For Her Pleasure

I think I should retitle this blog "I Started A Joke." Thanks to the brothers Gibb.

Flashback: Ohio State Fair 1966. Rene on my lap watching those young Bee Gees singing "New York Mining Disaster" ("Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?"). She's smoking a Raleigh. We rode home in a friend's station wagon: parents in front, groping in back.

My Town: Mary Ronan is finally the real deal superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools. How she was jerked along to this point is all too typical of the system and personalities involved. I always liked Mary. When we disagreed, it was respectfully. But here's the reality: Like Rosa Blackwell, Mary rose in the ranks. She knows how to make CPS personnel like her. Is she willing to expend her political capital to really shake things up? Is she willing to create a lasting legacy of reform? What CPS and every urban school system needs is its version of Michelle Rhee.

Yer quote of the day: "Not all soul music comes from the church." - Bono, New York Times, April 18, 2009.

Trends: So it's way too late last night as I took the first stab at creating this narcissistic mess when I drifted into the kitchen to witness a commercial for the Trojan "Her Pleasure Vibrating Touch" fingertip massager, "the perfect little aid to create big pleasure, providing thrilling vibrations right at your fingertips." It comes with a plush storage pouch, batteries and a special condom. One of the testimonials: "It's a small finger vibe that's easy to use with a partner or by yourself."

Perhaps this is old news, but I was a bit astonished to see a woman with this ribbed device on her delicate finger, glowing on the tube in my kitchen at 2 a.m. Check it out. Guys are playing with it, too. (By the way, the device bears a weird resemblance to this little fingertip toothbrush for dogs that we stuck away somewhere. I'm sure the doggy orifice brush costs less.)

Whatever moves ya, baby.

I suppose the Trojan Lubricated Mobile Pink-O-Ring for men is up next. Hey, maybe I should lay as many trademarks on that idea as Trojan does, including a TM on -- seriously -- the phrase "Her Pleasure"...