• Nerve Scanner introduces us to the awesome Volkswagen independent cinema sponsorship ad about Toy Story being a "meditation on the trials of puberty and sexuality."

• Nerve Scanner also has a dishy roundup of the scandals, rumors and conspiracy theories plaguing Palin (e.g. maybe Sarah Palin was never pregnant and Trig, the newborn, is actually her daughter Britol's and Sarah covered it up to save her political career).
  

• Daily Kos explains the twisted relationship McCain, Palin and Bush have with teen pregnancy.

• Cracked lists "Hollywood's 5 Saddest Attempts at Feminism," with a surprisingly insightful write-up on the uterus of Natalie Portman's character in the Star Wars prequels. 

• Panopticist points out a children's book cover that cannot be believed! (via BoingBoing)

• One of our favorite sites, Fail Blog, never fails to disappoint -- this week's winner: "Parenting Fail"!

• Yes But No But Yes held a Labor Day Caption Competition with some good entries. One of our faves: "'I shaved my legs for this?' the AT-AT thought to herself."

The best of this week's blogs by the bloggers who blog them. Highlighting the top 3 posts as chosen by Sugasm participants. Want in Sugasm #145? Submit a link to your best post of the week using this form. Participants, repost the link list within a week and you're all set.

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Bush Rides Again: Birth Control Defined as "Abortion"?
"The reason you tweak laws, redefining them or broadening their definitions, is to create the opportunity for a legal climate in which challenges may better succeed."

First Time For Everything: A Polyamorous Relationship
"The only real trouble with being a triad came from the world around us."

Sex Work And Compassion: Panty Tree
"I will never feel shame for being a sex worker."

Mr. Sugasm Himself
Sugar Bank

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I Meet the Business End of Citibank's Anti-Adult Business Policy

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• Ryan from Single-ish feels as if too much of his dating life is occurring online, and he's beginning to wonder if he needs to start setting some ground rules with the Internet.
  

• Glamour's got expert advice for the ten most embarrassing, baffling, just plain insane sex and love situations. Seriously, what do you do when you think your boyfriend is gay?
  

• Smitten asks the all-important question: Does your man have the cheating gene? And if so, can gene therapy help?

• Are you a lacy slip kind of girl, or do you prefer to pass out in underwear and an American Apparel tank? What about sleeping au natural? Photographer Justin Cox took charming and intimate photos of friends as they were getting ready for bed.

• We don't know whether it's totally hilarious or a sign of the impending Apocalypse that Radar managed to convince The Hills' Spencer Pratt to dish advice on anal sex.

• Boinkology's Lux Alptraum laments the stoopid laws that make it illegal to purchase a sex toy in New York if you're under 18 (and in some states, you're supposed to wait until you're freakin' 21).
  

• Trend de la Creme introduces us to the Raquel Welsh-inspired skong trend. It's like peek-a-boo for your vajayjay. Yeah, we think we'll take a pass.

• The Love Coach ("Helping Nerds Date Since 2008") nominates their Top 50 Sexpert Blogs, and yours truly made it in! Thanks to Dr. Kate for boosting us into the "Professionals" category...

• Why are we not surprised to learn (thanks, Just Jared!) that Matthew McConaughey's father was getting busy until the second he died?

• Feministing relishes taking down a new anti-feminist guide to college sex. (Though we have to say that, out of context, we kind of liked this line from the book: "In real life [Sex and the City's] Carrie would have warts or herpes."

• If you've ever accidentally puked on a new hook-up or had a new partner find a dingleberry during a little "exploration" (yes, it happened to a friend of ours), then have we got a site for you: How Not to Get Laid: A Compendium of Coitus Rejectus. [via Nerve's Scanner]

• Ryan from the Single-ish blog has a burning question for you: Strip clubs, are they heinous or harmless?

• Revealed! The key to a sexy marriage! Hint: Create distance to create desire.

• Just admit it, we've all stumbled out of an unfamiliar apartment and commenced the Walk of Shame. But honestly, shouldn't it really be the Strut of Hell Yeah! Either way, Glamour's got the lowdown on some of the most hilarious journeys home we've ever heard.

• Some dude brought that The Proclaimers song "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" to life, sort of. He rides his bike for 5 hours to reach a girl he likes that might not even like him back.

• Glamour has totally revamped their website, and it looks absolutely amazing! There's ton of great new content including a new blog called Smitten that's all about sex, love and life. We're really excited about it!
  

• The new healthy living blog, Vitamin G, wants you to Read This Before You Toss Your Underwear in the Laundry. The words cross-contamination and E. coli are used. Scary stuff!

• Glamour has compiled a very honest list (by men) about the 14 things he wants you to know about his body. And here we thought we knew just about everything. Our favorite is number nine: "When it comes to our nipples, most of us can barely feel anything...unless you bite them, and that just hurts."

• Don't we all want to know what guys really want to do sexually that they've never done before? Glamour got eight real men tell them exactly what they're craving!

• "Unveiled women = unwrapped candy bar?"

• First Strawberry Shortcake, now Dora the Explorer: she's getting a makeover. Is nothing sacred?

• In a fascinating article on the reasons why the Olympic Village is such a hot bed of...well, is just a hot bed, the author notes that, heterosexually speaking, male medal winners get more attention and action than female medal winners, whose athletic success is considered unfeminine and sexually ambiguous. Lame.

• According to Planned Parenthood's last email blast, the Bush administration proposed a rule last Thursday that will allow anti-choice activists "to receive federal funds for so-called 'crisis pregnancy centers' -- anti-choice facilities whose purpose is to deceive and dissuade women from accessing birth control and abortion information and services." Contribute to PP's campaign to fight back by clicking on "urgent breaking news"!

• It's like a fortune cookie fortune: Financial worry will negatively affect growth...in bed.

• We're just pissed at ourselves for reading this post in its entirety: a debate on whether or not there will be a Heidi-Spencer sex tape.

• Biden as Barack's VP choice bodes fairly well for the future of sexual and reproductive rights.

• A new book's princess is living happily ever after without a prince (though she is totally in love with God, which could be considered the biggest prince of all).

• Here's a surprise: A new study has found that moms' views about premarital sex don't affect their decisions on whether their pre-teen or teenage daughters should get the vaccine against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer (i.e. "mothers who wanted their daughters to remain virgins until marriage were just as likely to have them get the vaccine as those who didn't expect their daughters to wait until marriage to have sex.")

• Breaking out the cuffs and paddle every now and then might make you happier than more vanilla types.
  

• Hallmark cares enough to send the very best message about equal rights by offering same-sex marriage cards!

• Speaking of gay marriage, Ellen and Portia tie the knot -- yay for them!

• Maybe one of them will try lesbian insemination -- now fully lawful in Cali.

• And let's end with more good gay news: An Oregonian Native American tribe is about to allow same-sex marriages.