saturday. The Saints beat the host Cardinals 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-19, 25-21) in the opener before falling to Franklin & Marshall 3-1 (25-17, 25-14, 21-25, 25-16) the following match.
Three Saints (4-7) tallied double-figure kills against Catholic, led by freshman Maria Shockman's 13. Fellow rookie Johanna Hummel and sophomore Michelle McCormick added 10 each.
Shockman had a breakout performance, leading MU in kills while swinging at a sharp .370 clip. She added a team-high three blocks as the Saints set a season-best with six total team rejections.
McCormick recorded a double-double with 16 digs to go with her 10 kills. Brianne Fitzpatrick joined her for the team lead with a season-high 16 digs as well while Chelsea Gates chimed in with 15.
Sharda Braxton and Melissa Warren both narrowly missed out on double-doubles too. Braxton logged nine kills and digs each while Warren had nine digs to go with 41 assists.
Marymount dominated the Cardinals from the service line, earning 15 aces as a team. Gates contributed eight on her own while Braxton was good for four. Gates set the tone in the opening set with 11-straight serves that culminated in four aces and bookended her performance by breaking open a 13-13 tie in the fourth set with three aces in five service attempts.
The Saints had little time to regroup for the second match against a fresh Franklin & Marshall squad.
Hummel paced MU with 13 kills while Braxton had seven and McCormick added six.
Defensively, McCormick collected 24 digs while Gates chipped in with 22 and Braxton had 10. Although they didn't fill up the stat sheet, Amanda Dunn and Courtny Carroll both made solid contributions off the bench to help control the Diplomats' tough serving and back court ball control.
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Ever wonder what goes on in the mind of a politician when he or she is not busy thinking about getting re-elected?
Neither do we, but nonetheless, we have been offered the opportunity to get a deeper glimpse into the psyche of one local pol who recently sent us a copy of her new book of poems. Baltimore City Del. Catherine Pugh (D-40th District) has published a book of poetry in motion called Mind Garden: Where Thoughts Grow. The book is divided into sections, titled Giving, Reflection, Observations, and Wisdom (in case you didnt catch that, put the first letter of each word together and it spells grow), and it contains poems about Sept. 11, Martin Luther King Jr.s birthday, crimeand the stuff all great poetry is really about: love, sex, and insecurity.
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Dwarf Bigamist Convicted. The three wives of the 3-foot-11-inch tailor who is known as Charles Jerusalemsky, also as Jersalinsky, Levy and Cohen, shook hands in Judge OSullivans court yesterday when the jury filed into court and . . . announced that the little fellow was guilty of bigamy. I am only sorry that I cant go to a place where I can get married again! exclaimed the midget. . . . The little tailor did not take the witness stand. His first two wives swore positively that he had married them. A rabbi was also a witness for the prosecution, as was a son by the first wife.
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Policeman Guilty of Perjury. Policeman Henry Morton, formerly of the McAdoo Vice Squad, was convicted of perjury yesterday before Justice Scott . . . Morton was one of several officers who had part in the arrest of Bertha Claiche, the French girl who killed Emile Gendron, a worthless character of the Tenderloin, last summer. Morton testified at her trial on a charge of murder that Gendron, just before the woman shot him, exclaimed in English: Youve got me pinched now, but Ill kill you when I get out! The prosecution proved that Gendron could not speak a word of English.
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- Make sure you get enough sleep each night, and stick to a regular sleep and wake schedule.
- Exercise for at least 30 minutes almost every day of the week.
- Limit how many activities you take on.
- Find ways to help manage stress.
- Seek support from friends, a peer group or get counseling.
- Talk to your doctor about medications and therapy options to help you manage menopause symptoms.
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Effective this morning, all of Siskel & Ebert and Ebert & Roeper's 5,000-plus movie reviews are available online here in streaming video. Where to start? We recommend Gene and Roger's famous 1993 disagreement over Burt Reynolds's Cop and a Half, the duo struggling to make sense of Cindy Crawford's 1995 acting debut, Fair Game, or Ebert's takedown of Battlefield Earth, a film he likens to "spending two hours at the town dump with a lot of people who need a bath and a trip to the dentist."


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Death-defying jumps, complex manoeuvres and terrifying tumbles: parkour is on the rise in Singapore. John Davidson discovers what the craze-turned-sport is all about
The name might be unfamiliar, but you've definitely seen it before. In the Bourne trilogy. In the opening sequence of Casino Royale. In Luc Besson's District 13. Not to mention in video games, on YouTube and in the music video to Madonna's 'Jump'. Parkour has been slowly seeping into popular culture for years. But this is changing as it begins to break into the mainstream, and crosses over from being a predominantly male-dominated fad to an everybody-welcome bona fide sport.
Traceurs (free runners) describe themselves as part-ninja, part-spider monkey, part-gymnast and part kung fu star – practitioners of a sport that's all about agility, grace and efficiency of movement. Ashton Law, one of the leaders of the local parkour movement, explains that it is 'a way of life'.
To Oliver Hall of Total Sport & Entertainment, the company behind the recent parkour-inspired event StarHub Urban Freestyle, the sport is 'the most efficient form of movement from one place to the next'. In layman's terms, this involves climbing, vaulting and flipping from one spot to the next using ledges, walls, other concrete structures and the human body to move as swiftly from one position to another.
Law first became interested in parkour nine years ago after watching it on TV. The 24-year-old is one of over 200 enthusiasts in the local parkour community, which has gradually increased in number since its inception in 2003. Made up of both genders and a surprising range of ages, from as young as 15 to those in their mid-thirties, Law elaborates that the island's concrete-jungle planning, spacious HDB void deck areas, and open areas such as Clarke Quay and Bishan, make Singapore one of the most parkour-friendly cities in Asia.
While its death-defying nature is an immediate draw, the thrill-seeking element is just one aspect of a sport that, like many others, has evolved to become a discipline, a way of thinking. Training is well monitored, focusing on safety, personal responsibility and self-improvement, and discourages reckless behaviour. And while watching a parkour enthusiast strutting his/her stuff is a real treat – vaulting, climbing and leaping like a freefall gymnast – Law says that becoming a traceur isn't as daunting as it may appear. 'Anyone can do it,' he says – all that's needed is basic conditioning and a lot of push-ups and sit-ups. However, Law does caution that one should 'first learn from experienced people and do some research'.
So while parkour seems to be the pastime of adrenaline junkies and those with Spiderman fantasies, it is infinitely more accessible than it appears. And with the movement sweeping across the island, don't be surprised to see it coming to a void deck near you.
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Project Kickoff Meeting: Your Secret Weapon for Success11 Jun, 2014 By: Robert Green
Establish ground rules and responsibilities before a project begins to minimize managerial challenges along the way.
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In the past three editions of the CAD Manager's Newsletter, I've focused on how technical trends such as portable computing devices and cloud software services have changed how CAD managers and users do our jobs. In fact, the degree of change I've observed in the last few years is staggering.
What amazes me, though, is how many CAD managers have become so wrapped up in new technology challenges that they've forgotten about an old-fashioned secret weapon that can tip the managerial balance back in our favor: the project kickoff meeting. In this edition of the CAD Manager's Newsletter, I'll focus on how you can use this classic technique in new ways to help manage tough new challenges in your environment. Here goes.
Too Busy to Be Organized? It seems as if everyone is so busy running around trying to execute projects that few of us take the time to get those projects started correctly — a mistake that can cost us as projects get rolling. There's an old axiom that asks, "Why do we have time to do things twice, but not right the first time?" Perhaps you've even asked yourself this question! The project kickoff meeting helps you do things right the first time, and I submit that the need for project kickoff coordination today is far greater than it ever has been.
It used to be that our CAD tools were a given and the main challenge of any project was getting everyone to agree on project standards. Now we have to think about much more, such as:
- remote offices,
- traveling and mobile workers,
- cloud-based IT issues,
- file format issues for viewers, and more.
Simply put, a lot more variables are involved today in executing a CAD project than there were just a few years ago, so starting out organized is more crucial than ever. Put another way, the price we'll pay for being disorganized is now much higher than it was just a few years ago.
Project Kickoff Defined
Whether the project kickoff meeting is conducted by a project manager (with you attending as the CAD manager) or whether you run the kickoff meeting, your goal is still the same — to understand how the project will work from a CAD point of view. Whenever I attend a kickoff meeting, I always strive to get answers to the following questions by the end of the meeting:
- What are the CAD deliverables? Which software will be used and which version? Will a filing structure (parts to assemblies, building information modeling (BIM) discipline coordination strategies, xrefs to master drawings) be used? Which 2D geometry and plotting formats will be used (DWG, DGN, PDF, hard copy, etc.)? How will we track who has which file version?
- Which CAD tools will be used for this project? For the most part, the deliverables defined will dictate the tools used on the project.
- What is the timeline? When are deliverables due, and to whom?
- Who's on the team? Who is involved in producing the deliverables in your company and the client's company (if applicable)? Will everyone on the internal team have the same project manager? Will all parties at the client company have the same project manager? In other words, will everyone be on the same page or is there potential for managerial confusion?
- Who's in charge? Should things go wrong or need updating, who will do that?
- What is the role of the CAD manager?
By pursuing these lines of questioning, I'm trying to establish not just technical ground rules for the project, but clear organizational and time ground rules as well. I need to know what must be done, but I also need to know who sets the rules as the project unfolds.
In addition to addressing these questions, I insist on a kickoff meeting to get everybody thinking about the project before the work starts. Why? Because in the long run, a project generally will progress more quickly and easily if it's organized from the start than it is if you try to organize as you go. Once people start the work, it can be hard to pull them back.
Your Leverage
Don't conclude the meeting until everyone is in agreement as to how the project will be conducted. At this point, you have a very powerful piece of leverage in your possession: managerial approval! Now anyone who tries to deviate from project procedures is not just making your CAD management job tougher, they are actually trying to rewrite management's approved approach for the project — thus potentially compromising deadlines or causing unforeseen technical issues.
Following are a few examples of how team members might digress from project rules. When dealing with such cases, you'll want to restate the project standards as defined at the kickoff meeting and point out that the team member is deviating from them.
Problem 1. Engineer A wants to use the a new iPad app we'll call CADCloud 1.0 to edit project electrical DWG files, even though the project instructions clearly state that AutoCAD Electrical is the software required for client deliverables.
Explain: We don't know that changes made in CADCloud 1.0 will be compatible with our component databases in AutoCAD Electrical, nor do we know what the filing format is from a version control standpoint.
Problem 2. Architect B wants to use his personal Dropbox folder to share BIM files with other branch offices even though project instructions clearly state that all work files must be stored on secure company servers.
Explain: We should never have project data floating around on unsecured personal accounts — ever! This creates a danger of exposing client information, for which we could be held financially liable.
Problem 3. Project manager C is in a hurry to get something sent to a contractor and instructs the CAD personnel to "forget doing this in BIM — just do it in AutoCAD so we can get it done now," even though other project team members are designing exclusively in BIM tools.
Explain: While the desire to get things done quickly is understandable, bypassing our BIM tools can open the door to coordination problems and simple errors that would otherwise be caught in a coordinated BIM environment.
I think you can see my approach: Use the agreed-upon project standards derived in the kickoff meeting to keep your project on track and your project tools consistent.
Summing Up
As technology and tools change, you might feel powerless to control it all. However, by using a project kickoff meeting framework to agree on tools and methods early on, you'll establish the authority needed to reduce project variables and risks.
So, remember the secret weapon — the project kickoff meeting — and use it for every significant project you start. Until next time.
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|Re: Project Kickoff Meeting: Your Secret Weapon for Su...
|by: cmwade77
on: June 11, 2014 - 12:45pm
|A good set of CAD Standards and strong IT policies should eliminate most, if not all of these issues.
For example, by using Remote Desktops we are able to have one single set of CAD files for all offices. This also solves remote and mobile users.
This also lets us ensure that all CAD systems are up to date and running on the same version.
Our CAD Standards specify what file format everything is saved in.
Our IT policies state that no software is to be used without being first tested by the IT Manager (in our company that is also me, the CAD Manager), but this eliminates can I use this product without prior testing? The answer is no, I need time to test and make sure it is compatible.
I am not saying a kickoff meeting isn't a good idea, although in our company that would be impractical for every project, we honestly wouldn't get anything else done especially on weeks that we have 10 or 15 projects starting.
|Re: Project Kickoff Meeting: Your Secret Weapon for Su...
|by: jmaeding
on: June 11, 2014 - 12:47pm
|I agree on the kickoff idea, its just that on medium to large projects, there are many efforts starting and ending, and once teams get in a groove, they don't need to be walked through procedures again. Then someone, or a whole team, gets put on the project who is not in the groove. Then things get missed.
Bottlenecking everyone through some doc mgmt. system has not proven profitable for us, so you cannot use that to lock people out that do not know standards. The overall problem is a robust policing system is not in place. That is probably because we don't know what needs policing at a given moment. Some decent standards checking tools would be of use, things that would help with folder structure and base file naming.
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|by: jmaeding
on: June 11, 2014 - 12:53pm
"A good set of CAD Standards and strong IT policies should eliminate most, if not all of these issues."
Yes, if they are followed and if your users understand why the standards are there. Things like base file setup and so on do not have one solution for every project. Users have choices that all fall within standards. Once files are set up and xreffed everywhere, you cannot easily change things so rely on people to get things right from the start.
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|by: mikepo
on: June 11, 2014 - 1:31pm
|Very timely article!
I couldn't agree with you more. This is ESPECIALLY important when trying to use a client's CAD standards, as I have been made painfully aware of the last few months.
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