Once in high school (a Church-based school) I was reading a SF/F book with the requisite half-naked barbarian woman on the cover in math class after the work was done, and the teacher looked at the cover and raised his eyebrows at me. I said, "I'm not responsible for what they put on the cover," and he just shook his head and walked away. I think no one knew quite what to do with me.

I never read anything explicit about sex until I was in college. As a result I was somewhat clueless. For example, I of course knew that PIV sex involved putting the penis in the vagina, but I did not know that the penis slides in and out of the vagina during sex--I thought it just stayed in place. I didn't learn anything to the contrary until the first time I had sex.

I had the opposite of TOmmy- I was a really late bloomer in real life, but I read so much explicit stuff when I was young, I knew about lots of things (except Toy Boats...)

I have lots of disparate things to talk about-

1. Has anyone purchased SLate Plus? I listen to podcasts ALL DAY, and I need more! I also pretty much prefer the format of something like Culture Gabfest or Pop Culture Happy Hour-- I like discussions. Is there enough extra podcast content?

2. I shared on facebook, but I thought we might have a good discussion here about the hottest US Presidents [link]

hottest US Presidents

I am really bored and annoyed at work. Enough to rate the relative hotness of men who are really not all that hot. Except for Pierce and Obama. Pierce can stay at #1, but Obama should be #2. They should have used a picture of Lincoln where he was younger; he'd be higher on the list. And switch Polk and Grant.

tommy, you're not the ony guy who thought that - my BFF's father did too. How do I know this? The man had no boundaries. Even worse than me; I have some concept of appropriateness, at least.

oatmeal:

My boss just told me "None of it is your fault, really." Aw. "Not your fault" is among my favorite three-word phrases, along with "I love you", "you were right", and "have some chocolate".

"Not your fault" is among my favorite three-word phrases, along with "I love you", "you were right", and "have some chocolate".

"Nice editing job." "There's more bourbon." "Damn, that ass!" (The last can be favorable commentary about your own ass, or as a means of drawing your attention to another fine, fine ass. Either way it's a win.)

That was presented as a thing people do (to technically not be having sex) on Alpha House. Called "soaking".

The raciest thing I was reading in 4th grade was probably Gone With The Wind, but I was definitely seeking out the naughty bits of Piers Anthony and Heinlein books by the time I was in middle school. In retrospect, absolutely terrible source material for learning anything about actual sexual relationships between human adults, but, well, puberty.

I just want to go back in time and erase Piers Anthony from my brain. VC ANdrews and CLan of the Cave Bear are far superior, Piers Anthony just makes me feel icky now.