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Sticky and Background [Dec. 31st, 2019|12:21 pm]
Most posts are open to the public, some limited to "friends"-list, and others to custom lists. If you want on the friends list and custom list just ask. F-list is practically a given. If I don't know you, figure you probably won't get on my custom lists, so it never hurts to make a second request after a little time passes. The custom lists that may be of general interest are:

Porn Writers
Play Date Posts
Kink Playdate Posts

All "Play Date Posts" and "Kink Playdate Posts" are made with the participant's permission(s).

Tags, so far (until I shift to a tag list blog format).

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Not sure what this is abouot really, but [Dec. 30th, 2009|10:51 pm]
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I suppose ideal, people wouldn't be hung up on which sex they prefer, but I clearly have my preferences.
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Readying for Xmas Brunch [Dec. 24th, 2009|11:39 pm]
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[Current Mood | happy]

17.5 crepes made.

Gotta mix up the blintz guts in the morning.

Then to head over to ma's and feast!
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Returning Troops - Do we really NEED this ceremony [Dec. 23rd, 2009|08:35 am]
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Picked up Ed yesterday in Columbus. Great to have him back from Irag.

As usual, they had they ceremony where we are all supposed to go into this arena; they march in to take seats; all are asked to rise while "visiting dignitaries" enter. Then there are these speeches where everyone is thanked. I will crdit the "visiting dignitaries" with the wit to keep it short, I clocked these and we have 10 speeches that fortunately keep each under 2 min. Basically everyone is making an appearance and obstructing progress towards reuniting families and everyone knows this is pretty much a waste of time and an aggravation. The Governor, Mayor of Columbus and both Senators sent representatives - which makes me wonder if being a representative of a representative is like someone's full time job. Oy!

Meanwhile it was nice hearing about what he was doing to the extent he could tell us, which for MI, was a surprisingly great deal. This is because they had an entire regiment - including pilots, military intelligence people etc. - and all those planes there to just run a fucking bus service for, guess who? Visiting dignitaries. Argh!

Ah well, I'm glad he's home, but it strikes me as a waste that he and 200 other people were even there in Iraq.
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Quality Control - Yeaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Dec. 20th, 2009|02:29 pm]
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Usual Sunday morning when Jane is off. Make cocoa. Shower. Playtime. :-)

While Jane was resting, I cleared off the counter, washed off the flour and sugar bins, etc., BLEACHED the counter, washed the stove top. Then when to wrap gifts while Jane baked and baked and baked.

And now, QUALITY CONTROL! Because one simply cannot serve people untested cookies.
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International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers [Dec. 17th, 2009|10:36 am]
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Thanks to Trinity for calling my attention to this.

Whether it's death, beating or rape by a presumed client, a psychopath, an "avenging" religious fanatic, or a state through executions, incarcerations of fines, it's all violence.

It should NEVER be tolerated. Not for the delusions of male supremacy or female essentialism. Not for perceive slights and lack of appreciation. Not for righteousness or salvation or consciousness raising or as apocryphal warnings.
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Invitation to be slandered. ;-) [Dec. 16th, 2009|12:34 pm]
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Comment and I'll:
a) Tell you why I friended you.
b) Associate you with something -- a fandom, song, color, photo, etc.
c) Tell you something I like about you.
d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you.
f) Tell you my favorite userpic from your list.
g) In return, you need to post this on your own journal.
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Trip to Toronto - The drive [Dec. 13th, 2009|10:26 am]
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Left home Friday @ 11:30 and headed up to I-90. The roads looked pretty clear, but people ahead of me were keeping the speed down to 45 and in a few minutes, we passed 2 cars and a truck slid off the road. The truck almost made it through a 75' median strip to the other side. Okay, so I figure caution was a good move. Throughout the trip I tended to test the brakes before speeding up.

Intermittent whiteout into PA up until Exit 29, when the clouds broke. Yea!!!!!!!!! Uh, except for the fact that that was exactly the point the closed I-90 and diverted traffic onto a detour, which as it happened consisted of downhill twisting road in, guess what, whiteout. Argh! Drove along that FOREVER and was channeled north past I-86 (Closed. Glad I wasn't headed to Ithaca, skitten.). Got back on I-90 and cruised for a nice 5 miles into NY, approach the toll booth and stopped. And stopped. And stayed stopped for about 15 min. Trucks in front of, behind, aside me all idling and 10 times as many cars.

After about 15 min of this, I notice no one is coming the other way and I get the feeling the two problems are related, so I walk about 1/3 mile to the toll booth office. I'm dodging a plow and a front end loader and the crew boss calls to me from a van asking what I am doing. I said "It kind of looks like this road is closed.", which he confirms. Then, I ask "Could I turn around and exit?" "Yes." "Would it be okay to pass the word and get these other people off the road?" "Yeah, Thanks!" I proceeded along the trucks and cars on my way back, knocking on doors and windows. The lead truck, had no idea where to go if he got off, and fortunately US-20 skirts south of I-90 and east bound hits Buffalo. Exiting moved pretty fast (though I took NY-5 on the northern side and cruised at 45-55 to Dunkirk. Dunkirk traffic sucked, so I decided to take a gamble and headed south to I-90, which WAS open headed eastbound and closed westbound.

So the rest of the trip went well, crossing at Peace Bridge was fairly quick, etc. up until Toronto. I have NO IDEA why QEW was so congested at 7 pm. Rush hour should have been over people. Crawling at 40 km/hr. ain't my idea of highway speeds. I was: a) eager to get off QEW, b) disoriented a bit at the hour, c) thought I overshot my exit. So I get off and head north where I got on Queensway headed the right direction. Then I ask for directions and was sent the wrong direction, then got directions again and was sent back the right way. As a couple points I tried to shoot north to Bloor (which I know) but ended up in screwy residential curvy roads and doubled back. Finally I got to Bloor and headed to Dundas where my orientation is more trustworthy and rolled in at 8:15.

Whew!
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The Rabbit Hole - since the cool kids are doing it. [Dec. 10th, 2009|12:02 am]
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Some discussion on what happens when people go down the rabbit hole, i.e. decide to leave all care about reality and it's constraints behind. Gone over the edge type stuff. Eh, I was under therapy once. 1960s and a sense of communist conspiracies and my role is stopping them. Hey. I had plenty of company.

But me then and me now?

It would be somewhere between renegade or blaze of glory stuff. It has it's draw because I would be taking action of a political nature about things that current polity makes VERY BAD.

But for the rest of society? Pretty much nothing to see. I usually like people. I like talking with them, playing with them, engaging them happily wherever I can. All the delusions of grandeur I could muster wouldn't have me making much point of looking down on (just about) anyone, or doing anything but help in whatever way I can.

No real point to this, but like I say, all the cool kids are doing it. I might be interesting and make for some headlines, but otherwise - no real change.
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Shakespeare Meme [Dec. 8th, 2009|01:09 pm]
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Your result for The Which Shakespeare Play Are You? Test...

Midsummer Night's...

You scored 21% = Tragic, 49% = Comic, 33% = Romantic, 38% = Historic

You are A Midsummer Night's Dream. Blending elements of comedy and romance, A Midsummer Night's Dream tells the story of mischievous fairies who conspire to make everyone fall in love with everyone else, often with disastrous, yet humorous consequences. You are most likely haphazard in love, but good natured and friendly. While you may also have a mischievous side to you, it is most likely all in good fun. We have no doubt that you are an outgoing person, who may also be a bit of a klutz. And while you may not always get it right, you always try to do the right thing. We applaud you!

Take The Which Shakespeare Play Are You? Test at OkCupid



Not too bad, though some of the questions don't really have great answers.
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Historical "What if" there was no World War I? [Nov. 22nd, 2009|11:26 am]
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I had this discussion with Jane yesterday. How might World War I NOT have happened? We will assume that everyone is as smart and as stupid as they were at the time. And she came up with an interesting possibility.

The Spanish flu hits Europe in early 1914.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated as planned. Austria lays down it's terms which Serbia refuses to completely accept and so Austria declares war on Serbia.

Then what?

Germany, France and Britain are dealing with a major epidemic and find it necessary to cooperate. Russia and Turkey, especially the latter, are in the same boat though certainly not cooperating. So Russia promises aid and troops to "defend" Serbia, but not attack Austria from Russian soil and is slow to respond anyway.

Historically, Serbia actually defeated Austria and the German army had to take to the field in Austria's support. Absent a Western and Russian Front, Germany can sit this one out, this being a minor war unconnected with the Triple Alliance. Serbia's defeat of Austria sends the country reeling in a series of nationalist revolutions. Hungary decides to split off and become it's own country, since the Empire is pretty worthless and poorly led, as Croatia and Bosnia split off.

Then what?

The Czar, with ever restive ethnicities rule by him get real nervous about assassinations and revolutions. The 3-Kings (soon to be working on 5-Kings) alliance of Germany, Austria and Russia starts looking good again. The main thing the Czar, as well as the King of Austria wants is a king to rule over Hungary. (It should be noted that the Czar vigorously opposed any assassination attempt on the Ottoman Sultan to avoid promoting the precedent.)

Germany's main obstruction to increased power still rests with Britain and France, which have scarfed up all the good colonies. It's main natural allies in this regard are Turkey and Japan, both generally adversarial towards Russia. This pretty much occupies German diplomatic activities. Perhaps the Emperor of Japan might become a 6th King, and Russian and Japanese energies be diverted to China, with Germany providing arms for the former in exchange for an enlarged sphere of influence. Also, Germany extends a good will invitation to Japan to avail itself on the ports of German East Africa, and possible joint military exercises with the German East-Asia Squadron.

After this, I couldn't envision. However:

1) The "Revolutionary Strongman" mystique that surrounded Hitler, Lenin/Stalin and Mussolini would probably have not taken hold. The "Strong Men" would clearly be reactionaries.

2) German-US relations would get complicated. The US generally tended to dislike colonialism. This put it primarily at odds with Britain and France; but the US wouldn't be all too thrilled with Germany and Japan either. German penetration into South America would be a real sticking point.
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Anon Meme [Nov. 18th, 2009|09:11 am]
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ANON MEME

This is an interesting "blog" post. The deal is that you go to the link and post ANONYMOUSLY (logged out or whatever) what you think of me. Main benefit: I can better sort out whether my brand of paranoia should be more delusions of grandeur or delusions of persecution.

:-P
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Anti-Porn Politics as Usual - Okay, it is just another form of politics as usual. [Oct. 31st, 2009|02:43 pm]
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From Rage Against The Manchine

>SheHasNoName - No, they [pornographers] have only killed that many [as many as died in the Holocaust] through the suicide and overdoses that come out of being abused in the sex industry.

>>RenEv - That many? I think not. Unless, of course, you can prove otherwise.

>>>Laurelin (via posts link) - The pictures in the pornographic magazines lying all around, of the systematic dehumanisation of women [are proof]

>>>SheHasNoName - "How precisely can we prove it? I am involved in organisations which have lists of names of people who have been killed/killed themselves because of the porn industry, but I am not going to spread those names all over the internet. They died trying to escape the horror - they deserve the respect of being allowed to rest in peace without
their real names being continually associated with something they so desperately wanted to get out of."

None of which has gone challenged by 9-2, the blog hostess - which pretty much implies, given her incredibile diligence in policing comment - that she concurs.

So, 12+M people have been systematically been killed by being pressed to the point of suicide and overdoses through pornography. Oh, and no one should ask for proof - lest they not rest in peace.

Ah well, standard politics - Big Lie, no proof required. And really? It works. Politics operates through organizing hatreds. Those hatreds require no basis in fact, because it is unrestful to do so. Like Jor McCarthy's famous "list of [x] number of card carrying Communists", it's not really available, because you know, it doesn't exist. Besides, we wouldn't want the information to fall into the "wrong hands".

Which continues to lead me to the conclusion that the more eviscerated a government the better. Government power just encourages, and usually rewards, this sort of shit.
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I got plenty o' not'in' [Oct. 12th, 2009|01:22 pm]
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[Current Music |I Got Plenty o' Not'in.]

and not'in's plenty for meeeeeeeee.
Went to the doc and the doc done said
"Ya gots a clean biopsyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy."

For those out of the loop, I had an elevated PSA - fortunately too elevated for prostate cancer, but better a biopsy pro-forma than post-mortem.

Still shooting a little red from that, which ain't gettin' me no sympathy from none a you broads. "Deal with that 1 week a month for 35 years with the cramping and odd dehydration migraine, and mayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyybe I'll get ya a little chicken soup and sympathy."
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From Rum and Monkey - An Interesting Test [Oct. 11th, 2009|12:17 pm]
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[Current Mood | mischievous]

This looked like an interesting test. The cool thing is that you don't have to be hugely reflective or virtuous - though some questions will require some interpolation.

;-)

I am Blue/Green
I am Blue/Green
Take The Magic Dual Colour Test - Beta today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Personality Test Generator.</p>
I am both rational and instinctive. I value self-knowledge and understanding of the world; my ultimate goal is self-improvement and improvement of the world around me. At best, I am focused and methodical; at worst, I am obsessive and amoral.


Yeppers. No more self absorbed than the average singularity.

;-)
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Interesting legal situations [Oct. 3rd, 2009|10:22 am]
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[Current Music |Le Sacre di Printempts - Le Sacrifice.]

Judge to Prop. 8 backers: Turn over your papers.

(10-02) 18:10 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge has ordered sponsors of California's Proposition 8 to release campaign strategy documents that opponents believe could show that backers of the same-sex marriage ban were motivated by prejudice against gays.

My initial response is "Well, Duhhhhhhhhhhh!", but this is interesting in light of civil rights legislation, which does target "discriminatory intent" and even "discriminatory effect". So the interesting question is whether ALL legislatively related correspondence is open to review for such.

I'm not sure it's such a great idea to make anyone advocating for any issue a target of "discovery", BUT it would have the salutatory effect of disclosing exactly how much malice goes into legislation. It would do wonders to gut the pretense of idealism that usually accompanies advocacy and lay raw and naked the heart of most legislation - and most legislators.
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Prostate Biopsy at 10 am tomorrow [Oct. 1st, 2009|01:41 pm]
Has a PSA jump from 2.4 to 5.5 this last summer. Really very high for cancer and most likely an infection. Went on antibiotics for 30 days and it dropped to 4.1, atill too high for comfort. So 12 needle samples tomorrow. I am told this will feel like a kick in the ass once the local wears off. Not bad if that's the only down side that plays out. Hey, better pro-forma than post-mortem, right?
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Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh. Just say "N" [Oct. 1st, 2009|08:15 am]
Apparently there have been some accidents on Toyotas owing to floor mats sliding up over ther accelerator in some Toyotas. You know. There is a solution to a car going 125 mph and not being able to decelerate. See that "N" on the gear control - FUCKING USE IT! Also the break.

Yes, this is a problem, but learn to use the very basic controls provided. Then again, this is one reason I really like standard. It's so obvious a solution when you drive standard.
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I am so popular that I'm cancelling all discounts and raising my rates from 2 bits to 3 [Sep. 20th, 2009|09:25 am]
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Yeppers. I am a HOT HOT HOT prospect.

Suitess #1

>i will like to tell you that according to your profile, you are really great for me to choose and this brought to my notice to communicate my intentions to you,i am in need of a Dom/Master who will make use of me forever, to serve you till death

Wow. Such devotion. But wait. I feel I need to EARN her devotion. I wonder how I can do that. Ahhhhhhh, here's my chance ...

>i will like to say that i need your assistance in claiming the $20m and two houses involved. i really want to serve but i want to make sure i served a right master who is willing and ready to help me claim the funds by contacting a the lawyer in charge.

Suitess #2

>Hey, how are you doing today? i love your profiles and everything else you have written in it. it caught my attention so i wanna know who you are, i wanna know if you really are exactly what you have stated in the profile, trust me i have my reasons for wanting to know if you are everything that you have said in your profile. it's a nice profile though, but there exist some insincere and dishonest men with beautiful profile.. some guys are suffering from emotional lust and then would wanna look for whoever they could take advantage of.

Another touching soul, though I am not sure how I might earn her love. But I guess I'd better try, because ...

>I will take off my profile straight away if i can't find any honest guy around here.

Well into her profile

>I do have a love for God first. I do go to chruch and bible study weekly. God is part of my life daily. I am the head greeter and hospitality at my chruch. ... I'm looking for a man who has God leading his life.(for real) I pray for a man that can lead the household in prayer and study and thereby be a strong spiritual influence....

Yes. Yes! YES! We Atheists are soooooooooooooooooo good at prayer and spiritual influence. Ah well, I am prepared to make allowances in a poly relationship, since in her (PolyMatchmaker) profile she states

>I am only looking for marriage and commitment relationship that at least last forever and maybe friendship. I would love to find my soul mate now.

Well, I suppose since we are soul mates and all

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo.......................

.... let's crank up the bidding, babes, on my hot bootylicious soul-for-mating. Dis is da primo stuff. You can't just find guys like me anywhere.

:-P
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