I just registered to attend the Podcast and Portable Media Expo at the end of the month. It looks like The Learning Annex Donald Trump Real Estate Wealth Expo, but for podcasting. But, like, omigawd, all my friends are going! Well, okay, all my friends I never met in person. And I am not ‘invited’…
The Adventurous Couple’s Guide to Sex Toys is here!
You know I got my copy early, but now it’s out! It’s here! People can buy it! A friend from Good Vibes called and told me it looks lovely on the shelves! Even more incredible, read what the esteemed Library Journal Review (!!!) says about it: “Blue, Violet. The Adventurous Couple’s Guide to Sex Toys.…
HUMP! wrap and the state of amateur porn (or why I need hazard pay)
I caught the Friday night 8pm showing of HUMP! 2, Seattle’s annual amateur porn festival and competition, and I may never be the same. The Stranger’s blog has the results and great comments on the videos; I wish I could have stayed for the afterparty. I would have totally humped Bo Logan’s third leg. (Did…
Bandwidth slave
It’s not as sexy as it sounds. I’m just sitting here up-and-downloading my podcast for iTunes today so I’m in a weird bandwidth suckhole (again, it only *sounds* hot in pixels) where I have to stay at the computer but can’t actually *do* anything. I have a big HUMP! and Seattle wrap in the works…
I heart Make
When I got home from Seattle, there was a present for me on my doorstep — Phillip sent me a copy of the new Make Magazine #7! Yay! It’s extra-special because in this issue they did a huge Maker Profile on the person closest to me in my life, Mark Pauline. It’s all good —…
The Seattle Craigslist sex scandal
Last Monday Seattle resident Jason Fortuny (and a friend) carried out a thought experiment into reality — one I think anyone who has surfed Craigslist sex ads has entertained. He took a hardcore Women Seeking Men ad from another city and reposted it to see how many replies he could get in 24 hours (the…
Sex toys contain toxins
As I’ve described previously in this article, this podcast lecture and as it was all Boinged last March, mass-made sex toys contain toxins. But now someone’s doing something about it, read Sex Toys Contain Toxins. Snip: “The Hague – Environmental group Greenpeace called on Friday on the European Union to ban the use of chemical…
Sexy sexy Seattle
When people think of Seattle I think they conjure… rain, Microsoft, coffee, bad movies like Singles and Sleepless in, bad TV sitcoms — also, the fierce WTO protests, the (now sadly defunct) Infernal Noise Brigade and a restless art scene. Coming to Seattle for HUMP! has had me really thinking about how much the sex-positive…
More yay Seattle
Okay, so now I’m a super nerd; I’m in a cute hipster bar that has wifi by myself (Chac: surrounded by cute guys + girls), sipping beer and blogging. It’s *that bad*. But hey, as you can see by the small selection of pics in this post I had a hell of a day. I…
Yay Seattle
I’m in Seattle right now and it’s like 80 degrees — very different from cool SF. I am super excited about seeing the indy porn festival this weekend — HUMP! has completely sold out and they have had to extend the run to *fourteen* shows! Meanwhile tomorrow I get a tour of the rope factory…