] Sometimes, Lieberson explains, rather than a concept,
] it's just a sound that catches hold: the ''a'' at the end
] of girls' names (Emma, Hannah, Mia, Anna), or the hard
] ''k'' at the beginning (Kylie, Kaylee, Caitlin,
] Courtney). That breakthrough sound undulates outward, in
] a kind of jazz riff, gradually mutating. So the ''djeh''
] sound in Jennifer begat Jenna and Jessica, but Jennifer
] also begat Heather and Amber, which share its suffix.
] (Before Jennifer, the only commonly used ''er'' name was
] Esther, which was never a favorite.) Those names went on
] to spawn waves of their own. African-American parents,
] who are more likely than other groups to invent names for
] their daughters -- again, less often for their sons --
] recently became enamored with ''meek'': Jameeka, Camika,
] Mikayla. (Remember the legendary three ''meeks'' of the
] Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team -- Tamika Catchings,
] Chamique Holdsclaw, Semeka Randall?)

I am taking an art class this summer. There are 7 women (no men) in the class. THREE Jessicas. The other two Jessicas are 16. Some trends never change.

Where Have All the Lisas Gone?

] SAN FRANCISCO - In this national mecca of homosexual
] activism and everyday in-your-face politics, the annual
] Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade
] yesterday took on a decidedly militant bent following
] last week's Supreme Court decision striking down states'
] anti-sodomy laws.
]
]
] Not content with merely enjoying the same rights in the
] bedroom as heterosexual couples, parade organizers said a
] theme to the parade was achieving the rights to marry -
] foreshadowing what some believe will be the next big
] showdown over gay rights.
]
] Among the throngs that lined Market Street in the city's
] financial district were posters declaring ''Hooray For
] Sodomy'' and ''We All Deserve the Freedom to Marry,''
] while participants chanted ''Gay Power!"

Hooray for Sodomy indeed. :)

Gays celebrate antisodomy ruling

Elonka wrote:
] ] It's difficult to say exactly how many of the 113
] ] million married Americans are too exhausted or too grumpy
] ] to get it on, but some psychologists estimate that 15 to
] ] 20 percent of couples have sex no more than 10 times a
] ] year, which is how the experts define sexless marriage.
] ] And even couples who don't meet that definition
] ] still feel like they're not having sex as often as
] ] they used to.
]
] Now the question is, are the numbers reflective of a change in
] sexuality from how things were a hundred years ago? Or are we
] just getting better statistics to prove something that already
] existed?

I think it's a little of both, actually..mostly a change in sexuality but also a little change in statistics. I will tell you that from personal experience, things change when you're married (or in my case, living together) and dual-income.. I come home from work absolutely exhausted, so does he.. and when we come home there are still things that need to be done... bills need to be paid, laundry needs to be done, errands need running.. it's all the little mundane things. I can tell you right now that I will be having sex on Saturday morning, that's "our time for sex". Before we were living together, and even after we were living together but before I started working too, it was at least 5 or 6 times a week. Now imagine being married and with children. We'll get down to once a month, maybe 6 times a year. Who knows, but I mean if I'm this exhausted now at 26 and without kids, imagine what it'll be like 5, 10 years from now? I think a lot of it has to do with a change in sexuality of how things were 100 years ago.

Then again, 100 years ago, sex was a taboo subject, you couldn't talk about this! Even 50 years ago, sex was considered a "wifely duty" but as the article mentioned, women became unashamed and in control of their sexuality! Go women!!!! But along with women being in control came women being in control of their careers, women were working, they realized that they were not put on this earth merely to bear and raise children and that that was okay. Along with that came the exhaustion of working full-time.

I think also our statistics are better, as people become more willing to talk about a previously taboo subject, they are more willing to answer such questions honestly. So it's possible that this problem has always existed.. not to this degree, of course... 50 years ago I'm sure women were too exhausted for sex but they were less likely to say "no" than they are today.

RE: Newsweek: Are Married Couples Having Less Sex?

] Many of the more than 3,600 death row inmates nationwide,
] as well as defendants and offenders at other points in
] the capital punishment system, have not received the
] quality of legal representation that the severity and the
] finality of a death sentence demand.

Old news, but interesting... The ABA wants a moratorium on the death penalty, essentially because convictions in our legal system are more often a function of wealth rather then guilt.

American Bar Association on the Death Penalty

] A conviction for the murder of a cinema manager, that
] sent a young Liverpool labourer to the gallows 53 years
] ago, was yesterday overturned by the court of appeal.
]
] George Kelly was executed at Walton jail on Merseyside in
] March 1950, following what was then the longest criminal
] trial in English legal history. His plea for clemency had
] been rejected by the home secretary of the day, James
] Chuter Ede.

This is why 100 years from now, people will be saying "can you believe what barbarians people were 100 years ago? they actually KILLED people and called it justice!".

At least that's what happens in my dreams, anyway.

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Man hanged 53 years ago was innocent

Decius wrote:
] jessica wrote:
] ] Elonka wrote:
] ] ] jessica wrote:
] ] ] ] Rattle wrote:
] ] ] ] ] jessica wrote:
] ] ] ] ] ] "When cryptography is outlawed only outlaws will
] have
] ] ] ] ] privacy"
] ] ] ] ]
] ] ] ] ] Lbh ner fb frkl jura lbh'er genafyngvat EBG13.
] ] ] ]
] ] ] ] Now you're just making stuff up...
] ] ] ]
] ] ] ]
] ] ] ] Update: *blush* he thinks i'm sexy :)
] ] ]
] ] ] Cffg, vg'f abg whfg gur pelcgb (ur arire guvaxf *V'z* frkl
]
] ] ] jura V'z penpxvat fghss) (grin)
] ]
] ] :) lbh'er evtug, ur gubhtg v jnf frkl ybat orsber v yrnearq
] gb
] ] penpx pbqr. :)
]
] Sigh... I guess it could be worse. You folks could be having a
] thread in Klingon.

That'll be next week. Stay tuned.

RE: MemeStreams gets taken over by leet hax0r d00des.

] AN 18-year-old was in critical condition after jumping
] from a five-storey building in an apparent imitation of a
] stunt from the television show Jackass.
]
]
] The youth was attempting to jump into a pool from the
] roof of a condominium when he missed, shattering both
] legs, police said.

Good. Get these morons out of the gene pool.

NEWS.com.au | Another Jackass copycat injured (May 9, 2003)

The King James Version presented from a skeptic's point of view.

Very interesting website... whether you "have religion" or you don't.. it's an interesting read about the discrepancies and whatnot found throughout the Bible.

Skeptic's Annotated Bible

] "If it's an accident, how in the world could it happen?"
] asked Kathy Lausier, the administrative assistant to the
] three-member board of selectmen. At the same time, she
] said: "It's inconceivable that someone could have done it
] on purpose. If somebody did this maliciously, then
] nobody's safe."

She's the one who did it!!!!!1

Arsenic Poisonings at a Church Mystify a Small Town in Maine

] The FBI said Wednesday that comparison tests to determine
] whether a boy recently abandoned in Chicago is the same
] child who disappeared from North Carolina more than two
] years ago were inconclusive.

This is a very bizarre story with a lot of strange elements to it.. I'll be following this.. it's really odd.

FBI tests don't ID abandoned boy