Single on a Saturday: Drinking Outdoors

I love a  good festival...a festival that revolves around beer is great....craft beer is better....holding it outside in the snow is the best!!!!!! I'm talking Craft Beer Fest at the Steamwhistle Roundhouse- a reasonably smart way to get drunk between 11am and 5pm.

I gotta say it was definitely a great break and way to enjoy the winter again! No sense in staying home alone. I dressed warmly (no room for sexy in -18C weather) and I had foot warmers in my boots ($1 at Dollarama, $5 at the event--glad I planned ahead).

There were very few line ups- avoiding those gave way for an opportunity to try brews that I had never heard of. Did you know Niagara has a Brewery program?!!!! Delicious.

There's the DJ that I bugged for hours on end..met his dad (getting drunk) too

The best part is your drink never got warm!! I just don't get those people that stayed indoors. The only thing the indoors were good for was the washroom...in fact all the washrooms in this place were good. I used the men's one- outdoor port o potties with a urinal. The urinals were all used, but the sit down part was not. That is a big check mark in my book--warm, underused outdoor potties!!!

I'm pretty sure I had a good time....I'm also pretty sure I flirted with every guy behind a tap...just something sexy about a man serving beer. I would like to also mention that it was Robbie Burns Day and there were a multitude of hotties in kilts...also very sexy. Something about man- kilts turns me on.....

All I know is my collectors mug is at my friends place...I don't remember getting to her place and I don't remember how I got home. And no, I did not wake up with a stranger, I woke up with a sandwich. Not bad for $20 worth of mini beers.

The New Prostitution

To start, give a listen to some or all of this podcast....its interesting. Then continue to my discussion...

Podcast: Sterilize Addicts 

 (~37min)

So the podcast starts by talking about the cost of child abuse in the United States and it costs more than they spend on education. This is interesting…I think the focus should be on how little is spent on education, but that is a story for another blog. Let us talk about this Barbara Harris.  The biological mother of 6 with 4 adopted black children of addicted mothers with her organization (CRACK) that intends to prevent child abuse…..or so she claims.

The claim is that you can end a cycle of neglect and abuse by preventing addicts from having children (she also wants to set up in Kenya to control people with AIDS so that a child does not have to live in that lifestyle). So she is bribing addicted women with drug money to give up their fertility. She buys their reproductive choice with $300 for getting sterilized and $200 for birth control. Plus there is a $50 referral fee if your friend goes along (I guess drug addicts prefer to  travel to the the sterilization clinic in pair). 

No rehab, no counselling….just a desperate woman being paid to do something to her body that she would not have done sober. Who knew saving children was all about buying off other people’s reproduction?! BTW, Medicaid pays for the actual procedure....

Even if you have become clean you were a drug addict so you should prevent yourself from getting pregnant anyway. Harris does not believe that reproduction is a right.

Harris' bus,Source:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8071664/Drug-addict-sterilised-for-cash-but-can-Barbara-Harris-save-our-babies.html

Let's be honest, this mission is not about ending child abuse- it’s too simplistic of a response. It really is more about controlling the reproductive choices of women that Harris has determined are inferior to her. Face it, when women that are homeless and drug addicted get pregnant there are very few options for them. Heck, getting pregnant was most likely the result of their lack of life options. As well, more often than not, they are not allowed to keep their children and the babies are removed from their custody at birth. 

The other part of this is-- what about the healing time? Are they just sent back
home to their unsuitable lifestyle? What about infections? So many questions.

With the money that this group is putting into “eradicating child abuse” they could support a rehab and parenting centre so that these women can get a second a chance. Provide positive support rather than enable their habit.

But we all know this is not about eradicating child abuse. Child abusers do not always live on the street; they don’t always take drugs. When you expand your thinking you realize not all people that do drugs are child abusers. Some are great with children. Some have other supports and this helps them.

I think what outrages me more than everything else is that this is a process that is specifically designed to oppress women.

Men don’t have the option of being sterilized. What about the johns that take advantage of drug addicted women; the ones who give her $10 for bareback and don't pull out.?

What about those jerks that got her pregnant in the first place.

These assholes aren’t even being arrested. Now the women have another person using them for her own selfish superego. A woman nonetheless!

Now let us get back the whole idea of ending child abuse. How about we target the source of the abuse or the addiction? Or is that too complex and not enough of a television bite? I guess it would make people realize that there are several different environments that are not the ideal for raising a child. Or maybe Barbara just likes being in control of “crack whores”…does that make her a pimp?

Further information:

Is it legal to sterilize addicts: http://people.howstuffworks.com/is-it-legal-to-sterilize-addicts.htm

CRACK Uses Unethical Tactics to Stop Women with Substance Abuse Problems: http://www.cwpe.org/node/56

Pump and go!

I'm dropping new lingo for you folks yet again....I use the term pump and go often...take a couple of guesses as to what it is about...I am sure you do not need that much time to figure out that this is probably just a different way of saying booty call....or maybe you you didn't and I just ruined the mystique...sorry.

Ah yes the pump and go. This was a tag created many sunsets ago when I was in my second year of university. Some friends I and were lazy-ing about one post-pubnight Friday in the Vanier Res Common Room when a commercial came on for the Shell Speed Pass...it's like the Mobil speedpass where you just have to tap the stick on a sensor to pay and then you can leave.

The commercials closer was "you just have to pump and go". Naturally we looked at each other and laughed. That became the new saying- Just Pump...and Go. The "Wham bam thank you ma'am/sam" for the 21st Century!! Now I use it all the time. With the commercial off the air it just seems like a nice witty saying. Not related to the gas at all.

So take that and have some fun with it. Remember all you have to do is "Pump... and Go"


I could not find the original "Pump and Go" ad so just enjoy these semi-related ones ;)

Coke vs Cock

Well I think it is time I started addressing some common health issues that inflict the clubs. This is basically my single on a Saturday health tip.

As the title suggests this is about the impact that cocaine has on male sexual functioning. Let's be honest here, cocaine is in full effect in most Toronto clubs..hell I'll even go so far to say in every club/pub/bar/nightlife establishment there is at least one person busting rails in the bathroom...and it is probably two considering how much of a social drug it is.

What does this mean for lovers of the penis? Well....hours of fucking without an end. Yup that's the basic effect. You see, cocaine can actually be considered an aphrodisiac. It makes you horny. For men, they want that sex when they get high and can probably get a pretty decent hard on....might not be the best one, but it works. Then they have all the energy in the world because coke is a stimulant.

The hold up might come hours after he has already rawed out the vag or anus that he's been enjoying. There is this sudden (but not too sudden since there has been probably a few hours of sex at this point) realization that he can't cum. Delayed ejaculation is one of the side effects. All the friction in the world often can't help it.

There is hope gentlemen. You really just have to wait it out. Go as much as you can (or as much as partner can handle)-- use decent lube for comfort. Then take a break and rest it off. Wake-up sex is just as delicious!!!  If you cannot sleep, then just enjoy the body contact (the contact they makes you both/all feel wonderful). To the partner, just show love and understanding. This is not a sign of long term impotence, for most men it is temporary.

Remember there is no point in trying to break records if all you're doing is killing the pleasure. 

Resources:
Web MD "Cocaine and its effects": http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/cocaine-use-and-its-effects
University of Arizona "Health Effects of Cocaine" http://methoide.fcm.arizona.edu/infocenter/index.cfm?stid=212

Booty Call Etiquette

I woke up this fine New Years Day afternoon and heard a grumble in my tummy. Naturally I was not in the mood for cooking...or reheating. Then it occurred to me: that guest that left should have come over with food.

I think this should be customary booty call etiquette. Bring a snack for the morning....well the afternoon...after. It's like bringing a gift for the host/ess. Show up at the calls door with a sandwich, a pizza, something!  Or maybe it should be the caller should bring the food for the call-ee....Nah, I want food brought over.

I'll supply other goods and beverages, but someone needs to bring over a snack. Something to help me recover after using all of that energy.

I don't want this to turn into a dinner date though. It needs to be an afterglow snack saved for after the guest leaves. 

Let me know if this is a trend that picks up...give it a try.

Happy New Year...may 2014 bring great changes ;)