Attn. Misia

Here's an interesting definition implied by a CNN story on pledging virginity:

"Among virgins, boys who have pledged abstinence were four times more likely to have had anal sex than teens who have remained abstinent but not as part of a pledge, according to the study. Overall, pledgers were six times more likely to have oral sex."

Attn. Misia

Here's an interesting definition implied by a CNN story on pledging virginity:

"Among virgins, boys who have pledged abstinence were four times more likely to have had anal sex than teens who have remained abstinent but not as part of a pledge, according to the study. Overall, pledgers were six times more likely to have oral sex."

Walk in the park

Spring is starting slowly, and a little later than usual.

This afternoon, cattitude and I walked a bit in Inwood Hill Park. Less that we might ideally have liked--I think we both have this low-level but tenacious and tiring cold. But we saw lots of crocuses, not only in the expected garden areas but a patch of tiny purple ones next to a path up in the hills.

We saw periwinkles, the first of the year, a couple of dozen tucked among the leaves on a southeast-facing bank.

And we saw cardinals. They aren't especially a sign of Spring: I have a cardinal on my arm because they stay through the winter. But they were bright and beautiful, and Cattitude thinks they were thinking of nesting, from how red the male's head was.

Walk in the park

Spring is starting slowly, and a little later than usual.

This afternoon, cattitude and I walked a bit in Inwood Hill Park. Less that we might ideally have liked--I think we both have this low-level but tenacious and tiring cold. But we saw lots of crocuses, not only in the expected garden areas but a patch of tiny purple ones next to a path up in the hills.

We saw periwinkles, the first of the year, a couple of dozen tucked among the leaves on a southeast-facing bank.

And we saw cardinals. They aren't especially a sign of Spring: I have a cardinal on my arm because they stay through the winter. But they were bright and beautiful, and Cattitude thinks they were thinking of nesting, from how red the male's head was.