Dark Musing

Happy Valentine's Day, Kinksters!

2012-02-14T17:07:00.000-08:00

For all you poly kinksters of one kind or another, a Happy Valentine's Day to you (courtesy of Boing Boing).

Environmentally Friendly Kink

2012-02-08T22:36:00.000-08:00

I was reading about a foot pump that recharges phones, laptops, iPads, etc. and I looked at the device and thought, That's more of a pedal than a pump. And suddenly it struck me: we should have environmentally friendly kink implements. Why not a paddle that stores energy from each strike that hooks up to a USB to top up your iPhone? How about a penis pump that both masturbates and lights up a

Looking for an Explanation

2012-02-02T14:00:00.000-08:00

Can someone please explain this to me? It was on Facebook and I just don't understand...

A Valentine Public Service

2012-01-30T15:18:00.000-08:00

Saw these charts and though not in the least bit kinky they cracked me up. For all of you out there who put off your Valentine's duties to the last minute, let the below be fuel for thought. You've got two weeks!

Excuses, Excuses

2012-01-28T14:29:00.000-08:00

A strip club in Capetown, South Africa has come up with a brilliant solution for the man coming home late from a night out on the town: a line of fragrances called "Alibis." This brilliant product line allows a man covered in cheap stripper perfume to mask his scent with a series of decent alibis. They offer: My Car Broke Down: The scent of fuel, burnt rubber, grease and steel We Were Out

Equine Speculum Follow-up

2012-01-26T14:21:00.000-08:00

A few posts ago I wondered why an online kink shop was selling an equine speculum. Pursuant to that, regular commenter A'marie sent me this photo of a lube: The interesting part of this otherwise rather generic tube of lube is the term "single use." What's "single use" about a 4 oz. tube of lubricating jelly, we pondered. Then it occurred to me...well, if you're an owner of an equine

A Love Story in Foreign Snack Photos

2012-01-24T21:02:00.000-08:00

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So the story below is being told in 7,000 words. Each photo is a legit product (not found in the U.S., needless to say). Mildly kinky, mostly funny. Enjoy. (And yes, very often I am a 12 year old...!) Nap time.

Pain Slut [peyn sluht]: noun

2012-01-18T20:54:00.000-08:00

I was talking to a friend who described herself as a pain slut recently and it got us thinking about what that really means. We concluded there are basically three "widely used" definitions for "pain slut" out there: Someone who has no limit to the pain they receive or simply do not safeword. Someone who loves the feeling of pain, in other words, a true masochist (as opposed to some who love

Sex Slave? Yes Please!

2012-01-16T14:00:00.000-08:00

The entirety of the article tells the tale. What an odd story. Thanks to A'marie for sending it my way. As she pointed out, it's amusing, but if it was a woman on the receiving end, it'd be disturbing and wrong. (Of course, it ends up the story--which first appeared in 2009--was a hoax.) Most men, submissive or not, have likely dreamed at one point of being at the mercy (sexually, at least) of

WTF?

2012-01-14T10:46:00.000-08:00

So I was looking at some emails from an online kink retailer and one of their most recent ads emailed to me was for the item to the left--an equine speculum. Um...whatthefuck do you do with an equine speculum? I mean, sure, you can use it on a fucking horse, but why do I have this sick feeling in my stomach that's not what it's intended for here? Sure, people are into all kinds of things--big

Hitting 50

2012-01-12T11:47:00.000-08:00

At some point over the last few days I hit 50 Followers on my blog. I've been at this for about 2 1/2 years now, posting missives, musings, humorous anecdotes, fiction, photos from scenes, play party reports and thinks both kinky and vanilla that just pique my curiosity. I've said to friends (mostly fellow bloggers Erica, Beth and Lizzie) that I feel I'm constantly swimming up hill with this

Um...

2012-01-06T14:00:00.000-08:00

I go to breakfast every Thursday when I'm in town at the same old-school coffee shop. Over the urinal they put the Sports section of the L.A. Times. I'm not a sports guy. Never understood spectator sports, but I do get participating in them. Anyway, as I stood at the urinal to relieve myself, I saw the above. I don't know what the story's about. Don't care. Just read that and thought, "Really

Gulliver's Travels

2012-01-04T21:45:00.000-08:00

I found this series online and just loved the playful, surreal nature of it. Of course, I kinda liked the bottoms, too. Spanking them would be like Godzilla coming in and smashing the little universes created on each body...

Party Spanking

2012-01-02T10:27:00.000-08:00

I don't know what's gotten into me lately with all the photo posts/reposts (is "repinning" now an official term thanks to Pinterest?). Maybe I'm feeling very visual lately? Maybe I just don't have a lot to write about. I dunno. Anyway, my lack of original content in your gain... For my first post of the New Year, here's something I found online. Not spanking, directly, but one can sure begin to

New Year's Eve Sexiness

2011-12-31T14:00:00.000-08:00

She sat on the padded bench, showing off the new thigh-high black leather boots she got for Christmas. She knew what she wanted and she knew what he wanted, too. Before they were to go out, dine, dance, pop the champagne for New Year's eve, she knew she needed a spanking to get her centered, get out of her head and into the mood to celebrate. There was too much going on, too much to think

What To Do When It's Late...

2011-12-30T14:00:00.000-08:00

What I DO NOT Want for Christmas!

2011-12-28T10:08:00.000-08:00

Okay, I realize I talk about (and do) some really kinky shit, but the idea of a Miley Cyrus love doll is just plan squick-y. Sure, she's of legal age, but something about this is just wrong, wrong, wrong. After all, part of it's the packaging: "She's Young, Dumb and Old Enough for Cum!" Really??? Or how about: "Daddy's Little Stoner is Ready for U To Bone Her!" It sounds like the kind of copy

An Amazingly Hot Photo Series

2011-12-26T14:00:00.000-08:00

Melissa got home from the shoot, ready to please her Mistress. She quickly changed,

You Don't Have to Go to Thailand...

2011-12-24T14:00:00.000-08:00

According to CNN, women can have their faces and breasts slapped in Thailand in order to make them firmer and larger (faces firmer, breasts larger--just to be clear). Now this is legit, at least in a country where you can get a sex change for about 500 smackers. You can check out the article by clicking on the pic below. Just to be clear, if you want to have your face or tits slapped, you

Master vs. Top vs. Dom

2011-12-22T11:13:00.000-08:00

I've posted numerous times here about my personal opinions about Top versus Dom over the years. Trolling FL the other night I found this graph as someone's profile pic. After all my opining I think this just about sums it up.

Kinky Christmas, Part IX

2011-12-20T09:23:00.000-08:00

Normally my topics don't stray to golden showers, but today I had to contribute to my Kinky Christmas series with this fine, fine holiday product: By the way, I wouldn't drink anything coming from a fake penis, let alone a fake Santa's penis. I want to know why this was made, but more importantly, I want to know who buys this shit!

Kinky Christmas, Part VIII

2011-12-18T14:00:00.000-08:00

I'm really enjoying these photo collections and musings under the heading, "Kinky Christmas" I've been posting. I'm having fun with it. In light of my recent postings, Beth decided to take some particularly lovely photographs with the specific intention of enlightening my readers as to what a "Kinky Christmas" is all about. Thanks, Beth! You're hilarious and rather hot. And a good sport!

Kinky Christmas, Part VII

2011-12-16T14:00:00.000-08:00

One last ornament in my weird "Kinky Christmas" ornament series... We shouldn't discuss this...

Kinky Christmas, Part VI

2011-12-14T14:00:00.000-08:00

Some things require no explanation. Admittedly, the "Condom Santa" needed an explanation, but I didn't have one there. These...well...

Kinky Christmas, Part V

2011-12-12T22:26:00.000-08:00

Condom Santa? Condom Santa!

Kinky Christmas, Part IV

2011-12-10T23:19:00.001-08:00

I was putting up Christmas lights today, standing on a ladder up at my eaves, making sure my lights were aligned with military precision. (Okay, I'm a bit OCD.) Across the street my neighbors have lemon trees lining their property (I live in an area of old orchard citrus trees from the early 20th Century). They were laughing and picking fruit and for some reason horsing around. I didn't see it,

Kinky Christmas, Part III

2011-12-07T14:00:00.000-08:00

Lizzie sent me this blog about the tackiest nativities ever. Mostly it was like Hello Kitty nativities and cheesy crap like that. But one of the entires, both the weirdest and likely the most offensive (even to an atheist like me) was the above. WTF? Who would put this on their lawn??? Man I love the holidays! So much kinky blog fodder!

A Kinky Christmas

2011-12-05T14:00:00.000-08:00

I love the Christmas Season in London. One of my favorite things to do is to see the big department stores and their amazing window displays. Making the rounds on Saturday I went down Oxford and Regents Street. There, at one of the grandest, oldest department stores, Liberty, and there I saw something rather unexpected: one of the high fashion mannequins in the window was set up in a BDSM

More Erotic Food

2011-12-03T14:00:00.000-08:00

You know, if you're a regular reader, I've started my own meme with erotic food. I even, jokingly, started a blog for it called Kinky Foods. Well, thanks to the Ecce Spanko blog for this recent posting...

Have a Kinky Holiday

2011-12-01T16:05:00.000-08:00

In honor of December 1, the OFFICIAL start of the Holiday Season (as opposed to what Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy think), I present to you the first of many holiday treats. I think this ornament speaks for itself.

Merry Damn Holidays at the Lair

2011-11-30T14:00:00.000-08:00

American Horror Story Update

2011-11-28T14:00:00.000-08:00

About a month ago I wrote here about American Horror Story, a dark, creepy, erotic, kinky new TV show. I highly endorse it for it's weirdness and high creep factor. On the most recent episode the show took a flashback detour to explain where "Latex Man" came from, a supernatural (perhaps) character in a full body hooded latex suit. During the flashback one of the lead characters (played by

Teddy BDSM

2011-11-26T08:58:00.001-08:00

I've really not got a lot to say today, but as I was trolling the internet for images for an upcoming blog post I stumbled across the following image. Amusing--a bit. But mostly, just odd. I wish I knew the provenance of such images, wondering what the original source was and why. What was the subject matter? Anyway, I post it now for your mild amusement. Enjoy?

Kinky Thanksgiving!

2011-11-24T08:37:00.000-08:00

I curated a few relevant photos to wish you all a very, very Happy Thanksgiving (at least those of you who live in the USA). Once the padlock comes off that turkey is going to get stuffed!

Love You Short Time

2011-11-23T17:00:00.000-08:00

The uncanny valley is that place where some simulacrum of a human being (robot, artificial limb, animatronic, sex doll, humanistic computer animation) is realistic enough to fool the eye but also creepy enough to freak you out. At a recent convention I came across the following, an "emotion responsive" robotic head from Korea. Of course, my perverted mind goes to something far worse than

Lovely Art

2011-11-20T17:30:00.000-08:00

I'm always looking for cool new things to inspire my creative team at work. While trolling around the internet for the latest inspiration, I came across the following, a beautiful and seductive piece of art. It looks loving, an intimate moment, with just the slightest tinge of submissiveness I found appealing. What do you think?

Versatile Blogger Award

2011-11-18T13:30:00.001-08:00

Co-blogger and occasional commenter mauigirl sent me a "Versatile Blogger Award," which was sweet. It's more of chain letter pass-it-along kind of thing, which to be honest, I don't subscribe to. But I did want to publicly acknowledge it was nice of her to send this virtual award my way. Supposedly, the award recipient must do the following: Here are the rules, according to pepper: 1.

Love Our Lurkers 6

2011-11-09T21:59:00.000-08:00

Bonnie began Love Our Lurkers day six years ago. Her blog, My Bottom Smarts, started asking her lurkers to come out and say "hi!" once a year and began asking other bloggers to do the same. It's amazing it's been a year since my own last LOL Day, but here we are. Welcome Lurkers! I hope you enjoy the blog. I hope it entertains you and you get something meaningful out of it occasionally. If

A Submissive Story

2011-11-06T21:35:00.000-08:00

She padded into the room and curled herself around his feet. He was tapping away on the computer with that look on his face that was partially frowny, partially intent. She knew not to interrupt. She also knew what he wanted. Hell, she knew what she wanted too. She felt his warmth, felt the tough fabric of his stiff air-dried jeans against her cheek. She felt good her on the floor, her arms

Halloween Submission

2011-11-02T20:40:00.000-07:00

(NOTE: I started this on Halloween night, but then I had to take a red-eye to Costa Rica for business and, well, it kinda slipped. Though I know it's late now, enjoy some Halloween fiction...) She: red lacy bra specifically engineered to press her assets for maximum exposure tiny pleated skirt so short her ass cheeks poked out from beneath, begging the mind of the viewer to think of nothing

Mainstream Kink

2011-10-25T17:18:00.000-07:00

Every time a TV show or movie has a spanking scene in it there's this wave of blog posting on the kinkosphere about how so-and-so got spanked on such-and-such a show. Big whoop. Sure, we can all get our kicks watching Weeds or old John Wayne westerns, but me, I'll take FX's brand-new and well-reviewed series, American Horror Story. This "psychosexual thriller" from the creators of Nip/Tuck is

Just too damn busy...

2011-10-21T12:24:00.000-07:00

After being out of town on business for two and a half weeks I got back the middle part of last week. Then, it was catching up at work, catching up at home, dealing with family chores and errands all weekend (as well as catching up with the kids!) and then all this week has been work, work, work as it's busier than ever. Suffice it to say, all reasons why you haven't seen a post since the

I want THE COCK!

2011-10-11T01:28:00.000-07:00

More amusing UK stories... Directly across the roundabout from my apartment is a lovely old pub/restaurant. What's it called? Worse, the formal title of this humble establishment is The Cock Inn. So while I was walking around town over the weekend I went over and looked at the menu, decided this would be a good place for dinner, and then at work Monday told my compatriots from America all

Hey England! What's with the English?

2011-10-08T01:35:00.000-07:00

(WARNING: This blog post has nothing to do with kink. So if you have a one-track mind [like I do] I suggest you skip this entry.) I've been an anglophile ever since I was about 17 years old watching An American Werewolf in London. I went to the UK for the first time when I was 19. Since then I've gone on vacation here a few times and have come to the UK for business probably 20 times or more

A Grab Bag of Pics

2011-10-04T05:51:00.000-07:00

First up, a photo I took at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai at a kiosk t-shirt seller: For a place so keen on blocking kink blogs (like this one) from the UAE, I found this t-shirt ironic. In Spain, particularly the Catalonia region, the locals have an odd tradition of caganers. These are figures you hide away in your holiday manger scene of someone taking a shit. Don't know where the

Out of Censorship and WTF?

2011-10-02T03:01:00.000-07:00

I'm out of the UAE and so out of internet censorship filters again. Woo-hoo! When I was over there I was talking to one my colleagues who reminded me of this site full of terrible airbrushed art from carnival rides all over the world. It's called Bad Carnival Art. You've seen the stuff if you've ever been to a fair or carnival: cheese, off-the-mark Disney characters, odd mashups of different

Back in the U.A.E.

2011-09-26T10:03:00.000-07:00

So I'm off to the UAE again. In case you don't take notes, this means I'm going to a land where websites such as mine (and Erica's, and Chross', and Shadow Lane, and FetLife...) are blocked. So no updates for the next week. From there, I'll be in Europe where uncensored and unfettered content delivery over the internet is easily accessible...

"That Weird Scene"

2011-09-20T12:39:00.000-07:00

Last month I blogged about playing with Lizzie at the Lair. In that blog I mentioned we saw the strangest scene I'd ever witnessed and I would be blogging about it soon. Well, that "soon" is now. After our scene wrapped I was holding Lizzie in my lap as she came back to reality from our scene. As we sat in the main room and other scenes were going on around us, we watched in mild interest

Thanks for the Chrosses!

2011-09-19T11:15:00.000-07:00

In the last two weeks or so my blog has been Chross'd twice! Thanks, Chross for the linkage. It is most sincerely appreciated.

Hot Chocolate

2011-09-16T14:30:00.000-07:00

I was trolling the internet the other day and came across a chocolatier who only sells finely crafted chocolate cocks. Each hard 8-inch dick are filled with things like mint fondant or liqueur, so sucking on one would definitely fill your mouth with creamy goodness. But if you want to stuff your mouth with one of these hard cocks you may choke. Each cost €89 (about $123!). Man, you'd best

OK GO, Pilobolus and Spanking

2011-09-14T22:48:00.000-07:00

What do the band OK Go, the avant-garde dance troupe Pilobolus and spanking have in common? Well, my cleverness for one thing and this interactive video, playable only from Google's Chrome browser for another. Pilobolus, best known for their shadow imagery of bodies making other shapes (like cars). Well, in the case of this video, you get to enter a message at the start. The surprise--SPOILER

Shadow Lane Report Part 2

2011-09-11T10:08:00.000-07:00

Saturday of Shadow Lane began too quickly. I was exhausted. Jet lag from my trip to the Middle East really had me in its grip. I couldn't sleep enough. So I went for a walk late in the morning after getting coffee. It was already mid-90s out. I'd run in hotter weather, but I was glad when I got back. I showered, dressed and went down to see Lizzie where we had another great scene. (I asked

Shadow Lane Party Report Part 1

2011-09-08T15:46:00.000-07:00

Thursday: Arrived in Vegas Thursday afternoon and discovered Beth was in the airport awaiting the shuttle to the Sun Coast. Gia and I offered for her to join us in the cab. Soon we were out of the heat enjoying lunch at the TGI Fridays on property (if enjoying is really the right word for a TGI Fridays). The afternoon turning into night and we found ourselves at dinner at the hotel's Mexican

Lizzie at the Lair

2011-08-31T09:27:00.000-07:00

(NOTE: This scene took place almost two and a half weeks ago. I’m describing this from memory, since I haven’t really had the chance to write it out until now. Two days after Lizzie left town I got notified my mother was on her deathbed and I had to quickly get to see her before she passed. Unfortunately she died less than three hours after I arrived. I stayed for almost a week to coordinate the

Out of Touch (Again!)

2011-08-29T22:57:00.000-07:00

I've been in the Middle East again for the last week where I can't access my own blog, read blogs like Erica's or other kink blogs or do simple, every day fun stuff like surf porn. Why? Because they're blocked. There's no rhyme or reason to it. Lizzie sent me a link to a kinky article and I came right up, but if I wanted to check my FetLife account it was impossible. So I couldn't respond to

GQ LIES!

2011-08-23T11:56:00.000-07:00

The August issue of GQ had a tempting promise on the cover (see circled headline, right). "GIRLS SPANKING GIRLS (NICELY)" it claims loudly in ALLCAPS. "Hmmm," I thought. "Girls spanking girls nicely. That's the best way to see girls spanking girls. Sounds hot." Of course, my eyes were on Mila Kunis (who's name sounds like a mildly deviant sex act all on its own--I am so gonna mila kunis that

BOLD 2012: For Your Consideration

2011-08-16T09:51:00.000-07:00

I write about a variety of views, mostly my own. I know most of my readers don't subscribe to a D/s lifestyle per-se, but I've felt that there are lots of aspects of the D/s life that weave their way into every aspect of power exchange, BDSM and spanking. Some friends of mine, mostly from the dungeon I play at, are part of a group putting on a new conference I want to share with you all. It's

Bachmann: Submissive WTF?

2011-08-14T22:38:00.000-07:00

I have never blogged about politics, and really, I'm not now, but I gotta ask: Michele Bachmann, Ms. Tea Party, What the Fuck? She said today on Meet the Press that her comments at the Republican debate on Saturday that wives should be "submissive" to their husbands. Now, you think I'd condone such comments, but her Biblical rhetoric really gets under my skin. When does she think we live? The

Latent Sadist

2011-08-09T10:09:00.000-07:00

I was talking to a friend of mine online tonight about how I entered the lifestyle and I said I'd been a latent sadist (which, besides being an accurate term, is a great album title for a heavy metal band). I'd most definitely had sadistic tendencies and interests when I was in my teens, seeking out fringe and underground porn (not snuff stuff, sickos!) in Hollywood from almost the day I could

Another Great Beth Beating

2011-08-02T15:41:00.000-07:00

Beth and I had the opportunity to play at the Lair again. Our last scene had a hiccup or two, mostly out of some miscommunication and assumptions on our parts, so I think both of us had some trepidation going into the scene that neither of us had shared. Beth was nervous at dinner. Generally, she is always a bit nervous. She mindfucks the scene before it begins, IMHO. But I like it. It's part

Okay. Now this is friggin' ridiculous.

2011-07-29T17:28:00.000-07:00

Special thanks to Lizzie for this kinky food entry. It's a butt tater from her local farmer's market! (If you spank a butt tater do you get a hot potato or mashed?)

More Kinky Food

2011-07-27T13:12:00.000-07:00

Trust me, I don't want to become "the kinky food blog" (come to think of it, I should start that), but after getting Chrossed for my nipple potato photo I had to share. I was at an Italian place in Atlanta recently and they served bread rolls with the salad. Here's one of the bread rolls. Enjoy.

Chrossed Again

2011-07-24T23:01:00.000-07:00

I just had to take a moment to thank Chross for getting Chrossed again, and this time for my very unspanky nipple clamps on a red potato. Of all the blogs to get Chrossed! Well, I'm not going to bite the hand that feeds me traffic (as I have in the past...). Thank you for the Chross. Hopefully I'll have more pithy, entertaining or kinky shit to say.

Nipple Clips? Potato Chips!

2011-07-16T22:46:00.000-07:00

I'm weird. I know it. The other day I was cooking and pulled this potato out of the bag. "Looks like a nipple!" I said to myself. Before too much longer I had a pair of nipple clamps out and I was performing some sadistic maneuvers on the poor red spud. Why? For no other reason than your enjoyment! And what did that poor potato get in return? Eaten as a delicious garlic mash. Mmmmm!

A Beth's-Eye-View of Our Last Scene

2011-07-13T16:46:00.000-07:00

Beth posted a really great description of our last scene at the Lair (as I wrote about here). You can read her report of it here. Enjoy!

Addicted to Fetish? Take the Quiz!

2011-07-10T11:56:00.000-07:00

(NOTE: Let me just start by saying I'm not experiencing this problem, but was just musing on this today...) How do you know if you're a Fetish Addict? Let's take the Fetish Addict Quiz: 1.) How much do you surf FetLife? 0-1 hour a day: 0 points, 2-3 hours a day: 1 point, 3-6 hours a day: 2 points, 6-20 hours a day: 20 points 2.) How often are you at your local dungeon? 1 night a week: 0

Fetish Fourth!

2011-07-04T16:01:00.000-07:00

As we celebrate this patriotic day in which we acknowledge our humble beginnings as a nation and freedom from tyranny, let us also say thanks to our founding fathers for allowing us the freedom to express ourselves. In this country we get to do explore pretty much what we wish and do so in as public of a way as we see fit. That's a rare opportunity. Enjoy it. Enjoy the holiday everyone!

Saturday at the Lair with Beth

2011-07-01T10:28:00.000-07:00

I met up with Beth at her hotel to pick her up to go to dinner. Being silly, I called her a terrible name when I got there. Being sillier, she playfully slapped me in the face. I grabbed her and promptly gave her an over-the-panties spanking in her suite (she'd been upgraded after waiting for an hour for her room!) that left her red: She got ready and we were soon out to NoHo (North

Another Beth Night Out

2011-06-25T16:23:00.000-07:00

Beth, after a scene at the Lair, in March. Saturday night Beth is back in town and we'll be meeting up for another evening. Hanging out, dinner and a scene. I'm looking forward to this. At FMS (as described in my trip report here), we upped the ante for our scenes with a harsh, tough, intense scene that really informed me how far I could push--how far we could go in intensity. We've talked

Spankos vs. BDSMers

2011-06-19T22:26:00.000-07:00

I was talking to a friend on FL yesterday about BDSM versus spanking. I told her Iwas amazed, in going to our first spanking party and starting to make friends with some spankos, the perceived differences between spankos and BDSMers. We're all kinksters. (I've blogged about this before, early on in my blog, but I'm too lazy to search it out right now.) But the spankos look down their noses at

London Tanners, Chrosses and More!

2011-06-17T03:21:00.000-07:00

It's nice when me and my blog get mentioned elsewhere. Some of my dearest friends has always been sweeties about cross-promoting my blog. I've been lucky enough to get Chrossed twice in about a week (once for my odd missive on trying to find crops and whips at an equestrian store and my recent FMS trip report (with a lovely series of progression shots of Beth's bum from party start to finish). As

Welcome to Ouchy

2011-06-14T02:43:00.000-07:00

So I'm in Switzerland on business in a town outside of Geneva. What's the name of the town? Ouchy. I was laughing at the irony of the name. Seems like a good place for a spanking or BDSM scene. Of course, I'm sure the local fondue-loving Swiss don't get it.

FMS Tropical Beach Party Report

2011-06-09T23:11:00.000-07:00

Two quick editorial notes: 1. If I failed to mention you by name, I apologize but I err on the side of caution. 2. The timeline of events may be screwed up. Since I started my blog I started taking "party notes" on my iPhone to refresh my memory of the order of activities, what I did and who I spanked but (and for the life of me I don't know why!) I forgot to take notes this party. Sooo...some of

And Now For Something Completely Different...

2011-06-08T14:37:00.000-07:00

(courtesy of Lizzie--thanks!)

FMS Report Stall Tactic: Time Travel to Boardwalk Badness

2011-06-07T18:10:00.000-07:00

I still don't have my FMS Tropical Beach Party report done (I've been buried at work today and was too worn out last night to get it done). So...I'll placate all of you with a brief photo essay from SSNY's Boardwalk Badness Weekend five weeks ago. See, I traveled on business immediately after BBW and I hastily pulled together a trip report because I knew when I got to my destination my site

Wash Your Fucking Hands!

2011-06-06T14:39:00.000-07:00

Something to think about whilst I prepare my FMS Tropical Beach Party report...

Brief Update from FMS

2011-06-02T22:55:00.000-07:00

So we arrived this evening to the Sandpiper Resort at FMS, ran instantly into our two friends from Los Angeles (long way to go to see them!) and did some marketing for waters, breakfast stuff, etc. Ran into Beth and friends in the lobby (and I totally surprised her by sneaking up behind her when she was checking in). Went to a quiet dinner, just Gia and I, then I had some work to catch up on and

Tropical Beach Party: On the Road Again...

2011-05-31T22:44:00.000-07:00

Well, it's been almost a year, believe it or not, and I'm on my way to Tampa Thursday. But I can't just pack for a few days, because depending on confirmation of some work stuff, I could be on my way to Europe, the Middle East, back to Europe and then home again--all which makes packing really challenging. Okay, let's see: Underwear Shorts Shirts Dopp bag Paddle Crop Wartenberg Wheel Business

An Equine Story

2011-05-28T11:17:00.000-07:00

In commenting back and forth with a reader about a horse supply shop in London (tack store? I'm not a horse person) it reminded me of a story from a few years ago. I work near one of the largest equestrian complexes in Los Angeles. There are so many horses and riders near my office they have buttons for the pedestrian crossing on the light pole about eight feet up so riders can press the button

Questionable Pub Names

2011-05-26T03:55:00.000-07:00

If you're a regular follower of my blog you'll know I like to post interesting things I see that are somewhat lifestyle-ish (like this and this). Last night, while wandering down toward Oxford Circus in London I came across this pub. I went in, hoping for something interesting, but alas, it was just a pub. I asked about the name and the barkeep didn't quite see the irony. Oh well...

In London with the President: A Vanilla Report

2011-05-25T14:50:00.000-07:00

The corner of Hyde Park is right across the street from my hotel, so rather than run the treadmill in the dreary fitness center this evening like I did last night, I decided to go run Hyde Park. The weather's absolutely amazing right now and it's nice to get out and see the sights. So I ran the six mile loop around the park and as I did so began to hear helicopters overhead. Soon, I saw a

The Apocalypse Has Been Rescheduled Due To Apathy

2011-05-23T13:24:00.000-07:00

Brittanic Honeymoon: Collaborative Fiction Part 8

2011-05-16T18:38:00.001-07:00