Ted Ritzer: Sex

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 02:33:58 GMT

Erotokitsch master: Boris Vallejo. Xeni Jardin: Reflecting on the intergalactic love-art of Boris Vallejo, BoingBoing pal Siege opines:

"I recently stumbled across this online gallery of Boris Vallejo's paintings. A few days ago my mom had informed me that she had just scored an awesome calendar of his work, and snagged it for me, remembering that when I was a little kid I used to teach myself drawing with his paintings."

"Boris was the Botticelli of the trailer park. My dream (not yet dead) was to have a jacked-up molester van, regally decorated with massive Boris paintings airbrushed on the sides, accenting the tinted portholes and the silver tail-fin. I would blast Hot For Teacher as I cruised the parking lots, luring the Daisy Dukes into my mobile velvet-lined bachelor pad... I used to draw Boris art (along with the occasional Playboy centerfold) and sell them to the rich kids for $5-20 dollars each, priced according to the amount of nudity."

Link to the official Boris Vallejo website. Link to a ginormous gallery of work spanning multiple decades. And link to one of Siege's all-time fave Boris creations, which depicts a man-goat-loverdude ascending with his betrothed on an invisible hairway to Steven. This one is my favorite (alternate link). If you squint a little, it looks like the pattern on a Pucci dress. [Boing Boing]

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:57:17 GMT

BBC: Blog picked as word of the year. Slow news day. [Scripting News]

Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:26:34 GMT

Better sex through yoga. Our intrepid reporter visits a yoga class that promises to awaken the parts "down there" and finds that it helps if your teachers are hotties. [Salon Headlines]

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:05:25 GMT

Historic buildings to allow 'pink' weddings [World Sex News Daily]

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:03:33 GMT

Do porn sites warp adolescents [World Sex News Daily]

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 01:48:10 GMT

If an article on you appears in the New York Times you are NOT at the leading edge of anything! Not even sex!

Connected by a Web Site, With Erotica Played Down [New York Times: Technology]

Fri, 26 Dec 2003 20:57:19 GMT

Dancing Slut

OK, young ladies DO NOT TRUST YOUR GUY WITH VIDEOTAPES!

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:54:48 GMT

Merry Christmas from the Accordian Guy worth repeating:

Stole this file from the above site, cause I think it really does capture some of both the frustration and the joy of Xmas.

All the best from WIFLblog and enjoy the Accordian Guy's Christmas story, and don't forget to visit his site:

the Accordian Guy Christmas story now follows:

Merry Christmas, and I mean it in the nice sense of the phrase

by Joey deVilla on December 24, 2003 12:13PM (EST)

This is from last year (with a little polishing up), but it's worth repeating.

While I do believe that some traditions should be put to rest, I also believe that a lot of tradition-bashers are poor-impulse-control cases. Having abandones any actual tradition or culture of their own, they fill the void with a couple of < href="http://www.utne.com/">Utne Reader platitudes, a mild revulsion for anything even vaguely Judeo-Christian, even if it aligns with their beliefs, a pro-pot slant and a half-formed belief in eye-for-eye karmic payback.

Standing for almost nothing, they tend to fall for just about anything.

Chris Baldwin's summed it up pretty handily -- and perhaps unintentionally -- in a Bruno comic from last year:

To borrow the line about Klansmen and Martin Luther King Day: C'mon, Bruno, how hardcore a secularist must you be to not want a day off?

Of course, those of us who celebrate Christmas would argue the exact opposite: here we took a beautiful Christian holdiay and destroyed it through corportization and "We're white, we're straight, we're sorry!" guilt.

(There's a Randroid who would take another tack and say "here we took a beautiful commerical holiday and destroyed it in usual religious fashion." Haven't we developed some kind of Ayn Rand repellent yet?)

In the end, I believe that intent counts.

I'm certain there is no malice, no implicit "convert or die" message and no forcing of one's beliefs on others when someone wishes someone else a Happy Chanukah, Eid, Diwali, Kwanzaa, Saturnalia, Tet or even Festivus, the actions of certain vicious zealots notwithstanding. Balanced minds do not see any implied Hitler overtones at Oktoberfest nor Hirohito/Tojo insinuations at the sushi house, and neither do they see the Crusades in Christmas.

When people say "Merry Christmas", most of them are really saying "Happy Holidays, and I'm celebrating them Christmas-style. You do your thing, and I'll do mine. Come by for drinks."

That what I'm really saying, anyways.

No matter what you believe, enjoy the break from the hustle and bustle of 21st century life. Be nice to each other. Hug someone you love.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Sat, 20 Dec 2003 03:26:44 GMT

No Nonsense Sex Ed?

Sat, 20 Dec 2003 03:24:30 GMT

The Trojan Games

Sat, 20 Dec 2003 03:20:26 GMT

Priceless tee hee!!!

Severe warning for fathers of hot teenage daughters!!! DO NOT WATCH THIS!!!IT MAY CAUSE HEART DISTRESS!!

Sat, 20 Dec 2003 03:11:32 GMT

Try This Ring!

Not for Children!

Thu, 18 Dec 2003 06:19:34 GMT

'Morning After' Pill Gets Nod From FDA (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - The emergency contraception or "morning after" pill marketed as Plan B should be available to women in pharmacies and supermarkets without a doctor's prescription, a panel of experts recommended yesterday to the Food and Drug Administration. [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]

Thu, 18 Dec 2003 06:18:06 GMT

Fleshbot. Fleshbot is a new, frequently updated web magazine. It showcases all the porn that digital technology and distribution has made possible. This includes CGI and morphed images, amateur girls, webcam guys, sex blogs, hentai and yaoi, accidental smut, vintag [Recently approved feeds from Syndic8.com]

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:59:58 GMT

Softcore Chinese flower girl photos -- on Xinhua. Bruce Sterling muses aloud, "Holy macaroni. Why is the official news agency of the People's Republic of China posting a whole bunch of nude body-painting? Have they lost all their little gray Mao suits over at Xinhua? What gives? A couple of these pics are Veruschka Lehndorff art-shots from the mid-1980s. Some official Chinese web-guy has been collecting these things. What could this be about?" Link
[Boing Boing Blog]

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:59:27 GMT

Cool bodypaint photo gallery. Link (thanks Invisible Cowgirl, via cupofchica)
[Boing Boing Blog]

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:58:51 GMT

Nerd porn: "Lord of the G-Strings". Fleshbot is on a LOTR-themed rampage lately. See a slew of related posts over the last few days. Of particular note, this video:

We'll let the box cover copy speak for itself: "In the mythical realm of Diddle Earth, diminutive yet delectable Throbbit Dildo Saggins is sent by Smirnoff the Wizard to destroy the legendary G-String - most powerful weapon in the land."

Link [Boing Boing Blog]

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:54:20 GMT

Bad girl expose [Edmonton Journal - canada.com network]

Sun, 14 Dec 2003 20:48:29 GMT

Internet porn grows up [World Sex News Daily]

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:10:16 GMT

Porn lucky [The Edmonton Sun]

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 14:33:47 GMT

Tart cards: illicit ads from London, chronicled in new book. A fine stocking stuffer idea for literate, wired pervs. On sale for under $20. Warning: do not confuse tart cards with tarot cards. Any attempt to read your future with tart cards may bring about truly hazardous results.

"This amusing, enlightening, and beautifully designed book explains the history and graphic/technical development of tart cards with over 400 examples in color. Tart cards are the means by which providers of sexual services advertise in London, and they have become as ubiquitous a symbol of that city as the red telephone boxes where they are found. The book also contains an eye-opening, comprehensive glossary of the suggestive and coded language they use. 128 pages, trade paperback."

Link (Thanks, Bruce Sterling!). update: Here are more images, not worksafe. Link. And Fleshbot picks up on our hot tartcard-on-tartcard action, and provides more links to images.
[Boing Boing Blog]

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 14:32:22 GMT

Variety launches porn blog (Peter Bart + AVN + blogs = WTF?). Variety just launched its very own porn blog. Huh? Anyway: The Porning Report: Coverage of the Porn Industry's Move to Mainstream -- the scribe is Frank Meyer, who's also the Online Associate Editor of AVN. (thanks, Invisible Cowgirl)
[Boing Boing Blog]

Sun, 07 Dec 2003 02:50:48 GMT

More naughty gift ideas [World Sex News Daily]

Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:50:07 GMT

Mu Zeimu-China's Answer to Sex in the City

in what would be very tame for western standards, a new sexual folk hero, and yes she is a she, and is from China

Check out from of her articles at:

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4386,222680,00.html

Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:40:20 GMT

Maine to Launch Internet Sex-Offender Registry. scubacuda writes "On Monday, Maine Today reports that officials plan to put info about the states 1,200 registered sex offenders on the Internet to allow ... [Slashdot]

Sun, 30 Nov 2003 06:18:36 GMT

Trojan Games

Sat, 29 Nov 2003 23:19:44 GMT

Orgasm implant volunteers wanted [World Sex News Daily]

Sat, 29 Nov 2003 04:54:28 GMT

Durex Global Sex Survey [World Sex News Daily]

Sat, 29 Nov 2003 04:50:51 GMT

Orgasmatron inventor seeks female volunteers. New Scientist Nov 27 2003 7:43AM ET... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 02:35:16 GMT

Adam Curry: "It's interesting to examine a culture that mounts cameras on smart bombs to view the kill on the 6 o'clock news, but freaks out if a nipple of a [female] breast is flashed on TV." [Scripting News]

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 21:44:03 GMT

Fortune 100 companies in porn business [World Sex News Daily]

Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:44:03 GMT

Idly.Org: Porn Sites Hiding Behind Blogs. [Scripting News]

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 02:49:41 GMT

Sexy Math. BoingBoing patron saint Bruce Sterling points our dirty minds to a website containing this suggestive series of images created entirely from mathematical algorithms. "If you find them offensive in any way," says the site's creator, "all I can say is that beauty (or obscenity) is in this case most certainly in the eye of the beholder." If high school algebra had been half this fun, perhaps I would have passed. Link [Boing Boing Blog]

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:14:35 GMT

Let the Paris Hilton Sextape Parodies begin. The first in what will no doubt be an endless number of Paris Hilton sex tape send-ups is here (via Gawker: "Hey, I Answer My Phone During Sex, Too!").

Looking for the (alleged) real thing? Check the spam in your in-box from countless pay-per-porn sites now planning to sell it, or try the suggestions at fleshbot. Update: An anonymous BoingBoing reader says that a Freenet file conveniently named CHK@PTVe670F51FwBLplnFNBqpvKtSALAwI,QYghmYcJkyVChzINXEdBhg may be said sex tape. As always, caveat downloader.
[Boing Boing Blog]

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 07:53:29 GMT

Naked lady sushi. The hottest Japorn export since bukkake? Or a dehumanizing, exploitative stunt? The provocative trend of presenting sushi on the body of an au naturel female model migrates to the US. Chaos ensues. Please, please, be careful with the wasabi. Snip from Seattle Times story:

Chopsticks at the ready, patrons line up. Hours earlier, across town on the campus of the University of Washington, eight activists, mostly Asian-American women, express outrage at what they call the prostitution of sushi and the exploitation of women. They plot their strategy. (...)While the promoter and the sushi model say this melding of prandial and sexual is performance art, Bonzai's patrons --men and women of various ethnicities --say it merely adds to the restaurant's sensual vibe. Opponents say treating women like a serving platter reinforces attitudes that make domestic and sexual violence so prevalent.

Link (Thanks, Paul) [Boing Boing Blog]

Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:16:48 GMT

Well, helloooo, Fleshbot.. A new web magazine in blogtrepreneur Nick Denton's growing Gawker Media portfolio launches today. Fleshbot promises "all the porn that digital technology and distribution has made possible:" CGI, amateur girls, webcam guys, sex blogs, and plenty more juicy, geeky, NSFW goodies. Notably, the site combines gay and straight smut: will the unusual decision to mix genres tittilate or alienate? Either way, it's a ballsy move. From the FAQ:

"Q: I like straight porn. What's with all the gay stuff?
A: Fleshbot does not believe in the balkanization of pornographic desire. Fleshbot seeks to address and stimulate all varieties of tastes and sexualities. If you don't like what you see on the main page, simply use the text and graphic buttons in the sidebar to filter the content which most interests you."

Link [Boing Boing Blog]

Fri, 07 Nov 2003 03:36:24 GMT

The feminine antiques. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Fear of Flying," feminists Erica Jong, Susan Cheever, Wendy Wasserstein and Sarah Jessica Parker discuss "Sex: Then and Now." Yawn. [Salon Headlines]

Fri, 07 Nov 2003 03:28:22 GMT

Sex and our City [Local News - Calgary - canada.com network]

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 04:17:24 GMT

CalGal Right on this one:

Saturday, November 01, 2003

Dubya has proclaimed this Protection From Pornography Week. I was hoping that would mean that the war would be on hold for the next week, but, alas, he is not talking about that kind of porn.

And while I applaud any and all efforts to end the exploitation of children and to stop the explosion of uninvited nekkid body parts in my email, I really wish that the Bush administration would acknowledge that we are more likely to be harmed by his actions (and those of his cronies) than we are by pictures of a woman with really big titties.

calgal at 07:38
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Tue, 04 Nov 2003 03:46:32 GMT

Pornoportraiture, deconstructed: every Playboy centerfold, ever. Artist Jason Salavon created a suite of photographs which portray a mean average of every Playboy centerfold foldout for the past four decades, from 1960 through 1999. The series of composite Digital C-prints traces, meta-style, the evolution of sexually explicit popular portraiture.

Salavon "generates [and] reconfigures large collections of communal data to present new perspectives on familiar objects. Using software processes of his own design he produces compositions that are most often exhibited as art objects, such as photographic prints and video installations."

Link (yes, worksafe, you prudes) (via Wiley)
[Boing Boing Blog]

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 03:24:58 GMT

Catholic School Girls' Revenge

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This is too funny:

A man described by authorities as a known sexual predator was chased through the streets of South Philadelphia by an angry crowd of Catholic high school girls, who kicked and punched him after he was tackled by neighbors, police said Friday.

Or, as Brandt said:

...the girls at the school were sick of his act so when he tried again yesterday twenty of them chased him down and with the help of two neighbors kicked the shit out of him.

Source: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/

WIFLblog nominated to BlogsCanada Top Blogs list

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 01:43:25 GMT

WIFLBlog nominated to BlogsCanada's Top Blog list

so the little banner with the maple leaf represents that latest honor, and the following email was what notified me of this honor, thanks BlogsCanada!

"Hi Ted,

In October, WIFLblog was nominated to BlogsCanada's Top Blogs list. The November
2003 top ten list has now been published and your site is included. Congrats!

The Top Blogs page is at http://www.blogscanada.ca/topblogs/.

Best Regards,

Jim Elve
www.blogscanada.ca"

As is appropriate you will also see Dave Pollard's How To Save The World, another Canadian Salon blog, has also been nomiated to BlogsCanada's top blog list. I must admit to stealing a number of Dave's great articles and reposting them on WIFLblog. Check Dave's blog out for yourself at:

http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/

Fri, 31 Oct 2003 01:46:33 GMT

Many women give back new breasts [Local News - Calgary - canada.com network]

Skype Hype or the Next VOIP King?

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 04:05:31 GMT

Skype has the potential to be strategic

Snagged this form Roland, who got it from Stuart Henshall, at any rate this does looks disruptive!!!

Thursday, September 11, 2003

Skype P2P free telephone service is disruptive

(SOURCE:Unbound Spiral - Stuart Henshall's blog:)- Stuart's usual insight! Maybe I should install the sound card in my one and only PC (I have 4 Macs) and try this out! Might be able to use it to make free calls to my sister in Rotterdam if/when they get broadband.

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It also turns IM on its head. It's ring centric. All those adults.. that are failing to understand messaging... understand how to make calls. Yep your PC will soon be ringing. Now what I want to know is:

What will the impact be on corporate systems... I'm sure employees will bring this in when they realize they can call anywhere... and not be logged on /via the corporate system? Will this add corporates to the sharing process? Will there be an enterprise package?

How will we control spam calls, telemarketing calls etc.

Will telemarketers who have been put on a "do not call list" have to comply with this service? Legal Issues?

Which blogger will give me an online/offline MT plug-in for my blog.

How soon will conference calls be available?

What will regulators and the tel co's do to make it illegal?

UNQUOTE

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Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:06:24 GMT

Now women can pee standing up [World Sex News Daily]

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:55:43 GMT