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New Pope Elected
After a day and a half locked inside of conclave, Cardinals have elected a new pope. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, stepped onto the world stage Wednesday as the new pope and leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. He is the first pope ever to be elected from the America’s. He has chosen the name Pope Francis 1. : He is the first Jesuit, the first non-European in modern times and first Latin American pope. He also is the first to take the name Francis, for the saint devoted to the poor.
The new pope is going to have to work through some very serious issues during his tenure. Women’s role in the church, the exodus of Catholics in North America and Europe, priest molestation scandals, and growing Catholic populations in Africa and Asia.
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MYO Wearable Gesture Controller
The next generation of gesture control is coming later this year. MYO I must say this looks dope. No camera needed like the kinect.
This armband connects to devices via Bluetooth and as multiple applications.
MYO is able to measure electrical activity in your muscles instantly. It is still in development but scheduled to come out later this year.
Pre-orders are $149.
Iron Man 3 Trailer
A new Iron Man 3 trailer hit the web today. Be looking out for it later this year.
Legislation To legalize Unlocking of Cellphones
A recent white house response to a petition to legalize phone unlocking, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) has announced that she will introduce legislation to reverse the ban imposed in January.
Unlocking a phone allows it to be used on carriers other than the one from which it was purchased, and it was recently ruled that consumers may not unlock their phone without permission from that same carrier. Currently Sprint and AT&T allow unlocking of their phones after the end of your contracts. Some Verizon wireless smartphones come unlocked.
In October 2012, the Librarian of Congress, who determines exemptions to a strict anti-hacking law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), decided that unlocking mobile phones would be illegal.
The obvious benefit of unlocking your phone is that you could buy any phone you want without being bound by long standing contracts as well as easier use during international travel.
Unlocked/unlocking phones are common practice in Europe and the Middle East; hopefully the U.S. can catch up to the times.
Hip Hop Music Playlsit for Jan. 2013
Hip Hop Music Playlist for the week of Jan 7, 2013
Reggie Lee’s Playlist-It’s Nothing
Tracklist coming soon
Fucking Osama Bin Laden
Fucking Osama Bin Laden
They had been in this position before with no success. Sitting on the couch pretending to be interested about the current television program when reality was that both of their minds were awakened to each other’s sexual curiosities. It had been five weeks, eleven dates, countless conversations, and one long kiss to this moment. The room was dim-lit but Nikki could notice Sean’s nature rising despite most of his body being in a shadow. There was little room for conversation so he sat there slowing breathing in her direction hoping that either the peppermint on his breath or the fragrance of his code black cologne would draw her closer. Meanwhile she was afraid to take the initiative so she sat there licking her full pink lips ever so often while rubbing on her upper thigh tempting his eyes. He needed to make a move but with subtleness. Sean softly asked the open-ended question; do you like what you see? Noticing she wasn’t at all interested in anything but him she was pleasantly surprised by his boldness but not taken back. She responded, yeah but I prefer to use sight as a supplementary sense to touch and taste.
His dick grew instantly hard once those words landed in his ears. He wondered if she could be an equal physically as she is mentally. She physically longed for him, her stomach began to have butterflies, and the wave of energy moved from her rapidly beating heart trough her stomach and down between her thighs where it waited. She could feel him breathing, her body contracting with each breath. Sean had moved closer to her now, they were only a kiss apart from each other. He placed his right hand on her right knee and his left hand around her shoulder. ‘Let me tell you something else he said, he proceeded to kiss and nibble on her neck and ear while inching his hand up to where she now had a tightly clinched fist on her thigh in resistant anticipation.
Nikki didn’t fight the feeling but her body was tense because she wanted to be more assertive but also wanted to show restraint and let her body trust the lack of control she was surrendering to. She reached down and touched her clitoris and let out a soft sensual moan, excited about how wet the thought of him was causing her to be. She slightly turned her body towards him and touched his dick. His penis swelled even more erect. The excitement took his attention off her neck to her lips. He began to kiss her with such intensity and passion in hopes it would be something that she would never forget and hopefully masturbate to. The arousal had grown to an exponential level from just a few minutes ago. She was ready to feel him inside of her. Her wetness was flooding her panties; it was no longer worth having them on. Luckily she was wearing a pleated chiffon skirt which made this moment a smooth seamless transition. While he took off her panties she unhooked her bra.
Heavy breathing, smacking of lips, and soft moans seemed to be the only sounds emanating from the room at this point. Feeling that he needed to match her in this strip tease, Sean took off his shirt exposing his athletic build and ideally formed chest and abs. He also removed his pants; Nikki noticed how Sean’s dick had stretched his boxer from its original orientation. She grabbed it through to slit in his boxer to get the proper perspective of size, while also intensifying his desire for her. She stoked his penis while admiring his body and what his presence was doing to hers. Sean’s excitement was exceeding its threshold so he smoothly took her hands off his penis and got down on his knees and pulls her skirt over his head and proceeded to navigate his tongue around Nikki’s clitoris. He wasn’t going to stop until she climaxed but had to stop as she wanted him to take her skirt off so she could admire his work but realistically hold his head with better ease while he put in work.
Sean used his thumb to push back the skin around the clitoris to fully expose her clitoris while he licked and sucked. Legs trembling, moans becoming increasingly louder, and her mind completely expelling any thoughts not confined in lust Nikki climaxed enough times to stop keeping track. She can barely keep her eyes open because her vision is blurred and the lack of light is not helping.
Her eyes catch a glimpse of the TV, the news ticker says something that she can’t ignore and catches her completely off guard. Oh my god she exclaims. Sean looks up with his jaw slightly aching from exhaustion and in fear that he did something wrong. He looks at Nikki and see’s that she is focused on the television. The news ticker reads Osama Bin Laden killed in Pakistan and the President is on TV.
Fucking Osama Bin Laden just ruined the mood, Sean says in disgust. He is thinking dammit why he couldn’t wait to die until I at least got my dicked sucked, geez. He knows his night is over because he left the TV instead of playing music on and ironically this is the most interesting event of the night.
Puerto Rico
I was approached a couple of months to do give a more extensive tale of my adventure to Puerto Rico. Hopefully this post comes in time to help someone in their decision to go to Puerto Rico for the first time, a return trip, or just to travel!
Knowing that the Memorial Holiday was fast approaching and ticket prices would once again inflate. I was in a good position with work and life to take an inexpensive trip ( budget of $600) somewhere I had never been before. I live in Saint Louis Missouri and I know from experience that if I am able to travel to a major airline hub like Chicago via bus, train, or lucky enough to find a friend road tripping, I can fly out at a cheaper rate than in my hometown. Saving somewhere between $50-$100+ depending on date, time of departure, and distance.
I did a simple google search ” price calendar flying out of Chicago” and was patient enough to excuse the two sites that I wasted my time on before coming to the third site which was with www.fly.com. I knew that I wanted to find a destination that I could brag about to my friends but I just didn’t know where I could go. With their site breaking down domestic and international flights in a list and showing price on a calendar as simple as it does, I knew that I not only bookmarking the site for future use but ended up purchasing a ticket at before the end of that day. Their fare calendar automatically convinced me that Puerto Rico was the place for me. An international flight for as cheap as $296 (taxes included); It’s hard to go cross-country for those prices let alone cross international waters. This fact allowed me to stay true to myself and be cheap as hell but feel unique in my decisions.
After catching a really cheap bus ticket with Megabus that was equal to a meal for two at Applebees I was in Chicago. Staying overnight with a friend saved me money and I caught the early 9:15 am flight the next morning. It was my first time riding on Airtran and I had no problems what so ever. Had a 40 minute layover in Atlanta and landed in San Juan on time at 4:10 pm just as the sky was clearing from a brief rain.
Before I left I got a lonely planet travel guide from my local library but really didn’t need it as much as I thought considering mostly all signs were in English and every single person I met spoke English along with Spanish; which was slightly disappointing because I wanted to practice my Spanish while I was there and didn’t have the best success. Puerto Ricans are so used to English speaking tourist and with their relations with the United States its they grow up bi lingual; but when you’re a black guy from the Midwest their response is just naturally in English. My most opportunistic times with Spanish were late night at the bars and with the local women.
Because I was traveling alone and I am super cheap I downloaded an app called hostelworld on my Iphone and found a reasonable ($24/night mixed room) hostel in the Condado neighborhood called The Palace. Very friendly staff, quaint, and an adventurer friendly place to stay. Because of the time of year I booked this trip I didn’t have any problems finding a room but if you are traveling during the high season you may want to check availability in advance. My trip there from the airport including tip was $20 USD. Any taxi ride from the airport to an Old San Juan neighborhood shouldn’t cost any more than that.
I enjoyed my time at that hostel, the first night I was there they had a toga party, the had a bike rental, one of the nights we all had a picnic on the beach for dinner, and it was easier to find people to go out to the bars with. Mainly I met people from the states ( NY, IL, WI, TX) but there were two groups of Dutch staying there. Which for me I find as a rewarding omen because any place I’ve ever traveled to I’ve found a Dutch person there and they give great travel advice and excitement for my next adventure. I was fortunate enough to be sharing a room with a group that had rented a car. So we all took a road trip to the eastern side of the island to visit the El Yunca National Rainforest. This is at least a half a day trip, I would recommend to dress in layers, wear comfortable waterproof hiking shoes, and take plenty food and water to snack on because there are so many trails and traffic can be crazy.
If you are interested in going to the rainforest, the Bio Luminescent bay, or even the island Culebra just rent a car. Its totally worth it, especially going to Culebra. If you ever want to achieve that feeling that being in the middle of nowhere with the bare minimum is sufficient enough and where you were meant to be then the small island off the east coast is just for you. Nature at its best and by far the best beach I have every been to in my life,this socially under developed island is a godsend for the classical traveler that wants to escape from everything and everyone. It just requires a brief and cheap ferry ride (check times/ask a local). This was by far the number one spot all the locals told me to go to and they were right.
Other interesting places to go to are all the historic sites like old military fortresses, you can generally get a day pass that is good enough for all of them in San Juan, the Bacardi distillery and Nuyorican Cafe for salsa dancing is exceptionally fun. You may have a tough time finding it because it’s just an unassuming hole in the wall but is one of the liveliest places in Old San Juan and very much for all ranges of dancers. I feel like I am decent at salsa but there were definitely some moves that I learned from couples and individuals who you would have never thought were so good on their feet. Also walking around to local shops and restaurants will prove to be adventurous. If you are meat eater I swear they cook some of the best pork and beef that you will ever have in your life (on the street too). Obviously its an island so the seafood is tasteful and fresh.
It just so happened that the weekend I was there a lot of national pride was in the air. A boxing match with Floyd Mayweather and local Miguel Cotto was being televised that night. In every bar/restaurant people were glued to the TV and drinks specials were abundant. There was also a week long Caribbean and Americas art festival in Old San Juan so creativity and unique crafts were in abundance. And when things started to die down cruise ships came to port just in time to liven everything up with fresh bodies and a re-energizing spirit of commerce and awe.
In the 6 days I was there I spent $350. It would have been a $100 less if I hadn’t gone crazy at the bars and clubs 3 days in a row buying cheap drinks til 4 am.Puerto Rico can be a very inexpensive trip (especially taking advantage of the fare calendar fly.com offers if you go a route similar to the one I took. Aw well as if you are hanging out at the beach the majority of the day.
Don’t be afraid to ask the locals for advice and direction, whither or not they work in the tourist industry they are very prideful people who want to show off their country and ensure your enjoyment. Its seemed to be instinctual for them, to go out their way to in ways most wouldn’t to make sure by the time you went to sleep you put a smile on your face, food in your stomach, and just enjoyed yourself.
Ancient Human Fossils Identified
Once again there has been another finding and identification of ancient humanoid fossils in Africa.
The fossils were found in Northern Kenya and date to roughly 1.7 ~2 million years ago. (Meaning our evolution pre dates most religious text but I’ll get to that later.) This would become the 8th humanoid archelogical find and one of many on the African continent also giving evidence that multiple species co inhabited Africa at the same time.
H.rudolfensis has been concluded to be a separate species that the smaller brain Homo Erectus, and Homo habilis, that which you know fossil remains were also found years ago.
This finding along with evidence is beginning to show that our species (homo sapiens) did not only evolve from earlier models but did not do it in a linear fashion. Showing that we had more diversity, evolving in different ways in different regions.
Side Note: I very much believe in God, I just don’t believe that our text that help us define god hold truths that are accurate. To our understanding of text humans could not be any older than 6000 years old. Fossil evidence which no one really disputes yet willingly ignores proves that even if you believe in intelligent design, evolution of species is within that design. Life transforms into new life. Obviously we are not our ancestors but we cant ignore there existence, findings like this should be in the forefront of our teachings and conversations about what we can become based on where we came from.
The evolution of the human race is something that we will have to deal with not only from a technological level but always from a biological one. If we look at the samples of the past then we might be frightened at how time and conditions on earth change us in the future.
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