Tag: News

I was digging through my archives of things that need to be posted, and found this entry about romance that I wrote in February 1995.  Considering that Valentine’s Day is this week, I thought it fitting to post anew instead of burying it in the 1995 area of the archive.

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THE ROMANCE TOP TEN LIST

Raymond Tucker, a professor of interpersonal communication at Bowling Green State University, did a number of studies on romantic behavior. In one study, he asked adults between the ages of 18 and 79 to complete an open-ended questionnaire on romantic acts. Participants were asked to list specific acts of romance and space was alloted for up to twelve responses. On average, men wrote in 7.8 responses; women averaged 11.8 responses. Here are the overall results of romantic acts that the study participants came up with, in order:

10. Touching (Hand on knee; pat on shoulder or hand; slight caress; petting; caressing; head in lap or sitting on lap; playing with hair)

9. Walking. (In the evening; at night; in the rain; in the moonlight)

8. Gifts (Expensive; diamonds; jewlery; candy; homemade, unexpected, or surprise gifts)

7. Sharing outdoor leisure activities (Picnics; beach; ice skating; skiing at night [“night skiing!”]; moonlight swim or drive; picking apples; fishing; driving to enjoy scenery; walk in the park)

6. The Hug. (In bed after the alarm goes off; unexpected)

5. Holding Hands

4. Talking (Honest conversation; soft and quiet; intimate talking; sharing life goals; being silly; joking; sharing memories)

3. Dinner (Dinner out; at home; making dinner for/with me; with candlelight; with music, wine, no kids)

2. Flowers (Roses, wildflowers, both giving and receiving)

1. The Kiss. (Mostly just “kiss” or “kissing”; several reported “unexpected” kiss; some designated anatomical parts)

Your local newspaper may have a column devoted to covering the wackier side of the police blotter.  But in case you don’t, browse the SMALL TOWN MISFIT listings, culled from police reports from across the country.

Making fun of other people’s misadventures in crime is always amusing.

Remember the story we had last year about Naked Summer Camps for Teenagers?

It seems a lot of folks didn’t care for the concept, after all. 

The AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF FOR NUDE RECREATION HAS CANCELLED THE SUMMER YOUTH CAMP.

Citing a federal court ruling prohibiting children to be “openly nude” without their direct parental, grandparental, or guardian’s supervision, the association overlooking the summer camp program has decided that it was in their best interest to close the summer camp rather than fight the court ruling.

In a press release, the AANR said that parents are more than welcome to attent the summer camp with their children, but they couldn’t require that to occur – just as basketball camps, computer camps, or other summer camp programs don’t require parents to attend those camps also.