BREAST MASSEUR

Okay, time for a career change. After reading how Xia Jun became the first man in China to be a certified Breast Masseur after only 3-months of training, I'm packing my bags and heading to China with a dream to be the second certified Breast Masseur.

And for those of you who think it's just about the chance to fondle breasts, look at the reasoning of Xia.

Xia has stated that having his female employees sent for the same training would not be a wise investment, citing fears of high employee turnover after acquiring new breast-massaging techniques. Instead, Xia wisely suggests that it'd be more cost efficient to have his male managers teach his female employees the necessary breast-massage techniques.

See? Teach the men how to do it and they can teach the women, because if you send women to be trained they'll leave their jobs to be professional Breast Massage Therapists, as opposed to sending the men to learn and then teach the women because then the women won't leave their jobs. Totally makes sense.

Photo courtesy Shanghaist or some creepy lurking guy.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

The picture speaks for itself.

THE ROYAL WEDDING SCEPTER

Here's one for the old neighborhood.


Kudos to Prince William and Kate Middleton for reviving a long forgotten English tradition:

The First Royal Public Fellatus.

Afterward, the thousands of onlookers cried, "God save the Queen!"

NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE 2011

I never thought I'd say it but No Pants Subway Ride 2011 makes me miss NYC.

On Sunday, January 9th, 2011 over 5,000 people took off their pants on subways in 48 cities in 22 countries around the world. In New York, our 10th Annual No Pants Subway Ride had over 3,500 participants, spread out over six meeting points and ten subway lines.

BMUP IN ROAD

In a scathing response to a Los Angeles Times article about teacher effectiveness in the Los Angeles Unified School District, one non-union teacher makes several spelling and grammatical errors.

teacherm at 8:41 PM August 16, 2010
I am a nonunionized teacher who works at a charter school. This article is so shallow its ridiculous. Yes test scores are low district wide, yes its a problem, but to determine the "effectiveness" of a teacher based on one standardized test is completely preposterous! This test is only covers math and language arts. There are four other subjects elementary school teachers are still required to teach. In all the state mandated proffessional development I have participated in, I have been taught to assess the WHOLE child. I taught one second grader who was able to read at fourth grade reading level and consistently had high math test grades, yet he scored basic on the test. Should I retain him because of this? NO! How can teachers be assessed by just looking at test scores? The WHOLE teacher needs to be assessed. This article doesn't even come close to describing what an effective teacher is and how one should be evaluated.

GOODNIGHT BAY RIDGE

The movers have come and gone, the cleaning woman is just about done, and soon I'll hop in my car and leave Bay Ridge. We're heading back to the sun and surf in Los Angeles.

Thank you Bay Ridge for three and a half wonderful years. And thanks to everyone who read this blog. I never in my wildest dreams could have imagined the response I got on this site.

Have a wonderful summer.

One of my old commercials

STARBUCKS FREE PASTRY DAY

It's Free Pastry Day at Starbucks again. March 23rd. Get the coupon and get there early. It's all over at 10:30!

LONG BOW PUB AND PANTRY

There's a terrific review in the Brooklyn Paper of the new Long Bow Pub and Pantry. The pub is a great Welsh pub. Yeah, you heard me right. A Welsh pub. And if there's one thing the Welsh know how to do it's drink. That and how to cook up a delicious rabbit. Oh wait. That's rarebit. Never mind.

So call your friends and get on down to the Long Bow. 7316 Third Ave. between 73rd and 74th streets in Bay Ridge, (718) 238-7468]. Kitchen opens at 5 pm on weekdays; open all day on weekends beginning with a full English breakfast.

Photo courtesy: The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

BRITTANY MURPHY DEAD OF CARDIAC ARREST

What the hell!? So very sad.