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This feels something like being thoroughly French kissed while wearing vibrating nipple clamps and having someone nibble the nape of your neck…. ~ from ‘A Game of Passion’ by Regina Lynn
My story “A Game of Passion” is included in Tentacle Dreams, an anthology of ten — count ‘em! — tentacle sex stories from indie e-book [...]

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My editors let me slip a blow job into the column this week. Thanks guys!
Boyfriend X Misses the Mark
The scary part about taking your sex-tech project to the mainstream is that on the long, hard journey from quirky to safe, you risk wrecking the very thing that made you special.
Then, when the Bowdlerized version doesn’t [...]

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Here’s the column I’ve been hinting about for ages. I couldn’t squeeze everything into my word count, but I did try to hit the highlights.
Sex Drive: Tech Helps Soldiers Cope with Invisible Wounds of War
Some war injuries are obvious at first glance, like missing limbs or facial burn scars. Others remain invisible to the casual [...]

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Kevin has promised me that next time we’re in the same city at the same time, he’ll bring the suit and let me strap one on in the name of science.
Motion-Capture Suits Will Spice Up Virtual Sex
No matter how beautiful the sex animations are in your favorite virtual playground, they can’t compete with the movement [...]

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Why do I never remember to blog my own column? Sheesh. I could have a FREE blog post every Friday if I alternated between new ones and archive ones — there are more than 200 columns hidden in the archives that many of you have never seen, I’ll betcha.

Talk Dirty, Descriptively in Porn for the [...]

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This week’s column responds to the discussion that followed an earlier column about the porn industry following, rather than leading, web 2.0:
Next-Gen Sex Gets Its Jollies From Web 2.0
For many people, any type of sex or nudity with sexual intent counts as “porn” if you do it online.
That’s a lesson I learned a few months [...]

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This week’s Sex Drive column:
Teachers Should Blog, Tweet and Flirt Online Like the Rest of Us
What would you do if your employer told you not to use MySpace, Match.com and Second Life because those sites are “too dangerous” and “inappropriate” for you?
If you’re a teacher in Ohio, you’d better think twice before you answer, because [...]

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A new Sex Drive column is up:
Court Does Right by Social Sex Sites
Just three business days after my last column explained the futility of subjecting adult social-networking websites to the same record-keeping requirements as porn productions, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a slip opinion agreeing with me.
No, I don’t feel smug, why do [...]

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Hooray! Gee, I wonder if they read the latest Sex Drive (Proposed Law Could Be Cold Shower for YouPorn) and made up their minds real fast? Heh heh.
6th Circuit Court of Appeals Rules 2257 Unconstitutional
CINCINNATI – The United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled today in the case of Connection Distributing Co. [...]

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This week’s column is up.
Someone at Wired not only has a sense of humor around headlines, they know one of my favorite southern fried rock songs … LOL
Chaste Home, Alabama, Where You Can’t Buy a Dildo
Oh, Alabama. What has been done to thee?
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to have anything to do with the [...]

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This week’s column:
Don’t Dismiss Online Relationships as Fantasy
Last month, three unrelated stories challenged the idea that internet relationships are just fantasy and therefore less important, less powerful and less real than offline relationships.
They aren’t.
First, I read the Wired magazine piece about Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two in New York state. Montgomery invented two [...]

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Today’s column:
Online Therapy: Like a Diary That Writes Back
Earlier this year, I became so mired in personal crisis I couldn’t see any way out. I struggled against depression and desperation and barely managed to produce columns, much less keep up with my day job or my book.
My distress peaked one night and I found myself [...]

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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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Tired of reading all those lists about geek stereotypes? Me too, so I wrote a rebuttal.
The 10 Real Reasons Why Geeks Make Better Lovers
Scroll down the page for our new reddit-style widget that lets you rank the reasons and add your own.

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