http://www.graydancer.com ...mmmmm, that's good rope! email graydancer@gmail.com Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:12:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lord Morpheous' book is released! And even better, he has a kickass launch party planned at the same location as the upcoming Toronto GRUE! It is shipping all last week so if you ordered it online from amazon.com it will come directly from the distrubution centre in the U.S.  I picked ... http://www.graydancer.com/2008/08/30/morpheous-book-released-how-to-be-kinky/ Ever wonder what 100 Nawashis looked like? Here, let me show you: That's right, I've just received 100 copies of my novel, Nawashi, to bring with me to various events that I'm traveling to in the next couple of months. Those events are: Spankfestival (Black River Falls, WI) - Sept. 4-7 Central Ohio Perversion ... http://www.graydancer.com/2008/08/29/the-curse-of-the-100-nawashi/ My "Anatomy of a Mindfuck" post made it into the new sugasm, but so did a lot of other great stuff. I especially enjoyed Audacia Ray's encounter with the conservative world of banking and Marky D. Sade's introduction (to me, anyway, since I'm late for the party) to the joys ... http://www.graydancer.com/2008/08/28/sugasm-144/ I had the following comment on my ropecast blog, in reference to this picture: It looks like you are doing a Demo here so it is perhaps forgivable, but if my sub ever put it's hands on my Rope to pull itself up to ease it's suffering like your white ... http://www.graydancer.com/2008/08/27/the-rearing-head-of-the-one-true-way/ I wanted to make sure that it was ok with her, but Nyxx has agreed to let me post this last picture from the Tree Shoot Gallery (at the last Spankfest). Most of the other pictures were distance shots, showing the whole tableau (and they really put the "Oh!" in ... http://www.graydancer.com/2008/08/25/the-final-picture-on-the-tree-shoot/ Congrats go to Lochai, my brother-in-arms, for his acquisition of the dream job: lead rigger & director at Hogtied.com. I would be jealous of him if I didn't like him so damn much; as it is, I'm just really looking forward to seeing more of his work. Plus, maybe now ... http://www.graydancer.com/2008/08/21/my-brother-is-the-rigger-for-hogtied/ A while back I was sitting at my desk job, bored, and decided to read an article on this cool technique for running meetings called "Open Space Technology." It was based on the knowledge that, at any conference, convention, or structured meeting, the most productive stuff happens in the spontaneous ... http://www.graydancer.com/2008/08/18/torogrue-is-announced/ No, I didn't do the review...dammit, haven't gotten on Claire or Nina's mailing lists. Yet. But there's a great review of the DVD over at Fleshbot, including a snippet of video. It's pretty evident that you can learn as much from watching the way Claire handles the rope as from ... http://www.graydancer.com/2008/08/13/review-of-nina-hartleys-guide-to-bondage-sex/ As a parent and also a sex educator, I have a soft spot for parents doing alternative things while also raising their kids. And while I've never met her, I've enjoyed and admired the work of Catalina, a sex blogger and Mom who has run smack into some really rotten ... http://www.graydancer.com/2008/08/11/catalina-loves-her-daughter-and-you-should-win-a-lochai-print/ I've been told by some that I really ought to have an "appearances" page of places I'm going, since I travel so much. I'll get to that, really. But meanwhile, here's a gig coming up soon: BASIC ROPE SUSPENSION TECHNIQUE Want to fly? We all hear how dangerous suspension is, how it shouldn't ... http://www.graydancer.com/2008/08/10/basic-rope-suspension-technique-in-mn-8-16-08/