Did you hear about the woman who used to live in Hawaii, fell in love with another woman, fought for gay marriage, lost, moved to Oregon and had a sex change, married said woman, realized she couldn’t get pregnant, stopped taking her male hormones and is now five months pregnant?

People, I can’t make this up. Read for yourself.

What in the wide, wide world of science is going on here?

I know that as we get evolve as a society science will continue to progress, become finer, resulting in things we’ve never seen. But isn’t there just a slight twinge of responsibility here? I mean, once you resign from a sex don’t you have to embrace certain items about your new sex? Aren’t there any unwritten rules of the SRS-inclined? This is slowly turning into a Seinfeld bit, but I almost feel like this is more social experiment than joy of childbirth.

Doctor’s are concerned for potential health issues for the baby, tied to its, er, mother taking 10 years of testosterone. One thing they shouldn’t be concerned about is the baby’s mother finding one of those ‘Baby on Board’ t-shirts - he runs a t-shirt printing company.

I’m not about to pass judgement on if this is in the best interest of, well, anyone involved.  Or, if it’s even legit to begin with. However, I don’t think I’d recommend this guy’s doctor to any of my friends looking to have reassignment surgery - I don’t think they were very thorough.

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I’ve been following this growing controversy regarding the LeBron James Vogue cover. In the photo he is posing, with game face, alongside Gisele. I thought this cover was awesome. After all, famed photographer Annie Leibovitz shot it. And it was on Vogue, where James joined George Clooney and Richard Gere as only the third male and the first black male to grace the cover.

Then all hell broke loose.

Magazine analyst (is there such a thing) Samir Husni cited the magazine’s racial insensitivity by creating a cover that was so close to the famous King Kong shot where he’s holding his white woman captive atop the Empire State Building.

What?

Never in a million years would I have made that connection. Then again, I watch LeBron almost every night and am used to his game face. However, the more I look at it, I’m seeing how someone could think that. But it wasn’t until after I read this story and saw the picture critics are referencing (posted at the top of this page).

Do I really see the comparison? Or, is this another perfect example of priming, the practice of subonciously prepping one’s mind documented so well in Malcolm Gladwell’s fantastic book Blink? There has long been debates over how the national media primes us and shapes our thoughts on race.

So, which is it? Personally? I think it’s ridiculous. I’m going to trust my unbiased first take, which was far from this accusation and more along the lines of ‘geez, LeBron is huge,’ and ‘man, Gisele is so hot.’

Why would LeBron James willingly put himself  into a situation that perpetuated stereotypes of his own race? And if your argument is that he did it unknowingly….come on. This is LeBron James we’re talking about people. He’s in control of everything he does. Take it from someone who has watched him since high school.

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I think the UK has solved underage smoking.

In a move that will go to public opinion soon, the ministers are considering banning cigarette displays in stores to curb smoking and prevent underage smoking.

No word on how they’re going to eliminate smoking in video games, movies, comic books and music videos.

I wonder if they’ll start banning displays of candy, pop, cookies and chips to prevent obesity?

Well goodbye, Dalai (Lama).

Did you see that the Dalai Lama is threatening to resign as the head Tibet’s government-in-exile if the Tibetan violence in his homeland continues.

Seriously, how bad does it have to be if the Dalai Lama threatens to leave? Here’s a guy who has dedicated his whole life to peace in his homeland and the world. And now he’s calling out his own people by stepping down from that post. I don’t know about you, but I think I’d listen to him.

Plus, you know if the Dalai Lama is pissed at you Richard Gere is too. I don’t think I’d want Richard Gere pissed at me.