Gotta Pimp

You’re in a great relationship with a gorgeous girl and it seems to be a two way street - she wouldn’t be unfaithful to you, or would she? A cheating girlfriend or wife is a concern that haunts many men in relationships, and just the thought of your girl putting her hands on another man makes your blood boil.

So how can you spot a cheater and how do you fix it?

signs of a cheating girlfriend or wife

Although there are signs that can indicate that your girlfriend is two-timing you, the thing to keep in mind is that you’re looking for a change in her behavior patterns. The key to spotting a cheating wife or girlfriend is change , so if she’s always been a guy’s girl and has a lot of male friends, don’t get all paranoid when you hear that she was seen with her friend Max at the movies, for example.

The following are 5 signs that she may be letting someone else taste her pudding:

1- She’s no longer as needy
If she was never able to go shopping, exercise, or cross the street alone, and she suddenly doesn’t need your company, it may mean that someone else is filling your shoes. It’s possible that she just needs time to herself, but if she’s unusually independent when she used to be overly needy, it may signal that she’s just no longer as needy… of you.

2- She no longer gets angry
She used to get angry if you didn’t want to meet her for lunch or come out with her and her friends, but now everything you do is all right by her. Once upon a time, your every move had to be premeditated, but now all the small things you used to mess up aren’t enraging her. This could be a good thing, but you wonder why she no longer cares.

3- She’s being secretive
She’s no longer sharing her daily events with you, and in order to find out what she’s doing, you’d have to break open her diary because she’s not volunteering any information regarding the goings-on of her life. Of course, you could always ask…

4- She places the focus on you
When you do ask her questions, she turns the tables on you. The former chatterbox’s batteries have run out and when you ask her how her night was, mum’s the only word. It’s now all about you, you, you, rather than “I did this” and “I went here last night.”

5- She showers you with pleasure
Now that it’s all about you, your girlfriend is always complimenting you, asking you to go out, giving you “I love you” cards for no reason whatsoever, and even offering to wash your car and watch the boxing match with you. While these gestures are more than sweet, it’s this kind of overcompensating behavior that can make one suspicious. If she’s bombarding you with niceties, it might be nice to know what’s really going on.

get to the bottom of things

As I said earlier, these signs aren’t the be-all end-all that she’s been unfaithful. Change is the most important factor that must be evaluated if you find yourself suspicious of her, so look at how she used to be, and how she is now.

If she’s spending less time with you, for example, it could either mean that she’s avoiding you because she feels guilty for her actions, or she just doesn’t care to spend as much time with you. The latter could be a sign of cheating, but it may also be the cause of why .

how to handle it

Now there’s no need to get all paranoid and suspicious. If you think that her recent behavior isn’t adding up or you catch her lying, then do not accuse her of cheating. Think about whether she’s given you a reason to believe that she’s two-timing you, or whether it’s your imagination running wild because you’re afraid of losing her.

You have a feeling
If you think she may be cheating, approach her but don’t bring up the cheating. Ask her if everything is okay, and tell her that she’s been acting different lately. Give her examples of how her behavior has changed, and tell her that you want to know and understand if there’s a reason.

You want to open the lines of communication and encourage her to open up about what is troubling her in the relationship, and proceed from there. Approaching a cheater can be a delicate situation.

You have more than a sneaking suspicion
If you have adequate reason to believe that she’s cheating on you, do not accuse or threaten her because if you’re wrong, she’ll feel that you really don’t trust her. Rather than exclaiming, “I know what’s going on!” or “Who have you been messing around with?”, ask, “Is there something I should know about?” or “I have reason to believe that you’re not being 100% honest with me.”

This may seem passive, but you want to approach the topic carefully because if you’re wrong, you may be messing up big time. But if you’re right, then you have permission to raise Cain.

You catch her or have concrete evidence
If there is no way that this is a misunderstanding and you are positive that she’s been pawing another dog, then you can approach her with more assertion. Tell her what you saw, how it makes you feel, and what you plan to do about it.

once a cheater…

Being unfaithful in a relationship is horrible, but there is a bigger picture here. You have to realize that a cheating girlfriend may be the result of a problem in your relationship. If she’s deceiving you by getting cuddly with another man, it could mean that she is going elsewhere to find what your relationship lacks, which doesn’t make her actions right, only less despicable.

forgive and forget

If you discover that she cheated on you, there are a few questions you must ask yourself:

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Myspace seems like the next target for the now-famous “month of bugs” project. The hackers are of course, anonymous, which is perhaps part of the fun of doing such a project. They say that they’re going to expose a new bug every day for a whole month, just like the other “month of bugs” projects have done (for example: Month of Apple Bugs and Month of Kernel bugs).

As much fun as it seems, I’m skeptical on how successful and how much of an impact this project is going to have on MySpace. One point that I have to make is that the viewers on MySpace probably couldn’t care less about security. Sure, no one wants to have their account hacked, but the measures they take to prevent something like that are quite low, if that is any indication of people’s views of security on MySpace. And although the hackers seem like they are trying to make people aware of the bugs, I sort of doubt it’s going to work, especially since kiddies are unlikely to read such reports anyway.

I’m also critical of the bugs that they are looking for. In the article, they stated that they are searching for “cross site scripting bugs, which can allow an attacker to execute malicious script within a victim’s browser” and “bugs that affect browsers or technologies like Flash or QuickTime”. Well, there are definitely security holes in MySpace, but how much different are most of these bugs than the ones that people can implement on their own servers? My suspicion is that a huge amount of these bugs are browser-specific, and are simply filler for when the hackers can’t find a “good” bug to post on a particular day.

That being said, I’m beginning to get tired of these “Month of xxx bugs”. All too often, the hackers seem to be craving attention for themselves, or to bring bad publicity on the products themselves. Is that a bad thing? Well, it would be if they found “good” bugs. I don’t think that to be the case here. For example, one of the hackers even talks about “if it ends up being just as lame as the Month of Apple Bugs…”. Exactly. I prove my point.

So I’m not saying that we should choose to ignore the bugs that exist in MySpace, but simply that it’s not probable to have much success, and will likely do little to improve MySpace’s security (or people’s awareness of it). What’s wrong with a simple bug submission for heaven’s sake?

via ComputerWorld

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It seems like there is always that guy in the bar that has a crazy story about the beer he’s drinking. The worst part, sometimes its believable, so you tell someone, then they tell someone, and thats a beer myth. Here are ten of the more outrageous myths about beer and what you need to know to set that guy in the bar straight.Beer Myth 1: Beat the Beer Belly with Light Beer
OK, light beers have maybe 90-100 calories, regular beers generally have less than 200 calories. A beer lover would say the difference is comparable to the difference between McDonalds and a 5 star restaurant. A dietician would tell you the difference is negligible. So unless you are drinking 300 beers a week, I would drink the good stuff.

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#1 Michael Dell - net worth: $15.5 billion
Born in 1966 and raised in Texas. He founded the world’s largest PC maker Dell. He started selling PC’s from his dorm room and eventually dropped out of the University of Texas in 1988 to start his mega-company. Now has 60% of his net worth invested in other ventures such as real estate and restaurants. He has 4 kids and lives in Austin Texas with his wife Susan. Susan created fashion label Phi and sells her luxury apparel products via 24 international boutiques. 

#2 Sergey Brin - net worth: $14.1 billion
33 years old now, born and raised in Russia. He now lives in Palo Alto, CA. While pursuing his graduate degree at Stanford in computer science he dropped out to co-found Google in 1998. He now serves as Google’s president of technology. His total net worth has soared 250% in 2 years making even Bill Gates’ growth look shameful. He has Promised to “do no evil” with his riches; plans to pour $1.2 billion into Google’s charitable organization.

#3 Larry Page - net worth: $14.0 billion
Also 33 years old and the other “half” of Google. Larry grew up in Michigan and now lives in San Francisco. He operates Google’s products division (which includes adsense and adwords.) He too was pursuing his graduate degree at Stanford in computer science but chose to drop out with Sergey to get their company started. [and they say dropping out doesn’t pay off ]

#4 Pierre M Omidyar - net worth: $7.7 billion
Born and raised in France and then immigrated to the good old USA. Launched online auction giant Ebay in 1995; Today his site lets consumers buy and sell everything from real estate to candy. He also has shares in various other huge online ventures including Shopping.com, Craigslist, Skype, and Paypal. Google Checkout (from his two contenders above) is challenging Paypal to a huge duel over the market right now.

#5 Eric Schmidt - net worth: $5.2 billion
He began his software career at Bell Labs and Xerox after getting his electrical engineering degree from Princeton, Ph.D. from UC, Berkeley. Worked on Java technology at Sun Microsystems in the mid 80s. Short run at software outfit until he jumped to Google. Larry Page and Sergey Brin (big boys at the top of this list)appointed him chief executive of Google 2001. He continues to bust his ass and introduce new services (Google Desktop, Google Checkout), but he’s starting to re-focus on search technology again.

My side notes:
Think Google’s successful enough? 3 of the 5 richest tech men are employees. Now, they’re moving in on number 3 trying to take over a huge part of his empire - Paypal.

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If you’re making $7.50/hour at Mickey D’s you should probably just dump the job and start over. If you’ve got a decent job and think there is a possibility of a pay raise why not give it your best shot. Read through this list and article before approaching your boss OR risk getting shot down and walked all over. Management is used to hearing pay raise requests so you’ll need to actually put some thought into it.

• They have to have the money. If your company doesn’t have any more money, there isn’t any more for you to get.
• They have to think you’re worth it. If they figure you’re only barely worth what they’re paying you now, you don’t have much chance of getting more.
• They have to think you can go elsewhere and get it. You should make it clear that you are thinking of getting more elsewhere, but without being rude. One subtle way is to show up at work better dressed than usual, then leave early with some lame excuse, like a dentist appointment. No one dresses up to go to the dentist, so they’ll suspect you’re interviewing. It’s even more convincing if you actually are going to an interview.
• You have to be willing and able to go elsewere and get it. If you’re not willing to leave your current job, or not actually able to command more at a different company, you’re not going to be very convincing no matter how hard you try. Get out there, interview a lot, and get some offers. If you can’t really get any better offer elsewhere, you need to figure out why.
• You have to ask. A lot of people just wait around, hoping their true worth will finally be acknowledged in next year’s review and raise. Doesn’t happen. You have to satisfy all the above conditions, and then actually go in there and ask. When you ask, be firm but polite. A good phrase to use is “I really like working here, but I have a much better offer from company X. If you can match that, there would be no reason for me to consider them.”

All that said, the odds of getting a really good raise, say 20%, are very small if you stay in your current job, no matter what. The sad truth is that you almost always have to change bosses, departments, or companies to get a really good raise. They figure that you were working for a certain salary, so they shouldn’t suddenly have to give you a lot more to do the same thing. The answer to that, of course, is that they need you and you have a better offer elsewhere. That’s why they should suddenly give you a lot more.

I did manage to get a 20% raise in the same job once, but I had to play a little game. I knew that my boss’s boss, the guy with the money, liked to secretly snoop our email. OK, I thought, that’s just another channel of communication. If he’s not telling me that he’s snooping, he has no inherent right to be snooping authentic email. So I crafted a fake email apparently from a rival firm, and in it I wrote an offer to myself spelling out the salary. The big cheese at my company did indeed snoop that email, and suddenly I found myself with a large raise, and no explanation. It was very satisfying.

When going to a new job, remember that the largest single determinant of what you’ll be paid is simply what you were paid in your last job. Salary has little to do with your qualifications. People get offers that are just enough to get them to accept the new job. This means that it is vitally important that a new employer think that you were highly paid in your last job. It’s wonderful if you were highly paid, but what if you weren’t? You may be tempted to lie, but be very careful. It is perfectly within the rights of the hiring company to demand to see pay stubs from your previous employer, or to ask for permission get your previous salary from some other means.

When you go in and ask, it helps to be ready for the likely excuses. Here are some common ones and how to respond:

• “It wouldn’t be fair to your co-workers to give you more than they get.” You should reply that what your co-workers make is none of your business. Point out that you just want to be fairly compensated for the value you bring to the company, in light of what you could get elsewhere. Do not start talking about any co-worker, good or bad.
• “Other people will know you’re getting paid more, and they’ll be jealous.” You should reply that you hope your HR department is capable of keeping salaries confidential.
• “Ask again in 6 months or a year.” You should reply that you have another offer right now, and it doesn’t make sense to wait

via Patrick.net

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Some true and pretty damn interesting facts and statistics about america’s favorite pass time. Shit, number 5 even gives you an excuse for not delivering your girls toe curling orgasm anymore.

1. The typical lovemaking session lasts around 15 minutes: roughly 10 to 12 minutes of foreplay and around 3 to 5 minutes of intercourse.

2. Humans aren’t the only horny members of the animal kingdom doing it just for fun. Dolphins and a type of chimpanzee called the bonobo have also been observed engaging in sexual activity when they are not in their natural reproductive cycles.

3. While Viagra has made erectile dysfunction (affecting 10 to 12 percent of men) a household phrase, the opposite problem — premature ejaculation — is more common (affecting 24 to 27 percent of men). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is currently reviewing a drug called dapoxetine as a cure for this problem.

4. Crank up that thermostat… orgasms may be more intense in warmer conditions. The degree of vasocongestion, reddening or darkeing of the skin known as the “sex flush,” is both more common in warmer temperatures and an indication of how intense an orgasm may be.

5. If a woman experiences orgasm during sex, she is more likely to become pregnant, since orgasmic spasms in pelvic muscles help move sperm up the vaginal canal to the uterus.

6. Homosexuality is not unique to humans. Many species have been observed engaging in homosexual activity, and in fact male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of all mammals.

7. On any given day 400,000,000 people around the world — 1 in 17 of us — will have sexual intercourse. Broken down further, 4,000 people are having sex at any given time.

8. Sex cures headaches. Endorphins released into our bloodstream when we have sex not only give us pleasure but also act as painkillers. Useful information to whip out the next time your partner uses a headache as a reason to say no.

9. Many elderly can and do have frequent sex. At age 70, 73% of males are still potent, and 30% of women 80 or older have still have sex.

10. 70% of women would rather eat choclate than have sex.

via The Digital Beat, The Kinsey Report, Wikipedia, American Urology Association

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Vertu Diamond Collection mobile phone - $41,000
This cell phone separates the ballers from the wannabe’s. Honestly, P-diddy probably doesn’t even have one. The limited edition phone has 700 hand-set diamonds, an 18-karat gold body and a button that connects you directly to a personalized concierge service. Order me

Oculas Relaxation Theater - starting at $45,000
The designers of this suped up la-z-boy promote its application for gaming, business and meditation. Features include (but are definitely not limited to) a flat-panel screen, Internet and DVD hookups, mood lighting and a massage chair. Throw in a porn DVD and you can ditch that nagging girlfriend. Order me

German Physiks Gaudis - $250,000
These are the priciest non-custom speakers on the planet. The Gaudis can reproduce the sounds of individual instruments in a recording, the company says. Plus, with hand-buffed lacquer finishes, they look pretty damn cool. Then again, for this price you could just hire your own orchestra. Order me

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The new Pioneer Premier’s four-inch profile (half of a normal subs profile) allows you to slide in into the back of your pickup truck, SUV and or small hatch back without sacrificing the all-important boom. The resulting sound is delivered with 300 to 1,000 watts of power—which will alert all the world that your girly techno CD is on serious rotation. From outside the car, all bass lines pretty much sound the same. Even if you melt the sub while kicking your favorite tunes, the die-cast housing chamber makes a handsome fruit basket. It’s a win-win!

It’s been getting some great reviews (4.5 out of 5.) Check the bottom of this page.

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Playing beer pong is pretty straight forward, right? The only problem is that there seems to be no official rules or guides. This post is an attempt at creating an official guide to beer pong. Maybe next time the poor guy visiting your town won’t be confused and end up trashed on the bathroom floor. I’m a nice guy, what can I say.

What You’ll Need:
22 red cups
1 regulation size ping pong table.
2 ping pong balls.
1 keg of beer
1 large water pitcher

Game Set-up:
Take 10 cups per side of the table, fill approximately half way and form a pyramid. Use the remaining 2 cups as rinse cups for each side if/when the ball hits the ground or some other undesirable surface.

The Rules

Eye For An Eye
To decide which team shoots first, one player from each side takes a shot while staring the other player in the eyes. Whichever team makes the shot first shoots first for the game. If the teams both make the shot, rotate until only one person makes the shot.

After deciding who goes first, the teams will shoot the ping pong balls into the opposing team’s cups. if a team makes a cup, the opposition drinks that cup.

Bring It Back
In the event that a team makes both balls in seperate cups, they get the balls back and can shoot again. This is only allowed once per turn.

Bounces
If a team bounces the ball into a cup, opposition drinks that cup plus one of their choice. If the team sees a bounce coming they can block it.

Rerack
Reracks can be made when there are 6 and 3 cups remaining. 6 cups are only reracked into a pyramid and 3 cups can be reracked likewise or in the “Power I”(in a verticle line).

Special Circumstances

Gentleman’s/Ladies Shots
If a team recovers a rebound from a missed shot they are entitled to 1 Gentleman’s Shot. The rebounding player can shoot the ball from behind their back(if a gentleman) or through the legs(if a lady). If made the shot counts as a regular cup.

Ringers
A ringer is when a ball rolls around the cup, but does not touch beer. In this situation, guys attempt to pick it out with their hand and girls blow it out of the cup.

Game Breakers
If a player is drinking a cup and there is still beer in the cup, the opposition may shoot at that cup. If made the shot ends the game and that team must complete a predetermined feat.

Redemption
If each team has one cup remaining and a team makes the last cup, the other team gets a redemption. If they miss, the game ends. If they make it, play continues.

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Florida officials have finally announced the truth behind Anna Nicoles death (and its about damn time.) The cause of death was announced on Monday as an accidental drug overdose.

Broward County medical examiner Joshua Perper and Seminole police chief Charlie Tiger say they found nine different drugs in Smith’s blood system, including Methadone, chloral hydrate (a hypnotic drug used for insomnia) and three different drugs used to treat depression and anxiety.

The autopsy results come more than six weeks after Smith was found unresponsive in a Hollywood, Fla., hotel room Feb. 8. She died several hours later at a nearby hospital. The official autopsy “essentially closes the case on the death of Anna Nicole Smith,” Tiger told reporters, adding that police found no signs of foul play or criminal elements to her death. They also found no illegal drugs.

Perper told reporters that Smith was feeling ill days before she died and had been prescribed Tamiflu, plus an antibiotic for a bacterial infection caused by a needle prick in her left buttock. He said the infection was being effectively treated with antibiotics and was not a factor in her death.

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