Sex and the Art of Rambling

The Schloss-Blog is writing today about everyone's favorite topic - sex.

First though, a thought and a prayer for all those in Florida and now the Carolinas being impacted by Hurricane Ian. Ian was so big that Hurricane Charley (2004), which did $15 billion worth of damage, would fit entirely in the eye of Ian.

But no such thing as climate change, huh?

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I love reading the NY Times. This past week, the paper featured a debate of sorts, about sex, between columnist Michelle Goldberg and freelance writer and author Nona Willis-Aronowitz, whose work focuses on sex, among other things (sex drives the economy - ok, maybe).

Wills-Aronowitz ponders whether casual (dating) is sex worth it. Is it fulfilling?

She wants to know, Goldberg contends, whether women, instead of settling for what passes for what they want, settle instead for what they don't want.

She wants to know, according to Goldberg, what lies between sexual liberation and commitment.

And what lies between promiscuity and emotional non-involvement?

And finally, Goldberg says Willis-Aronowitz wants to know if the sex life of Kim Cattrall's Samantha in "Sex and the City" was so fulfilling for her that everyone should be using that as a model for their sex lives?

What was it though? Promiscuous? Casual? You tell me.

Anyway, bottom line: define good sex. Goldberg says Willis-Aronowitz can't.

To me, to have sex, as Billy Crystal said in "City Slickers," "...a guy needs to have a place. A woman needs a place, and a reason."

So what fulfills you?

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Quick takes:

* LeBron James is buying into pickleball. Maybe you should too.

* Russia is sabotaging its own Nord Stream pipeline and annexing land in Ukraine. At what point does he drag the United States into this war?

* Republicans, who have told us consistently that mental health is the reason behind all the mass shootings in the United States, voted unanimously against a bill in Congress that would've provided mental health assistance.

* Did you hear the one about then-Congressman Ron DeSantis voting against storm-related climate control legislation?

* Have you signed up for amazon prime or are you missing Thursday Night football?

* If you're a former football player like me, you are sick and tired of watching of defensive players miss tackles as they lower their heads and just lunge. A smart coach once told me, if you don't tackle with your head up, you won't hit him. 

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Samantha Jones.

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