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  • Why women endure and pass on the bondage of belief. An Evolutionary Perspective

    Why do women today continue to fall victim to an archaic system of beliefs that foster misogynistic behavior? Why are women even more likely to be religious than men?As we celebrate the 200th birthday of the godfather of evolution, Charles Darwin, mankind still looks to religion for answers that his

  • Rubbed the Wrong Way: Massages That Go Too Far

    Sexual assault and misconduct claims in the massage room have dramatically increased. Tamara Friedman, the owner of Tamara Spa in Farmington Hills, feels like she dodged a bullet. She hired an enthusiastic male massage therapist who gained an immediate following with clients. Then one day, a young f

  • Margaret Cho Talks About Sex & Tattos

    I was reading tattoo artist Marisa DiMattia's musings on the eroticness of ink and it inspired me to put some ink of my own down...on paper rather than on my skin. In her September 3 column she stated that she got 561 responses to a survey she did on Tattoos & Sex; Consider me respondent # 562!Quest

  • Free Slacker Uprising To Free America

    Sicko moviemaker Michael Moore is making his latest film, which documents his 2004 Slacker Uprising campaign, available as a free download for three weeks starting September 23. The flick features overachieving (or are they failed?) slackers R.E.M., Tom Morello, Eddie Vedder and Roseanne.

  • Air Guitar: The Next Olympic Sport?

    Wishing best of luck to all the air headz competing in the 2008 US Air Guitar Championship Finals tomorrow. The event takes place at the Grand Ballroom in San Francisco. Competition is likely to be fierce as contenders vie to follow in the footsteps of past U.S. champions Rockness (2005), Hot Lixx (

  • A Tribute To Lit drummer Allen Shellenberger (And The State Of Our Health "Care" System)

    This video (click HERE to view) is a tribute to Lit drummer Allen Shellenberger, who was diagnosed with brain cancer earlier this year. The video was played before Lit performed at a benefit concert at the House Of Blues in Anaheim this past weekend. Allen played six songs with his band before handi

  • Chuck Dumb: Prince Charles Invites Dita Von Teese To Do Her Thing At His Son's Birthday Party

    We were amused to hear that gaffe-prone Prince Charles inadvertently invited burlesque striptease artist Dita Von Teese to do her thing at his son's 24th birthday bash. Apparently Charles was introduced to Dita at a polo tournament at the rather regal Guards Club in Windsor. When the heir to the Eng

  • Codependence Day: In Celebration of a Long and Beautiful Friendship

    Being English in America is a rather strange experience come July 4th. After all the whole union is busy inviting each other to barbecues, waving flags, setting off fireworks, and rather ironically singing "This Land Is Your Land" in celebration of the declaration of independence from of us Brits ba

  • Meditation: You Say Transcendental, I Say Vedic

    Most of us have heard of Transcendental Meditation. Maybe you vaguely remember some phase The Beatles went through, or have caught wind of the David Lynch Foundation's funding of TM programs in schools. Perhaps you follow Deepak Chopra, who expounds regularly on the myriad health benefits, or have s

  • Dancing In Anger

    Self-help books can get a pretty bad rap. Even Harriet Lerner, psychologist and author of the classic female life manual The Dance of Anger, bristles at "feverishly inspirational books that make large and silly promises." Which may be why she writes them so well. The Dance of Anger analyzes the i

  • Energy Drinks Encourage Young People To Party Like A Rockstar (But Not Everyone Has Ozzy Osbourne's Constitution)

    A new study has linked the consumption of energy drinks to risky and aggressive "toxic jock" behavior amongst young adults. Kathleen Miller, the principle investigator at the University of Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions, published a report on the link between energy drinks, athletics and

  • Sia Furler: Some People Have Real Problems, But Not This Singer

    Sia Furler would probably be the first to agree that she often wears her heart on her sleeve, and puts it out there in her music, her vulnerability being the source of her overflowing soulfulness, both vocally and lyrically. After rising to prominence in 2001 as one of the stand-out vocalists of

  • Sex & The Shoes: Shoes By Sign

    With the film version of Sex And The City hitting theaters at the end of the month, it got me thinking about shoes. Why is it that some women are obsessed with owning the latest designer labels, while many of us just want to keep our feet protected from the elements? As an astrologer it's innate in

  • Skull & Decker: Does Indiana Jones Know He's Chasing Fake Skulls?

    Does Indiana Jones, who's back in action this bank holiday weekend in the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, know he's risking life and limb for a bunch of fake artifacts? Experts analyzed two skulls held by the British Museum and the Smithsonian that were once thought to be pre-Columbian Mesoamerican re

  • Sex And The Kitty

    WGCW-TV in Savannah, the local home of Sex And The City, is going where many network and cable stations fear to tread. The CW Network affiliate is airing PETA's controversial Sex And The Kitty public service announcement next week to help raise awareness for animal family planning. The humorous ad,

  • Love Guru Sends Winning Vibes To New American Idol

    America's new idol felt Guru Pitka's positive vibes big time this evening (click HERE to view video). As the good guru says, "remember, winning isn't everything in life, unless you're one of the last two finalists on American Idol.

  • Love Guru Mike Myers Explains Why Mariska Hargitay Is The New Namasté

    Love Guru Mike Myers (a.k.a. Guru Pitka) explains to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres why Mariska Hargitay is the new Namasté (click HERE to view video). Mariska Hargitay is the daughter of 1950's sex symbol Jayne Mansfield and the Hungarian-born former Mr. Universe Mickey Hargitay. She plays Dete

  • Jude Law Visits Cannes For The Day After Peace

    Jude Law did his bit for world peace yesterday (Monday May 19), attending the premiere of The Day After Peace, a documentary he worked on with filmmaker pal Jeremy Gilley. Gilley, the founder of the Peace One Day organization, successfully lobbied world leaders and the United Nations General Asse

  • What's Your Moon Sign? And What Does It Say About Your Relationships?

    Most of us know where the sun was during the month of our birth, but few of us know where the moon was traveling. The sun which describes our personality, changes astrological signs approximately every 30 days, whereas the moon changes signs approximately every 2 1/2 days. In astrology the moon repr

  • I Heart Music: 30 Minutes of Calming Tunes A Day Reduces Blood Pressure

    Scientists from the University of Florence in Italy report that listening to classical, Celtic or Indian music for just 30 minutes a day for a month can significantly reduce blood pressure. The researchers presented their findings last week at the American Society of Hypertension's 23rd Annual Scien