New Novel Release

Being an active member of the S&M community, I sometimes have interesting things find their way into my inbox.  Today I found this:

I have a new novel out, and this is the website to purchase it from: Kemi-Ka

The novel is entitled, “Chronicles of the Nubian Underworld: The Awakening”

E-book, paperback, and hardcover versions will be available to purchase.

I am writing under the pseudonym Shakir Rashaan…

Happy reading, and thank you for your support….

Here is a synopsis of the novel: Continue reading “New Novel Release”

Another Book Review – Service Included

back again with another book review.

one of the many things i am interested in becoming more adept at service and learning about fine dining.  for my birthday Master bought me a book.  It is called Service Included by Phoebe Damrosch.

when i first read the description i thought it would be a good story about a waiter in an expensive NY restaurant.  i thought at best i would get to read a good story.  from the moment i opened the book i was pleasantly surprised.  this book contained not only a good personal story but a lot of useful information about setting a table, the different utensils and what foods needed what utensils (pearl spoons for oysters as stainless steel gives the oyster a metalic taste).  i learned that the differences between jersey and ashrys cows milk in making cheeses. i loved the little tips at the end of each chapter.  for instance:  most white wine should be served at about 55 degrees and red wine at 67 degrees.

Grace depends entirely on keeping the focus on the guest, not on the server or the act of serving.  this was one of my favorite quotes from the book and summed up perfectly why i desire to become proficient in serving. eventhough this book is not a lifestyle book I can see myself using the above quote as a reminder for myself in this lifestyle.  My focus should not be on how well I do things but on how well it serves my Master.

by the time i finished reading this book (in 2 days) i was seriously considering taking a second job as a waitress just to get some hands one experience.  the book did not make it seem easy to learn these skills and tips but to me it was totally worth it.

i can see myself using this book as one of my many resources for service and I recommend it to anyone looking for an addition to their library.

Kink.com Gets a New Neighbor

For those of you not familiar with the Kink.com family of websites, Kink.com is one of the hottest places on the internet for a choice selection of BDSM and other fetish related porn.  A couple of years back, they bought a large armory in San Francisco to use as their production studio. This lead to several protests, but eventually things died down.

Now, a new controversy has raised its head. Now the SF weekly reports that a new community center is being built in the same location.

Now a private group could stir things up again by leasing from Kink founder Peter Acworth the Armory’s “drill court” — a massive interior courtyard that resembles an airplane hangar — and turning it into a community center with youth-oriented programs.

Real estate lawyer David Klein is heading the Armory Community Center project, a for-profit venture he says should be up and running within 18 months. By turning the drill court into a full-time community center, Klein feels he’ll be adding something crucial to the Mission: an affordable performance venue, a spot for family events and farmers’ markets, and a home for children’s sports leagues.

Isn’t Klein worried what his Mission neighbors will think of sending their kids to a place right next to a hard-core porn studio? Definitely. “My job is to keep working with the community to break that connection,” he says, insisting no ties exist between his project and Kink, which also technically rents its building from Acworth. “We have the same landlord. That’s all.” To help solidify the divide, Klein is building a separate entrance for the Community Center on the Armory’s 14th Street side.

I wish them luck with the project, but I think it may be a bit much.

MV

Kinky Sex Is On The Rise?

Can we get a Wahoo up in here? lol

I found a report today in the local ABC affiliate in Huston, TX (chanel 13) where sex therapists are finding that people are turning to kinker sex.  All I can say to that is “Welcome to the party!” Now, I don’t think that we will find that all these people will be showing up at your next munch, but I think that it make make people a little more open minded.  (Well, ok I don’t really think that, but one can hope.)

Eroticism is in the eye of the beholder. In Japan, some women turn to electrically charged squid for sexual satisfaction. In the American world of masochism, one man begged to be tied on a spit and roasted over sizzling coals. His counterpart, a latex-loving dominatrix, reached ecstasy merely watching his pain.

What is abnormal may not necessarily be unnatural, according to sexologists who study the outer limits of the human psyche.

Though there is no hard data on what whether a spike in interest means a spike in actual activity, experts say anecdotally that couples are showing a marked interest in exploring new sexual intensity.

What is your opinion on this growth?  Let me know, in the comments.

MV

BDSM 101: Household Task Management

One of the responsibilities of a dominant is to keep his (or her) household running smoothly.  There are many tricks to doing this, but I have found a nice (and free) online service called Remember the Milk. To say that it is just another online todo list would be an understatement of its capabilities.  While it has the normal todo capabilities you would find in many todo lists, you can email yourself todos, subscribe to your lists via internet standards, even assign other users of the service tasks.

How I like to use it primarily is to call my girl and say to her, I need to remember this, add it to my list. She then types it up, assigns it to the date I want.  The next morning it is on my iPhone when I check (ok, this part cost money, but only $25/year, a reasonable price I think.  BlackBerry and Windows Mobile support available as well).  I also get SMS messages reminding me of tasks, if I set it up that way and emails too.  Multiple task lists, tagging and locations are also part of the basic service.   And for those of you who use Google‘s services, Remember the Milk has many modules that work well with either iGoogle or Gmail.

Overall I am quite pleased with the service, and I recommend it highly.  The hardest and most important part though is remembering to use it.   Anything will work, but you need to use it every day.

MV

Hey, Lets Do Another Video!

Found another one by TwistedMonk.  We have used them before on the House of Void site, so I hope you enjoy this one as much as you have in the past.

MV