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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
— Mark Twain
contraception
Investigating NFP: How Effective is It?
Thisentryis part 12 of 11 in the series Investigating NFPYou know what they call people who use Catholic-Church-Approved methods of birth control?
"Parents" - comment on a Championable post
Boy, I'd love to have a dollar for every time I've heard that. Studies have been done before that have shown the periodic abstinence aspect of NFP to […]
One of America's Great Student Newspapers
The Pitt News bills itself as "one of Amercia's great student newspapers". If only it were. Then again, maybe it is. *shudder*
In the 11 years I've been in Pittsburgh, I've watched the quality of writing and journalistic integrity of the Pitt News wax and wane with the arrival and graduation of classes. When it's good, […]
Chastity Lifestyle Education
Did you hear the new statistic about premarital sex? 90% of people surveyed have had premarital sex.
The results of the analysis indicate that premarital sex is highly normative behavior. Almost all individuals of both sexes have intercourse before marrying, and the proportion has been roughly similar for the past 40 years.
NFP Joke
Wife: I think my cervix is closed and my temperature's up.
Husband: I love it when you talk dirty to me
(I'm not hereby admitting that such a conversation actually took place, but only that it could have.)
Be Fruitful and Multiply
Fans of Stuff's latest about having lots of kids might find these articles interesting.
Bucking the norm, some families think big
It’s barely a blip on the nation’s demographic radar — 11 percent of U.S. births in 2004 were to women who already had three children, up from 10 percent in 1995. But there seems to be […]
