When Autoerotic Asphyxiation goes awry. / 4-1

Autoerotic asphyxiation is the practice of intentionally reducing the amount of oxygen to the brain during sexual stimulation in order to heighten the received pleasure from orgasm. This act of depriving oneself or another of oxygen in order to achieve orgasm is classified officially in the United States as Hypoxyphilia, according to the American Psychiatric Association. This act can be done alone or with a partner, but autoerotic often means when a sex partner is exluded. Deaths often occur when the loss of consciousness caused by partial asphyxia leads to loss of control over the means of strangulation, resulting in continued asphyxia and death. Victims are often found to have rigged some sort of "rescue mechanism" which has not worked in the way they anticipated as they lost consciousness.

It can lead to an unexpected, quick death.

In a longabout way, this is what the Green Bay Packers did to themselves last night, losing to the Chicago Bears 27-20 at Lambeau Field. I won't get into the details of the game or I may choke on my own vomit. But one minute they're smiling - confident, and then ziiiiiiipppp! - it's over...and you lost. Quite unexpectedly.

The saving grace (if there is any here and I'm the type of guy who looks at the glass as being half-full) is that I had to shave my 4-0 beard off (it's hot in CA right now) and the Packers are still 4-1. The Redskins are coming in to Lambeau next week and we had better figure out a way to stop giving the ball up or we're in a heap of trouble.

Next Week: Washington Redskins (3-1) @ Green Bay Packers (4-1)