My "treatise" on the corner controversy
This post is for Jay! Earlier this week, she wrote about how her work computer faces a corner, so she's essentially "in the corner" for eight hours a day. This got me thinking about the ever ongoing...
View Article(sigh) I just can't help myself sometimes
Pet peeves. We all have them; some of us more than others. I certainly have plenty of my own. Likewise, John has his.In general, I try to be respectful of other people's peeves, even if I don't share...
View ArticleTuesday of Pain
Dunh-dunh-DUNNNHH! Doesn't that sound ominous? It was.So here is Steve's convoluted Top Logic. He will not be here next week, as he's going hiking/camping with his son before school starts. And in two...
View ArticleOT: My two cents on Robin Williams, suicide and depression
It's been a sad week, kids. Robin Williams, one of our most beloved comedic icons, took his own life this past Monday. I'm old enough to remember when he first broke into our collective consciousness...
View ArticleMy new favorite picture
Yesterday's post was rather heavy, as was this week. I want to end the week on a lighter note, so I'm dialing it back a bit and posting something I really liked.Alex Reynolds and Chief John Osborne...
View ArticleOverwhelmed!
It really is amazing, kids, what I do to myself even when I'm looking forward to something. In case you can't read that scrawl in the cartoon above, it reads, "able to jump to the worst conclusion in a...
View ArticleThe convoluted paths of punishment
I've never been one to spend time analyzing why I'm a spanko. I just know that I am, I love it, and it's made my life better, and I don't really care where it came from. But I do wonder sometimes why I...
View ArticlePre-party prep and the panty parade
(Men, you can tune out now if you want. This is going to be mostly girlie stuff.)So, thanks to my damned aching back last Monday, I had to bow out of plans to go pre-party panty shopping with Alex and...
View ArticleThe scene that almost wasn't
A little background story is in order here. I've had various repairmen in my bathroom for the past couple of weeks. There was a leak from the apartment upstairs, and my bathroom ceiling was cracked...
View ArticleSpecial weekend
No, not just because of the Shadow Lane party, although that's plenty special. This Saturday, August 30, John and I will be together 18 years.We have never lived together, never spent more than four...
View ArticleShadow Lane 2014, Part 1 (Friday)
Home again from yet another amazing party weekend. I have had a full night of sleep (after three nights of very little) and I'm unpacked, so I'm trying to collect my scattered thoughts into a proper...
View ArticleShadow Lane 2014, Part 2 (Saturday)
Saturday morning, John let me sleep until 11:00-ish while he went to the gym to work out. We showered and dressed and met Mir for lunch at Café Siena, our favorite little hang-out at the Suncoast....
View ArticleShadow Lane 2014, Part 3 (Sunday)
It's Wednesday, and I can feel the drop settling in. (sigh) Hopefully I can counteract it somewhat by finishing up my chronicle.I was very groggy Sunday morning, but there is no way I would miss Strict...
View ArticlePost-party blahs
The inevitable drop has set in. At least (so far), neither John nor I have gotten sick -- a fate that befell several of our friends. No traumas, no dramas, just general blech. Feeling tired and...
View ArticleOn my mind (yes, this is a rant)
Been a while since I wrote one of these, so I guess I'm overdue. But I have some steam to blow off. Last Friday, I posted a bit of writing on FetLife, asking a question about spanking party etiquette....
View ArticleAll pain is not equal
Yeah, I know what you're thinking... DUH! Of course the pain of stubbing your toe in the middle of the night on your way to the bathroom is different from a hefty bottom slap from a trusted play...
View ArticleFun with friends, and more Tumblr shenanigans
Been a busy few days. Not so much work-wise, unfortunately, but some really fun times with friends. Last Thursday, Alex, SpankCake and I met for one of our epic lunches, this one lasting for 4 1/2...
View Article"Pre"-birthday spanking??
Yup. Yesterday was one week before the fact, and Steve announced our scene was my pre-birthday spanking. WTF? Wouldn't that work for all the weeks prior? In fact, why not just start with the week after...
View ArticleWhy I love Jillian Keenan
For many reasons, but to name a couple: Because she is a mainstream writer who has the bravery to speak for us kinky folk. Because her latest writing is a brilliant piece for Slate entitled Spanking is...
View ArticleI love you, Dave Wolfe! :-)
And I love my 2014 birthday toon!OK, some of my younger readers might not get the references to Peabody and Sherman and their Wayback Machine (they are from the Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons), or...
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