I only recently knew that this is a word. Smegma. Have I just lived that sheltered of a life? If Winemonkey and I hadn’t been thinking up meanings for the word schmagel, which we think we made up as well, I would STILL not know!

“Smegma is probably the most misunderstood, most unjustifiably maligned substance in nature. Smegma is clean, not dirty, and is beneficial and necessary. It moisturizes the glans and keeps it smooth, soft, and supple. Its antibacterial and antiviral properties keep the penis clean and healthy. All mammals produce smegma. Thomas J. Ritter, MD [co-author of Say No to Circumcision] underscored its importance when he commented, ‘The animal kingdom would probably cease to exist without smegma.’” (”Where Is My Foreskin? The Case Against Circumcision,” by Paul M. Fleiss, MD, Mothering, Winter 1997)

Oh yeah. So “I smegma you not” is our new catch phrase.

All I have to say is that if you haven’t seen them, GO!

It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen on stage. The muscles of these men trump the muscles of every man I have ever seen. And all with a purpose. Half of the time I was amazed at their sheer strength, the other half of the time, their stamina. They are a must see!

Sicily. In one week and 4 days. I will be out loving the island. And I will have left my paper behind for critique. I won’t ever want to come back.