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Rush played a clip of Obama pronouncing the word "ask" "ax" and made a joking reference to the recently revealed embarrassing statement by Harry Reid, that Obama could win the election because he's "light-skinned" and speaks "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." Obama's use of "ax" was in all probability a mere slip, but to anyone who remembered the Reid statement and who also enjoys exposure of the Democrats' exploitation of race, it was very funny to imagine that Obama made a deliberate choice to affect what Reid called a "Negro dialect."
It was satire.
Now, I'm not saying it was the funniest comic riff in the world. And I'm sure it disturbs those who want to be super-polite about race and, even more, those who — like Hertzberg — want to characterize the Democrats as the good guys about race and people like Rush as the bad guys. Hertzberg therefore recounted the incident leaving out the reference to Harry Reid's remark, so that the humor was hard to see and it looked more like mean-spirited race-baiting. That was totally underhanded and dishonest — unless, as I said, Hertzberg was too dumb to get it. Remember, Hertzberg took the strong position — in The New Yorker — that Rush is nothing but a big hateful racist. So the issue wasn't whether the joke was excellent. The issue is what Rush's statement means about whether he really is a terrible racist. I think my post makes it clear that he is not, and Hertzberg is either stupid or dishonest.
Liberman comes to Hertzberg's defense by calling my post "bizarre," but Liberman only quotes a small bit of what I said, and he leaves out the whole substance of my point. (Did he really not get it or did he omit the context to support his representation of it as "bizarre"?) Liberman doesn't let his readers see how Reid's remark was the basis for understanding why it was funny (or supposed to be funny) to point out that Obama said "ax."
Instead, Liberman tries to make a point by quoting a Pandagon blogger who insulted me long ago, as if that was as relevant to the discussion as Rush's reference to Harry Reid. But it's not. It's just an insult of me, which of course, repeated for no ostensible reason, would be correctly interpreted as a way to insult me and be able to try — lamely — to deny it. Liberman is right about his quoting Pandagon, but the analogy to Rush and Reid is inapt. Liberman says:
You can't defend a false characterization of someone's motivations or actions by noting that the attack was a paraphrase of a third party's remarks, especially if your reference is completely out of context.Remember, the issue is whether it is fair to characterize Limbaugh as a racist and whether leaving out the reference to Reid dishonestly skews readers to interpret the remark as racist. To understand Limbaugh as a satirist of Democrats, rather than someone who hates (or even disrespects) black people, you need to know that he's riffing on something the Democrat Reid said about the way his Party could exploit its black candidate. (Reid was assuming that white voters are racist, but that a black candidate could succeed if he looked and spoke less like some black stereotype Reid expected those who heard his statement to share.) Thus, what was "completely out of context" was Hertzberg's presentation of Rush's remark without the material that allowed us to see it as a critique of the Democratic Party's racial strategies.
The issue is not whether Rush made "a false characterization of [Obama]'s motivation" for saying "ax." That was all a comic riff that you can think is funny or not. So, we don't really know why Obama said "ax," but Rush didn't make a "false characterization" of why Obama said it. We don't really know why Obama said it. I assume it was a simple mistake, and I bet Rush does too. But it was satire to invite us to imagine that this was Obama doing that thing Reid said he could do. Again, you may think it was poor satire, but the issue is whether it is fair to characterize Limbaugh as a racist, and the answer is no.
Liberman needs to take another look at all this and concentrate on what matters. Not why did Obama say "ax," but: Was it fair for Hertzberg to call Limbaugh a racist?


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Raspberry and blackberry production is ripening at a sharp pace in Henderson County, agricultural experts say, with the potential to add $30 million in crop receipts over the next three years.
Raspberry and blackberry production is ripening at a sharp pace in Henderson County, agricultural experts say, with the potential to add $30 million in crop receipts over the next three years.
Prior to 2011, there were about 85 acres of blackberries and raspberries being grown locally, said Mark Williams, executive director of Agribusiness Henderson County. Now there are about 188 acres, he said, a 121 percent increase that has raised farm revenues by $5.2 million.
"Including what I know about, we should be looking at adding another 500 acres in the course of the next three years," Williams said. "So by 2016, I'm projecting we'll have close to 700 acres of blackberries and raspberries."
With some berry farmers grossing $50,000 per acre, Williams estimates the county could gain "in the neighborhood of $30 million in crop receipts" just from blackberries and raspberries.
A major driver in that growth is the expansion of production by Reiter Affiliated Companies, which supplies berries to national berry distributor Driscoll's. Reiter-owned Sandy Ridge Berry Farms is currently farming about 65 of its 125 acres in Edneyville, said Production Manager Andy Brownlee.
"We've got pretty big growth planned," Brownlee said. "Within five years, we're hoping to develop 400 acres."
That expansion depends on "identifying the varieties and production techniques that work," Andrew Maiman, Reiter's vice president for business development and operations, said in an email to the Times-News.
"This will take time and deliberation, but many signs are positive so far and we are very happy to have received a warm welcome from other growers in the area, farmworkers, as well as vendors and suppliers, support services, and people in the community in general," Maiman said.
The growth of berry farming over the next three to five years will benefit not just farmers, Williams said, but the trucking industry, packaging suppliers, fuel companies, insurance agents, those selling plastic and framework for greenhouses, owners of leased land or office space, "and the list goes on and on."
"So if we can get an increase of 700 acres, that's a tremendous economic boost for the county and its agricultural economy," he said.
Berry capitol of the East?
The county's rich soils, milder winters and cool nights during the summer make the area ripe for berry production.
"There are parts of the county where the soil is great for berries," said Larry Stepp Jr., who grows about 5 acres of raspberries and blackberries for sale to area restaurants, bakeries and Winter Sun Farms, a community supported agriculture distributor. "We don't get those extreme hot summers, and our winters are milder than the Northeast."
Douglas Ronan, Driscoll's vice president of marketing, agreed the area "provides a unique growing climate that is milder through the summer than most eastern seaboard berry growing areas."
But its location in the middle of the East Coast market, along with the county's availability of trained farmers, truckers and storage facilities, was a big draw for Reiter, company officials said. Reiter is based in Oxnard, Calif. and its affiliated company, Driscoll's, is headquartered in Watsonville, Calif.
"Why have berries sit on a truck for three days when we can produce them closer to the market?" Brownlee said.
Henderson County is within a 12-hour drive of 70 percent of the United States, pointed out Ken Allison, vice chair of the Henderson County Agricultural Advisory Board, "and we have a great road system and a great environment."
That proximity to major urban markets rife with health-conscious consumers is critical because the delicate berries require a "quick-turnaround," Stepp said. "You have to sell them and get them to their destination very quickly."
Williams said the county is well-positioned to provide that, with "plenty of storage facilities; we've already got lots of trucks coming and going, and we have people in the trucking business with refrigerator units who know how to take care of perishables."
Thorny issues
While berries have the potential to generate good profits, they require a significant investment on the part of farmers, agricultural experts said.
Site preparation, plants, irrigation systems and basic trellis systems begin around $2,000 per acre, Williams said, and can exceed $20,000 per acre if high-tunnel systems are used.
High-tunnel systems, sometimes called "hoop houses," are open-sided plastic greenhouses used by companies such as Reiter to protect sensitive berries from damage by frost, excessive heat, rain and hail, which can bruise fruit and ruin its marketability.
"We always have the potential for hail, and that wipes you out," said Jerry Ellis of Mountain View Berries, who grows 11.5 acres of blackberries under contract for Dole Food Co. on two patches in Edneyville. "We had some last year, and three years ago a bad hail storm took out both of our patches."
Ellis lost the majority of his crop last spring thanks to a hard spring freeze, while abnormally warm weather in other years has brought earlier harvests than expected. That put mountain berries on the market when it was already saturated with those from Piedmont counties and Georgia.
But alternatives for berries that don't "make the grade" to store shelves may be on the way. Henderson County has applied for a $50,000 grant from the N.C. Dept. of Agriculture's Development and Farmland Preservation Program for a project code-named "No Fruit Left Behind."
A family farm in the county plans to match the grant money, if awarded, to build a small processing facility, Allison said. The project would benefit a range of farmers, including berry growers, by allowing them to process fruit that has lost its shelf-life into an "alternative juicing product."
"It won't be pre-packaged," he said. "It's simpler than that, but I see a huge potential for tomatoes, strawberries, blackberries and those crops that have a narrow window of viability, that maybe don't make No.1-grade but can be taken to this facility. It's very exciting and I think it'll be a wonderful asset for the county."
Brownlee agreed the processor would be great for berry farmers, since it would create a new market for fruit that has to be removed from canes anyway. Even bruised or overripe berries have to be stripped off to prevent pests and ready the canes for the next crop, whether there is a market for them or not.
"It would be really, really good for the berry business," he said. "If you're paying labor to get it off and you're taking it to the dump, any money you can recoup would be great."
Pick a winner
Labor is the biggest question mark for berry producers hoping to expand their operations, according to Brownlee, Ellis and other local berry growers.
"That's going to be the limiting factor," Brownlee said. "We need three people per acre to harvest. Right now, we're holding 65 acres. We'll need 1,200 workers to get to 400."
Currently, Reiter's farms in North Carolina, Florida and other states are using the H-2A visa program, which Brownlee said is "really tedious. So what I'm really hoping for, personally, is a better guest worker program that lets us get our workers and lets them go home."
After North Carolina's E-verify law that goes into full effect July 1, Ellis said getting enough pickers to harvest his crop "is going to be dicey, for sure." That law will require businesses with 25 to 99 workers to check their eligibility against a U.S. Department of Homeland Security database.
But with immigration reform working its way through Congress, growers are hopeful a compromise will allow seasonal workers to return when berries ripen this summer.
"I'm keeping my fingers crossed," Ellis said.
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Naruto-Arena forces you to select 3 characters when you start a new game. This page gives you an overview of all characters available in the Naruto-Arena game. Not only can you view each character's skills, you can also discuss the characters by posting comments.
Edo Tensei Kuriarare (S)
Edo Tensei Kuriarare (S) was a member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist and a member of the Hidden Mist Village's Anbu. During his life he committed countless atrocities and he is happy to be back from death to engage his newfound opponents.Requirement to unlock: Mission: The Anbu of the Mists Past
Silent Stiching
Edo Tensei Kuriarare (S) uses Silent Stitching on one enemy dealing 20 piercing damage.
Cooldown: None
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Classes: Physical, Ranged, Unique, Instant
Spider Sewing
Using Spider Sewing Edo Tensei Kuriarare (S) targets all enemies. Silent Stitching and Wire Crucifixion will deal 5 more damage to all targets of this skill permanently. Edo Tensei Kuriarare (S) gains 25% damage reduction for 1 turn when this skill is used. This skill ignores invulnerability and stacks.
Cooldown: 1
Chakra required: No Costs
Classes: Physical, Ranged, Unique, Instant
Wire Crucifixion
Edo Tensei Kuriarare (S) uses Wire Crucifixion on one enemy dealing 15 damage. That enemy's physical and chakra skills will be stunned for 1 turn.
Cooldown: 1
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Classes: Physical, Ranged, Instant, Unique
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STUFFY ANCHOR: We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog for breaking news. We have just received word that, with the BCS National Championship game between Ohio State and Florida just days away, Yost - co-founder of the MZone - is about to announce the MZone's support for one of the two teams.
As you may know, Michigan fans have been torn about who to root for during the big game. Their hate of Ohio State runs deep. However, Urban Meyer's campaigning and perceived jabs at Michigan left many Wolverine fans with a sudden visceral dislike for the Gators. Debate has been raging on Wolverine blogs and message boards as to who U-M fans should back and--
Hold on. I'm getting word Yost is on the convention floor and is about to make his statement. We go there now live.
During this time, Benny and I did much soul searching. We went back and forth. Who do we root for? To whom should the MZone pledge its support come Monday? I had personally rooted for Ohio State in the 2003 BCS title game against Miami...for about three quarters. Then I began to feel really dirty. Like a Vegas whore after the electronics convention leaves town. By the end of the fourth quarter, I was hoping they'd simply cancel overtime and call it a tie.
This year, I was going to put on fandom's six inch stilettos and fish net stockings to again attempt to root the Buckeyes. For selfish reasons. To prove to Urban, BCS voters and all of America that the wrong team was playing the Bucks in Glendale. That Michigan truly was the second best team in land.
I was going to do that, as painful as it would be, until my team got bent over the San Gabriel Mountains like that same Vegas whore during Charlie Sheen's bachelor party.
Thus, as a result of our thrashing in Rose Bowl, it is no longer possible for us to proclaim we got screwed out of BCS rematch. And as mere uninvolved fans now, while Florida may have been a temporary enemy, Ohio State is still a bigger permanent one. And the enemy of this enemy is our friend.
As such, the great site of the MZone pledges its rooting delegates to the University of Florida Gators, saving Benny and I the unsavory prospect of pulling for Ohio State on Monday.
My fellow Wolverines, our long national nightmare is now over...at least until the last two games of next season.
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Memento mori ring remembering Augusta Bruce, Europe, 1701-1800
Who was Augusta Bruce? She is forgotten now, but when she died more than two centuries ago this now slightly battered gold ring was made to remember her by. It is known as a mourning ring. Just one manifestation of a wide range of items called 'memento mori' – a Latin phrase that essentially means 'remember you will die". As well as commemorating the passing of a loved one, they also reminded the wearer of their own mortality. Often bequeathed in wills, or handed out at funerals such rings became particularly popular from the mid 1600s, remaining so until the very early 1900s. They were part of an outward expression of personal grief. A grief that could also be made public in a number of other ways – most notably by the wearing of dark clothing. Could the ring offer up clues about Augusta's life? And who might have worn such a ring? The flowers and the inscription that reads "Nipt in the bud" suggest sadly that her life was a short one. The white background – a sign of purity – also leads to the conclusion that Augusta was either a child, or possibly a young, unmarried woman when she died. The use of gold would indicate that she was from a wealthy family. Perhaps it was her grieving mother who once wore this very ring as a reminder of a beloved daughter.
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Symbols intended to remind the viewer of death. Memento mori are often objects such as skulls or hourglasses, but can also be written inscriptions.


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Thursday, September 27, 2007
"Pulling a Jim Tressel"
During a conference call before South Carolina's game last weekend with LSU, Spurrier said he voted the Tigers #1 in his USA TODAY Coaches' Ballot stating, "I can honestly say I voted them No. 1, how about that? I'm not pulling a Jim Tressel, either. I did vote them No. 1. Ya'll can check it out."
Spurrier was referring to the "mix up" last season before Ohio State played Texas when Tressel said he voted the Longhorns No. 1 but it was later revealed he actually voted the Buckeyes No. 1. A Tosu assistant was then thrown under the bus claiming he called in Tressel's ballot and made the mistake.
Today's assignment, class: use "pulling a Jim Tressel" in a sentence. For example, Paul told his girlfriend, Sue, he was going out with the guys Friday. But she caught him pulling a Jim Tressel when she found out he was actually with her sorority sister, Maggie, that night.
Please note that, while easily confused, "pulling a Jim Tressel" is not the same as "pulling your Jim Tressel."
35 comments:
- whetstonebuck said...
The ol' ball coach is still bitter that he wasn't at the helm of Florida last year. I guess tweaking Tressel is as close as he can get to a championship these days.
- September 26, 2007 1:11 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Bitter hell. He was a fingernail away from giving you your damn Michigan rematch if Moss missed the FG block.
Here's my attempt: Cooper pulled a Jim Tressel twice when he got embarrassed by an SEC team two years in a row in bowl games.
- September 26, 2007 9:33 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
A fingernail away. Man, that would make me real bitter.
- September 26, 2007 9:43 AM
- dh said...
Appalachian State head coach Jerry Moore pulled a Jim Tressel by embarrassing LLLLloyd and the Wolverines at the Big House.
- September 26, 2007 10:05 AM
- Killing My Liver said...
Ummmm ... Spurrier was offered the UF job. He chose Sc.
- September 26, 2007 10:10 AM
- dh said...
Larry Harrison got arrested for pulling his Jim Tressel in public.
- September 26, 2007 10:11 AM
- Da Braylon said...
hilarious stuff
- September 26, 2007 10:14 AM
- Da Braylon said...
Antonio Henton probably pulled a Jim Tressel when he was arrested the other night for trying to get a hooker...
"I thought she was offerin' me girl scout cookies officuh. I so sorry dogg. Well, I will get coach Tressel to pay you guys later, aight?"
- September 26, 2007 10:18 AM
- srudoff said...
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- September 26, 2007 10:24 AM
- srudoff said...
dh wins by a landslide
- September 26, 2007 10:28 AM
- Mr. Parker said...
Lisas fiance "pulled a Jim Tressel" when he was caught in the restroom with the bestman!
- September 26, 2007 10:30 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
"Ummmm ... Spurrier was offered the UF job. He chose Sc."
That's it! The bitter meter just pegged.
- September 26, 2007 11:15 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
what can i say? you got us. graham's appearance ticket (which is foolish and he should be punished for), which is the legal equivalent of an over due book at the library (only more expensive), for a traffic violation proves positively that michigan runs a dirty program and its players are out of control, right?
yeah, right. whatever.
seriously though, what's it like to have a coach of spurrier's "integrity" use sweater boy's name as a synonym for the "lying"?
as in: "i'd like to say i think you have a fine academic institution, but i'd be Tresseling you if i said that."
- September 26, 2007 11:56 AM
- AJBlue7 said...
Surrounded in Columbus you beat me to it, but I'll reiterate it anyway. Hmmmmmm, what would I rather be, a douche coach who lied about who he voted number 1 of all things (and correct me if I'm wrong but that wasn't his only voting faux pas last year), a "John" soliciting a prostitute, a someone who played their music too loud? MMMMM tough one.
This is a Michigan blog in case you forgot. Don't expect C-Bus love here. Not saying we're clean as a whistle or perfect but bringing up Graham's offense as some type of defense is weak at best.
- September 26, 2007 12:37 PM
- zen wizard said...
They really should come up with a more objective method of rating college teams.
I saw a TV show comprising AP voters who said they sometimes put teams above other teams that they had just lost to, because the latter just "got lucky."
The current polls are just a bunch of subjective whimsy. I also suspect there is a bunch of "over the shoulder peeking."
- September 26, 2007 12:57 PM
- WingRG said...
That's funny, you guys were all up in arms about someone making fun of LLoyd Carr for not winning enough (Tuberville, and he was completely right), but you're agreeing with ol' ball coach in making fun of Tressel for a simple misunderstanding between him and his gopher.
A bit of a double standard, but you're a UM blog, so i understand where you're coming from. Just thought i'd point that out, since some of you were on your high horse about objectivity yesterday.
- September 26, 2007 2:33 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
objectivity? it's a michigan blog, Yost & Benny are very objective. if msu's or iowa's coach was being recognized nationally for his lying, don't you think they'd provide a post on it? of course they would. it's just chance the Sweater Boy is one whose name has become the new slang word for lying. if that ever happens to Ferentz? i'm sure they'll post that article- i wouldn't Tressel you about that. honest.
- September 26, 2007 2:47 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Just asking, but was the Texas vote fiasco proven to be a lie or is that no one is buying the story?
I don't know as I didn't follow the story.
- September 26, 2007 2:59 PM
- Killing My Liver said...
A little misunderstanding? Ummmm .. I don't know if you know those votes count towards the polls. As a coach, there is no way a "mistake" was made.
- September 26, 2007 3:15 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"...or is 'it' that no one is buying the story."
- September 26, 2007 3:17 PM
- john said...
This is old news, but still amusing; it was posted on the InsideTexas board:
Definitely listen to it with the sound on.
- September 26, 2007 3:23 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Yes, I know the vote counts toward the polls. I just wanted to know if there was proof regarding the accusation. Since I don't know the inner workings of major college football staffs--tOSU's in this case--I don't know how suspicious to be of the answer.
- September 26, 2007 3:26 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
the story, as reported by the Dispatch a year ago, was Tressel explicitly stated that he had voted for Texas as #1 in the coaches poll prior to the tosu-ut game. this was a week or so before the UT-Tosu game in austin.
then someone went and looked up his ballot. the ballot had tosu as #1.
Tressel then back tracked, explained that some media aide in the Ath Dept had actually filled out the ballot, and that he hadn't really been the one to vote.
now, this wasn't subject to some sort of investigation or anything, but it was clear that tressel's original statement was false. he said "he" had voted for ut. either "he" hadn't voted, or if he had, he had voted for tosu.
not a particularly earth shattering event. lots of coaches have aides fill out the ballot, but thats not want sweater boy originally said had happened (at the time, the story made as much noise about the laziness and unreliability of the coaches poll as anything else) either way, getting caught like that was pretty funny to everyone outside of the buckeye nation.
- September 26, 2007 3:28 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"Tressel then back tracked, explained that some media aide in the Ath Dept had actually filled out the ballot, and that he hadn't really been the one to vote.
now, this wasn't subject to some sort of investigation or anything, but it was clear that tressel's original statement was false. he said "he" had voted for ut. either "he" hadn't voted, or if he had, he had voted for tosu."
Thanks. Fair enough. However, having access to military and contractor shenanigans on a daily basis, I could envision this screw-up happening without much trouble.
The Colonel or lead contractor makes a public statement fully believing that their subordinates will handle the paperwork in a kosher manner only to find out someone down the chain "thought" he must have meant "this." Now there's feces all over the installation because the "mistake" eventually made it's way to the fan.
- September 26, 2007 3:47 PM
- Holden said...
Pulling a Jim Tressel: lying, cheating on your wife, smoking crack w/ Michael Vick, getting caught in a mens room stall soliciting gay sex, and beating the living hell out of Michigan football. Even degenerates are people.
- September 26, 2007 3:51 PM
- Greg said...
How's this?
You should be hoping Lloyd Carr will pull a Jim Tressel and win a big game in November this year.
That was too easy, fools. You can pick on OSU in many different ways, but picking on Jim Tressel when you can't beat him probably shouldn't be your go-to move. Go Bucks!
- September 26, 2007 6:01 PM
- JukeBox said...
Pulling a Jim Tressel - Inexplicable Self-Implosion of a football team.
"Louisville pulled a Jim Tressel last saturday against Syracuse. "
"UCLA pulled a Jim Tressel against Utah 2 weeks ago in a 66-3 blowout loss"
I just need to rub this in to silent all this Tressel own Carr talk.
- September 26, 2007 6:25 PM
- TitleIX said...
OOOOh, Greggggg.
I wouldn't want to beat my JimTressel....
oh wait.
I may have just come up with a new definition....
might need some batteries tho....
- September 26, 2007 6:30 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"Pulling a Jim Tressel - Inexplicable Self-Implosion of a football team."
Umm, hmmm, cough. Just a suggestion, but you might want to pull that definition. I think there are other coaches that might be a better fit.
There is no shame losing to a powerful Florida team. A hell of a lot of disappointment, but no shame.
- September 26, 2007 7:37 PM
- WingRG said...
Killing my liver:
yeah, i had no idea that JT's vote in the poll for the second week of the season meant that much to you (or Spurier for that matter). Now, i can see how you guys can be pissed off that he didn't vote in the last poll of the season, but switching Texas/OSU on one week 2 ballot didn't make any difference.
You don't like JT (mostly cause your team can't play well against his team) i get that. But maybe (just maybe) you should concentrate on NW this week: i heard they run the SPREAD (yes, i just dropped the S-word on the UM blog)
- September 26, 2007 7:40 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
just dropped in to use the word "spread"?
that's a Tressel. you stopped by because we're laughing at your coach, along w/ most of the rest of the sports world.
nothing you say about his on the field record will change his lying, cheaty pants reputation.
get used to it.
we're still laughing.
- September 26, 2007 7:52 PM
- WingRG said...
keep laughing. It wasn't too funny when Tubervile was laughing at Carr was it? Our coach might be getting laughed at, but your whole program is a joke.
And i'm still not sure how this is important enough for you to remember it a year later? His vote that early in the season didn't mean anything. You can sit here and call him a liar, but i think you should be concentrating on your program. As far as Spurier goes, the integrity of his voting process is well documented (he votes Duke #25 in every pre-season poll). I don't really care what he says.
And the rest of the world can keep laughing at JT as long as they keep losing to him. I could care less.
I want my rabbi to have integrity. I want my football coach to win football games (although i know i'm in a minority here)
- September 26, 2007 8:10 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
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- September 26, 2007 8:18 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Well, I don't know how accurate "Coach Ratings" is or if it means anything (http://www.coachratings.com/rating_result_compare.jsp?cID=40&ccID=37), but Tressel rated a bit higher than Carr. Many of the questions reflect observed integrity, honesty, etc.
This is not to denigrate Coach Carr who I respect greatly, but it does temper the relentless "cheaty pants" accusations.
Both coaches rated extremely high with Tressel only .5 higher. Really it's a wash, but it is worth considering when many are trying to destroy a man's reputation.
Oh, just because the ol' ball coach said it doesn't mean much when compared with many of his statements over the years. He's his biggest fan.
Just sayin'
- September 26, 2007 8:21 PM
- JaMarco said...
i was pulling for the ol' ball coach it is a shame that he couldn't win in tiger stadium, i can't wait until saban kills em.
- September 26, 2007 11:08 PM


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It must've taken balls the size of Texas to be a cross-dressing, loud-mouthed, left wing punk rocker in that state in the late 70s/early 80s, but that's exactly what Mr. Gary Floyd was. And he put up, instead of shutting up, as the lead mouth for the Dicks. This compilation is long overdue. Although the later incarnation of the band, with Gary the sole original member (having relocated to San Francisco), had its moments of plucky aggro, it's the original Dicks that left the imprint. "Dicks Hate The Police" is an unforgettable expression of rage. An ugly gnarl of guitar and Gary's bawl of "mommy mommy mommy" the opening salvo of defiance. The refrain "I've had a bad day" is still not far under my breath to this day and the band's gnashing style and osmosis of jazzy, funky and punk modes made for a jarring, original sound. Tension boils over for "Dead In A Motel Room," "Rich Daddy," "Anti-Klan," and the nasty "Saturday Night At The Bookstore." Jittery, slashing, and punk to the core, while smashing the barriers of conventionality at the same time. By the time Gary joined up with the newer Dicks, the politics were even more up-front and the thorniness still in evidence, albeit in a slightly less-crazed framework - still, "I Hope You Get Drafted," "Off-duty Sailor," and "Decent and Clean" exude a good amount of urgency, just not the crazed danger of the early 80s. Now, how about reissues of those early albums? (Suburban Voice)
For musicians, anger was not in short supply in 1980. It was requisite for punk, the flamethrower for hardcore, and it came in all shapes and sizes. In Austin, the arc between punk anger and nascent hardcore were the Dicks, the queerest of the queer. The Big Boys may have been bigger but the Dicks were harder. The Big Boys screamed but the Dicks seethed. The Big Boys were politically aware but the Dicks were political. And now the CD cornerstone of Texas punk can be laid with the release of Dicks 1980-1986. Tewnty-one tracks were culled for this take-no-prisoners collection, which covers both the Austin- and San Francisco-based bersions of the band, allowing even the most casual listener an unusually cohesive journey with the band from its first EP Dicks Hate the Police to their swansong track on the Texas punk compilation Cottage Cheese from the Lips of Death, "Guilbeau," a moody, Morrison-esque harbinger of lead singer Gary Floyd's next band, Sister Double Happiness. In between is an unholy union of raving anti-homophobia, anti-war, and anti-hate anthems laid out on the skeleton of classic garage-punk, and raising itself like Mr. Bones from the vinyl graveyard to do a tap-dance back into our skulls, if only to remind us just what punk at its best could be. The original Dicks - Gary Floyd, Buxf Parrot, Pat Deason, and the late Glen Taylor - open the album irresistibly off-beat and blindly off-key on the meandering fury of "Dicks Hate the Police," "Lifetime Problems" and the trite sentiment of "Fake Bands," then systematically recornstruct the politics of punk in "Saturday Night at the Bookstore":
"You... and your fat fucking wife coming out of Safeway on a Sunday afternoon and see me standing there and don't even speak to me... 'cause I sucked your cock through a gloryhole..."
The Dicks stomp this turf just as the Velvet Underground did with "Sister Ray," continuing with the utterly brilliant "Wheelchair Epidemic," and thrashers "Shit on Me," "Rich Daddy," and "Kill from the Heart." The band morphs on track 13, with Floyd in San Francisco, recruiting Tim Carroll, Lynn Perko, and Sebastian Fuchs, and marking distinctly more melodic social awareness, though no less compromising. By the time the Dicks zipped it closed forever in 1986, they did so with such savage grace no one who'd heard them walked away innocent. (Margaret Moser, Austin Chronicle)
I dunno how many of you youngsters (God, how patronising) will dig this sloppy punk shit, but I sure as hell do. The Dicks were an (almost seminal) Texan Punk band, equal parts Dead Kennedys, MDC, and garage rock. Apart from the moody material lifted off their These People album these 21 songs, that compile the highlights of their catalogue, are unashamedly raw (rough, even), but have an undeniable timeless power that transcends the half-assed production. (IG, Terrorizer)


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Friday, May 02, 2008
Spartan Donor is Deadbeat Dad but MSU to Keep Coin
According to the Detroit News article linked here, an MSU grad bequethed a cool $1 million to his ol' alma mater. Just one problem with that: his kids say he owes $45K to their mother for child support that was never paid.
Upon finding out about the "gift," the alleged deadbeat donor's now-adult kids asked MSU trustees that $45K of the donation -- the amount of child support money the man admits he never paid his ex-wife -- be given to their mother.
Not gonna happen, say Sparty officials.
"That's between him and them," said Joel Ferguson, Board of Trustees chairman. "We'll keep the money. He's got to get a good lawyer. It's his dad's money. We accept the gift in the spirit of giving."
"We accept the gift in the spirit of giving?" Really? Even in this instance? Ouch.
Hey, while it might not be blood money, it sure is asshole cash.
Go Green! (just not to the kids or ex-wife)
30 comments:
- Catie said...
- May 02, 2008 6:40 AM
- TitleIX said...
his daddy's money???
if that's the case then it's not even his to try and dip into....
- May 02, 2008 7:23 AM
- TitleIX said...
excellent photoshop
how did you get deadtome and his friends to pose???
- May 02, 2008 7:25 AM
- Lane said...
sounds a bit like a certain CFB coach who owes his prior employer some coin.
maybe not, but i'm just sayin'.
- May 02, 2008 7:50 AM
- Vadatripp said...
"sounds a bit like a certain CFB coach who owes his prior employer some coin."
Yes, if Rodriguez had humped someone and if the existence of the WVU football program had been the result and if Rodriguez had donated roughly $87.7MM to U-M (the same proportion donated to MSU by Bradbury) it would be EXACTLY like that.
But it isn't. Just sayin'.
8-), ;), LOL!!!!!!1!!!!one!!!
- May 02, 2008 8:55 AM
- Dezzi said...
Can you use the word "hump" on Friday? I thought it was only reserved for Wednesdays?
I prefer "boned" on Friday....
- May 02, 2008 9:10 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Has their been a legal ruling or accounting paper trail that shows the Dad still owes the mom 45 kips, or is it just the mom's side of the story?
I remember when I was growing uyp, there was a segment on the local news program called "Deadbeat Dads" where they would air a picture of the deadbeat dad and say how much they owe and list the number and age of the kids he's not helping to support. It helped quite a few mothers out in obtaining the suport they were entitled to receive.
- May 02, 2008 9:10 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Dezzi - I always thought the phrase, "Knocked the bottom out" had a pleasant ring to it myself.
As in,
Guy1: Dude, did you hook up with that hottie you met at Jungle Jim's?
Guy2: Oh yeah, I knocked the bottom out last night!
Guy1: Well I hoped you wrapped that weasel, or if you don't that you marry her or pay child support or else Yost will fry your ass!"
- May 02, 2008 9:15 AM
- Edgar said...
Even though I am not a deadbeat dad I would subscribe to that magazine. With that magazine and modern drunkard I would be set.
- May 02, 2008 9:16 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
This guy should be on the cover of Deadbeat Dad - every issue.
- May 02, 2008 10:20 AM
- Sgt. Wolverine said...
How much would a subscription to Deadbeat Dad Monthly actually cost?
- May 02, 2008 11:37 AM
- Schatten said...
stay classy, Sparty. Jesus, that 45K will prove to be worth a lot more in actual loss of alumni monetary goodwill
- May 02, 2008 1:14 PM
- OSURulz said...
I can't entirely blame Sparty on this one. The classy thing to do would be to pay it to the kids, but if this guy donates a cool $1 mil to the university, certainly he can afford to pay the $45k. That's probably a personal vendetta that MSU doesn't want to get in the middle of and nothing says they have to. They can't be held accountable for how every donor got their hands on every dollar.
- May 02, 2008 4:02 PM
- TitleIX said...
"they can't be held accountable for how every donor gets their money"
FROM THE WISDOM OF tUoOS
- May 02, 2008 4:40 PM
- OSURulz said...
T9, very witty post you have going on there. Would you like to disagree with what I said or would you rather just mock trolls? Feel free to do both, but I know which one you're probably leaning towards.
- May 02, 2008 5:28 PM
- BARman said...
It does seem a bit stupid on Sparty's part. Gosh, they'd only have $955K left if they let Mom have what's due her. Golly, that might take a whole year to make up in interest!
- May 02, 2008 6:57 PM
- Sgt. Wolverine said...
This is kind of a weird situation because, as the article notes, the university won't actually have the money until the donor dies, and he's not dead yet. And I'm guessing it would take a lot for a university to criticize a seven-figure donation like that, so I doubt they're going to do anything to make him change his mind. They're probably expecting this to be forgotten soon enough.
On the bright side, I bet some of you creative people here could use this as material for some fun new signs for next year's UM-MSU football game...
- May 03, 2008 2:04 AM
- TitleIX said...
I shouldn't even bother with this reply, but given that you are relatively new around here...lemme catch you up.
If motivated, I could and would run 'thesaurical' and rhetorical circles around you. Not interested currently.
In addition, 'mocking of trolls' as you put it, is actually a higher order cognitive skill much like the formation of humor, inneundo, and double entendres. Good news? You are smart enough to catch on. Bad news? You don't get it.
So, a word of advice, new found 'friend' of MZone. If you want to run with the big dogs fine, thicken up your skin, sharpen your senses, and buy a dictionary.
If not?
Stay on the damn porch.
(ps--all bitch references which my allegorically ensue from my use of the 'big dog' metaphor are welcomed, owned, celebrated and cheap easy low-hanging fruit---ergo not worth your plebian effort)
c'est tu
- May 03, 2008 9:25 AM
- TitleIX said...
my = MIGHT
which is just so perfect on metaphysical levels that I can't stand it.
- May 03, 2008 9:26 AM
- Bigasshammm said...
sgt. wolverine said...
How much would a subscription to Deadbeat Dad Monthly actually cost?
The actual publication varies per subscriber. They add your number of children proportional to the amount of your yearly salary and then charge you accordingly.
- May 05, 2008 10:39 AM
- gh said...
Not that I am defending OSUrulz, but I do see his argument.
Maybe the author of the article wrote it mistakenly, but it does say the money was bequeathed, ie. its in his will, ie. MSU doesn't get the $$$ until he dies. No money has transferred, just the promise of money at a future date. So it seems a little silly that the son wants MSU to give him a cut of the money that they won't see for what may be a number of years.
I also see OSUrulz' point that MSU shouldn't have to do a background check on every donation to make sure the donor's kids, exwife, etc. were properly compensated before accepting a gift. To expect MSU to be the Judge, Jury, etc. and settle a clearly ugly family dispute in the role of righteous do-gooder is more than a bit of a reach. This isn't quantum leap, MSU isn't Scott Bakula, they shouldn't have to 'make right what once went wrong'. The son should be speaking to a lawyer, not the media.)
Further you can bequeath anything you want, it doesn't mean your estate will have it when you croak. I remember my fraternity offering me a membership in their exclusive high end donors club if I wrote them a check for $25K, or if I put $100K in my will for them. Many of us were reading the book "Die Broke" at the time and we deduced that we'd put it in our wills and get the fancy sports coat that came with the club, then laugh our asses off in the afterlife when the check bounced(probably from a very warm vantage point.)
Further, while I have a special level of hate for Dead Beat dads, methinks there's something in the story that we're not being told. (the pay-up-Rich-WVU-stalker-exgirlfriend episode has taught me to not take sides in ugly divorces that I'd be far better off to keep out of.)
BTW T9, I think you are coming off a little harsh. Brow-beating someone on the internet is sooooo Ohio.
- May 05, 2008 1:18 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
what a bunch of crap.
if it were a gift/donation/bequethment from the Ku Klux Klan or American Nazi Party, do you think the Sparties would take it?
hell no. institutions say "no" to donations all the time, and most typically because of the source.
moosu should have at least had the sense to say: they didn't know anything & needed to look into it; or that since it's triggered upon the donors death, they'll have to consider the circumstances at the time.
instead, they showed themselves to be the cow farming craven hotel clerks they have always been.
it's the same lack of character the causes them to blow leads late in games and collapse in the last half of the season.;)
- May 05, 2008 1:48 PM
- OSURulz said...
"if it were a gift/donation/bequethment from the Ku Klux Klan or American Nazi Party, do you think the Sparties would take it?"
Yeah, this is situation is just like that situation, and the RR thing is completely different.
- May 05, 2008 2:06 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
"Yeah, this is situation is just like that situation, and the RR thing is completely different."
i'm all for forgiving typos, but dude, that's not even english.
- May 05, 2008 2:48 PM
- OSURulz said...
SiC I'd translate it for you but I think the the Big Dogs will get it.
On a completely unrealated topic, I found this little nugget on SI's "The 10 Spot". I think we can all have a snicker at this ...
• The NCAA has ruled that new Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett must sit out a year after transferring from Michigan. Hmm, that puts his odds at actually playing for coach Bobby Petrino right around 50/50.
- May 05, 2008 3:02 PM
- Bigasshammm said...
"SiC I'd translate it for you but I think the the Big Dogs will get it."
Thus proving that TUO$ fans will put "the" in front of everything. Even the same word.
- May 05, 2008 3:09 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
you can never have too many prepositions- it shows the world just how important you are.
- May 05, 2008 3:11 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
it shows the world just how important you ^THINK^ you are.
- May 05, 2008 5:32 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
oh. so just because someone might "think" putting a "the" in front makes them important, it really doesn't it?
i wonder if "they" know that?
- May 05, 2008 5:42 PM
- OSURulz said...
So much for forgiving the the typos.
- May 05, 2008 5:48 PM


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The definition is simple. It applies to a person that looks both male and female, in other words u cant tell which they are. It most commonly occurs when someone is wearing clothing that would be suitable for both males and females, but it is not restricted to this.
Troy went out to collect his mail from the post box, only to have something out of the ordinary happen. A person of unknown gender strolled past, whistling a happy tune. Troy stood dumb-founded. This is an example of gender ambiguity.
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The game will be playable at PAX Prime later this month, and then at the Eurogamer Expo 2011 in September.


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I always want to eat my cum but always lose the urge to after I shoot. Anyone have ideas of what I could do?
I always want to eat my cum but always lose the urge to after I shoot. Anyone have ideas of what I could do?
cum in a shot glass and down it real quick.
use it as an egg white substitute in you next lemon meringue pie .
Just shoot it and eat it, don't think about it just do it
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ... You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt, American first lady
Ah yes.. We all have that dilema.
My ex room mate used to cum in a jar and freeze it. After a few months he had quite the supply built up. He would then thaw it out and enjoy it while beating off.
Funny how most of us loose the urge to eat it afterwards though. I guess you just have to lick it up real quick!
Sloooooooooooowgasm... Jerk off to the point where if you even breath on your cock it will blow and then stop. With practice, cum will ooze out and you can lick it up without losing the urge. It's the best feeling in the world. Then when you've had enough jack off to full orgasm and take a nap. (Optional). I used to HATE my own cum, but now I love it.
Hey guys! Just wanted to let u know that my cum sure tasted damn good!!!!!!!!! I tried to take a picture but It didn't work out so well. Keeps sending more tips...I'll try and use different ways to savor my cum.
THAT must have been interesting when it came to deciding what was for dinner.My ex room mate used to cum in a jar and freeze it. After a few months he had quite the supply built up. He would then thaw it out and enjoy it while beating off.
stupid question what would happen if you cook cum on the stove?
Cooking it is less than rewarding. I used to cum in my coffee...doesn't work. I think the heat kills all the sperm and the proteins solidify really quickly under heat. I love the idea of whipping it into a meringue, though. I'm going to try that! Back to the question (eh hemm!) at hand...it's such a typical thing to have a smashing orgasm and then lose any interest in further sex for a while. Nate78 gave some great advice. I can't get enough of my cum. I also love jerking off at the restroom at work and smearing my cum all over my chest and then going back to work, knowing that under the starched white shirt, my cum is crusty on my chest hair.
Adult bookstores sell those cock-shaped ice cube trays. You could fill up a mold or two and then while you're surfing porn or watching a Treasure Island DVD, you could savor the flavor as you're getting ready to refill the tray. My preferred method is just to whip my legs over my head, align my cock over my mouth and let fly with a contract with myself that I'm obligated to swallow it all. Cum, while it's still hot and spurting, always tastes best. Another trick is to alter your diet (more vegetarian, lots of pineapple juice or citrus drinks, no zinc or vitamins, no smoking) and improve the taste. I had one JUB poster suggest artificial sweetener to mix in with the spunk.....makes it real palatble. I'm noticing a swelling in my jeans.
Wow, I wonder if I could collect enough cum, freeze it in a dildo mold and fuck myself with my frozen cum and feel it melt in my ass!
^^possibly on of the strangest things I have ever read.................. keep us posted.
Saw that in a video once. Some Bareback across america. They saved all of the loads in the move in a shot glass. For the finally, they used the mold to fuck the main character. Was very hot, even though it is totally not safe.Originally Posted by JTBottom
An Ice Spermcicle dildo?? Brrrr! I don't even like the feeling of a room temperature dildo up there, especially after a hot cock was just in there!
i think the best way is during sex or masturbation
Even large chubby people can position themselves to cum in their face or mouth, it's not that difficult
Enjoy the art of recycle when you and buddy cum enjoy the fruits of your labor
Time to get busy. Thanks, guys.
The best way is to just shoot in your mouth so that you still have the urge as you taste your own cum. Or just shoot half of it on your hand the quickly eat it as you shoot the rest of your own cum. It takes time to enjoy it, but once you've "trained" yourself to do it, eventually you'd enjoy it!
You can experiment like putting sugar substitutes on it, or mixing it with something.... hehehe I made a banana cum shake once for myself and I tell you, it tasted soooo damn gooooood!
I've been eating and drinking fruit and water for the past couple of days simply because they were there and I was hungry. last night i jacked off, and although i lost the urge, i tasted my cum. I didn't have the nasty bleachy taste and smell that it usually had. I t had no scent and tasted like nothing. I didn't have to really force myself like i usually do. Now the only problem i have with it is the texture, and i don't think i can change that.
add water?
Here is a dude who has it down, in fact he may enjoy it a little too much
You don't have too. I just drink it to keep hydrated. It also helps me said weight when I drink that instead of soda. But I know eating fruit works for sure.
I think the other fruits work best. By other i mean papaya, mango, peach, cherries, pineapple, pear, etc. and not the mainstream ones such as apples, oranges, and bananas.
I'd recommend nate's idea. I used to do that, just edge until the cum starts to flow without an orgasm. (however, the intensity of the orgasm when you do decide to go for it is diminished.) Another thing you could try is to massage your prostate. It may take a while, but when the massage gets your prostate juice flowing you can drink it down without losing your appetite.
He's gross to look at...Originally Posted by sonny10305
I've only been able to coax cum out of my cock once without orgasm. I was fooling around experimenting with a little piss play after reading some of the online stories. Standing over a sink, I let a small stream dribble over my fingers and then licked it off. I wasn't bad and I was getting a little excited. So I released a little more and then pinched off and tried it again. After doing this a while, I was squeezing my dick to get more pee out when all of a sudden thick white cum came out instead. I lapped that up like a starving puppy and went to get more. But alas, no more joy juice was to be had and I ended up finishing the session "head over heels". Fun, but no where as satisfying as dining on fresh cum while you're still horny. Wish I could learn the trick.
OK guys, here is what you do !!!!!!
Take a straw and trim one end of it so it is rounded and fits nicely into the slit of your cock. Then just before your ready to cum, place the straw into the slit and slowly suck on the other end. As you squirt, the cum will go straight up the straw in into your mouth. Works everytime for me !!!!
cum in a condom and then wait awhile until you get the urge to eat it, I have same problem
I put my cum into a container that USED to be for facial cleanser (I used that because the squirt action it had reminded me of cumming (dun worry, I cleaned it out!) and so far it's about half full. I'll post more on it when I fill it up! If you guys are lucky, maybe some pictures too! (think of it as a solo bukake ^O^)
Oh what does it do? Cum used as a facial cleanser.Originally Posted by Codtaro
Hey just have a look at the new thread I've postes. It's called "cumeating on webcam" where I tell you something about my obsessions
try having it on a biscuit at tea time. very English
great vid. Does anyone know who this guy is and if he's also a member of JUB?
i've accidentally shot in my own mouth before just when i was going to sleep and the lights were out. i shot and my mouth was open and the cum just went straight in. it surprised me, but it was awesome. i swallowed it
I was having a quick jerk before going to sleep and my boyfriend was in the living room watching tv (sometimes you just want to do it quick and alone, right!) Anyway, just as I reach the point of no return, I hear him turn on the light in the corridor and start to walk toward the bedroom door. By this time a huge wad of come was on my chest and hand. What else could I do? I scraped it up, licked it off my hand and swallowed it down. It tasted damn good! Lights out just as the bedroom door opened. I'll have to try that tactic more often ' cause like others of you I always loose the urge to eat my own once I've cum.
Yepp, that's right. It's more than SUPER HOTOriginally Posted by Adam18FL
That's why I'd like to get into cotact with other guys who'd like to worship their cum in front of a webcam (see also my threads "cumworship" and "cumeating on webcam")
Just PM me.
Call it art and you'd probably win a prize tooOriginally Posted by JTBottom
Yesterday I had a new experience.
I tasted my own frozen cum!!
First this thought was disgusting, but actually it was better than eating your cum right after jerking off.
I was so horny!! It was like a drug.
It still had the taste of fresh cum, it was solid and not like the usual slime and it was hot to eat your cum while still
jerking off.
Try it and tell me if you had the same overwhelming experience.
PS.: I did it in front of a webcam
Next time I'll eat some pineapple before producing some "cum- cubes"
I like the taste of my fresh cum, but I have yet to taste it frozen.
I first tasted my own cum at 20.
What about this idea: Jack off into a condom and save it. When you are in the mood again, put the condom in warm water to thaw it or warm it back up, then place it over a cucumber or similar cock-shaped object. Suck the cucumber while you are jacking off. When you are ready to taste your cum, put a small pin hole in the tip of the condom and keep sucking. You will suck the cum out of the condom. Is there a better way to simulate a blow job?
Keep an ice cold beer close by, lick what ever you can off your hands, etc... don't swallow. Grab the beer and gulp it down.
Cum w/a beer chaser... thats what summer nights are meant for!
I have only been able to accomplish this a few times. It takes quite a bit of self control:
You basically have to ejaculate without orgasm (99% of the time they are simulataneous, but they don't have to be).
I have only been able to get this to happen if I have been stroking for a while and have gotten a ton of precum flowing.
Over and over, I will bring myself closer and closer to the point of cumming, and back off.
You have to resist the urge to make yourself orgasm though.
If you do this enough times anback yourself off right at the point where you want to orgasm so badly you could tear you hair out, stop and sit for a few seconds while flexing your cock.
Grab a Dixie cup, and just slowly milk your cock.
Real cum (white and creamy) will come (cum) out into the cup.
Now you've ejaculated a decent amount into the cup and you should still be relatively hard.
Drink and stroke.
The only real problems I have had with this technique (which I haven't mastered by any means) are:
When you finally orgasm, it isn't nearly as good (especially after a long stroke session).
Occasionally my cock will feel 'funny' for a few hours afterward. Sort of like you have to pee all day, but not exactly. It goes away if you manage to get off again later.
Never tried frozen cum. Sounds interesting.
Though a couple of times I did position myself and shot all over my face some got into my mouth as well.
That was kinda hot.
I've tried frozen cum a few times and it's really good.
Feeling that cum melt in your mouth is something that has to be experienced.
You can watch me do it at
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http://************ for theses long URLs .. it makes it better for everyone =]
Oops, don't know the rules yet. Sorry.
Anyway do a search for precum88 on xtube, I've got some videos that should be fun to watch.
Try it like this guys and tell me what u thought when u did this
I'm looking pr submissive guys I can teach how to swallow ur cum in naughty ways
Yes, I too understand the feeling of lost interest after you cum, so I usually do it real fast as I am cumming. I have tried the cumming my own mouth while on my back legs in the air, but I get this real weird sensation in my balls, anyone else get that?
OMG did it again today, layed on my back, legs way up high in the air, stroked for what only seemed like minutes, lol...I was rather turned on by it and bam, I slowed it down so the cum would not shoot out to fast and land in my hair, so it oozed out and dripped down into my wide open mouth for what seemed like a eternity, I got ever drop of my load except the 1st drop, it landed on my chin, it tasted so good, I had so much too, been a whole day since I jerked last and my wife was so tired the night before, so I cleaned myself up, and then after letting it swish around and yes, even played with it on my lips, lol, I swallowed it all, damn was so good, only thing better is finding someone to give me theirs..


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The objective of this course is to introduce the students to more advanced concepts and recent issues in several areas of database technology, including advanced SQL considerations, PL/SQL, database performance and security issues, multimedia, parallel, and distributed database management systems, data warehousing, and object-oriented databases. The course includes lab work and an advanced individual database application project using a specific relational database application. The student will also be provided interaction with real users in the implementation of various database related activities.
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