Lately a lot of the Last Dinner Party, Sharon Van Etten, Jason Isbell, Lake Street Dive, The Pineapple Thief, Steven Wilson, Strand of Oaks, Barbaro, Flock of Dimes and probably someone who slipped my mind at this moment.

There are porn stars who are a lot more than charicatures, who have good minds and simply chosen the industry because it's one of the few places women without advanced degrees can make a good living. Take Nina Hartley, an RN. RNs with an active license have no trouble getting jobs that pay decently. It's really all on her. There are women in porn I might give more than a tumble.

i think the people on the street protesting today, and whistleblowing on this cirminal administration are the Patriots. They people Trump fires are patriots for putting their country over convenience.

I agree with Sprite on Fantastic Four, as i loved the retro vibe, the way the Silver Surfer was presented, which was true to the original Norrin Radd, story, and Galactus himself as a nigh-omnipotent being who wants out. Reed was a good man, scientist to the core, Johnny has vastly more sense than presented, Ben Grimm shockingly well-adjsuted and Susan Storm clearly the anchor that holds it all together Really, really Fantastic job. It's nice seeing a superhero movie without utter black, which is what DC got so wrong with Henry Cavill's Superman.

it is enjoyable to see Trump wriggling like a hooked fish as the Epstein story refuses to die. The stupid thing was to sue Murdoch, because while their editorial board is rubbish, their writers are not and you can bet the story he's suing over will be well documented and if they choose to fight, they will win. it's been well known for some time that Trump and Epstein were buddies and like all sexual predators it is not hard to imagine that Trump partook of Epstien's generosity. It was a fun for the right when they imagined they could get the Clintons only they never could and now they must release what they thought would deliver their greatest enemies into their hands and instead will implicate ther new Messiah.

Good Christian Mike Johnson has new adjourned the House to prevent a vote to release the files, because he and Trump would have lost the vote. I guess his Church of Barabbas approves the Bearing of False Witness and if it's a Republican doing the molesting. Remember Henry Hyde, former Republican Speaker of the House, and now convicted ? They love when making anonymous accusations but hate actual data. And i have to wonder what the Justice Department will offer Ghislaine Maxwell for her silence. A pardon perhaps for the role she played in molesting children? It always seems it's the conservatives who can't control their urges.

There are many great and wonderful guitarists to rock our world but for me there is only one Robert Fripp.

Superman, which is sweet, intelligent and too much fun. Rachel Brosnahan was the perfect Lois Lane, Mister Teriffic was exactly that, and Krypto a true scene stealer. I haven't had this much fun at a superhero flick since Tony Stark took the Avengers out for Schwarma.

The Phoenecian Scheme was most resent, and it was very Wes Anderson, but not exactly Moonrise Kingdom.

Sinners was excellent a hot, sexy look at a place and time I hope is behind us forever with monsters who might not be the biggest monsters around.

Harris is enjoying a honeymoon. The REpublicans are very skilled at using fear, have no compunctions about lying and will keep throwing mud until something sticks. Honestly, i think Biden has done a better job than anyone gives him credit for, but I'm glad for the Harris/Walz ticket. That said, this is difficult. It's an uphill battle to hold onto the Senate because most Americans have not yet figured out the Republicans are the true extremists in American politics. I hope more than anything that Kamala Harris wins. But that won't end the struggle until MAGA is well and truly defeated as a political force in America. One bad election, and Democracy is over.

Barbie and I'd see it again

Okay, Bidens’s old. But he’s competent and has done some things very well. But who would replace him? I don’t think anyone wants that conversation as even aged he’s more competent mentally than anyone Chryses has ever voted for. After giving us Dubya and Trump no Republican has the right to criticize Biden on mental grounds after the incompetent and immoral leaders who are their standard bearers Hate to tell you this but Abraham Lincoln is dead and if came back they’d all call him a RINO

It seems Putin has won this round, and it's reasonable to think Prigozhin isn't long for this world, like Putin's other detractors. Which is a shame because Putin must go to make peace possible.

Guardians of the Galaxy 3, which was fun.

Look, this is all about a small group of Republicans who want to demonstrate how much they hate my half of American Society and think it worthwhile to take the whole society hostage just to prove their devotion the 'cause' of hate. It's bullshit. There is never a problem passing a debt ceiling increase unless you have Republican control of one house, and in this case a Speaker so weak and spineless he's will to wreck the whole country in order to retain his title. Donad Trump added over $7 to the national debt but always got his increases simply because the Democratic Party consists by and large of adults who realize they have a duty.

And please don't tell me conservatives care about the debt. They've never cared about fiscal responsibility a single day of their entire lives. If you doubt that look at the deficit records between Republican and Democratic Presidents. They go down (or away) under Democratic Presidents then shoot back up the moment a so-called 'conservative' takes office. No, what Republicans care about is cutting taxes for rich people and using the deficits they created in order to remove any program that actually benefits the average person. That's the plain truth, and there's no denying it. Except some of them are still denying the election.

Just wanted to pass on that I've submitted some smut again, after a very long hiatus and here is the latest. https://www.lushstories.com/stories/lesbian/my-summer-butch

If we aren't a couple, keep your hands to yourself.

Dominion and its lawyers got their money, but what needed to happen, which was Tucker Carlson's viewers hearing him apologize for knowingly presenting falsehoods to them, did not happen, and that's the thing America needed the most. It's a shame, but Fox won. You saw their 'mea culpa'. It was pure bullshit that none of their viewers will notice.

Erotica is more about making you think about sex, about going into a character's head while he or she imagines a beautiful partner, about what they think. I wrote years ago a piece of erotica from the point of view of a young woman watching a blacksmith, stretching and folding the metal, his muscular body straining and sweating while she let her imagination run free.

No, they never touched, but i was proud of it.

it would be more interesting to classify ten stories according to the above and track voting, and see who does best. Because i have observed that people sometimes say they want one thing but prefer another.

Safety Not Guaranteed.

Cheating is always cheating. Yeah, it's a lesser offense than many others, but it still violates the trust of your relationship. Any relationship is based on trust. Period. When you cheat you betray that trust, and if your partner finds out, and you haven't already pre-negotiated an open relationship, you've shattered the terms of your relationship.

If you don't want to cheat, your partner has to be informed, before you do the nasty. They have to support and hopefully enjoy hearing about the details. But if you go behind your partner's back and you find out that it shatters your relationship then you have no one to blame but yourself.

Thirty-five counts from what i hear. Yes, he is going to be arrested, convicted and imprisoned. And this is just the warm up for what is going to come. If there is a God, Donald J. Trump will die in a prison cell next to a MS19 lifer.

It strikes me, that if you want the truth told, you don't share anything with Tucker Carlson, who is, thanks to the Dominion Voting suit on the record saying that the truth meant nothing to him or his network.

The problem that i have with Republicans isn't your so-called principles, it's their complete absence. At what point do Republican voters reach a bottom they will not sink beyond? Because from what i can see that point does not exist. [Insulting content removed by mod - "This moderated "safe space" discussion forum is for people who prefer a harmonious and non-confrontational place to talk about current events and any subjects which might not fit in other forums."]. No commit to process. No real commitment to the Constitution they love to waive. No commitment to the truth or the democratic process. It's all about naked power, and I think many of the people [Insulting content removed by mod - "This moderated "safe space" discussion forum is for people who prefer a harmonious and non-confrontational place to talk about current events and any subjects which might not fit in other forums."] would look the other way when people like me were arrested for refusing to remain silent in the face of autocracy.

I never thought he would. Prosecutors work on their own schedule and according to their needs. Announcing that got our former Blob-in-Chief much desired publicity and fundraising. It also allows him to claim action 'prevented' his arrest. When the Special Prosecutor acts, it will be a joy to see that man in long deserved handcuffs.

Well, thought I'd peek in and see and it hasn't changed much, and i expect audio stories won't arrive any time soon. Which is good because i don't have a good voice for reading, i can sing okay, but not read.

I have been busy with my books, but needed a break so i wrote some smut which may appear one day but as I'm not giving Lush money it probably won't be soon. But miss you all, and James, i do hope your wrists are better. Hard to type without wrists. Or fingers for that matter, but as writers we are all small muscle group athletes

no, but menstrual cycle definitely affects it.

it was destroyed, but really it was aging badly and frankly orbital is better, but it is a tremendous place that i always wanted to visit if i ever got to Puerto Rico.

Just so you know, my membership ran out and as I've given Lush a bunch of stories, I figure that's enough, particularly as I'm not writing erotica any more. So hi and bi to you all.