Random Threesome: His Side

Fellow blogger Penelope and I are answering the following three random questions on our blogs today, each of us answering from our unique male/female perspectives. 1. What if you were sitting on a flight, getting ready for take off, and they found a problem with the plane and had everyone de-board because the plane was … Read more

The Purpose of Pleasure

I recently read a remarkable book by Margaret Atwood called Oryx and Crake. Without giving too much away, one of the characters creates a race of post-human beings that are, according to him, more perfect creatures than humans. One key characteristic he designed into these new creatures is that they don’t have sex for pleasure. … Read more

Oprah Isn’t Always Right

Traditionally, Catholics give up something for Lent. I work at a Newman Center, so I’m privy to the various sacrifices people make. Most involve something like candy; something that’s somewhat hard to give up and that can be gorged on as soon as Lent is over. My personal take on Lent is that I like … Read more

Two Things to Do If You’re Bored

If you want to laugh out loud, read the following two excerpts from David Cross’s book, “I Drink for a Reason.” These are a few of his suggestions of things to do when you’re bored. “When an employee at a store (the Gap, or anywhere where you are hounded as soon as you enter by … Read more

Love Languages

Years ago, my parents told me about the five love languages: Gifts Quality time Physical touch Words of affirmation Acts of service The languages, I learned, could be applied to any type of relationship (familial, friend, romantic, work, etc.). The premise is that you should figure out your love language–the way that you feel most … Read more

An Olympic Cynic

[column width=”47%” padding=”3%”] Why do we root for Olympic athletes? The easy answer, of course, is that they’re representing our country. It would be unpatriotic not to root for Apollo Ohno. But let’s challenge that easy answer today. Think about it. What, if anything, does speed skating have to do with helping America? Isn’t it … Read more

Romance

This question was posed to me recently, and I had to really think about it. At its heart, what is romance to me? In light of Valentine’s Day (a holiday I generally celebrate in some way the weekend before or after but not the weekend of, just to show the industry who’s in charge), I’m … Read more