YOU'VE BEEN POKED, AND THEN ROBBED!

A 19-year-old Bradenton, Florida man was so desperate to check his Facebook profile that he stole a laptop from a Starbucks customer. The female patron told police that she had refused the man access to her laptop before he grabbed it from her table and ran. He was tackled by two good Samaritans in the parking lot and held there until mall security could arrive. The man was charged with robbery by sudden snatching.

TRAIN-JACKED!

Well, you can't say that they didn't have ambition. A Homestead, Florida locomotive was stolen from its train yard home in a crime that is a mystery to authorities. The locomotive was waiting for assignment when, in the middle of the night, it went missing. With only two directions to choose from it wasn't too difficult for authorities to locate the missing chugger, which had been vacated seven miles down the tracks. There are no evidence pointing to the thief, though the cops believe it must be someone with previous train experience.

From CNN...

Galaxy may be full of 'Earths,' alien life

As NASA prepares to hunt for Earth-like planets in our corner of the Milky Way galaxy, there's new buzz that "Star Trek's" vision of a universe full of life may not be that far-fetched.

Pointy-eared aliens traveling at light speed are staying firmly in science fiction, but scientists are offering fresh insights into the possible existence of inhabited worlds and intelligent civilizations in space.

There may be 100 billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way, or one for every sun-type star in the galaxy, said Alan Boss, an astronomer with the Carnegie Institution and author of the new book "The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living Planets."

He made the prediction based on the number of "super-Earths" -- planets several times the mass of the Earth, but smaller than gas giants like Jupiter -- discovered so far circling stars outside the solar system.

Boss said that if any of the billions of Earth-like worlds he believes exist in the Milky Way have liquid water, they are likely to be home to some type of life.

"Now that's not saying that they're all going to be crawling with intelligent human beings or even dinosaurs," he said.

"But I would suspect that the great majority of them at least will have some sort of primitive life, like bacteria or some of the multicellular creatures that populated our Earth for the first 3 billion years of its existence."

Putting a number on alien worlds

Other scientists are taking another approach: an analysis that suggests there could be hundreds, even thousands, of intelligent civilizations in the Milky Way.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland constructed a computer model to create a synthetic galaxy with billions of stars and planets. They then studied how life evolved under various conditions in this virtual world, using a supercomputer to crunch the results.

In a paper published recently in the International Journal of Astrobiology, the researchers concluded that based on what they saw, at least 361 intelligent civilizations have emerged in the Milky Way since its creation, and as many as 38,000 may have formed.

Duncan Forgan, a doctoral candidate at the university who led the study, said he was surprised by the hardiness of life on these other worlds.

"The computer model takes into account what we refer to as resetting or extinction events. The classic example is the asteroid impact that may have wiped out the dinosaurs," Forgan said.

"I half-expected these events to disallow the rise of intelligence, and yet civilizations seemed to flourish."

Forgan readily admits the results are an educated guess at best, since there are still many unanswered questions about how life formed on Earth and only limited information about the 330 "exoplanets" -- those circling sun-like stars outside the solar system -- discovered so far.

The first was confirmed in 1995 and the latest just this month when Europe's COROT space telescope spotted the smallest terrestrial exoplanet ever found. With a diameter less than twice the size of Earth, the planet orbits very close to its star and has temperatures up to 1,500° Celsius (more than 2,700° Fahrenheit), according to the European Space Agency. It may be rocky and covered in lava.

HERE ARE EIGHT THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE WATCHING PORNOGRAPHY WITH YOUR LADY:

Guys . . . I know you love watching pornography.  But just because YOU like looking at smut . . . doesn't mean your lady does.

--With that in mind, here are eight things you should know . . . before asking your partner to watch a porno with you.

#1.)  Most pornography is made by men, for men . . . so don't be surprised if your lady isn't into the idea. 

#2.)  If your lady agrees to watch a porno with you, but gets uncomfortable midway through . . . turn it off immediately. 

#3.)  If you're getting-it-on, keep your eyes on your lady . . . NOT on the porno movie.

#4.)  Don't use pornography as a way to communicate new things you'd like to try in the bedroom.  If you want to experiment . . . just ask. 

#5.)  Don't put on instructional videos (--you know, like a guide to performing oral favors).  If you do, your lady will be completely insulted.  (--And rightly so.)

#6.)  Saying things like, "I bet you could do that better than her" could be interpreted as manipulative . . . so you're probably going to want to avoid doing that. 

#7.)  Be aware that the debate about female exploitation in pornography is still up in the air . . . and there's a chance that your lady will feel violated by what she's seeing onscreen. 

 #8.)  You might want to consider watching a porno movie that's geared specifically toward women and couples.  (London Times)

The average guy has FOUR orgasms per week...Two with a partner, and two on his own! 

According to a sexologist named Trina Read "Men need to have a physical release...every 24 to 48 hours...it's their Biological Predisposition because men need to spread their seed"

This according to the LONDON FREE PRESS..