The story of Ida Sabelis, the first woman who had sex in a MRI-tube (found via memepool) Includes photographs which could only be considered smutty to someone with a very vivid imagination…

Pill offers hope on limiting periods “Seasonale” – on trial for a year in the US – is essentially a low-dose birth control pill that comes in an 84 day packet. I admit I had presumed that there was a reason why women on the pill menstruated anyway but it appears there is some doubt about whether it is necessary.

” ‘It’s perfectly medically acceptable,’ said Pat Robinson, a Paramus gynecologist who says she shows an average of two women a month how to manipulate their cycle. ‘Whether a woman has a period 13 times a year or six, there’s no medical importance, as long as she knows she’s not pregnant.’

But most women, she finds, feel healthy and reassured when they get their periods. …

[One woman said] ‘Are you kidding? A period four times a year? I’d love it. I’m sick of the bad moods, the swollen breasts, the inconvenience, the bother.’

That’s precisely the sort of response Barr is betting on. The company expects to plunk down $10 million to $15 million on Seasonale by the time the study is over, and that doesn’t include dollars spent on marketing.”

Men Are Crazy for Women Who Are, Too – Entertaining New York Times article about how men as well as women are prone to making poor relationship choices.

“High-energy, brainy, self-destructive women who came from tortured family situations. New York is a hotbed for that kind of character, because if you weren’t crazy before you got here, you’re certainly crazy after you’ve been dating a couple of years here.”

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“A stable, nice-guy friend of mine was once told that he should have a sign on his forehead saying: ‘Crazy? Screwed-up? Why not go out with this guy?’ ”

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South Africa takes on drug giants (#3 on the page linked) Oxfam is pushing the WTO to change patent rules to allow poor countries to clone anti-AIDS drugs cheaply. According to the Guardian, the basic palliative drugs have a “list price” of $10-15,000 a year while Thailand believes it could reduce this to $200 a year with cloned drugs. This to me is one of the most important and most straightforward ethical issues around…

You Never Visit Your Mother’s Web Site Another hilarious gem from Satirewire. Nothing like my mother – no sirree! I don’t even think she reads this weblog and she certainly doesn’t code… (Thanks to Haddock.org for the link).

I’m David “The Tiger” Brake – according to DVD.com’s “The Sopranos” entertaining mob name generator.