The blizzard of last week left tons of mess on the ground. I'll be raking it off for months to come. The storm stripped our trees of weak limbs and pulled down more leaves. Lawn guys will start clearing paths later today. Otherwise, the garden was not nearly as damaged as feared. An anise tree took ...

Thanks to Quill for excavating this tasty historical treat from the pages of Slate magazine. Lots of fascinating details for sex scholars. The opening of a sex shop in the historic district of Alexandria, Va., has generated outrage among local residents, who claim such a business sullies an area onc...

From the looks of it, she could probably kick Arnold's now too. Arnold Schwarzenegger congratulates Iris Kyle after she won the Miss International body building competition during the Arnold Sports Festival Friday, March 6, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio. LINK Ms. Kyle's commitment and dedication is admira...

Gorgeous day in Athens, a blissful antidote to the snow and gloom that began this week. I had a shopping list an arm long, so off we went, my stalwart life-mates and I. So much devastation along our path, but then this lovely grove of Bradford Pear trees in bloom on Highway 29. Alas, saved the pet s...

I may need to do a search for more kitschy old sex books that sold sin on their covers, but here are two that have been sitting around on my hard-drive for a few weeks. Both are from the early 1960s This first one's a peach But this one...ummm...kind of weird. Where's her neck?...

Fascinating to me, an Israeli organization by and for Orthodox Jewish lesbians. It takes a special kind of courage for these women to step forward and agitate for change. The site is written in Hebrew, but offers English translations (as below). via The Forward Bat Kol . Religious Lesbian Organizati...

There are a lot of odd toys and toy sellers out there but this marketing campaign for an oral-sex toy called the BlowGuardâ„¢ gets my vote for oddest. First, there's the strangely unenthusiastic testimonials, "Finally, a toy for the guy" is not exactly a rousing endorsement of its efficiency, though...

Not sure if I've mentioned it on the blog before, but I will be making an (increasingly rare) public appearance at the 2009 Leather Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA , scheduled for the first weekend in April. I am looking forward to this event with great excitement for several reasons. First, I ...

Things are still a bit touch-and-go around here. We've had more than a few outages, but happily they've all been of reasonably short duration since yesterday morning, so it's only been inconvenient for us. Many of our neighbors in the Athens metro area have experienced genuine hardship. Today's loca...

So here's a girl will never be able to claim she can't swallow....