Sex Education

I'm currently evaluating a health education program for high school students and, as I read through the curriculum, I'm learning all kinds of things I never knew! Did you know that it is common for one breast or one testicle to be larger than the other, just like feet? Who kNEW?!

Adults should have to take refresher courses in healthy relationships and sexuality. I mean, so much can change from the time you go through sex education in high school. Not only is new research conducted but ideas about what is healthy change too. Talk of abstinence transforms to talk of harm reduction, STDs are now STIs, etc. So, I propose that free adult sex education refresher courses should be available to everyone, everywhere. Sure, there's the Internet, but it is not necessarily accessible to everyone... and Paris Hilton's sex tape might be the first hit when you Google 'sex education.'

Post on access to abortion services in Canada coming soon!

I leave you with a birth control joke...
Question: What do you call people who use the rhythm method?
Answer: Parents.

Acronyms: CNN

Steve and I play this game, which is entertaining for him and torture for me... but it ultimately makes me smarter so I like to play. It's the Acronym game! Steve, who knows everything, asks me what various acronyms stand for and I guess, with very few hints, until I get it right. I've always said, who cares what they stand for, as long as you know what they're for!

Acronyms I already knew:
NFL - National Football League
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation

Acronyms I now know:
LED - Light-emitting Diode
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
ABS - Anti-lock Braking System
SRS - Supplementary Restraint System
LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
(bet you didn't know that!)

Last night, we played another round of the "Acronyms" game. Our friend Kyle and I guessed furiously while Steve rolled his eyes, shook his head, and laughed until we finally got it.

CNN stands for none of the following:
Country News Network
Children's News Network
Corporate News Network
Capitalist News Network
Central News Network
Canadian News Network
Channel News Network

CNN stands for Cable News Network. Who kNEW!

Frothing Milk

I recently bought an espresso maker so I can stop supporting the evil Starbucks empire and save some $$$ by making my own "Personal Tall Half Shot Vanilla One Percent Latte" (which, I might add, I've never ordered in such detail). I usually try to make it easier on everyone involved by just ordering a "Tall Vanilla Latte." Anyway, my milk stopped frothing at home like it used to. When something doesn't work, I assume it is irreparably damaged and try to forget that I ever liked or needed it in the first place. I can live without froth, if it means I don't have to box up and send my espresso maker back to California from whence it came. Today, unlike any other day, I thought I'd look in the manual under 'troubleshooting' and figured out that the steam wand was simply clogged so it couldn't produce froth. I also learned that the less fatty the milk, the more frothy the froth. Who kNEW!

You learn something new every day...

So why not blog about it?