Fat Leo...

A retired U.S. Navy captain has pleaded guilty, while another former Navy officer was sentenced to prison in a wide-spanning Navy bribery scandal involving a Malaysian defense contractor.  

Jeffrey Breslau, 52, of Georgia, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego to a criminal conflict of interest charge. So far 33 people have been charged in the case.

Leonard Francis, nicknamed "Fat Leonard," paid Breslau to ghostwrite his emails. Prosecutors say Francis overbilled the US Navy by more than $35 million for services for ships.

Francis, bribed Navy officials to help him overbill the Navy for fuel, food and other services his company provided to ships docked in Asian ports, according to prosecutors. 

The bribes allegedly ranged from cash and prostitutes to Cuban cigars and Spanish suckling pigs. 

Not Me...

How many times do our children run up to us to share a grievance toward another child? Generally these complaints involve rules that have been broken. We spend a lot of time teaching our kids “the rules” — use your inside voice, share your toys with your friends, keep your hands to yourself, etc. The list goes on. It’s natural for a child to want to call attention to perceived rule breaking, but “Do not tattle” can also become a new rule for your child to follow.

Forget...

If you're the child of a narcissist, you will likely struggle with these problems:

• Codependency in other relationships.
• Weak sense of self.
• Poor interpersonal boundaries and inability to say “no”
• Chronic guilt or shame.
• Self-loathing.
• Emptiness.
• Trust issues.
• Inability to express or handle emotions.

Tighty...

This tighty-whitie guy is cheeky and puckish. He doesn't get embarrassed easily and is self-aware in a way that is actually super-sexy. He knows himself and that makes him cool without even trying.

A guy in a thong is a fearless man. He is his own damn person. And that is what is important to the thong-clad man. He wants to look good and is willing to give up a little comfort if he needs to, even though no one asked him to do that. He is a total goddamn weirdo, but he's just doing his thing. 

His jockstrap is reminiscent of his old football days and he just doesn't want to leave the past behind. The man had buttcheeks that could cut diamonds.  He's not going to cover that memory up with some flabby boxers.  He likes to party and he likes to dance, a good-time guy. He might not make the best boyfriend, but he'll be a great fling. He's too lazy for real underwear, but too cool for tighty-whities. 

A commando guy might be called down-to-earth by some or dirty by others:  If he's not one to wear underwear, he's not one to sweat the small stuff. He likes old Western movies and smoking pot out of an apple pipe. He probably does something off the cuff manning the bar at a cool, low-key dive bar, while likely still living with his parents. Hey, it's rent-free.

Romance...

Since most romance novels and romantic comedies are pitched to female audiences, men actually have a more romantic outlook on love than women do. 

A much-used measure of romanticism, the Romantic Beliefs Scale, asks people to rate the extent to which they agree with statements like, “There will only be one real love for me,” and, “If I love someone, I know I can make the relationship work, despite any obstacles.

"It turns out that men typically outscore women on this measure.¹ Men are also more likely than women to believe in the romantic notion of “love at first sight.”^2,3

Offer...

Officials have kept quiet any economic incentives they’re offering Amazon to move part of its second headquarters to Long Island City.  

 Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said he is doing everything he can to lure the tech giant, even joking he’d change his name to “Amazon Cuomo” and rename Newtown Creek the “Amazon River.”

But Cuomo’s been tight-lipped about the specific incentives he’s putting on the table. And the New York City Economic Development Corporation has refused to give details about the proposal it submitted to Amazon in October of last year, denying Freedom of Information Law requests by The Real Deal and other organizations.

One tool the governor has is to offer Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits, which has so far committed more than $1.04 billion in tax credits across the state, according to a quarterly report from March.

Free tax Money to create additional congestion that the governor  wanted to reduce by taxing others.

Just-This...

Burger...

Don't let your conversations with your wife dwindle to nothing but talk about your kids, your jobs, and the weather. If that happens, it could be a sign that your marriage is in real trouble. There's lots more to talk about beyond the practical and the superficial. In fact, it's critical for couples to discuss their feelings and emotions on a regular basis. These deep and real conversations are the "glue" that will hold you together and create the intimacy married people desire. 

Eyes...

We have always been told that dance is very revealing. It has the power to strip and expose the dancer so much that whatever a dancer is going through emotionally, is often revealed through his/her dance. The same is true about sex. The way we behave sexually, says quite a bit about our perceptions of sex, our attitude towards sex, our comfort with our own sexuality (or lack thereof) and our beliefs about sex itself.

FOMO

Limiting the use of Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat directly leads to reductions in loneliness and depression, a recent study published by the University of Pennsylvania.

The study is titled "No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression," and as part of it, researchers observed 143 undergraduate students over three weeks.

The experiment found that among the group that limited its use of social media, the researchers saw significant declines in depressive symptoms.

Though other studies have found correlations between social media and mental health issues, this study claims to be the first "to establish a clear causal link between decreasing social media use, and improvements in loneliness and depression."

It is ironic that reducing social media, which promised to help us connect with others, actually helps people feel less lonely and depressed.