Domina tonight!

Tonight mrpet, now two-time winner of the Best Dressed award at Dark Odyssey, will be spinning his delightful, danceable blend of synthpop, goth, and other delicacies at Domina in Union Square. I will be there, and so will my bosoms and boots. What about you? stiltwalker, notpiecebypiece, and syprina, I'm looking at you!

why I don't play with people who are cheating

So, recently I've been solicited for various kinds of play by a number of people who are married or otherwise monogamous and feel that their partners don't have to know. In one case, I was a little bit tempted*, but still said no. Why? I'm so glad you asked. Here is a quick list of reasons why I don't play with the monogamously involved sort.

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I could go on, but that's fairly comprehensive. Any comments?

*It would have been a service relationship, without sex and possibly without play, and that almost wasn't enough to ping my alarms... but eventually I had to say, talk to me again once you've talked to your wife.

light fiction for travel

While away, I read To Play the Fool by Laurie R. King and Pyromancer by Don Callander.

To Play the Fool is the second Kate Martinelli investigation. The first was A Grave Talent. These novels feature a queer female police detective who lives inBerkley. The first book was very bleak. This book was more hopeful, even lighthearted in places. The main character, who is thought to be a witness to the murder, is a homeless man who speaks only in quotations. The premise was intriguing, and I enjoyed watching the story unfold, although it was not unputdownable like the last one. Three stars.

Pyromancer by Don Callander was another offering from the Life After Potter lists. This book was a little too cute for me. I mean, it's great that everyone has the potential for redemption, and if you offered ME a teakettle that would do all the cooking and washing up my household needed, I would say yes (as long as it didn't eat babies or something). But I would see its ability to talk as a negative, not a positive thing. Also, there is a part of the book that was pretty obviously a plot device, and it wasn't even whitewashed with a Hand of Fate designation, and it bugged me a bit. Still, it was good light reading for my trip. Two and a half stars.