I can vouch for this advice:

“Never go to the sex shop when you’re horny. You have no idea what you’re going to end up with. Make a list. Stick to the list.”

Comedian Wendy Spiro, as quoted in the October 2004 issue of Esquire.

Edifying Spectacle offers a fitting tribute to “sexploitation” director Russ Meyer. I imagine the forever-frigid feminists would happily affix that adjective to his work, but as the author of the tribute points out, Meyer’s work celebrated American pop culture in a singular way. Here’s an excerpt from Richard’s tribute:

Incompetently I wish to do honor to one of America’s masters of erotica. To hell with philosophers, economists, editorial writers: isn’t enlivening the erotic life nobler and more valuable than the vaporizings of the classes that think themselves thoughtful and useful?

And, a wonderful image of Kitten Natividad, star of Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens:

I doubt I’m the only one with an urge to go make tons of popcorn for a Meyer filmfest tonight …

I have a soft spot in my heart for optimists … especially optimistic men. This beautiful sunrise picture shows why:

For the record, I don’t think males and females are necessarily and inevitably enemies, but sometimes the differences between the sexes can make it feel that way. But for some, even the same sex can feel very foreign to deal with.

The recent visit of my sister and nieces highlighted yet again for me how different I seem to be from the normal female. They all are very feminine — careful in choosing their clothes and accessories, skilled at the art of hairstyling and makeup application, and apparently quite good at flirting with men and getting attention without being obviously manipulative. (My other older sister is like this, too.)

I’m lucky if I remember to drag a comb through my hair before noon. I wore makeup in high school, but have gradually lost interest in it. The last time I tried to apply mascara I poked myself in both eyes and looked like a stoner for days. I couldn’t flirt my way out of a paper bag.

Now don’t get me wrong — I get (or got, before I moved out to the sticks) plenty of guy attention. But it’s a very different kind of attention than what I see the other ladies in my family getting. They’re coddled, while I’m asked to help with the heavy lifting. It’s okay for them not to know what a strong safety is, but I’m expected to know the different rules for NCAA and pro football, and recite them whenever they’re relevant in a game.

In short, I’m a tomboy. And in a lot of my interactions with men, it makes a huge difference. It can be very pleasant, when we cut through all the Mars-Venus bullshit and just talk, but it leads to unhappy surprises, too …. like when a guy asks me to dinner, and he freaks because I appear in a dress instead of my usual jeans and t-shirt. I feel like a mutant female.

So, I sometimes sneak behind the lines to see if I fit in better with the guys, which it usually seems I do. Typically, though, like this AskMen website, there’s not much that seems to apply to gals like me. Sigh…..

Oh well. At least I found this gorgeous picture while on my recon mission, which I bet lots of ladies will like as much as I do.

I imagine this is all over the pornblogosphere already, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t wish Belle de Jour a fond farewell, give her ass a firm caress, and wish her all the best. Her final entry closes with words of wisdom for us all:

… don’t ever turn down pleasure because you were afraid of what other people might say.

Wired Magazine, techie-geekie-cool web site that I adore, is adding a new sex column! It’s called “Sex Drive with Gina Lynn”, and here’s a quote from her debut column:

For you newbies, think Sex and the City, only smarter. This is sex and the internet, sex and science, sex and the digital world. It’s the sex of technology and the technology of sex, two of the most powerful forces at work in our modern lives. It’s the foundation of a social revolution. And you’re a part of it, like it or not.

If you’d like to read it all, here ya go. She includes her email address toward the bottom, and invites questions and comments.

Coolness! And now I gotta run — my older sister and her two daughters are visiting today, so I need to make the place look respectable. :confused:

Speaking of human-looking facial expressions, Comstock Films (the folks who made Marie & Jack) are casting for another production:

Comstock Films seeks real people in real relationships for sexually explicit documentary style films.

Comstock Films is launching a new project to produce a full-length film. We are looking for real-life lovers of all sexual persuasions who want to share their unique erotic nature with the world. This feature will be pansexual in nature, and we are especially interested in people and erotic practices not usually seen in mainstream porn. People of all ages, genders and transgenders, races, body-types and sexual interests are encouraged to apply!