Another Visit with Esclave

esclave lives a very long way away from me.  Well not as far as all that, but far enough that it makes visiting her very troublesome. I enjoy the time I get to spend with her.  She remembers her place mostly, standing behind me and to the left. It is good to be with her, and it is anoying when she is gone.

She is on her way home tonight, and I look forward to talking with her again when she arrives safely.

MV

BDSM from the BBC

I follow some of the BBC stuff.  I ran across this article today and I thought you would find this interesting. There has been a big scandal in Europe involving some sort of Big Wig in racing and a prostitute.  Still it lead the BBC to write this article on BDSM practices and I found it fairly good.  Enjoy.

Nobody knows how many people are involved in the “scene”: a loose grouping of people across the country who enjoy an unorthodox – and under current laws potentially illegal – sexual lifestyle. However, one US study suggests 11% of women and 14% of men have engaged in BDSM – an abbreviation for bondage, discipline, domination, submission, sadism and masochism – activities.

A “dominant” calling himself Sir Guy says it’s a “chance to forget all adult responsibilities and – in the best sense of the word – be irresponsible. One of my puppies [his term for a submissive] refers to his sessions as ‘holidays from humanity’.”

Let me know what you think, in the comments

MV

How to Spot a CollarMe Scammer

So I get back from visiting my girl, and I check my email this morning and I spot this gem in it.  I am sharing this with you so we can look for clues to spot an Collarme scam. (Just so you know, I really like CollarMe and I go there every day,  but I do see a lot of scammers there so consider this my being a good citizen part).

User Name:

Description:

City:

State:

Distance:

Relocation:

Height:

Weight:

Age:

Orientation:

Ethnicity:

Joined:

Last Online:

ursdaling

Submissive Female

Denver

Colorado

1334 miles

Willing to Relocate

5’7″

170 lbs

25

Straight

African American

07/14/08

07/14/08

Lives For:

Bar Hopping (Expert)

Loves:

SCA (Expert)

Travel (Expert)

Likes:

Art Galleries (Expert)

Beachcombing (Expert)

Opera (Expert)

Shopping (Expert)

Tolerates:

Garage Sales (Expert)

Curious About:

Fine Dining (Beginner)

The first thing I look at is the height and weight. Many of the scammers are used to the metric system, and the numbers are often way off.  someone weighing 50lbs and standing at 5’6″ is way too thin for even my tastes.

But things look good so far. So lets look at the contents of the actual message.

Hello Dear,
How are you today ?,My name is Kamah ,I’m 5.7 fight,fair in completion ,i saw your profile today and after going true of it i was moved by the quality of human i found in your profile,and i became instant interested in knowing you the more,but i will like you to no that distance ,age or color dose not matter but what maters is love and understanding and being honest to each other. i will like you contact me true my direct mailing address so that i will give you my picture and tell you more about me.( kamah1984@yahoo.com )i have SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT to tell you.Good to hear from you,
kamah1984@yahoo.com
Yours dream love.
Kamah

Wow, where do I start. crazy punctuation, “5.7 fight”; “going true of it”, “does”, “honest to each other”,  and finally, she wants me to contact me through her email for a first contact.  Use your common sense, if it doesn’t look right, move on.  It is likely a scam.

MV

Visit

Sir, surprised me with a visit this weekend 🙂  I had an absolutely fabulous time.  I have learned what it means when he says to me “just be”   That what we did…we hung out together…it was so normal and romantic and nice.   Then I had to drive him to the airport and that was an adventure in itself…lol…ny traffic is not for everyone.   

Thank you Sir.  I am very happy that you came. 😀

i love you much

Leather Leadership Conference in Atlanta in 2009

From their website:

In 1997, John Weis and his NYSMA colleagues joined forces to produce the first Leather Leadership Conference. Their goal was to produce training sessions for current and potential leaders of the SM/Leather/Fetish community. The first conference, held in NYC, drew more than 40 participants.

Elated, John sought input from others and continued the concept. In 1998 the LLC II conference, also in NYC, drew 125 people and produced two policy statements, “The Difference Between SM and Abuse” and “BDSM Education”.

In 1999, the conference moved to San Francisco, attracting approximately 275 participants. At the same time, the informal Board of Governors decided to formalize the organization. Leather Leadership Conference, Inc. was incorporated, and and its 501(c)(3) status was approved by the IRS in 2005 retroactively to 1999.

April 3-5 next year. I really want to go…

MV