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Latest male fashion trend: Men in Tights

What was once a male staple of Roman fashion that went to women is now swinging back to the X chromosome: Men are snatching up pairs of male pantyhose in alarming numbers. One legwear website claims to have an 80% male sales base.

Manis/pedis, facials, and now pantyhose for men: What do you think?

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Sir, You Can't Live on This Plane

Punishing airlines for civil disobedience

One week before the Olympics take place in Beijing, a Chinese official has stated that airlines will be punished if travelers get out of hand or refuse to deplane in protest of delays and other airline-related complaints. Flight cancellations are included as one of the disciplinary actions. Chinese passengers have been known to rough up airline personnel, refuse to deplane, and destroyed equipment such as computers because of the delays.

What do you think?

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Dude, Let Me Borrow Those

Giambi's magical golden thong

I've heard of superstition in baseball, but nothing like this. Not only do guys in the locker room share cold and flu germs, as well as athlete's foot galore, but sharing a golden thong to snap out of a hitting streak? What do you think (honestly)?

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At Least We're Not Filling Up in Sierra Leone

Unlikely Allies Campaign for a Gas-Tax Holiday

One of the more interesting arguments on the American Presidential campaign trail is the proposal of a gas tax holiday, by asking Congress to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline for the summer. The unlikely allies are Republican nominee John McCain and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Barack Obama has already said that the move would be futile, saving Americans only an average of $28 this year.

So, what do you think?

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Sports, the Law, and the * (Asterisk)

Carmelo apologizes for DUI arrest

We've seen it all in sports: alleged steroids, DUIs, smacking women around, and multiple arrests. We don't see the extent of their lawbreaking until it hits the presses, and even then, most team organizations are quiet, allowing the law and their respective parent organizations handle the mess with giving the punishments (or not). In the higher profile cases, such as the Major League Baseball crackdown on those admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs, things seem to get done. But some feel that because they're the superstars of American sports, they get the kid glove treatment. Although some would even argue they get equal treatment; it's just magnified by the camera lenses that surround them.

So, what do you think?

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Aren't You Happy to See Me?

Cosmetic castration banned

Thailand is known for its high tolerance of "the third sex," as they refer those who undergo sex-change operations, so this bit of news is probably less surprising: health officials in Thailand have banned cosmetic castration, as the operation is seen as a cheaper and easier method than getting a full-on sex change. Although the ban seeks to avoid boys and men going for an easy way to become a "ladyboy," it will probably be hard to enforce, since many underground markets offer the procedure for as low as $125 USD, and the procedure usually takes less than 30 minutes. Sex changes both here and in Thailand require much counseling before a doctor will perform the surgery.

What do you think?

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Pop Goes the Girlfriend

Honey, will you marry... Oh. Never mind...

A man in London decided he would propose to his girlfriend by letting her pop a balloon with a $12,000 engagement ring hidden inside. Instead, Mother Nature popped a question of her own, and with a gust of wind, the man's plans blew away into thin air, and the $12,000 balloon surprise now hovers somewhere in the strasophere.

We all know that this was probably a bad idea, especially since he didn't take quite enough care of the balloon. But what of his girlfriend's reaction? What do you think?

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Eternity on Sale

Price of Eternal Salvation: $12.79

Before you either tattle on me to your closest priest or queue up a line to get a stack of these certificates, it's just a joke - more of a business venture to see how many people snatch them up. But, oh, about a few hundred years ago, it wasn't so much a joke to buy your way to heaven. If you're curious, you can reserve your spot (or someone else's!) in heaven or hell.

What do you think?

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The Golden "Gimmick"

Myron Cope, creator of the Terrible Towel, dies
History of the Terrible Towel

Aside from Cope's interesting choice of language and frenzied reporting, he was a beloved Steelers personality, and also the creator of the Terrible Towel, the gold towel that Steelers fans whirl at their beloved NFL team's games - a sight to see even at their away games. While it's certainly not the first iconic piece of memorabilia to be associated with any athletic team, it certainly is the most recognized in the NFL, and perhaps across all American sports.

So, what do you think of the Terrible Towel?

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An Affair for us All?

The Ashley Madison Agency

Readers familiar with my sister blog rumi∞nation will find that I had blogged about this before, but what's your true opinion on the agency that promotes extramarital and casual affairs, and carries the tagline "Where Monogamy becomes Monotony"? If you're even more interested in the information they provide as the basis of why monogamy just doesn't work, click here. What do you think?

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Too Juicy for You

College Web site posts sex gossip, hate, rumor

The website JuicyCampus is an online posting board where anonymous visitors can post, well, "juicy" stories about other students. While the poster can remain anonymous, even with the privacy statement of JuicyCampus.com stating that they can find tools online to cloak their IP address, the postees mentioned in posts are not; some students are finding their names associated with gossip that's not even true. The U.S. government protects the website through freedom of speech clauses, but the backlash says that even this free speech is too poisonous and teetering on the edge of libel and slander. So, what do you think?

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Your DNA on parade

FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping

The FBI wants to map your DNA and tattoos to enhance homeland security and protect you better at night. What do you tell them?

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Truth in Art, or Art in Truth?

Daniel Edwards, the controversial American sculptor who's made a nude Britney giving birth on a bear rug, a "bust" (nude breasts and all) of Hillary Clinton, and a nude sculpture of Paris Hilton that had fully removable parts for an autopsy, has made the Oprah Sarcophagus. Click here to check out the picture. Go ahead; I'll wait until you get back.

So, what do you think?

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Just You, Me and the Hello Kitty

Fantasy Love Hotels

Some days, you have to love the Japanese for their creativity and, well, ability to live with so many people on that tiny island. Who wouldn't get a little cabin fever when you squish thousands upon thousands of people within every square mile?

It's quite common in Japan for anonymous couples to rent rooms by the hour for a bit of private action away from home (whatever those reasons are, that's why it's anonymous.) But this new generation of love hotels adds a pinch of fun, a dash of fetish, and a sometimes heaping tablespoon of weird and/or disturbing (gas chamber and potty chair, anyone?) After you check out the photos of Japan's newest generation of love hotels, what do you think?

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No Snow Day = YouTube Fame

"Get over it kid"

A student at Braddock Secondary School in Virginia called the COO of the school county (which, incidentally, has his home number listed publicly) and left a message asking why school was not canceled. The result, as you can see from the video, is the wife of COO Dean Tistadt called the student back and left an angry message for him.

The student, of course, probably being the more Internet-savvy of the two, posted the phone message on YouTube, made a Facebook group, and now CNN has picked up on the story.

Keeping in mind that 1) Dean Tistadt had his public number listed, 2) we do not know the nature or tone of the call from the student, 3) there were only about two inches of slush on the ground, and 4) the viral popularity that this student has created (and likely knew it would), what do you think?

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Cloned Animal Consumption

Reuters reported that the FDA determined that meat and milk from cloned animals are safe for human consumption. First reaction?

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How Much Hillary?

On reality shows, Clinton chooses "Dancing With The Stars"

As if this country wasn't anxious enough about the 2008 election, now we have TV producers drooling over this tidbit: Clinton chooses "DWTS" as her reality show pick to appear in. Aren't politics enough of a reality show, completle with finger-pointing, arguments and cameras galore?

"In my dreams I would be on 'America's Next Top Model' but in reality I would have to choose my limited talents and of them dancing is better than singing," Clinton said Monday during a taping of "The Tyra Banks Show." "You do not want me to sing."

Well, her singing of the "Star-Spanlged Banner" is forgivable, because come on, we all know that singing any patriotic song, or a hymn in church, is free game, and you can sing in your falsetto in a House of God or House of Baseball without repercussion. But then it gets creepier:

She even suggested a nationwide contest, "like a reality show," for a title for her husband, former President Clinton, should she win the nomination and be elected the nation's first female president. "Here are some of the things that have been suggested, like 'First Mate,"' Hillary Clinton said. "His Scottish friends say 'First Laddy,' but we need ideas. I'll just keep calling him Bill."

Is it too much Hillary this country could handle?

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The First Poll

Mock Funerals

In South Korea, Korea Life Consulting Co. has started staging mock funerals, encouraging those who participate to write a will, dress in traditional garments, and are nailed in a coffin for 15 minutes. There's even the ceremonial dirt sprinkling that takes place. By using the phrase "well-dying" (a purposeful juxtaposition of the "well-being" fad that is taking over America), supporters say it's a good way for people to prepare what they will leave behind, and what the ramifications will be, if they die suddenly. Detractors just think it's a way for some people to make money off the scheme. So, what do you think?

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Tossing Ideas Around

Most people have a secret side - so here's one of mine. (Yes, I choose to keep some sides of me secret.) I'm pretty close to figuring out what I want to do with this site. Stay tuned - I'll have some polling going on and fun stuff to do here. This is will be fun, I promise!