December 2008

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  • 12.10.08
    The Celibate Question celibacy | (9)
    Anyone here ever gone without sex for an extended period of time? A post under my last entry complaining about doing sex without for two months got me thinking about celibacy. Many years ago I was celibate for almost a year, and not through choice really. It was a combination of various unfortunate circumstances, including a major illness in the family, that caused it. I guess I had other things on my mind... A few months later when I tried to rectify the problem I seemed to be jinxed. Everyone I went out with revealed their freakish side to me before we'd ...
  • 12.03.08
    Bad sex, anyone? evil trends | (15)
    Rachel Johnson, author, Sunday Times columnist and sister of Boris won the 2008 Bad Sex In Fiction Award for a passage in her novel Shire Hell. Norman Mailer, Sebastian Faulks, Tom Wolfe and AA Gill have all won it in the past. Here’s an extract from Johnson’s ‘winning’ passage: “I find myself gripping his ears and tugging at the locks curling over them, beside myself, and a strange animal noise escapes from me as the mounting, Wagnerian crescendo overtakes me.” Hmmm… I’ve read worse. Anyway, this got me thinking – what is bad sex of the literal, not fictional kind? Here are my nominations: THE ...
  • 12.02.08
    Relationship jumping. Opinions please! opinions | (7)
    Hi all, I'm on the Tom Dunne show tomorrow morning discussing all manner of stuff regarding sexual relationships. There's one question the researcher asked me which made me think. Are men or women more likely to jump from one sexual relationship to the next? I know plenty of people of both sex (including myself at times) who do this. Any body have any thoughts they'd like to share?