Basketball and Sex
I entered my very first basketball pool this year. In Brendan's basketball pool, I will be in seventh place if Illinois wins.
My team selection algorithm went something like this:
1.) I like the way "Gonzaga" sounds, so I want them to go very far.
2.) If Team A has a better record then Team B, I pick Team A . . .
3.) Unless I have heard of/know anything about Team B, then I pick Team B.
4.) I don't like Duke.
5.) Go Big East
Although I will win no prize, my possible seventh place finish after ten minutes of effort is nothing to sneeze at.
Perhaps this youthful view on oral sex has something to do with a former president who "did not have sex with that woman." Although I refrain from further commentary about said POTUS actions because it's not really any of my damned business what he does behind closed doors, I will emphatically say that oral sex is sex, with all of the related connotations, risks of STDs and simple fact that some even prefer it to intercourse. I would much rather these kids hit the home run if they'd at least protect themselves.
It's really quite a dilemma. Preaching abstinence, while I agree with it to an extent, will not help prevent the spread of STDs. On some level, these kids think that they are abstaining when in fact they are clearly capable of contracting a Sexually Transmitted Disease. We need to take our sex education a step further, even if it means identifying the various and potentially-unknown-to-youngsters sexual activities. It'd be much more graphic than any education that I received and there may be implications pornography or of encouraging sexual behavior. However, these kids are mistaken, misguided and walking disease-spreaders as long as they don't know the truth. So, in the alternative, encourage abstinence but give them the tools to to take precautions when they plan to do the wrong thing.
Finally, bowling teammate Bowling Injury posted an album of our bowling exploits. Fun times.
My team selection algorithm went something like this:
1.) I like the way "Gonzaga" sounds, so I want them to go very far.
2.) If Team A has a better record then Team B, I pick Team A . . .
3.) Unless I have heard of/know anything about Team B, then I pick Team B.
4.) I don't like Duke.
5.) Go Big East
Although I will win no prize, my possible seventh place finish after ten minutes of effort is nothing to sneeze at.
Perhaps this youthful view on oral sex has something to do with a former president who "did not have sex with that woman." Although I refrain from further commentary about said POTUS actions because it's not really any of my damned business what he does behind closed doors, I will emphatically say that oral sex is sex, with all of the related connotations, risks of STDs and simple fact that some even prefer it to intercourse. I would much rather these kids hit the home run if they'd at least protect themselves.
It's really quite a dilemma. Preaching abstinence, while I agree with it to an extent, will not help prevent the spread of STDs. On some level, these kids think that they are abstaining when in fact they are clearly capable of contracting a Sexually Transmitted Disease. We need to take our sex education a step further, even if it means identifying the various and potentially-unknown-to-youngsters sexual activities. It'd be much more graphic than any education that I received and there may be implications pornography or of encouraging sexual behavior. However, these kids are mistaken, misguided and walking disease-spreaders as long as they don't know the truth. So, in the alternative, encourage abstinence but give them the tools to to take precautions when they plan to do the wrong thing.
Finally, bowling teammate Bowling Injury posted an album of our bowling exploits. Fun times.
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