As a writer and editor, there are many recent and current cultural forces I appreciate for making people read more, for the benefit of all. We all give it up for libraries (virtual and actual) and their necessary fantasy counterparts sexy librarians. Oprah’s book club got housewives reading apocalyptic Cormac McCarthy novels — I never…
I try to do a ‘pretty girl friday’ post every week, but it doesn’t always work out because I get so busy — or I actually spend time away from the computer. Shocking, I know. Don’t worry, everyone’s sure it’s just a phase. Yet I love doing these posts because it’s just nice to look…
My friend Thomas Roche tweeted earlier today a very informative article on How Stuff Works called Can Too Much Kissing Damage Your Lips? The writer has a lot of interesting scientific facts about kissing in the piece; it’s well researched and gets me excited for the release of my upcoming book “Seal It With A…
A number of blogs are (lightly, frighteningly) covering the upcoming release of German metal band Rammstein‘s deluxe box set for their new, er, releases. You’ll remember when I recently posted their new music video “Pussy” which is not just the most graphic music video I’ve ever seen, but also truly hilarious in both lyrics, emphasis…
Image by michaelca. In this week’s Chron column, I did a full, glowing writeup of the incredible spectacle that is seeing a show by The Thrillpeddlers. I’m actually not a big theater fan, though I can’t recommend this experience highly enough — especially if you’re visiting from out of town. You’ll remember I did a…
I just discovered Gothic Charm School. I might be busy for a while. Her book “Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them” is fabulous; I bought a copy last night to get myself in the Halloween mood. Well, more than every other day of the year, that is… Images…
UPDATE 10.21.09: This image (and others in this post) were originally posted by cocakl with this Creative Commons license. Cockai has been emailed asking why they are no longer viewable. /UPDATE Apparently female strippers and lap dancers entertained the presumably (presumptively) male, straight attendees of Taiwan’s Yahoo Open Hack Day (simonwillison.net). Wups! Which is all…
Silly and fun: the video looks like it was a blast to make — friend Liam Kyle Sullivan — known and loved by all as that betch Kelly — has a new video underscoring the fact that in order for us to get health care reform in the US, someone’s gonna have to “grow some.”…
Our local, yet internationally renowned, sex-positive BDSM powerhouse Kink today launched a project that they’ve been (ahem) slaving away on for a while now: 3D Kink. An online, community-run massive multiplayer online role-playing game, 3D Kink is a world where members can do and be pretty much anything they want. Think “Second Life sex” yet…
Image via Blue Blood’s Gothic Sluts. I’ll admit that I read the email a little too fast and though, hey, I can look sexy carving a pumpkin. But no, Babeland’s “Sexy Jack-O-Lantern Contest” is to win gift bags worth $100, $50 and $25 (online or in person) worth of free sex toys is about carving…