I Feel Bad About My Neck, by Nora Ephron is quite the book, and the reader feels as if she/he is going on a bit of a roller coaster ride, between tears and laughter.

This wicked and divine book, which is a cross between poignant/serious and outright hilarious, brings much comic relief to women who are aging. With Ephron’s sensible, yet comedic style (after all, she did bring us When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle), we are infused with scents, creams, lotions and bath oils, and her verbal quips where she states: “I’m as smooth as silk”.

Ephron's book chronicles the downfall (literally) of a woman’s aging body, from sagging breasts and chins, to thinning hair and thickening necks. Each page is crammed with ounces and pounds of laughter and tears, each story/piece a gem of its own, causing smiles to form on our faces…adding a few more wrinkles with each smile (which is no reason to pull that sweater up to your chin).

Nora Ephron is not getting older gracefully, and admits it. Nothing she does can slow the process down…and she is fighting back at it every second and hour of the day.

If you want to feel bad about yourself, I Feel Bad About My Neck is a must read, and if you want to feel good about yourself, and laugh your way through those bad feelings, the book is also a must read.

I personally own and have read this delightful book.
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Also, even though she's asian she doesn't have the set of tits to rival tits of say Baywatch women, but as nice as some of those tits are, they will sag over time and become very unattractive.  My girlfriends tits will probably not sag and remain cute as ever.  I hope to suck on those tits for years to come and stay firm and unsagging.  Seriously, sagging tits on women is worse then man boobs.  

What I enjoy most about her tits is that they're all mine and I can watch them whenever I want, I can watch her play with nipples whenever I want.  Its such an awesome thing to have tits at your fingertips haha.  

S.B.

This news story makes me laugh.

Spare Parts by Flowfield Utility.

Life ain't all sunshine, honey; get used to it and do something about that peelin' paint. No, really: Life and How to Survive It.

But of course defense wins championships.

Push ups!

How to disown a body part - 3quarksdaily

Which body parts are sung about the most? - Marginal Revolution

My partner and I were on a train from Leeds to London, ultimately headed to Heathrow and from there, New York, where our band were due to perform. I'd been experiencing mild stomach pain during the day, but put it down to a dodgy lunch. On the train journey it only got worse, leading to projectile vomiting into a large polystyrene catering tray. The train staff called through to the hospital in Stevenage, which was to be the next stop, and we were met there by an ambulance. The pain was gradually getting worse, and soon became excruciating; "I need painkillers!!!" became something of a mantra while the doctors tried to narrow down what the problem was. As it turned out, it was appendicitis, and soon after I was in surgery having my appendix removed. So impressed were the surgical team of my former body part's length - 8.26 inches, a photo was taken alongside a ruler.

On informing work colleagues, one happened to check on the world record appendix length, only to discover mine had broken the current record by a good percentage. The following weeks were spent obtaining written proof from the surgeon, which, along with the photographic evidence was enough for Guinness to confirm I had indeed broken the world record for Largest Appendix Removed. Interviews with local and national press followed, and looking at the newspaper cuttings now it all seems incredibly bizarre (the innuendous Radio Leeds interview still makes my work colleagues chuckle - "What does your girlfriend think of its length?" etc etc). My 15 minutes of fame didn't last too long - I didn't even make it into the official book (although I did feature in a pocket-size Guinness Book of Weird Records) - as a chap in India broke the record again 6 months later. I hold no grudge....

By Spencer Bayles

by Matilda

Here is Alison's opening page. Don't you just love the way the script defines the leaves?

And the page Heather has added; again, with a personal note.

Frankie has "spiced up" her friendship theme in this one!

And now for Heather's book... this is the front cover.

And the opening spread....

...which, you can see, continues Heather's thematic workof Aboriginal art.

Leaves, this time, from Frankie...

And now it's my turn to add to these lovely creations. Ideas bubble up in my head and are pushed aside by other ideas, like the ripples on a pond.

But before I can tackle these books, I have artwork to finish for the exhibition and statements to write. I'm sure there's something else...oh, yeah! I need to find/create something to wear to opening night. If this cold snap continues the 'something' might just be Long Johns and a balaclava. (That's probably more information than you wanted, right?)

A slightly gruesome footnote: I heard on radio news the other day that someone (a hapless tourist!) had found "human remains" in the local Botanic Garden. Haven't heard any further details, but I guess I wont go scrambling around there with the Fujica for a while! I wonder what the odds would be on one of those Canadian feet drifting across the Pacific?

I think I need coffee. Or chilli-chocolate. Both? :)

But before I head for the percolator let me show you what else arrived in my mail box the other day. All the way from Biarritz, where  my delightful blog friend is holidaying.

Picasso is a favourite of mine! Thankyou so much, J.

*As we've been models of exemplary behaviour and have managed NOT to walk through wet ink or shred good paper, we deem the Cats' Fish 'n' Bones Fund a worthy cause.

R, G & S

Rain bounces off the roof of the Ford and the metal boots of the hookers. It slides off their nylon hair and plastic clothes. This is the first time the hookers have seen rain, and they find it exhilarating, if wet. They don’t seem to realise that if they get caught out here, they’ll be taken back to the Factory and destroyed. They are just following their stomachs. They can smell the library.

To the hookers, the library is like the food court of a shopping mall. It’s like a tapas bar, a Chinese restaurant, a revolving sushi stand. There is every kind of food here: thrillers like juicy hot dogs, a mixed fruity platter of magical realism, romantic cupcakes, sci-fi sashimi. The hookers burst through the high wooden doors and throw themselves onto the linoleum, sliding, screeching with laughter, into the stacks. A spinner full of historical romances collapses on top of them and they dig in right there and then, ripping the pages out and stuffing them in their luscious plummy mouths. They bite the happy endings right off the plump creamy paper.

Bionic hookers are always escaping from the Factory, and from their owners. It’s a big problem in all the major cities, and all librarians are specially trained in how to apprehend and deal with any escaped units they find. Eating books is wrong.

Hugh and I were sometimes great friends, and sometimes near strangers, until we were about 18. Throughout these eight years, we both met other boys and girls, and had teenage flings and holiday romances. But I never stopped fancying the pants off him, and his conquests never phased me. I‘d always assumed it was the same for Hugh – that we both believed that we would end up together, in his parents’ house in the country, drinking elderflower cordial.

That was until I introduced him to my friend, Lauren. Lauren was a bad girl who used to do naughty things; she slept with her best friend's boyfriend on the back of his moped, sniffed glue and smoked Benson & Hedges (or “Be ’an Haitch”). We met at Sunday school classes at our synagogue and she was popular with all the boys and, like Hugh, knew exactly how to employ her body from a very young age. We hung around together, outside the station or in her bedroom – the latter of which was time mostly made up of me watching her spray aerosol into one of her dad’s socks and inhaling until her eyes rolled back in her head. I was fascinated and repulsed by her all at once.

When we were 18 I introduced Lauren to Hugh. They were both friends. He was the boy I always wanted and, in some way, she was the girl I wanted to be. And she knew how I felt about Hugh. Somehow, somewhere, they got together. It didn’t last – it was a brief one or two night affair – but it broke my heart. And it broke it in two places: once for Hugh – surely he knew how I’d felt all those years – and once for my friendship with Lauren, who completely disregarded the unwritten rules of sisterhood with one fumbly fuck.

By Jessica Baum

Fleshmap's awesome visualization offers a cloud-like view of which body parts are most often cited by musical genre. Hip-hop, for instance, is about the ass. Metal? The eyes. Gospel, the hands. [mefi]

However, my surgeon was a prick. I can't wait to cuss him out.

VOMERONASAL ORGAN (VNO), or Jacobson’s organ: a tiny hole on each side of the nasal bridge that is considered to be connected to nonfunctional chemical receptors. Could be all that is left from our once great ability to detect pheromones.

EXTRINSIC EAR MUSCLES: These three muscles most likely made it possible for our ancestors to move their ears independently of their heads, as rabbits and dogs do. We still have them, which is why most people can learn to wiggle their ears.

WISDOM TEETH: Early humans had to chew a lot of plants to get enough calories to survive, making another row of molars helpful, but unless you chew a lot of branches, these will eventually come out in a painful procedure. Only about 5 percent of the population has a healthy set of these third molars.

NECK RIB: A set of cervical ribs—possibly leftovers from the age of reptiles, still appear in less than 1 percent of the population. They often cause nerve and artery problems.

THIRD EYELID: A common ancestor of birds and mammals may have had a membrane for protecting the eye and sweeping out debris. Humans retain only a tiny fold in the inner corner of the eye, exactly there where you always catch a spec of dust or debris.

DARWIN’S POINT: A small folded point of skin toward the top of each ear is occasionally found in modern humans. It may be a remnant of a larger shape that helped focus distant sounds.

SUBCLAVIUS MUSCLE: This small muscle stretching under the shoulder from the first rib to the collarbone would be useful if humans still walked on all fours. Some people have one, some have none, and a few have two.

PALMARIS MUSCLE: This long, narrow muscle runs from the elbow to the wrist and is missing in 11 percent of modern humans. It may once have been important for hanging and climbing. Surgeons harvest it for reconstructive surgery.

MALE NIPPLES: Lactiferous ducts form well before testosterone causes sex differentiation in a fetus. Men have mammary tissue that can be stimulated to produce milk. This just makes me angry; I’ve been spending a fortune on milk all these years! I’ll have to test this tomorrow with my Special K.

ERECTOR PILI: Bundles of smooth muscle fibers allow animals to puff up their fur for insulation or to intimidate others. Humans retain this ability (goose bumps are the indicator) but have obviously lost most of the fur.

APPENDIX: This narrow, muscular tube attached to the large intestine served as a special area to digest cellulose when the human diet consisted more of plant matter than animal protein. It also produces some white blood cells. Annually, more than 300,000 Americans have an appendectomy.

BODY HAIR: Brows help keep sweat from the eyes, and male facial hair may play a role in sexual selection, but apparently most of the hair left on the human body serves no function.

THIRTEENTH RIB: Our closest cousins, chimpanzees and gorillas, have an extra set of ribs. Most of us have 12, but 8 percent of adults have the extras.

PLANTARIS MUSCLE: Often mistaken for a nerve by freshman medical students, the muscle was useful to other primates for grasping with their feet. It has disappeared altogether in 9 percent of the population.

MALE UTERUS: A remnant of an undeveloped female reproductive organ hangs off the male prostate gland.

FIFTH TOE: Lesser apes use all their toes for grasping or clinging to branches. Humans need mainly the big toe for balance while walking upright, the other four are for holding when you slam them on a coffee table at night!

FEMALE VAS DEFERENS: What might become sperm ducts in males become the epoophoron in females, a cluster of useless dead-end tubules near the ovaries.

PYRAMIDALIS MUSCLE: More than 20 percent of us lack this tiny, triangular pouch-like muscle that attaches to the pubic bone. It may be a relic from pouched marsupials.

COCCYX: These fused vertebrae are all that’s left of the tail that most mammals still use for balance and communication. Our hominid ancestors lost the need for a tail before they began walking upright. All they’re good for now is give us painful falls on the butt.

PARANASAL SINUSES: The nasal sinuses of our early ancestors may have been lined with odor receptors that gave a heightened sense of smell, which aided survival. No one knows why we retain these perhaps troublesome mucus-lined cavities, except to make the head lighter and to warm and moisten the air we breathe.

Original source unknown - but seen recently on Funtasticus.

Asian massage has different meanings in different countries. It involves all techniques of applying pressure to superficial tissues of the body so that the blood circulation will be increased. There are three different types of massages, vigorous, medium or light, and it can be any of the three depending on requirements.

In Asia there are many beliefs about the causes of physical stress and therefore there are many different approaches to solve problems with stress. In parts of north India, people use yoga and ayurvedic forms of medication for stress relief, while in the southern part, body massage is the preferred method.

Much research has been done on the effects of Asian massage on overall health, and has shown that the pressure applied to the body will ultimately change both the shape and the condition of tissue- asian massage .It is found that under such condition the blood flow in veins increases and that will result in the overall good health of the person undergoing massage and

Of the commonly preferred types of massages that are available in China, the one with the greatest popularity among all people is acupuncture. Worldwide popularity for this has been ever increasing. Energy point of the body is related to most Asian massage techniques, but it is not just limited to applying pressure to a certain part of the body to relieve physical stress as well as great massage advices at full body massage

In a traditional Asian massage, various combinations of stretching, rocking, acupuncture and reflexology are used. Bodies can be contracted, compressed, and moved so that the kinetic energy of the body is thourghly distributed through out the whole being. Energizing the assumed thousands of energy points in the human body will provide relief by physical stress by stimulating the nervous system.

Whether one suffers from mental stress or physical stress, the traditional Asian massage provides the greatest relief overall.There you can see info about  japanese massage .A healthy mind needs healthy housing and if we're physically sound, we can have a peaceful mind and shake off the mental stress and depression. The positive aspects of Asian massage were discussed previously. However, if you choose to try the Asian massage, you are certain to discover many advantageous benefits.

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