Online Dating Without the Fees or the Harassment http://dating.blameitonlove.com/index.php Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:26:40 -0700 Phorum 5.2-dev http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8586,8586#msg-8586 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8586,8586#msg-8586 Members of the earth's earliest known civilization, the Sumerians, looked on in shock and confusion some 6,000 years ago as God, the Lord Almighty, created Heaven and Earth.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/sumerians-look-on-in-confusion-as-god-creates-worl,2879/]]> eeek Humor Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:35:58 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?7,8585,8585#msg-8585 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?7,8585,8585#msg-8585 ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2010) — In the first study of its kind, researchers have found compelling evidence that our best and worst experiences in life are likely to involve not individual accomplishments, but interaction with other people and the fulfillment of an urge for social connection.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100826182510.htm]]> eeek Romance Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:10:28 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8584,8584#msg-8584 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8584,8584#msg-8584 A blogger has noticed that the oil giant altered a photograph of its Houston crisis room, cutting and pasting three underwater images into a wall of video feeds from remotely operated undersea vehicles. The altered photo is displayed prominently on the company's Web site.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/19/AR2010071905256.html]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:12:14 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8583,8583#msg-8583 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8583,8583#msg-8583 ScienceDaily (July 18, 2010) — A universal influenza vaccine -- so-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decades -- may become a reality because of research led by scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100716125837.htm]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:09:01 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8579,8579#msg-8579 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8579,8579#msg-8579 First off, as many have documented even in the mainstream media, the gathering was peaceful if not happy from 5:30 until much later in the evening. I saw and heard young person after young person get up on the podium and speak with their full hearts and minds. Some of them I knew, most I did not.

http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/07/69-year-old-retired-school-principal-beaten-school-board-director-arrested-last-night-]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:27:09 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?7,8577,8577#msg-8577 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?7,8577,8577#msg-8577 ScienceDaily (July 6, 2010) — The pain and anguish of rejection by a romantic partner may be the result of activity in parts of the brain associated with motivation, reward and addiction cravings, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of Neurophysiology.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100706150611.htm]]> eeek Romance Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:38:49 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8575,8575#msg-8575 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8575,8575#msg-8575 Everything we know in science fiction is wrong. Well, maybe not everything, but Sam Vaknin, Ph.D., has identified 10 things that sci-fi always screws up. Essentially, Vaknin argues that many of the assumptions made by sci-fi creators and fans, which form the core of many of the genre's stories, have no basis in fact or even logic when it comes to alien races and our possible interaction with them.

http://scifiwire.com/2010/06/10-things-science-fiction.php]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:28 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8574,8574#msg-8574 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8574,8574#msg-8574 Ken Abbott, a former project control supervisor on BP's Atlantis deepwater oil rig, was fired in 2009 after expressing concerns about the safety of the operation.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/17/bp-supervisor-fired-for-e_n_616400.html]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:12:30 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8573,8573#msg-8573 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8573,8573#msg-8573 Scientists have for the first time identified the symptoms associated with what has been termed late-onset hypogonadism or "male menopause" caused by a reduction in testosterone production in aging men.

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/QVDPd2vNzso/100616171639.htm]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:37:55 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8572,8572#msg-8572 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8572,8572#msg-8572 This morning, a number of major advocacy groups, including the ACLU, EFF, and CDT, sent Facebook an open letter detailing some of the outstanding issues with Facebook privacy. The groups’ letter acknowledged that Facebook has made strides recently on this front, especially with its launch of new, simpler privacy controls, but that it hasn’t addressed some major privacy issues, like the fact that the controversial Instant Personalization feature is automatically opt-in.Wasting no time, Facebook has just responded with an open letter of its own.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/16/advocacy-groups-poke-more-holes-in-facebook-privacy-facebook-responds/]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:33:53 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8571,8571#msg-8571 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8571,8571#msg-8571
]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:57:37 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8570,8570#msg-8570 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8570,8570#msg-8570 ]]> eeek Humor Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:39:07 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8569,8569#msg-8569 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8569,8569#msg-8569 When we heard that Elton John played at Rush Limbaugh’s recent fourth wedding, it took us a few minutes to get our jaws back up.

http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/06/14/feminist-litmus-test-elton-john-plays-rush-limbaughs-wedding/]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:42:08 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?5,8568,8568#msg-8568 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?5,8568,8568#msg-8568 ScienceDaily (June 7, 2010) — Many people like to think they have discriminating tastes when it comes to romantic interests. An Indiana University study, however, found that men and women are greatly influenced not only by what their friends think of their potential fling or relationship partner, but also by the opinions of complete strangers.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100607142221.htm]]> eeek First Dates and Dating in General Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:48:56 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8567,8567#msg-8567 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8567,8567#msg-8567 AT&T announced this week that it will phase out unlimited data plans and start a metered approach with tethering available for an extra cost. And although some elements of the new data plans will work for some customers, AT&T is moving in the opposite direction they should be going. I'm tired of multiple data plans, artificial caps, and arbitrary monthly usage charges. And I'm tired of paying the same companies multiple times for what is, essentially, the exact same service. That service? Data.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-20006667-256.html]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:44:38 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8566,8566#msg-8566 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8566,8566#msg-8566 ScienceDaily (June 2, 2010) — Scientists are reporting new evidence that capsaicin, the stuff that gives chili peppers their kick, may cause weight loss and fight fat buildup by triggering certain beneficial protein changes in the body. Their study, which could lead to new treatments for obesity, appears in ACS' monthly Journal of Proteome Research.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100602121202.htm]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:54:11 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8565,8565#msg-8565 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8565,8565#msg-8565 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A South Lake Tahoe man has filed a class action lawsuit against the popular social networking website Facebook.com, claiming the site divulged personal information to advertisers against its privacy policy.

http://www.sierrasun.com/ARTICLE/20100602/NEWS/100609974/-1/RSS]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:52:21 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8564,8564#msg-8564 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8564,8564#msg-8564 ]]> eeek Humor Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:22:03 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8563,8563#msg-8563 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8563,8563#msg-8563 ScienceDaily (May 31, 2010) — University of Michigan scientists have provided the most detailed picture yet of a key receptor in the brain that influences the effectiveness of serotonin-related antidepressants, such as Prozac.

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]]> eeek Humor Mon, 31 May 2010 14:34:27 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?7,8561,8561#msg-8561 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?7,8561,8561#msg-8561 BOSTON — Close romantic partners unknowingly smell each other’s feelings of happiness, fear and sexual arousal, according to a study presented on May 29 at the Association for Psychological Science annual convention.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/59819/title/Making_scents_of_a_partner’s_feelings]]> eeek Romance Mon, 31 May 2010 12:53:33 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8560,8560#msg-8560 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8560,8560#msg-8560 So Joe McGinnis (The Selling of the President; Fatal Vision; Going to Extremes) has moved next door to Sarah Palin ("You betcha!"; "In what respect, Charlie?"; "All of them."). And Palin's first, instinctive, most characteristic response has been to leeringly imply the author's temptation to pedophilia, to send hubby over to act (in McGinnis' words) "increasingly hostile," and then to complain as though she is being ill-used.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellis-weiner/the-stupidity-of-sarah-pa_b_594400.html]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Sun, 30 May 2010 19:58:53 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8559,8559#msg-8559 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8559,8559#msg-8559 The activist groups waging what amounts to an undeclared war against the social-networking site for the last year, complete with no fewer than three letters to federal regulators claiming Facebook's actions are illegal, said Thursday that they're hardly ready to declare a truce. (See our Q&A with CEO Mark Zuckerberg and instructions on changing your settings.) Even the simplified options, including slicing the number of settings from 50 to around 15 and consolidating seven pages of choices into three pages, weren't enough to draw much in the way of praise from avowed critics of the Internet's second-largest Web site.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20006220-38.html]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Thu, 27 May 2010 17:13:06 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8556,8556#msg-8556 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8556,8556#msg-8556 ]]> eeek Humor Tue, 25 May 2010 16:17:58 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8555,8555#msg-8555 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8555,8555#msg-8555 ]]> eeek Humor Mon, 24 May 2010 15:26:43 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8554,8554#msg-8554 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8554,8554#msg-8554 ScienceDaily (May 24, 2010) — Scientists in the UK and the U.S. have discovered that a protein which responds to stress can halt the degeneration of muscle mass caused during the body's aging process.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100524101341.htm]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Mon, 24 May 2010 15:16:24 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8553,8553#msg-8553 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8553,8553#msg-8553
]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:00:33 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8552,8552#msg-8552 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?8,8552,8552#msg-8552 ScienceDaily (Apr. 29, 2010) — Many women have no doubt been waiting a long time for this: the neuropeptide oytocin enhances male empathy. This substance also increases sensitivity to so-called "social multipliers," such as approving or disapproving looks. This is revealed in a study conducted by scientists at Bonn University and the Babraham Institute of Cambridge, which has now appeared in the Journal of Neuroscience.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100429083024.htm]]> eeek General Talk and Chat Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:43:21 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8548,8548#msg-8548 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8548,8548#msg-8548
Then Mrs. Claus told Santa that her mom was coming to visit. This stressed Santa even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two had jumped the fence and were out, heaven knows where. More stress.

Then when he began to load the sleigh one of the boards cracked, and the toy bag fell to the ground and scattered the toys.

So, frustrated, Santa went into the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered that the elves had hidden the liquor, and there was nothing to drink. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider pot, and it broke into hundreds of little pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found that mice had eaten the straw end of the broom. Just then the doorbell rang, and irritable Santa trudged to the door. He opened the door, and there was a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.

The angel said, very cheerfully, "Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't it a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?"

And thus began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.]]> eeek Humor Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:36:23 -0700 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8547,8547#msg-8547 http://dating.blameitonlove.com/read.php?15,8547,8547#msg-8547
The little girl asked her mom why she cut off the ends of the roast. Mom replied, after some thought, that it was the way that her mother had done it.

That night grandma came to dinner and the little girl and her mom went to her and asked why she had cut the end off of the roast before cooking. After some thought grandma replied, that was the way her mother had done it.

Now great grandmother was quite old and in a nursing home. But the little girl went with her mom and grandma to see her and again asked the question.

Grandma looked at them a bit annoyed and said, "So it would fit in the pan, of course."]]> eeek Humor Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:42:54 -0700