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8 Great Historic Stays in America: Trip on a Deal Episode 45

http://www.triponadeal.com We showcase eight beautiful hotels around the United States... more

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I Love Naked Women (But There’s A Catch)

In order to be naked in front of others, do you have to have a perfect body? In... more

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Oct. 30 - Haunted Joliet Mansion, Ghost Stories, Psychic Readings with Shanahan

The Joliet Drama Guild will be presenting haunted stories readings in the various... more

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The History of the Vibrator

Although women today use vibrators for sexual pleasure, the Victorians invented them... more

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Silver Screen Building to be restored

British cinema was born in a hall on Regent Street in central London in 1896 - when... more

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Dead All Along || Ceri Frost (Dir. Giles Timms)

Dead All Along Performed by Ceri Frost, www.cerifrostmusic.com Film by Giles Timms,... more

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Pornography and Prejudice: Jane Austen's Dirty Talk

"What is this inescapable desire we have to mess around with Jane Austen? The poor woman has been through the mill of late, with the literary world seeing Elizabeth Bennet contending with the undead in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and the Dashwoods about to take on tentacled sea creatures in Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Meanwhile, onscreen, Elton John's Rocket Pictures is working on Pride and Predator.

So far be it for theatre to miss out. Fresh from a run on the Edinburgh fringe, Jane Austen's Guide to Pornography arrived at Battersea's Theatre 503 last week with an all-male cast and not a little innuendo. Steve Dawson's piece pitches a gay pornographic playwright, tired of only churning out one-liners and sex, up against Austen herself, who is near death, bored with her stories and "awaking screaming at the thought of another Mr Darcy". The pair look for inspiration from each other: Jane wants a bit of raunch in her new novel, Brett the playwright wants to inject true love into his writing.

There are some predictably nudge-nudge elements – ooh, let's make Jane Austen say "enormous cock", that'll be hilarious – but it actually works pretty well, particularly when Jane and Brett are squabbling over storyline ideas. It's silly, but it's also funny: "No one has ever fainted in my novels except for Emma, and that was the only one and not because she met this 'Dick' person," Jane tells Brett firmly. The burgeoning romance between the two actors/characters dreamt up by Jane and Brett is sweetly believable, ending with a clever twist on the "Marianne sprains her ankle" scene from Sense and Sensibility. Perhaps the mention of felching – "it sounds frightfully Mediterranean," says Jane – will get the Jane Austen Society up in arms, but the play is actually a very affectionate portrait of the author, so I hope not.

It does make me wonder, though, about this trend to sex up Austen. Someone has even written a book of "deleted sex scenes". Perhaps it's the buttoned-up nature of her characters – the closest we get to a bit of frolicking in Austen is probably Mr Knightley drawing Emma's hand through his arm. Maybe it's just immature and deliberately provocative, but I think our appetite for postmodern character cutting and pasting comes down to the genius of good writers. In Austen's case, we love her characters, we believe in their romances: we want to know – and see – more.""What is this inescapable desire we have to mess around with Jane Austen? The poor... more

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“Tress-Chic” (If it worked for Ms. Antoinette, maybe you should "Coif" Up The Cash & Get A New "Do")

It’s all about "Gossip Girl" glam hair this season with headbands a la Blair,... more

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Victorian love letter decoded

A love letter written by William Weightman to his "dearest Fanny" has been decoded... more

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Steampunk: Modern Tech Meets Vintage Design

There are all kinds of punks out there but among the most creative have got to be the... more

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Victorian doctors treated lovesickness with sex

Dozens of previously unseen doctors' reports, diaries and prescriptions show that... more

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How the Bicycle Emancipated Women

womanlicious! a good quick snippet back in time with women and bikes, and horses and... more

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The Difference Engine

The Difference Engine explores a world in which Charles Babbage built a practical... more

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I see dead people

Postmortem photographs were taken more than any other kind of photograph in the... more

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Never Was - Steampunk!

Steampunk automobile-- only @ Maker Faire!

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Spitzer's Trysts: Stop Over-Thinking This

copied and pasted in its savory entirety =) ...for all you judgemental hypocrits out there, and even those of you that aren't =D ...

"I'm going to throw the remote through the TV if one more news twink says something on the order of "When we come back, we'll look into what drives a successful man like Eliot Spitzer to risk it all..."

Oh yes, let's convene a panel of experts for that. Let me help you: because he wants to get his nut off! Stop with all the analysis! It never ends, I hear all these people talking about how powerful people think they can get away with anything, so it's a thrill, or that it's for this psychological reason or this one -- please, he wanted to CUM WITH SOMEONE! Stop overthinking this: people need sex, and married people generally aren't getting it. Studies show (OK, I'm making that up, but it's true nonetheless) that people married 20 years only have sex on Valentine's Day, their anniversary, and their birthdays. You can hate me as the messenger, but it's true -- how can anyone be expected to still want to score with someone you've been having sex with for a score? Mr. Spitzer simply wanted what humans desire, to feel that sensational sensation when you're hot for someone, to touch and hug and bump and grind -- this is really not that complicated! If you're ascribing more to it than that, it's probably really more about your own fear that your spouse wants to do the same thing.

Or is doing it. Married people are often starved for sex, touch, affection, not to mention the kinky stuff that wifey definitely won't do. So if you find yourself at such a place in life -- and this is most certainly wives as well -- where you're dieing like this, you can do one of three things: get divorced, cheat, or continue to live a life with little or no passion, sex, etc. It's easy to point fingers, but how about some recognition that society's rules are so at odds with human nature that there are actually no good options for an Eliot Spitzer, and the ZILLIONS OF PEOPLE JUST LIKE HIM, many of who are tut-tut-ing today. I guess a guy is a hero who sticks it out and leads a life of quiet desperation. I'm not so sure it's heroic to make him."copied and pasted in its savory entirety =) ...for all you judgemental hypocrits out... more

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8 Great Historic Stays in America: Trip on a Deal Episode 45

I Love Naked Women (But There’s A Catch)

Oct. 30 - Haunted Joliet Mansion, Ghost Stories, Psychic Readings with Shanahan

The History of the Vibrator

Silver Screen Building to be restored

Dead All Along || Ceri Frost (Dir. Giles Timms)

Pornography and Prejudice: Jane Austen's Dirty Talk

“Tress-Chic” (If it worked for Ms. Antoinette, maybe you should "Coif" Up The Cash & Get A New "Do")

Victorian love letter decoded

Steampunk: Modern Tech Meets Vintage Design

Victorian doctors treated lovesickness with sex

How the Bicycle Emancipated Women

The Difference Engine

I see dead people

Never Was - Steampunk!

Spitzer's Trysts: Stop Over-Thinking This

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