21 Amusing Reasons People On Twitter Say They’re Voting UKIP

JUST FOR FUN: What have you enjoyed (or will enjoy ) watching so far this year?

A little bit of fun.... TV was not somthing I engaged in often, but recently there have been some good (addictive) shows on. I have to admit, my Sky box was recording them all - the ones I enjoyed or knew I would enjoy... 

Here is my list (no particular order)

• The Walking Dead 
• Hannibal 
• True Detective 
• Banshee 
• Dracula 
• Blacklist 
• Penny Dreadful 
• Rake

Just for fun, here is a survey of how you liked them (if you watched them) and add your own.

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Reading MUNCH

Courtesy of http://www.readingmunch.org.uk/

1: Where does the word munch come from?

The very first one, called a "Burger munch" because it was held at a burger place, was arranged by STella in Palo Alto, California in 1992. The idea was for people who read alt.sex.bondage (the precursor to soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm) to get together in person to meet one another, eat and chat. Now it is shortened to munch, a cross between a meet and lunch.

2: What is a munch?

A munch is a get together of like minded people in a non threatening environment. It is usually held in a pub, cafe or bar. You can come and go as you like within the times posted.

ISNetwork: Bondage and bigotry. The International Socialist Network has split - over a work of art. Paul Demarty is bemused

 

Dasha Zhukova sitting on the offending art work

A hundred years ago, the outbreak of the Great War caused a split in the social democratic movement - while initially most of the Second International’s sections supported their own states, with only two outliers (most famously the Bolsheviks) taking an anti-war line, by the end of the war the movement was cleaved in two. It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the whole bloody history of the short 20th century stems from the response of the workers’ movement to what was plainly an existential choice of indisputable importance.

BDSM is not all about sex!

This is a public information announcement:

BDSM is not all about sex!

Did that get your attention? If it did then my job here is half done; if you agree entirely and know where I’m coming from then you’re excused the rest of the class and can sneak off round the back of the bike-sheds now.

If you think I have no idea what I’m talking about, then, if you’re sitting comfortably, read on…

Many definitions of BDSM include the words “erotic”, “sexual”, “sensual”, etc. While sex can be a big part of a BDSM relationship it does not have to be and, to my mind, limits and detracts from the entire scene.