The contradictions and inconsistencies are a feature, not a bug — I’ve been thinking about the Capitol riots lately. I don’t mean “how could this happen?” (anyone who’s read even a little bit of history already knows the answer) or “what role did the former President play? (that answer is self-evident, and getting more so every day). No, that’s tedious, dreary…

Wow. I am…I’m speechless. Only a few days into my GoFundMe, you have donated more than five thousand dollars. Thank you all so very much. When I started out this week, I felt pretty hopeless. My former partner had filed a lawsuit, and filed to obtain the trademark for “More…

Who knew sex gets better when you think things through? — I could tell she was up to something. It was a simple enough question, I suppose. But there was something about the way she said it, some twinkle in her eye when she held up the can of whipped cream and said, “Hey Franklin, do you want some?” We were…

Sex Stuff as a Key to Understanding Human Nature — “C’mon, try it, it’ll be fun!” she said. “I dunno. I mean, I’m kinky and all, but don’t you think that’s…a little weird?” I said. I was in my 20s. We were standing in a sex dungeon in Atlanta, the first public dungeon I’d ever been in, watching people do…

And what a long, strange trip it’s been — I’ve never been in a monogamous relationship. I started early, from the time I figured out boys and girls are different. I took two dates to my high school senior prom, then, years later, I lost my virginity in a threesome. In the late 80s, when I started exploring romantic…

What comes after the sex? — I am a huge fan of group sex. I have been ever since the day I lost my virginity to my best friend’s girlfriend in an unexpected threesome on a waterbed with a broken heater. …

The Tea Metaphor is Good, But What if You Don’t Like Earl Grey? — I like tea. I also like sex. Occasionally, these two interests intersect. I have served tea at an orgy, and been served tea at a different orgy. Tea makes everything better. Tea as a metaphor for consent As a passionate fan of both tea and sex, I was delighted when a video using tea to explain…

Okay, so. Let’s talk about cancel culture. Cancel culture isn’t what a lot of folks think it is. You can’t reasonably address the notion of what “cancel culture” is until you first address what it isn’t. Cancel culture is not saying “I don’t like the way that company does business…

Today, in The Street Finds its Own Uses for Things: I noticed something funny when I logged into Facebook last week. My feed, which is normally filled with ads for video games, photography gear, and complicated kits for Stirling engines you can build at home, was absolutely jam-packed with ads…