It is being reported that Stephen Hawking sometimes visits strip clubs.  It is reported that he has went to private rooms for special attention.  Here is the link:  Link

It must be difficult to get a lapdance with that screen in the way.

Have you ever been to a strip club?
                      
                      

I was reading a discussion on The New York Times and it was about the issue of whether we are getting dumber.

Some feel we are getting dumber because of TV and computers and are ability to look stuff up instead of knowing basic information.  Here is the link:  Link

Are we getting dumber?

Would you ever go naked in a tanning bed?

Richard Dawkins admitted recently that he can’t be sure that God does not exist.  He is generally considered the World’s most famous Atheist.  Here is the link:  Link

So this question is for Atheists.

Can you be sure that God does not exist?
                                             
                                     

A trend on youtube right now is for people to post videos of themselves and ask the Internet if they are ugly or pretty.  Here is the link:  Link

If you posted a video of yourself on xanga, do you think you would be labeled “pretty” or “ugly?”
                             
                                                                       

I was reading somewhere recently and it said that people were more attracted to people with tans.  This was the case even if the people were darker complected.

Do you think a person looks more attractive with a tan?

I will probably not post any photos of women with large boobs.

What are you giving up for lent?

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum said in a speech a few years back that “Satan is attacking the great institution of America.”  Here is the link:  Link

Do you think Satan is attacking the U.S.?

An ESPN editor was fired for approving an article that said the New York Knicks had a “chink in the armor” after they lost a game.

Some felt that it was a racial slur used against Jeremy Lin.  The editor said it was not intentional.  Here is the link:  Link

What is interesting is that Jeremy Lin used to have a xanga site and it was called “ChiNkBaLLa88.”  Here is the link:  Link

One person in a thread said, “Anyone who is not Asian has no right to say that the “c” word is not considered derogatory to them.”

Is it ok for an Asian to use the word “chink” and black people to use the word “nigger?”

I tend to think we are failing as a nation right now.  I don’t blame a political party.  In fact, I am not sure politicians can do much to fix it.

I tend to think that we are preparing kids for the wrong skills in life.

If I was in charge of education, kids would be learning programming languages in school.  They would be studying Chinese and not Spanish.  Why would you teach kids to communicate in Spanish when Mexicans are all poor?

They would be learning real skills that they could use in life.

Do you feel you have the skills to compete in the next 20 years?