When naming the seven continents, Antarctica was usually the one that was said last. It was the continent that didn't really exist outside of the classroom, a destination that no one went to for vacation; unless of course your friends happened to be the children of scientists who studied glaciers.
The Llama Sutra delights in answering your questions about sex and relationships. This week: What is an air embolism and how can it be prevented?, What if he/she can't orgasm? and Enkidu's sexual performance in Gilgamesh left me feeling inadequate, what do I do?
Our political biases, personalities and sensory perceptions may lead us to declare a winner from Friday's presidential debate, but we really should know better. We don't know who won, the media doesn't really know who won, the obnoxious woman you overheard at Vila Thai last night doesn't know who won - no matter what her Tiger Beer said - and the candidates themselves probably don't know either.
The past few weeks of Wall Street meltdown have profoundly reshaped the economy. Let's start from the top. Last week the Treasury Department bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two of the country's integral mortgage finance companies that dated back to World War II check this fact.
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