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How's that for a title? That came from the PR department of Indiana University. The actual title of the article that appears in the journal Current Biology is The Geographic Mosaic of Sex and the Red Queen . Quite a bit of difference between the two titles, eh? The article is based on a very elegantly designed series of experiments conducted on New Zealand's South Island, in Lake Alexandrina and Lake Kaniere. The test subject was snails, similar to the one I photographed on Saturday, but these snails are fully aquatic and often infested with worms. Ewww. The parasitic worms are a genus of trematode worms called Microphallus , and infest the snails in both lakes. What makes this interesting is that the worms need to be ingested by ducks for the next stage of their life cycle. That can only happen if the snails live in shallow water where the ducks feed. Snails dwelling in deeper water still get infested with the worms, but it ends there. The worms never mature (since they don...

This post isn't about Elizabeth Frisinger. Well, it wasn't supposed to be. Oops. Yet another urban legend gaining notoriety, I guess. Sex on the Beach 1 1/2 oz. Schnapps, peach 1 1/2 oz. Vodka 2 oz. Cranberry Juice 2 oz. Orange Juice 2 oz. Pineapple Juice Actually it's hard to resist a story like that. Even when it's obviously fake it's rather funny.

I couldn't sleep last night. As a result, as I laid in bed I did what I normally do when I don't have a lot to do---I thought about numbers. Usually the numbers are related to the stock market or work but last night I was thinking about past relationships. Usually when thinking back on past relationships I quantify them in regards to how long they lasted. A temporal criteria. In that sense my longest continual relationship was with Renée with just under 4 years though Lee edges her out in total time since we had nearly 4 years while we both lived in Atlanta and then, after nearly a 10 year gap, almost another year here. For some reason last night I was thinking in terms of sex tho. And I came to a surprising conclusion--at least to me--while Lee might have surpassed Renée in terms of time, she hadn't in terms of sex. Now I admit my counting method here had to be estimated but I do pay attention to these types of things---for example Chris has the record for frequency divide...

Here's the results from a new test I took over on OKCupid. Apparently I should get out more, huh? LOL What can I say? I'm just not very adventuresome. Your Score: Jack or Jill You are 27% sexually experienced. (Kink = 37, Social = 0, Rebel = 8) The higher your kink factor, the more likely you are to try something new. The higher your social factor, the more likely you are to make sex a group activity. The higher your rebel factor, the less constrained you are by social norms. Link: The 20 Question Sexual Experience Test

Today's post is largely for visitors from Michele Agnew's blog. It's got two parts and you can comment on either side, depending on which you prefer. The topics de jour are sex and science. The sex thing is desire. How often do you actually want to have sex? Now that sorta thing varies on all sorts of variables but still there's a base level that most people rotate around. It can go up or down depending on age, medical condition, season of the year, or more to the point--who you're sharing a bed with. LOL? For me, twice a week seems to be the sweet spot but I'm adaptable. Most women I've known in that way--with the notable exception of someone I shared my last name with temporarily--have been more "lively" so that adaptability has been stressed a number of times. How about you? What floats your proverbial boat? The picture at left is from some survey that compared how many times a year a person had sex with the variable being country of origin. Her...