This ball on the bench is prickly like a lot of people.
Say or do something that rubs them the wrong way and you got a sharp aching thorn in your side.
Hence the saying about handling them with “kid gloves” made from fine soft kid leather.
Handle tactfully and with special consideration or else get stung badly and suffer the pain and consequences. 😉
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I like this quote from former Israel prime minister, Golda Meir:
Don’t be so humble; you’re not that great!
Nice way to pop someone’s oversized bubble of an ego and tell them to put a cork in it.
Or as my dad used to say:
He’s not a big shot; he’s a big sh*t!
Anyway, she had a sharp mind (like my dad) and was an amazing leader that Golda. 😉
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I hate neck ties in general, but love these specifically.
If you have to wear a tie, these strong gorgeous silk ones called Quindici by Ermenegildo Zegna are absolutely beautiful.
At a retail price of $285 each at Nordstrom’s, they are not cheap, but what a powerful and confident accent for any formal outfit.
These are all for me! 😉
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As a follow up to my blog on Tuesday about the Anti-rape Bra, a colleague gave me the lead to another prototype device called Rape-aXe.
Here is a YouTube video that explains how it works (explicit topic).
According to Nicci Talbot in Suite101, Rape-aXe is a female anti-rape condom that has small razor sharp barbs on the inside.
A rapist, who inserts into the female condom, gets trapped by the device, which needs to be surgically removed and leaves small scarring.
The device was invented by Sonnet Ehlers a South Africa women, and it went into production in 2007 going for $2 a piece.
According to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) “1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime.”
“It’s a medieval device for a medieval deed,” stated Ehlers, and no such evil deed should go unpunished.
Females and males should be protected from sexual abuse both legally as well as with anti-rape devices–and that’s the real point. 😉
(Source Photo: here with attribution to haleybean91)
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