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The Political Art of Domination: a leather master's historic run for office

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:08:28 -0500

Most people who signed Joe Laiacona's petition to run for state representative of the 40th District probably had no idea they were supporting a historic campaign. That's because Laiacona didn't tell them. One evening in August I followed the 62-year-old as he hoofed it down Sacramento between Irving Park and Addison. Wearing a short-sleeve plaid shirt tucked into jeans, he said almost exactly the same thing to anyone who'd open the door: "Hi, I'm Joe Laiacona. I'm running for state rep of the 40th District, and I'm wondering if you'd like to sign my petition. It doesn't mean you'll vote for me. It just means you'll have a choice."

The dark side of bathroom cleaner commercials

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:27:40 -0500

More Catholic Church bullshit

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:52:53 -0500

The nation's Catholic bishops approved a broad new document on marriage Tuesday, laying what its writers described as the foundation for the American church's efforts to promote the institution as the joining of one man and one woman.

You know, sometimes things just happen... like drunk anal sex

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:24:41 -0500

Some things, you never think to study. Unless, of course, you do...

Party etiquette: picking up women

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:19:24 -0500

Slip the peel over your Andy Johnston... start pitchin'

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:21:18 -0500

Ex-Miss California Carrie Prejean on Larry King

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:08:23 -0500

Hedonism II - the nudist supermodel resort... sort of

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:30:43 -0500

I’m writing this having just flown back from Jamaica on the red eye (no pun intended). I feel a little shell-shocked, but not because I was up all night trying to stop my two-year-old son from running up and down the aisle screaming ‘Bollocks’. Rather, it’s because my wife and I spent our last evening at a resort called Hedonism II.

Gotta keep the figure in order

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:56:16 -0500

Why do women eat salads on dates? A new studysuggests it’s all for show. Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, observed 469 individuals in 266 groups at three cafeterias on campus. Sitting at a distance of at least 10 meters (damn Canadians and their metric system), the researchers watched these people in a natural setting and recorded how many people were sitting at each table, of what gender the people were, and estimated the caloric content of what each one was eating.

Dude, no homo

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:04:22 -0500