Thursday, December 07, 2006

Free Viagra has unexpected side effect

BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) -- The mayor of a small Brazilian town has begun handing out free Viagra, spicing up the sex lives of dozens of elderly men and their partners.

"Since we started the free distribution of sexual stimulants, our elderly population changed. They're much happier," said Joao de Souza Luz, the mayor of Novo Santo Antonio, a small town in the central state of Mato Grosso.

Souza Luz said 68 men over the age of 60 already had signed up for the program, which was approved by the town's legislature and has been dubbed "Happy Penis," or "Pinto Alegre" in Portuguese.

But the program also has had the unforeseen consequence of encouraging some extramarital affairs, Souza Luz said.

"Some of the old men aren't seeking out their wives. They've got romances on the side," he said.

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Friday, December 01, 2006

The Radiant Vista - The Daily Critique

The Radiant Vista - The Daily Critique has really helpful reviews of photos sent in by readers, photoshop techniques , and tutorials for taking all sorts of photography.

THE WATCHISMO TIMES

THE WATCHISMO TIMES has almost every type of watch known to man! From the plain to wildly odd timepiece.

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Granny's passing

This past week, I lost my maternal grandmother....Granny, as we all called her. Although during the last few years, dementia stripped her of much of the joy that she so justly deserved, she did have a few minutes of right mind during her last day in the hospital, and so the family members present were able to have some closure.

Below are some photos of her as a child, a young lady, and then with my mother as an infant, and with my mom and aunt when they were kids. Click on the small photos to see the larger version of it.











Friday, September 29, 2006

Plane lands on highway


A sort of odd thing happened today...a small airplane made an emergency landing on the interstate highway here in town. The aircraft lost the engine, belly-flopped and skidded to a stop without anyone getting hurt. The plane did suffer damage and took out a guard rail.