Men’s Interests

When I read on Harpers Index that one in four British Veterinarians have treated at least one drunk dog, I decided to look further into the subject of drunk animals. Enjoy these videos:

I liked the hamsters. How about you? Have you ever seen a drunk animal?

Are you or your partner dieting? Wouldn’t it be nice if every time you went out to eat you knew you’d be able to stay on your diet? Now you can. With the information on this website you’ll never have to hear, “No, let’s stay home and have a salad.”

I searched for restaurants in my area. I found two within ten miles and eight within twenty miles. The site is brand new, looking to launch early next year. Bookmark and check it often.

Dieting Tidbits:

What are your favorite restaurants that serve healthy food?

The November elections are just nine days away. To help you share your knowledge, and form your decision for who to vote for, we have created a Nationwide Family Voter Guide database of all 10,960 candidates for state legislative offices.

This database will allow you to look-up contact and biographical information on any candidates for any state legislative office using a pinpoint link to the Project Vote Smart web site. The database will allow you to read comments and recommendations left by other participants on whether the candidate is perceived to be friendly to children, families and fathers.

Everyone is invited, no, encouraged to leave their own comments and recommendations.

Before you view the Family Voter Guide, we encourage you to watch this four and a half minute video trailer produced by Allen Licari of Tellus News from video coverage and interviews of the Michigan Equal Parents Week Rally: An American Tragedy Video

Family Voter Guide Of All State Legislative Candidates for the November 7, 2006 Election

This database will allow you to make an anonymous recommendation for any legislative candidate in any state for the upcoming November 7th, 2006 election. To make your recommendation, click on the link listed below and select your state from the drop down list. You can research your candidate and locate contact and biographical information by clicking on the “Vote Smart” link listed next to the candidate’s name. When you are ready to make a recommendation click the edit button the left of the candidate’s name and enter your anonymous comments. Your comments will be added to prior comments.

Here are the Fathers4Justice and Men’s Shelter Custody Network members and supporters who rallied in Pennsylvania for the Death of the American Father.

In case you’re new to the idea of family law reform, let me show you some of the passion that drives these parents. This is a very moving 6-minute video of parents and grandparents demonstrating in the UK.

See more videos at SharedParentingWorks.org/Multimedia

I received this photo from a Fathers4Justice friend in Ohio the other day.

People are sending photos like these from all around the world. You can see a slide show HERE.

I really wanted to do a post about Penn and Teller’s Bleeding Heart. I found an easy recipe here, along with others like Freaky Witches’ Fingers and Brittle Meringue Bones. But in doing research for the Bleeding Heart recipe I couldn’t find a single local store that sold human heart jello molds, and there isn’t time to order one online. Some of the online stores were even sold out.

But I just can’t let this holiday pass us by without at least showing you the video and offering you the recipe. Maybe you’re creative enough to come up with your own mold. This will take some time to pull off, but it’s sure to get a rise out of your kids.

Why is it when I attempt to do a little digging I end up falling into a huge hole?

While preparing to write an article about my online dating adventure I decided to look for ratings of the different companies. I thought I’d hit a gold mine when I came across RipOffReport. It listed several of the dating sites I’m using now. Most of the complaints were from people who were charged after they’d already cancelled their memberships. Many said that contacting the companies did no good, that they had to use a consumer’s site to help.

Other complaints were that members were still listed after other members told the companies they were part of a Nigerian scam. Okay, I’ll be honest. I have no sympathy for the woman who didn’t wise up until she’d already given a guy $1,000.

I was planning on linking to the rip-off site…until I did more digging…on the site’s owner. First I learned that he’s won a couple of lawsuits filed against him. The courts said he’s not responsible for things third parties post. It was looking good, so far.

Then as I kept digging I learned he’s been sued several times. The word “extortion” came up more than once. I looked at some documents that lead me to believe that’s exactly what he’s doing. Now don’t get me wrong; I’m not accusing him. (I certainly don’t want to be sued!) But what else am I to think?

On the rip-off site there are many complaints by end-users. At the end of each one there’s a form the accused can fill out so a rebuttal will appear online with the complaint. I didn’t see any rebuttals on the pages I visited. It turns out the owner sends the accused companies letters telling them that he will change the complaints to make them seem like wonderful companies, if they pay a fee.

In the documents I saw on BadBusinessRipOff he asked for anywhere from $1,500 to $50,000 to start, and that didn’t include the monthly fees he asked for to keep the rating positive. I’m curious how a current lawsuit will pan out, but according to another website he’s in hiding. His attorney has postponed a recent court date. Click here to see what wikipedia says about RipOffReport.

So, the ratings will have to come from me, and from people I ask. I’ll be doing some online polling and will let you know the results. If you’ve had good or bad experiences with online dating, please leave me a comment.

Another thing I came across in my now excavating was “rate-a-date” sites. These sites are for rating the individuals, not the services. I certainly don’t mind the gender-neutral sites like RateB4UDate and TrueDater. I did notice a lot more men listed than women, but I’m convinced that’s because men don’t use services like these as much as women do. If a man is scammed he usually keeps it to himself.

I do have a problem with one website called WomanSavers. The questions they ask seem leading to me; especially when written to women who are feeling scorned and angry. And according to the site, only the original poster can remove or edit the comments. What is a man to do if a woman lies about him?

Another issue I have with WomanSavers is their use of false statistics. I went to their page on infidelity, and after reading a lot of information about pornography and pedophiles I finally came to the part about cheating. Unfortunately, the statistics are all wrong. They wrote that up to 70% of men cheat, and probably more. They used statistics commonly used in the 1980’s, based on a faulty study done in the 70’s. And when they did use statistics closer to the truth, they added a disclaimer saying they could be wrong because of all the secrecy.

Makes me think the site is run by someone’s bitter ex. The truth is only about 25% of men cheat, and about 23% of women cheat.

I never got around to finishing my original article today. Seems there’s a lot more to the story than I realized. I’m happy to say that I haven’t had any of the negative experiences I’ve read about on other blogs. I’ve only communicated with and met nice guys. Maybe my strong intuition is helping.

Now to wash all this dirt off…

I just came across this website, Fierro Family Law, with some very good information on Divorce in California. I’m not endorsing the law firm, just sharing the great information they offer. Here’s a list:

California Divorce Proceedings
• Child Custody and Visitation
• Mediation
• Best Interests of the Child
• Joint Custody
• Changes in Custody
• Custody in Non-Parents
• Jurisdiction in Child Custody Disputes
• California Community Property Law
• Child Support/Parental Duties
• Settlements
• Duration Of Child Support
• Getting An Order For Child Support
• Enforcing A Child Support Order

Frequently Asked Questions
• I Remarried. Is My Spouse’s Income Going To Be Counted For Child Support?
• How Do I Stop The Wage And Earning Assignment Order?
• Must I Continue Paying Child Support If I Have 50/50 Custody?
• If you have higher income than the other parent, you may still have to pay some child support.
• Will The Court Consider That I Have Other Children To Support?
• Will My Support Go Down If I Have The Child(ren) More Often?
• Can I Get Rid Of The Interest Accruing On The Child Support I Owe?
• How Do I Stop Them From Taking Half My Paycheck?
• What If The Other Party Does Not Pay The Child Support?