Archive for September, 2006

Viagra Spammer Under Investigation

An Australian man is under investigation for possibly sending out billions of Viagra spam emails over time. The man, who’s name has not yet been released by the Australian authorities investigating the case, allegedly rented out 35 web servers, and had a program that literally constantly sent out the annoying Viagra spam emails that we’ve all become so accustomed to deleting, to the tune of billions within one year.

They said the system he used wasn’t that sophisticated, but he was paying thousands of dollars every month to have the emails go out. Gee, I bet anyone reading this article received at least one of his emails this year. Seems like none of us would be left out.

Spamming, as it is now termed, is actually illegal in the US, as well as most places abroad, and for good reason. It clogs up servers, and wastes people’s precious time by confusing email services who now have to have special bulk files just for the thousands of spam emails received every day.

I can guarantee that we all receive a lot more of this useless spam every day than we do emails from actual friends and acquaintences. What I can’t figure out is, who’s buying this stuff through these emails?

As soon as I see one, even if the offer for the “miracle product” might seem tantalizing, I know that any person of company authorizing the use of spamming is not trustworthy in my book. Not to mention, numerous pharmaceutical sites have been outed for offering fake drugs, or worse, fake versions that can have health consequences.

This is usually an automatic “run the other way” sign, at least for me. I’ll let you know if they release this guy’s name and the upshot of the whole thing. Maybe we can all email him so he sees how it feels…

Defective Penile Implant Guy Might Not Get Money

Remember the poor guy who was awarded $400,000 for having a ten year erection after a faulty penile implant he got ten years ago left him with a permanent erection?  Well, apparently some judge reversed the judgment awarding the man the sum of money for mental and physical damages, and this poor man may not even get his money, which he more than deserves for this outrage.

The man has not been able to position his penis in the downward position ever since the penile enlargement operation, and now the lawyers for the defendants are arguing for a dismissal since the manufacterer of the penile implant is now out of business, the insurance cannot be held liable for damages either.

The company has still said there is nothing wrong with the implant.  Um, I’m sure a ten year erection is not all in this guys head, ok?  He was orginally awarded a sum of about $750k back in 2004, but a judge said that amount was excessive and reduced it to a total of $400k ( I believe that’s after taxes, so about one million total payout by the responsible party). 

I think this is pretty pathetic.  A woman gets awarded a million dollars for scalding her crotch with McDonald’s coffee, but a man who wanted to increase the size of his penis, now with a permanent erection that’s both embarrassing and debilitating can’t even be compensated? Crazy!

Women’s Biggest Complaints About Men

There are a lot of reasons why you may be reading this, still single, or having had a lot of troubled relationships in the past, where it just seemed you couldn’t please or satisfy a woman. 

And we’re not talking sexually necessarily either,  but the whole package.  I wanted to list some of the biggest complaints I’ve ever heard women voice about men.  This includes their pet peeves, and often accounts for why they will not hop in the sack with a guy, or are not willing to take a relationship to the next level, or be more adventurous sexually and emotionally in the relationship.  These tips can help you be more attractive to your woman!

Women’s Complaints About Men :

1.)  Men who do all the talking, and do not listen or ask a woman about themselves and their lives.

2.)  Men who are cheap.  Major turnoff apparently.

3.)  Men who talk excessively about their past relationships, and even worse, if they really ditch on their exes.  This puts up a red flag to a lot of women.

4.)  If you are obsessive about one thing, say about watching every sport that was ever created every day on ESPN, or obsessing over your body.  That kind of stuff.

5.)  Men who are selfish lovers.

6.)  Men who are afraid to get their hands dirty, or are afraid to talk to and interact with a woman’s friends, as if they are socially inept.  Be fun to be around.  It’s way more attractive.

7.)  Men who are overbearing, or overly emotional.  This can really send ‘em running the other way.  Women like men who have emotions and are emotionally available, but not men who are crying on their sleeve every day about something or other.  Women like to think of their man as an “emotional rock” for them to lean on when needed.

Ejaculating Too Much?

Some men wonder why, when they have marathon sex like 10-12 times in one weekend (I don’t know how they do it, do you?), they many times lose sensation in their penis as they go, and often times can not even reach sexual climax or cumming, let alone experience an orgasm.

“Men Only” Fitness Centers Catching On?

We’ve all seen the women’s only fitness clubs popping up allover the place now – at least here in Ohio, I’ve seen at least 10 new “Curves” gyms, which are exclusively women’s gyms complete with privacy curtains over the windows, coming in to all kinds of plazas around me lately. 

Now, some corporation thought it might be a good concept for men who are a little shy about working out in fron of the ladies, to open exclusively men’s gyms.  This might seem a little odd, since a lot of guys brag that they “meet ladies” at the gym, but there are also those men who would like to just go to the gym to work out, not to socialize with women or to work out in front of women and feel self conscious. 

You see, not only is Curves a women’s only gym, but even the gym equipment in Curves is tailored for women’s smalled frames and bone structure, as well as specific weights, timings, and everything else suited more for toning and trimming a woman’s, not a man’s body.

The new franchise is called Cut’s Fitness for Men, and it’s all about the men this time.  They are tailoring these men’s only gyms to be for the guy who may not have been to the gym for a while, and is intimidated about going in front of women in the type of workout atmosphere that’s often all “meatheads” with big muscles at workout chains like Gold’s Gyms and Ballys Total Fitness gyms, where designer bodies seem to predominate the scene, and a “clubbie” type of pickup atmosphere is often complained about. 

The Cut’s Fitness franchise has not yet reached the popularity of renowned pinnacle like the Curves women’s fitness centers have, but the founder is hoping that it is on its way.

First Successful Penis Transplant Performed

The first successful transplant of a human male penis was performed just weeks ago in a China hospital.It was performed not on a man who had an issue with genetics and a small penis or anything, it was that his penis severely injured in a traumatic accident, and was no longer able to urinate correctly or have sexual intercourse.The donor was a 22 year old brain dead man, who’s parents consented to having their son’s arguably most precious asset that he no longer had use for removed and donated.

Drink Green Tea & Live Longer?

That’s what research is suggesting, that drinking the antioxidant-filled green tea may actually help you to live longer (both men and women).  The lower death rate of green tea imbibers is looking like it is from the ability of green tea to protect heart health, or at least the ability to stave of death from the symptoms of heart disease. 

The benefits of drinking green tea do benefit both men and women in the heart protection category, but the benefits seem to be a little higher for women who drink green tea. 

Men who drink green tea every day have been estimated to cut their risk of heart disease by about 22%, which is fairly significant if you think about it.  The findings are not just your average “guesstimates” either, since the study has been carried on for more than ten years, with an average of about 40,000 participants, so not only was participation wide, but the time frame over which it was evaluated give significant merit to the findings that green tea helps protect the heart and prolong life when it is drank every day.

The reason that women may benefit a little more than men may relate to the fact that they have more estrogen circulating in their bodies than men do.  This can interact differently with the compounds in green tea, and also women are just genetically different from men, and may have a different “chemical reaction” with the green tea compounds.

Does Medicare Cover Viagra?

I was curious about this, so I looked it up, and couldn’t find a definite answer.  On one hand, I found that politicians had rejected the request to have Medicare cover sexual enhancement drugs such as Viagra, because they viewed them as “recreational” in nature.  This means they don’t want to approve a drug if it’s not medical necessity or life and death matters. 

Medicaid and Medicare are government funded programs that help the elderly and the poor to pay for medical care.  One representative was quoted as saying that the government funded programs were meant to pay for life saving drugs, not lifestyle drugs.

Of course the pharmaceutical industry keeps appealing this decision, since they are missing out on big insurance bucks for male sexual enhancement products such as Cialis and Viagra.  That news occurred back in 2005.  Now, it may be looking a little different for Medicare coverage of the sexual and impotence drugs that help men get a natural gain of sexual lust, desire and ability to perform sexually. 

Another report after that said that a decision was made to make Viagra available under a prescription plan offered by Medicare.  Looks like the pharmaceutical industry won this one, huh?  I didn’t see any news that this was reversed, so I’m assuming it’s still true.  Wonder if they’ll ever cover natural male sexual enhancement products?  Hmmm…..just kidding..

Christian Preacher Advocates Hot Sex

And you all thought that conservative Christians didn’t have anyone telling them to have hotter sex, more often? Well, this southern preacher is turning the tables on the thinking that conservative Christians are sexually repressed, and have no fun in the bedroom.

Men’s Colon Cancer and Exercise

There may be another reason for you to get your butt off the couch and get on the treadmill, eliptical or rowing machine (does anyone even still use those?).  New studies are showing that men who exercise have a better chance of not getting colon cancer than men who do not when it comes to a fairly deadly cancer.

The test subjects in this battery of tests were ordered to go from being pretty sedentary to working out fairly vigorously for about an hour, six days a week.  This is actually quite an ambitious workout schedule for many, but if you work it into your daily routine somehow, say like before work every morning, it’s definitely not impossible.

To make a long story short, the doctors told this test group to not change their diet.  They told their other group to not exercise, but also to not change their diet.  Guess who ended up with less polyps and other abnormalities in the colon which typically can lead to cancer? 

You guessed it - the men who exercised!  Goes to show, men’s health can be greatly impacted in more areas than just the psyche and sexual prowess, but it can also have a great deal of impact in other areas of male health.  Add another good measure - a men’s multivitamin, and you may just be doctor free for a while.