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you don’t appreciate a lot of stuff until you get older

I MAY BE GET­TING UP THERE IN YEARS, but sex re­mains a topic of in­terest, both in its arousing forms an in its hu­morous forms. I was re­cently emailed a col­lec­tion of quotes about sex and mar­riage and found many of them rather fun. Some were even too ac­cu­rate, making them all fun­nier. [Read more] “you don’t appreciate a lot of stuff until you get older”

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oh yeah, the guy brings the condoms (hah!)

EPISODE 17 OF SEASON 6 of the ABC TV se­ries Grey’s Anatomy is ti­tled “Push.” It in­cludes sev­eral on­going sub-plots, in­cluding a rel­a­tively new one: the re­cently di­vorced Dr. Mi­randa Bailey is dating for the first time in years. And there is a con­ver­sa­tion about who brings the condoms:

She turns to fellow sur­geon Dr. [Read more] “oh yeah, the guy brings the condoms (hah!)”

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2 adults charged with promoting minors’ sex abuse

FROM TO­DAY’S SEATTLE TIMES (No­vember 4, 2013, page B2), comes this head­line: “2 Adults Charged With Pro­moting Mi­nors’ Sex Abuse.” I know what it means to say, but the place­ment of the words is tech­ni­cally in­cor­rect and confusing.

The apos­trophe at the end of mi­nors (mi­nors’) makes the word pos­ses­sive. [Read more] “2 adults charged with promoting minors’ sex abuse”