Subject: Relationships

• OC Sex Inventions

  Inspired by an exhibit of sex inventions at the New York-based Museum of Sex, I thought I'd do a little trolling through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's online search for anything interesting coming out of our fair county. Anaheim inventor Wayne Manska was awarded patent #6,645,164 in 2003 for a "lingual vibration device" --- in English a tongue vibrator --- that "[causes] a user's tongue to rapidly, yet gently, vibrate during various oral sex acts such as cunnilingus." In his applicati

  November 9, 2007

• Let Them Eat Pussy!

  It seems Orange County can't bear the thought that it is nationally renowned for being full of normal, educated couples who (gulp) swing. Yes, swing, as in go out and have recreational sex in a safe environment with your partner or with other people's partners on a regular basis. Or maybe it's the OC Register that can't bear the thought. Accept it, guys. It's not going to hurt. Years ago, a home and part-time sex club known as The Panther Palace was hounded by the city of Costa Mesa for not

  April 16, 2008

• Single ladies take note

  Who says there aren't any single men in Orange County? According to WhosYourCity.com, the area stretching from Long Beach to Santa Ana has a whopping 89,459 more single men than women. Holla! This is in sharp contrast to New York and Northern New Jersey who list 210,820 more single women than men. So come on ladies, why not get all purdied up and wrangle yourself a man this weekend. Lets make those New York bitches jealous. Westside!

  April 18, 2008

• Save Straight Marriages, Quash Queer Ones

  The funniest of articles appeared earlier this week in the Orange County Register: Christian churches are uniting to save marriage. At Eastside Christian Church in Fullerton, about 100 pastors gathered under the guise of the Orange County Marriage Education Initiative, which its website declares is "a non-profit organization dedicated solely to strengthening marriages and reducing the divorce rate within Orange County." On and on, these folks told reporter Serena Maria Daniels how important marr

  May 23, 2008

• Citizen of the Week!

  You can imagine the joy 50-year-old Anaheim tamale dealer Gregorio Gomez Echeverria felt when his daughter walked up to him in March 2001 and said, "Guess what? I'm pregnant." Well, maybe you can't. How many of us have experienced the sensation of simultaneously becoming a grandfather and a father? Carol Henson, an Orange County prosecutor, later asked Echeverria if he was attracted to his daughter when he began having sex with her when she was 15 years old. "No," he replied, unconvincing

  August 6, 2008

• Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau Goes Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, GAY!

  Hello, young gay lovers, wherever you are. If you are heading toward the altar, the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau wants you! That is, they want you to get married in fabulous, homo-hatin', Laguna Beach-acceptin', Belmont Shores nearin', closeted-gay legislatin' Orange County. It's rainin' men, and they're all driving Lexuses! "With the recent ruling by the State of California's Supreme Court, we anticipate that many event locations and hotels throughout Anaheim/Orange Count

  September 5, 2008

• Because You're Ugly: Holistic Wisdom and Green Sex Toys

  It's not everyday one receives a press release on green sex toys in their inbox. Lisa S. Lawless, the CEO and founder of internet-based company Holistic Wisdom, Inc., has been pushing for an environmentally conscious movement in the sex toy industry. She stresses the importance on knowing what sex toys are made of in addition to the ingredients in personal lubricants—and yes, it is apparently possible to recycle your worn out vibrator. Or... butt plug. Or what have you. Holistic Wisdom's off

  September 29, 2008

• Vanity Fair Shamelessly Lifts Weekly Quotes for Article About Henry Nicholas

  As Moxley noted in his column this week, the current Vanity Fair issue has a story on ex-Broadcom head and former Weekly cover boy Henry Nicholas. He notes how writer Bethany McLean gladly cites all media outlets when swiping bits from their Nicholas coverage for her story--except the Weekly. In fact, McLean stole three quotes from us without ever mentioning our name. Why, Beth? Why did you allow this, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter? That's the type of cheap journalism the Orange County Regis

  October 17, 2008

• God Punks Rick Warren!

  Saddleback Church head Rick Warren was on Hannity & Colmes last night giving non-answers to whether he supports domestic partnerships instead of gay marriage and continuing his ahistorical analysis of marriage through history. But I could only pay so much attention to the Purpose-Driven Man before I was blinded with tears of laughter. Warren was doing a live-remote, probably from somewhere in Orange County, and whoever was the genius who picked a background for Warren chose a shot of San Francis

  November 12, 2008

• [Pucker Up] In (Partial) Defense of Eliot Spitzer

  March 27, 2008

• Honest Abe Lincoln Delays OC Participation in Same-Sex Marriage Stunt

  Tomorrow, same-sex couples throughout the country will go to their local county clerk counters and request marriage licenses as part of National Freedom to Marry Day. That won't happen in Orange County, however. The Old County Courthouse is closed due to Abraham Lincoln's birthday. This is ironic, given that everyone knows Lincoln was gay.And so, Orange County's participation in National Freedom to Marry Day moves to Friday, Feb. 13. The same Friday the 13th that sees the opening of the new Frid

  February 11, 2009

• Nothing Could Extinguish the Bromance of 'I Love You, Man'

  March 19, 2009

• [Pucker Up] Straight Men Who Have Sex With Men

  July 31, 2008

• [CD Review] Patti Smith/Kevin Shields, 'The Coral Sea' (PASK)

  July 17, 2008

• Sex Seduces Science in Author Mary Roach's New Book, 'Bonk'

  July 3, 2008

• Eat, Drink and Be Gay Married! After 27 Years, One Couple Finally Has Its Big, Fat, Mexican Wedding

  June 19, 2008

• [Summer Guide] My Big Fat Gay Wedding

  June 12, 2008

• Swing Shift: Meet the OC Entrepreneurs Who Help Nice, Professional Couples Have Sex With One Another

  March 13, 2008

• Internal Affair

  September 12, 2002

• Battle of the Sexes

  I Can Live With That

  March 1, 2007

• Performance Anxiety

  February 9, 2006

• !Ask a Mexican!

  March 17, 2005

• The History of O

  December 16, 2004

• Fumbling Toward Ecstasy

  November 11, 2004

• In one corner, Jimmy Breslin!

  April 22, 2004

• For Shame!

  February 12, 2004

• In Defense of Gay Marriage

  February 12, 2004

• Show and Tell

  February 5, 2004

• This Tantric Life

  February 5, 2004

• Vitamen!

  February 5, 2004

• Mr. T

  June 5, 2003

• A Bunch of 5s Looking for 10s

  February 13, 2003

• In-N-Out Urge

  February 21, 2002

• I Could Fill Your Ear

  February 14, 2002

• No Gay Blood, Please

  September 27, 2001

• Hey, God!

  August 23, 2001

• Have Faith

  April 12, 2001

• Hate Sells

  January 11, 2001

• The Sex Aficionado

  January 11, 2001

• Zen Guerrilla Radio

  November 2, 2000

• Whos Ass

  August 31, 2000

• All Talk, No Action

  June 15, 2000

• Party Favors

  February 17, 2000

• Sex Ed. Video

  February 17, 2000

• Does Masturbation Make You Smarter?

  February 17, 2000

• Does This Play Make You Horny?

  July 15, 1999

• Letters

  July 15, 1999

• Sex and the Single Gun

  April 22, 1999

• Abstaining from Reality

  March 27, 1997

• Speed Dating

  September 10, 2009