it's still gross

"The concept of the Cuddle Party was created and launched in New York city in early 2004 by Marcia Baczynski and Reid Mihalko, two counselors and sensualists who wanted to create safe spaces for adults to be physically affectionate without the pressures of sex. Due to the popularity of their cuddle sessions, the duo began training facilitators to spread the party across America. Now for only $700 dollars anyone can fly to New York and learn how to tell strangers not to have sex together in computer labs."

Funny.

in summary, ralph fiennes is hot.

we saw The Constant Gardener. I'm not sure how much I liked it but the structure and cinematography were excellent. Pretty movies with pretty people are always recommendable. I just hate UNCOMFORTABLE. Even though it resolved in the end somewhat positively, it was still tragic.

In happier news, I'm reading Darwin's Dangerous Idea and I just finished the chapter where he lambasts Stephen Jay Gould. It was truly a thing of beauty. He's not sure why Gould pretends to be anti-Darwinist but suspects it has something to do with Marxism. edit: arachnophiliac says it probably has more to do with paleontology.

It's hard not to draw that conclusion though when Gould was so ardent a Marxist that he was pro-revolutions and anti-reforms. This viewpoint is amazingly bizarre to me, but most of the leftists I know are pacifists.

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