Into Temptation

Hiatus …

jss — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:33:13 +0000

I haven’t written anything here in about eight months because I’ve been busy doing other things. The Into Temptation project is in revision and on hold. It may not even be called that when I return to it. I thought about taking the site down, and I might; or selling the domain, and I might; but [...]

Watching the media hump Andrew Weiner …

jss — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:14:07 +0000

… is a little like watching a sexual assault, at this point. Which is to say, it’s not sexy, and not about sex. Now it’s about violence and humiliation. Along with everyone else, I wrote about it (a bit) yesterday. The only (other) person who I think caught the story right is Hendrik Hertzberg at The New [...]

EduHookups.com sold, security an issue

jss — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:08:10 +0000

EduHookUps.com, a startup from kids at the University of Chicago, had perhaps the best shot going at becoming the “Facebook of Sex,” a web nickname that any number of social networking sites have coveted for years. I say “had,” because as of today, the domain name has been sold and apparently the whole site is [...]

Steal This Valentine

jss — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:28:20 +0000

I mean, steal this Valentine. Or any part of it you like. It's the closest I can come to a Hallmark moment. I have not had to write something for publication for Valentine's Day since ... the 1980s. I am sure I had to do it then.

Lady Gaga with a Terrible Towel; Diamond Foxxx, too?

jss — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:55:40 +0000

So we were talking about the Super Bowl and Lady Gaga, right? I'm sorry, got sidetracked ... So what, again, do I have to do to get invited to Diamond Foxxx's victory party? I think I've finally figured out a use for Twitter ... @diamondfoxxx ... yep, got it.

Talking dirty in Japanese …

jss — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:05:34 +0000

Well, who wouldn’t want to know how to talk dirty in Japanese? Why should the Japanese have all the fun? Thanks, Midori. I don’t see any reason why it should be OK to make fun of how the Japanese can occasionally butcher English if we don’t at least try giving them the ammo to [...]