
People For the American Way has a petition to dump DOMA. Sign it here.
My friend, Sarah Sloane, is running for IMsL. Her first fundraiser will be held January 24 at The Crucible.
There’s been a bit of a shake-up at IML. Bill Stadt has resigned and R.J. Chaffin is taking his place. I’ve met R.J. a number of times (even ran into him once at Disneyworld’s Gay Days) and he’s a nice guy.
Kathryn wrote about bottoming to me in the Friday night Power Flogging class.
Interview Subjects Sought. FTM filmmaker (Planet Out Queer Short Movie Award Finalist, Best Documentary, 2000) seeks phone interview subjects with the possibility of face to face interviews for new research on Female to Male Transsexuals and racial difference. Specifically interested in interviewing both FTMs of Color and White FTMs about their transition and post-transition experiences and the (at one point new) public perception of their maleness. Subjects must have lived full time as male for at least one year and must have undergone some kind of transgender body modification (hormones or surgery or both). Contact Ray at prodcoor@gmail.com or 415-515-7979
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December 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Whenever we go to Baltimore, we try to go to Faidley’s in the Lexington Market.
Not always so easy because they close at 5:30 on Saturday and are not open on Sundays.

It’s a stand-up kind of place.

I get a broiled lump crabcake.
The hushpuppies are not on the menu. You have to ask for them.
This time I also tried a deviled egg. It tasted sweet!

You can also buy all sorts of fish and seafood to take home and cook.

Boymeat loves Faidley’s.
It was Kathryn’s first time and she liked it too.

Aw, shucks! He’s cute!
Tags: travel

I’m back from my Baltimore trip. The flogging class had a small yet enthusiastic attendance. None of them were novices so I could jump ahead to the meat of the class and we had time for lots of hands-on coaching. Kathryn met me up with me on Friday and she was my demo bottom. Gah!, she is hot. It took a lot of self-control not to totally bruise and cut her up. Boymeat showed up on Saturday. He did that.
We did some stuff in Baltimore and went to a play party, so there’ll be some stories soon…
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December 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I walked into his office and he handed me the paper. It was the NY Post with a photo of a nice looking couple with a headline: Star Manhattan Lawyer Slain in S&M Love Triangle
“Ugh! Sensationalism!” I decried.
“Do you know her?”
“No. I don’t know everybody.”
“I never buy the Post.”
“Why did you buy it today? This is why they put this shit on the cover. So that people will buy it. Everybody wants to buy stories about S&M.”
“It wasn’t even about S&M.”
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Power Flogging Workshop with Lolita Wolf and Pansexual Play Party at Play House Studios in Baltimore this FRIDAY, Dec 5th from 9pm until 1am.
Hi Everyone – Lolita Wolf from NYC will be visiting Baltimore this weekend. Please join us at Play House Studios for a special Friends of Play House Pansexual Play Party this coming FRIDAY night, Dec 5th from 9pm until 1am. Lolita will be teaching a wonderful hands on workshop about Power Flogging so feel free to bring your own floggers, thought it’s not required that you do so to participate..
EVERYONE is invited but a RSVP is required to Glenda.
Address and directions will be provided with your RSVP.
$20 and please bring something yummy to eat for the table. Parking will be available in our attached garage for $5 per car.
We also encourage you to bring a new unwrapped toy for our annual Toy Drive for the kids served by Moveable Feast.
Please help us get the word out about this special workshop and holiday pansexual play party by cross posting this invitation anywhere it would be appropriate and welcome and/or forwarding it to your friends.
Thanks so much!!!!
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Power Flogging
Learn how to get the most out of your stroke and how to have the stamina to outlast those piggy bottoms. Your body angle and footwork are also important for accuracy and achieving a variety of sensations. In addition, we’ll cover different types of floggers and cats, warm up, reading the bottom, communication, and safety. This will be a “Hands On” workshop so please bring your own floggers if you have them.
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Mark Davis and Bella Rossi on sexandsubmission.com
Thursday, December 4
Friday, December 5
DSF: “The Zen Journey, and how it can enhance your BDSM Experience ” w/ Rick Umbaugh
NYC Munch
Saturday, December 6
TES-TNG: “TNG Kinky Shopping Trip” with co-facilitators Michelle Storm & Richard Cordage
Empire City MC Toys For Tots Benefit
GMSMA: S/M: What’s It All About?
ClubFEM NYC holiday party
Sunday, December 7
MAsT Metro NY: “Holiday social and elections”
Onyx NY: Deck The Balls Holiday Party
The Baroness‘ Fetish Retinue: Deck the Halls at The Baroness’ Holiday Fetish Retinue party
Cat O’ Nine & Max Fisch Party
Monday, December 8
CV Meeting: “Bondage for bottoms that really like being tied up” w/ Erin Houdini
Tuesday, December 9
TES: “Annual Holiday Potluck & Grab Bag Social” with Lolita Claus and her elves
Wednesday, December 10
TES Novice Group: “Novice Year in Review”
GMSMA:Holiday Social
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Nayland Blake’s opening was last night. It was crowded and the work looked great. My favorite photo from the evening is from dinner afterwards: Nayland and Maura Reilly, the curator for the exhibit. I like her.
Some people think he looks like a roadie.
Tags: NYC
December 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
On Saturday night, Boymeat, Kathryn and I went to
Ninja Restaurant.
It was very delicious and we ate a lot.

Boymeat is a Shibari Rope Master.
Kathryn immediately drops into subspace.

They never knew what hit them.
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The Daily News calls Nayland Blake’s show “wacky.” The opening is today at 6pm!
Babeland is giving10% Off your order between now and Wednesday, 12/3. Enter the coupon code “secret” during checkout. Free shipping for orders $50 or more. For orders $70 or more they’ll give you a Free Babeland Odyssey Tickler , while supplies last.
An Interview With A Real Life NYU Dominatrix
Jefferson’s custody case slogs on with psychiatric evaluations for all. The good news is that the court will pay for those, but he is still saddled with legal fees up the yahzoo.
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When Rachel Kramer Bussel sent out the submission guidelines for Lust Chronicles, I knew this was the perfect anthology for me. I wrote up and sent her Luke Lushious. This is a true story that happened to me at Dark Odyssey Summer Camp (never before published in my blog or anywhere). She loved it!
The Lust Chronicles Anthology is edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel and is available at Ravenous Romance. You can buy it either as an ebook or as an audiobook.
Ravenous Romance, a provocative new online publisher, will be publishing a-book-a-day, a Ravenous Rendezvous short story a day, as well as free online Lovestrology horoscopes. These books are a bargain – just $.99 for short stories, $4.99 for eBooks, and $12.99 for audio books. You can read the eBooks on your computer, Sony Reader, or Kindle, your BlackBerry or iPhone, and you can print them out. Ravenous Romance audio books are high-quality productions, with top narrators/actors, and you can listen to them on your iPod or computer, and you can burn them to CDs. You can purchase gift certificates, too.
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