I know how you feel -- I can't believe some of the things we've sat through on the TV with DD, not knowing how bad it was going to be. I usually just scream and cover my eyes.

However, I must point out that there hasn't been a television set manufactured without a remote since 1907. Are you sure this is not a radio?



My feet and ankles have been swell-y for a long time. It's very annoying.

Kiwi

lol ... it's one we WON from a radio station.

don't watch Sideways with her

Too late

Oh, that explains it. You forgot to win the remote.

The window beside the computer just opened by itself. It's rather nice -- a little warm breeze, a lovely sweet odor wafting over.. HEY! I smell ant and roach spray.

<sigh> We have had ants for 2 or 3 months. Can't get rid of them to save my life. Why do ants carry off their dead? I hate that, makes me feel guilty.

Kiwi

ants here, too. icky. they bite. they crawl. they return.

i used the ant poison stuff and it got rid of mine---they GROSS me out--- i DID not like Sideways---i hated both of those skanky men,and the trampy women-----their lives were so depressing----for some reason the movie was touted as a comedy and i found it dreary and irritating------- I DID LIKE THE BIG FAT GUY RUNNING DOWN THE STREET WITH NUTHIN ON THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE --- i would throw that mag out too peach----he won't know the difference .Lost in the mail happens all the time!{ does he read this website????? heeeeeeeee??????}---OH i forgot to tell you ---there is a new guy that i am in love with on Canadian Idol====of course he is the right age again {19} like Kalan=------so now i must prepare myself for a summer of love again----his name is Rex and he is from Newfoundland!!!! aren't you all thrilled for me!!!!

Decadence is a word that is floating in my head.

DS does not read this website.

I didn't like the movie either although I did appreciate the fresh way they used the sex in the movie. Not the same-old same-old. I also hate wine so was not interested in that.

Oh Dear. I missed Canada Day AND the Case of the Runaway Ferry.
Happy Maple Leaf, y'all.

And... I used to get that Wired Magazine all the time (and Cosmo, for that matter.) Wired made me cross-eyed a little because they printed it in type that is too small for my reading glasses... but it had lots of computer info, marketing and business stuff.
The way I handled "delicate/difficult/sexual" material with my son came about when he'd saved enough money to buy a CD (this was from Barnes & Noble which is moderate if not as conservative as Wal-Mart). So... he buys a NIN (Nine inch Nails) CD... which, after the cellophane comes of, has one of those "parental advisory" stickers on it. Amazingly the inside liner notes have the text of all the songs printed. (I always appreciate when they do that). Well, it was f* this and f* that and I don't remember what else. But I told DS (who was probably about 13) that if he was willing to READ ME THE LYRICS outloud, I wouldn't mind him keeping the CD.. but that anything that came under our roof had to be talk-worthy and talk-able. He looked at me and paled, and went to get his money back and bought somethng else.....

Now at 15, it might have been a close call... I think that being a therapist made it much easier for me to talk with him (and anybody) about touchy subjects...

You could certainly let the publisher of the magazine know how unhappy you are.... I can't imagine he's the only "underage" kid who likes it.

Thanks for the pretty woman/chemo story. I don't see the MD who either will or won't give me a "hint" about the "right" answer on Tuesday.

So I'm knitting and sketching in the mean time.
Best to all and stay out of the way of out-of-control ferries.

Writing the publisher appeals to me. The article is on some gadget (it's a gadget magazine) that measures female orgasms and how it will to better ones. DS is 17 by the way, not 15. He is definitely past thinking his mom is right about anything.

I used to object when DD wanted to buy a CD that was full of f-words, but I sympathized with her not wanting to listen to "sanitized" versions of songs by her favorite groups. Then I discovered how much her friends swore on their diary sites and I gave up trying to protect her delicate ears . I figured, at least DD doesn't swear in front of adults and she knows I think it's ridiculously unnecessary to write song lyrics that are full of obscenities. So no more need to police her song choices. Amusingly, she has a song she wrote a few years ago that is really a good song, but has the word **** in it. It would be badly watered down without it and she's very reluctant to perform this song. Which makes me smile. Wickedly.

Good grief, Bagz, does Kalan know about this? Are you two-timing him?

Kiwi

Well, my babies are still at the stage where they run away screaming if they see a naked breast on TV (and there are lots of them) so I can't really give Peachy any advice, but I know my future 17 yr old kid reading a magzine like that would make me feel pretty uncomfortable. Like Kiwi, I would confiscate this issue (or cut out the offending article with nail scissors? ) and closely monitor the next issues. What's the target audience for the magazine? Writing to the publisher would be just grand.

I'm fat and I have a PMS headache.

My former boss's wife found Playboys or something under her 16 year old son's mattress. She went through them with a magic marker and drew bathing suits on the women. Then she put them back. I think that's terrible. I think finding Mom had been "sneaking" around your room and .. in a sense .. sharing a sexual activity could do far more harm than good. We know teen boys think about sex. (Boys all over NE Canada are fantasizing about Bagz right now.) We just want to be normal about it. I'm not sure what that means .. normal .. in terms of printed material aimed at heterosexual adults but I do know they don't need to rush into anything. There's another smaller article in here on phone sex. I haven't read any of it but that's not bothering me as much as this one that's promoted on the cover including the page number like it's breaking news you can't delay reading. Sex is a very limited subject. Everything can be said about sex has been said over and over and over. These guys think they've found something new becuase of this gadget and they're using it to entice new readership at the news stand. The article is four pages long with one page being wallet sized photos of allegedly orgasmic women's faces. Blah blah blah

You know I realize DS can go to his school library and read this magazine.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA----THEY ARE NOT THINKING OF MEEEEEEEEEEE PEACHERS!!! I AM THINKING OF THEMMMMMMMMMMM----BUT NOT IN A CREEPY SEX WAY----IN A 'OMYGAWD' HE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE----------13 YEAR OLD WAY------LIKE I AM SOOOOOOOOOO SANITIZED IN MY IDOL WORSHIP-----------SEX IS BORRRRRRRRING----I'VE HAD ENOUGH TO LAST ME A LIFETIME=-===HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA