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“Responsibility means recognizing both pleasure and price, action and consequence, then making a choice.” — Dan MillmanThere's a word most people don't want to be associated with.It sounds sharp. Dangerous. Maybe even wrong. But try building anything that matters without it.In 1961, psychologist Arnold Buss described two kinds of aggression. One hostile, driven by anger and meant to hurt. The other instrumental and driven by purpose. This doesn't come with rage, but intention. A response, not reaction. This is focused energy that is not violent but has no apologies for pursuit.Be a good partner. Raise strong kids. Build something that matters. That takes aggression.Aggression in the service of love. Aggression in the pursuit of truth. Aggression in the protection of what matters.It's not just helpful, it's required.The word relentless resonates with me too. But like grit or resilience, it feels safe. If you call someone resilient that is usually a compliment. It means you show up, don't quit, take the pain and move anyway. That's necessary, but not the full story. And not enough.Sometimes, banging your head against an obstacle doesn't move it. Maybe that's when the relentless call on aggression.Not recklessness. Risk. Attack.Call someone aggressive and most of the world flinches. And maybe that's the point. Fitting in feels safe and that's why most people do it. Safety in numbers. But you risk getting stuck in someone else's discomfort. And that can keep you small.Show me a parent whose child is threatened or sick. Or a parent of a child with special needs. They won't just endure. They'll fight. They'll be relentless, yes. But they'll also get sharp. Fast.Because when something truly matters, you don't wait. It's resolve fueled by a kind of impatient patience. The kind that acts.Or think about the neighbor who loads up a truck and drives 500 miles after a hurricane to help people they've never met. That's not persistence or grit, that's aggressive action.What's the cost of worrying about someone else's labelProbably a lot. More than I'm willing to pay.You've seen it used well. Steady. Unassuming. But when it's time, they move with something stronger than relentlessness. Something that penetrates the problem and is hard to ignore.When it's paired with humility, it becomes something rare. A kind of aggressive humility.It's the willingness to pursue what matters without needing the spotlight. A confidence that doesn't posture. It's not about proving something. It's about finding the right way, not their way.It's about results.I've worked with people like that. I'm married to one. I think we might be raising a few.To do something that counts, you'll need to be aggressive. With intention. Not emotion.And without apology.Take care, friend. Be good. —Kelly This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com

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Snow! Rain! Ice! Wind! When the blows of winter buffet us, we need to find joy in small things like bowls of warm, tasty Jamaican Chicken Curry, compliments of Kim Davis of Slaycation fame. Kim might not love cooking, but sometimes the non-cooks have the one tried-and-true recipe that hits all the notes. This recipe will definitely make it into your regular rotation because it's delicious, easy and flexible—throw whatever you have on hand into one pot and make the ones you love happy today and tomorrow.And speaking of Kim Davis and finding joy in good company, we are excited to announce that we will be hosting a Zoom meet-up for our Bootie and Bossy listeners and Slaycation crafters on Friday, April 4 at 7:00 PM EST and 4:00 PM PST. Sign up for our newsletter through our website, bootieandbossy.com and we will send you a link to register. Grab a glass of wine or one of our cocktails and join us for some great conversation with Kim. And did we mention the PRIZES?! There will be some good ones! Mom might even come too (hi, Mom)!And for our knitting pop-culture moment in this episode, there's lots to love in the latest Wallace and Gromit feature film, Vengeance Most Fowl. While Gromit, Wallace's ever-faithful canine companion, finds joy in making things by hand from knitting socks to cultivating his English garden, Wallace is determined to make his life "better" through time-saving inventions like Norbot, the happy, nifty gnome who does everything fast. Besides the knitting references, we love the commentary on modern life that this “simple” stop-motion/Claymation film offers, like the settings Wallace devises to capture the spectrum of available human emotional and moral states: Good, Pleasant, Unassuming, Dull, Boorish, Mildly Annoying, Bit Selfish, Grumpy, Mean Spirited, Really Nasty, EvilIf only we could wear this on a t-shirt to alert everyone to our setting on a given day. Or maybe everyone else could wear it so we would know when to steer clear. Remember, it's not their fault that they woke up on the "Grumpy" setting--it's just the programming. A good project and a nice cup of “Snoozy Choc” might be the answer. Keep finding the joy in cooking and making, and join us on April 4 too--more joy to come!

What if everything you experience in life is designed to be a blessing for you? In this episode of The Abundance Journey, Elaine Starling chats with Jamie Lerner, a renowned law of attraction practitioner, author of The Ever-Loving Essence of You, and integrative well-being therapist. Jamie is a master at reframing even the toughest situations, guiding us to find clarity, calm, and the joy of living in alignment with our true selves.Together, Elaine and Jamie explore:The power of choosing your thoughts and taking responsibility as a superpower.How to shift self-defeating narratives into empowering stories.Why self-worth is the foundation of abundance and well-being.The beauty of inspired action and how to align with it.How personal responsibility lets you step into your power unapologetically.You'll learn practical steps to isolate the mind chatter, nurture a deeper connection with yourself, and embrace playful curiosity for transformative growth. Jamie's wisdom is a gentle but powerful reminder that you already have everything you need to thrive—and it's all within you.Tune in now and discover how to celebrate your journey, cherish yourself, and live in alignment with The Divine to manifest your dreams.#TheAbundanceJourney #JamieLerner #EverLovingEssence #ManifestYourDreams #PersonalResponsibility #SelfWorth About the Guest:(bio, personal links, resource links)Jamie Lerner, co-author of the book The Ever-Loving Essence of You, can put a fresh spin on just about anything that anyone throws her way. Her unique and masterful ability to re-frame even the most difficult situations is astounding. All of a sudden your biggest nightmare becomes your greatest pleasure as she lovingly helps you sift through the contrast and find that small opening of light that quickly becomes your greatest jumping off point for clarity. Unassuming, reassuring and seemingly without any sense of ego, Jamie Lerner is able to put everyone and everything at ease. Jamie Lerner is an asset to any corporate setting. She is easily able to untangle the issues at hand and move right along into helping facilitate a solution-based platform for creative, productive, good-feeling collaboration and change. Jamie Lerner can most often be seen working with adults, teens, children, and couples as well as with small groups. She never positions herself as the expert of anything and is always reminding you that it is you who knows best for yourself ALWAYS. Jamie is an Integrative Well-Being Therapist who resides in the Southern California area.How to Show Support: Notice and take credit for your growth. Live your best life!Social Media Links:Website: https://jamie-lerner.com/Here are Jamie's social media linkshttps://www.instagram.com/jamie_lerner/https://www.facebook.com/lerner.jamiehttps://twitter.com/eleoyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-lerner-138b0414/About the Host, Elaine Starling: (bio, personal links, resource links)An international TEDx speaker, bestselling author, coach and mentor, Elaine Starling is recognized for her video show and podcast, The Abundance Journey.After a comprehensive conversation with our higher power during a stroke, Elaine created The Abundance Journey 6 week course to share what she learned. As the Abundance Ambassador, Elaine mentors spiritual, growth-oriented women to align with Divine guidance to achieve their dreams. Elaine's clients experience more clarity, confidence, and commit to action that achieves their goals.Elaine Starling Social Media

Daily Study: Luke 2:1-7 NLT [1] At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire.  [2] (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.)  [3] All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census.  [4] And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David's ancient home. He traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee.  [5] He took with him Mary, to whom he was engaged, who was now expecting a child. [6] And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born.  [7] She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.   Partner with Us: https://churchforentrepreneurs.com/partner Connect with Us: https://churchforentrepreneurs.com                  

Category managers have shifted from routine e-commerce roles to powerful decision-makers in quick commerce. They now manage the limited shelf space in dark stores and decide which products get visibility on platforms like Instamart, Zepto, and Blinkit. Naturally, brands are aggressively courting them, with over 30,000 requests every month for just 150 slots. From hosting parties to taking them out for drinks, brands are pulling out all the stops. Meanwhile, category managers are urging brands to invest more in ads and marketing to stay competitive.Tune in.Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India's first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.Listen to the latest episode of Two by Two here

Princess Paua has one chance, and exactly ONE Ogre Slayer arrow left, to set all the wrongs of history right; to sort out the tangled knot of what's legend, what's history, whose fear determined which was which, where wishful thinking is a trap and the substance of reality a magic wand in-hand; to put all that she's learned together into a cohesive lesson that will impact not only her own life, but every single life within and beyond the Kingdom in an irrevocable way. Can she do it? If she can, WILL she?That's where you are now, Hunny, on the front lines of an “us” versus “them” mentality, caught in between two enormous and clashing forces, in what feels like an impossible situation. But you're sure of two things that quell you on this quest fit for a Princess: you ALWAYS have everything you need, and you can do ANYTHING you set your heart to—especially with Princess Paua by your side and Mrs. Honeybee in your heart. The only way out is through, so you and Princess Paua will need to get through to King Ronzio…and quickly if there is any hopeful way out of this. Last time in our fairy tale—with the help of the magic that YOU contain—you, Princess Paua, and Princess Pia achieved the impossible and changed the hearts of each and every raging Ogre in the entire Ogre army! It was like…well…a fairy tale, complete with shimmering fairies gathered merrily around Princess Petra as their new maître d'; this quest was well on its way toward a hard-earned happily ever after, wrapped up in sparkling bow.  All would have been well had it not been for onnnnne little detail. One iridescent detail that came flying back with its horn, its long flowing mane, and its brilliant white fur, but…without…any of its the three messengers that Paua sent at the reigns, carrying a very important message.When the unicorn came back flying solo, without the messengers it was sent with, Princess Paua tried to stay positive and rest assured that the urgent message she sent for her Father the King to stand down, to not raise his army, and to trust her to handle this complex situation at hand was received; she tried to save all of her “what-ifs” from flurrying like an avalanche in a snow storm because…what if the what-ifs never come to be? Like Mrs. Honeybee always says: it's better to focus on what IS rather than what IF. That shift puts us squarely in our most powerful position…PAUA-full, hehe…of problem-solving; why worry about “what if” until you can actually DO something—however big or small that something is—about what IS, when it actually comes about? Well…this time…all of Paua's “what-ifs” became her “what-ises”...rather quickly and in full force. Her “what-ifs” charged by the hundreds of thousands…to the bugle call of top generals, dressed in full military regalia, when all the King's men marched in lock-step, straight toward the UNsuspecting, UNassuming, UNthreatening Ogre army—opposite them, but NOT opposing them, by any stretch of the imagination…and imagination is the only opponent in this battle.The steely soldiers, hardened of heart, grate against the jolly Ogres, softened in spirit, who continue to dance in the rain to the rhythmic beat of the war drums; they do not recognize the threat in its sound, only the timbre and depth of its feel. They need your protection...from the King?  Welcome to The Fairy Tales of Princess Paua

Dave Brisbin 12.15.24 What is it we're supposed to see in Christmas? Talk about a mixed message... Only two gospels mention Jesus' birth at all, and the few details given depict a birth so ordinary to parents so poor that those closest didn't even make room for them in the inn. Enter shepherds and Magi...here the gospels spend a bit more time, because their reactions were anything but ordinary. What did they see that everyone else missed? We only see what we're prepared to see. Impoverished shepherds spending their lives in silence and solitude with their flocks, grew a consciousness that allowed them to see significance in the smallest detail. Magi—wealthy, educated advisors to the king—were used to power and influence. Yet these magi had retained a humility and vulnerability that allowed them to see the promise of their star while still unformed in a poor Hebrew infant. If we're willing, the magi are showing us wealthy, educated ones how to get small enough to see Christmas. Christmas has a way of bringing vague, submerged feelings to the surface the way hook and line bring up fish. We find ourselves grasping squirming emotions that should have nothing to do with what we think Christmas is supposed to mean, what we remember it used to mean. We imprinted the meaning of Christmas through a child's eyes, then subtly mourn its loss each year through adult eyes. Christmas hasn't changed; the possibility of Christmas returns every December. We have changed. We've lost the pace of childhood, forgotten the smallest details. Maybe Christmas-as-remembered happens exactly when we stop trying to make it happen. Maybe when we stop running faster and faster, trying to catch the stored experience of Christmas, meaning has a chance to catch up and catch us. We can't choose the pace of life around us anymore than we can alter the course of a storm. But we can choose our own pace within it. Of course we will always find our God as a child. Unassuming. Unformed and always forming. Are we prepared to see? Every time we meet our God is Christmas morning. The babe is in the manger. The star is in the east. And we are the Magi, and they are us.

Dave Brisbin 12.15.24 What is it we're supposed to see in Christmas? Talk about a mixed message... Only two gospels mention Jesus' birth at all, and the few details given depict a birth so ordinary to parents so poor that those closest didn't even make room for them in the inn. Enter shepherds and Magi...here the gospels spend a bit more time, because their reactions were anything but ordinary. What did they see that everyone else missed? We only see what we're prepared to see. Impoverished shepherds spending their lives in silence and solitude with their flocks, grew a consciousness that allowed them to see significance in the smallest detail. Magi—wealthy, educated advisors to the king—were used to power and influence. Yet these magi had retained a humility and vulnerability that allowed them to see the promise of their star while still unformed in a poor Hebrew infant. If we're willing, the magi are showing us wealthy, educated ones how to get small enough to see Christmas. Christmas has a way of bringing vague, submerged feelings to the surface the way hook and line bring up fish. We find ourselves grasping squirming emotions that should have nothing to do with what we think Christmas is supposed to mean, what we remember it used to mean. We imprinted the meaning of Christmas through a child's eyes, then subtly mourn its loss each year through adult eyes. Christmas hasn't changed; the possibility of Christmas returns every December. We have changed. We've lost the pace of childhood, forgotten the smallest details. Maybe Christmas-as-remembered happens exactly when we stop trying to make it happen. Maybe when we stop running faster and faster, trying to catch the stored experience of Christmas, meaning has a chance to catch up and catch us. We can't choose the pace of life around us anymore than we can alter the course of a storm. But we can choose our own pace within it. Of course we will always find our God as a child. Unassuming. Unformed and always forming. Are we prepared to see? Every time we meet our God is Christmas morning. The babe is in the manger. The star is in the east. And we are the Magi, and they are us.

This is an episode we recorded in 2020 with long time Sky Sports Golf lead presenter, David Livingstone from Glasgow which we thought is well worth a revisit.  We will be back to our normal pod next week with a review of the 2024 golfing season.   This is the story of a humble Glasgow lad, who rose from reporting news in the local rag to sitting alongside Jack Nicklaus while presenting the US Masters live from Augusta National. David admits to stumbling into TV and golf after joining Sky Sports in its infancy.  He presented 12 Ryder Cups, umpteen major championships and travelled the world following the best players in the game for over 25 years. He has worked alongside some amazing people including Tony Jacklin and Jack Nicklaus as well as interviewing everyone from Arnold Palmer to Rory McIlroy. He talked about his relationships with Seve and Tiger Woods and tells some great stories of his best pal, Butch Harmon. He gave an insight into what is involved in broadcasting a golf tournament and how things have changed over the years. In a very honest chat, David also talks about his thoughts on Augusta, Earl Woods and even the BBC. Unassuming, professional, great fun but most of all a gentleman.

Hello and welcome to The Everything is Black and White Podcast. Andrew and Sam are back with another episode of Just Take Three Three - and this week it's all about right-backs. Who makes your list? Here is your chance to get NORD VPN for a very SPECIAL OFFER! EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/toon Try it risk-free now With a 30-day money-back guarantee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2024 Fall TV Preview: It is everyone's favorite time of the year! Fall TV Preview is here and they have a ton of crap ready to throw right in your face and shove down your throat. Doctor Shows: Always a staple! We got eccentric doctors this season! Some of them can't see faces and some of them have to work on a cruise ship. Travis Kelce: This fucking guy just won't go away. He's also invading our game shows and our Ryan Murphy's shows! FUCK YOU WATCH THIS!, THE BEAR!, RICK ROSS!, JAY Z!, THE DEVIL IS A LIE!, JAPAN!, PLANNED PARENTHOOD CANTINA!, LIVE MAS!, FALL TV!, NEW SHOWS!, BULLSHIT!, AUSTRALIAN!, MOCKUMENTARY!, THE OFFICE!, MODERN FAMILY!, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY!, ST. DENIS!, PARKS AND REC!, KRAMPUS!, CONNECTION PROBLEMS!, DAVID ALAN GRIER!, DAG!, KEVIN BACON!, SITCOMS!, POPPA'S HOUSE!, LAUGH TRACK!, COMMUNITY!, HAPPY'S PLACE!, REBA IS BACK!, BAR!, NOBODY WANTS THIS!, NETFLIX!, KRISTEN BELL!, ADAM BRODY!, SERIES!, RABBI!, JEWISH!, WHORE PODCAST!, DR. ODYSSEY!, ZACHARY QUINTO!, SYLAR!, HEROES!, SPOCK!, MASSIVE HEAD INJURY!, AWAKENINGS!, BROADWAY!, GOD ONLY KNOWS!, BLACKHOLE SUN!, SOUNDGARDEN!, NCIS ORIGINS!, JOSHUA JACKSON!, PACEY!, CRUISE SHIP!, DOCTOR!, BRILLIANT MIND!, POOL!, BEACH!, KAITLIN OLSON!, HIGH POTENTIAL!, CLEANING LADY!, DETECTIVE!, CASES!, COLUMBO!, RAIN MAN!, GOOD WILL CUNTING!, MATLOCK!, KATHY BATES!, ELDER!, UNASSUMING!, RESCUE HI SURF!, TRAVIC KELCE!, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A CELEBRITY!?, GROTEQUIRIE!, RYAN MURPHY!, AARON HERNANDEZ!, AMERICAN SPORTS STORY!, YOUNG SHELDON SPIN OFF!, GEORGIE AND MANDY'S FIRST MARRIAGE!, DEXTER ORIGINAL SIN!, WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE!, HEY DUDE!, SALUTE YOUR SHORTS!, BOY MEETS WORLD!  You can find the videos from this episode at our Discord RIGHT HERE!

The donut shop. The local diner. The vacant lot where kids gather to play. These are the kinds of unassuming places that can foster a sense of belonging, according to author, scholar and visual artist Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, In her new book, “The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places,” she argues that these often overlooked places do the essential work of forming communities. She spotlights residents making acute observations about the ordinary wonders in places such as Oakland's Mosswood neighborhood. We talk about the book, and hear from you: Where would you take someone on a guided tour of your neighborhood? Email us at forum@kqed.org  or leave a voicemail at 415-553-3300.  Guests: Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, author, "The Cities We Need:Essential Stories of Everyday Places", Bendiner-Viani is the co-founder of Buscada, an interdisciplinary art, design and social research studio. She is also the author of "Contested City: Art and Public History as Mediation at New York's Seward Park Urban Renewal Area." Marty Price, longtime resident of Oakland. Born and raised in Oakland and served as vice principal of Oakland Technical High School.

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We all want to do good. But, at times, we can feel like we are not good enough to take action or to create change. Kathleen (Won HerrJu) shares an insightful talk on what it means to be an unassuming practitioner and to practice despite self-doubt.www.wonbuddhismnc.org/donations

Jamie Lerner, co-author of the book The Ever-Loving Essence of You, can put a fresh spin on just about anything that anyone throws her way. Her unique and masterful ability to re-frame even the most difficult situations is astounding. All of a sudden your biggest nightmare becomes your greatest pleasure as she lovingly helps you sift through the contrast and find that small opening of light that quickly becomes your greatest jumping-off point for clarity. Unassuming, reassuring, and seemingly without any sense of ego, Jamie Lerner can put everyone and everything at ease. Jamie Lerner is an asset to any corporate setting. She is easily able to untangle the issues at hand and move right along to help facilitate a solution-based platform for creative, productive, good-feeling collaboration and change. Jamie Lerner can most often be seen working with adults, teens, children, and couples as well as with small groups. She never positions herself as the expert on anything and is always reminding you that it is you who knows best for yourself ALWAYS. Jamie is an Integrative Well-Being Therapist who resides in the Chicago area. ---- SOCIALS: https://www.instagram.com/jamie_lerner/ https://www.facebook.com/lerner.jamie https://twitter.com/eleoy https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-lerner-138b0414/ https://www.jamie-lerner.com/      

Suzie's Maltese Barter: Part 1 Suzie gets offered the vacation of a lifetime; with a catch. By Liminally Spaced, in 2 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories. This story is a derivative of Sex Ed. Lessons, a 21-part tale at Explicit Novels podcast. Suzie Travino was exhausted. She was on the train heading back home after a grueling first year at architectural design college. The daughter of a driven, Japanese mother and a successful Italian father, and the valedictorian of her high school class, everyone expected Suzie to follow in her father's footsteps and head off to an Ivy League undergrad with an eye on law school following, so it was a bit of a surprise that she decided to go into architectural design. [[MORE]] Most surprised, and most displeased, was her father. Suzie's dad had her whole future practically mapped out, and it definitely didn't involve architecture. She was going to go to the same school he did, at a reduced legacy rate, which would save money to put toward law school, where she would succeed wildly, ace the bar, and then take over his practice one day so he could retire. This was not what she wanted, however, and the fact that she went against her father's wishes put that much more stress on her to succeed. Not to mention the fact that he wasn't' nearly as generous with his money as he would have been if she had just done what he wanted. Suzie was tired of doing what other people wanted. Trouble was, she was good at it. She never rocked the boat, and was too concerned about how other people viewed her to ever stand up for herself and assert what she wanted. Going to architecture school was the first thing she had ever done for herself, and it was dangerously close to blowing up in her face. Classes were harder than she ever imagined, and she had been focusing on nothing else for the past eight months. Maybe her dad was right, she thought, maybe she should have just done what he wanted. Maybe if she had, she wouldn't have put on twenty pounds, and wouldn't have nightly stress dreams. Maybe she'd have time for a social life. In high school, Suzie was a social butterfly. She was a people pleaser by nature, so she was easy to get along with, and easy to date, once her father allowed it. No dating till she was 18, he decreed, and Suzie obeyed. Once the time came she got a boyfriend, because that's what you were "supposed to do." She wasn't even sure if she really liked the guy, but her dad did, and he checked a box, so that was enough for her. At least that's what she thought. She was also a perfectionist. Due to her nature, or due to the pushing of her father, Suzie always wanted to be the best at whatever she did, and she applied the same drive that made her high school class valedictorian to all facets of her life, including her love life. Suzie was determined to be the perfect girlfriend, even though she herself was unsure of what she truly wanted romantically. She wasn't even sure she even really liked men. Despite only having one boyfriend, she had a pretty active fantasy life, as her hormones and desires started firing off, and more often than not when enjoying the pleasures of her own company she found herself thinking not about her boyfriend, or any man for that matter, but other girls in her class. Like Chrissy Thomas, the skinny, big-breasted theater girl. Suzie liked Chrissy, and liked her style. Suzie couldn't help but notice that Chrissy definitely dressed to show off her considerable assets while never making it look like she was. Chrissy never showed skin or cleavage, but also never shied away from tight, form fitting tops that accented her flat stomach and huge tits. Something spoke to her about Chrissy's expression-through-repression, and it turned her on immensely. Suzie, like practically everyone in the class, male or female, was desperate to see her bare breasts, but it was the thoughts of sucking them, kissing them, kissing her, that made Suzie wonder about herself. As stated, she wanted to be the perfect girlfriend. She knew being physical was a big part of that, and she was excited to experience it. Sex however, was off the table. She had plans, and was not willing to risk getting pregnant, no matter how many precautions were taken. This wasn't to say that Suzie and her boyfriend never got physical, however. She wanted to keep him happy, but wanted to make sure she didn't come off too slutty, and so as she prepared for dating, she decided that handjobs would be the extent of their sexual experimentation. Maybe not ideal to some, but as mentioned before, Suzie was a perfectionist. The first time Suzie experienced her boyfriend's cock, she was fascinated more than turned on. Both soft and hard at the same time, she liked touching it, and her boyfriend definitely seemed to like when she did so. She knew what the end result was supposed to be, and she had a basic idea of how to get there, but she was taken very much by surprise at how quickly he shot off that first time. She barely got her hand around it when suddenly he moaned and tensed. She saw two spurts of white leap out of his tip, and then her fingers got warm, sticky, and wet as the rest of his load pulsed out over her fingers like a melting ice cream cone. She smiled; if this was all it took to get a guy off, she would have no trouble doing this from time to time. The second time, however, didn't prove to be so simple. It took longer, and she realized she really had no idea what she was doing. She was determined to make sure that didn't happen again, so from then on, for the rest of their senior year-spanning relationship, Suzie practiced, much to her boyfriend's delight. By the time they broke up just before leaving for college, Suzie had gone from shy strokes to confident milking, and she felt confident that she gave the best handjob in her whole class. But she wanted to know for sure. She needed to know for sure. She needed the only person who could tell her for sure: the biggest male slut in the school, Dez Carter. Suzie and Dez didn't exactly travel in the same social circles. Dez was a star running back, Suzie was a star bookworm. But Dez had a reputation, and she was sure he'd be amenable to being part of her experiment. So the final week of classes, Suzie approached Dez and laid it out for him: she needed to test her handjob skills on someone with experience, so she was offering a one time, no strings attached handjob in exchange for an honest review of her abilities. "Just a handjob?" "Just a handjob. That's it." "What's in it for me?" "What?" Suzie said in mild shock, "what do you mean what's in it for you? You get a handjob!" "Why would I want a handjob from you when I could fuck practically any girl I want?" He had a point. She might be giving him an orgasm, but at the end of the day it was he who was doing her a favor. Still, she was confident in her skills, so she went for broke. "Ok, listen. If you let me give you a handjob, and if you can honestly say that it is not, hands-down, the best handjob you've ever gotten,” she took a breath, "I'll let you take my virginity. And you can tell anyone you want about it." A big smile formed on Dez's face. He had always had a bit of a thing for Suzie, if only because she was such a big question mark. Always with the same guy, no stories about her, plus the allure of fucking the smartest girl in the class always made his cock buzz. "I don't think your boyfriend's gonna like that." It was true. She was still with her boyfriend, and part of her felt bad about going behind his back like this, but she also knew it was only a matter of time until they broke up and went their separate ways for college. "He's not going to find out. Because I'm not going to lose." Dez smiled again. This was a no-lose situation for him. Even if she was right, all he had to do was say it wasn't the best, and he was free to be the first one to fuck this fine Asian bookworm. That plus her cockiness made it impossible to say no. That Friday, Suzie found herself in Dez's basement bedroom, wondering if she had gotten in over her head as Dez freed his big, black cock from his pants. She was slightly in awe. It was only the second cock she had ever seen, and it was much bigger than her boyfriend's. It would require every skill she had developed to please. Suzie gulped, stretched her hand, and got to work. Suzie would leave Dez's house with her virginity, and her ego, fully intact. Thinking about it later, given the situation, the heat of the moment, she was surprised she didn't sleep with Dez anyway. He was a good looking, experienced guy, it was sure to have been a good first time, but Suzie wasn't interested in that. Truth be told, she wasn't even that interested in it when it was her boyfriend she was with. He did his best when they fooled around, but he didn't have the same drive to be the best at it that she did. She told herself that's why she found her mind wandering anytime his hands made it between her legs. Why she needed to think of Chrissy Thomas' tits to get wet; why she needed to think of that one night, that one "almost" with the gothic smoke show Tara, to get anywhere even close to cumming. Suzie obviously had considered she might be gay, or at the very least bi, but she pushed that possibility way down, straight out of her mind. Her parents wouldn't accept it, and neither would her life's plan. She was going to meet and marry a successful man and have children with him, and that was that. But still, anytime Suzie had a little too much to drink, her inhibitions started to slip away, and that little "what if?" inside her started to push itself up towards the surface. Suzie didn't want to call her feelings for Tara a crush, but that's absolutely what they were. Tara was the kind of girl who just oozed sexuality, and Suzie just chalked it up to the fact that pretty much everyone, male and female, had naughty thoughts about Tara. But that didn't explain how; at a party one night Suzie found herself alone in a room with none other than Tara, touching, kissing, groping; feeling each other's bodies. Tara was topless, revealing to Suzie a perfect pair of breasts that made her mouth water. She felt them. They were perfect. She kissed them; they tasted perfect. Tara squealed when Suzie instinctively took a nipple into her mouth and sucked. Then, a bolt of pure lightning shot through Suzie's body when she felt Tara's hand touch her cunt over her pants. They rolled over. Tara's skirt bunched up. She took off her panties. Suzie felt a draw towards her flushed lips in a way she never did toward her boyfriend's cock. She dropped her head lower. Sliding towards it. A phone buzz; her father. Suzie snapped out of it, like she had awoken from a trance, and rushed out of the room with a flurry of embarrassment and "sorrys”. Back at home Suzie did her best to get the vision of Tara's wet, willing cunt out of her mind. She pictured her boyfriend's hard cock as she touched herself that night, but it was Tara's cunt she saw when she started to cum. She had high hopes for possible romance once she got to college, but those were quickly dashed once the intensity of her program revealed itself. With little time for anything else, she barely had time to make friends, let alone take a lover, save for a single night toward the end of her first year. Working late at the lab, crunching to complete their projects for the semester, she and her classmate named Charles fell into each other's arms born out of sheer exhaustion and stress. He was cute and nice, and the spontaneity of it turned her on immensely. She needed a release, an explosion, and so right there in the architecture lab, Suzie found herself balanced on a nearby table, feeling a man push into her for the very first time. It was sudden, it was fast, and if it hadn't been for Charles' semen splattered erratically on her lower stomach, she might not have even had proof anything had happened. She had been on birth control for a number of years, but even in the chaos of that moment, not having a condom, she was wise enough not to chance throwing her life off course by letting this random man finish inside her. Suzie was happy it happened, and the experience wasn't unpleasant. She enjoyed the feeling of someone on top of her, the sweet pleasurable pain of a real life cock spreading her open, but afterward she found herself mildly disappointed. She had expected sex would be a new task for her to master enthusiastically, but whether because of the middling experience, or her overwhelming workload, she found herself generally disinterested with a repeat performance. However, when the nights rolled around, and she was alone in her dorm room, she very enthusiastically slipped her dildo in and out of herself, thoughts of Chrissy's tits and Tara's cunt filling her desperate mind. But now, here she was, back home after her first grueling year, doing her best to keep a face on that says school hadn't crushed her soul, that her social and love life weren't bottomed out, and that she knew exactly what she wanted and was being successful at getting it. "Suzie, Arthur's coming by tomorrow, I want you to make sure you say hi to him. He's got an internship opening you'd be perfect for!" Her father shouted up at her as she settled into her bedroom. Suzie groaned, and fell face first onto her bed. It was going to be a long summer. Suzie slept harder and longer than she had in months. The next morning she didn't exactly wake up refreshed, but she definitely was on her way, and she had to admit the comfort of her own, familiar bed did wonders. Padding down to the kitchen to make some toast and find some coffee, the thunderous,' up-and-at-them' voice of her father shook out whatever sleep was left in her head. "Suzie doll! You slept almost all day! Is this the kind of slacking they teach you at that art school of yours?" Suzie hated it when he called her university "art school." The blatant disrespect sent a spike of migraine through her temple every time he did. And for the record, it was 11 am, not exactly the whole day. "Just trying to get some breakfast, dad," she said weakly. "Well don't eat too much. Arthur's coming for lunch in an hour and you don't want to look too bloated. Get yourself together and come down so you can talk, okay?" "Sure, dad," she said, already regretting coming home at all. Suzie couldn't help but hear her father's words in her head as she looked at herself in the mirror, fresh out of the shower. "'Don't look too bloated,'" she repeated sarcastically as she looked over her body in the mirror, "thanks dad." It was true Suzie had put on weight, the freshman fifteen plus give or take five pounds extra, but she discovered her genes were on her side, noting that the added weight seemed to settle in the best places possible. Skinny with small breasts and only the glimmer of an ass was how she had remembered herself, but the freshman fifteen (or twenty) had actually filled her out quite nicely. Her small breasts had plumped into solid handfuls, and her hips had developed a nice curve, turning that glimmer of an ass into something much more tangible. To her father she probably looked fat, but to her, she actually was starting to feel like a woman. Throwing on a sensible blouse and some leggings, Suzie went down to find her father and Arthur lounging with drinks and a charcuterie board on the back patio. Arthur was a young businessman her father had worked with for a couple years. A little over thirty and independently wealthy, Suzie's father was smitten with his success. He also appreciated Arthur's no nonsense straight talk, and the two became fast friends. Arthur quickly became a regular at the Travino household, and he and Suzie's dad loved to steal away and talk business. Suzie wasn't even sure what Arthur's business was, but whatever it was he seemed to be very good at it. She stalked him online and found many a photo of Arthur in very expensive suits in very expensive locations, and apparently with a variety of different beautiful women. She did have to admit he was a good looking guy; that, plus his money and his skill at dressing, assured her he'd have no trouble finding someone to keep him company. They had become friendly, but he was firmly her father's friend, and neither paid the other too much mind. Golden, wavy hair, a big smile, and an expensive watch rose to greet her, and she shook his hand and joined them at the table. "Suzie, come on, is this what you'd wear to a job interview?" Her father said as they all sat down. "I'm not at a job interview, dad, this is lunch at my house." she said with minimal snarkiness, reaching for a curl of prosciutto and cheese. "Didn't you just eat breakfast?" Her father said flatly. The cheese tasted sour. "So," Arthur interjected, trying to change the subject, "how'd your first year at Architecture Design school treat you?" "Fine, thanks," Suzie said, meeting his smile with a weak one of her own. At least he took what she was doing seriously, unlike her own father. "That's a tough beat; I have a few friends who've gone through there. Not all of them graduated, but the ones who did are doing very well for themselves." She smiled again. She didn't need him to come to her defense, but it was still nice to have an ally. "Yeah, it's intense; nothing I can't handle though." "That's good to hear." He sipped his drink "Enough about that," her father piped in, "you're not at school, you're home now, which means you need a job. Lucky for you Arthur here has an internship program that will get you some excellent experience in the business world, and he's willing to take you on for the summer!" "Oh yeah?" Suzie said, her defenses rising up again, "and what exactly is it that you do, Arthur?" "Mergers, acquisitions," he said, skipping the details because he knew she didn't care, "it's an international firm that moves around lots of assets. It might not really be your thing." "What?" Her father blurted, "of course it's her thing! If you're gonna be a business lawyer you gotta know business!" "Dad, I'm not; "Suzie's eyes rolled again, defeated. "You know, there are some other firms I have connections to that could be much more applicable to what Suzie's interests are. I could make some calls; " There he was, doing his best again. Unnecessary, but appreciated. "Don't be silly. Why go to the trouble; my Suzie is perfect for your program!" Arthur looked at Suzie, who was glum and dejected. "Listen, Suzie," he said, trying to smooth things over. He didn't want her to feel ganged up on. "Why don't you and I have lunch tomorrow, and I can give you the details of what the program entails, and if you like it, we can move forward, and if not, I'd love to hear all about your AD program. Sound good?" "Sounds great!" Her father answered for her. "That'll give her just enough time to get her act together," he said rather sternly. "Yeah, sounds great," Suzie weakly parroted. This was going to be rough. She stayed silent, picking at her uneaten meat as her father yapped on to the son he never had, until finally she'd had enough and blurted out "I have to go, I think I just got my period." Her father stammered as she left, the female reproductive system always being a point of embarrassment and discomfort for him. Arthur just smiled a wry smile, knowing exactly what sort of ruse she just pulled. The next day, Suzie pulled on clothes even less appropriate for a job interview than the day before, and reluctantly met Arthur for lunch. "Feel free to get anything you want; lunch is on me." Arthur said as the waitress came over. "I'll have a mimosa," Suzie said, immediately testing the limits. "Can I see some ID?" the waitress said, an eyebrow cocked. Suzie stared at her for a second, then at Arthur, who raised his eyebrows at her in helplessness. "I'll have an ice tea," she grumbled, defeated once again. "Nice try," Arthur laughed as the waitress left. "You know I wasn't sure if you would show up." "Neither was I." "Why'd you come?" "Why'd you invite me?" "Because I know what it's like to have an overbearing father who thinks he knows what's best for his kid." Suzie started to soften. "So you're not going to give me the internship?" "God, no!" He laughed, "you clearly want nothing to do with it; which is fine, by the way, totally fine." "Then what's this about?" she said, her guard still up a bit. The waitress delivered their drinks "It's about lunch. Between friends." He raised his glass to Suzie. "And about relaxing, and having a break. We can both say we did it, and both tell your dad it wasn't the right fit, and I can get you some contacts you'll actually want. deal?" Suzie tentatively raised her glass to his, a smile finally starting to crack through her stoic demeanor. "Deal." Lunch was delicious. Suzie and Arthur talked, they laughed, they bonded over how ridiculous her father could be. He turned out to be much more interesting than she expected, and was actually interested in hearing about her time at school. Soon the topic got to traveling, and Suzie let slip she knew a bit more about him than she let on. "What do you mean you know I've been to Malta?" He said, big smile beaming. "I've stalked you a bit online," she said with an embarrassed laugh. "Oh really?" "Yeah, I mean I need to know what weird guys my dad's hanging around with." "Oh I'm weird now?" "Well you were weird. At first. Now you're just, mysterious." "I see,” "Malta looks beautiful though; my English teacher Ms. Dorman went there last year and had the most amazing pictures. I'm meeting her for lunch later this week, and I'm gonna ask her all about it." "Julia Dorman?" he said with a slight hesitation. "Yeah, wait; do you know her?" "I know she went to Malta,” he paused, a smirk pulling at his lips, "because she went there with me." "What?" Suzie exclaimed much too loud for their public setting. "Is it so weird that two people around the same age would know each other in this town?" "But you're not from this town." "True." "How did you meet? How long have you known her?" "We met right around this time last year." Suzie started doing the math in her head "Last year? But her Malta pictures are from last year. Like July." "Correct." "So you met her in late May, and were taking her to Malta with you in July?" "Correct." "Were you guys dating?" "No, I wouldn't say that." "Then why did a woman you just met go on a trip like that with you?" "Well,” Arthur paused. He hadn't expected he'd get into this area of his life today. But still, Suzie was fun, and he had no reason to lie. So he didn't. "The truth is I take a big, multi-week vacation every year, and every year I bring a different woman with me. Usually one I've only just met." "What? Why?" Suzie asked, leaning in. "Because I like meeting new people, and getting to know them." "And you pay for the whole thing?" "We each contribute," "There's no way Ms. Dorman could afford a trip like that, not on a teacher's salary." Suzie said, starting to become suspicious. "Is it a sex thing?" "What?" Arthur started to laugh. "A sex thing. Are you like paying these women for sex?" "No, not at all," Arthur assured her. He paused as he tried to reframe it. "I'm not paying them for anything. We have, an arrangement." He took a sip of his drink. "And if at any time they become uncomfortable with our arrangement, they are free to leave, no questions asked, no hard feelings." "I see," Suzie said, tumbling over what that might all mean in her mind. "How many times have your companions, asked to leave early?" "It's never happened." "I see." There was a small pause, not awkward, per se, but dense, before Suzie checked her watch. "Well damn, if we haven't been here yapping for two whole hours! I should probably get going." "That sounds good, it was great talking with you, hopefully this was relaxing." "It was!" she said honestly. "And thank you so much for lunch. I'm glad we did this. You're, much more interesting than I expected." Arthur laughed "I'll take that as a compliment. And I'll be in touch with those Arch contacts soon, sound good?" "Sounds great." she smiled. They shook hands. She turned to leave, but something stopped her. "So who you going with this year?" "Hmm?" "On your trip, who you going with?" "I don't know. I, haven't met the right person yet." "Well, good luck!" she gave a thumbs up and started off on her way, immediately mortified at how awkward she just was. Suzie sat across from Ms. Dorman, or Julia as Arthur knew her, and just couldn't believe it. Everyone at school who knew her knew Ms. Dorman had been engaged for a long time, so the revelation that she went on an elaborate, expensive trip with a man she had just met seemed surprising and, unlike her. At 29 Ms. Dorman was still young, but she never displayed any kind of impulsiveness, at least not that Suzie ever saw. She knew Ms. Dorman was smart, seemingly much smarter than her small town teaching job gave her credit for. Suzie identified with that unspoken aspect of Julia's personality, and the two bonded quickly. She and Ms. Dorman had become friends, and were happy to get the chance to catch up. Freed from the formalities of teacher and student, Ms. Dorman seemed looser, more like a peer. With only 10 years between them, Suzie felt it too, and was glad to have a friend like her to talk to. Suzie always liked the way Ms. Dorman dressed, stylish but not provocative, always managing to find something that went with the thick-rimmed glasses she was currently pushing up her nose after a hearty laugh. Unassuming and by the book, always ready with a big beautiful smile, when most people say the word cute, Julia Dorman was what they were picturing. So what was she doing in Malta with a guy like Arthur? "I saw your pictures from Malta," Suzie declared as their shared laughter settled. She took a bite out of a breadstick and scanned Ms. Dorman for a response. "Oh?" She said, slowly stirring her drink with her straw. "Yeah, they were gorgeous." "Thanks; it was a pretty amazing time. Julia gave up nothing so far. Suzie pressed on. "Who did you go with?" "Just a couple friends." A sip of her drink. "A couple friends?" Suzie volleyed back, staring straight at her, following up with "Or just one?" "A couple friends," Julia offered back with a quick smile. "Was one of them named Arthur?" The stirring stopped. "Um, why would you, I don't,” Julia struggled for a response. "Come on, Ms. Dorman, don't bullshit me!" Suzie laughed, "You went to Malta with Arthur Eckhart, and definitely no other freinds." her laugh continued. Ms. Dorman began to turn beet red. "Oh my God,” Ms. Dorman muttered with embarrassment. "How do you; " "He's a friend of my father's. I was having lunch with him, discussing an internship thing, and it came up that he and I have a mutual friend, i.e. You. Unless he was lying to me,” Suzie's eyebrows raised to the ceiling waiting for a response. Julia sighed, defeated. "Yes. Last year when I went to Malta, I went with Arthur Eckhart." "Ms. Dorman, you hound!" Suzie exclaimed. "No, no, it's not like that," she denied, face still red, "he and I are just friends." "Oh yeah? Then how come you went to Malta with him and not your fiancé?" Julia's face dropped. A sore spot. Before she ever heard her response, Suzie began to feel bad for bringing it up. "Richie and I broke up. Shortly after graduation last year." "Oh no!" Suzie pouted. She had met Richie once and thought he was a good dude. "I'm sorry to hear that; what happened?" "It just didn't work out. It had been over for a long time, we just didn't realize it. The engagement was a last ditch effort, but,” Ms. Dorman trailed off, choosing not to give all the details. Details like how they hadn't had sex in over a year, and how Julia had begun an affair with her co-worker, Dennis Ridley, who Suzie was sure to know as the school Gym teacher. She didn't mention how they'd meet every week or so, in her car, in the locker room, sometimes even in her classroom, and he'd fuck her. Poorly. She left out how she knew the first time she sucked his crooked cock and he held her head down as he came in her throat that he was never going to focus on her pleasure. She left out how guilty and degraded she felt bent over some conveniently sturdy piece of school furniture while he emptied himself into the condom inside her. How that somehow drove her to keep doing it. She left out how she cut it all off the first time Ridley tried for her ass, and how she told Richie everything that night. How Richie cried, and then admitted he had been sleeping with his ex-girlfriend. ", it just didn't work out." Suzie reached out and took Julia's hand, tenderly. "I'm so sorry, Ms. Dorman." "It's ok, it was for the best." She said, trying to perk up. "And please, if we're going to be friends, you need to call me Julia." "Sure thing," Suzie said with a smile. "So how did you hook up with Arthur?" Suzie chose her words intentionally. "His nephew graduated in your class; Brent Deacon." "Oh yeah, Brent! I had no idea,” "And so Arthur was in town for his graduation, and we met at the ceremony. My engagement was off by June, and well, I decided I wanted to take a chance and do something wild!" "I'd say mission accomplished!" "Yeah, Yeah me too." Julia was staying mum on details, but that didn't deter Suzie. "So did you find it to be reasonable? "What's that?" "The 'arrangement.'" Julia's eyebrow went up. "Um,” "Don't bother trying to dodge it, he already told me about it. Well, not details, but he said you guys had an arrangement to uh, split costs." "That's true," she said with a slight shift in her seat. "And?" "And I found it, quite fair." Julia cleared her throat and adjusted her glasses. "I see," Suzie said, watching her teacher's reactions. "I gotta know, Ms; Julia, if he asked you to, would you go again?" "Absolutely." The two sipped their drinks in a moment of silence before moving on to another subject. That night, Suzie tossed and turned. She couldn't stop thinking about what arrangement Ms. Dorman might have had with Arthur. What a newly single Ms. Dorman might have done to hold up her end of the bargain. They were both good looking people. She imagined them fucking on some grand balcony overlooking a gorgeous view. She wondered what Ms. Dorman liked. What she was willing to do. What she looked like naked. She wondered what Arthur liked. What he wanted. Fuck, she was horny. She hadn't had a chance to get herself off since she got home, and she was starting to feel it. She wondered how often Ms. Dorman got herself off. She needed a distraction. She needed to get laid. So the first thing she did the next morning was send a thinly veiled text to her ex. They made a date for that night. Suzie felt a pleasant tingle in her belly. That evening Suzie dressed to impress. A skirt that was short enough to entice, but not too short to be lewd, a nice jacket on top of a top that showed just enough skin, her newly-plump tits pushed up delightfully. Her makeup was on point. Her hair was on point. Simply put, she looked good. Before she could head out, the booming voice of her father stopped her. "Where you off to, Suzie?" "Just meeting some friends, dad." "Well don't stay out too late; I heard the internship didn't work out, so you're coming to the office with me tomorrow, ok?" "But dad, I," "That's not a request, honey." Suzie stood still, fuming. The level of control her father was exerting was already beginning to strangle her, even only after a couple days. She needed breathing room. She needed to be her own person. She had earned it. Her anger never fully abated, even when she and her ex rolled around in the backseat of his car. They struggled to get their clothes off, and she felt a twinge in her back as he took her nipple into her mouth. He was overexcited, she was overly angry; it wasn't a great combination. It was clear they both needed more than just a classic handjob, so she didn't even try to limit him. They just tumbled together, tore at each other's clothes, he sheathed himself quickly, and pushed deep inside her. He fumbled to find a rhythm, clearly not much more experienced at it than she was, and they struggled to find a position that was comfortable. Soon Suzie found herself on her hands and knees, in the sweaty back seat of her ex's car, getting fucked at more than getting fucked, and suddenly had an epiphany that this was what was in store for her summer if she didn't make a change: days working a job for her father she didn't want, nights getting inelegantly penetrated by the closest guy she could find. She felt him tense, grab her ass, push into her one more time, almost pressing her face against the door of the backseat, and cum. Less than a half hour later she was back home, in her room, sore and unsatisfied. Once again she thought of Ms. Dorman. This time she kept thinking of Ms. Dorman, of Malta, and pretty soon the fingers that had slid down between her legs pulled a strong, buzzing orgasm out of her wound up, stress-filled body. Suzie relaxed, mind clear. She grabbed her phone and sent a text message. "I want it." "Want what, the internship?" Arthur studied Suzie closely across the table. She had requested another lunch meeting via late night text, but wasn't sure about what. He could tell she was agitated, though. "No," she said as confidently as possible. Truth was, she was shaking like a leaf with nerves on account of what she was about to ask. But she was doing it only for her, and that gave her strength. "I want to go with you. I want to be your vacation girl this year." "What?" He said with an incredulous laugh. Not the response she hoped for. "I want to be your vacation girl. Wherever you're going I want to go too." Arthur scanned her. She was serious. "Why?" "Because I'm sick of other people telling me how to live my life. I want to do something for me for once. Something big. Something bold." "No, I couldn't. Your father;" "My father doesn't own me. Neither do you." "You're only nineteen!" "I'm an adult, and fully capable of making adult decisions." Arthur paused. "Suzie, I don't think you know what you're asking." "Why, because of this cryptic agreement? Tell me what the terms are, and I assure you I'll be agreeable." He scanned her again. No sign of lies. "This is something you really want, isn't it?" Suzie stared him dead in the eye. "Arthur, it's something I need." She held his gaze, proving to him she wouldn't break. "The terms. What are they?" "Suzie, I couldn't;" "You can, and you will. I don't want you to treat me any differently than any of your other girls." No lies again. He had to admit she was striking. The touch of Japanese to her features was alluring, but it was her strength and determination he found most attractive. If she wanted it, he'd give it to her. He'd give her the deal and see if she flinched. "The girls who travel with me must agree to one thing. They're free to do whatever they please on the trip; they can stick with me, they can do their own thing, it's up to them. I will, and am happy to, pay for all aspects of the trip. All I ask is one thing in return." Suzie steeled herself for the catch. "All I ask is that whenever I request it; and I mean whenever I request it; the women who travel with me must perform oral sex on me to completion." Suzie didn't show it, but she felt sweat form on her back. It was quite a deal; the world at her fingertips, and all she had to do was suck this man's cock on demand. This attractive, powerful man. She had never sucked any man's cock before, something she wasn't about to let on. She gulped. "Just oral?" "I'll never force you to do anything you don't want to do. The only requirement is oral sex, and it is non-negotiable." Suzie felt her body tingle. This was an exciting prospect. Exciting, scary, a venture into the unknown that she knew at the very least would tell her things about herself she hadn't quite figured out yet. "And this is the same deal Ms. Dorman agreed to?" Her body tingled again as she thought of Ms. Dorman, on her knees, sucking Arthur's cock. "Yes." Suzie took it all in. Swirled it around in her mind; the fears, the possibilities, the sensations, the freedom. She took a final gulp of her drink, straightened herself up, and asked one final question: "When do we leave?" To be continued. By Liminally Spaced for Literotica

Suzie's Maltese Barter: Part 1 Suzie gets offered the vacation of a lifetime; with a catch. By Liminally Spaced, in 2 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories. This story is a derivative of Sex Ed. Lessons, a 21-part tale at Explicit Novels podcast. Suzie Travino was exhausted. She was on the train heading back home after a grueling first year at architectural design college. The daughter of a driven, Japanese mother and a successful Italian father, and the valedictorian of her high school class, everyone expected Suzie to follow in her father's footsteps and head off to an Ivy League undergrad with an eye on law school following, so it was a bit of a surprise that she decided to go into architectural design. [[MORE]] Most surprised, and most displeased, was her father. Suzie's dad had her whole future practically mapped out, and it definitely didn't involve architecture. She was going to go to the same school he did, at a reduced legacy rate, which would save money to put toward law school, where she would succeed wildly, ace the bar, and then take over his practice one day so he could retire. This was not what she wanted, however, and the fact that she went against her father's wishes put that much more stress on her to succeed. Not to mention the fact that he wasn't' nearly as generous with his money as he would have been if she had just done what he wanted. Suzie was tired of doing what other people wanted. Trouble was, she was good at it. She never rocked the boat, and was too concerned about how other people viewed her to ever stand up for herself and assert what she wanted. Going to architecture school was the first thing she had ever done for herself, and it was dangerously close to blowing up in her face. Classes were harder than she ever imagined, and she had been focusing on nothing else for the past eight months. Maybe her dad was right, she thought, maybe she should have just done what he wanted. Maybe if she had, she wouldn't have put on twenty pounds, and wouldn't have nightly stress dreams. Maybe she'd have time for a social life. In high school, Suzie was a social butterfly. She was a people pleaser by nature, so she was easy to get along with, and easy to date, once her father allowed it. No dating till she was 18, he decreed, and Suzie obeyed. Once the time came she got a boyfriend, because that's what you were "supposed to do." She wasn't even sure if she really liked the guy, but her dad did, and he checked a box, so that was enough for her. At least that's what she thought. She was also a perfectionist. Due to her nature, or due to the pushing of her father, Suzie always wanted to be the best at whatever she did, and she applied the same drive that made her high school class valedictorian to all facets of her life, including her love life. Suzie was determined to be the perfect girlfriend, even though she herself was unsure of what she truly wanted romantically. She wasn't even sure she even really liked men. Despite only having one boyfriend, she had a pretty active fantasy life, as her hormones and desires started firing off, and more often than not when enjoying the pleasures of her own company she found herself thinking not about her boyfriend, or any man for that matter, but other girls in her class. Like Chrissy Thomas, the skinny, big-breasted theater girl. Suzie liked Chrissy, and liked her style. Suzie couldn't help but notice that Chrissy definitely dressed to show off her considerable assets while never making it look like she was. Chrissy never showed skin or cleavage, but also never shied away from tight, form fitting tops that accented her flat stomach and huge tits. Something spoke to her about Chrissy's expression-through-repression, and it turned her on immensely. Suzie, like practically everyone in the class, male or female, was desperate to see her bare breasts, but it was the thoughts of sucking them, kissing them, kissing her, that made Suzie wonder about herself. As stated, she wanted to be the perfect girlfriend. She knew being physical was a big part of that, and she was excited to experience it. Sex however, was off the table. She had plans, and was not willing to risk getting pregnant, no matter how many precautions were taken. This wasn't to say that Suzie and her boyfriend never got physical, however. She wanted to keep him happy, but wanted to make sure she didn't come off too slutty, and so as she prepared for dating, she decided that handjobs would be the extent of their sexual experimentation. Maybe not ideal to some, but as mentioned before, Suzie was a perfectionist. The first time Suzie experienced her boyfriend's cock, she was fascinated more than turned on. Both soft and hard at the same time, she liked touching it, and her boyfriend definitely seemed to like when she did so. She knew what the end result was supposed to be, and she had a basic idea of how to get there, but she was taken very much by surprise at how quickly he shot off that first time. She barely got her hand around it when suddenly he moaned and tensed. She saw two spurts of white leap out of his tip, and then her fingers got warm, sticky, and wet as the rest of his load pulsed out over her fingers like a melting ice cream cone. She smiled; if this was all it took to get a guy off, she would have no trouble doing this from time to time. The second time, however, didn't prove to be so simple. It took longer, and she realized she really had no idea what she was doing. She was determined to make sure that didn't happen again, so from then on, for the rest of their senior year-spanning relationship, Suzie practiced, much to her boyfriend's delight. By the time they broke up just before leaving for college, Suzie had gone from shy strokes to confident milking, and she felt confident that she gave the best handjob in her whole class. But she wanted to know for sure. She needed to know for sure. She needed the only person who could tell her for sure: the biggest male slut in the school, Dez Carter. Suzie and Dez didn't exactly travel in the same social circles. Dez was a star running back, Suzie was a star bookworm. But Dez had a reputation, and she was sure he'd be amenable to being part of her experiment. So the final week of classes, Suzie approached Dez and laid it out for him: she needed to test her handjob skills on someone with experience, so she was offering a one time, no strings attached handjob in exchange for an honest review of her abilities. "Just a handjob?" "Just a handjob. That's it." "What's in it for me?" "What?" Suzie said in mild shock, "what do you mean what's in it for you? You get a handjob!" "Why would I want a handjob from you when I could fuck practically any girl I want?" He had a point. She might be giving him an orgasm, but at the end of the day it was he who was doing her a favor. Still, she was confident in her skills, so she went for broke. "Ok, listen. If you let me give you a handjob, and if you can honestly say that it is not, hands-down, the best handjob you've ever gotten,” she took a breath, "I'll let you take my virginity. And you can tell anyone you want about it." A big smile formed on Dez's face. He had always had a bit of a thing for Suzie, if only because she was such a big question mark. Always with the same guy, no stories about her, plus the allure of fucking the smartest girl in the class always made his cock buzz. "I don't think your boyfriend's gonna like that." It was true. She was still with her boyfriend, and part of her felt bad about going behind his back like this, but she also knew it was only a matter of time until they broke up and went their separate ways for college. "He's not going to find out. Because I'm not going to lose." Dez smiled again. This was a no-lose situation for him. Even if she was right, all he had to do was say it wasn't the best, and he was free to be the first one to fuck this fine Asian bookworm. That plus her cockiness made it impossible to say no. That Friday, Suzie found herself in Dez's basement bedroom, wondering if she had gotten in over her head as Dez freed his big, black cock from his pants. She was slightly in awe. It was only the second cock she had ever seen, and it was much bigger than her boyfriend's. It would require every skill she had developed to please. Suzie gulped, stretched her hand, and got to work. Suzie would leave Dez's house with her virginity, and her ego, fully intact. Thinking about it later, given the situation, the heat of the moment, she was surprised she didn't sleep with Dez anyway. He was a good looking, experienced guy, it was sure to have been a good first time, but Suzie wasn't interested in that. Truth be told, she wasn't even that interested in it when it was her boyfriend she was with. He did his best when they fooled around, but he didn't have the same drive to be the best at it that she did. She told herself that's why she found her mind wandering anytime his hands made it between her legs. Why she needed to think of Chrissy Thomas' tits to get wet; why she needed to think of that one night, that one "almost" with the gothic smoke show Tara, to get anywhere even close to cumming. Suzie obviously had considered she might be gay, or at the very least bi, but she pushed that possibility way down, straight out of her mind. Her parents wouldn't accept it, and neither would her life's plan. She was going to meet and marry a successful man and have children with him, and that was that. But still, anytime Suzie had a little too much to drink, her inhibitions started to slip away, and that little "what if?" inside her started to push itself up towards the surface. Suzie didn't want to call her feelings for Tara a crush, but that's absolutely what they were. Tara was the kind of girl who just oozed sexuality, and Suzie just chalked it up to the fact that pretty much everyone, male and female, had naughty thoughts about Tara. But that didn't explain how; at a party one night Suzie found herself alone in a room with none other than Tara, touching, kissing, groping; feeling each other's bodies. Tara was topless, revealing to Suzie a perfect pair of breasts that made her mouth water. She felt them. They were perfect. She kissed them; they tasted perfect. Tara squealed when Suzie instinctively took a nipple into her mouth and sucked. Then, a bolt of pure lightning shot through Suzie's body when she felt Tara's hand touch her cunt over her pants. They rolled over. Tara's skirt bunched up. She took off her panties. Suzie felt a draw towards her flushed lips in a way she never did toward her boyfriend's cock. She dropped her head lower. Sliding towards it. A phone buzz; her father. Suzie snapped out of it, like she had awoken from a trance, and rushed out of the room with a flurry of embarrassment and "sorrys”. Back at home Suzie did her best to get the vision of Tara's wet, willing cunt out of her mind. She pictured her boyfriend's hard cock as she touched herself that night, but it was Tara's cunt she saw when she started to cum. She had high hopes for possible romance once she got to college, but those were quickly dashed once the intensity of her program revealed itself. With little time for anything else, she barely had time to make friends, let alone take a lover, save for a single night toward the end of her first year. Working late at the lab, crunching to complete their projects for the semester, she and her classmate named Charles fell into each other's arms born out of sheer exhaustion and stress. He was cute and nice, and the spontaneity of it turned her on immensely. She needed a release, an explosion, and so right there in the architecture lab, Suzie found herself balanced on a nearby table, feeling a man push into her for the very first time. It was sudden, it was fast, and if it hadn't been for Charles' semen splattered erratically on her lower stomach, she might not have even had proof anything had happened. She had been on birth control for a number of years, but even in the chaos of that moment, not having a condom, she was wise enough not to chance throwing her life off course by letting this random man finish inside her. Suzie was happy it happened, and the experience wasn't unpleasant. She enjoyed the feeling of someone on top of her, the sweet pleasurable pain of a real life cock spreading her open, but afterward she found herself mildly disappointed. She had expected sex would be a new task for her to master enthusiastically, but whether because of the middling experience, or her overwhelming workload, she found herself generally disinterested with a repeat performance. However, when the nights rolled around, and she was alone in her dorm room, she very enthusiastically slipped her dildo in and out of herself, thoughts of Chrissy's tits and Tara's cunt filling her desperate mind. But now, here she was, back home after her first grueling year, doing her best to keep a face on that says school hadn't crushed her soul, that her social and love life weren't bottomed out, and that she knew exactly what she wanted and was being successful at getting it. "Suzie, Arthur's coming by tomorrow, I want you to make sure you say hi to him. He's got an internship opening you'd be perfect for!" Her father shouted up at her as she settled into her bedroom. Suzie groaned, and fell face first onto her bed. It was going to be a long summer. Suzie slept harder and longer than she had in months. The next morning she didn't exactly wake up refreshed, but she definitely was on her way, and she had to admit the comfort of her own, familiar bed did wonders. Padding down to the kitchen to make some toast and find some coffee, the thunderous,' up-and-at-them' voice of her father shook out whatever sleep was left in her head. "Suzie doll! You slept almost all day! Is this the kind of slacking they teach you at that art school of yours?" Suzie hated it when he called her university "art school." The blatant disrespect sent a spike of migraine through her temple every time he did. And for the record, it was 11 am, not exactly the whole day. "Just trying to get some breakfast, dad," she said weakly. "Well don't eat too much. Arthur's coming for lunch in an hour and you don't want to look too bloated. Get yourself together and come down so you can talk, okay?" "Sure, dad," she said, already regretting coming home at all. Suzie couldn't help but hear her father's words in her head as she looked at herself in the mirror, fresh out of the shower. "'Don't look too bloated,'" she repeated sarcastically as she looked over her body in the mirror, "thanks dad." It was true Suzie had put on weight, the freshman fifteen plus give or take five pounds extra, but she discovered her genes were on her side, noting that the added weight seemed to settle in the best places possible. Skinny with small breasts and only the glimmer of an ass was how she had remembered herself, but the freshman fifteen (or twenty) had actually filled her out quite nicely. Her small breasts had plumped into solid handfuls, and her hips had developed a nice curve, turning that glimmer of an ass into something much more tangible. To her father she probably looked fat, but to her, she actually was starting to feel like a woman. Throwing on a sensible blouse and some leggings, Suzie went down to find her father and Arthur lounging with drinks and a charcuterie board on the back patio. Arthur was a young businessman her father had worked with for a couple years. A little over thirty and independently wealthy, Suzie's father was smitten with his success. He also appreciated Arthur's no nonsense straight talk, and the two became fast friends. Arthur quickly became a regular at the Travino household, and he and Suzie's dad loved to steal away and talk business. Suzie wasn't even sure what Arthur's business was, but whatever it was he seemed to be very good at it. She stalked him online and found many a photo of Arthur in very expensive suits in very expensive locations, and apparently with a variety of different beautiful women. She did have to admit he was a good looking guy; that, plus his money and his skill at dressing, assured her he'd have no trouble finding someone to keep him company. They had become friendly, but he was firmly her father's friend, and neither paid the other too much mind. Golden, wavy hair, a big smile, and an expensive watch rose to greet her, and she shook his hand and joined them at the table. "Suzie, come on, is this what you'd wear to a job interview?" Her father said as they all sat down. "I'm not at a job interview, dad, this is lunch at my house." she said with minimal snarkiness, reaching for a curl of prosciutto and cheese. "Didn't you just eat breakfast?" Her father said flatly. The cheese tasted sour. "So," Arthur interjected, trying to change the subject, "how'd your first year at Architecture Design school treat you?" "Fine, thanks," Suzie said, meeting his smile with a weak one of her own. At least he took what she was doing seriously, unlike her own father. "That's a tough beat; I have a few friends who've gone through there. Not all of them graduated, but the ones who did are doing very well for themselves." She smiled again. She didn't need him to come to her defense, but it was still nice to have an ally. "Yeah, it's intense; nothing I can't handle though." "That's good to hear." He sipped his drink "Enough about that," her father piped in, "you're not at school, you're home now, which means you need a job. Lucky for you Arthur here has an internship program that will get you some excellent experience in the business world, and he's willing to take you on for the summer!" "Oh yeah?" Suzie said, her defenses rising up again, "and what exactly is it that you do, Arthur?" "Mergers, acquisitions," he said, skipping the details because he knew she didn't care, "it's an international firm that moves around lots of assets. It might not really be your thing." "What?" Her father blurted, "of course it's her thing! If you're gonna be a business lawyer you gotta know business!" "Dad, I'm not; "Suzie's eyes rolled again, defeated. "You know, there are some other firms I have connections to that could be much more applicable to what Suzie's interests are. I could make some calls; " There he was, doing his best again. Unnecessary, but appreciated. "Don't be silly. Why go to the trouble; my Suzie is perfect for your program!" Arthur looked at Suzie, who was glum and dejected. "Listen, Suzie," he said, trying to smooth things over. He didn't want her to feel ganged up on. "Why don't you and I have lunch tomorrow, and I can give you the details of what the program entails, and if you like it, we can move forward, and if not, I'd love to hear all about your AD program. Sound good?" "Sounds great!" Her father answered for her. "That'll give her just enough time to get her act together," he said rather sternly. "Yeah, sounds great," Suzie weakly parroted. This was going to be rough. She stayed silent, picking at her uneaten meat as her father yapped on to the son he never had, until finally she'd had enough and blurted out "I have to go, I think I just got my period." Her father stammered as she left, the female reproductive system always being a point of embarrassment and discomfort for him. Arthur just smiled a wry smile, knowing exactly what sort of ruse she just pulled. The next day, Suzie pulled on clothes even less appropriate for a job interview than the day before, and reluctantly met Arthur for lunch. "Feel free to get anything you want; lunch is on me." Arthur said as the waitress came over. "I'll have a mimosa," Suzie said, immediately testing the limits. "Can I see some ID?" the waitress said, an eyebrow cocked. Suzie stared at her for a second, then at Arthur, who raised his eyebrows at her in helplessness. "I'll have an ice tea," she grumbled, defeated once again. "Nice try," Arthur laughed as the waitress left. "You know I wasn't sure if you would show up." "Neither was I." "Why'd you come?" "Why'd you invite me?" "Because I know what it's like to have an overbearing father who thinks he knows what's best for his kid." Suzie started to soften. "So you're not going to give me the internship?" "God, no!" He laughed, "you clearly want nothing to do with it; which is fine, by the way, totally fine." "Then what's this about?" she said, her guard still up a bit. The waitress delivered their drinks "It's about lunch. Between friends." He raised his glass to Suzie. "And about relaxing, and having a break. We can both say we did it, and both tell your dad it wasn't the right fit, and I can get you some contacts you'll actually want. deal?" Suzie tentatively raised her glass to his, a smile finally starting to crack through her stoic demeanor. "Deal." Lunch was delicious. Suzie and Arthur talked, they laughed, they bonded over how ridiculous her father could be. He turned out to be much more interesting than she expected, and was actually interested in hearing about her time at school. Soon the topic got to traveling, and Suzie let slip she knew a bit more about him than she let on. "What do you mean you know I've been to Malta?" He said, big smile beaming. "I've stalked you a bit online," she said with an embarrassed laugh. "Oh really?" "Yeah, I mean I need to know what weird guys my dad's hanging around with." "Oh I'm weird now?" "Well you were weird. At first. Now you're just, mysterious." "I see,” "Malta looks beautiful though; my English teacher Ms. Dorman went there last year and had the most amazing pictures. I'm meeting her for lunch later this week, and I'm gonna ask her all about it." "Julia Dorman?" he said with a slight hesitation. "Yeah, wait; do you know her?" "I know she went to Malta,” he paused, a smirk pulling at his lips, "because she went there with me." "What?" Suzie exclaimed much too loud for their public setting. "Is it so weird that two people around the same age would know each other in this town?" "But you're not from this town." "True." "How did you meet? How long have you known her?" "We met right around this time last year." Suzie started doing the math in her head "Last year? But her Malta pictures are from last year. Like July." "Correct." "So you met her in late May, and were taking her to Malta with you in July?" "Correct." "Were you guys dating?" "No, I wouldn't say that." "Then why did a woman you just met go on a trip like that with you?" "Well,” Arthur paused. He hadn't expected he'd get into this area of his life today. But still, Suzie was fun, and he had no reason to lie. So he didn't. "The truth is I take a big, multi-week vacation every year, and every year I bring a different woman with me. Usually one I've only just met." "What? Why?" Suzie asked, leaning in. "Because I like meeting new people, and getting to know them." "And you pay for the whole thing?" "We each contribute," "There's no way Ms. Dorman could afford a trip like that, not on a teacher's salary." Suzie said, starting to become suspicious. "Is it a sex thing?" "What?" Arthur started to laugh. "A sex thing. Are you like paying these women for sex?" "No, not at all," Arthur assured her. He paused as he tried to reframe it. "I'm not paying them for anything. We have, an arrangement." He took a sip of his drink. "And if at any time they become uncomfortable with our arrangement, they are free to leave, no questions asked, no hard feelings." "I see," Suzie said, tumbling over what that might all mean in her mind. "How many times have your companions, asked to leave early?" "It's never happened." "I see." There was a small pause, not awkward, per se, but dense, before Suzie checked her watch. "Well damn, if we haven't been here yapping for two whole hours! I should probably get going." "That sounds good, it was great talking with you, hopefully this was relaxing." "It was!" she said honestly. "And thank you so much for lunch. I'm glad we did this. You're, much more interesting than I expected." Arthur laughed "I'll take that as a compliment. And I'll be in touch with those Arch contacts soon, sound good?" "Sounds great." she smiled. They shook hands. She turned to leave, but something stopped her. "So who you going with this year?" "Hmm?" "On your trip, who you going with?" "I don't know. I, haven't met the right person yet." "Well, good luck!" she gave a thumbs up and started off on her way, immediately mortified at how awkward she just was. Suzie sat across from Ms. Dorman, or Julia as Arthur knew her, and just couldn't believe it. Everyone at school who knew her knew Ms. Dorman had been engaged for a long time, so the revelation that she went on an elaborate, expensive trip with a man she had just met seemed surprising and, unlike her. At 29 Ms. Dorman was still young, but she never displayed any kind of impulsiveness, at least not that Suzie ever saw. She knew Ms. Dorman was smart, seemingly much smarter than her small town teaching job gave her credit for. Suzie identified with that unspoken aspect of Julia's personality, and the two bonded quickly. She and Ms. Dorman had become friends, and were happy to get the chance to catch up. Freed from the formalities of teacher and student, Ms. Dorman seemed looser, more like a peer. With only 10 years between them, Suzie felt it too, and was glad to have a friend like her to talk to. Suzie always liked the way Ms. Dorman dressed, stylish but not provocative, always managing to find something that went with the thick-rimmed glasses she was currently pushing up her nose after a hearty laugh. Unassuming and by the book, always ready with a big beautiful smile, when most people say the word cute, Julia Dorman was what they were picturing. So what was she doing in Malta with a guy like Arthur? "I saw your pictures from Malta," Suzie declared as their shared laughter settled. She took a bite out of a breadstick and scanned Ms. Dorman for a response. "Oh?" She said, slowly stirring her drink with her straw. "Yeah, they were gorgeous." "Thanks; it was a pretty amazing time. Julia gave up nothing so far. Suzie pressed on. "Who did you go with?" "Just a couple friends." A sip of her drink. "A couple friends?" Suzie volleyed back, staring straight at her, following up with "Or just one?" "A couple friends," Julia offered back with a quick smile. "Was one of them named Arthur?" The stirring stopped. "Um, why would you, I don't,” Julia struggled for a response. "Come on, Ms. Dorman, don't bullshit me!" Suzie laughed, "You went to Malta with Arthur Eckhart, and definitely no other freinds." her laugh continued. Ms. Dorman began to turn beet red. "Oh my God,” Ms. Dorman muttered with embarrassment. "How do you; " "He's a friend of my father's. I was having lunch with him, discussing an internship thing, and it came up that he and I have a mutual friend, i.e. You. Unless he was lying to me,” Suzie's eyebrows raised to the ceiling waiting for a response. Julia sighed, defeated. "Yes. Last year when I went to Malta, I went with Arthur Eckhart." "Ms. Dorman, you hound!" Suzie exclaimed. "No, no, it's not like that," she denied, face still red, "he and I are just friends." "Oh yeah? Then how come you went to Malta with him and not your fiancé?" Julia's face dropped. A sore spot. Before she ever heard her response, Suzie began to feel bad for bringing it up. "Richie and I broke up. Shortly after graduation last year." "Oh no!" Suzie pouted. She had met Richie once and thought he was a good dude. "I'm sorry to hear that; what happened?" "It just didn't work out. It had been over for a long time, we just didn't realize it. The engagement was a last ditch effort, but,” Ms. Dorman trailed off, choosing not to give all the details. Details like how they hadn't had sex in over a year, and how Julia had begun an affair with her co-worker, Dennis Ridley, who Suzie was sure to know as the school Gym teacher. She didn't mention how they'd meet every week or so, in her car, in the locker room, sometimes even in her classroom, and he'd fuck her. Poorly. She left out how she knew the first time she sucked his crooked cock and he held her head down as he came in her throat that he was never going to focus on her pleasure. She left out how guilty and degraded she felt bent over some conveniently sturdy piece of school furniture while he emptied himself into the condom inside her. How that somehow drove her to keep doing it. She left out how she cut it all off the first time Ridley tried for her ass, and how she told Richie everything that night. How Richie cried, and then admitted he had been sleeping with his ex-girlfriend. ", it just didn't work out." Suzie reached out and took Julia's hand, tenderly. "I'm so sorry, Ms. Dorman." "It's ok, it was for the best." She said, trying to perk up. "And please, if we're going to be friends, you need to call me Julia." "Sure thing," Suzie said with a smile. "So how did you hook up with Arthur?" Suzie chose her words intentionally. "His nephew graduated in your class; Brent Deacon." "Oh yeah, Brent! I had no idea,” "And so Arthur was in town for his graduation, and we met at the ceremony. My engagement was off by June, and well, I decided I wanted to take a chance and do something wild!" "I'd say mission accomplished!" "Yeah, Yeah me too." Julia was staying mum on details, but that didn't deter Suzie. "So did you find it to be reasonable? "What's that?" "The 'arrangement.'" Julia's eyebrow went up. "Um,” "Don't bother trying to dodge it, he already told me about it. Well, not details, but he said you guys had an arrangement to uh, split costs." "That's true," she said with a slight shift in her seat. "And?" "And I found it, quite fair." Julia cleared her throat and adjusted her glasses. "I see," Suzie said, watching her teacher's reactions. "I gotta know, Ms; Julia, if he asked you to, would you go again?" "Absolutely." The two sipped their drinks in a moment of silence before moving on to another subject. That night, Suzie tossed and turned. She couldn't stop thinking about what arrangement Ms. Dorman might have had with Arthur. What a newly single Ms. Dorman might have done to hold up her end of the bargain. They were both good looking people. She imagined them fucking on some grand balcony overlooking a gorgeous view. She wondered what Ms. Dorman liked. What she was willing to do. What she looked like naked. She wondered what Arthur liked. What he wanted. Fuck, she was horny. She hadn't had a chance to get herself off since she got home, and she was starting to feel it. She wondered how often Ms. Dorman got herself off. She needed a distraction. She needed to get laid. So the first thing she did the next morning was send a thinly veiled text to her ex. They made a date for that night. Suzie felt a pleasant tingle in her belly. That evening Suzie dressed to impress. A skirt that was short enough to entice, but not too short to be lewd, a nice jacket on top of a top that showed just enough skin, her newly-plump tits pushed up delightfully. Her makeup was on point. Her hair was on point. Simply put, she looked good. Before she could head out, the booming voice of her father stopped her. "Where you off to, Suzie?" "Just meeting some friends, dad." "Well don't stay out too late; I heard the internship didn't work out, so you're coming to the office with me tomorrow, ok?" "But dad, I," "That's not a request, honey." Suzie stood still, fuming. The level of control her father was exerting was already beginning to strangle her, even only after a couple days. She needed breathing room. She needed to be her own person. She had earned it. Her anger never fully abated, even when she and her ex rolled around in the backseat of his car. They struggled to get their clothes off, and she felt a twinge in her back as he took her nipple into her mouth. He was overexcited, she was overly angry; it wasn't a great combination. It was clear they both needed more than just a classic handjob, so she didn't even try to limit him. They just tumbled together, tore at each other's clothes, he sheathed himself quickly, and pushed deep inside her. He fumbled to find a rhythm, clearly not much more experienced at it than she was, and they struggled to find a position that was comfortable. Soon Suzie found herself on her hands and knees, in the sweaty back seat of her ex's car, getting fucked at more than getting fucked, and suddenly had an epiphany that this was what was in store for her summer if she didn't make a change: days working a job for her father she didn't want, nights getting inelegantly penetrated by the closest guy she could find. She felt him tense, grab her ass, push into her one more time, almost pressing her face against the door of the backseat, and cum. Less than a half hour later she was back home, in her room, sore and unsatisfied. Once again she thought of Ms. Dorman. This time she kept thinking of Ms. Dorman, of Malta, and pretty soon the fingers that had slid down between her legs pulled a strong, buzzing orgasm out of her wound up, stress-filled body. Suzie relaxed, mind clear. She grabbed her phone and sent a text message. "I want it." "Want what, the internship?" Arthur studied Suzie closely across the table. She had requested another lunch meeting via late night text, but wasn't sure about what. He could tell she was agitated, though. "No," she said as confidently as possible. Truth was, she was shaking like a leaf with nerves on account of what she was about to ask. But she was doing it only for her, and that gave her strength. "I want to go with you. I want to be your vacation girl this year." "What?" He said with an incredulous laugh. Not the response she hoped for. "I want to be your vacation girl. Wherever you're going I want to go too." Arthur scanned her. She was serious. "Why?" "Because I'm sick of other people telling me how to live my life. I want to do something for me for once. Something big. Something bold." "No, I couldn't. Your father;" "My father doesn't own me. Neither do you." "You're only nineteen!" "I'm an adult, and fully capable of making adult decisions." Arthur paused. "Suzie, I don't think you know what you're asking." "Why, because of this cryptic agreement? Tell me what the terms are, and I assure you I'll be agreeable." He scanned her again. No sign of lies. "This is something you really want, isn't it?" Suzie stared him dead in the eye. "Arthur, it's something I need." She held his gaze, proving to him she wouldn't break. "The terms. What are they?" "Suzie, I couldn't;" "You can, and you will. I don't want you to treat me any differently than any of your other girls." No lies again. He had to admit she was striking. The touch of Japanese to her features was alluring, but it was her strength and determination he found most attractive. If she wanted it, he'd give it to her. He'd give her the deal and see if she flinched. "The girls who travel with me must agree to one thing. They're free to do whatever they please on the trip; they can stick with me, they can do their own thing, it's up to them. I will, and am happy to, pay for all aspects of the trip. All I ask is one thing in return." Suzie steeled herself for the catch. "All I ask is that whenever I request it; and I mean whenever I request it; the women who travel with me must perform oral sex on me to completion." Suzie didn't show it, but she felt sweat form on her back. It was quite a deal; the world at her fingertips, and all she had to do was suck this man's cock on demand. This attractive, powerful man. She had never sucked any man's cock before, something she wasn't about to let on. She gulped. "Just oral?" "I'll never force you to do anything you don't want to do. The only requirement is oral sex, and it is non-negotiable." Suzie felt her body tingle. This was an exciting prospect. Exciting, scary, a venture into the unknown that she knew at the very least would tell her things about herself she hadn't quite figured out yet. "And this is the same deal Ms. Dorman agreed to?" Her body tingled again as she thought of Ms. Dorman, on her knees, sucking Arthur's cock. "Yes." Suzie took it all in. Swirled it around in her mind; the fears, the possibilities, the sensations, the freedom. She took a final gulp of her drink, straightened herself up, and asked one final question: "When do we leave?" To be continued. By Liminally Spaced for Literotica

Meet a soft and flabby wonder with the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of any vertebrate and a name that's bound to stimulate conversation. Two guests deep dive into assfish territory with us: Peter Auster from Mystic Aquarium and the University of Connecticut, and Brittany Peterson from our National Conservation Training Center (and formerly with the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument).

How do we tune into clients? How can we read them quickly? How can we take feedback well? How can we be collaborative? How can we help them tell their story?I always enjoy the dedications and acknowledgements in books. Such hidden treasures. Recently, I had the pleasure of wolfing down Thomas Heatherwick's latest book ‘Humanise – a Maker's Guide To Building Our World'.  It is a point of view. A statement of intent. Perhaps, a manifesto. I have re-read it a few times, it is a spine broken, weighted with post its, lines and scribbles in margins favourite. And as I dove into the acknowledgements, I found a line which prompted today's conversation:"Thank you to Ben Prescott, the book's designer, [who] was wonderfully collaborative and intuitively understood what I have been trying to express."And I am delighted to say that we have graphic designer and founder of BPD, Ben Prescott joining us today to explore that very point.Ben Prescott is the salt in the recipe when it comes to brand building. Vital. Unassuming. Impactful. His approach is thoughtful, quiet, with a range of references so broad ranging and enticing that his presentations are works of art in and of themselves. He reads people with ease and draws their story onto the page, the website, the packaging, the shop window. He is commercially mindful and excellent at the tangible, the hold it in your hand, the it will last and last. What he does, works.BPD has worked with brands including Marfa Stance, Alex Eagle, Kinjo, the V&A, Broadwick Hotel in Soho, Twig Hutchinson and the Festival of Fashion at the Fife Arms. And in each and every instance, he has shown true expertise in reading the client.We are going to examine that idea, the importance, the relevance, the practical application of reading clients, understanding briefs and taking feedback. Whether you are on the service side of the arts or someone who commissions, collaborates or briefs others, you are going to enjoy this one. 

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"With a fierce exclamation and a French gesture..." I'm very curious about both the exclamation and the gesture. This classic detective story was narrated by Ben Brinicombe, this week's guest narrator. Here are some links to Ben's work, including his podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/757040 Gilbert Keith Chesterton, born in West London in 1874, emerged as a versatile and prolific figure in English literature. The son of a prosperous estate agent, Chesterton received his education at St Paul's School and later at the Slade School of Art. Initially venturing into the world of art criticism, he transitioned to become a manuscript reader for a publishing house, marking the inception of his literary career. Chesterton's notable conversion to Roman Catholicism occurred in 1922, influencing his later works significantly. A prolific writer, he authored essays, short stories, poems, drama, and history, with "The Man Who Was Thursday" (1908) standing out as one of his most renowned novels. His enduring legacy extends beyond his literary contributions to include his role as the first President of the Detection Club, where members pledged to uphold 'fair play' in their mystery fiction. Father Brown, G.K. Chesterton's fictional detective, presents a departure from the conventional detective archetype. Unassuming and self-effacing, Father Brown surprises with his shrewd and worldly nature, confounding expectations. His unique crime-solving methodology involves a deep understanding of human nature, wherein he morally identifies with the criminal to unravel their motivations. In stories like "The Secret of Father Brown" (1927), Chesterton reveals Father Brown's distinctive approach, where the detective confesses to understanding the mind of the murderer by placing himself in their shoes. This empathetic perspective, hidden beneath a light and whimsical surface, sets Father Brown apart as a character with profound moral insight in the realm of mystery fiction. "The Invisible Man" is a compelling story by G.K. Chesterton that first captivated readers when it appeared in Cassell's Magazine in February 1911. Set in Camden Town, North London, the narrative revolves around Laura Hope, a café manager haunted by the looming presence of a former suitor, James Welkin. The protagonist, John Turnbull Angus, becomes entangled in the mystery when he encounters Isidore Smythe, another suitor with a peculiar message warning of his death. The plot unfolds with a series of threatening letters, mysterious occurrences, and a bloodstain in Smythe's flat. Father Brown, along with the private investigator Flambeau, investigates the case, leading to a surprising revelation. Chesterton's storytelling prowess shines through in "The Invisible Man," showcasing his preference for the term 'mystery story' over 'detective story,' emphasizing the puzzle's significance. The story, later compiled in The Innocence of Father Brown, exemplifies Chesterton's ability to blend intricate mysteries with moral and psychological depth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Click here for the DRB Daily Sign Up form! One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on 'The Daily Radio Bible' for a daily 20-minute spiritual journey. Engage with scripture readings, heartfelt devotionals, and collective prayers that draw you into the heart of God's love. Embark on this year-long voyage through the Bible, and let each day's passage uplift and inspire you. TODAY'S EPISODE: In today's Daily Radio Bible, we're reminded that Jesus Christ is the true light shining in our world. Despite His humble birth, He brought light into the darkness, just as God's light broke over the darkness in Genesis. As we reflect on the birth of Jesus, let's consider how He has brought light into our lives and how we can share that light with others. Let's imagine a day when the glory of God will be all and in all. Join me in this prayer for our own souls, our families, and for you. Daily Radio Bible, guiding you through the word of God, bringing light into your daily life. TODAY'S PRAYERS: Lord God Almighty and everlasting father you have brought us in safety to this new day preserve us with your Mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose  through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen.   Oh God you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you, and find you. Bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   And now Lord,  make me an instrument of your peace.  Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon.  Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope.  Where there is darkness, light.  And where there is sadness,  Joy.  Oh Lord grant that I might not seek to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love.  For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life.  Amen And now as our Lord has taught us we are bold to pray... Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, they kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image. And nourishing us with spiritual food, now send us forth as forgiven people, healed and renewed, that we may proclaim your love to the world, and continue in the risen life of Christ.  Amen.  TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: follow us at www.dailyradiobible.com We are reading through the New Living Translation.   Partner with us! Click HERE to give! Leave us a voicemail HERE: https://www.speakpipe.com/dailyradiobible Subscribe to us at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dailyradiobible/featured ______        

Shepherds were hard working, but not generally the cleanest or best smelling fellows. These often ignored or avoided people were the one's tasked with raising the lambs for sacrifices at the temple. As they went about their unassuming lives guarding the sheep, suddenly an angel shows up and "the radiance of the Lord's glory surrounded them." God chose them to announce the arrival of His Son, the long-awaited Messiah.As we, too, find ourselves in stinky situations, we never know when we will be surrounded by the "radiance of the Lord's glory." Like the shepherds though, we can just continue on in our unassuming ways until He reveals to us that which He desires for us to know. Then we can simply go.Bible verses referred to in this episode:Luke 2:8-18Find me on Instagram @HLynnPierce  or at hlynnpierce.comSign up for my E-mail list here!

Luke 1:26-38 and Matthew 1:18-25 From the series titled: Bethlehem: The Advent of Hope Pastor John King – December 3, 2023

In Matthew 15:21-28, we see a remarkable interaction between Jesus and a Canaanite woman. Although the Gospel was to be proclaimed first to the house of Israel, Christ's conversation with this woman of great faith and humility further reveals that it was always God's plan to bring even those of Gentile nations into the household of God. This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit www.LegacyRBC.org.

November 23rd: John Eric Armstrong Born (1973) Unassuming doesn't always mean safe. On November 23rd 1975 a man was born who would spend his life described as unassuming and forgettable. A man who used that to his advantage and may have taken the lives of as many as 30 young women. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eric_Armstrong, https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/armstrong-john.htm, http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/armstrong,%20john%20eric.htm, https://www.oxygen.com/twisted-killers/crime-news/murder-and-necrophilia-detroit-serial-killer-john-eric-armstrong, https://dani-hendrix.medium.com/how-an-abused-child-became-a-serial-killer-b2901cd7ab1a, https://www.thoughtco.com/serial-killer-john-eric-armstrong-973159 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When I was first with my (now) husband he showed me my value.  Value I didn't know I had. Worth I didn't know I was. He taught me how precious my heart was. He taught me how precious my body was. God loved me through my husband. God healed me through my husband. I remember on our first date I told him that I had never felt safer in my whole life. I felt completely respected and honored by this man. I felt like he would protect me from anything and everything (even from himself). Unassuming. Tender. Kind. And when I read the scriptures, I see that is what Jesus is to women. He is kind. He is loving. He doesn't speak to them harshly. He is moved by compassion when they cry. Seriously. Take a minute and think. Is there ever a time that Jesus is harsh to women? Even when he tenderly corrects Martha, it is in protecting Mary (a woman who had the gall to value herself enough to learn from the great Rabbi). I invite you to explore with me how Jesus treated women. Men if you have never learned from Jesus in this way, I think this will help you. It will help you see your wife as the daughter of the king. As a precious soul that you are tasked to heal and care for. And God can heal her through you... through your genuine safety.   Book referenced: Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing by Jay Stringer   Blessings, Belah  PS - If you want our help, feel free to go to delightyourmarriage.com/cc for more info. PPS - Recent husband grad:  BEFORE:  "Constantly getting rejected was demoralizing and took a mental toll on me for sure. Not being listened to and the lack of respect was basically a punch in the gut pretty much daily, causing depression and definitely other issues within the house as well with the kids also." AFTER:  "I wanted to think that I was doing all the right things and that it was her problems that were causing all of the issues between, but I was definitely wrong. Through this program, I have realized that I definitely was living up to my "man of the house" role. Mainly I was not providing her safety. My actions, or lack of actions depending on the situation, were not getting my wife into a safe place where she would be in the mindset to share herself with me physically, mentally, or spiritually. By doing this in turn it has proved to be beneficial with what I feel is much more respect from her, especially around the kids, as well as more frequent episodes of lovemaking."

If you've experienced any history of cardiac disease or have an established cardiac diagnosis, you're likely already regularly seeing a cardiologist. But what if you haven't? At what point should a cardiologist be a part of your healthcare team?  Cardiologist, Dr. Darius Farzad joins this podcast to answer this question and more. We discuss everything from how your lifestyle could be helping or hurting your heart health, the causes of heart disease, how to manage high cholesterol and the unassuming symptoms you need to be aware of that could be distress signals from your heart.  Listen and subscribe to the Living Well Podcast by Jefferson Health on your preferred players: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean. 

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We all have that little voice in our head that's constantly talking to us. Most of the time it's running silently, hitting you with mostly negative thoughts. Because you're not aware of it, those nasty messages may make you feel uneasy, unhappy, unconfident and unsure how to make the best of your life.     But there's another voice inside you, that loving voice that knows you're worthy of giving and receiving love. How to access that is the expertise of Integrative Well-Being Therapist Jamie Lerner. On this episode, she tells us how to trust that voice and find humor in our journey of self-improvement. Jamie talks about:·      Why it's good to laugh at ourselves·      The purpose of “repaving”·      The difference between self-love and selflessness·      The simple act that helps you believe in your self-worth·      Why procrastination is good for you!·      Which memories you should embrace and which to avoidWe all could use more ways to nurture our loving selves and you'll hear that and more in this thought-provoking episode of Dream Power Radio.     Jamie Lerner, co-author of the book The Ever-Loving Essence of You, can put a fresh spin on just about anything that anyone throws her way. Her unique and masterful ability to re-frame even the most difficult situations is astounding. All of a sudden, your biggest nightmare becomes your greatest pleasure as she lovingly helps you sift through the contrast and find that small opening of light that quickly becomes your greatest jumping off point for clarity. Unassuming, reassuring and seemingly without any sense of ego, Jamie Lerner is able to put everyone and everything at ease. Jamie Lerner is an asset to any corporate setting. She is easily able to untangle the issues at hand and move right along into helping facilitate a solution-based platform for creative, productive, good-feeling collaboration and change. Jamie Lerner can most often be seen working with adults, teens, children, and couples as well as with small groups. She never positions herself as the expert of anything and is always reminding you that it is you who knows best for yourself ALWAYS. Jamie is an Integrative Well-Being Therapist who resides in the Chicago area. Website: https://www.jamie-lerner.com/  Want more ways to find joy in your life? Check out my website thedreamcoach.net for information about my courses, blogs, books and ways to create a life you love.

On this episode we begin with Peripheral People surviving a Live Event Exploration. Needing burly men to build stages. The "Missing" at Large. Unassuming students and augmented plagiarism. Deprogramming epileptic willpower. The Role of Ministers. Following the vibrational grooves. Resurging secret histories in the New Dark Age. The Serpent Jaguar Priests. Bypassing semantics with multi-media communications. Exercising Dream and Memory to change your life. Running into Ponderosa Pine lessons. Getting unstuck from the floor. Sharing an ensemble of strangeness.    Then we move on to clear scenarios being the key to good communication. The Tempo of Psychic Metabolism. We go further into the Phonebooth to discuss the benefits and restrictions of fluidity and integrity. Judo Inversion Techniques. Feedback Belief Systems and Extrapolating Interiority. Leveraging the sentience of language. "The Ham Pounder Impersonators". Keeping personal records and studying your experiences. Deciphering dreams through emblem and ceremony (narrative). Pineneedle Complaints and Animal Statue Escapes.    Finally, we wrap up with dream resources being occluded by the near waking experience. Early Dreaming Moments. Tuning out the Waking Chatter. Being on orange alert to incoherent frameworks of consciousness. An interrupted pitch to Robert Redford on a bustling set. Thanks to Nick Searfoss for the summary!   (The picture for this episode requires a bit of explanation...it is allegedly a photo of the mythical "Loveland Frogman" peeking out of a river. It is episode-relevant.)

Lizzie Richardson is a runner from North Wales. She broke the women's record for the Paddy Buckley round in 2022, previously held by Jasmin Paris. Lizzie grew up in mid-Wales, with six sisters and had a very active childhood. At University she focussed on partying rather than running. In 2018 she supported her sister doing the Bob Graham round which planted a seed that she'd like to do a round of her own one day. This is the story of a normal woman doing amazing things. PLUS ! You'll hear Helen and Lowri Bowen talking about the practical side of taking on the Pan Celtic Race, what do you take, how much training do you need to do, how much planning is involved?You'll hear:05:00 What her childhood was like, growing up in rural mid-Wales.09:00 Her sister's Bob Graham round that sparked her interest in doing a round of her own one day .11:00 Signing up for a 75mile ultra on a whim, without doing much training. she finished first woman and second overall, despite doing it after a few too many rums the night before.16:00 How does she keep pushing herself during ultras and rounds?17:00 Lizzie explains what the Paddy Buckley is, how it works and what her experience of doing it was like. 23:00 How much training did Lizzie do for it? You might be surprised to hear the answer to this - lower volume, including speed work. Max 80-100km a week, only just before her taper. 27:00 How did the feel the morning of taking on the Paddy Buckley round and once she had completed it? 'The night before I was in bed and I told my husband I'm not doing it, I can't do it.' 32:00 Lizzie reveals she actually found out she was pregnant the week after doing the Paddy Buckley round, and she thinks she was 6 weeks pregnant when she did it. 35:00 Would Lizzie like to do more events and running when the time is right?37:00 Lizzie says she finds Jasmin Paris and other female running friends really inspiring about the realities of becoming and mum and running. 'sometimes you do measure yourself up against other people but everyone's experience is so different and I'm just trying to prepare my body as much as possible.'39:00 Lizzie opens up about her struggles with performance anxiety 'I'd be sick with nerves on the start line and it definitely holds me back. I'd perform so much better in a more relaxed setting.'44:00 Hear from Lowri Bowen and Helen as they reflect on the practicalities of taking on The Pan Celtic Race as a pair in 2023. What did they pack, how did they plan their race, what sort of training did they do?Find out more about this week's guest:More about the Paddy Buckley RoundLowri Bowen on TwitterPan Celtic Race websiteSponsor the Inside Tri Show team taking on THE ROC for MOVE CharityNicky Keay's Fuelling Your Health and Athletic Performance Like what you heard?Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons belowGET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on...

August 12th: Maryvale Serial Shooter Starts Killing (2015) Unassuming doesn't always mean safe. On August 12th 2015 the first of what would be many shootings took place in Phoenix, Arizona committed by a man who was described as sweet, unassuming, and forgettable.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Saucedo, https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/The_Maryvale_Serial_Shooter, https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/police-arrest-juan-saucedo-alleged-phoenix-serial-street-shooter-9314407, https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2021/04/29/trial-aaron-saucedo-phoenix-serial-street-shooter-case-delayed/4856540001/, https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/juan-martinez-death-penalty-aaron-saucedo-serial-street-shooter-9938277, https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/250157665-story?fbclid=IwAR1cFGi1STp1IGcIFnH9zdgofutwjDrwY830CWVfmdHUgwa5daYZTkk9Tsk

Minimizing the variance - Maximizing the VeracityWebsite: http://www.battle4freedom.comNetwork: https://www.mojo50.comStreaming: https://www.rumble.com/c/Battle4FreedomStreaming LIVE on RUMBLE @ https://rumble.com/v33t8qr-minimizing-the-variance-maximizing-the-veracity.htmlI have neither respect, nor an ear to give to anyone who has an unyielding position on a subject, but refuses to READ, RESEARCH, REASON, AND RECAPITULATE the data, REGARDLESS how copious/confusing!(yug)https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-12358513/tennis-star-Yibing-Wu-collapses-Citi-Open-DC-Wimbledon-breathing-problems.htmlShocking moment tennis star Yibing Wu collapses at Citi Open in DC weeks after Wimbledon breathing problemshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12356917/Scientists-discover-variant-proof-antibodies-neutralize-strain-Covid-virus-rates-tick-amid-late-summer-wave.htmlScientists discover 'variant-proof' antibodies that can neutralize every strain of Covid - as virus rates tick up across US amid 'late summer wave'https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12357073/Unassuming-warehouse-California-turns-illegal-Chinese-run-virus-laboratory-genetically-engineering-mice-experimenting-HIV-herpes-malaria.htmlUnassuming warehouse in California turns out to be illegal Chinese-run virus laboratory that was genetically engineering mice and experimenting with HIV, herpes and malariahttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12355735/Our-bears-real-Chinese-zoo-says-denying-humans-disguise.htmlBear-ly believable! Zoo is forced to deny its bears are 'humans in disguise' wearing elaborate costumes after video of the animals standing on two legs went viral in Chinahttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nba/article-12353973/LeBron-James-backed-Promise-School-delivers-discouraging-results-despite-8m-public-funding-revealed-NO-eighth-grade-student-passed-state-math-test-five-years.htmlLeBron James-backed 'I Promise School' delivers 'discouraging' results: NO eighth-grade student has passed state math test in three yearshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12358425/Memphis-cops-thwart-mass-shooting-Jewish-school-taking-former-student-armed-gun-fired-shots-tried-force-way-inside.htmlMemphis cops thwart mass shooting at Jewish school by taking down 'former student' armed with a gun as he fired shots and tried to force his way insidehttps://www.facebook.com/reel/1976122852750161Jeff Allen TestimonyParkside Church Morning Service Jude 25https://www.youtube.com/live/GhqswAedgMs?feature=shareA devout musing upon the subject of God!

Byron Lane's love affair with words is far from languishing. Winning two regional Emmy Awards for his time as a TV journalist, he went on to write for and appear on the stage and screen. Remember the odd but highly successful stage piece Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist? That was from his mind. Three years ago, he made the leap into novel writing with A Star is Bored, a fictional homage to his time working for Carrie Fisher, a master of words herself. The book barely hit the shelves as it was scooped up by critics and readers alike. It was a smashing success. It made the top book lists for People, Town & Country, Harper's Bazaar, Parade Magazine, New York Times Review, USA Today, and the NY Post, with the list going on and on – not to mention the social media frenzy it stirred with celebs from the LGBTQ world and beyond touting his book. We had the honor of chatting with him as his debut novel was released. That's when we fell in love with the man behind the keyboard. Unassuming and soft-spoken, he is a force of optimistic and infectious energy. He is what his books promote – sincere love and affection. He somehow turns the conversation around, asking how you are and what you are going through to the point you don't know if the conversation will result in laughs or tears with it most times having a bit of both.This summer, he's back with his sophomore novel, Big Gay Wedding: A Novel. Already a hit lauded literally everywhere, it centers on a gay man's journey back to his small-town home – with whom he visits with his fiancé. The two decide to get married on his childhood farm, despite the pushback from conservative townsfolk and gasp! even his own mother. The book is beautifully written, and it is not only very funny, but also deeply emotional as it focuses on getting older, unconditional love, and even grief.In this episode, we talk about his new book, married life, how he captures his characters so well, the balance of comedy in drama (even in real life), dealing with cancer, noticing the beauty in everything, dealing with loss, forgiving those who don't accept us, the need to be super gay, building bridges with “the other side,” what's up ahead for Byron, his Pride message to the community, and more! Hosted by Alexander Rodriguez.You can catch our in-depth conversation with Byron in the Pride issue of Metrosource, now on newsstands or at Metrosource.com. Follow everything Byron at ByronLane.com.

Happy Spooky Wednesday, one and all! This week we're heading to the east coast to talk about historic locations, famous authors, literary puns, and ghosts galore! Kala is covering the Westminster Hall & Burying Grounds in Baltimore, MD. This cemetery is known for being the final resting place of Edgar Allen Poe, along with many war veterans and politicians throughout history. It could have ended up like every other cemetery, except they decided to build a church right in the middle of it... right on top of graves! Combine that fact with grave robbing, cadaver stealing, and children playing with skulls, and you've got the perfect recipe for a haunting. Brittany discusses The House of Death in New York City, NY. This unassuming building looks like many others in the neighborhood, and it is famous for being the one-time home of Mark Twain. It would seem that is the only #funfact about that house, and everything else is an un-fun fact. Now converted into apartments, death seems to have occurred on every floor, and they've got the ghosts to prove it. From the bedrooms to the bathrooms to the stairwells, there's no escape. The question is: Even if you could afford to rent this Greenwich Village location, should you?  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leftofskeptic/support

Recorded: April 2, 2023 / Published: June 27, 2023 You can text your questions and comments to 865-268-4005 or visit the Krypt at https://kuldrinskrypt.com. In this episode, we are helping everyone feel more comfortable in their own skin by explaining why being kinky is not only normal but typical.Rules to Love By: (https://inclusionwoodworks.com)1: Safe, sane, consensual, and informed2: KNKI: Knowledge, No Intolerance, Kindness, Integrity3: “Submission is not about authority and it's not about obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.” -Wm. Paul Young“Kinky isn't just Normal it's Typical-S05E02”“Why You May Not Be as Kinky As You Think”04/03/2023 by Justin Lehmillerhttps://areomagazine.com/2023/03/04/why-you-may-not-be-as-kinky-as-you-think/Important Links:Full show notes: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/502National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255NCSF Kink Aware Professionals: https://www.kapprofessionals.orghttps://kuldrinskrypt.com/silentcommunicationhttps://KuldrinsKrypt.com/surveyhttps://kuldrinskrypt.com/TeePublicShow Producers:Become a show producer: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/Patreon Make a one-time donation: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/PayPal Snail mail a donation or gift:Kuldrin Entertainment, LLC257 N. Calderwood Rd. #168Alcoa, TN 37701Benefactor ($2,000/month):- Pro Producer ($100/month):- Master Producer ($50/month): Buffalo_Max92- Executive Producer ($25/month) Master Gabriel, ShadowyFox, JunicornsAngel, Johnny Ferrell, Haru Webb, Rei Webb, Maxi, Nix_09, DarlingTN and Sarge, and OnceUponATime81- Sr. Producers ($10/month): Trouble113, ThatPlace: Oklahoma City, Alexandria, babylove&T-Rex, Knot_the_Daddy, Daddy Steve, KJ, Atsila, UpstateScCouple, Crystal Force, PerfectlyThick, Saviy, SubmissiveKay, TrinityFae, Iamar Kinhawk, and DarkDiamond- Producers ($5/month): Kainsin, Hadea, MBRpoodle, Baddogbad & Subx13, Arctic Foxglove, Katnipmeow, WyldThyme & Deacon Sean, CheeryQuery, Just_Call_Me_Ash, Ropestuff2, Rabbit, BurningRedHot, Sir Wolf ArchAngel, Jon Shaw, Frozen Moron, Sekhmets_Shadow, Grizzled Yeti & Yoza, FetishArtist, SirBNice, Katie, Kitten399, Koitsukihime(AD), Artemis, Neon, Black Angel, Sir RJ Recife, Officer Davis, Finn, Unassuming_dude, Arden Solace, Pepa, KinkyJay, Daddy's Princess- Jr. Producers ($1/month): K-2SO, Morgana13, CIVLdisobedience, Rope Aficionado, Gator & Gizmo, Lexa, Ashley, Meg, Dan & Dawn from Erotic Awakening Podcast, Black as Blood, and AstridinchainsVendors I know, like, trust, and use: (None of these are paid sponsors of the podcast.)- http://bdsmcontracts.org Coupon code: kuldrin20 for a 20% discount on all purchases.- http://whippingstripes.com - My personal maker of most things leather and paracord impact toys.- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TorridTimber - Fine fetish furniture and accessories- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCraftyHedonist- Tink's Toys Fb Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2350280868612699 Fetlife Profile: https://fetlife.com/users/9885653?sp=3 *coupon for listeners (first purchase only) TinksToys13- Dark Delights Shops: https://darkdelightsshop.com/ (Watch my product review of them: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/DarkDelightsShop)Contact info:Email: MasterKuldrin@gmail.comFetlife Group: https://fetlife.com/groups/159275Twitter: @MasterKuldrin https://twitter.com/MasterKuldrinPatreon: kuldrinskrypt https://www.patreon.com/KuldrinsKrypt

Recorded: March 19, 2023 / Published: June 21, 2023 - Welcome to Kuldrin's Krypt. I'm your host Mayfair. Kuldrin is still out recovering from surgery. If you are new to the show we use our combined 35 years of BDSM experience and Kuldrin's 20 years working in the psychology field to dispel myths, get rid of stereotypes, and answer your questions about BDSM. You can text your questions and comments to 865-268-4005 or visit the Krypt at https://kuldrinskrypt.com. -In this episode, while Master Kuldrin is still recovering from his surgery Mayfair and Junicornsangel will be taking over. We asked our Discord Group group what questions they have for a submissives-only show. So chat room, get your question ready for Juni and me! Rules to Love By: (https://inclusionwoodworks.com)1: Safe, sane, consensual, and informed2: KNKI: Knowledge, No Intolerance, Kindness, Integrity3: “Submission is not about authority and it's not about obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.” -Wm. Paul Young-“Things Only submissives Know-S05E01”Mayfair Intro,Juni Intro Update on Kuldrin's Recovery As we ask questions of each other, we invite the chat room to participate with their answers, and any questions they want to ask, as well!Favorite scene with KuldrinMayfair's- 1st scene together, possibly the closest I was to frenzy, I was so caught up in the moment I didn't want it to end. Juni's- 1st scene - discovery of my Primal side or Humiliation scene that led to my understanding of why I like that kind of play.Funniest or most awkward moment in mid scene Mayfair's- While it wasn't a scene, the day I got my nipples pierced, the piercing lady told me “Good Girl” after she completed the 2nd one. I immediately looked at Kuldrin, I know my face asked was she allowed to say that?! He laughed and said well she did just top you so to speak its ok and you were a Good Girl. Juni's- snot bubbles! Tears, drool, sweat, all okay, but trying to keep the nose from dripping! ( And arousal.. Awkward for me!)We asked our fellow Kryptors for suggestions about what they'd like us to talk about, & here were some of the suggestions: How would you like to be approached on FL? Neither one of us receives that many messages, but what would the right approach be for you? Frenzy; crazy things we've seen while people are in frenzy (side note: this was presented as “sub”frenzy, and I have some thoughts on that!) Favorite things (songs on your kink playlist, favorite kink furniture, favorite kink implement, something unexpected about kinksters that you've learned, Favorite Kuldrin's Krypt episode - chat room participation would be great for all of these!) Important Links:Full show notes: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/501National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255NCSF Kink Aware Professionals: https://www.kapprofessionals.org https://kuldrinskrypt.com/silentcommunication https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/survey https://kuldrinskrypt.com/TeePublic Show Producers:Become a show producer: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/Patreon Make a one-time donation: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/PayPal Snail mail a donation or gift:Kuldrin Entertainment, LLC257 N. Calderwood Rd. #168Alcoa, TN 37701Benefactor ($2,000/month): - Pro Producer ($100/month): - Master Producer ($50/month): Buffalo_Max92- Executive Producer ($25/month) Master Gabriel, ShadowyFox, JunicornsAngel, Johnny Ferrell, Haru Webb, Rei Webb, Maxi, Nix_09, DarlingTN and Sarge, and OnceUponATime81- Sr. Producers ($10/month): Trouble113, ThatPlace: Oklahoma City, Alexandria, babylove&T-Rex, Knot_the_Daddy, Daddy Steve, KJ, Atsila, UpstateScCouple, Crystal Force, PerfectlyThick, Saviy, SubmissiveKay, TrinityFae, Iamar Kinhawk, and DarkDiamond- Producers ($5/month): Kainsin, Hadea, MBRpoodle, Baddogbad & Subx13, Arctic Foxglove, Katnipmeow, WyldThyme & Deacon Sean, CheeryQuery, Just_Call_Me_Ash, Ropestuff2, Rabbit, BurningRedHot, Sir Wolf ArchAngel, Jon Shaw, Frozen Moron, Sekhmets_Shadow, Grizzled Yeti & Yoza, FetishArtist, SirBNice, Katie, Kitten399, Koitsukihime(AD), Artemis, Neon, Black Angel, Sir RJ Recife, Officer Davis, Finn, Unassuming_dude, Arden Solace, Pepa, KinkyJay, Daddy's Princess- Jr. Producers ($1/month): K-2SO, Morgana13, CIVLdisobedience, Rope Aficionado, Gator & Gizmo, Lexa, Ashley, Meg, Dan & Dawn from Erotic Awakening Podcast, Black as Blood, and AstridinchainsVendors I know, like, trust, and use: (None of these are paid sponsors of the podcast.)- http://bdsmcontracts.org Coupon code: kuldrin20 for a 20% discount on all purchases.- http://whippingstripes.com - My personal maker of most things leather and paracord impact toys.- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TorridTimber - Fine fetish furniture and accessories- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCraftyHedonist - Tink's Toys Fb Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2350280868612699 Fetlife Profile: https://fetlife.com/users/9885653?sp=3 *coupon for listeners (first purchase only) TinksToys13- Dark Delights Shops: https://darkdelightsshop.com/ (Watch my product review of them: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/DarkDelightsShop)Contact info:Email: MasterKuldrin@gmail.comFetlife Group: https://fetlife.com/groups/159275Twitter: @MasterKuldrin https://twitter.com/MasterKuldrinPatreon: kuldrinskrypt https://www.patreon.com/KuldrinsKrypt

Recorded: Feb. 19, 2023 / Published: June 16, 2023 - Text your questions and comments to 865-268-4005 or visit the Krypt at https://kuldrinskrypt.com. - In this episode, I am fading off to the background as Dawn from Erotic Awakening Podcast takes over as moderator for a submissives roundtable with Mayfair, junicornangel, and sub_x13.. - Rules to Love By: (https://inclusionwoodworks.com)1: Safe, sane, consensual, and informed2: KNKI: Knowledge, No Intolerance, Kindness, Integrity3: “Submission is not about authority and it's not about obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.” -Wm. Paul Young- “Submissive Roundtable #2-S04E52”Mayfair85 (https://fetlife.com/users/5147394)junicornsAngel (https://fetlife.com/users/8828974)Sub_X13 (https://fetlife.com/users/10968318)Moderated by Dawn from Erotic Awakening Podcast https://www.eroticawakening.com/ Panel Members:Important Links:Full show notes: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/452National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255NCSF Kink Aware Professionals: https://www.kapprofessionals.org https://kuldrinskrypt.com/silentcommunication https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/survey https://kuldrinskrypt.com/TeePublic Show Producers:Become a show producer: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/Patreon Make a one-time donation: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/PayPal Snail mail a donation or gift:Kuldrin Entertainment, LLC257 N. Calderwood Rd. #168Alcoa, TN 37701- Benefactor ($2,000/month): - Pro Producer ($100/month): - Master Producer ($50/month): Buffalo_Max92- Executive Producer ($25/month) Master Gabriel, ShadowyFox, JunicornsAngel, Johnny Ferrell, Haru Webb, Rei Webb, Maxi, Nix_09, DarlingTN and Sarge, and OnceUponATime81- Sr. Producers ($10/month): Trouble113, ThatPlace: Oklahoma City, Alexandria, babylove&T-Rex, Knot_the_Daddy, Daddy Steve, KJ, Atsila, UpstateScCouple, Crystal Force, PerfectlyThick, Saviy, SubmissiveKay, TrinityFae, Iamar Kinhawk, and DarkDiamond- Producers ($5/month): Kainsin, Hadea, MBRpoodle, Baddogbad & Subx13, Arctic Foxglove, Katnipmeow, WyldThyme & Deacon Sean, CheeryQuery, Just_Call_Me_Ash, Ropestuff2, Rabbit, BurningRedHot, Sir Wolf ArchAngel, Jon Shaw, Frozen Moron, Sekhmets_Shadow, Grizzled Yeti & Yoza, FetishArtist, SirBNice, Katie, Kitten399, Koitsukihime(AD), Artemis, Neon, Black Angel, Sir RJ Recife, Officer Davis, Finn, Unassuming_dude, Arden Solace, Pepa, KinkyJay, Daddy's Princess- Jr. Producers ($1/month): K-2SO, Morgana13, CIVLdisobedience, Rope Aficionado, Gator & Gizmo, Lexa, Ashley, Meg, Dan & Dawn from Erotic Awakening Podcast, Black as Blood, and AstridinchainsVendors I know, like, trust, and use: (None of these are paid sponsors of the podcast.)- http://bdsmcontracts.org Coupon code: kuldrin20 for a 20% discount on all purchases.- http://whippingstripes.com - My personal maker of most things leather and paracord impact toys.- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TorridTimber - Fine fetish furniture and accessories- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCraftyHedonist - Tink's Toys Fb Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2350280868612699 Fetlife Profile: https://fetlife.com/users/9885653?sp=3 *coupon for listeners (first purchase only) TinksToys13- Dark Delights Shops: https://darkdelightsshop.com/ (Watch my product review of them: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/DarkDelightsShop)Contact info:Email: MasterKuldrin@gmail.comFetlife Group: https://fetlife.com/groups/159275Twitter: @MasterKuldrin https://twitter.com/MasterKuldrinPatreon: kuldrinskrypt https://www.patreon.com/KuldrinsKrypt

Recorded: Feb 5, 2023 / Published: June 10, 2023 - Text your questions and comments to 865-268-4005 or visit the Krypt at https://kuldrinskrypt.com.- In this episode Mayfair and I are addressing a listener question about what to do when you catch the feels for a play partner.- Rules to Love By: (https://inclusionwoodworks.com)1: Safe, sane, consensual, and informed2: KNKI: Knowledge, No Intolerance, Kindness, Integrity3: “Submission is not about authority and it's not about obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.” -Wm. Paul Young- “Catching the Feels for a Playpartner-S04E51”Anonymous writes:Hello Kuldrin!First, let me say that your podcast is a treasure trove! I just recently entered the BDSM community, and your podcast has been an amazing help!Question: Have you done an episode on catching the feels for play partners? I am in a monogamous marriage but we just started playing with others. I have kind of become infatuated with my first and so far only "extramarital" play partner. Lucky for me he lives 3 hours away and all signs point to the feelings not being mutual.We plan on seeing him again and probably playing with them.I don't like how easily I developed the feels for him. First time I've had this experience in over 20 years and I'm not sure how to process it. We barely spent any time with them, so it isn't any deeper than sexual attraction, I think.So long story short, do you have an episode that addresses this?Thanks!My response:Important Links:Full show notes: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/451National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255NCSF Kink Aware Professionals: https://www.kapprofessionals.orghttps://kuldrinskrypt.com/silentcommunicationhttps://KuldrinsKrypt.com/surveyhttps://kuldrinskrypt.com/TeePublicShow Producers:Become a show producer: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/Patreon Make a one-time donation: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/PayPal Snail mail a donation or gift:Kuldrin Entertainment, LLC257 N. Calderwood Rd. #168Alcoa, TN 37701- Benefactor ($2,000/month):- Pro Producer ($100/month):- Master Producer ($50/month): Buffalo_Max92- Executive Producer ($25/month) Master Gabriel, ShadowyFox, JunicornsAngel, Johnny Ferrell, Haru Webb, Rei Webb, Maxi, Nix_09, DarlingTN and Sarge, and OnceUponATime81- Sr. Producers ($10/month): Trouble113, ThatPlace: Oklahoma City, Alexandria, babylove&T-Rex, Knot_the_Daddy, Daddy Steve, KJ, Atsila, UpstateScCouple, Crystal Force, PerfectlyThick, Saviy, SubmissiveKay, TrinityFae, Iamar Kinhawk, and DarkDiamond- Producers ($5/month): Kainsin, Hadea, MBRpoodle, Baddogbad & Subx13, Arctic Foxglove, Katnipmeow, WyldThyme & Deacon Sean, CheeryQuery, Just_Call_Me_Ash, Ropestuff2, Rabbit, BurningRedHot, Sir Wolf ArchAngel, Jon Shaw, Frozen Moron, Sekhmets_Shadow, Grizzled Yeti & Yoza, FetishArtist, SirBNice, Katie, Kitten399, Koitsukihime(AD), Artemis, Neon, Black Angel, Sir RJ Recife, Officer Davis, Finn, Unassuming_dude, Arden Solace, Pepa, KinkyJay, Daddy's Princess- Jr. Producers ($1/month): K-2SO, Morgana13, CIVLdisobedience, Rope Aficionado, Gator & Gizmo, Lexa, Ashley, Meg, Dan & Dawn from Erotic Awakening Podcast, Black as Blood, and AstridinchainsVendors I know, like, trust, and use: (None of these are paid sponsors of the podcast.)- http://bdsmcontracts.org Coupon code: kuldrin20 for a 20% discount on all purchases.- http://whippingstripes.com - My personal maker of most things leather and paracord impact toys.- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TorridTimber - Fine fetish furniture and accessories- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCraftyHedonist- Tink's Toys Fb Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2350280868612699 Fetlife Profile: https://fetlife.com/users/9885653?sp=3 *coupon for listeners (first purchase only) TinksToys13- Dark Delights Shops: https://darkdelightsshop.com/ (Watch my product review of them: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/DarkDelightsShop)Contact info:Email: MasterKuldrin@gmail.comFetlife Group: https://fetlife.com/groups/159275Twitter: @MasterKuldrin https://twitter.com/MasterKuldrinPatreon: kuldrinskrypt https://www.patreon.com/KuldrinsKrypt

Recorded: January 15, 2023 / Published: June 2, 2023 - Text your questions and comments to 865-268-4005 or visit the Krypt at https://kuldrinskrypt.com. - In this week's episode Master Gabriel is back for a visit to talk about some listener questions regarding contracts, KinkTok, and a few other things.- Rules to Love By: (https://inclusionwoodworks.com)1: Safe, sane, consensual, and informed2: KNKI: Knowledge, No Intolerance, Kindness, Integrity3: “Submission is not about authority and it's not about obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.” -Wm. Paul Young- “Contracts, Kink Tok, and More w/ Master Gabriel-S04E50”Trinityfae: (A) Revising and revisiting. (B) Building up and growing a smaller community.Trouble113: What's the best/safest way to get back into BDSM if you have been out for a long time? And what to avoid.Ariel: "Is he going to be restarting The event called Gentleman in Charge (I think it's called)? I had heard great things about it, but never got to participate in it because of Covid."babylove: kink-tok- has he seen an increase in new people because of kink-tok/pandemic kink?Trinityfae: That's a good one! How he feels about it in general. Are there creators he feels are actually decent?House Standards Topics:What is the difference between Discipline and Punishment. When is it appropriate to discipline? When is it appropriate to punish?What are "Honorifics" and "Titles" are. When are each commonly used in the community?What is the difference between communication during a scene and "Topping from the bottom."Important Links:Full show notes: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/450National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255NCSF Kink Aware Professionals: https://www.kapprofessionals.org https://kuldrinskrypt.com/silentcommunication https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/survey https://kuldrinskrypt.com/TeePublic Show Producers:Become a show producer: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/Patreon Make a one-time donation: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/PayPal Snail mail a donation or gift:Kuldrin Entertainment, LLC257 N. Calderwood Rd. #168Alcoa, TN 37701 - Benefactor ($2,000/month): - Pro Producer ($100/month): - Master Producer ($50/month): Buffalo_Max92- Executive Producer ($25/month) Master Gabriel, ShadowyFox, JunicornsAngel, Johnny Ferrell, Haru Webb, Rei Webb, Maxi, Nix_09, DarlingTN and Sarge, and OnceUponATime81(Special shout-out: I heard you got your shit and was wearing it with pride to the Dungeon!)- Sr. Producers ($10/month): Trouble113, ThatPlace: Oklahoma City, Alexandria, babylove&T-Rex, Knot_the_Daddy, Daddy Steve, Sir Pent, KJ, Atsila, UpstateScCouple, Crystal Force, PerfectlyThick, Saviy, SubmissiveKay, TrinityFae, Iamar Kinhawk, and DarkDiamond- Producers ($5/month): Kainsin, Hadea, MBRpoodle, Baddogbad & Subx13, Arctic Foxglove, Katnipmeow, WyldThyme & Deacon Sean, CheeryQuery, Just_Call_Me_Ash, Ropestuff2, Rabbit, BurningRedHot, Sir Wolf ArchAngel, Jon Shaw, Frozen Moron, Sekhmets_Shadow, Grizzled Yeti & Yoza, FetishArtist, SirBNice, Katie, Kitten399, Koitsukihime(AD), Artemis, Neon, Black Angel, Sir RJ Recife, Officer Davis, Finn, Unassuming_dude, Arden Solace, Pepa, KinkyJay, Daddy's Princess- Jr. Producers ($1/month): K-2SO, Morgana13, CIVLdisobedience, Rope Aficionado, Gator & Gizmo, Lexa, Ashley, Meg, Dan & Dawn from Erotic Awakening Podcast, Black as Blood, and AstridinchainsVendors I know, like, trust, and use: (None of these are paid sponsors of the podcast.)- http://bdsmcontracts.org Coupon code: kuldrin20 for a 20% discount on all purchases.- http://whippingstripes.com - My personal maker of most things leather and paracord impact toys.- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TorridTimber - Fine fetish furniture and accessories- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCraftyHedonist - Tink's Toys Fb Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2350280868612699 Fetlife Profile: https://fetlife.com/users/9885653?sp=3 *coupon for listeners (first purchase only) TinksToys13- Dark Delights Shops: https://darkdelightsshop.com/ (Watch my product review of them: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/DarkDelightsShop)Contact info:Email: MasterKuldrin@gmail.comFetlife Group: https://fetlife.com/groups/159275Twitter: @MasterKuldrin https://twitter.com/MasterKuldrinPatreon: kuldrinskrypt https://www.patreon.com/KuldrinsKrypt

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Recorded: Dec 18, 2022 / Published: May 28, 2023 - Text your questions and comments to 865-268-4005 or visit the Krypt at https://kuldrinskrypt.com.- In this week's episode we are talking about Dark Communities, Yucking Yums, & Sensualists. Plus, there will be a bonus conversation about D/s and M/s communication that comes from a listener question.- Rules to Love By: (https://inclusionwoodworks.com)1: Safe, sane, consensual, and informed2: KNKI: Knowledge, No Intolerance, Kindness, Integrity3: “Submission is not about authority and it's not about obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.” -Wm. Paul Young- “Dark Communities, Yucking Yums, & Sensualists-S04E49”A shout-out to Matt for asking me about these things!What are “Dark Communities”?What is up with the saying “don't yuck someone else's yum”?Since nearly everything we do in the world of BDSM makes a person feel something either physically, mentally, emotionally, or any combination of them, what is a sensualist?Bonus Topic:I've gone back to the very beginning of the podcast and started from episode one.The one question I have about communicating in an M/s dynamic when speaking is restricted is about emergency situations. If the slave gets burned or cut in the kitchen making dinner or out doing yard work can they ask for help by yelling that they've been hurt and need assistance? Or will they get in trouble for not following protocol despite the injury?Important Links:Full show notes: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/449National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255NCSF Kink Aware Professionals: https://www.kapprofessionals.orghttps://kuldrinskrypt.com/silentcommunicationhttps://KuldrinsKrypt.com/surveyhttps://kuldrinskrypt.com/TeePublicShow Producers:Become a show producer: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/Patreon Make a one-time donation: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/PayPal Snail mail a donation or gift:Kuldrin Entertainment, LLC257 N. Calderwood Rd. #168Alcoa, TN 37701- Benefactor ($2,000/month):- Pro Producer ($100/month):- Master Producer ($50/month): Buffalo_Max92- Executive Producer ($25/month) Master Gabriel, ShadowyFox, JunicornsAngel, Johnny Ferrell, Haru Webb, Rei Webb, Maxi, Nix_09, DarlingTN and Sarge, and OnceUponATime81(Special shout-out: I heard you got your shit and was wearing it with pride to the Dungeon!)- Sr. Producers ($10/month): Trouble113, ThatPlace: Oklahoma City, Alexandria, babylove&T-Rex, Knot_the_Daddy, Daddy Steve, Sir Pent, KJ, Atsila, UpstateScCouple, Crystal Force, PerfectlyThick, Saviy, SubmissiveKay, TrinityFae, and Iamar Kinhawk- Producers ($5/month): Kainsin, Hadea, MBRpoodle, Baddogbad & Subx13, Arctic Foxglove, Katnipmeow, WyldThyme & Deacon Sean, CheeryQuery, Just_Call_Me_Ash, Ropestuff2, Rabbit, BurningRedHot, Sir Wolf ArchAngel, Jon Shaw, Frozen Moron, Sekhmets_Shadow, Grizzled Yeti & Yoza, FetishArtist, SirBNice, Katie, Kitten399, Koitsukihime(AD), Artemis, Neon, Black Angel, Sir RJ Recife, Officer Davis, Finn, Unassuming_dude, Arden Solace, Pepa, KinkyJay, Daddy's Princess- Jr. Producers ($1/month): K-2SO, Morgana13, CIVLdisobedience, Rope Aficionado, Gator & Gizmo, Lexa, Ashley, Meg, Dan & Dawn from Erotic Awakening Podcast, and Black as BloodVendors I know, like, trust, and use: (None of these are paid sponsors of the podcast.)- http://bdsmcontracts.org Coupon code: kuldrin20 for a 20% discount on all purchases.- http://whippingstripes.com - My personal maker of most things leather and paracord impact toys.- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TorridTimber - Fine fetish furniture and accessories- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCraftyHedonist- Dark Delights Shops: https://darkdelightsshop.com/ (Watch my product review of them: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/DarkDelightsShop)Contact info:Email: MasterKuldrin@gmail.comFetlife Group: https://fetlife.com/groups/159275Twitter: @MasterKuldrin https://twitter.com/MasterKuldrinPatreon: kuldrinskrypt https://www.patreon.com/KuldrinsKrypt

Recorded: 12/04/2022 / Published: May/20/2023- Text in your questions and comments to 865-268-4005 or visit the Krypt at https://kuldrinskrypt.com.- In this week's episode we are joined by _Rhiannon_ of ShadowWeaversEDU to talk about Coercive Control.- Rules to Love By: (https://inclusionwoodworks.com)1: Safe, sane, consensual, and informed2: KNKI: Knowledge, No Intolerance, Kindness, Integrity3: “Submission is not about authority and it's not about obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.” -Wm. Paul Young- “Coercive Control with Shadow Weavers EDU-S04E48”Rhiannon is a 31 year old Indigenous woman living in Upstate New York with her Master and two cats. She has been a 24/7 slave in the BDSM community since 2015. While serving she also worked as a Pro-Domme online and in person for the same amount of time. In 2021 Rhiannon took over as Co-Director of MAst Rochester- a chapter of the international organization, Masters and slaves together. This organization historically was founded by members of the gay leather community and seeks to help those who are interested in learning more about power-exchange within the lifestyle and authority based relationships. Rhiannon has been leading workshops and BDSM 101 presentations for about 3 years now. She has filled many roles within her submission from babygirl, to slave, to human house pet and identifies as a divine concubine to honor her sacred sexuality within her current dynamic.In addition to her lifestyle experience, Rhiannon has worked with adults who have severe and persistent mental illness for 8 years. She has served that community in many positions from residential and peer counseling, to apartment programs that seek to help those with mental illness maintain their independence. Rhiannon has worked with a variety of individuals living with mental illness from schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, PTSD and substance use disorder as well as those with neurodivergence and those fleeing domestic violence. She hopes to serve as an example of a person with mental illness successfully engaging in BDSM to those in the community seeking acceptance and fighting the stigma, as she also lives with bipolar disorder and PTSD. Aside from her professional background, Rhiannon also is a survivor of domestic violence and of coercive control. That being said, she is NOT a licensed clinician or therapist or a substitute for professional services.To hear more about her services and groups: https://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2022-archive/459---rhiannon-shadow-weave.htmlShadowWeaversEDU Bio and History:Shadow-Weavers Coaching and Lifestyle Education is a freelance Kinky Education Academy. Here you can sign up for online workshops, join a book club committed to studying the lifestyle, and get connected with a community of individuals who are passionate about BDSM.Shadow Weaver's offers individual coaching sessions for those who need advice, support, or help leaving and healing after a difficult dynamic. Her services are geared toward the following issues:-D/s dynamic struggles and advice-Submissive Support-Mentoring-Coping with a difficult D/s-Resolving Conflict within D/s-Identifying your unique roles and interests-Recovery Support from Coercive Control and Personality Cults-Vetting Support and Negotiations-Drop or Frenzy Support-Gender/sexual orientation and the lifestyle-Mental Illness and the lifestyleCoercive Control Defined:Domestic abuse isn't always physical. Coercive control is an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim. This controlling behavior is designed to make a person dependent by isolating them from support, exploiting them, depriving them of independence and regulating their everyday behavior. Coercive control creates invisible chains and a sense of fear that pervades all elements of a victim's life. It works to limit their human rights by depriving them of their liberty and reducing their ability for action. Experts like Evan Stark liken coercive control to being taken hostage. As he says: “the victim becomes captive in an unreal world created by the abuser, entrapped in a world of confusion, contradiction and fear.”Source: https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/what-is-domestic-abuse/coercive-control/Examples and how to recognize it:Behavior ControlInformation ControlThought ControlEmotional ControlImportant Links:Full show notes: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/448National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255NCSF Kink Aware Professionals: https://www.kapprofessionals.org https://kuldrinskrypt.com/silentcommunication https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/survey https://kuldrinskrypt.com/TeePublic Show Producers:Become a show producer: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/Patreon Make a one-time donation: https://KuldrinsKrypt.com/PayPal Snail mail a donation or gift:Kuldrin Entertainment, LLC257 N. Calderwood Rd. #168Alcoa, TN 37701Benefactor ($2,000/month): - Pro Producer ($100/month): - Master Producer ($50/month): Buffalo_Max92- Executive Producer ($25/month) Master Gabriel, ShadowyFox, JunicornsAngel, Johnny Ferrell, Haru Webb, Rei Webb, Maxi, Nix_09, DarlingTN and Sarge, and OnceUponATime81- Sr. Producers ($10/month): Trouble113, ThatPlace: Oklahoma City, RoxieBear, Alexandria, babylove&T-Rex, Knot_the_Daddy, Daddy Steve, Sir Pent, KJ, Atsila, UpstateScCouple, Crystal Force, PerfectlyThick, Saviy, Mr. Byond, CurtainCall, SubmissiveKay, TrinityFae, and Iamar Kinhawk- Producers ($5/month): Kainsin, Hadea, MBRpoodle, Baddogbad & Subx13, Arctic Foxglove, Katnipmeow, WyldThyme & Deacon Sean, CheeryQuery, Just_Call_Me_Ash, Ropestuff2, Rabbit, BurningRedHot, Sir Wolf ArchAngel, Jon Shaw, Frozen Moron, Sekhmets_Shadow, Grizzled Yeti & Yoza, FetishArtist, SirBNice, Katie, Kitten399, Koitsukihime(AD), Artemis, Neon, Dan & Dawn from Erotic Awakening Podcast, Black Angel, Sir RJ Recife, Officer Davis, Finn, Unassuming_dude, Arden Solace, Pepa, KinkyJay, Daddy's Princess- Jr. Producers ($1/month): K-2SO, Morgana13, CIVLdisobedience, Rope Aficionado, Gator & Gizmo, Lexa, Ashley, and MegVendors I know, like, trust, and use: (None of these are paid sponsors of the podcast.- http://bdsmcontracts.org Coupon code: kuldrin20 for a 20% discount on all purchases.- http://whippingstripes.com - My personal maker of most things leather and paracord impact toys.- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TorridTimber - Fine fetish furniture and accessories- https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCraftyHedonist - Tink's Toys Fb Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2350280868612699 Fetlife Profile: https://fetlife.com/users/9885653?sp=3 *coupon for listeners (first purchase only) TinksToys13- Dark Delights Shops: https://darkdelightsshop.com/ (Watch my product review of them: https://kuldrinskrypt.com/DarkDelightsShop) Contact info:Email: MasterKuldrin@gmail.comFetlife Group: https://fetlife.com/groups/159275Twitter: @MasterKuldrin https://twitter.com/MasterKuldrinPatreon: kuldrinskrypt https://www.patreon.com/KuldrinsKrypt