CAN THE ZOO HAVE A NO CHILDREN DAY JUST ONCE A MONTH?

THE ZOO NEEDS TO HOLD A DAY, maybe once a month, that is KIDFREE! What is it about zoo's that attract the stroller brigades? Why do parents think their children - who they probably have not explained reproduction to - have to go look at the mummy, daddy, and baby ANIMALS?

CAN YOU IMAGINE A DAY AT THE ZOO where it's all adults! No kids running around, no kids screaming for ice-cream, no kids!

I can!

Sister

DENIAL KEY TO A HAPPY MARRIAGE

Couldn't resist a Yahoo on-line news story about the key to a happy marriage... DENIAL!

MIDLIFE - NEVER BEEN KISSED - VIRGIN - SUSAN BOYLE THE HIT OF BRITIAN AND THE WORLD

Not the last to hear about this are you? click on the title to get to her new web site... and listen to her again! (Years of parental care kept Susan from pursuing her dream!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PPlkOyaqaQ (The embedding has been disabled so click here!)

INVOLUNTARY CELIBACY - NOT YOUR FAULT?

Are you an Involuntary Celibate? This term means that through no fault of your own you cannot have the sexual and/or romantic relationship you would want. This can be due to a lack of opportunity or as a condition of your physicality. For instance, many older people are celibate involunatarily, and when they Didn't Use It They Lost It! The term DOES NOT MEAN YOU NEVER were sexual, just that for now you are not.

ANYONE WANT TO CONFESS?

YMCA is for KIDS and FAMILIES but what about NMNK's ? WE ARE CALLED ON TO VOLUNTEER so the KIDS CAN GO TO CAMP

Sister here... I'm a bitching! The local YMCA is always hounding me to volunteer or donate more money, but I've learned that what is most subsidized by the YMCA is children's camps and programs. The emphasis is, as usual on CHILDREN and FAMILIES. My local YMCA even has a board dedicated to the BIRTH of BABIES that belong to members and A MEMBERS JUST MARRIED BOARD. I would love to see a board that celebrates those of us who DO NOT BREED and who DO NOT MARRY! Is it possible that I cannot expect this because the Y, is after all the Young Men's CHRISTIAN Association ?!

THE CATHOLIC PRIEST TODAY

Click on the link above to get to the Catholic Priest Today Testimonials...

Yes, we are all for celibacy in the priesthood. Why? Because a Priest (or other monastic) is MARRIED TO GOD, that's why! And allowing priests to mary will only lead to to DIVORCED priests... and more children of divorced parents... and...

TRADITION RULES! (In this case, we're all for it!)

EASTER - THE PAGAN FERTILITY HOLIDAY - ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS ?

Rabbits - eggs - symbols of male and female fertility make it into our Spring Equinox / Easter Basket. What does this have to being and remaining a NMNK? Well, we take contraception seriously... If you're superstitious, don't carry an Easter Basket ! Sister

DEFINING VIRGIN - An Excerpt from BOOK OF SHADOWS by PHYLLIS CUROTT about VIRGINITY

PHYLLIS CUROTT's BOOK OF SHADOWS, quoting "Maia" page 184

"Virgin actually meant a woman unto herself, not a woman who had never had sex. It meant a woman who was self-defined, to defined by her relationship to a man. Even Aphrodite, a goddess of love, was virginal - each year she bathed in the waters by her temple in Cyprus to cleanse herself of the influence of men and restore her autonomy."

Found this book on the shelf at the library. It's circa 1998 and Phyllis Currott is a self proclaimed a Wiccan High Priestess.

WHITE HOUSE NANNIES by BARBARA KLINE reminds us why we don't want to raise kids - OR HIRE A NANNY !

Reading WHITE HOUSE NANNIES (the name of her firm) by Barbara Kline, which came out in 2005, and which has me howling with laughter - quietly - here at the public library. Imagine a nanny so dumb she had to ask, while at Ocean City, Maryland, which ocean they were in ?!

Page 33 "Finding nanny for parents anywhere is a tricky proposition. You're playing God by creating brand-new families. Most professional mothers in town (Washington, D,C area) are in such hot pursuit of their particular kind of success that they need lots and lots of childcare, usually from Day One. There's such a shortage of domestic help in our country that for the last several decades, foreigners have filled the gap...

Page 40

" Because I bring together nannies and families from such different backgrounds, cross-cultural surprises are bound to occur. One mother, whose baby was teething, noticed her Haitian nanny's unusual home remedies. She held her child up to the sun whenever possible and rubbed his head with alcohol. The mother found the nanny praying over the child in a dark, candlelit basement room. Even though the nanny's bizarre techniques seemed to calm the teething baby down, she was fired. So much for cultural tolerance...'