Have a safe trip, Bear. And Mackinac sounds like a wonderful place to be right now.

Just another day in paradise here. Work, helping wife run an errand, stuff like that.

I see Tarte aux Framboise there so one of those and an Irish Breakfast.

Nope. Have crossed paths with members on other sites, but never in person.

What is your biggest turn-off physically when checking out a possible partner?

With a spouse would be nice but right now, it would be without.

Meet at a covert partner's location or neutral ground like a motel?

No but it sounds like a fun venue for it.

HYE broken up with a longtime partner in a public place?

New partner who convinced them of the value of monogamy? Change of heart after a bad experience? Had qualms all along but finally listened to them and found a partner who shared them? I can think of lots of reasons, really. Could be a whole thread unto itself. Not everyone is built for poly. Not sure I am.

Would a new partner requesting an open relationship attract you or raise doubts?

Venom

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I'll be publishing a non-contest art-related story later this week myself.

I have one in hand but it was an alternate comp entry and I have this weird superstition or something where I won't publish the alternate until the comp closes. Afraid of distracting my audience, I guess.

Nope. Detained once but it was a mistaken identity thing (apparently, I had just missed out on witnessing a bank job) and I was released fairly quickly.

HYE misunderstood someone's innocent intentions to be flirting?

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Isn't that where safe words come into play? Granted, my exposure to that lifestyle was limited, but the whole purpose was to push your boundaries, and your safe word was the ejection handle. If that is not acceptable, the whole D/S part of BDSM is disallowed, IMHO.

My sense is that this CNC doesn't use safe words and that's part of the problem and why it is treated differently from properly done BDSM like you describe.

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I am having dark and strange ideas in my head.

Given circumstances, I am not surprised. Good way to get that darkness out, I find. Sending vibes and good thoughts your way. Take care of yourself.

I have done both first person (what you describe) and third person narratives. Third person gives you some flexibility to shift perspective and see things from another character's viewpoint. You can also introduce things that the narrator might not know. And sometimes, you want to write something that's a bit more outside your experience and would not feel right from a first-person perspective.

But for a short, sex-focused piece with a narrator who is basically you, first probably feels more immediate to the reader. Some genres more conventionally lean to one than the other.

So my story for the current competition is first person, with Mitch as basically my stand-in.

My story for the Elemental competition in March, though, was a fantasy seduction involving a woman generating some serious heat with a fire elemental. That one, I went third person as I often do for lesbian pieces. I just don't feel comfortable getting into a woman's skin, esp. a woman who loves other women. I've done it but I tend not to. Also, there's a scene at the end when other people show up and I needed to be able to write that scene.

So I guess the answer for me is that I write what works for the story. Right now, I'm bashing away at a longer, probably non-erotic or less erotic, piece and it's third person since I have a raft of characters and like to shift the perspective a bit more.

Eat. I am not handy enough in the kitchen to be especially creative there. I've tweaked recipes for various reasons but it's not my usual.

Eat off your lover's body or have them eat off yours?

Not really. I was pursuing someone else when I became involved with my eventual partner but that pursuit never went far so doesn't quite count here.

HYE worn a butt plug or other toy to work and been found out?

Walk This Way - Aerosmith

Not fond of Bloody Marys, least of all with pancakes, so sushi and ramen.

Buffet brunch or table service with ordering?

Werewolf of London

Gooooooooooooooooooooood morning!

Croissants and Lapsang.

Last day before returning to work. I am honestly debating moving up my retirement right now. Last week was heaven. I know it won't always be like that but writing engaged me in a way my work simply does not anymore. And I do have ideas for other things I can be doing if I am not living the daily grind. We are well off to say the least so I'm not really even working for the money anymore. Maybe the health benefits but not the money. So my boss and were discussing August 2028. I'm going to go back and tell him 2027 is more realistic and probably healthier for both me and the company. It means I won't see our big project through to the end (the main reason for picking 2028) but there's more capable people doing the work there anyhow. I will think this through some more, but I am really questioning whether I can handle 2 more years at this point knowing that removing work from the equation for even just a week made me all the happier.

There. My morning rant is done. I'll probably back off in the end, but it's out there.

Now we need some tuneage. How about starting with a beauty queen (Miss World Chile 2025) who is also a metal queen? Decessus is led by the powerful growls of model and metalhead Ignacia Fernandez. Guitarist Carlos Palma is fantastic in this performance, too. This is from the Pulsar Awards, Chile's counterpart to the Grammys.

If metal isn't your thing, how about Tolkien-inspired prog? BrOn is the project of UK musician Dave Bron and is releasing tracks from The Fellowship, an album based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. This one is inspired by the scene in The Fellowship of the Ring where Frodo accepts the mission of carrying the One Ring. Vocalist is Sally Minnear and piper is Catherine Ashcroft, both regulars in Bron's work.

Pineapple Thief

Battle of Evermore - Led Zeppelin

I have trouble with reading these days, so probably a movie. Might try a book or erotic short story first, though, to see if it has the desired effects.

Learn a new skill or learn a new language?

Zombie - Cranberries

Nemo - Nightwish

Family event. Less public and more likely to be other nudists there.

Dance naked under the stars or dance naked for an audience?

Some segments of some societies maybe. Not globally or universally though.

Would you buy into a startup led by a family member?

Treat, I think.

Ice cream in a dish or on a cone?

If that was the only reason, likely not. If a marriage between us was likely to happen eventually anyhow, sure. Not sure if that gambit even works here in Canada anyhow. My wife is an immigrant but was a citizen by the time of our wedding.

Is marriage something that still really matters or just a nice way to take a relationship up a notch?

Moonlight Haze

I have never done it but as I seem to be getting kind of obsessed with butt play, I find the idea kind of hot. And even if it is "weird", so what? Weird is good in my books.

Never been one either.

Would you swing if the opportunity arose?

Not sure anyone would want a lap dance from me, so receive.

Night out at a strip club or at a dance club?