I have been discussing the topic of men wearing women's lingerie and I have received some interesting comments overall - mostly from women who are very supportive, and men who have confessed either their secret or their desire to do so.

But not all men appreciate this. I received an email from a man who thinks that such men are simply not "men." He says, "I say that a guy who feels inclined to wear panties should just come out of the closet already. I find it sickening how much women these days are turning men into neutered pussycats."

What do you think?

Like a lot of people who are interested in technology, I have been following the debate over stem cell research in the US.  In fact, some experts believe that America may be losing its competitiveness in a hot area of technology by dragging its feet on stem cell research. 

And as is well known, South Korea has emerged as one of the leaders in stem cell technology.  I have great respect for South Koreans for their expertise in displays and electronic devices (plus the delicious food that I ate when I spent a week in Seoul), but this is clearly a leap for them.

So what is driving their interest in stem cell research?  It's plastic surgery, stupid!  It is now believed that the percentage of population having plastic surgery is the highest in South Korea.  In fact the other day I heard that men are asking women to show their "before" photos before they start to date them so that if they do think about marriage, he can get an idea on how the kids would look like.  Though, I wonder why their offsprings can't have plastic surgery too like the mother?

While the potential of stem cell research is still debated, several experts believe that it can be used for breast augmentation (imagine the body making its own breast tissue - eliminating the need for breast implants).

I am so happy for Jen Aniston.  Only time will tell if this is just another Hollywood romances or if they are really serious about it.  We have all seen that Hollywood is not the place to contemplate long term romance.  But what critics are calling as "Vinnifer" the romance of Aniston and Vaughn appears to be serious with lots of kissing and cuddling in public followed by a visit to the parents.

When Oprah interviewed Aniston on her program, she talked about how she took the time to deal with the pain of a divorce but was ready to move on.  Looks like she might have found a great guy!

As a ProUser (who actually pays to tBlog), I am very dissatisfied with the service.  Almost all the time the servers are down.  And it is not just that my readers can't read my blog, I actually lose money from my advertisements.

What can tBlog do?  Eliminate all those bloggers who are not willing to pay even a dollar a month.  That will drive out all the free blogs (run primarily by spammers - also knowns splogs) and hopefully the ones like us can get the traffic that we need.

However, it is not just tBlog that is being attacked.  Even Blogger is being targeted.  I hope that something can be done soon; otherwise I will dump tBlog and move on.

Samsung has introduced a phone which has a hard drive as big as some computers:  3 GB.  Wow!  The model SPH-V7900 may very well compete with PocketDish and iVideo.

So what can you do with it? 

The V7900 allows users to store two or three full-length movies (at 1.1-5GB each) or more than 700 music files (at 4MB each). The V7900 also supports the latest multimedia compression technologies –MPEG-4/H.264 (for video) and MPEG-4 AAC/AAC+ (for audio). High-performance dual speakers are mounted on the folder exterior to provide 64-polyphonic stereo sound.

And just in case you were wondering how will you take those pictures on the go, it also comes with 2 megapixel camera with 2X optical zoom, MP3 player, and document viewer function.

When Fox decided to cancel the reality TV show that was funny in a stupid sort of way, I was wondering why.  Paris Hilton is a master at creating controversy and managing to stay in the spotlight.  A relationship with a Greek God, then a breakup that really looks like no breakup, and then another relationship with another Greek God.

So was Fox hoping that they could follow Paris' wedding and a little bit of bellywatching?  Well for the time being just wait and hope for another juicy news from Ms. Hilton.

Looks as if we might have the mother of all hanheld devices for entertaining yourself - something called a PocketDish from the folks who provide satellite dishes for watching TV.  You really have to evaluate now if you want to buy an iPod Nano or a Dell DJ Ditty or those satellite radios from Sirius.

The PocketDish has a massive screen - 7" LCD.  I did not think that the hard drive was too large (40GB) but it is pretty neat in the sense that you can copy files from your DISH Network DVR and watch the programs (about 40 hours) in the car or on the plane - that means I could go on an international trip and have enough entertainment for all the flights.  Plus you can do everything else that you do with an iPod.  For instance store songs and photos.

Now the question is what will the iPod Video do that is better (provided there is one!)?

If we are to look at the hot blogs list at tBlog, I am so proud to be featured there.  While my blog is #58, I am still excited.  Hopefully I will move up soon.

I have been impressed by the rapid growth in traffic to my blog.  While I did not blog about it but the jump from 20,000 visitors to 30,000 visitors was accomplished in just 21 days.  Remember that it took me 31 days to go from 10,000 to 20,000 visitors.

So thank you all for your support!

I had mentioned about the eBay auction for Britney's bra, but now it turns out that she had to take it off the market after the price reached almost $50,000. 

The reason:  eBay thinks selling used underwear is unacceptable.  The other reason was that there was plenty of confusion about when she wore it.  I guess timing is everything.

I simply couldn't stop laughing when I heard Terry Semel ridiculing Google.  Generally speaking you expect CEO's of companies to be somewhat smarter than the rest of us and do their research before they open their mouth.

Now from about a dozen or so websites/blogs that I manage, I have seen one thing - rapid growth in referrals from Google and MSN and a sharp drop in referrals from Yahoo particularly from overseas and on our Spanish language website (and that is when we rank very high in Yahoo SERPS).  So now we don't even bother with Yahoo and focus mostly on Google and MSN.

But even if we ignore the case of our company, what does Wall Street think?  Almost everyone agrees that the true measure of a company's success and strategy is the shareholder value created.  The chart below shows that Semel might very well have the same sense of reality that President Bush has.

So the list of sexiest women alive is out from the Esquire magazine and the winner is Jessica Biel.  Now the important question is who is she replacing?  No it was not Paris Hilton.  Last year's winner was Angelina Jolie.

The magazine also includes a sexy woman in her 30s and that happens to be the Chinese actress Gong Li who at 39 looks absolutely gorgeous.  She is not known much here in the US but I saw her in Farewell My Concubine.

In the 40s age bracket, Sharon Stone is the winner - no wonder then that Christin Dior has hired her as a model.

And believe it or not when I saw Rene Russo - the winner in the 50 plus category - the other day on television promoting her new movie Two for the Money, I was impressed how attractive she looks.

Now Jessica Simpson is no stranger to rumors of all kinds.  If you are a celebrity like her, you have to deal with gossip, but does it tell you a lot about a relationship if one of the spouses does not wear the ring.  At least that is what the magazines are using as a basis for their split.

In my opinion, a wedding ring is a meaningless symbol of being wedded when your heart is not with your spouse.  I feel sorry for those "conservatives" who cling to this romantic idea that somehow wearing the ring means a lot.  To me, it is just an item of jewelry.  If you truly love your partner, it is the feeling that counts.

Despite the confidence with which US Weekly is standing by its story about the breakup, I would not believe it till I hear officially from the couple.  This type of rumor has been circulating as long they have been together.

Well there is something that I liked about the breakup of Paris Hilton and Paris Latsis - they have been so civil about it.  I can understand why someone's feelings might change for a person, but that does not mean that a person has to criticize, ridicule, or belittle a former lover.  While Hilton has done her part really well, Latsis went one step further by calling his ex-fiance the "most incredible woman."

I also liked the fact that the couple broke up when they realized that they were not made for each other.  We saw recently that Charlie Shanian and Tori Spelling ended their marriage in just about an year's time.  Similarly, we also saw Renée Zellweger and Kenny Chesney seek an annulment when things did not work out for them in a matter of months.

But what about all those reports of Paris Hilton now fooling around with Stavros Niarchos III, who by the way also happens to be the (Greek) boyfriend of Mary-Kate Olsen.  I mean aren't there single men out there that she can find?

Provided you have the money - though it is also for a good cause (hurricane victims).  The bra worn by Britney Spears (shown below) is being auctioned on eBay.  And while the bidding started at $0.99, when I checked it just now it was already at over $22,000.

Now Britney Spears is no Marilyn Monroe (at least not yet).  So the question is what is the real value of her used underwear a few years from now.  Well some people think that it is definitely worth tens of thousands of dollars.

In July I had written about men wearing lingerie. Well, this weekend we received an email from one of the visitors to our website and I thought I might reproduce it.

"I am a 46 year old male in Atlanta area. I have for many years been enjoying the serenity that wearing women's lingerie brings to me. I am single. I would love to find a woman that would accept me as I am, but really don't hold out much hope for that. After a very long hard stressful day at work, it is quite relaxing to go home, take a quick shower, and slip into a nice soft satin, or even better silk gown. Matching panties are a must of course, and sometimes I even slip on a pair of thigh high stockings. I do not advertise this, of course, because I believe that most of the society is not ready for someone like me. Still, it is always the highlight of my day. Yes, I do love lingerie."

Based on the emails that we get on our websites, all we can say is that Gary should keep looking, use dating websites, and keep trying because there are women that like men like him or are willing to live with them - we have heard from many such women too. We are not in the matchmaking business but just understand that the way there are men like Gary, there are women who love men like him.