I know what you’re thinking. Yeah, yeah, you’re thinking — Violet is Dr. Frankenstein (more like Frank-N-Furter), robot this, robot that. But what about the vote!? What tight, nasty rubber outfit are you going to slide into sans panties, sans bra, and wear to the ball, Cinderella? You’ve got to give all those ugly stepsisters…

What a week it’s been. Critical mass (ass) at my day job prompted me to resign half my duties there, including my role as editor of the Magazine. That part is bittersweet to me — I founded that magazine against many odds, it championed many things the staff held dear, and then the memos from…

Sorry that last link died so fast. Luckily my pal Dave (of the Robolympics and the Robotics Society of America) mirrored it on his site here. Right now I am supposed to be coming up with "ten moves no man can resist" for yet another vapid women’s magazine, but I guess I won’t complain if…

Well, not actually at the sperm bank, but I did do some serious partying with sperm bank workers last night at one of SF’s diviest Karaoke bars. It was a birthday party for my friend, a sex crisis hotline worker, fetish model and sperm bank employee. Wha–? Yes, I said fetish model *and* sperm worker.…

First, and this is important: is Kenny Rogers a bear? Next, the thing to do in SF tonight (performance at 9) — and tomorrow night — is go see Reactive. There is some incredible, blow your mind stuff going on there tonight. Stelarc is in town showing off his head. No, really. He’s like a…

I don’t typically blog about politics. Sexual politics, sure, but my own political views, no. I’ve thought about this a lot, especially when political things irk or awe me. But to me, politics are more personal than sex. This makes me wonder about myself, about how working in the sex ed biz for seven +…

Happy Halloween everyone! I hope everyone has a safe, fun and sexy holiday — it’s my favorite. Check out porn pumpkins (smooches to Fleshbot), more and more and look at the fun window displays in SF one, two, three, four. The one pictured is a sex shop window in the Castro, made complete with a…