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Last week our friends over at Elastic Waist were experimenting with Luna Beads, which supposedly "exercise your hooha," as they put it (hey, "vajayjay" is so 2007). It's all about strengthening your pelvic floor, because strong pelvic floor muscles can improve your orgasms now and help keep you out of the incontinence aisle later in life. What's not to love?

We're a tad skeptical about the balls, just because we find it hard to believe that your pelvic floor could just exercise itself like that (it sounds a bit like a late-night-TV special offer to us), but we're all for accessorizing your pelvic floor workout if it helps you stick to a regimen. You may have better luck, though, with a vaginal barbell--it'll give you something to grip against while doing your kegel exercises.

Or, if you're the kind of gal who believes that anything can be done better at a spa, then you might want to visit New York City, which is now home to the country's first medi spa dedicated to pelvic fitness!

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The Huffington Post recently ran ten tips to better sex and sleep (in two installments) as part of Sophie Keller's "How Happy Is Your Home" series. Despite its earnest, new age-y, feng-shui tone which drives us nuts on principle, the advice is pretty much spot on, albeit a bit obvious: Keep your bedroom "simple, peaceful and uncluttered," don't have pictures of your in-laws around your bed, and make sure you can see the door easily from the bed--"hello intruders!" (our wording).

She also recommends putting a plant or fresh flowers in your room to keep your love blossoming, but fails to mention that if your thumb is about as green as Bush's energy policy, then having a rotting, dying plant in your love haven could undo all that good symbolism. She recommends making sure the head of your bed is against the wall to make you feel secure so you get a good night's sleep--there's no mention of how a bed smack dab in the middle of the room makes you an egotistical, self-centered loser with a

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Our recent haiku contest winners gave us a hankering for our own haikus, hence your weekly astro-romantical advice in 5-7-5:

aries (Mar. 21st-Apr. 20th)
If you make new friends,
Don't tell them you like sploshing . . .
Until you know them.

taurus (Apr. 21st-May 20th)
Jogging, squash, tennis --
Momentum will carry you
Into bed and love.

gemini (May 21st-June 21st)
If you want to charm,
Use your head to disarm them;
Don't wear tight clothing.

cancer (June 22nd-July 22nd)
Much like a haiku,
Give little away with words.
Mystery is rad.

leo (July 23rd-Aug. 22nd)
Friends make good lovers.
Not all friends want your booty.
Proceed with caution.

virgo (Aug. 23rd-Sept. 22nd)
Ready, set, go, dude!
Someone special -- or butt plugs --
Are at the finish.

libra (Sept. 23rd-Oct. 23rd)
They say they're single.
Who are you to believe them?
Truth eludes us all.

scorpio (Oct. 24th-Nov. 22nd)
Friends are nature's lube,
Greasing the way for more sex
With new friends to come.

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We happened to catch an interview with Jay-Z on the Jonathan Ross Show in London last week, and we have to say: that dude is funny. And charming. (Jay-Z, we mean...or Jay-Zed, as Jonathan Ross nicknamed him.) Who knew? Well, besides Beyoncé. We never really got what she saw in him before--and now, we kinda do. Also, thanks to this week's issue of Us Weekly magazine (Em is a loud-and-proud subscriber), we now know that Jay-Z--along with Diddy--is a fan of the Brozilian wax. Apparently he thinks that "bald is beautiful," according to a source. We can't second that emotion--all we can picture is plucked chickens--but we do applaud his good-for-the-goose, good-for-the-gander approach to pubic hair. And, hey, everyone knows that

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CrazyBlindDate is a fairly new dating site, active in seven cities right now (New York, L.A., Boston, D.C., San Francisco, Chicago and Austin), that lets you set up blind dates very last minute (like for tonight). There are no profiles, no photos--hence the "crazy." Their target market is "really fun, adventurous and spontaneous people...who are trying to get out of a dating rut or just want some kind of 'crazy' night out." We were skeptical (even though we kinda recommended it a few months ago). So we sent some impertinent questions to founder Sam Yagan, the guy behind behind SparkNotes.com, TheSpark.com and OkCupid.com:

Blind dates are notoriously consistently bad. Why the heck would anyone want to do this?

Simply put: most singles don't go on as many dates as they would like. CrazyBlindDate.com offers singles the opportunity to go on a date by doing a minimal amount of work, and unlike blind dates set up by a friend, you'll probably never run into your date again.

One of your

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ExBoyfriendJewelry.com is where the broken-hearted go to dump those sparkly yet painful reminders of love lost. Whether or not you're in the market for a new watch or pendant, it's worth a visit just for the stories that accompany each item (what's known as "the scoop" on the site). There's the expected funny-bitter stuff like, "The ring is beautiful, the man sucked!" but it's the surprisingly sad tales that really get you. One woman's boyfriend gave her a ring he charged to HER account while he was cheating on her with his own cousin ("true!"). Another's crack-addicted husband spent their 3-day-old baby's cash gift from the grandparents, so she split with the guy and is selling all his stuff just to make ends meet. One woman's story ends, "I ran away after he hit me again."

Man. It feels almost like a public service to buy some jewelry off the site just to help out your fellow woman. But certainly some users have figured that the sadder the story, the more likely the sale...? A bit

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Hi there,

I always want to have anal sex with my girlfriend who is 19 (23 years younger than me). I have followed some instructions and tried a few times but have not made it. The problem is that I just can't get in there, though I used lube and she has not resisted. Any advice about that? Furthermore, I am much keen to kiss and lick her anus but she thinks I am weird. Is the act normal?

Thanks,
Bummed Out

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Dear B.O.,

You sound like a very polite man, so we'll do our best to ignore the mild ickiness we're feeling about advising a 42-year-old man on popping his girlfriend's backdoor cherry. But just to put our minds at ease, will you please pinkie-promise us that she wants this as much as you do? Because "she has not resisted" isn't quite doing it for us.

Anyway. Onto the anal action. We don't have the space here to get into all of the ins and outs of going in the butt--it would take an entire book to Read More »from Ask Em and Lo: How do I make my girlfriend my backdoor friend?

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