This trend of people calling their boyfriends “daddy” while they have sex has amassed a certain following. Even though it’s taboo and something that’s not discussed openly, it’s still pretty popular. While it sounds deeply sketchy and problematic, it’s really not that bad. At least that’s what one psycho-sexual therapist says.
Jacqueline Hellyer spoke with Whimm and explained that this nickname is not that freaky, expressing that it’s just another form of role-play and that it doesn’t mean that these people want to have sex with their fathers. “Role plays — and in particular, power exchange role plays — are a very safe way for people with strong personalities to let go.
You often find that women who like to be submissive in relationships — like the kind of women who’d call their partner “daddy” in bed — are actually pretty high-powered in their day-to-day lives. Engaging in this role play is their way of letting go and giving in to vulnerability.”
Sex is a way to relieve stress and for some people it really works to engage in fantasies even though these may never be explored outside of their bedroom.
Hellyer explains that calling your partner daddy is a symbolic thing. It means that you trust your partner and that they make you feel secure and protected. “The father figure is a very safe person, so it’s an ideal way to express your sexuality and experience pleasure.” She concludes that relationships that engage in roleplay and that safely explore sexual fantasies are often the healthiest ones.
It was not that long ago when the subject of cannabis, or the legalization thereof, was considered taboo inside the national newsrooms covering the happenings of the day.
If the word “marijuana” did happen to come spilling from the mouth of a nightly anchor, it was to report on the degeneracy of a doped–up underworld and its criminal deeds. But times have changed. Now, not a day goes by when the pot topic doesn’t make it into a news cycle. What’s more, the coverage on this plant, which was once considered off-limits in the realm of journalism, is mostly favorable. Most recently, CNN published an analysis on the state of marijuana legalization in the United States, calling this moment in time the “tipping point” in the grand scheme of nationwide pot reform.
In the piece, Analyst Z. Byron Wolf calls to attention the fact that voters in Oklahoma – one of the reddest states in the union – just approved an initiative this week to legalize medical marijuana. “That will make 30 states with some kind of legalized marijuana,” he wrote, adding that “the entire West Coast of the United States has legalized the drug,” and “the entire northern US border abuts a country (Canada) that has legalized marijuana for recreational use.” Wolf points out that two more states will vote on the issue in November. Michigan has a chance of going fully legal, while Utah is gunning for medicinal use.
But the primary reason CNN seems to believe the nation is close to ending federal marijuana prohibition is “Candidates and Democrats, in particular, are taking note and trying to use the issue to their advantage.” Wolf talks about how Senators Chuck Schumer of New York and Cory Booker of New Jersey have introduced their respective proposals in Congress aimed at legalizing the leaf at the national level. Yet, he fails to mention that Booker’s bill, despite picking up a handful of co-sponsors like Senators Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris, has been lingering in the Senate without any action for more than a year. Schumer’s bill was just introduced this week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hasn’t had enough time yet to disregard it. But trust me, he will.
Earlier this year, McConnell, who is pushing to legalize industrial hemp at the national level, told reporters that he has no intention of getting behind a bill aimed at legalizing marijuana. “It is a different plant. It has an illicit cousin which I choose not to embrace,” he said. Considering that McConnell is the one who largely decides which issues the Senate debates, marijuana legalization still seems like a long shot. As I wrote in a recent piece for Forbes, “it may still be too early to get excited about the possibility of marijuana legalization going nationwide. There is still plenty of opposition in Congress that can and likely will prevent this much-needed reform from happening anytime soon.”
Perhaps the most humorous aspect of the CNN piece is where Wolf concludes his “analysis” by saying “boy does it feel like things are moving fast.” But the truth of the matter is things are not moving fast at all. The United States has more than 80 years of marijuana prohibition under its belt. And the past four decades have been filled with hammer-fisted law enforcement shenanigans. It has only been within the past few years that weed has started to find some mainstream acceptance. But there are still plenty of Americans going to jail every year for marijuana possession. Some of the latest data shows those numbers in the hundreds of thousands. And regardless of whether the marijuana legalization issue is beginning to find a place on the political platforms of Democrats and Republicans, it still has very little support on Capitol Hill.
So while it might feel “like the tipping point on marijuana legalization,” it going to take a whole hell of a lot more to make it happen.
Bobby Huegel, owner of Anvil Bar & Refuge, has been hailed the Cocktail King of Houston. But the James Beard Award nominee loves nothing more than to give credit where credit is due. And today, he shares Anvil’s signature summer drink concocted by his bartender Westin Galleymore, who was in the midst of a rekindling the flames of an old love when he created it. Love and alcohol, together again!
It’s called the Backslide. “At its core, it’s a summer twist on a classic gin martini,” says Huegel, who emphasizes the importance of a chilly drink during a Houston heatwave.
“Westin created the Backslide as a refreshing stirred cocktail that will stay cold for a while, thanks to a cube of ice left in the drink. When Westin was working on this cocktail, he started dating his ex-girlfriend again, and the bar staff joked that he was backsliding. He named the cocktail Backslide because this is the drink you want to get back together with.”
This drink is one of seven seasonal summer cocktails currently on the Anvil menu.
A hardcore researcher from Cincinnati is credited with getting Epidiolex approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Michael Privitera, who specializes in brain seizures, ran a clinical study of the drug that was so successful, the USDA approved it. It’s the first time a marijuana-based medicine has been ever been granted FDA approval.
We did the right kind of science. We took the anecdotal evidence, extracted the substance in marijuana that helps, tested it, and we followed the testing guidelines used for every other drug. This study really proves it, and we can make sure it’s safe.
Privitera, who founded and directs the Epilepsy Center at the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute, decided to study Charlotte’s Web oil — a high-CBD strain effective for seizures — after reading about, deciding it couldn’t hurt if it meant potentially helping patients.
At the same time, one of Privitera’s friends, Dr. Orrin Devinsky, of New York University Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, was launching an experiment of his on own to see the effects of a pure-CBD oil manufactured by GW Pharmaceuticals. According to Cincinnati.com:
One group of study subjects would get a low dose of Epidiolex. One group got a high dose. A third got a placebo. Neither doctors nor patients would know who was getting what. The hope was to put the brake on Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, which triggers terrifying “drop seizures” that mash the halt button in the brain. The body locks up, and gravity takes over, often resulting in disabling head injuries.
Privitera got UC included on the study that GW Pharmaceuticals was paying for, knowing that both the FDA and U.S. DEA would be watching. He told Cincinnati.com, “I didn’t realize what I was signing up for. I’ve been doing this work for 30 years, and this was far and away the most complicated and difficult study we’ve ever had to do.”
According to Cincinnati.com, every “i” had to be dotted and “t” crossed for this experiment to pass the feds:
To participate in the study, Privitera first needed a Schedule I license, which required a nine-month review including fingerprinting.
The drug could only be dispensed from the address on Privitera’s Schedule I license, the Medical Arts Building.
The DEA would only examine records there, too, so at every audit, nurse coordinator Donna Schwieterman rolled a full file cart from Privitera’s office in the Stetson Building to the Medical Arts Building across busy Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Privitera had to account for every drop of Epidiolex. Every bottle that left the building had to be returned, empty or not. Privitera had to hire a disposal company to collect and destroy the bottles and any leftover oil.
The results of Privitera’s study were published this past May in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results? According to Cincinnati.com, “the average reduction in drop seizures was 37 percent at a 10mg dose and 41 percent at a 20mg dose. Even the placebo patients had a 17 percent reduction. In some patients, Privitera said, the decrease was as high as 90 percent.”
The most serious side effects were sleepiness, reduced appetite and diarrhea.
A month before the study was published, an FDA review committee unanimously voted to recommend approval of the drug. And earlier this week (June 25), the final approval was handed down, which means Epidiolex could be in pharmacies by the end of 2018.
It’s hard to be a new royal. Just ask Meghan Markle, who’s still adjusting to her new life as Prince Harry’s wife. Not only does she have to curtsy to her in-laws, decline autograph requests, and lean her legs together at public events instead of crossing them, today we learn she also can’t eat one of her favorite ingredients: garlic.
At what point is a Duchess considered a hostage? Meghan, blink fast three times if you need us to come get you, girl!
It’s been reported that The Queen hates garlic and refuses to eat any meals with the pungent herb (some would say flavorful, but whatever). She also expects the royal family to shun garlic at royal events and state banquets, both at home or on the road, to avoid bad breath.
“We can never serve anything with garlic or too much onions. The Queen would never have garlic on the menu,” Buckingham Palace chef Darren McGrady told The Daily Express.
In 2012, Today published some “healthy food ideas” from Markle (before she became royalty and was referred to as “‘Suits’ star.” Oh, the simpler days). Here’s what she said about chicken adobo, one of her favorite dishes:
I am a big fan of Sunday suppers. Whether we’re eating lamb tagine, pot roast or a hearty soup, the idea of gathering for a hearty meal with friends and family on a Sunday makes me feel comforted. I enjoy making slow-cooked food on Sundays, like Filipino-style chicken adobo. It’s so easy—combine garlic, soy (or Bragg Liquid Aminos), vinegar, maybe some lemon and let the chicken swim in that sauce until it falls off the bone in a Crock Pot. I have a beautiful Le Creuset that could also do the trick, but the Sunday supper ‘Americana’ of it all calls for a Crock Pot. Set it and forget it and serve with brown rice and salad.
Markle and other royal family members must also avoid shellfish while traveling, as it’s believed to contain a high risk of food poisoning.
Just like the açai craze, CBD is now being added to anything and everything by companies that are desperately trying to cash in. So, how do you differentiate products that have genuine health benefits from the snake oil with irrelevant amounts of questionably-sourced CBD?
Let’s start with Omax Health. They recently announced the launch of their first CBD fusion product called Phyto-Max Stress Remedy, which the company claims is designed to alleviate stress. Their product description uses a lot of consumer-friendly adjectives like “premium” and “pure,” but it does not say where the CBD comes from, or if it is even full spectrum.
Their product also says Omax Health is at the forefront of the emerging CBD market. This. Is. Not. True. Any company that is debuting a CBD product in 2018 is late to the game. Marketing people get paid a truckload of money to come up with these stories, because they sell.
Their claim is about as valid as every food and beverage company suddenly slapping a “gluten-free” label on everything to gain sales. (Gluten-Free bottled water? Really?)
A quick perusal of their website reveals they are primarily a fish-oil company that appears as if they are attempting to expand.
While Omega oils are known to have positive qualities, hemp oil is rich in a number of them. There is no reason to add omegas to hemp oil (or vice versa), because hemp oil is a rich enough nutrient without them.
Green tea is also a dubious additive because it is more of a stimulant than a relaxant. This product is being marketed as a stress reliever and calming agent. (“I enjoy a relaxing cup of green tea right before bedtime,” said no one ever.) Green tea contains caffeine and is usually taken to help focus, not calm the mind.
There are a number of ingredients in tea that have positive effects, and L-Theanine is one of them. It can be found in almost all tea.
“The original research done by the founders of Vipova Tea, which was acquired by Lexaria BioScience last year, included the realization that there could be synergies between tea and hemp oil. So the mix, in general, is a good one,” said Chris Bunka, CEO of parent company Lexaria.
Therefore, while it is probably better than drinking tea without CBD, it makes more sense to drink a cup of calming tea, such as chamomile, after taking a couple squirts of a reputable brand of CBD, such as Charlotte’s Web. Swallowing a couple of capsules of CBD, such as Turbo CBD, with a cup of tea or water, is also a better idea.
The words “multi-spectrum,” or “full spectrum,” are the key words to look for in CBD product packaging. There are too many companies out there using CBD isolate, because it is simple to work with, and has virtually no flavor or aroma. However, if the consumer does not receive multi-spectrum oils, then the health benefits are significantly reduced.
“Until, and unless, companies can verify they use multi-spectrum oil, verify whether they are using any isolate, and verify the source of the CBD/hemp, most consumers are far better off drinking whatever tea they might normally drink, and supplement their CBD from a purer source,” said Bunka.
Omax sells their Stress Remedy with CBD for $99.99 for a pack of sixty.
For $100, depending on what supplemental effect is desired (calming, focus), a blend such as Turbo CBD, which contains 15mg of proprietary CBD, within 50mg of full spectrum hemp oil, plus 200mg of Ginseng and 80mg Ginkgo Biloba, is probably a better bang for the buck.
Don’t get caught up in the CBD craze without trying to find products that fit your individual needs.
There’s a device that’s about to make your pot a lot more potent. Meet Attorney Shanel Lindsay. She’s the founder and president of Ardent, which makes the Nova Decarboxylater, (aka the “Nova Decarb”), which Lindsay invented.
The Nova Decarb allows anyone to make any dispensary-grade products they can think of, with very little starting material, in the comfort and privacy of their own personal space. Fast acting sublinguals, effective topicals, and even accurate edibles, are all possible, with a small supply of herb.
“Ardent means passionate and I think that embodies everything cannabis is about. I have an ardent love for cannabis and I want to share that with people. We are genuine, true and are changing the perception of this plant,”Lindsay said.
What the science side boils down to is that all of the cannabinoids we look for THC, CBD, etc., are in acid form in the raw plant. They have an additional molecule attached to them, which needs to be removed, without destroying the underlying THC or CBD. It is difficult to fully activate it, without lose a portion of it. (Think of that friend who is happy to pack a bowl for you, but never lets you touch his bud, because he does not want the crystals or hairs getting stuck to your fingers.)
When the THC and CBD have that acid form, they bounce off the body’s cannabinoid receptors because they’re too big to fit. In order to connect with your cannabinoid system, they need to be decarboxylated.
“It is not vaporizing, it is just an activation step. You can vaporize afterward, with much more yield, and at a much lower temperature, because the decarboxylated cannabis will go up into the vapor stream more easily,” explained Lindsay.
PTSD patients, for example, tend to decarb and then smoke, which makes their medicine more potent. You can stretch your plant material a lot, this way.
The most basic fundamental process of cannabis is largely unknown, because of prohibition. The information wasn’t available.
Nowadays, most everyone knows that in order to consume cannabis, you need to heat it up in some way. When you smoke it, about 80 percent of the THC is wasted; most of the THC is burned off during the process.
“If you have a lab grade, precision device that gives perfectly even heating, it hones in on the time and temperature that is necessary for preparation,” said Lindsay. Dual sensors and a high tech, thermal blanket allow for precise heating cycles.
“Our only competition is the oven,” says Lindsay, “But a toaster oven, crock pot, etc., can’t do what the Nova decarb does. The smell is also an issue,” she pointed out. “Do you want your neighbors to smell you cooking cannabis?”
The Nova is a very even, precise way of activating any form of cannabis, such as the flower, raz, or shatter.
The Nova’s simple, sleek, compact purple design, looks as innocuous as a thermos and is just as portable.
Other uses for the Nova include decarbing CBD to infuse topicals; however, using full spectrum CBD is an important factor. Just like food selection, knowing exactly what is going into your body, is important. If the CBD is distillate, it is not full spectrum.
Prohibition kept the science behind cannabis and its potential potency shrouded in mystery. Said Lindsay, “Now more of it is coming to light.”
Ever since a certain shark movie came out in the ’70s, the fear of sharks has become a big presence in our culture. It’s understandable; sharks look evil, and there’s a lot of media that perpetuates that image.
There’s “Shark Week” and a whole genre of shark films that pop up every other year. It’s normal to hear the Jaws theme song in your brain when you’re swimming in the depths of some beach.
While we usually hear of shark attacks occuring in the U.S., this fear is much more palpable in Australia, where authorities and people have looked for ways to cope with the amount of shark attacks. While shark attacks are rare in Australia, they’re much more deadly than in other countries. Australia also has the highest diversity of sharks and rays, roughly possessing 180 of the 509 known species.
SharkMate is an app developed by Sam Aubin, a 15-year-old Australian who believes that he can help surfers and swimmers with his tech development. The app lets users know about the probabilities of spotting a shark on the beach on any given day.
According to Mashable, the app functions by analyzing 13 factors that determine the probabilities of sharks lurking around beaches. These factors include the presence of life guards, water temperature, historical shark data, rainfall and river mouth proximity. “We present a number out of 10 to our users, which indicates the risk level at a beach. We get this risk level from many different factors which have been proven to increase the likelihood of a shark attack,” said Aubin.
SharkMate currently works on over 150 different beaches in Australia. The app is planning on expanding it’s services throughout the rest of the country and hopefully the US.
On July 27, the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century will occur, lasting an hour and 43 minutes, and giving the sky a reddish tint. It’s also the day of the apocalypse, according to several doomsday preachers.
According to Mirror, this prediction began with Christian ministers John Hagee and Mark Blitz who said that the ongoing “tetrad” signals the end of the world. The “tetrad” is a moment in the Bible where there’s four consecutive lunar eclipses.
Other theorists such as Irvin Baxter quote the Book of Joel as the text that predicts the end of the world. “The sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes,” says a passage from it, apparently providing sufficient evidence for tons of people.
Baxter has been making these sort of predictions since the 80s and he’s not stopping any time soon. “The Bible teaches that end event is coming just ahead of us now and that will be the greatest prophetic fulfillment in the last 2,000 years.” Sure, Jan.
Space.com reports that blood moons are safe to observe for the naked eye, requiring no telescopes or special glasses. The sunlight going through the Earth’s atmosphere falls on the Moon’s surface and causes its impressive red tint. Sadly, due to the timing of the eclipse, it won’t be visible on North America. People will be able to see it from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the eastern side of South America.
Watch out what you are saying about Prince Harry on social media because he might just be following you.
“Harry has secret social media accounts under an alias name. He is very active and reads a lot of the comments about himself. His brother William sees almost nothing but Harry is very different. Harry is much more vulnerable and insecure. If he sees 100 comments that are all great and one that is negative, he will focus on the bad one,” sources tell STRAIGHT SHUTER. “Harry has embraced modern technology and loves that he can be anonymous and hide is identity. He gets to feel like a normal person online.”
Pete Can’t Afford To Keep Up With Ariana
Pete Davidson is head-over-heels in love with his new fiancé Ariana Grande, but love is only going to get him so far – he will need a lot of money to keep up with the popstar’s extravagant life.
“Pete earns $6,500 per week on SNL and is worth about $500,000. Ariana is worth a $45 million. That is a huge difference. Pete paid $100,000 for that engagement ring, that is 20% of everything he has. At the moment, the two of them are surviving on love, but soon reality will bite and she will either have to live a much smaller life in his one-bedroom apartment on West 24th Street, or she will have to be become comfortable paying for him to live the luxury life she is used too,” sources tell STRAIGHT SHUTER.
