Apparently even large models make women feel crappy about themselves.

Researchers found that larger women feel better only if no models are used.  Medium sized women “actually have lower self-esteem after looking at ads with plus-sized models rather than uber-skinny ones.”  Skinny people just want them to use skinny models.

According to the article, the only thing bigger models were helpful for were in weight loss ads.  Using bigger women in weight loss ads made women feel fat and want to go on a diet.  The article asked “Do ads with bigger models make you feel better or worse about your body?”  Here is the link:  Link

Do ads with bigger models make you feel worse about your body?

Steve Jobs said that he almost died while waiting for a liver transplant.  Here is the link:  Link

Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple and has been the leader of an organization that has produced products that are innovative.

It is interesting to me that Steve Jobs with all of his money almost died because he had to wait like any other person.

It caused me to think about the priority list of those needing a liver.  For example, what would happen if President Obama needed a liver transplant?  He is the President.  Should we just let the President die while waiting on the list?  Or should we bump him up?

I guess I am wondering if a person who is contributing to society in a more significant way should get sort of bumped to the top.

Do you think Steve Jobs should have been bumped to the top for a liver transplant because of his contributions to society?

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for announcing in the public-address system at WalMart, “All black people, leave the store.” 

He was charged for “bias and intimidation and harrassment.”  The boy could face up to a year in a juvenile detention center.  Here is the link:  Link

I don’t know about you but I think it is a little bit extreme to arrest a kid because he spoke a few words into a public-address system at WalMart.  Who hasn’t thought of doing that?  It sounds like a harmless prank to me.

Do you think the boy should be arrested for asking black people to leave WalMart?
                                            
                                                        

It has been discussed for a year.  There has been much debate.

And this Sunday the health care bill may pass.

Do you want your congressman to vote in favor of the health care bill?

I am willing to bet that most people will answer this question in one way even though so many would do something different.

It is interested how many times over the last 20-25 years I have seen a woman get pregnant and then watching the couple get quickly married.  For example, my brother’s girlfriend became pregnant and they quickly got married.  I doubt my brother would have married her if she was not pregnant.

So you see people getting married because the woman was pregnant.  I remember my parents taught me that I should wait until marriage.  But my parents also communicated that if I got a woman pregnant, I should do the honorable thing and get married.

Guys:  Would you be more likely to marry a woman if she became pregnant?

Ladies:  Would you be more likely to get married if you were pregnant?
                             
                                                            

Let me give you a hypothetical.  Imagine you made friends with a nice Asian woman on Xanga.

Now imagine that you commented each other’s site and talked to each other at times in private messages.  Imagine that you are not shallow and that it really doesn’t matter to you what a person looks like.  But you trusted everything the person said.

Now imagine you found out that your average every day Asian friend is really an Asian man.

Would it change the nature of your friendship to know your friend lied about being a woman?

I was just reading an article about how some people are using government loans to go to trade schools only to find themselves in debt with no real job prospects.  Here is the link:  Link

I remember when I was in high school that trade schools were considered to be schools that people attended that would not make it into college. 

Are trade schools for people that wouldn’t make it in college?
                              
                                          

I saw this photo on adifferentkindofbeautiful’s site:

I mentioned “Women overplay the pms card.”

Do you think women overplay the pms card?
                                                   
                                   

I was just reading an article about Glenn Beck from Foxnews and how it has been reported that he can make himself cry during his show.

In the article, the claim is made that Beck cries at the same time in rehearsals as he does in the program.  Here is the link:  Link

Can you make yourself cry?

A judge has ruled that a sex offending father can have his daughters spend the night at his house as long as “he puts a door on their bedroom they can lock.”

The judge felt the girls needed “some protection from (their father), particularly at night.  He felt the risk of sexual abuse “diminished when they are awake and alert.” 

The father was convicted of downloading child pornography and was also found to have “invited one of the girls into his bed, and had ‘demonstrated affection toward her in a way that was, in all the circumstances, inappropriate for a child of that age.’”

The thinking was that as long as the girls were “awake, dressed and together it would be unlikely the father would act inappropriately toward them.”  It was also found that “when they were asleep or partly asleep and not aware of each other’s whereabouts, they would be less secure.” 

An adult has to stay in the house with him when they have the sleepover.  Here is the link:  Link

As long as there is a lock on the door, do you think the father should be able to have his daughters spend the night?