Brrghgttpggpphht. I am a year older (so is the lovely & star-gifted Jessica Melusine, my sister in Aquarian lust). I'm recording whorecast 13 (it's also her birthday... yes, my podcast is a girl) after treating myself to breakfast (yes, at this hour), so stay put and read smart things from my "morning" feeds, for they have bested me easily: What I've been trying to say about porn re: labor for a long time: Porn is about fantasy, right? Well it would be nice if it was. The problem is that like sex, porn takes place in the real world, not in some sexual utopia. In porn, the boundaries between reel life and real life are blurry, if they even exist at all. In light of that fact, I'm much more interested in depicting sex as being a very adult activity, which is to say every act of sexual union comes with the possibility of profound, possibly life changing consequences. This need not be as dark as it might sound. - Tony Comstock On abundance... I am wealthy beyond measure. You cannot buy this kind of wealth and I am not even certain that it can be earned. Perhaps there is an effort and time of earning, after which the rest becomes a gift. Whatever the case may be, thank you. I'll just keep saying it to all the worlds. There is tea and sun. There is work and pleasure. There is deep satisfaction. There is the possibility of today. And tomorrow. And right now. Breathing in. And out. Thank you. - Thorn Coyle (and in reply) on mastery: I can't recall if I ever told you this story about Pythagoras' mystery school. Supposedly they did alchemical thing of making your profession your meditation, so that that if you were a barrelwright, your project was to acheive enlightenment by building the perfect barrel. One of Pythagoras' students was a thief, and asked what his goal should then be. "You must steal the entire phenomenal universe," said Pythagoras. - Jonathan Korman PS: aspiring SF sex journos, fact-checking is easy, and is often accompanied by photos of hot girls....

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