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80% of couples live together before getting married

By web gangsta | Published: September 27, 2011


Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples
Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples

Living together before marriage: it’s not exactly a growing trend, it’s just something that’s been done for years and years.

Heck, if you want to get technical, Adam and Eve “lived together” in Biblical times.  There certainly wasn’t a priest around to make their arrangement an official “marriage”, if you will.

And while Web Watch knows that some parents are perfectly fine with the permanent roommate situation that living together brings, we also know of some couples who purposefully hide their living arrangements from the parental units.  It’s all about avoiding the wrath and disappointment of the parents, combined with the realization that the living-in-sin couple might have to pay for their own wedding arrangements, we assume.  To each their own.  Whatever works.

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September 26th is World Contraception Day

By web gangsta | Published: September 25, 2011


America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation
America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation

World Contraception Day is September 26th.

The purpose of WORLD CONTRACEPTION DAY is, according to their mission statement, “to improve awareness of contraception to enable young people to make informed decisions on sexual and reproductive health”. 

In other words, it’s to promote contraception as a way to prevent unplanned pregnancies and sexually-transmitted diseases.

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First born? Only child? Your parent’s decisions effect your future job and salary options

By web gangsta | Published: September 24, 2011


Birth Order Book, The: Why You Are the Way You Are
Birth Order Book, The: Why You Are the Way You Are

“Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!” said Jan, lamenting the fact – again – that she’s the ignored middle child on The Brady Bunch.

So while it was played for laughs, maybe she did know a little bit about what her future held.  And it’s not pretty.

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Just because you telecommute doesn’t mean you’re actually doing any work

By web gangsta | Published: September 22, 2011


Adult Footy Pajamas
Adult Footy Pajamas

Web Watch knows quite a few people who either telecommute or work from home on a regular basis.

We even have a running joke amongst our friends about those “work from home” folks’ real job is that of refilling printer cartridges.  After all, if you work from home, you must not be doing any “real” work compared to those people who have to go to an office or other work location to do their job.

Apparently, you actually have to leave your house for your job to mean anything.  You can’t have surgery done over the phone, can you?

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If you live in an urban area, the air you breath contains lots and lots of dog poop

By web gangsta | Published: September 6, 2011


The Dog Poop Initiative
The Dog Poop Initiative

Stop for a moment and take a deep breath.

Ah.  Fresh air smells good, right?

Well, a recent study has come out that shows that the air you breath – especially if you’re living in an urban area – contains more than its fair share of CANINE FECAL MATERIAL in that air.  The study, entitled SOURCES OF BACTERIA IN OUTDOOR AIR ACROSS CITIES IN THE MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES was commissioned to identify what types of bacteria would be found in urban areas.  Would there be differences based on urban population, the season, or other elements?

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Study proves Web Watch was right over about icky Doctor clothing

By web gangsta | Published: September 1, 2011


Doctor Scrubs
Doctor Scrubs

Another day, another study that proves Web Watch was right ages ago.

Remember back when we told you that DOCTORS AND NURSE WERE SPREADING GERMS EVERYWHERE THEY GO?

Apparently, MSNBC didn’t use us as a reference when they published their story yesterday entitled HOSPITAL GARB HARBORS NASTY BACTERIA.  Frequent Web Watch readers, however, would already have known this and would have said “pfffft” to MSNBC’s late coverage of this important health-related topic.

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Man sues Hotel over “free” Newspaper

By web gangsta | Published: August 9, 2011


USA Today
USA Today

Web Watch likes staying at hotels, especially nice ones.

The rooms are typically clean, comfortable.  Staff service is friendly and they go out of their way to make us feel welcome and safe when travelling in an unfamiliar city.

One recent hotel stay even had the front desk manager give us a complimentary bottle of wine when we checked in after the “complimentary wine hour” was over.  Granted, while it was drinkable wine, it wasn’t anything overly high-end.  Still, the thought was there and the wine was certainly enjoyed that evening.  We’ll definitely be back to that hotel again.

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Who should be allowed to apply sunscreen on children?

By web gangsta | Published: August 8, 2011


Coppertone Sport sunscreen spray
Coppertone Sport sunscreen spray

Now that the summer camp season is winding down and kids are heading back to school, Web Watch wanted to take a moment to share with you a story that would have freaked some parents out and led to unhappy summer vacations if we had shared it a month ago when this first crossed our browser.

It ends up that SUMMER CAMPS ARE GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR APPLYING SUNSCREEN TO CAMPERS.

And it’s all because some parents are extra-sensitive about who should be allowed to touch their children, even when done in a supervisory manner by workers in child-oriented jobs.

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Don’t want to get married or engaged? Try a “stayover relationship” instead

By web gangsta | Published: August 3, 2011


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Buy HOW TO BE AN ADULT IN RELATIONSHIPS

We’ve all had those relationships in college: you have your dorm room, they have theirs.  You spend a couple of nights a week at their place, they spend a couple of nights a week at yours.

And sometimes, you spend the night alone in your own place, just because you can.

It’s a story as old as time, or at least as old as there have been relationships.

But it’s becoming a new trend to continue this type of relationship outside of the collegiate setting and try it in Real Life, as those who are dating enter their late-20′s or even 30′s or 40′s.

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Wal-Mart refuses to refund $2.90; throws couple in jail (charges were later dropped)

By web gangsta | Published: August 2, 2011


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Wal-Mart has a policy of having “greeters” at the front door of all their stores.

One of the jobs that the greeters and security staff are tasked with is to double-check receipts to ensure that everything that is being carried out has been paid for per the receipt.

Mary Hill Bonin and her husband are suing Wal-Mart for the Wal-Mart staff doing their job.

Unfortunately, it’s the Wal-Mart staff that allegedly appears to have acted inappropriately in this case.  All Mary and “Ricky” wanted to do was buy $2.90 worth of chicken necks.  According to the Wal-Mart security guard, the chicken neck was being shoplifted – that is, being taken out of the store without having been paid for.

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Men like to wear dirty underwear. Who knew?

By web gangsta | Published: July 14, 2011


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According to a recent SURVEY BY CLOROX BLEACH, nearly 50% of men surveyed will wear any of their dirty clothes – including their underpants – more than once.

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Police investigate topless woman’s sunscreen method

By web gangsta | Published: July 8, 2011


Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen)
Buy EVERYBODY’S FREE (to wear sunscreen)

In Italy in summer of 2010, a topless woman was casually applying sunscreen to herself as she laid on the beach.

Why? Because that’s what people do while at the beach. 

Especially when one is topless.  Sensitive skin, and all that.

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Women walking around topless in NYC: it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law

By web gangsta | Published: July 6, 2011


The Guy Game
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It’s the law in New York City.

If a woman wants to WALK AROUND NEW YORK CITY WHILE TOPLESS, SHE’S LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO SO.

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Why do people love to buy clothes?

By web gangsta | Published: June 28, 2011


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Go to the mall on any given weekend, and you’ll see tons of people. But are they strolling and browsing, or actively shopping?

Well, if you believe what the polls are saying these days, WHERE YOU LIVE DICTATES HOW MUCH YOU LOVE (or hate) TO SHOP.

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Should parents allow teens to have sex at home?

By web gangsta | Published: June 27, 2011


What About Sex?: Teens Speak Out About Parents, Peers & Personal Responsibility
What About Sex?: Teens Speak Out About Parents, Peers & Personal Responsibility

It’s a growing trend these days – parents, in their bid to be “cool and hip”, are allowing their teens to have more and more benefits that the parents may have been denied themselves while growing up.

Whether it be their own cellphone when they’re 10 years old, regular access to the kegerator in the basement when they’re 15, or being given their own new car just because they lived to be 16-years-old – more parents are deciding that the old rule of “as long as it’s at home, it’s okay” is a perfectly adequate way to raise their children.

Even when it comes to teens having sex in the house.

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