I am not known for my great sense of timing.
Well, not in some areas of life, anyway.
I came out with my Second Life handle in the recent column and then immediately took off to the country to play with horsies and didn’t touch the internet, much less SL, for a couple of days.
Thanks everyone for [...]

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I should be working on the column. Instead, I took time out for a silly online quiz.
Ulp.

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A bit of Sunday fun (so when is brunch, again?)
Cooking With Viagra
The world’s most delicious recipes featuring Viagra, Cialis, Levitra, and other popular erectile dysfunction drugs.
“Cooking with Viagra” is for the woman who wants to get her man in the mood, and keep him that way for 4-8 hours, or until she needs to phone [...]

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This week’s Sex Drive column:
Master’s Student Demonstrates Thesis Project in Her Underwear
I’ve noticed a wonderful trend happening at universities these past few years: projects that integrate sex and technology in innovative ways to improve human health and well-being.
Students interested in how technology and sexuality fit together — who take technology’s role in sexual development for [...]

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Hey thanks Christy Canyon NSFW and Ginger Lynn NSFW for inviting me to Nightcalls Radio NSFW tonight — what a great conversation. And I thought your central question was so interesting, I need to repeat it here:
Should we raise the minimum porn age from 18 to 21?
Not to buy it, but to perform in [...]

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I wonder if they will be able to sustain this for long, given the corrupting nature of the internet:
Iran moves to execute porn stars – CNN.com
EHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that could lead to death penalty for persons convicted of working in the production of pornographic [...]

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Considering how much effort it takes to get anywhere in Second Life, it amazes me that people have the gall to complain about offensive material. “Mature” areas are off-limits by default: you have to check the box to allow yourself to search for them. You need coordinates to teleport there or the patience to walk [...]

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Kink.com wants to trademark “fuckingmachines.com” but can’t, because a 1905 law prohibits issuing trademarks for naughty words.
The attorney’s meditations on the word ‘fuck’ didn’t win the court over, but it made me smile:

AVN :: Articles – Patent Office Refuses Porn Site Trademark Due To ‘Obscenity’ NSFW
“The Applicant respectfully challenges this characterization of the word ‘fucking’ [...]

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I ran across this at Annie Sprinkle’s site and found it very interesting:
MY COVERSATION WITH AN AN ANTI-PORN FEMINIST
By Annie Sprinkle with Mae Tyme
We are two women from different worlds with very different experiences. I, Annie, have performed in, directed and produced pornography for twenty five years. Mae Tyme has been anti-pornography for equally as [...]

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I’ve been trying to keep my mind open and my mouth shut on the latest kerfluffle over Linden Labs stepping into a content minefield, figuring I’d have to write a column about it sooner or later and wanting to know everything I could about it before I got started.
But intellectual property lawyer Benjamin Duranske beat [...]

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I learned about a new-to-me STI today when I finally caught up on my RSS feeds, from a Reuters story on MSNBC. The story is that this STI, Mycoplasma genitalium (which we’ve known about since the ’80s but which I’ve not heard of as far as I know), is now more prevalent in U.S. young [...]

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Well, good:

TheDay.com – Substitute Teacher Gets New Trial on Porn Charges
A New London Superior court judge this morning overturned the conviction of Julie Amero, who was found guilty of exposing Norwich schoolchildren to pornography on a computer, and has granted Amero a new trial.

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Blogrolling.com creator Jason P. DeFillippo is clearing out a bunch of domains, some of which I like (sexualdiary.com) and some of which are so obvious I’m surprised they were never used (fluffgirls.com, skinsville,com, twatbot.com, pinkslut.com).
If you buy one, let me know what you do with it.
Jason P. DeFillippo : Adult Domains For Sale

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I keep getting emails from people saying they can’t find the Sex Drive column anymore, so here’s a quick ‘n’ handy link list:
Sex Drive @ Wired
Sex Drive RSS Feed
And many thanks to all the efforts you’re making to find it, and for letting me know that you want to keep reading. I want to keep [...]

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Cheri Horton reports:
PixelPulse: LL reportedly faces suit by moralist group
A European parent-teacher group called Familles de France is apparently suing Linden Lab to prevent minors from signing up for Second Life, saying the grid contains �pornographic photos and videos in free access [where] users can mimick (sic) sexual acts, going as far as rape scenes, [...]

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