Getting Some Exercise

After a dreary yesterday of rain and snow, today the sun was out and the wind was relatively restrained. It was a nice day.

For a white wedding!!!

Um. Not sure where that came from. Anyway, a nice day for a white wedding, or a Walk For Choice, which was what we actually did. It was definitely cool, but basically a good day for walking. Only my fingers got pretty cold.

Much like a wedding, it was an occasion for a few hundred people in festive garb and accessories to get together and celebrate human hope and enthusiasm while shaking our booty to some rousing chants on the grand dance floor that is the Boston Common.

There were a few more signs than at the average wedding, and perhaps slightly more discussion of contraception, cancer screenings and abortion. Although I may just not be attending the right weddings. A few good signs might do wonders for a reception.

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Nifty Sperm Control Notions

Exciting new possibilities in the field of male contraceptives!

RH Reality Check has the details.

Briefly, two options involves blocking, rather than cutting (as in vasectomy), the vas deferens. Potentially a less troublesome surgical procedure, and more likely to be reversible.

This has been successfully tested in other primates, so things look promising for humans, although of course nothing is certain.

New types of spermicides are also in development, as well as means to prevent sperm from merging with eggs.

Clearly, there's interesting stuff going on.

Birth Control and Baby Toys

RH Reality Check has news about the progress of the much-hinted, elusive "pill for men." Apparently something along these lines--though it's actually a shot, not a pill--is currently in tests in Australia.

I personally prefer a pill to a shot, but I guess shots have the convenience of not having to be remembered every day. Either way, more options for birth control are good. 

On a completely unrelated matter, my sister alerted me to the TOADY (Toys Oppressive And Destructive to Young Children) awards, now soliciting votes.

It's a project of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood to recognize the most obnoxious toy out there. Nominated are Baby Alive Learns to Potty (ew?), the Lego Batman Video Game, Power Wheels Cadillac Escalade, Smart Cycle (a stationary tricyle), and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Barbie.

I myself reserve most of my toy hatred for garish things that make horrible noises, but I won't argue that these five candidates aren't also worthy of scorn.

Go vote for your least favorite!