Carlin's blog

There's no way I could be staying at the Standard, see a tourist on the Highline, and NOT flash them. Everyone deserves to see a little titty now and again:

The Meatpacking District's newly opened, much-touted urban park along an elevated, former railroad trestle has unwittingly turned into a peep show near The Standard hotel, as randy hotel guests perform sex acts in front of floor-to-ceiling hotel windows.

Disgusted neighbors say they've seen men masturbating, professional porn films being shot and couples engaging in sex in full view of the stunning High Line park path running alongside.

Thank you, Drew Barrymore, for making movies I can't wait to see.

This would be SO my luck: A US man allegedly robbed a woman outside her home - and then returned two hours later to ask her for a date.

Police say Stephen Bennett, 20, was one of three men who robbed Daniel Martinez Batista and Diana Martinez at gunpoint in Columbus, Ohio.

The late night robbery happened in a car park outside Ms Martinez's apartment, reports the Columbus Dispatch.  The three robbers fled with Mr Batista's wallet and Ms Martinez's purse after they were threatened by a neighbour.

But, less than two hours later, one of the three robbers returned to the apartment to ask Ms Martinez out, police said.  "We are not exactly sure what he was thinking at the time," said Columbus police Sgt Shaun Laird.

"She recognized him right away when he returned, and was able to have her cousin call 911."

Facebook disabled my account.  First, I thought it was a jilted ex then I realized that I was censored.  I only posted links to Betty's essays and our podcasts.  I can't tell you how much better I feel not having to deal with my facebook page:

Betty and I have spent a lot of time searching for a low cost battery vibe we could send off to Africa as part of our efforts with Clitoraid.  We thought that we'd have to rely on battery power but this new toy may be our answer:

Environmentally conscious women are getting a buzz out of a new hand-cranked vibrator that makers say could help save the planet.  The eco-sex toy - dubbed the Earth Angel - uses a small wind-up handle to power up rechargeable batteries inside the casing.

It had originally been planned as a sex aid for the Third World where batteries and electricity supplies are unreliable.

Naomi Wolf has signed on to write a new book - The History of the Vagina. I wonder if she's going to include Betty's bodysex groups ;)

Sharing a bed can be bad for your health. I didn't know that sharing a marital bed is a recent practice that started during the Industrial Revolution.

I watched Dateline's piece on Mukhtar Mai last night and I was overwhelmed.  One woman can make a difference. 

Here's the story: she was interceding on her brother's behalf with their village council and they decided that she should pay for his crime so they gang-raped her.  Now it's customary in Pakistan to encourage rape victims to kill themselves to shield their families from such dishonor.

Not only didn't she kill herself but she fought to have the men who raped her prosecuted criminally (they were sentenced to death), sued them civilly for $8,000, and then used the monies to start a school for girls in view of the area where she was raped.  Glamour magazine heard her story and donated $20,000 to her school and the donations are pouring in.  It was so inspiring to see how one woman's tragedy could be turned around and heal so many other women.

Susie Bright and her daughter, Aretha, answer sex questions on jezebel.com - the whole mother/daughter talking about sex thing isn't what's been getting criticism. It seems that their focus on orgasm has outraged users - in Susie's own words:

"What is alarming to me is that there is a certain faction that is OUTRAGED that we should encourage orgasm in the first place. They insist that they are PROUD, MILITANT asexuals, amoebas, people who don't wnat to come very often, who don't worship at the hellhole altar of orgasm. I am NOT kidding you. Instead of thinking I'm being sisterly, they attack as if I was a villain. I am gobsmacked.

This is clearly the new trend. There are also some minor sects of assholes who want to scream at me about how they come vaginally, or by doing nothing at all, just sitting staring into space. But the main group are the ones who say I am oppressing women who don't deify orgasm. It gets my goat so bad!"

You're not alone, WildOrchid, in your rant. It's a challenging time to be a sex educator.

This is so obvious but it's good to have the research.  Women cheat but they have more discretion and they don't need to assuage their guilt with a confession.  Who knew that Farrah Fawcett carried on an affair for 11 years?

Recent studies show that women are cheating as frequently as men - but we are a lot more likely to lie about it, and a lot less likely to get caught.  Simply put, it seems that women are better at having affairs than men.

The news that Farrah Fawcett had a secret affair for 11 years without telling a soul is a classic example of the way a woman cheats: discreetly, in secret, and while carrying on with the rest of her life as normal.

It has been met with hot denials by Ryan O'Neal, but - and I'm sorry to break it to you this way, Ryan - you'd be the last to know.

The sexual musings on the web today were all about condoms and sperm.

It seems that Scottish men wear the biggest condoms according to supermarket purchasing data.

If you want healthy sperm, then go for the guy with the highest IQ.  Knew there was a reason I'm attracted to geeks.  I guess the ideal man would be a smart scotsman.

Contestants competing for the title of Miss Universe were required to participate in Condom Olympics. They had to inflate condoms till they burst or fill them with water for Aids awareness.  Thank you, Donald Trump.

I know but I'm a huge Beavis & Butthead fan - and in their review of the film Extract they get to talk masturbation and sex work.

It's still not official but Phineas is over for a visit and Betty is falling in love.  He's 4 pounds of pure joy.  And those eyebrows....his hair matches Betty's.

I've agreed to take him with us when we travel.  We'll get one of those carrying bags.  I can't wait till he's our Dodson & Ross mascot.

Oh and the best part: he loves burying his face in Betty's crotch ;)

Update: Phineas is officially a "Dodson".  I just got off the phone with Betty and Phinneas made it into her bed last night.  It's puppy love.

Yes, Rachel had swine flu, got the swine flu drugs, and is completely fine. The best part of the interview: her first date with her girlfriend was at a shooting range. 

Look at that tongue!  Yes, Betty is really bad and that's why we love her.  The man in the pic is Tex Williams who wanted Betty to endorse his vibrator "The Prelude".  However, his vibe would heat up and the woman had to use pot holders to hold them in Betty's bodysex groups.  Her response to his offer, "I wouldn't endorse that piece of shit".  I think the pic says it all.

So we're still in Beverly Hills soaking up the sun.  We didn't do our regular video podcast because we spent the whole day shooting the perveratti and their "Best Betty Story" for our documentary on Betty's life.  Then we had dinner with Dana Dane of Erocktavision and plotted our next Sex Skills Series.  I'm getting ready to watch one of Dana's lebsian erotica dvds right now....have to borrow the Hitachi from Betty's room.

Betty and I wanted to honor Ted Kennedy in some way.  Eric Francis' reflections on "Teddy" and the end of the Kennedy dynasty remind us of a life well lived:

Ted Kennedy's departure from the planet marks the end of a dynasty in American politics. It's interesting that we consider it so: John served as president a little more than 1,000 days, more than four decades ago. Robert was mainly known as attorney general. Teddy was a senator -- being hailed, probably accurately, as the most effective in the history of the Republic. A dynasty is something with persistence over time; mainly that was him.

Neither JFK nor RFK came close to living out their true potential. Imagine what a different country this could be, if they had. The Rolling Stones once asked, who killed the Kennedys?