I don't care what you think of Obama's position on the war. The dude looked badass today flying with Gen. David H. Petraeus in a helicopter over Baghdad. (Borrowed from Politico.com.)
Coming as no surprise, one of the hottest topics on the Seattle P-I right now is sex in public. An article by freelancer Diane Mapes titled "Single Shot: Why do people have sex in public places?"answers the Why, When and Where.
The story cites a 2006 online survey of nearly 80,000 men and women, most of whom were involved in monogamous relationships, that found "22 percent had had sex in some kind of public venue." Really? I thought the number would be higher. Maybe that's just because I went to a four-year university. Hello Wilson Library!
Mapes interviews many who have made naughty in public for the article and anecdotes range from sex in church, public bathrooms, on the beach, at the Space Needle, in limos, at the office, in stairwells, on trains, on cars, at school playgrounds, at Qwest Field, on a plane, etc.
Her bottom line: "Just because the situation is sexualized doesn't mean it can't also be civilized. In other words, lock the bathroom door."
I'm not looking for personal stories here, but, on the flip side, how would you react if you caught a couple in the act? Call the authorities? Give them a thumbs up?
Ran around Alki today with Amanda. Lots of fun. Now GOT to get some reading done for school. Hooray for media economics!
And if you haven't seen the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, you are depriving yourself of living a richer life. Stop reading and go see that movie.
I'm in Bellingham this weekend for John Harris' Visual Journalism Conference.
Holla at me if you're in the Ham.
Also, check out Sergio's new pics on his blog from his San Diego trip.
Attention Wii owners: Buy "Pong Toss" and then invite me over to your house... immediately.
It's beer pong for the Wii, people. You can eliminate the table and the mess, but keep beers on hand to drink when your opponent sinks the ball in your virtual cup. Sweet!
In the words of WIB Street Teamer Wesley, who alerted me to this story, "God answered my prayers."
Of course someone has to crash the party. In this instance, it's ABC News, who published a story on the game and asked "Does the game glorify teen drinking culture?"
Well...
ABC News skips my Halo analogy and jumps straight to an Associated Press analysis of federal records that found "157 college-age people, 18 to 23, drank themselves to death from 1999 through 2005, the most recent year for which figures are available. The number of alcohol-poisoning deaths per year nearly doubled over that span, from 18 in 1999 to a peak of 35 in 2005, though the total went up and down from year to year and dropped to 14 in 2001."
That's all relevant, and I'm not supporting drinking yourself to death here, but how many deaths by car accidents occurred in the same time period? Drive responsibly and no one gets hurt. Drink responsibly and no one gets hurt. (And never combine the two, or else people seriously get hurt).
Now that we've had our discussion of responsibilities, someone buy that game and hand me the Wiimote. I'm sinking shots in the virtual keg cups first!