Lately encountered in the spam-trap of my email account with my former workplace:

***Manhood»» Elongation Secret: African Tribesmen Ritual***

Given that I have had had some historical interest in the kinds of concerns that might lead to being taken in by such solicitations, I succumbed to the temptation to open this in quarantine space, and ( Read more... )

And I confide that I kept a straight face.
But after the seminar this evening, I found myself having a conversation about the history of the archaeological/anthropological interest in Phallic Objects.*
With some reference to Payne Knight's The Worship of Priapus and the early collectors who left their objects to the British Museum.
No, really.
*I ( Read more... )

Today to the Royal Palace, which was heaving, including packs of schoolchildren being herded around by their teachers. Mostly for the art-work (esp the Bellottos, in the misleadingly named Canaletto Room, which provided basis for much of the post-war rebuilding).

Then walked around a bit.

Which would all have been rather more fun if, although I ( Read more... )

To a seminar this pm on an early C20th collector/collection of erotica, actually, sexually-themed items, a large number of which were distinctly less than arousing phallic amulets. It was all quite interesting (there were issues about classification, display and censorship that related to my work on printed sexological material of the era), but I ( Read more... )

Or, why I would like an atheist equivalent to Blake's Everlasting Gospel.

Alain de Botton reveals plans for 'temple to atheism' in heart of London: Writer wants to build tower to celebrate life on earth as an antidote to Richard Dawkins' 'destructive' approach to atheism.

He appears to be suffering

a) from Cathedral Envy, a little-known syndrome: ( Read more... )

Well, this spam cheered up a gloomy post-Bank Holiday return-to-work morning.

( Not entirely worksafe even without the pretty picture )

I will concede, she concedes, that I have never read anything by Nicholson Baker, because just reading the reviews and descriptions of his books gives me a sensation somewhere between revulsion and apathy. (And don't we rather feel, gentylle readyrz, that if a woman wrote an entire book about her thoughts while feeding the baby or about domestic ( Read more... )

This thing is just dragging on and on: it'll seem to get better and then, e.g., my throat will starting hurting &/or feeling irritated again, and I feel so washed out. Energy levels = wet dishrag.

It's not bad enough and I have too much on at work this week to give in and take time off.

Bah.

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In other news, how scary is this spam?
Your babe ( Read more... )

Dept of Urgent, Phallic, Spam:

Blow up your penis now* & see results in as little as 7 weeks

We really think that you would see results well before then, in fact, might be a idea to book the ambulance NAO.

*Recalling the urethral crayons, might this involve teeny-weeny sticks of dynamite? - my mind just had to go there...

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My boyfriend has said that he wants to get a piercing (I can't say where or you won't print my email.) He claims it's "fashionable"? Is it? And if not, how do I talk him out of this?

I'm over here, being beswozzled at someone moving in circles in which people could tell if you had a fashionable Prince Albert, or not.

Hadley Freeman (scroll down ( Read more... )