4:20 got a minute?
Regardless of the meaning, 420 has become an icon of the marijuana culture. For some April 20th is looked at as a holiday and for others it's merely just another number and another day. I have a friend in upstate New York that has claimed to not have missed a 4:20pm pot smoking session in about a decade. I don't know how true this is but, I can confirm that he does celebrate the day 4/20 each year and even takes the day off from work in advance.
While some marijuana smokers are using 420 as a code that enables them to openly speak about marijuana in front of parents or teachers. 420 has been to some, a sacred symbol for nearly 30 years.
Simply put, 420 is a symbol of cannabis and its culture. Today, April 20th events are international, and 4:20 pm has become sort of a world wide "burn time". (www.420concept.com, 2009)
So, for those of you that recognize 4/20 as a holiday, take a hit for me. 
Nude Photos for my boyfriend
Hey Ranj, I’ve been dating my boyfriend for a little over
a year and I really trust him. He had to go away for his job for about a couple
months. He left last week. He wants me to send him nude photos over the
internet. He says he won’t post them anywhere or show them to anyone but I just
don’t feel right having nude photos on the net. What should I do? -Heather,
Port Richey, FL
Well, there goes my perfect record.
1. I'm practically broke.
2. My license is suspended so I must travel via public transportation.
3. I have no wing man so I have to go it alone.
Well, considering my first event is in 2 hours I suppose I better get a move on.
Who are the bad guys on the Somalian Coast?
Not
all the Somali "pirates" are gangsters: some are locals who've watched
their loved ones sicken and die after European toxic waste was dropped
on their shores and decided to do something about it.
Yes: nuclear waste. As soon as the government was gone, mysterious European ships started appearing off the coast of Somalia, dumping vast barrels into the ocean. The coastal population began to sicken. At first they suffered strange rashes, nausea and malformed babies. Then, after the 2005 tsunami, hundreds of the dumped and leaking barrels washed up on shore. People began to suffer from radiation sickness, and more than 300 died.Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN envoy to Somalia, tells me: "Somebody is dumping nuclear material here. There is also lead, and heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury - you name it." Much of it can be traced back to European hospitals and factories, who seem to be passing it on to the Italian mafia to "dispose" of cheaply. When I asked Mr Ould-Abdallah what European governments were doing about it, he said with a sigh: "Nothing. There has been no clean-up, no compensation, and no prevention."
At the same time, other European ships have been looting Somalia's seas of their greatest resource: seafood. We have destroyed our own fish stocks by overexploitation - and now we have moved on to theirs. More than $300m-worth of tuna, shrimp, and lobster are being stolen every year by illegal trawlers. The local fishermen are now starving. Mohammed Hussein, a fisherman in the town of Marka 100km south of Mogadishu, told Reuters: "If nothing is done, there soon won't be much fish left in our coastal waters."
This is the context in which the "pirates" have emerged. Somalian fishermen took speedboats to try to dissuade the dumpers and trawlers, or at least levy a "tax" on them. They call themselves the Volunteer Coastguard of Somalia - and ordinary Somalis agree. The independent Somalian news site WardheerNews found 70 per cent "strongly supported the piracy as a form of national defence".
No, this doesn't make hostage-taking justifiable, and yes, some are clearly just gangsters - especially those who have held up World Food Program supplies. But in a telephone interview, one of the pirate leaders, Sugule Ali: "We don't consider ourselves sea bandits. We consider sea bandits [to be] those who illegally fish and dump in our seas."
From Johann Hari: You are being lied to about pirates (via Boing Boing)
I have no questions to answer.
Forget about him.
Hey Ranj: I visit your page every day. I think it’s great
that we have someone other than Dear Abby to ask advice from. I'm a 23-year-old
college student with a little problem. I dated a guy I'll call "Charlie"
for about a month, maybe a little longer. Then we broke up because he said he
wasn't over his last girlfriend. I know now it was a lie, since I found out
they had never actually broken up -- he just cheated on her with me.
The
problem is we’re still friends and about a week ago, I ran into him, out at the
local pub and we ended up having sex. I thought it meant something, and I
believed him when he said he'd call me the next day, but he never called. In
fact, he never said another word about it.
Should I
act like nothing ever happened too -- even though it kills me -- or should I pursue
him? – Embarrassed in Alpena, MI
Hey
Embarrassed: Treat this as a learning experience. "Charlie" is a user
who has lied to you at least twice and cheats on his girlfriend. There is no
need to break off the friendship because there was no friendship to begin with.
If you're smart, you'll steer clear of him in the future, because guys who
behave like this will bring you nothing but pain. Even if the sex was great,
you have to forget about him and move on. Get over him and find someone that
you don’t have to share.
Quick Pic of the Day 9
Happy Easter
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What about the furniture?
Hey Ranj: I am 28 and am engaged to a man I have been with since I was 18. We have lived together for more than five years and have accumulated lots of furniture and household items. I'm beginning to think he is not the right man for me, but fear it will be difficult to leave him. His parents gave us most of our stuff, and I'm afraid if I leave him he will feel he has the right to keep everything they gave us.
I am also having an affair with a married man I work with. He says he loves me but won't leave his wife. In the meantime, I don't want to hurt my fiance, but don't know what to do. Should I tell him the truth about my relationship with the married man? What about the furniture? Does he get to keep it? -- Confused in Baltimore, MD
Hey Confused: You have to tell your fiance the truth. Now, after ten years you've decided he might not be right? I feel bad for him. He's the innocent party
in the situation. He does absolutely have the right to keep everything his
parents gave to you. If you seriously feel that he is not the right man for
you then you should start putting away some money and leave him. It's not fair
to lead him on any longer. He probably assumes that you two will be together for
life. As for the affair, don't be a homewrecker. The married guy may love you,
but he is married to his wife and she earned his love before you came around.
So, you have to either give your love to your fiance or find another man that is
NOT married.
