Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Anthologies. I have a lot of the Mammoth Anthologies and some of the Herotica Anthologies. Usually about half of the stories will do something for me in an anthology. The other half, skipped. Novels are much more hit and miss, and I'm not so much of a connoisseur that I know specific authors to seek out, with the exception of Susie Bright. A few years ago, she taught a erotica writing seminar at Esalen in Big Sur that I wanted to go to, but timing was an issue, and I missed it. Perhaps the FB book club should start making recommendations in this area too?

I have several of the Heroticas and some Best of American Erotica. What are the Mammoth Anthologies?

Unfortunately, I loaned some of the books to an out-of-town friend. She has since gotten divorced and has not returned them. Connection? I dunno.

P.S. If she's reading this, that was a joke.

[notcasesensitive]

realityblurred has told me the following:

1. Boy Meets Boy

A Boy Meets Boy cast member who was booted during the first episode has been dismissed from the Navy. Michael Jason Tiner, who was known as Jason on the show, "a gay combat systems instructor for the Navy, was discharged from the military for violating the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy," Southern Voice reports. Tiner said he "was fully aware of what would happen. I was ready for it." He was recognized by superiors on a commercial for the Bravo show, but independently told his superiors "and received an honorable discharge," the paper reports. He says he reason he "did the show is that I felt if anyone had a right to go on the show, then I did. I should have all the rights that the other 14 guys have. I was comfortable enough with who I am and with my sexuality that I was ready to face the consequences."

2. Amazing Race

On their Early Show appearance Friday, The Amazing Race 4 winners Reichen Lehmkuhl and Chip Arndt appeared without their wedding bands, fueling rumors that the two are no longer together. "Rumors in the gay press were based on our discussion of stresses in our relationship," Reichen told the Orlando Sentinel's Hal Boedeker. "What put stress on the relationship was we had to keep the secret [about the show's outcome]. As it stands, we love each other. We're committed to make sure the other person is happy," he says. However, in an interview with The Advocate, Reichen says, when people ask, "'Are you together?' The answer is, 'No, not all the time.' We're still working things through. It's been a tough time." As for their post-show careers, Reichen "will appear in the season premiere of Frasier" and Chip "has written a script for a series."

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Ditto. I did like E/O's link last night though. How do FB women obtain their erotica? Mine is primarily thru Good Vibes...

Read over a girl's shoulder on the subway: "Luke stood over the balcony, completely nude. His penis was long and erect; his stomach impossibly flat..."

On the subway?

Mucho entertainment for me though. High comedy. It probably would have been sexy had the girl not been woefully unattractive...

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Anthologies. I have a lot of the Mammoth Anthologies and some of the Herotica Anthologies. Usually about half of the stories will do something for me in an anthology. The other half, skipped. Novels are much more hit and miss, and I'm not so much of a connoisseur that I know specific authors to seek out, with the exception of Susie Bright. A few years ago, she taught a erotica writing seminar at Esalen in Big Sur that I wanted to go to, but timing was an issue, and I missed it. Perhaps the FB book club should start making recommendations in this area too?

I have some anthologies from Black Lace. It's an English line of books. So ass = arse. As you said, some stories do it for me, some do not.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Read over a girl's shoulder on the subway:

Coincidentally, a man near me on the metro during this morning's commute was "reading" Playboy.

On the subway?!?

He did not, however, appear to have the Sebby problem. Although he was seated.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
"Luke stood over the balcony, completely nude. His penis was long and erect; his stomach impossibly flat..."

Does this do it for you ladies?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Anthologies. I have a lot of the Mammoth Anthologies and some of the Herotica Anthologies. Usually about half of the stories will do something for me in an anthology. The other half, skipped. Novels are much more hit and miss, and I'm not so much of a connoisseur that I know specific authors to seek out, with the exception of Susie Bright. A few years ago, she taught a erotica writing seminar at Esalen in Big Sur that I wanted to go to, but timing was an issue, and I missed it. Perhaps the FB book club should start making recommendations in this area too?

So on RT's bookshelf, you will find books about strippers, pirates, and erotica. anttwat on all that. While the internet was down, I enjoyed reading Lydia Lunch's Paradoxia. I also enjoyed some of her work with Clint Ruin in other media. He official webpage is here.

http://www.lydialunch.org/

(spree: no dirty pics, and even if there were, hey, it's art)

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I have several of the Heroticas and some Best of American Erotica. What are the Mammoth Anthologies?

Unfortunately, I loaned some of the books to an out-of-town friend. She has since gotten divorced and has not returned them. Connection? I dunno.

P.S. If she's reading this, that was a joke.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...080051-6650417 I think that this lists all of them. Just a bunch of anthologies. One of them is historical, one is international, and I think they probably do one every year or so to add new authors/stories. Use the Lawtalkers link to Amazon to buy them though!

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by bridge of love
look sister, I grew up lower middle class- back than i didn't know what patronizing meant, but now, daily when responding to you on Politics I live out the very word-
TF's friends might think her uppidity (And TF probably not don't listen to her) but patronizing? no

If she started out a prole, and now has money, her friends may see her as uppidity (I thought the term was uppity, but I yield to your more extensive prole experience). If she started out as a non-prole, married a prole, and is entertaining his prole friends then she might be seen as pretentious and he might be seen as uppidity.

Re: "uppity," I always thought this was partly racial and not just class-oriented. Perhaps uppidity is a cleansed version of uppity.

This post is an example of patronizing.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
[bad wedding stuff]

The smoking gun has more on the CT bride. Sounds like quite a peach. She asked officers how much time she would get if she killed her husband, and referred to a fellow arrestee by using the n-word. My favorite: when asked to sign the rights form, she wrote, "stupid people arrested me because." One of the more entertaining arrest reports I've read.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/bridereport1.html

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
This post is an example of patronizing.

Prolefucker.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Most of the guys he works with have numerous children (cops and firemen, what is with that breeding thing? Is it a fear of death and need to procreate?) and stay at home wives so they could never throw an "all inclusive" party like we can. I guess people in lower income brackets are just used to combining resources. Beats me. I will continue, with the apparent blessing of the FB, to do it my way.

Things I don't do include block parties, potluck dinners, etc... Call me a snob, but having grown up amongst the patch, I just can't dig the communal neighborhood thing.* I prefer the neighbors to generally leave me alone. The last thing I need at the end of the day is some dimwit chick strolling her kids near me to strike up a conversation about some banal topic. Leave me to read me paper and enjoy my Amstel in peace thank you, and I'll do the same for you. Now, should we randomly start talking and develop a friendship, great, but lets not force things. People should realize that at the end of a work day, one's primary goal is "alone time," unless, of course, I'm entertraining for business purposes.

As to the procreation thing, I think some rather repulsive cat name Ronald Fisher developed a thesis years ago which stated that statistically, through history, the lower classes tended to repoduce more than the upper classes. Obviously, this is a generalization with many exceptions, but from what I see amopng middle through upper class folks, it appears the less dough you have the bigger the family you have. My guess is because the less educated you tend to be the more you might believe nonsense like the Catholic Church's barring of birth control. Once you go to school, you pretty much wash organized religion down the drain like the societal dandruff it is... Catholicism is the chief reason Catholics have been down for so long. I'll bet you if I threw rice into a crowd of blue collar folks with more kids than they can afford, I'd hit 80% Catholics. Itss really rather sad to see so many people with no independence of thought. So yes, its a Catholic thing.

* Luckily, my immigrant forebears rigidly taught us the value of education and "not behaving like the shanty Irish." My grandfather always said the fools stayed in the mines and factories and got their union cards... the smart saved and went into business. I shudder to think what kind of dim mick I might have been had my forebears been as stupid as a lot of the other poor Catholic immigrants.

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Does this do it for you ladies?

Makes me think of perpendickular toothpicks.

[SlaveNoMore]

ThurgreedMarshall
Just what Penske needs: 484 bottles of Charles Shaw.

Is that "Two Buck Chuck" or is that the Four Dollar bottle of wine Chevy always tries to order when we go out?

not7y(confused)S

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Things I don't do include block parties, potluck dinners, etc... Call me a snob, but having grown up amongst the patch, I just can't dig the communal neighborhood thing. I prefer the neighbors to generally leave me alone. The last thing I need at the end of the day is some dimwit chick strolling her kids near me to strike up a conversation about some banal topic. Leave me to read me paper and enjoy my Amstel in peace thank you, and I'll do the same for you. Now, should we randomly start talking and develop a friendship, great, but lets not force things. People should realize that at the end of a work day, one's primary goal is "alone time," unless, of course, I'm entertraining for business purposes.

As to the procreation thing, I think some rather repulsive cat name Ronald Fisher developed a thesis years ago which stated that statistically, through history, the lower classes tended to repoduce more than the upper classes. Obviously, this is a generalization with many exceptions, but from what I see amopng middle through upper class folks, it appears the less dough you have the bigger the family you have. My guess is because the less educated you tend to be the more you might believe nonsense like the Catholic Church's barring of birth control. Once you go to school, you pretty much wash organized religion down the drain like the societal dandruff it is... Catholicism is the chief reason Catholics have been down for so long. I'll bet you if I threw rice into a crowd of blue collar folks with more kids than they can afford, I'd hit 80% Catholics. Itss really rather sad to see so many people with no independence of thought. So yes, its a Catholic thing.

I think some cat named Marx called this the Opiate of the Masses.