Marriage - the Ulimate Collaring

Weddings today are more than a celebration of love. They are major events, sometimes with exotic or non-traditional destinations and are often talked about long after the bouquet is thrown. Couples use this event to send the world a message about who they are and how they see themselves. If you're a celebrity, people expect a bizarre wedding and are even disappointed if it approaches societies idea of "traditional".

With so many couples literally tie knots celebrating their love of bondage, is it no wonder that one such couple will celebrate their wedding with a BDSM theme? Tomorrow, Sunday August 16, at the Tampa Fetish Con will be the setting for one special couple as they tie the proverbial knot - talk about the ultimate collaring!

Read more in the Tampa Bay blog.

BDSM interests Sparks Entrepreneurial Endeavor

When deciding what kind of business to open, would-be entrepreneurs are often told, 'find something you love to do'. That's exactly what Joel Tucker did. 411Mania recently published an interesting interview with Joel.

Click the picture to go to his site; read the interview to learn about the man behind the vision.

Student Pulication Looks at Fetishes

Student publications must be getting more liberal - My college publication wasn't in color, and didn't have a "Sex Edition". The University of Western Ontario's student newspaper's (The Gazette) February 15th edition was dedicated entirely to sex. Not only is the cover photo more provocative than any published at My alma mater, but the article about sexual fetishes, spans a topic that might only be mentioned in a advanced psychology course.

Happy Valentine's Day

It just goes to show that even professors can be stupid, but this one was just plain lucky; he's alive to celebrate another Valentine's day.

Spending Valentines day in NY with the person you have been married to for "more than 30 years" might sound like the picture of romance, My guess, this man's wife has mixed feelings about the circumstances that brought her to NY this year. Read and decide for yourself.

Bondage Accident - Deeply Disturbing

If you have read anything I have written, you know that I am very particular about which clients I will see and what kinds of sessions I will do. The decision is squarely mine and not open to discussion.

My RULE NUMBER ONE is that play must be Safe, Sane and Consensual. I have turned down many clients who I feel take unacceptable risks, or that simply don't/won't fully exercise their share of the responsibility to ensure compliance to that rule.

However, like any rule that is simply stated, individuals are left to apply their own personal judgment as to the meaning of "safe, sane and consensual" and therefor apply their own level of "acceptable risk".

I hate to see headlines like this in My local paper, especially when it involves supposed "professionals". But even more, I'd hate to see this incident become the weapon that some lawmaker wields to make domination (currently a legal activity) an illegal form of entertainment - using public safety as a cover-up for morality.

So play, but play safe, and above all, no matter who you play with, ask questions that will not only result in a satisfying play session, but a safe one, so you will live to play another day.

Thankfully, no one died in this incident, but that was only pure luck in timing.