This explains so much about so many people I know....

A USA TODAY Study found that: Spanking May Lead to Sexual Problems Later in Life

Here's the article I saw on Fox News:

Children who are spanked or given some form of physicial punishment by their parents may be more likely to have sexual problems as adults, a new study finds.

An analysis of four studies by Murray Straus, co-director of the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire-Durham, found that children who suffer physical punishment in the form of spanking, hitting or slapping are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior as adults, it is reported by USA Today.

The study, presented Thursday to the American Psychological Association, suggests that spanked children also are more likely to be "physically or verbally coercing" to a sexual partner and engage in masochistic sex, including arousal by spanking, later in life.

Elizabeth Gershoff, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, who reviewed 80 years of spanking research in 2002 in the APA's Psychological Bulletin, said Straus' work appears to be the first to link spanking to sexual problems, USA Today reported.

Gershoff said that even though many children are spanked by their parents, future problems often depend on how the children process the experience and whether they ultimately equate love with physical pain.

So, here's my question....Were you spanked as a child and can you guess if I was? Leave your answer in the comments!

Side note: I asked if you were spanked as a CHILD, not if you enjoy it as an ADULT because don't we all?

Should I be embarassed?

I was listing (out loud in conversation) all of my favorite TV shows last night and I had a light bulb moment, as Oprah (the person, not my truck) would say.

For your reference my top 5 favorite shows are:

Rock of Love II

Scott Baio is 46...and Pregnant

Girls Next Door

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew

My Fair Brady.....Maybe Baby?

Side note: I am in no way receiving any kind of compensation for listing every freaking show VH1 produces!

We've all heard for years that this is what's happened to American Television. Everything is "reality" based. I'm not embarrassed to admit I watch these shows, but when I compare them to what someone else watches I have to admit, I feel a little inferior. My husband, for example watches The History Channel, Discovery and Sci Fi religiously. In fact, I walked out to his "man room" the other night to see what he was up to and was discouraged to see he was watching a documentary on Steven Hawking because I wanted to see the Rock of Love II re-run because I had missed the newest episode on Sunday. What does that say about me?


When I think back to my childhood, my parents favorite shows were M*A*S*H, All in the Family, Hogans Hero's, Taxi, and The Rockford Files. Groundbreaking, society-changing television.


How the hell is Bret Michael's love life groundbreaking or Scott Baio's selfishness/ego-mania/narcissism society changing? Am I just so in need of an escape from MY reality that I rely on THEIR reality for entertainment?

That's when I had my "light bulb" moment: I have a sense of humor! I don't need to watch "pseudo-intellectual" programming to feel intelligent. I can feel that way all on my own! Yeah me! And yes, I do need an escape from work, kids, husband, life and there is nothing wrong with an escape. The 30 minutes (or hour, depending on the show) of smiles I get from these shows is so worth it!

So, THANK YOU VH1 and E! for producing mindless entertainment! I'll keep watching!

Challenge!

As usual, Jules and I were in a deep, cerebral discussion when she broke rank and asked me if I had visited Spammon's blog today, Pick Your Poison. Unfortunately, I hadn't had the pleasure. She was very quick to advise me that I should NOT look at the blog for if I did, I would never be the same. Never being one to follow directions, I immediately ran to my laptop to check it out. Boy, she wasn't kidding! GROSS! Click here to take a peek....

After we hung up the phone, I started tooling around You Tube (I was still logged on from posting my Jimmy Kimmell masterpiece from earlier), and I happened upon this little gem.....



I agree with Jules that the hairy tongue vs. cancerous tongue thing is disgusting, but this Chris Crocker video may possibly be the most disturbing clip I have ever seen in my life. This guy is W-A-C-K! So, Jules.....we have a challenge. Can you "one up" this, biotch?

Can't. Stop. Laughing!

It's like Summertime!

It was 80 degrees here today! The sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.....glorious! Of course, it's going to be windy and cold (52) tomorrow, but after a day like today I can handle it. I am so anxious for summer now!

Sorry to all my Yankee friends who are buried in snow right now! You really should come for a visit!

It's Friday Night at Willhoite's and you know what that means......

Two weeks ago, my friend C. called to ask me if I wanted to go out for a Girls Night. No, I said...It had been a rough week and I was more down with a quiet dinner, maybe a little wine then home early to get to bed. Well, she was having none of that! While she did humor me with a very proper dinner at the country club, she made sure to plow me with a few extra glasses of Cabernet so it would be easier for me to fall under her spell. Before I knew it, we were at Willhoite's in Grapevine, and at the beginning of what will surely be our new Friday night tradition!

We had so much fun that it would have been a shame not to share it. Thus began another Friday night tradition: drunk dialing!

You remember this wonderful pass time from our high school days!?! Yes, I have discovered it's joys again, and apparently I'm so good at it that my good friend Jules had to get a special new telephone number just to upload my voice mails on to her blog. Really Jules, you should just stay home every Friday, pop some corn and wait 'cause you know the calls-a-comin'!

Then there's my very patient friend from weird-ville who, while simultaneously driving home at 2 a.m., smoking a cigarette and managing the cell phone will toss personal safety aside, and drop everything just to sing to me like a Lady (even though we both know I'm no where close, but bless his heart he tries so hard to convince me otherwise)! It just wouldn't be a Friday night without a serenade from my favorite singer!

You know, a woman of my age should be embarrassed to resort to such child-like antics. Now that I think about it, there's a lot of things I do that a woman my age should feel embarrassed about, but that's another story for another day! I spend hundreds of dollars every month on face creams, gym memberships and magic potions to keep me "younger," when all I really have to do is go to Willhoite's on a Friday night, drink too much, dance my ass off, then start drunk dialing! I may not feel young the next morning, but that night I'm a teenager all over again!

C "cheers" to another successful Friday night at Willhoite's!

***Special Thanks to my Nanny-extraordinaire for making these nights possible!***

Bullie is STILL delivering the laughs!

I was so excited when I checked my site meter this morning to see that someone in Japan (freakin' Japan) had looked at my blog. So far, the UK, Russia and Canada have all taken a peek and it's thrilling to know I can spread my thoughts (however dirrrrrrty) around the globe through this medium.




I scrolled down to see how they came to find me and could not contain my laughter when I noticed they had done a yahoo search for "fondling balls" and found my What Bull post. Holy crap, who does a search for fondling balls.....? Wait! Don't answer that!



I just can't say it enough: that was the BEST $29.95 I've ever spent!