Tennis addiction

We all have our addictions. Mine in tennis. Love to play. I'm not very good but when I can play guys and gals on my level, the competition is fun and the exercise is good.

I don't get to play as often as I'd like, but had some time off this week and this morning (Friday) I played for the ninth time since 8 a.m. Monday morning. Twice a day Monday through Thursday. And this morning,  I burned about 1350 calories. One of the guys has a monitor and that was his rate so I assume I was about the same. So I am going to splurge and grill a steak and have some egg nog. I put a few quarts of egg nog in the back of the freezer during the holidays because they don't sell them the rest of the year. Every couple of months I take one out. The calories are ridiculous, 190 for half a cup. But I figure I can treat myself after a good workout instead of drinking Vitamin Zero water the way I usually do after playing. 

If you are still reading will add a story. A woman on the next court this morning had a white thing around an inch wide that looked somewhat braided around her neck. The thought crossed my mind was it a collar of some kind but I figured what are the odds of that. And then I noticed she no longer had it on. During a break, I realized she had it around her head under her white visor. It was a head band. Don't know why she started with it around her neck and why she wanted a headband and a visor. It made me think, headbands could do as makeshift collars. I guess I am always thinking about the D/s lifestyle.

Well, time to light the grill. Have a good day and hope it includes a good spanking.

FD   

Dinosaur Sex

This is kind of silly but I never thought about dinosaurs having sex until I came across this story.

Here's the link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/dinosaur-sex_n_1659391.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Now you know.

FD

National Kissing Day

I just did a post on kissing and missed National Kissing Day. I think it should be 365 days a year. And who knew there were so many health benefits to kissing as pointed out in this link.

Here's the link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/06/national-kissing-day-health-benefits_n_1654548.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living

Kiss someone you love today.

FD

A Kiss

Here's an interesting story on kissing. What are you thoughts on kissing? Do you kiss each time you leave? Do you kiss in the morning and at night?

Here's the link:

http://www.smarterlifestyles.com/2009/11/01/why-a-kiss-is-definitely-more-than-a-kiss/

Will be interested in your thoughts.

FD

Watch This Movie

Five years ago, filmmaker Michael Moore did a documentary called "Sicko''  on the crisis in America's health care industry. I just watched it this week with my good girl and it is even more relevant today with the health care debate going on.

If you haven't seen it, I recommend you getting it from your library or video store or Netflicks. Moore tells all the horror stories of people dying when they are denied a procedure or going bankrupt because of medical expenses and one older couple moving in the storage room of their daughter's house when they went bankrupt because of medical expenses.

And then he went to Canada, England and France and even Cuba -- yes Cuba -- to show how they have better health care than we do.

Of course, he could now do a sequel with the current debate. It is almost hard to believe. Obama gets a modest bill passed that eliminates some of the horrors like stopping the insurance companies from denying coverage because of pre-existing illnesess that was modeled after the bill Mitt Romney passed in Massachusetts that covers 98 per cent of the people and includes an individual mandate. And now Romney is running against it and threatening to repeal it if he is elected.

The critics talk about government takeover of health care when it actually leaves the insurance companies in charge. And, of course, we have government health care for those over 65 called Medicare and it is popular. Nobody would consider repealing that.

Well, enough of that rant but I would recommend the movie if you want a good luck about what a mess our health care system is.

FD   

   

Photoshopping Women

One of my pet gripes is the way pictures of models are sometimes photoshopped so they don't look like how they really look.

Here's an example from Victoria's Secret:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/03/victorias-secret-photoshop-fail-thighs_n_1645735.html?ncid=wsc-huffpost-cards-headline

Why can't they let women be women with all their lovely curves?

FD

Generation Y

Are you a member of Generation Y or the parent of a member of the 18 to 34 generation?

There are 80 million of them,  And among other things, they aren't obsessed with driving. A quarter of them didn't have driving licenses in 2010. I was shocked by that statistic.

Will be interested if you agree or disagree with anything else in this profile of that generation?

Here's the link:

http://news.yahoo.com/americas-generation-y-not-driven-drive-145632280--sector.html

FD