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• Diary #483

  

  When I scheduled my flights for my Washington trip a couple of weeks ago, I could see that the trip east would go relatively smoothly, but the trip back would b... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Back Issue #75

  

  When the external sky and landscape match the gloomy October Country inside my skull and my soul, I feel at home and at peace. – “Diary #326” When migration... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #482

  

  The only way you gonna stop him is kill him. – “Lawman” Brindell WilkinsAs regular readers know, cute kid videos are not really my thing. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#975)

  

  We’re not going to sit around and wait to be prosecuted before we fight this law. – Skye WheelerReal People Even shitty and somewhat exploitative sex work... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Collectivism Vs. Cannabis

  

  Collectivism , the foul authoritarian belief that individuals do not own their own bodies and lack the right to manage their own lives, is the single greatest... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #482

  

  Though I have several friends who are unhappy to see summer go, I don’t share their enthusiasm for long, bright, hot days. And so as the days shorten and cool... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#974)

  

  The investigator cannot just tread through the bloody crime scene in street shoes and pick up the murder weapon with an ungloved hand. Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Return of the Censor

  

  Though lily-livered fools have been demanding they be “protected” from ideas they don’t like for several years now, it’s terrifying how quickly this terrible... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Mabon 2019

  

  The apparent path of the sun crossed the celestial equator southbound at 7:50 UTC today, making this the first day of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #481

  

  The time has come to reject the canard of marijuana emanating from nearly every vehicle subject to a traffic stop. – Judge April NewbauerJust a few hours after... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#973)

  

  Sex workers…have the most deeply honed knowledge and practice of ethical principles…of any profession. – Pamela Gawler-WrightSo Close and Yet So Far“I support... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Interchangeable Parts

  

  As in every election year for the past several decades, we are currently being subjected to the fantasy that the authoritarian US political system can somehow b... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Rest is Silence

  

  Why are you trying to avoid talking about Jeffrey Epstein?What would you have me say?  Perhaps you missed “Overripe“, in which I wrote……when a powerful, wealthy... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#972)

  

  [We’re] stuck with one narrative that hasn’t changed since Jack the Ripper’s victims were found. – Phoenix CalidaDo As I Say, Not As I DoFunny how many cops... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #481

  

  September has been party month for the Seattle demimonde; after two I mentioned last week, there were two more this past weekend (both birthday parties because ... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Hot Mess Alabama

  

  For years, Washington, Arizona and Texas were the most consistently-outlandish sources of “sex trafficking” nonsense; other states of course produced their... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #480

  

  Whenever I go out to Sunset, we try to spend at least one evening watching a movie stoned.  And we’ve found the best movies to watch stoned are those with a... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#971)

  

  You can say, “No sex without a condom”. You can say, “No sex until we’re married”. But you can’t say, “No sex until you pay me”?…that…really undermines what... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• We Need Your Help

  

  Today is Friday the Thirteenth, which as long-time readers know is the day I ask non-sex workers to stand up for our rights. This is not the first such... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Last One!

  

  Remember the special edition Ladies of the Night with a unique hand-drawn sketch by Chester Brown, signed by both Chester and me? Well, there’s now only one... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY