I wasn't aware that Britney has done anything of real worth - you mean she was better than everyone else in those categories?

I never got the Britney mania - she was always an over produced over controlled manifistation of what a Pop Princess was supposed to LOOK like.

Music be damned.

Wow - sure have a whole collection of them here today!

We are becoming one of the biggest embracers of anti-intellectualism in the world. Really quite amazing for a "modern" industrialized country. For all we proclaim about wanting good schools for the children, those children eventually pick up on way this nation really thinks of education and educated people. And the ranks of the underachievers increase.

George Bush is a graduate of both Yale and Harvard and I think the only reason his "electorate" don't hold it against him, is that even they know he didn't get to those schools on academic talent. So he's not a smarty pants or what ever they think of someone like an Obama, or a Clinton, or a Gore.

I want someone who is capable of being a world leader as President - and as the Vice President as well. No more gazing into eyes to see their souls.

Two words: Dick Cheney

Let's re-phrase the question.

At what point does an American woman cease to have the physical integrity that an American man has? At conception? Should there be compensation for her deminished personhood while she houses the zygote->fetus? Or should women just be considered lesser forms of life during their reproductive years?

If a child somewhere needs a kidney to live, can the government force an adult to give up one of theirs if it is a match?

If someone, anyone, is in a permanent vegetative state, are they to hold all rights as a person? Will tax payers pay to keep the body alive as long as possible?

Nutjobs for nutjobs, I guess.

There is something about these religio-nutcases that seem to desire destruction. I don't know if it is to hasten their joining with their god, or if believing in a end of the world destruction type of religion naturally brings about a self-fulfilling wish to return to a rubbish heap.

Why can't they be happy with what has been destroyed during the last 8 years? Greedy little buggers, these "conservatives"!

I gave up listening to the latest food fad years ago. Probably about the same time I stopped looking at women's mags because I realised they only made me feel bad. And about the same time I decided not to diet anymore. I lost interest in conforming to the latest body fad about that time too.

Funny thing happened.

My weight not only stabilised, but before it did that it went down to the proper wieght for MY body. I ate when I was hungry and what I seemed to want. I stopped looking at food as substitutes for other things in my life.

That was 20 years ago and I still eat anything I want. I like good tasty food. I refuse to get hung up on sin and eating. My body does seem to crave things that are good for me. I rarely crave sugar, salt or fat but when I have a craving - I satisfy it. And I enjoy walking, running, biking, gardening and being outside. I don't use food as a stress release. I try and lead a healthy lifestyle because it feels better to me - not because it is the new religion.

We have SO much emotion and psyche wrapped up in our relationship with food. I think it would be a good thing to stop worrying about it and just eat what you like.

And when your body is hungry.

All those new fads and 'discoveries'? Well, they sell a lot of books and magasines, don't they.

if I want to see the photos you took at a topless beach in Europe and giggle and say you hid under bushes and used a big telephoto lens - like it was a funny story, or something.

Dude - you come off as a voyeur and an ugly american to boot.

Oh, and don't tell me how bit "it" is - if you have to pre-advertise, chances are it isn't.

What I see is companies outsourcing more and more to India and have finally been moving the design work over there. That has not translated to more and more engineers in the USA doing more innovative work - just less engineering jobs here.

Is that a lot of these "donts" have happened.

And yes - there are a lot of donts for men but that's because the discussion was initialized as a dont list for men.

Plenty of stupid things women do. I've seen them and cringe because I know I get stuck with the generalization about women. Men hate being generalized too.

What's funny about the dating stories is how oblivious some men, and some women are.

I mean - some guy actually trying to hit on me by telling me how huge his cock is? I wonder if that ever works? When I told him to show me it first before I make up his mind he backed off. It was annoying at the time - funny in retrospect.

There are some very mean sounding experiences listed here too. Those are sad. No one deserves to be treated in that manner.

I would say a "do" for both genders is to be sincerely interested in the other person, and to want that person to see you at your best. To be honest. Don't look at the other person as merely a physical tool for your horniness, or a monetary tool for your lifestyle. (goes both ways - not gender specific) Look and find appreciation of the whole person.