I will begin this story in good ole dave fashion fun...

...So like... I was in my kitchen making some kick ass banana/orange, protein filled, no sugar, olive oil, healthy muffins, while listening to Nora Joans (thank you lzindsay for the cd, everytime I hear it I feel Happy). The air is nice and crisp here today and the sunshine is all over the place, when I realized how lucky I am to be able to be home and enjoy the kids. You see, this is the first time ever I have been able to spend summer with the monster and even though belts are tighter then ussual because of my shortage on income, its well worth it.

Yesterday afternoon we put out a lemonade/Kool-aid stand, the kids made signs, there was ice on a cooler and a tray filled with toothpick holding cut up oranges and sundae cherries. They had a great time and sold drink for .25$, they made $8.25 that is 33 glasses were sold. It was a good day.

Today as my daughter Uribi woke up I danced with her in the kitchen, just the two of us after I asked her to brush her teeth cuz girls breath was kicking..lol jk..not really. Anyhow I just wanted to share my moment of enlightment and write down just in case I forget

Uribi is an odd name, different.....

Semen acts as an anti-depressant


19:00 26 June 02

Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition

Semen makes you happy. That's the remarkable conclusion of a study comparing women whose partners wear condoms with those whose partners don't.


(Photo: Getty Images)
The study, which is bound to provoke controversy, showed that the women who were directly exposed to semen were less depressed. The researchers think this is because mood-altering hormones in semen are absorbed through the vagina. They say they have ruled out other explanations.

"I want to make it clear that we are not advocating that people abstain from using condoms," says Gordon Gallup, the psychologist at the State University of New York who led the team. "Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease would more than offset any advantageous psychological effects of semen."


Suicide attempts


His team divided 293 female students into groups depending on how often their partners wore condoms, and assessed their happiness using the Beck Depression Inventory, a standard questionnaire for assessing mood. People who score over 17 are considered moderately depressed.

The team found that women whose partners never used condoms scored 8 on average, those who sometimes used them scored 10.5, those who usually used them scored 15 and those who always used them scored 11.3. Women who weren't having sex at all scored 13.5.

What's more, the longer the interval since they last had sex, the more depressed the women who never or sometimes used condoms got. But the time since the last sexual encounter made no difference to the mood of women who usually or always used condoms.

The team also found that depressive symptoms and suicide attempts were more common among women who used condoms regularly compared with those who didn't. The results will appear in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.

And Gallup told New Scientist that his team already has unpublished data from a larger group of 700 women confirming these findings. In this study, the always-use-condoms group were more depressed than the usually-use-condoms group, suggesting the discrepancy in the smaller study was a sampling error, he says.


Alternative explanations


But is it really the semen that affects women's mood? The researchers say they looked at alternative explanations such as whether women who seldom use condoms took oral contraceptives, how often they had sex, the strength of relationships, and the possibility that having a certain type of personality influenced the decision to use condoms. But none of these factors can explain their findings, they say.

In fact, the results aren't a complete surprise because semen does contain several mood-altering hormones, including testosterone, oestrogen, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinising hormone, prolactin and several different prostaglandins. Some of these have been detected in a women's blood within hours of exposure to semen.

The question many people will ask is whether oral sex could have the same mood-enhancing effects. "Since the steroids in birth control pills survive the digestion process, I would assume that the same holds true for at least some of the chemicals in semen," Gallup says.

"I understand that among some gay males who have anal intercourse, it is not uncommon to attempt to retain the semen for extended periods of time," he adds. "Suggesting, of course, that there may be psychological effects." But further research will be needed to confirm whether exposure to semen through oral or anal sex really does affect mood in heterosexual or homosexual partners.

But why should semen have such an effect? "It makes no sense to me for this phenomenon to have evolved," says Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. But Gallup counters that men whose semen promotes long-term mood enhancement might have more chances to indulge in sexual activity.


Raj Persaud

Originally posted by kaps
Uribi is an odd name, different.....

Its a tribal name from the mucubachis, a tribe in the andes mountains of Venezuela. It means love and happiness

Oooops...demasiado inglés para mi seso...lo siento :)

I am happy you are having a great day off

My name means goat. My parents hated me.......

Is it wrong of me to charge the kids for all the materials they used that I provide to do the Kool aid stand, Sugar,koolaid,fruit,pitcher renal?

I provided those things RICHARD!

no wonder why my Ex eats zoloft like flintstone chewables!

Originally posted by Kato
I provided those things RICHARD!

If by previded you mean went to the cuppurd and gave it to them, then I understand

NO, it means I bought the sugar, the cups, the cherries, and the kool-aid

Keep diggin Bzob......

I want my 1/2 of the $.

See... one of the negative sides of staying home is having an ass for a man that likes to rub in your face that he provides this or he provides that...

what half?

it is not like that, I am just saying we work and provide food, shelter, clothes....

and now they work and i want a pack of smokes and a colt 45

we are so ****ing having pad thai for dinner tonight

should I call poisen control? I am glad you are having a good day today too!! I Love being home with the kids most days. Somedays not so much.......

Are you a ghetto Superstar?? Is your favorite Koolaid Flavor Red??

Props to the kids for making one,,, those were some of the funnest times I ever had as a child.In between bob scarring me for life face,face,mental,head,face again

lol@colt 45

Originally posted by lzindsay
should I call poisen control? I am glad you are having a good day today too!! I Love being home with the kids most days. Somedays not so much.......

Are you a ghetto Superstar?? Is your favorite Koolaid Flavor Red??

Props to the kids for making one,,, those were some of the funnest times I ever had as a child.In between bob scarring me for life face,face,mental,head,face again

You know it... Tropical Punch Kool-Aid with lots and lots of store brand shhhuga. They had a good time, I took pictures I will post them as soon as I get them developed. The best thing was to see these great looking adults put their cars in reverse to get the kool-aid... you know they had flash backs of their own entrepreneur periods.

when i come to detroit... can i dance with Uribi? :)

holy ****... i just noticed kato's signature!!! HAHAHHAHAHAHA
Bzob=3 minute wonder!!!!!!!!1 HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
Own3d!11

Originally posted by Kato
You know it... Tropical Punch Kool-Aid with lots and lots of store brand shhhuga. They had a good time, I took pictures I will post them as soon as I get them developed. The best thing was to see these great looking adults put their cars in reverse to get the kool-aid... you know they had flash backs of their own entrepreneur periods.


how much did you sell?

We sold 33 glasses, at .25$ a piece, they made $8.25.

Originally posted by Kato
Semen acts as an anti-depressant


19:00 26 June 02

Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition

Semen makes you happy. That's the remarkable conclusion of a study comparing women whose partners wear condoms with those whose partners don't.


(Photo: Getty Images)
The study, which is bound to provoke controversy, showed that the women who were directly exposed to semen were less depressed. The researchers think this is because mood-altering hormones in semen are absorbed through the vagina. They say they have ruled out other explanations.

"I want to make it clear that we are not advocating that people abstain from using condoms," says Gordon Gallup, the psychologist at the State University of New York who led the team. "Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease would more than offset any advantageous psychological effects of semen."


Suicide attempts


His team divided 293 female students into groups depending on how often their partners wore condoms, and assessed their happiness using the Beck Depression Inventory, a standard questionnaire for assessing mood. People who score over 17 are considered moderately depressed.

The team found that women whose partners never used condoms scored 8 on average, those who sometimes used them scored 10.5, those who usually used them scored 15 and those who always used them scored 11.3. Women who weren't having sex at all scored 13.5.

What's more, the longer the interval since they last had sex, the more depressed the women who never or sometimes used condoms got. But the time since the last sexual encounter made no difference to the mood of women who usually or always used condoms.

The team also found that depressive symptoms and suicide attempts were more common among women who used condoms regularly compared with those who didn't. The results will appear in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.

And Gallup told New Scientist that his team already has unpublished data from a larger group of 700 women confirming these findings. In this study, the always-use-condoms group were more depressed than the usually-use-condoms group, suggesting the discrepancy in the smaller study was a sampling error, he says.


Alternative explanations


But is it really the semen that affects women's mood? The researchers say they looked at alternative explanations such as whether women who seldom use condoms took oral contraceptives, how often they had sex, the strength of relationships, and the possibility that having a certain type of personality influenced the decision to use condoms. But none of these factors can explain their findings, they say.

In fact, the results aren't a complete surprise because semen does contain several mood-altering hormones, including testosterone, oestrogen, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinising hormone, prolactin and several different prostaglandins. Some of these have been detected in a women's blood within hours of exposure to semen.

The question many people will ask is whether oral sex could have the same mood-enhancing effects. "Since the steroids in birth control pills survive the digestion process, I would assume that the same holds true for at least some of the chemicals in semen," Gallup says.

"I understand that among some gay males who have anal intercourse, it is not uncommon to attempt to retain the semen for extended periods of time," he adds. "Suggesting, of course, that there may be psychological effects." But further research will be needed to confirm whether exposure to semen through oral or anal sex really does affect mood in heterosexual or homosexual partners.

But why should semen have such an effect? "It makes no sense to me for this phenomenon to have evolved," says Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. But Gallup counters that men whose semen promotes long-term mood enhancement might have more chances to indulge in sexual activity.


HOLY ****!!! I KNEW IT!!! MY SEMEN IS LIKE A PRICELESS TREASURE THAT HOLDS THE KEYS TO HAPPINESS!!!! I WILL GO OUT INTO THE WORLD SPREADING AS MUCH HA-PENIS AS I POSSIBLY CAN EVERYWHERE I GO!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Originally posted by Kato
We sold 33 glasses, at .25$ a piece, they made $8.25.


im in the wrong business.