Don't Give It To A Russian

 Have you ever heard of Lysistrata? Lysistrata is an ancient Greek comedy performed in classical Athens in 411 BC.

According to Wikipedia, "Lysistrata was about the women of Greece banding together to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a way of forcing men to negotiate peace during the Peloponnesian War".

[ A sex strike, sometimes called a sex boycott, is a form of resistance often used to meet political, social or economic goals. Women around the world are using sex strikes to create social change. Throughout history, women have abstained from sex as a form of non violent protest. ]

Here are random cases of [ Crossed Legs Sex Strikes ] found on the internet:

• The women of Liberia helped end a 14-year civil war that killed over 250,000 by staging a sex strike in 2002.
• In September 2006, wives and girlfriends of gang members from the Colombian city of Pereira launched [ La Huelga de las Piernas Cruzadas or Cross-Legged Sex Strike ], a 10-day movement intended to curb gang violence.
• On April 29, 2009, ten Kenyan women's associations invited women to abstain from sex in order to end disputes between the president and prime minister.
• In 2011, women in the Colombian town of Barbacoas, announced that they would refuse to have sex with their husbands and partners, to protest the terrible condition of the local road.

As we now know, in 2014, cooperation between the leaders of the White House, European Union and NATO failed to stop the annexation of Crimea. 

A new [ Crossed Legs Sex Strike ] movement was on the rise in Ukraine, where women were trying to end Moscow’s aggression urging Ukrainian women to abstain from sex with Russian men. To raise funds, the movement was selling a T-shirt with the message [ Don't Give It to a Russian ], alongside a pair of hands making the shape of a vagina.

Who Has Ever Heard Of Such A Thing? 

It's Wednesday! Happy Hump Day!

Quads Ice Racing

One of those rare motorcycle events I had never seen in person, probably because I hate cold/freezing weather, was motorcycle racing on ice. 

Nine years ago I saw a poster advertising motorcycle ice racing in Trenton, New Jersey. The headliner of the event was 5-Time Ice Racing World Champion, (The First Lady of Ice Racing) Mandy "Wild Child" Brodil Cervantes. Since I don't follow ice racing, had no idea who she was. The ad piqued my interest, so I ordered tickets online.

Trenton, NJ, is only a forty five minutes commute by train from Philadelphia. I took half day off from work, and arrived early to attend the paddock pit pass meet and greet to meet the racers and see the bikes up close. I was pleasantly surprised to find only a few motorcycles, the majority of the racing vehicles were Quads. Quads are all terrain vehicles, four-wheel ATV's modified for racing. Since this type of racing is on ice, the tires are equipped with metal studs to help with traction. You can see the Quads with metal studded tires in some of the pictures.

In 2013 I wasn't interested in photography yet, these images were taken with my trusty Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W530 point-and-shoot. That day I learned that at the Convention Center they don't allow DSLR's and long lenses into the premises. So I am glad that I was only carrying my point-and-shoot camera.

The event was amazing, it exceeded all my expectations. Enjoy the pictures!

You Can't Please Everyone

This past weekend I was listening to a podcast interview given to Amara La Negra on NPR that went off the rails in the comment section pretty quick.

Diana Danelys De Los Santos known professionally as Amara La Negra, is an American singer, actress, dancer, author, and television host, according to wikipedia. During the interview she was responding to critics trash talking about her right to name her children whatever name her partner and she had chosen.

Those same critics, then turned their attacks to the way she expressed herself; they began to make fun of her Spanish pronunciation. Even though her mother is from the Dominican Republic, obviously people don't realize she was born in Miami, Florida, therefore her primary language is English.

She has been criticized by the Latino community for being too black to be Latina. In the same breath, the black community criticizes her for being too Latina to be black. In other words, she has experienced racism from the black American community, and also from the Latino community.

Shopaholics Anonymous

It wasn't in my budget to spend money in a new laptop, but after one of my laptops went kaput Friday, I pulled the plug. 

Just placed an order for the new to me Dell laptop. Estimated arrival is between Friday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 27. If my other old trusty Dell doesn't crash before I get the new laptop, I should be fine!

Born-Again Christian

A female Nebraska Republican Senator claims to be "in shock" that Trump is endorsing gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster after he is accused of groping young women.

Charles Herbster, a born-again Christian, "one of the biggest donors in the Nebraska Republican Party"  is accused of groping eight women, including the 22 year old Republican Senator. 

According to The Examiner, "all 13 female state senators in the Nebraska legislature, including five Republicans, issued a statement Thursday condemning the “highly credible, corroborated allegations.”

The question I would like to ask these women is, "why would they be shocked?" It’s what Trump did all the time.

Here is the new GOP campaign slogan: Grab'em by the pu**y!

Lessons Learned The Hard Way

Logic tells me that by now I should've learned my lesson, and not repeat the same mistake all over again. 

Let me explain. In the last four years, twice I had to replace my laptop keyboard for the same issue, carelessly spilling my drink on it. Last time I promised myself that this was the last time.

Oops! ... I did it again yesterday morning after I returned from doing my laundry. This time I am going to follow the love of my life's advice, and order an ultra thin keyboard cover to protect it from spills and food crumbs.

UPDATE: Late last night I learned that my laptop went kaput. So instead of shopping for a keyboard cover, I'll be shopping for a new laptop.