CNN On 'Free Internet Sperm Donor'

The headline on CNN.com today, "Virgin Sperm Donor Sires 10 Kids" caught my eye, in a 'Man Bites Dog' sort of way.  So I clicked on it.  And it just got more and more amazing from there.

The 'story' was actually a 3 minute video clip (that you can watch HERE) which is summarized as follows, "Joy Behar talks with 36-year old Trent Arsenault, who runs a website where he donates his sperm for free." (My first thought upon reading that was, "oh, and does he have a 'Breast Inspector' card in his wallet, too?")

I started the clip and was amazed when it actually began with a heavy set young woman talking with Joy about her experience using one of these 'free sperm donor' services.  She and the donor (a stranger) met at, no joke, a Starbucks.  A so-called 'expert' then assures an incredulous Joy Behar that, in fact, Starbucks is a very common meeting place for this. (Thereby ensuring that I never use a Starbucks bathroom again.)

Then Trent Arsenault is interviewed via what appears to be Skype.  If I close my eyes and try to imagine what a 'free internet sperm donor' might look like, I develop two distinct mental images.  And  Trent fits one of them to a tee, right down to the greasy proto-beard.  He then reveals that local authorities have shut down his enterprise.  "They issued a 'cease manufacture' order," Trent says matter-of-factly, and with a straight face.

You cannot make this stuff up.