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07/24/2006 20:56 #28433
yesterday tomarow07/22/2006 14:29 #28432
swingingCategory: sex
At swinging convention, sex is on everyone's mind By Adam Tanner
1 hour, 21 minutes ago
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Vera Rhodes has come a long way from her conservative upbringing in Pennsylvania's Amish community.
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There she was a virgin until she married at age 30. Now, she is an enthusiastic 54-year-old member of the millions-strong "swinging" community who speaks openly of her encounters with multiple sexual partners.
"Last night it was really special," said Rhodes, who is divorced and makes a living giving massages in the Midwestern state of Iowa. "There was a couple from Mexico, a couple from Virginia and a couple from Ireland, from Australia."
"I like to participate in life as much as possible," she said with a broad smile.
Rhodes was among some 3,000 people gathered on Saturday at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas for the annual Lifestyles conference, a five-day, $700-per-couple event (377-pounds-per-couple) that offers a mix of seminars, socializing and sex.
Early on Saturday, Rhodes was back for more, joining the action in a suite where more than a dozen couples were having sex.
The conference organizer, Robert McGinley, 72, president of The Lifestyles Organisation, estimates that there are 3 million swingers in the United States alone. He founded his group in 1969 and began holding the annual conferences in the 1970s.
He said his firm brings in millions of dollars in annual sales from organizing tours to swinger-friendly resorts, Internet sites and from conferences. The Las Vegas event is the largest annual U.S. swinging event, he said.
"The lifestyles community is rapidly expanding," he said. "It's an expanding economic powerhouse."
MOSTLY MIDDLE-AGED
The crowd at the Stardust appeared mostly middle-aged and middle-class. And many were nowhere near as active as Rhodes. Organizers estimated that perhaps 40 percent of the couples were attending their first conference.
"I'm still thinking about it; we've been monogamous for 26 years," said one middle-aged newcomer from Palm Springs, California, who said she was raised a Roman Catholic.
At one seminar, several women were overcome as the presenter demonstrated a sexual device -- one passed out in the packed room.
For all their enthusiasm, few of the swingers tell family and friends about their hobby.
"Socially, we're pariahs," said Drew Alexander, 40, who attended with this wife Tina, 38. "We're behaving in a way that's completely against the ingrained Catholic values."
Another couple did not want their names printed but were far from shy. They made love early on Saturday in the hospitality suites where couples wandered from room to room to watch the action at close range. They emerged from their experience beaming, saying seeing others sparked more passion.
One attendee who stayed completely on the sidelines was the man behind the event.
"I've never been a big swinger, that's not the point," McGinley said. "What I would like to do is bring a new understanding of sexuality in our lives and our relationships."
I thought it was a decent article. I think that if I had a cool girl that I would have no reason to swing. However that being said I think I really might like it. I think there is something powerfull in the fact that some else is willing to let you have sex with your girl and vice versa and that both people know that there women are happy enough with them that there is no chance of leaving them. It is also a way to spice things up and have fun and experiment. That being said I don't know if I could really do that. In theory I could. But often what one has the courage to do in therory isn't that easy to really do. Basicly everyone is strangers and you are not only trusting your partner but also the couples and everyone there. It seems that for some people it is really up there allay. It does seem like it is sord of a way of cheating with out really cheating for some people and if that is the case than maybe that couple shouldn't do it. I think a documentary about the swing convention would be preaty cool. I don't mean something that is just all sex like a porn but something that is informative and show sex even if they bar out some faces to give a better understanding of it.
07/21/2006 19:18 #28431
Sci-Fi serenityCategory: movies
, on HBO in demand. It is one of a few movies I have seen with future represive governments like V for Vendeta, Aeon Flux, all the star wars movies and some others. But it got me thinking about movies that have philoshpies in them as opposed to just basicly action. Yes there is a good guy and a bunch of evil guys in action movies. But often there is no philosphy. I can't say that I'm a huge sci-fi fanatic. But one thing I like is that often philosphy plays a part in the story and that makes the movie more interesting. I know that it isn't only in Sci-fi that philoshpy has a big part in good Kung Fu movies like Iron Monkey for example and I can't remember the name but there are corupt monks. I will admit that you don't want a movie to be all philosphy and no action but a good mix makes a movie a lot better. 07/20/2006 20:27 #28430
House Warming PicsWell this may sound like and old post but it really isn't. Back when Jen, Ryan and Timika had there house warming party a had a great time and took a bunch of pics. Yes a few of them I brightend up. I also posted them out of order because of how they where saved. The link above should take you to them on webshots.com . They are in order for those of you who havn't seen them. Also for any new peeps you can see other pictures from other parties on my page there.

Glad some people liked them. Hopefully after what ever event I go to next I can get pictures up on webshots quickler.
those are great. Didn't enlarge everyone of them, but I like what I saw.
Nice pics, Peter, Thanks for going through the work to share them. Makes me feel a little more like I was there.
07/19/2006 19:29 #28429
rate 420Category: web
Another site with ladies with bongs. This looks a lot more professional. That is not the only thing on this site but some of you may enjoy it.Another interesting site is jlist.com . They sell movies and snacks and stuff from Japan. Yeah some of it is porn. But when you go there they have a site that dosn't sell any adult stuff.
that looks like a wierd fetish site (rate420.com) I rated them all a 10 so they wouldn't feel inferior.
Got to do the Square -- Robert Randolph puts on a great show