…and the Jenny Sanford was granted her divorce.  I’ve been a little busy this week, so I apologize for being a few days late.

I’ve always said that you’ve got to be dumb to cheat.  Cheating doesn’t make sense from a cost/benefit analysis standpoint.  Well now, I’ve got science on my side.

Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa of the London School of Economics and Political Science found that intelligent mere were more likely to place an emphasis on monogamy and sexual exclusivity.  Dr. Kanazawa says that it is a form of higher evolution.  The same pattern was not found amongst women.

Source: Telegraph

Well, I’ll let you read the article if you want to find out.  CNN Anchor Jeffrey Toobin already has a “lovechild” with CBS Jeff Greenfield’s daughter, but apparently one “well-known media figure” states that he talked dirty to her at a party 15 years ago.  I don’t know why she took so long to bring this up (or whether she can accurately remember a statement from that long ago).

Nevertheless, it goes back to what I said in my previous post: Shut your da** mouth (You can replace a “mn” or “rn” with the asterisk. I don’t care either way).

Source: Gawker

Chief Master Sargent William C. Gurney is the top enlisted man in the Air Force Materiel Command.  He has been charged with

seven specifications of adultery and misuse of official position; seven specifications of failure to obey an order or regulation, and dereliction of duty; two specifications of maltreatment, and two specifications of indecent conduct and wrongful sexual contact. In the military, specifications equate to charges.

after an accusation that Gurney sexually harassed a woman.

If this is true, then he’s a cheater in my book.  And he should be in yours too.  I often hear people, mostly men, say that it’s not cheating if there is no sex.  This is ridiculous to me.  Cheating is all about intent, just like any crime (cheating actually still is a crime in a few states).  You can be sentenced for attempted murder if you don’t kill someone.  Similarly, you if you attempt to cheat, you have still largely committed the crime.

I understand that flirting occurs.  Honestly, flirting is something that is so subconscious that I don’t think you can control it.  You can, however, control what comes out of you mouth.  Discussions about having sex with another person is per se wrong.  It doesn’t even have to rise to that level.  I still think it’s cheating if you say, “If I didn’t have a girlfriend/wife, I’d…” to someone you’re interested in.

Source: Dayton Daily News

Lost star Matthew Fox allegedly slept with a stripper that he hit on at a strip club in Bend, Oregon twice.  As if Bend doesn’t already have a sexual connotation to it, it’s actually the birthplace of American strip clubs.  Go figure.

But I’ve digressed.  Here’s the story from Stefani Talbot, the woman allegedly involved:

Matthew, Stefani says, started by buying her a drink, then paid for four private dances, each worth $20. “He asked me, ‘Why are you working in a place like this?’ I told him that I am a single mom and needed the money,” Stefani says. “He absolutely did not mention a wife or family, and I don’t remember him wearing a wedding ring.”

The story goes on

Despite the club’s strict rules about dating customers, Stefani left her 5-year-old son with a babysitter and claims she met Matthew later that night at the house he was staying in with his entourage. “We sat around and talked about his show. He complimented me and was saying how down-to-earth I am. He told me he was going to be in town for a couple of days,” she tells In Touch. Pretty soon, things heated up. “He didn’t tell me to keep it a secret or anything. He didn’t even use protection. He didn’t seem concerned at all,” says Stefani.

I believe the woman.  This guy is no Tiger Woods (I mean as far as popularity goes).  If a woman were to lie about sleeping with someone, it needs to be Bradley Cooper.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again.  Strip clubs are not place for married men (unless it’s for a bachelor party).

Source: InTouch Magazine

Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye

Wally World is getting into the online movie business (like everyone else).  They recently acquired a company called Vudu and the first thing they did was remove the Vudu After Dark films.  Some of these films were pornographic in nature.  I can’t believe that I am giving Wal-Mart props for something.  Scary…

Source: Techcrunch

Georgia votes have filled the role of one cheater (Glenn Richardson) with another cheater (Daniel Stout).  Stout is only 29 years old, but had an affair 10 years ago (19 for the mathematically inept) with his former mother in law.

Stout is now remarried and renounced his sin and learned from his lesson.  I don’t think this should haunt him for the rest of his life.  The Manogamy Movement is about ensuring that people

I still can’t help but wonder 1) Why did he get married so young and 2) What kind of man sleeps with his mother-in-law? That’s extremely shady by both parties.  But again, Mr. Stout has a clean slate in my mind.  Don’t let Georgians down, sir.

Source: Examiner

I actually used to like Joy Behar.  I think she’s KINDA funny and she frequently addresses issues in relationships.  She recently, however, called marriage (monogamy) “a life sentence” during a debate on pornography.  We’ve got to change the way that people view exclusivity.  And we wonder why so many people stray.  I’m going to stop watching her show until she makes up by inviting me on.  You have my contact information below.  Thanks.

Source: NewsBusters

Sign of the Times

I know that everyone makes mistakes.  Sometimes I may send an e-mail to the wrong person or forget to attach a document.  That’s why I’ve added the retrieve e-mail function on Gmail, which allows you to stop messages before they are sent out.

But TigerText takes things to the next level.  This free apps released today allows you to “Cover Your Tracks” by deleting a message from both phones and from the servers.  Here’s an example of how it works:

It works like this: when, say, a prominent Southern politician sends his mistress an iPhone message via TigerText, the mistress will be prompted to install the app. When she has done this, she can read the message, but she can’t keep it. In fact the message is never actually sent to her phone — it’s stored on Tiger Text’s servers. After the timespan that the politician specified has elapsed — anywhere from one minute to five days — the message ceases to exist. There’s even a “Delete on Read” setting, which counts down from 60 after it’s opened, and erases the text at zero.

Time Magazine is on top of these cheating apps, as they also had an article about the AshleyMadison web app.  Keep up the good work, Time!

The company claims that the use of the word “Tiger” in this context is completely coincidental.  They just so happened to keep it in the wake of the Tiger Woods scandal.  For some reason I find that hard to believe.

I don’t know how popular this app will be, but they are coming on Blackberry and Android shortly.  While the name TigerText is not the most discreet, know that there will be a proliferation of similar apps in the months to come.

Source: Time and TigerText Website

Mark Your Calendars

People can say what they want about Tyler Perry, but I’m actually a fan of his work (conceptually).  Perry is a strong advocate for relationships and fighting when things get rough.  His movies address the reality that cheating happens and sends the message that it’s wrong. It’s imperative that we support movies like this and show that people still care about family.  I’ll be sure to check this one out.

Source: Official Movie Trailer