There should really be someone more plugged-in than I am blogging about condom tech, but if there is, I haven't managed to find her. While trying to research ninteenth-century condom packaging, I blundered onto Wikipedia's tiny page about AT-10 resin, which may or may not be the same stuff as ST-10.

A little Googling led to the following data:

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I'm gonna step down off my usual pontificatory hobbyhorses here, and talk practical like.

For the past several years, I've been in the habit of buying my condoms in bulk from RubberTree.org, Their extremely no-frills site was more than made up for by a good selection and generally unbeatable prices ( Read more... )

One of the serendipities of blogging turns out to be other people writing your best stuff for you. The most popular entry on this journal is almost certainly my friend Balan Nubilis' Brief Essay on the Sad Lack of Imagination in Invertebrate Oriented Erotica.

More quietly, my piece on a new type of condom that hasn't gotten much attention in the ( Read more... )

Apparently there's a new non-latex condom material. I was gonna complain that nobody tells me anything, but information on the web is so sparse on this, that I don't appear to be behind the curve. My main source is Canadian(?) retail site BirthControl.com; skipping a bunch of padding ("individually packaged! Made using modern technology!") here's ( Read more... )

1) Do not put lube packets in same pocket as keys.
2) Do laundry.