OCTOBER 27 UPDATE

CHICK OR TREAT

Ace Shane Daigle takes on Halloween (escorted by mama Jennie Finch)

BATBUSTER/SURF CITY SCORES:

CA Grapettes Gold 7  WA Lady Hawks 3

WP/ Alaina Shull       Brittany Astle HR/ 3 RBI's, Juliana Santos RBI, Brittany Johnson 2 RBI's.

CA Grapettes Gold 1  WA Bulldogs 3

CA Grapettes Gold 4  Jets Gold 3

WP/ Alaina Shull         Brittany Astle Triple, Alaina Shull RBI, Ashley Applegate 2 RBI's

CA Grapettes Gold 5  WA Sidewinders 4

WP/ Mickell Escobar   Kristina DeAnda Double, Brittany Johnson Double/ RBI, Mickell Escobar RBI, Taz Weatherly 2 RBI's, Samantha Huerta RBI

CA Grapettes Gold 5  NJ Inferno 3

WP/Alaina Shull   Ashley Applegate 2 Doubles, RBI, Kristina DeAnda HR w/2RBI's, Double w/2RBI's

CA Grapettes Gold 10  Strike Zone-Ford 4

WP/ Mickell Escobar    Kristina DeAnda 4 RBI's, Mickell Escobar RBI, Alaina Shull RBI, Taz Weatherly RBI, Brittany Astle Double w/RBI

CA Grapettes Gold 1  San Diego Renegades 4

COMMITMENTS

KC Zephyrs Gold

07 - 2b Livi Abney committed to the University of Wisconsin

ISF 2007 CALENDAR

World

Regional

PRIORITIES

While much of the world is focused on nukes in Iran and North Korea, the civil war in Iraq, etc., Italian archaeologists are proudly announcing that they have restored a whore house.  Not just any house of ill repute, but the fabled Lupanare in ancient Pompeii.

This report was filed by Marta Falcone, Associated Press:

The Lupanare -- which derives its name from the Latin word "lupa," or "prostitute" -- was presented to the public again Thursday following a yearlong, $253,000 restoration to clean up its frescoes and fix the structure.

Pompeii was destroyed in A.D. 79 by a cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius that killed thousands of people -- and buried the city in 20 feet of volcanic ash, preserving Pompeii for 1,600 years and providing precious information on what life was like in the ancient world.

Among the buildings was the two-story brothel with 10 rooms -- five on each floor -- and a latrine. Each room on the ground floor bears a fresco of a different sex scene painted over its door -- possibly suggesting the prostitute's specialty. The upper floor was for higher-ranking clients. The stone beds were covered with mattresses and each room has names engraved in its walls -- possibly those of the prostitutes and their clients.  The building was unearthed in 1862 and has undergone several restorations since, most recently in 1949, officials in Pompeii said. The latest restoration focused on fixing leaks in the building and restoring the frescoes, which had turned yellow and had faded in parts.

The brothel -- once centrally located near the city's forum and the market -- is open to the public as part of the regular tour of the ruins of Pompeii, east of Naples.  (But the girls are gone).  "The legend that Pompeii was a lascivious city is true -- and not true," said Pietro Giovanni Guzzo, the site's top archaeological official. "There was ample opportunity for sexual relations, but the prostitute in the technical sense was confined to one place."

Libertine habits flourished in Pompeii, and considerable evidence testifies that the city's wealthy merchants and visiting sailors had a taste for eroticism. The prostitutes were slaves and were usually of Greek or other foreign origin, and they commanded prices up to eight times the cost of a portion of wine, with revenues going to their owner or the manager of the brothel, officials said.

THE REDHEAD

From Chill Lee

A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her.

Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket toward the man.

He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back.

"Oh my, I am so sorry, " the woman says as she pops her eye back in place.

"Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you," she says.

They enjoy a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they go to the theater followed by drinks. They talk, they laugh, she shares her deepest dreams and he shares his. She listens.

After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast.

They had a wonderful, wonderful time.

The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed. Everything had been SO incredible!

"You know, "he said, "you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet? "

"No, "she replies. . . "

"You just happened to catch my eye."


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