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Your Erogenous Zone Is Your Neck
You’re particularly sensitive to kisses on your neck, but you don’t mind a hickey every now and then either. Ask your partner to kiss right behind your ear because, chances are, that’s the most sensitive spot on your body
What’s Your Secret Erogenous Zone?
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Noelle pointed me to a Yahoo News page (from a Reuters story) in their “Oddly Enough” section:
Talk of Witches at Vatican Inquisition Conference
Talk of trials, burned witches and forbidden books echoed in the Vatican on Tuesday as Pope John Paul asked forgiveness for the Inquisition, in which the Church tortured and killed people branded as heretics.
The pope made his request in a letter read out at a news conference on a new book on the Inquisition.
He repeated a phrase from a 2000 document in which he first asked pardon “for errors committed in the service of truth through use of methods that had nothing to do with the Gospel.”
That was shorthand for torture, summary trials, forced conversions and burnings at the stake.
But in the letter, the pope went further, saying the request for forgiveness was for “both the dramas connected to the Inquisition as well as for the wounds to the (collective) memory that followed.” [more]
I’m vacillating between feelings of, “Right on!” and, “Gee. Thanks so much. So glad all the people your church tortured and slaughtered have been vindicated. Sort of.”
And lest you think that the Inquisition is solely the province of the past, its effects are still felt today.
ICv2 News reports that, according to David Gerrold (the author of the classic Star Trek episode, “The Trouble With Tribbles”), preparations are underway for the release of the Star Trek Animated Series on DVD in 2005. [more]
“But what, I think, stings the most is the absolute lack of acknowledgment for all the time and all the energy I’ve devoted to making the place a success over the last half-decade. That I’m a spectre - unseen, unheard, unheeded - in your recounting of its history shouldn’t really come as a shock; after all, I’ve grown painfully accustomed to having you ‘discover’ previously-rejected recommendations I’ve made. But it exists as it does because of what we - all of us - made it.
“So don’t say, ‘We appreciate your advice’ in that patronizing way.
“Say, ‘Thank you.’ Or, ‘We couldn’t have done it without you.’
“But, then, you don’t really believe that, do you?”
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Want to know what the phase of the moon was or will be for any date and time from the dawn of the 19th century through the waning days of the 22nd?
Check out the Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures site, provided by the US Naval Observatory Time Services Department.
To make up for the lateness of last week’s meme (appearing this week and all), here’s a day-early meme:
It’s an aspect of me, represented as a playable Magic card. I call it Able Procrastinator.
[Edit: I linked the small, illegible version to a much larger version of the card.]
Yes, it’s time again for everybody’s favorite game show: Unconscious Mutterings! I’m Kevin, and I’ll be your host today.
Hands on buzzers; here we go:
Today’s meme comes from the Wednesday Matinee site at wednesdaymatinee.thecapturedmind.com.
1. What is the coolest movie gadget / prop you’d like to have in real life?
The Delorean from the Back to the Future flicks.
After the hover-conversion and installation of Mr. Fusion, of course. 
2. What movie has your favorite / most passionate kiss scene?
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. “That’s how we say goodbye in Austria.” Mmmmmm!
3. What movie had the most impact on how you view life and why?
I’m going to dodge this question a bit since there’s actually a book that I find quite unexpectedly shaped my worldview:
Callahan’s Lady by Spider Robinson. Describeth the page at Amazon:
Welcome to Lady Sally’s, the House that is a home — the internationally (hell, interplanetarily) notorious bordello. At Lady Sally’s House, the customer doesn’t necessarily come first: even the staff are genuinely enjoying themselves.
Wife of time traveling bartender Mike Callahan, and employer of some of the most unusual and talented performing artists ever to work in the field of hedonic interface, Her Ladyship has designed her House to be an “equal opportunity enjoyer,” discreetly, tastefully and joyfully catering to all erotic tastes and fantasies, however unusual. Like her famous husband, Lady Sally doesn’t even insist that her customers be human…as long as they have good manners.
Small wonder, then, that she and her staff encounter beings as unique and memorable as the superhuman Colt, whose banner never, ever flags… Diana, the deadly dominatrix who cannot be disobeyed… Tony Donuts, the moronic man-monster even the Mafia doesn’t want to mess with… or Charles, the werewolf with a distinct difference…
It’s a hoot to read, and I embraced its core philosophy: that whatever two (or more) consenting adults wish to do with each other is fine - so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else. Large portions of my outlook on sexuality came from this book, too.
4. What movie always manages to make you laugh?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Duh. 
5. What upcoming movie do you most want to see this summer?
I’ll answer with two: The Stepford Wives (it has my Nicole) and Spider-Man 2.
The one that I’m least interested in seeing? I, Robot. Asimov deserves better.
6. Which actor would make your best husband / wife?
Gee, isn’t this just a stalkeriffic question! I think I’ll decline to answer. (coughNicolecough)
Bonus question: What’s your favorite movie snack?
Popcorn. No butter.