Subject: Sexuality

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Martin Millard Not Just a Racialist, But a Homophobe

  The man who fancies himself the savior of Costa Mesa had this concluding couplet in his rambling reasoning to support Proposition 8: "On the other hand, it could be argued that if it is true that, as many gays now assert, homosexuality is genetic, then allowing gay marriage (and the normalization of homosexuality in society) will tend to have the effect of keeping gays from faking being straight and marrying people of the opposite sex and reproducing. Then, since they aren't reproducing the "ga

  October 28, 2008

• Sheriff Mike Carona Corruption Trial Quote of the Day! Part Two

  "The cover story was that he wasn't there to obtain a blowjob. It was to sign [legal] documents." --Prosecution witness and current Orange County Sheriff's Department employee Sandy Murphy testifying today how Mike Carona and his mistress Debra Hoffman helped devise a lie to mask the assertion that Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo had been found getting a blowjob in a county vehicle. Later, Carona and Hoffman--who are co-defendants with Carona's wife in a public corruption case--soured on

  December 9, 2008

• What Mariners Church Teaches About Homosexuality Vs. What Jesus Teaches

  In doing my cover story last week about the schism between Mariners Church pastor Kenton Beshore and his former right-hand man, Bob Gunn, over Gunn's homosexuality, I visited the Irvine congregation's bookstore. Books and books and books about Christianity, along with CDs, Bibles, and a cafe that was closed on the evening I went. I was interested to see what Beshore allowed in his bookstore in regards to homosexuality, but found only one piece of literature that specifically addressed the issue:

  December 24, 2008

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

  March 27, 2008

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

  July 31, 2008

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

  July 3, 2008

• [Pucker Up] Why Is Sex With Someone You Don't Know Such a Powerful Fantasy for So Many?

  June 5, 2008

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

  March 13, 2008

• Eyes Wide Shut

  Do Me takes a lingering look at sex and love

  February 7, 2008

• The Martha Stewart of Sex Parties

  Meet the host of LA/OC Jacks

  February 7, 2008

• The Closet and the Cross

  Three decades ago, Michael Bussee helped found the mammoth ex-gay ministry Exodus International. Now, he’s one of the movement's biggest critics

  July 26, 2007

• Internal Affair

  September 12, 2002

• Local Girl Gone Gonzo

  February 9, 2006

• Performance Anxiety

  February 9, 2006

• The Beginning of the Affair

  February 9, 2006

• !Ask a Mexican!

  March 17, 2005

• Forget Rock & Roll

  February 3, 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

• Americas Sweetheart

  February 12, 2004

• Show and Tell

  February 5, 2004

• This Tantric Life

  February 5, 2004

• Vitamen!

  February 5, 2004

• Cold Sore War

  April 4, 2002

• All of Me

  February 28, 2002

• In-N-Out Urge

  February 21, 2002

• I Could Fill Your Ear

  February 14, 2002

• No Gay Blood, Please

  September 27, 2001

• The Man That Got Away

  August 2, 2001

• Have Faith

  April 12, 2001

• The Sex Aficionado

  January 11, 2001

• Ewww. Enemas

  January 18, 2001

• Zen Guerrilla Radio

  November 2, 2000

• All Talk, No Action

  June 15, 2000

• Wake Me When Its Sexy

  May 18, 2000

• Lou Sheldons Nightmare

  March 9, 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

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park, "Did I Want to Know That?" Edition

  Flickr user briberryAnybody else freaked out by the texture of Mad Hatter's nose?​Twitter really does have everything. Type in any pairing of words and you'll get someone talking about something--usually totally inappropriate to publicly broadcast--right there for everyone to read. We love it. This week's Tweets From the Park weekly round-up celebrates this new form of digital exhibitionism. We salute you, guy who had sex in a Disneyland gift shop bathroom! And you, too, guy taking a shit with

  August 14, 2009