I Think I'm Getting Old
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Posted:Nov 23, 2007 2:43 am
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Or maybe not. I think it depends on perspective.
Remember when you'd hear a song and even if you had never heard it before, you knew what band it was, if it was an established band? The singers had distinctive voices. The bands all had a distinctive sound. You could tell pop bands from each other, rock bands from each other, progressive bands from each other. There was no way you were going to mistake David Bowie for The Rolling Stones or the Beatles or T-Rex. Or even Grace Slick for Karen Carpenter. Distinctive voices were what sold, along with a distinctive sound and talent.
Then disco hit. Well, that's when it started getting fuzzy. Even when punk hit, there were stand out bands you'd recognize. No one was going to mistake Johnny Thunders, Television, Patti Smith, The Ramones, The Stranglers, The Sex Pistols, etc. for some generic punk band, right? But you could even tell the generic bands apart.
I think I started getting old in the 80s. Most heavy metal bands sounded alike to me. There were a few stand outs, but for the most part it sounded alike. But hey, there were still alternate bands out there. And a few bands were back to making good pop. But even with electronica, there was no mistaking Nash The Slash for Bauhaus, or even vice versa.
The 90s... Yeah, that entire fucking grunge movement. Sure, you could tell Kurt Cobain's voice from everyone else, but that was about it. To me, Blind Melon, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam... They all sounded alike, with whiny, boring lead singers.
Let's skip to the present. It's now 4:30 AM and I've been listening to the 's music all fucking night. He refuses to turn it off. He's an emo boy. So asking him to turn it down or turn it off is oppressing him.
Know what? EVERY SINGLE ONE of these bands not only sounds like the same band, but it all sounds like the same fucking song over and over again.
There are no distinctive voices. There are no distinctive beats. There are no distinctive songs! It all sounds alike! I keep telling him about the three song rule, you do NOT play the same song over and over again, then I find out they're not just different songs, but different bands.
It is generic emo crap. Is this the current state of pop music? Shit that all sounds like everything else? Have the young people of this world become so assimilated that if it doesn't sound like everything else, it's new and scary?
All the lead singers have the same nasal voice. All the songs have the same beat. All the songs have the same subject matter. All the songs are the same length as all the others and have the same verse/chorus patterns. It's generic corporate rock, nothing new, nothing exciting, nothing to stir the soul. Nothing timeless. Nothing but loud whining. Louder and more annoying than I'm whining now.
Is it me? I mean, these all seem to be able to tell the difference between one bland corporate rock song and the other. And they are bland. No power in the singers' voices. The drum machines are all set to the same beat. Nothing stands out from the others.
Maybe I am getting old. Or then again, maybe not. There has to be a reason downloading a single song from a band has gotten so popular and album sales of new music are down. Maybe if record companies would hire talent scouts who aren't tone deaf or afraid of new things, different sounds, the unique, the state of music in this country right now might be different. Computerized radio stations keep the same five songs that sound alike on a loop. It's only the few remaining free style stations out there that play anything different. The bigger markets have some of the worst music polluting the airwaves.
The artists who have hit in the last ten or so years who are bold, talented and distinctive, are only mass marketed in certain areas. How long has Kenny Wayne Shepherd been around and most people in this country have never heard of him? Especially in markets like NYC or LA?
So is it me? Am I getting old? Or is it that they really are marketing generic crap to that all sounds alike and the don't know any better, as they have nothing to which to compare one band to the other?
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The Night Before Thanksgiving
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Posted:Nov 22, 2007 2:15 am
Last Updated:Nov 26, 2007 11:49 pm
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What a day.
After being up all night, I got a few hours sleep in the late morning hours. During the afternoon I realized... I let the slave, er, I mean teenage boy escape until sometime tomorrow night or Friday without doing any of his chores. So it was into mad woman mode.
People will be here tomorrow. So clean the living room. Do the dishes. Make dinner. Sit down for a bit. Do more dishes. Make pies. Deal with a roommate who wants to know why he can't have pumpkin pie for breakfast. Threaten roommate with castration if he touches the pies in front of his date. Hit chat for all of 15 minutes. Realize I have more dishes now and lay down on the couch for five minutes...
Wake up at 3:30 AM. With the full knowledge I'm not the one who has to start the turkey in three hours. I can't decide if I want to go finish the dishes or go back to sleep. Or make some breakfast and cruise the blogs. Eh, I'll figure it out.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
The picture? What I had damned well better NOT wake up to if I do go back to sleep!
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Ouch...
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Posted:Nov 18, 2007 9:51 pm
Last Updated:Nov 26, 2007 11:35 pm
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Ever lean on the arm of the couch and not realize your arm has gone numb? Then have your eyebrow itch and use that hand to try to scratch it? Then manage to poke yourself square in your eye with your fingernail, as your arm is confused and thinks it's aiming for the eyebrow?
Yeah, that's what I did a few minutes ago. It hurts. Thankfully, it seems to be a light scratch, so I don't have to head for the ER or anything. But it hurts.
So remember, check to see if your arms are asleep before trying to scratch your eyebrow. This has been a public service announcement.
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Let's Go To The Archives...
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Posted:Nov 17, 2007 7:41 pm
Last Updated:Nov 22, 2007 3:10 am
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I'm thinking it's time to start up writing about various legends again. For instance, there's a weird email forward out there, claiming to be an interview with an illegal alien. Of course, the "interview" contains the Mexican saying all the typical stereotype things. The thing is, the television station that was supposed to have conducted this "man on the street" interview says it never happened and they don't do such interviews. The reporter in question left that station in the 90s. And, there are no transcripts. Basically, it's just a piece of racist propaganda that's making the rounds, that has of course, escaped the hate group circles.
But while I'm mulling over all of this, I figured it's time to do something I do so rarely. Link to the archives. So here are some other legends to keep you occupied while I make up my mind.
Urban Legend looks at the legend that you're going to get killed if you signal another driver that his or her headlights are out. Or of course, if you signal to other drivers that you just passed a cop and they're about to do the same.
Legend Of The Keys examines the legend about letting some guy at Jiffy Lube, Wal*Mart, Sears, Midas, etc. take the keys to your car, he's going to know exactly who's car he's working on, make a copy of your house key and come over in the middle of the night and you. Because, like, they're psychic enough to know what women are single with no roommates or boyfriend and which ones have husbands who are out of town.
Dude, is it 420 Yet is about, well, guess and stuff.
Legend Of The Mutant Chickens answers your questions about where that bucket of extra crispy came from.
Yet Another Gas Boycott Urban Legend presents both sides of the Citgo debate. The chain emails from both sides of the debate, at least.
Fact Or Fiction is an interesting one. I was asked to check out an email forward full of fun "facts." Some are true, some aren't. But of course, the ones that are true add to the validity of the other claims.
Finally, we have Debunking A Myth. Which looks at the actual origin of the word fuck.
Have fun with them all.
Oh yeah. One more thing... Has anyone else been having trouble keeping photos with blog posts in place? I used Tom DeLay's mugshot on the last one and it disappeared.
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The Joys Of Science
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Posted:Nov 13, 2007 2:43 pm
Last Updated:Feb 17, 2008 8:13 am
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Scientists are finally discovering something women and savvy men have known all along. That the clitoris becomes erect and non-erect tissue changes when a woman is aroused.
Old news, you say? Well, not that old. Scientists at the University of Washington have been studying, lecturing and reporting on this since 2000. The last report of their continuing research was last year and they're not done yet. The first actual published MRI story was in 2002. This is from that published report:
PURPOSE: To determine whether magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with MS-325, a recently developed blood pool contrast agent, can depict sexual arousal response in healthy women.
I'm sure it comes as no surprise to women that a good number of men, (not ALL of you, so don't get snarky,) can't tell if a woman is aroused or not. So I'm actually glad there's now scientific proof.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Serial MR imaging of the external genitalia was performed in 12 healthy sexually functional women before and after administration of MS-325. MR images were obtained every 3 minutes during a 45-minute examination. During the examination, the subjects viewed neutral and erotic video material while they were in the magnet bore.
The way I've read this was done was, 15 minutes of neutral material, 15 minutes of porn, 15 minutes of neutral. I'd love to know what the neutral material was. Steven Segal movies? Nova? Carl Sagan lecturing?
MR image analysis at each interval consisted of vaginal wall, vaginal mucosa, and clitoris assessments; femoral vein signal intensity measurements; relative regional blood volume (rRBV) calculations; and clitoral volume measurements. Statistical analysis of the results was performed with a t test.
Basically, they were looking to see if women actually become wet and if the clitoris swells. No, you geniuses, we've been peeing into our vaginas for years, to fool you all.
RESULTS: On subjective questionnaires, all subjects in the test group reported being sexually aroused. MS-325-enhanced MR images showed strong contrast enhancement of the external genitalia. The rRBV in the glans clitoris of seven of 10 subjects and in the clitoral body of eight of these subjects increased significantly (P <.05) during erotic visual stimulation. All 10 subjects had a significant (P <.05) increase in clitoral size. There were no significant differences in any measures between the pre- and postmenopausal study groups. CONCLUSION: The sexual arousal response in healthy women can be monitored at serial MR imaging with MS-325. This examination holds promise for future studies of sexual arousal dysfunction in women.
They claim they're doing these studies for research into sexual dysfunction in women. Which would be fine and dandy, but these studies are all just looking at sexually healthy women. I personally think they were a bunch of geeks who didn't believe their dates when they were told the clitoris swells and becomes erect and hard. Or, like so many, they were trying to find out where the clitoris really is. Or, they could just like looking at genitalia and figured out how to get a grant to spend their time doing that.
I'm not joking about the healthy women.
In July and August of 2003, two more studies were published. In July the report states:
A total of 12 healthy premenopausal and 9 healthy postmenopausal women underwent MRI.
The results this time showed the clitoris does become erect, mucus membranes release lubrication, there are changes in the labia minora and vulva. And yes, post-menopausal women don't have the same kind of vaginal and cervical response as pre-menopausal. Well, duh.
But what were their conclusions?
Differences in the female genitalia between premenopausal and postmenopausal women were discernible on MRI. These data are important for future studies using MRI for evaluating anatomical anomalies, postoperative changes and female sexual function.
Basically, they are looking for the female orgasm. Because none of these studies have been done on any women in the groups they stay these studies will help.
This is the entire report in 2004:
We utilized contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MR to delineate the anatomy of the female genital and pelvic organs during sexual arousal. Eleven healthy pre-menopausal women and eight healthy post-menopausal women underwent MRI of the pelvis while watching an erotic video. A 1.5 Tesla MR system was used to produce T1-weighted images following administration of MS-325, a gadolinium-based blood pool contrast agent. Selected structural dimensions and enhancement were measured prior to and during sexual arousal. In both pre- and post-menopausal subjects, vestibular bulb and labia minora width increased with arousal. Enhancement measurements increased in the bulb, labia minora and clitoris in both pre- and post-menopausal subjects, and in the vagina in pre-menopausal subjects. There were no marked changes in size or enhancement of the labia majora, urethra, cervix, or rectum during sexual arousal in pre- or post-menopausal subjects. Using MRI, we observed specific changes in the female genitalia and pelvic organs with sexual arousal, in both pre- and post-menopausal women. MRI can potentially provide detailed anatomical information in the assessment of female sexual function, particularly with regard to changes in blood flow.
Well, there are going to be a LOT of disappointed men who are SURE the rectum opens up during sexual arousal. Or that the urethra isn't a second clitoris. (I'm not making that one up at all. You'd be amazed.)
But once again, the reason for testing sexual functions in women has changed.
I'm not going to bore you with all the studies. The findings at this point are: Women become aroused. The vagina secrets mucus. The clitoris becomes engorged and erect. There are changes in the labia minora and bulbs of the clitoris. The vagina widens. There are five stages of sexual arousal in women and we don't have an on/off switch. And we finally have a three dimensional view of the clitoris, the connecting tissue, the large nerves and how it reacts.
So, because the clitoris is much like a penis, they're all stumped as to why ED drugs for men don't work for women. Even though they're not even looking at women with arousal dysfunction yet. Just women with sexually healthy appetites. And fetuses. And infants.
Yes, baby girls, even those who are still in the womb have had their clitorises studied. This is where men should start having clitoris envy.
The clitoral and perineal neurovascular bundles are large, paired terminations of the pudendal neurovascular bundles. The clitoral neurovascular bundles ascend along the ischiopubic rami to meet each other and pass along the superior surface of the clitoral body supplying the clitoris. The neural trunks pass largely intact into the glans. These nerves are at least 2 mm in diameter even in infancy.
No wonder I discovered masturbation when I was five.
But what is the final word so far?
The work of Kobelt in the early 19th century provides a most comprehensive and accurate description of clitoral anatomy, and modern study provides objective images and few novel findings. The bulbs appear to be part of the clitoris. They are spongy in character and in continuity with the other parts of the clitoris. The distal urethra and vagina are intimately related structures, although they are not erectile in character. They form a tissue cluster with the clitoris. This cluster appears to be the locus of female sexual function and orgasm.
This is something we've been telling our partners for years. Why didn't they just ask us? Oh yeah. They got to play with their big, um, machine to find out.
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Laundry Fun
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Posted:Nov 11, 2007 7:59 pm
Last Updated:Dec 12, 2007 4:51 am
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This afternoon, the roomie and I hit the laundromat, as the washer is still broken. Normally, this is an uneventful thing. But not today.
A small who was NOT being watched by his mother kept ramming my legs and ankles with a laundry cart. I told him to stop.
A little while later, he's doing it again while I'm trying to get past him. His mother is also yelling at him to get over there and he's not listening. So I said, "excuse me little boy who won't listen to his mother."
Now, a normal mother would have been mortified and told their to stop, or even grabbed the and made him stop. Where I'm from, if a woman's assaults a stranger, she has one of two reactions. To grab said chld and apologize profusely to the assault victim. Or, to grab the and scream at him or her for being a public nuisance. Not this woman. She starts screaming at me!
OK, my tone wasn't exactly sunshine and lollipops with the who was committing assault on me. It was a stop it right now tone. So she screams at me, "Hey lady, don't you dare talk to my like that!"
WTF? What am I supposed to do? Tell him to keep assaulting random strangers while she folds the laundry?
But there was something about her tone. She was ready for a fight. So, I walked away, as she continued to scream at me. Getting beat up by some strange woman with no couth or manners isn't my idea of a fun Sunday afternoon. Besides, I was looking for a paper towel or something, as I had detergent all over my hands. Then I went for a cigarette.
While I was outside, I saw her come out and I kind of held my breath. But she was finishing up and taking out what looked like a month's worth of laundry for a family of ten. I made sure she didn't see me.
Now, I'm not a mother, but I really don't think I was out of line. I was in pain from this ramming me. I had been listening to his mother scream at him to get over there that very instant for the last five minutes. It seems to me if you tell your to do something that instant and just keep repeating the same line over and over instead of doing something about it, then I would think you're sending a message to that that he or she can ignore your orders all you want, with no threat of repercussions.
Don't get me wrong. I know how fucking boring something like being at the laundromat all day is for an adult, let alone a . But bring some activity for the , so they won't get bored and start attacking random people. There was another family there with six that I noticed. They brought the ' baseball mitts and a few balls. The hung out on the sidewalk in front of the business next door (that is closed on Sunday) playing catch and so not getting bored with it. As a matter of fact, they were having a great time and not being a hazard. As I watched them, all I could think was, "why can't all parents think this way?"
Of course, that thought was replaced quickly with, "so sad. Not a Mariano Rivera among them."
But I seem to be getting off the subject.
So tell me, is it out of line for a perfect stranger to ask a that is trying to injure them to stop? Was what I said all that bad? I wasn't telling her how to raise her , I was telling her to listen to his mother. How is that a bad thing? Or is being able to do what I did strictly a northeast thing?
The laundromat in the picture is NOT the same one we visited. The one in the picture has much wider aisles.
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The Song Remains The Same
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Posted:Nov 10, 2007 8:25 am
Last Updated:Nov 28, 2007 1:13 am
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In the 1970s, George Harrison was sued over "My Sweet Lord" being too similar to the song "He's So Fine." Harrison lost. Which makes me wonder why no there haven't been any other high profile plagiarism cases.
I realize there are only 8 full notes and five half notes when it comes to music. They're just repeated over different octaves. So I'm always amazed that there are so many different melodies out there, with just those 13 notes.
But then there are the ones that no one has sued over that are using the same basic melody throughout.
The Kinks recorded "All Day and All of the Night" in 1964. The same melody was used by The Doors in "Hello, I Love You." The Doors always claimed they were stealing from a Cream song. But the fact that it's the same melody as The Kinks song is obvious.
But that wasn't the only song that stole that melody. "Sub-Mission" by The Sex Pistols used it too.
I've always wondered why there weren't lawsuits over that one. I figured the melody was some old song in public domain. But it wasn't. So it's actually nice of Ray Davies that he never sued them.
But this week, a car commercial came on using a song I was half familiar with. I knew I had heard it before, then it occurred to me I knew that melody from another song.
The song in question is ELO's "Hold On Tight" which is being used in some car commercial at the moment. I wracked my brain every time it came on. Then I realized, that chorus was stolen directly from Lou Reed's "Wagon Wheel." Reed recorded "Wagon Wheel" in 1972. ELO recorded and released their song in 1981, long after lawsuits became fashionable.
I had never noticed it before, as I always hated ELO. Granted, their star was fading when they released that song, but Lou Reed has always prided himself on being a rat bastard. So I'm truly amazed he never sued.
Ah, but you say that song was never a hit? This is true, but it was on "Transformer." Which is on all sorts of top albums of all time lists, is still in print and charted all over the place. So I'm a bit amazed that no one else seems to have noticed.
It's true. No one has. Go to that popular search engine and type in "Wagon Wheel" +"Hold On Tight". The hits you'll get have nothing to do with the blatant plagiarism.
Now, if any songs were parodies of the original, they don't count under intellectual property laws. We have the right to satire under fair use laws. But the songs I mention above aren't satire.
But it got me thinking. With so many songs out there, there have to be other cases of intentional or unintentional theft. I know most cases are from songs big artists think they can get away with it stealing from minor artists. Minor in the eyes of who's heard of them, not in the eyes of critics or anything like that.
Pearl Jam leads the pack. They stole from Husker Du, Television and even Led Zeppelin. The theft from Television was so blatant, from a song from their 1992 self titled album, that a few years later when Pearl Jam had some hit song, my cousin heard me listening to my Television CD and told me they stole from Pearl Jam. A song Pearl Jam recorded several years later. Heh. 20 year olds. I wish I still had that Television CD so I could pinpoint the song. I also wish someone would sue Pearl Jam. Not just for the blatant plagiarism, but for crimes against music in general.
Have any of you noticed any? Share with me!
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Get Out The Binoculars!
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Posted:Nov 7, 2007 2:20 pm
Last Updated:Nov 11, 2007 2:30 pm
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You may or may not have heard, but Comet Holmes is visible in the Northern Hemisphere right now. If you live in a desolate enough area, you can see it with the naked eye.
Comet Holmes is thrilling all sorts of people. It's a distant comet that astronomers were tracking with telescopes. But about two weeks ago, it had an energy burst. A massive energy burst. It's become a million times brighter and getting stronger. So, what scientists could only see with telescopes two weeks ago is visible with the naked eye. That is, if you live in a dark enough area.
I decided I wanted to see the comet. The roomie told me, "good luck with all the light pollution around here."
The airport is about a mile and a half away. There's light pollution from the rest of the city too. But as you can see Cassiopeia and most of Orion and Ursa Major when the moon is dark around here, I decided to take the chance.
I went outside and looked at what was visible around here of Perseus, which is where the comet is right now. I didn't see much. So, I ran in and got my binoculars. I looked up. I'm looking too far to my right. I'm looking at the Andromeda Galaxy. (Or as I like to call it to piss off amateur astronomers, the Andromeda Strain. No sense of humor on those people, I'm telling you.)
Finally, with my naked eyes, I looked in the right place. Lifted the binoculars up and I was looking at a very bright star in Perseus. And a bunch of other stars I can't see around here with the naked eye. Then I looked down a smidgen... There it was. A great big fuzz ball in the sky. Which is what it looks like with binoculars. I wish I had a telescope, so I could see the tail.
I was thrilled, as the geek girl in me gets excited over these things. This is my third comet. The others were Kohoutek and Hale-Bopp. Haley was a disappointment when it came back around again, as I wasn't in the Southern Hemisphere to see it.
I actually made the resident go out and look. Tonight, I'm making the roomie go out and look.
I was equally impressed with how many stars I could see using the binoculars, especially with all the light around here. I could see stars in the belt of the Milky Way. It was stunning and a perfectly cloudless night.
So get out the binoculars if you have them and get out and look northward. I've attached a chart as the picture so you can get out there and see it. It really is stunning.
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I Can Sort Of See His Point, But...
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Posted:Nov 6, 2007 9:57 pm
Last Updated:Nov 18, 2007 10:48 am
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Today a federal appeals court in Cincinnati ruled on what is being termed, "Roe v. Wade For Men." The actual name of the case is Dubay v. Wells.
In 2004, a couple named Matt Dubay and Lauren Wells were dating. As usual, the birth control was left up to the woman. Mr. Dubay told Ms. Wells he didn't want to be a father. Now, Mr. Dubay didn't find it odd when Ms. Wells told him that she was on the pill and infertile. Now, the first thing that would occur to a rational person is the question, what does she need with the pill when she's infertile? Well, she got pregnant. They broke up. She kept the . She sued for support. He was ordered to pay $475 a month. The National Center for Men decided to take up his cause and sue for men's rights.
Seriously. Here is part of the court filing:
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On or about the fall of 2004, Dubay and Wells were involved in a relationship wherein consensual sexual acts took place between these individuals.
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At this time, Dubay clearly informed Wells that he had no desire to be a parent at that point in his young life.
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In response to these sentiments, Wells explicitly informed Dubay that she was not only infertile, but also using methods of contraception as an extra layer of assurance and protection.
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In reliance upon these assurances by Wells, Dubay continued the parties’ relationship, which included a sexual relationship.
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Thereafter, after the parties’ relationship began to deteriorate and eventually end, Dubay was shocked to find out that Wells was pregnant, allegedly with his .
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At that time, Wells exercised her unilateral right to not abort the and otherwise bring the to birth. The (EGW) was born on XX-XX, 2005, much to the dismay, bewilderment and objection of Dubay who was at all times clear with his desires and intentions to Wells.
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But a few weeks after the ’s birth, a Paternity Complaint was brought by the Saginaw through its Prosecuting Attorney’s office against Dubay under Michigan’s Paternity Act, which can be found at MCL 722.711 et seq. With the filing of this Complaint, the Defendants were seeking the entry of a Judgment of Filiation, the calculation and imposition of support figures and reimbursements for the delivery of this , and other "statutory and/or equitable relief allowed by law." This Verified Complaint was initiated and signed by both Defendants to this cause of action, signed individually by Wells and on behalf of Saginaw through its assigned Assistant Prosecuting Attorney.
Well, the court disagreed and he was found liable for support. Just as the federal district court had in July of 2006.
Now, I have mixed emotions on this. I can see his point, that he never wanted to be a father. But guys, if you don't want to be a father, take responsibility for your own sexuality. Don't just take a woman's word that she's using birth control. For one thing, that's the way STDs spread and for another, even if she is on the pill, the pill can fail. Use a condom. Take responsibility for yourself.
The National Center for Men argued that if a woman has a right to her body, so do the men she sleeps with. That is a scary argument and one designed to keep women in their place. Seriously. This is what they argued in District Court last year:
The practical intent and effect of Roe vs. Wade was to permit a woman to engage in intimate sexual activity while, at the same time, choosing not to be a parent, even in the event of a contraceptive failure… that is the fundamental right created by "Roe." The Supreme Court specifically rejected the argument, as put forth by Wade, that a woman could make a procreative choice by abstaining from sex. Clearly, the Court intended for a woman to have a private, intimate life, without sacrificing the right to procreative choice. By its very nature, this is a fundamental right that must apply regardless of biology. It cannot survive both as a fundamental right and as a limited right, limited only to people with internal reproductive systems.
Dubay also argued that women have the right to give a baby up for adoption, which is not something men have the right to do. That men should have the right to force a woman to put her up for adoption. That Michigan law is unfair, as it violates the Constitution's equal protection clause. He said the law is unconstitutional because it requires fathers to pay support "even if he did not want the to be born."
No. Take responsibility for yourself and wear a condom or have a vasectomy if you never, ever want to have . I don't care where they have to touch you for that. It's cheaper, quicker and far less invasive with a lower heal time than a tubal ligation.
Then there's the fact you're not the one being violated when a woman is pregnant. You're not the one who has to have a vacuum tube stuck up your vagina if you knock someone up. You're not the one who has to deal with nine months of pregnancy, morning sickness, swollen ankles, mood swings, postpartum depression, (which women can also suffer after an abortion,) bonding with the thing growing inside you, the "kicking" as the baby shifts, the water breaking, the having to push something with the head the size of a 's bowling ball through a hole that dilates all of 4 inches. You don't have to deal with the pain. The bleeding. The not feeling desirable. The tooth and hair loss many women experience. The tits that sag after the milk dries. The fear of what happens if anything goes wrong. So of course this right is for people with internal reproductive organs. All you did was stick it in her and orgasm. It was probably much better for you than for her. It's her body that goes through all sorts of changes no matter what route she takes. Not yours.
Now, perhaps you're thinking to yourself these were 18 year old who really didn't know what they were doing and he's working a shit job where he barely makes minimum wage. Nope.
Dubay is 26 years old and a computer programmer. Which means he was 23 when he knocked up Ms. Wells. In other words, a legal adult and old enough to know better.
The Appeals Court Judge wrote in his statement, "The fundamental flaw in Dubay's claim is that he fails to see that the state played no role in the conception or birth of the in this case, or in the decisions that resulted in the birth of the ."
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said today, "This case stops a parent from skirting their responsibility and neglecting a they brought into this world."
I happen to agree with the Attorney General. If you don't want the responsibility, then you need to be responsible when you have sex. Don't believe you can't knock up a woman who is on the pill.
If you knock up a woman, don't sue to not have anything to do with the . Why are you punishing your own off-spring? It's your . Choose to be part of its life. Sue to get visitation, not to cut a out. You want to be free as a bird, while you saddle the woman with diapers, 2 AM feedings, trying to hold a job and raise a , etc. Most of you don't even want to know a woman with small . Absolving you of your responsibility gives you the right to do this to as many women as possible. You get nothing but the bareback sex, while they get the burden of single parenthood. By finding for the man in a case like this, the court tells the men of that state that it's ok to just use women and throw them in the gutter and take no responsibility for their actions.
How about you get a vasectomy if you never want and that way you're never in this position?
But it's not over. Mr. Dubay's lawyer plans on taking this all the way to the Supreme Court. A Supreme Court full of Conservatives. Who are about family values. Two of whom were nominated by Bush based pretty much on their views about abortion.
I wish you luck, Mr. Dubay. You're going to need it.
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And It's Off. *sigh*
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Posted:Nov 2, 2007 4:57 pm
Last Updated:Nov 11, 2007 9:41 am
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Until tomorrow night. Between a major accident on a road my drinking partner must travel and the babysitter cancelling, we are rescheduling the Cisco Night until tomorrow. *sigh*
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