work is not complete on a project I have been told was DONE for weeks. GRR!

What is wrong with people?

Projects are hell, man. Just hell.

Quick meeting, thankfully. Good roll of the dice.

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wholesome - practically Swedish - approach to sex

The Swedish are kinkless? I didn't know this.

The Swedish are kinkless? I didn't know this.

Probably just in my imagination. They seem so darned wholesome about it. Not nearly repressed enought to build up a serious kink.

Inconveniently not here, and not easily accessible either. I may have to send Hec on a culinary expedition; I can think of a couple of places semi-nearby that probably have it, but right now I have about as much chance of successfully walking there and back as I have of walking to the moon.

Also, ew ew ew. I just looked closely at the computer keyboard I've been away from for over a month, and I'm almost positive there is a mouse turd crusted on the side of the J key. Which neatly solves the tiramasalata craving, as it's now entirely possible that I may never eat again.

Strega, I lived in Rockville for 4 years until we decided to buy a house. Now I'm in Frederick. Damn housing prices spiraling out of control.

Yeah. When I was condo-shopping someone was advising me that the housing bubble would burst and blah blah, and I was just like, "Around here? In my lifetime?"

MCPS said she will no longer work in any school in the county

Oh, I had no doubt about that. I think it's the combination of craziness and, I dunno, naiveté that fascinates me. How long can you work in Montgomery County before you realize that we tilt to the left just a tad? And that Gaithersburg contains more than a few people who speak languages besides English? It's like going to Capitol Hill and being shocked by all the old white men in bad suits.

I just looked closely at the computer keyboard I've been away from for over a month, and I'm almost positive there is a mouse turd crusted on the side of the J key.

Maybe the mouse is trying to spell out a message.

Not nearly repressed enought to build up a serious kink.

Kink needs repression? I guess if everything's mainstream then nothing is kinky. Is that what you mean?

Kink needs repression?

I think pressure leads to warping. I'm sure you can be born kinky, but I think a good Catholic upbringing will really bring it on. That which is forbidden takes on super exciting taboo power.

I guess if everything's mainstream then nothing is kinky. Is that what you mean?

I do mean that also. Though the Folsom Street Fair is fairly mainstream for San Francisco and it still seems kinky to see somebody being lead down the street wearing a hood and a leash in the middle of the afternoon.

So if to a Swede everything's perfectly acceptable in bed (I'm not of the opinion that kink needs pressure, myself), saying someone's as kink-free as a Swede just means they come by it easily. Everything is wholesome.

Which reminds me of a question--for some reason I'd assumed that the reason homely men can succeed in straight porn is because male consumers are likely to have a hangup about watching pretty (and therefore drawing attention to themselves) men onscreen. But I was recently told that some guy named Peter North revolutionised the look, and that guys are now not remotely cast for plainness. Hot is fine.

Is this true?