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		<title>Breast Feeding Should Be Stopped at a Year . . . TOPS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 19:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KristenM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to TIME Magazine&#8216;s cover with the mother breastfeeding her four-year-old, there has been a ton of debate over the age to stop breastfeeding. So of course I&#8217;m going to weigh in my opinion. Not only do I think it&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/2012/05/breast-feeding-should-be-stopped-at-a-year-tops/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmedical.com"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-770" title="time magazine" src="http://www.socialmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/time-magazine-breastfeeding-cover_413x551-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a>Thanks to <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com">TIME Magazine</a>&#8216;s cover with the mother breastfeeding her four-year-old, there has been a <em>ton</em> of debate over the age to stop breastfeeding. So of course I&#8217;m going to weigh in my opinion. Not only do I think it&#8217;s completely unnecessary to continue breastfeeding after 6 months to a year, quite frankly I find it disturbing. If your child is old enough to ask to be fed, he&#8217;s too old to suck on your nipples. There&#8217;s a point when your little baby starts to take shape as a little person, walking and talking, and the thought of him latching onto your breast becomes pseudo-sexual.</p>
<p>I highly doubt there has been a study of children who were breastfed for two years or more and sexual perverts. You&#8217;re just asking your child to have weird fantasies about being breastfed in the bedroom. As a baby, your little one just knows the squishy thing gives him food.</p>
<p>But as he ages, he&#8217;s having more thoughts than just hungry, tired, and my bum is wet. Now you have this child, not a baby, suckling at your bosom and it&#8217;s weird. Soon he&#8217;ll wonder why the other kids are getting their milk from a carton. From a medical viewpoint, children don&#8217;t <em>need</em> to be breastfed past a year old. They can get their nutrients from other sources. And we live in a society where people finding this act frightening. Plain and simple. From what I&#8217;ve heard, breastfeeding is painful. Why continue it? Are you a masochist? Okay, I get it. It&#8217;s a sacrifice you make for the child. But it&#8217;s not one you <em>need</em> to make at all! You want someone to suck on your nipples really hard? Ask your partner. He/she would be more than happy to.</p>
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		<title>Social Advice For Moviegoers and Cinephiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MattC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had recently gone with my friends to go see Marvel&#8217;s The Avengers movie. I had a fantastic time but it would have been even better if the audience wasn&#8217;t irritating. And we all know what I&#8217;m talking about. It&#8217;s impossible &#8230; <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/2012/05/social-advice-for-moviegoers-and-cinephiles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-762" title="social skills" src="http://www.socialmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/social-skills-300x190.png" alt="" width="300" height="190" /></a>I had recently gone with my friends to go see Marvel&#8217;s <em>The Avengers</em> movie. I had a fantastic time but it would have been even better if the audience wasn&#8217;t irritating. And we all know what I&#8217;m talking about. It&#8217;s impossible to go to a movie theater and not get a few pain in the ass people (I call them P.I.T.A.s for short). These are the people that dampen the experience through nervous ticks and rude habits.</p>
<p>At the top of my list are the loud talkers. These people are just plain rude. Subtitles are for foreign films and for the hearing impaired&#8211; I shouldn&#8217;t need them because you won&#8217;t shut your trap, especially not in a LOUD movie theater with a speaker on every 2 feet of wall space. If you can&#8217;t hear yourself talking it&#8217;s because you&#8217;re NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ANYWAY.</p>
<p>Next: The Distractions&#8211; these are the people who munch and gobble food loudly, fidget in their seats, or get up for a lot of concession stand and pee breaks. This category also includes the Baby Bringers, Cell Phone Ringers, and Popcorn Flingers. Just stop. Whatever it is that you&#8217;re doing instead of watching the screen, just stop it. If you weren&#8217;t going to pay attention to the movie why did you pay the $13.50 or more? The rest of us hocked up blood to pay for these tickets and we want to get our money&#8217;s worth. Obviously school never taught you how to behave because these <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com">social skills</a> also apply to special ceremonies, sports games, concerts, and more.</p>
<p>And at the bottom of the annoyance list are the people with odd quirks because they aren&#8217;t trying to be rude. These are the people who laugh and then repeat the punchline of the joke, who say things like &#8220;dayum,&#8221; because they got scared and want to hide it, or who simply just do things by accident.</p>
<p>Take some simple <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com">social skills</a> advice&#8211; just be cool. If you can&#8217;t be polite at these kinds of events wait for the DVD or Netflix release and be as annoying as you like in the comfort of your own home.</p>
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		<title>Dating 101: What NOT to Do on a First Date</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KristenM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts when it comes to a first date. Say the wrong thing and the date could end quickly. But I guess you can argue that if they can&#8217;t handle something you say on &#8230; <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/2012/05/dating-101-what-not-to-do-on-a-first-date/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmedical.com"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-756" title="love help" src="http://www.socialmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/baddate-300x225.jpg" alt="love help" width="300" height="225" /></a>There are a lot of do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts when it comes to a first date. Say the wrong thing and the date could end quickly. But I guess you can argue that if they can&#8217;t handle something you say on a first date, where could it possibly lead? However, there are some awkward social moments that really could kill a potential life mate, or decrease your odds of having sex.</p>
<ul>
<li>Do not talk about past relationships. You&#8217;re here to learn about each other, not what once was. Plus, it will come across that you&#8217;re still hung-up on your ex.</li>
<li>Do not talk too much about yourself. Let&#8217;s keep it 50-50 and not come across as a narcissistic a-hole.</li>
<li>Shy away from &#8220;controversial&#8221; topics like religion and politics. However, you can tip toe around the subjects and if the person seems like he/she may have similar views as you, then go for it.</li>
<li>Do not reveal really personal information or &#8220;baggage,&#8221; such as &#8220;My mom is a recovering alcoholic and I&#8217;ve been taking Prozac since I was a teenager.&#8221;</li>
<li>Do not get drunk UNLESS both of you get drunk together. Actually no one should really get drunk but I did on my first date and three months later we&#8217;re still going strong&#8230;and drinking a lot together.</li>
<li>Do not reveal sexual fantasies, especially if they&#8217;re weird like you have a foot fetish. That&#8217;s unappetizing.</li>
<li>And finally, do not mention love, marriage, and babies&#8230;at all!</li>
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<p>Follow this advice and you can be on your way to having appropriate <a title="social skills" href="http://www.socialmedical.com">social skills</a>.</p>
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		<title>No One Actually Wants to Have Sex with Barbie</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KristenM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a short while ago I nearly threw up in my mouth when I caught a glimpse of a woman who altered herself to actually look like Barbie. I don&#8217;t mean she just went for implants and a tummy-tuck. No, &#8230; <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/2012/04/no-one-actually-wants-to-have-sex-with-barbie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-752" title="barbie" src="http://www.socialmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/real-life-barbie-11-300x247.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="247" /></a>Just a short while ago I nearly threw up in my mouth when I caught a glimpse of a woman who altered herself to actually look like Barbie. I don&#8217;t mean she just went for implants and a tummy-tuck. No, she gave herself some Double Es, maybe Fs(?), potentially removed ribs to give herself the tiniest hourglass figure ever, shaved off half her nose, turned her skin into plastic, and bleached her locks. It&#8217;s frightening, to say the least.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.socialmedical.com">Valeria Lukyanova</a> is a 21-year-old Ukrainian girl who apparently dreamed of looking like a real-life Barbie and after several surgeries, her dream came true. She&#8217;s a real plastic ditz! Her eyes are even just as soulless as the doll. I could probably rant for hours about how this is the most anti-feminist act possible. But I won&#8217;t. I&#8217;ll keep it brief. Even as a child I never liked playing with Barbie dolls but I think that was because TMNT toys were way cooler. Obviously at the age of 5 I didn&#8217;t know about feminism, but seeing these countless and horrific photographs makes me want to be rid of Barbie for good. Is this all Valeria dreamed of doing with her life? Not law school or ending world hunger? Heck, her parents would have still been proud if she wanted to go into acting.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a truly sad day and I weep for humanity. I&#8217;m just waiting for an article to pop up about a man who turned himself into Ken. A coworker questions if she altered her genitals too to be void and plastic. Check out her 10,000+ <a href="http://vk.com/photos4926666">creeptastic photos</a>.</p>
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		<title>Sharing Food</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>orens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest social mistakes people make is not sharing food, specifically with me. This is America not Somalia, there is plenty more rice where that came from. People have been sharing food as a means of social bonding &#8230; <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/2012/04/sharing-food/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_747" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/"><img class="wp-image-747 " title="Social Medical" src="http://www.socialmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/foodshare-300x182.jpg" alt="more social" width="300" height="182" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This pack of wild dogs has the right idea.</p></div>
<p>One of the biggest social mistakes people make is not sharing food, specifically with me. This is America not Somalia, there is plenty more rice where that came from. People have been sharing food as a means of social bonding for centuries. If you are not doing this clearly know nothing about <a href="http://www.ajblognetwork.com/">how to be social</a> and you also should probably go on a diet.</p>
<p>Often time’s people will not want to share food with me because I am constantly complaining about sores in and around my mouth. First of all, these are not herpes sores, they are mystery sores. Second of all, I’m not asking to fellate you I just want some of your fillet o’ fish. These tend to be the same stuck up people who cringe when I root around in the trashcan for food. A lot of people are throwing out partially eaten lunches around here, why not benefit from there wastefulness? Portions in America are too big and we waste tons of food. Maybe if we were <a href="http://www.ajblognetwork.com/">more social</a>, this would not be such a big problem.</p>
<p>I, for one, cannot enjoy my veggie burger when I know those around me are eye fucking it out of hunger, it’s a real buzz kill.</p>
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		<title>Breaking Up IS EASY TO DO!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking up is hard to do. I have had friends dragged over the coals by some women who simply could not bring themselves to end their relationships with awful men and/or women because they no longer had a conception about &#8230; <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/2012/04/breaking-up-is-easy-to-do/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-742" title="more social" src="http://www.socialmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-03-craigslist.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>Breaking up is hard to do. I have had friends dragged over the coals by some women who simply could not bring themselves to end their relationships with awful men and/or women because they no longer had a conception about what being along might be like.</p>
<p>Codependency can be incredibly damaging to the way one proceeds through their lives. It can make you unhappy and cramped while completely destroying your <a href="http://ajblognetwork.com/">more social</a> tendencies. Yet, fighting through codependency can feel almost impossible. It can make a person feel like they have lost all control of their lives and like they are pulling the trigger on everything that matters.</p>
<p>This is why I found a fellow offering $35 to strangers to have them break up with his girlfriend for him so inspiring. How perfect a plan, how beautiful a world we live in to facilitate it. I offered my services but if anyone in the world thinks like me there were probably dozens leaping at the chance to do this.</p>
<p>My hope is that more and more people will take to the web to outsource their break-ups. Let&#8217;s make this <a href="http://ajblognetwork.com/">socially acceptable behavior</a>!</p>
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		<title>Pardon Me, There Is a Phone Stuck to Your Face</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KristenM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know we live in a world where everyone&#8217;s third arm is his or her phone. You need to check your e-mail, text your friends, and look at cat pictures in sepia on Instagram. I get it. Those pictures are &#8230; <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/2012/04/pardon-me-there-is-a-phone-stuck-to-your-face/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmedical.com"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-739" title="cellphone" src="http://www.socialmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cell-phone-facts-funny-person-300x257.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="257" /></a>I know we live in a world where everyone&#8217;s third arm is his or her phone. You need to check your e-mail, text your friends, and look at cat pictures in sepia on Instagram. I get it. Those pictures are addicting and cute. But maybe it&#8217;s time the world becomes <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com">more social</a> and not such a pain in the ass. This post is two-fold. I began with the intention of ranting about people on the subway or walking down the street with their eyes glued to the phone.</p>
<p>So first let me say, stop it. Walking down the street with your phone attached to your head is a hazard. I&#8217;ve literally saved friends from becoming roadkill. So now I&#8217;m worried about my friends dying but also playing Frogger, dodging pedestrians left and right. I know life in NYC seems to be hectic and fast paced, but not so much that you can&#8217;t wait 5 minutes to text someone back. Or here&#8217;s a novel idea, pull over on the sidewalk!</p>
<p>My second slab of beef about phones is that society is becoming inept with their <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com">social skills</a>. We&#8217;re so used to e-mailing, texting, and commenting on Facebook that some of us don&#8217;t know how to actually have a conversation with people. My generation isn&#8217;t <em>so</em> bad at it, and naturally I ignore people who can&#8217;t. Now while I admit to &#8220;checking in&#8221; on Foresquare and Untappd, I don&#8217;t spend the entire evening staring at my phone. To me, that shows a lack of interest. I feel terrible for those younger than me. These children will probably fail on interviews and never speak to anyone in life ever again. Their dating life is doomed.</p>
<p>Get off the phone please. Why don&#8217;t you try <em>talking</em> to people. Remember talking?</p>
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		<title>Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>orens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has spent long hours cursing the internet’s back allies and bath houses I can safely say that looking for love online is a bad idea. It can often results in virus (computer and bodily), crushed dreams, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/2012/04/looking-for-love-in-all-the-wrong-places/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="WWW.AJBLOGNETWORK.COM"><img class="size-full wp-image-730 alignleft" title="Social medical" src="http://www.socialmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/asig.jpg" alt="love help" width="224" height="226" /></a>As someone who has spent long hours cursing the internet’s back allies and bath houses I can safely say that looking for love online is a bad idea. It can often results in virus (computer and bodily), crushed dreams, and Xanax fueled first dates. Is this ringing any bells for the internet daters out there?</p>
<p>Many people flock to internet site like OkCupid or Match.com but the problem with these sites is that people&#8217;s digital projections of themselves are miles off of their actual appearance and demeanor. You are better off going to a real back ally or bath house in search of love and communicable disease. I bet right now you are thinking, “Okay, you are totally correct. But how do I find love?”</p>
<p>The only real path to love is using the pseudo-super-science called astrology.  Any good scientist will tell you that we are at the mercy of the planets. If you haven’t found love yet it’s because you are one of the runt signs (Taurus and Scorpio – Sorry you will all die alone) or you have been spending too much time outside when mercury is in wane. Sleep with quartz crystal above your heart then burn some sage leaves, love will be yours in no time. Be <a href="http://www.ajblognetwork.com/">more social</a> and take my <a href="http://www.ajblognetwork.com/">love help</a>.</p>
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		<title>Things Not to Do On a Crowded Train: Wear Your Backpack</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristineM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I&#8217;m looking at you, guy. The one lacking any social etiquette, who was standing on a crowded downtown 5 train and was the only person to refuse to place their backpack on the floor. If your backpack had practically nothing &#8230; <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/2012/04/things-not-to-do-on-a-crowded-train-wear-your-backpack/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmedical.com"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-725" title="subwaypack" src="http://www.socialmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/subwaypack.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>Yeah, I&#8217;m looking at you, guy. The one lacking any <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com">social etiquette</a>, who was standing on a crowded downtown 5 train and was the only person to refuse to place their backpack on the floor. If your backpack had practically nothing in it, I may not have minded so much. But it seems like you had a small child packed in there because it was huge. And your huge backpack kept ramming into me every time the subway car shifted.</p>
<p>Not only that, but you see that space your Jansport is taking up? A whole damn person can fit there. So essentially, you are utilizing space you don&#8217;t need. And now you look like a jackass because there are three other people around you doing the right thing, with their bag on the floor between their feet. But no, you keep being a rebel, jerk.</p>
<p>While we are at it, ladies, please tame your purses. I always hold mine close to me and sometimes in front of myself. Many of you let these things swing freely. I had a purse this morning freely molesting my backside for a good three stops. I don&#8217;t want to become that intimate with your Louis Vuitton, thanks. Also, you are an idiot because someone can easily  pickpocket you, as you clearly have no idea what your purse is even doing. I hope you get to work and realize you lost your Kindle. You deserve it.</p>
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		<title>Equal Pay For Women Still An Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems absolutely insane that the issue of equal pay for equal work might still be a thing we would be fighting about and yet here we are. I suppose the truth is we are not so much fighting about &#8230; <a href="http://www.socialmedical.com/2012/04/equal-pay-for-women-still-an-issue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ajblognetwork.com/"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-720" title="lilly ledbetter" src="http://www.socialmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Obama+Signs+Lily+Ledbetter+Fair+Pay+Act+-AYphjQRyPql-300x204.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="204" /></a>It seems absolutely insane that the issue of equal pay for equal work might still be a thing we would be fighting about and yet here we are. I suppose the truth is we are not so much fighting about it as we are not all wholly on board with it, but really you say tomato and I say you&#8217;re avoiding the important issue of equal rights. (Let&#8217;s call the whole thing off!)</p>
<p>Mitt Romney while not fully endorsing the Lilly Ledbetter Law which was Barack Obama&#8217;s first signed piece of legislation upon his election has become a sticking point in the Presidential race. As women&#8217;s issues seem to define this race more and more it seems that once again Romney would rather waffle and give vague answers then answer in the affirmative on anything Obama has done in office.</p>
<p>As the differences between the two parties on women&#8217;s rights becomes clearer and clearer it is becoming weirdly clear that the Republicans are completely tone deaf to 51% of the global population. This does not mean the Dems are running away with the full support of women every where but the <a href="http://ajblognetwork.com/">more social</a> and acceptable choice for our wives and girlfriends is clearly blue.</p>
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