on-no.net - mesmerizing photographs
Jun 18 at 3:03am by max
Onno is Dutch, writes perfect unstilted English, and maintains the website on-no.net. Which is about Onno’s photographs. Gallery after gallery of beautiful photographs. Because we’ve not yet acquired permission, but fair use probably permits us the use of one as an example - here it is. I’d be embarassed to use thumbnails or one of the box plugins to show any of these, and it’s hard to pick one. So go check out on-no.net.
Gay people - and their advocates - started California fire
Oct 31 at 3:03am by wilkins
It’s sort of a relief, actually, now that we know what happened. You can read the explanation here on the James Hartline Report:
They shook their fists at God and said, “We don’t care what God says, we will issue our legal brief to support gay marriage in San Diego!” Then Mayor Jerry Sanders mocked the Christian vote and signed off on this rebellious legal document to support same-sex marriage.
And then the streets of La Jolla under the Mt. Soledad Cross began to cave in.
We learned of this news from Lee of the Stone, a new blog inspired, in turn, by Greta Christina.
“Fun Today” - from Sharing Dee
Oct 28 at 6:06pm by wilkins
Am admirable definition of “fun.” Check out this link, “Fun Today,” plus a yummy image. From Sharing Dee.
You can actually watch the temperature drop (the chilling effect in action)
Oct 27 at 5:05am by wilkins
Lawyers use the phrase “chilling effect” to describe an added perception of risk concerning, or actual deterrence, of legitimate behavior. In other words, you “deter” drug use, forbidden sexual acts, or robbery because those things are intrinsically wrong. But we use “chilling effect” as a cliche - generally in the context of “chilling” free expression. ((The phrase’s use has been recorded in this way as early as 1950: Paul J. Freund. The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties, 4 Vanderbilt Law Review 533, at 539 (1950-1951). See also “Chilling Effect,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect (accessed 287 October 2007)).
Here, “Anthony Comstock,” one of the founders of Comstock Films, discusses his entirely reasonable fears of prosecution in this post:
“Adult sexual conduct is not illegal and it is in fact constitutionally protected. See, e.g., Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003). The regulation of visual depictions of adult sexual activity is not based on its intrinsic relation to illegal conduct.”
That’s from the Sixth Circuit Court’s ruling 2257 regulations unconstitutional, and gets to the heart of why I am fascinated by, and passionate about making sexual imagery.
Some few years ago I directed a film about Hutu refugees in Eastern Zaire. The imagery from the camps themselves was appalling enough: emaciated men, women, and children dying as the camera rolled; bodies being stacked into the bed of trucks like cordwood. But also included was footage from the Hutu genocidal slaughter of their Tutsi countrymen (carried out largely by machete,) including footage of a man being murdered by decapitation and the desecration of corpses.
I thought long and hard about what shots I would and would not include this film. I wanted my audience to vividly understand the horrors that had played out, but I did not want to them to withdraw, to down emotionally. I wanted them to stay with the film, through to the end, and hoped that they would find meaning in what I chose to show them. I thought a lot about the line between enough and too much. But never, not even for a moment, did I think about whether or not the footage I chose to include was prosecutable.
By contrast, nothing I show in the films I make about sex is awful. In fact, it’s all quite wonderful! People who desire each other giving and receiving pleasure in the most intimate and delicious ways! Yet in choosing to document and then distributed these consensual, loving, pleasurable, and entirely legal acts, some how through the magical powers of the camera, I may be committing a crime. Depending on where my films are watched, and by whom, what I do may not be protected by the First Amendment, what I do may be considered obscene, what I do may be against the law.
“The regulation of visual depictions of adult sexual activity is not based on its intrinsic relation to illegal conduct.” That’s what the Sixth Circuit Court says. I don’t see how that squares with Miller v. California. I’d like to find out, but I don’t want to lose my house or go to jail.
I thought long and hard about what shots I would and would not include this film. I wanted my audience to vividly understand the horrors that had played out, but I did not want to them to withdraw, to down emotionally. I wanted them to stay with the film, through to the end, and hoped that they would find meaning in what I chose to show them. I thought a lot about the line between enough and too much. But never, not even for a moment, did I think about whether or not the footage I chose to include was prosecutable.
By contrast, nothing I show in the films I make about sex is awful. In fact, it’s all quite wonderful! People who desire each other giving and receiving pleasure in the most intimate and delicious ways! Yet in choosing to document and then distributed these consensual, loving, pleasurable, and entirely legal acts, some how through the magical powers of the camera, I may be committing a crime. Depending on where my films are watched, and by whom, what I do may not be protected by the First Amendment, what I do may be considered obscene, what I do may be against the law.
“The regulation of visual depictions of adult sexual activity is not based on its intrinsic relation to illegal conduct.” That’s what the Sixth Circuit Court says. I don’t see how that squares with Miller v. California. I’d like to find out, but I don’t want to lose my house or go to jail.
Filmmakers should be worried about storyboards, budgets, and the cost of film stock. Not criminal charges for doing what they’re supposed to do - make films.
“Besides the fact that every part of my body is sore, I’ve had a good time with him.”
Oct 27 at 4:04am by wilkins
We’ve just discovered Anal Amy:
Friends with extra special benefits
Well, I thought it would be a while longer before my next sex fueled adventure. Before Thursday night, we still hadn’t gone past first base.I’m not sure how long it was, but it was a pretty long time for a blowjob, he finally came. I had been begging him the whole time to cum on my face. I didn’t think he was going to do it until at the last second, he pulled his cock out and aimed it right between my eyes. I closed my eyes and felt the hot cum hit my skin. It flowed into my eyes, it dripped off my face. I couldn’t open my eyes until he cleaned me up with a napkin.
But as soon as I could see again, I went back to work on his cock. I couldn’t even think about anything else right now. I had to get his cock hard again. His cock tasted like sperm now, and that definitely turned me on.
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Mr Next
Well, I may have met the next one. LOL. I swear I wasn’t even looking, just out with my friends at a party and there he was. I’m not even joking it was one of those moments where I was standing in one part of the room, I looked over to where he was and he looked at me and grinned.
His name is Luke. I kind of knew him already. He’s always in the gym (great body!) because works out all the time and he works there. He’s helped me out with a few of my techniques and “spots.” But this was the first time we’ve really said more than a couple of sentences to each other. It wasn’t the greatest conversation, we were both pretty drunk but he’s so cute, so hot and actually has a brain.
I remember most of our conversation except a part where I said I would start working out with him. He called me up Sunday afternoon and I was a little surprised because I didn’t remember anything about it.
I’ve been thinking about working out for a while - but not as hardcore as he does. He runs (I jogged and walked a little) first. Then he goes into the weight room. I swear there were a couple of times he forgot I was a girl and hadn’t worked out in a while when he was selecting the weights. Then today, he had me work out with the cardio stuff. I’m not sure if he’s a perspective trainer or boyfriend.
It’s kind of weird hanging out with him though. I had a huge crush on him last year when I used to go to the gym all the time. But it’s also weird because we’ve spent a lot of time together the past couple of days. That’s a good thing…I think. Besides the fact that every part of my body is sore, I’ve had a good time with him.
So far we haven’t even kissed. We wrestled but that’s about as much contact as we’ve had. He’s really flirty and really playful. Plus, he’s laid back and doesn’t take things serious. A lot like me.
This is going to sound really - bad but I’m wondering why he’s into me. I’ve seen some of the girls he talks to that come into the gym. Super skinny, blonde, great bodies - etc. They all wear the skin tight shorts and just a sports bra. They have bodies I’d pay for. I honestly think he’s heard that I’m easy, a good fuck or something. I know he knows at least one of my ex’s.
Anyways, I should get back to working on this paper.
From “Mr. Next”
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