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Merry Christmas!! I want to send heartfelt thanks and best wishes to our troops stationed in the Mideast. There are not enough words to commend you for your bravery and patriotism. You and your families are always in my prayers. Many hugs and kisses- Tanya

Merry Christmas to all!!!!!!!!!

-- XXOO Tanya

Hello,
Joanne, the terrific webmaster here, just sent me a link to a story pertaining to the perfume/ ether post I put up here a few days ago. It is quite amusing:

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/robbery/perfume.htm

--XXOO Tanya

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Hello,
This was forwarded to me today by my good friend Rayne. I know it is well-intentioned on her part, but I'm not sure if it has its base in some type of urban myth or not. Here it is:



PLEASE READ...Warning to all women
 
Hi all-thought this was worthy of passing along. This was sent to my wife, by a close friend. The last comments are from her.
This is something that happened to Ryan and me on the way back from Texas last spring. I didn't think much of it until now. The reason we were a little suspicious is we had been riding in a jeep all day with 100 degrees temps and we stopped at a truck stop for something to drink. When I was leaving a young girl followed me out and asked what kind of cologne I was wearing, and if I wished to sample some low-priced colognes that she was selling. Well, after 7 hours in the car sweating. I don't think you could tell I was or was not wearing any cologne. We just got in the jeep and said no thanks. So this does happen.
To all my female friends-
It was about 3 weeks ago, I was at the shell station in Auburn getting gas. I was about 11:30pm. I was approached by 2 men and 2 women in a car. The man that was driving asked me 'What kind of perfume do you wear?' I was a bit confused and I asked him 'Why?' He said 'We are selling some name brand perfumes, at cheap prices.' I said I had no money. He then reached out of the car and handed me paper that was laminated; it had many perfumes on it. I looked quickly at it and gave it back. I said, I have no money. He said it is OK, we take check, cash, or credit cards. Then the people in the car began to laugh. I just got in my car and said no thanks. Then I received this e-mail yesterday, and it sent chills up my spine.
Please read this It is not joke.
Here is the e-mail I was sent-
Dear Friends,
I know not all of you are women that I am sending this to, but am hoping you will share this with your wives, daughters, mother, sisters, etc.
Our world seems to be getting crazier by the day. Pipes bombs in mailboxes and sickos in parking lots with perfume. Be careful. I was approached yesterday afternoon around 3:30 pm in the Wal-Mart parking lot at University Drive in Des Moines, by two males asking what kind of perfume I was warning. Then they asked if I'd like to sample some fabulous scent they were willing to sell me at a very reasonable rate. I probably would have agreed had I not received an email some weeks ago warning of a 'Wanna smell this neat perfume?' scam. The men continued to stand between parked cars, I guess to wait for someone else to hit on. I stopped a lady going towards them, pointing at them, and told her about how I was sent a e-mail at work, about someone walking up to you at the malls or in parking lots, and asking you to SNIFF PERFUME that they are selling at a cheap price.
THIS IS NOT PERFUME...IT IS ETHER! When you sniff it, you'll pass out. And they'll take your wallet, your valuables, and heaven knows what else. If it were not for this e-mail, I probably would have sniffed the 'perfume.' But thanks to the generosity of an emailing friend, I was spared whatever might have happened to me.
I wanted to do the same for you. PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR WOMEN FRIENDS, AND PLEASE BE ALERT, AND BE AWARE. IF YOU ARE A MAN AND RECEIVE THIS, PASS IT ON TO YOUR WOMEN FRIENDS.
Ladies this happened to me yesterday and I didn't smell the perfume either, thanks to this email. This is true. Believe me, I know. I was over by Big Lots in the parking lot at lunch time when I was approached. So either day or night, it does not matter. There were 3 guys together when I was approached. I called the police when I got back to my desk. Like the email says above, LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS. YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, COWORKERS, who ever. It helped me. The first things that popped in my head was this e-mail warning.

--XXOO Tanya

INcredible...................................




Tue Dec 16,11:44 AM ET



By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer

CLEBURNE, Texas - Joanne Webb intended to spice up marriages and earn extra cash by selling erotic toys.

 

Instead, the former fifth-grade teacher and executive board member of the Burleson Chamber of Commerce faces criminal charges and embarrassment after a police sting.


"It's ludicrous to think that the government can step into our bedrooms," said Webb, who has been married 20 years and has three children.


Webb was one of 3,000 consultants for Passion Parties, a San Francisco-based company whose representatives set up Tupperware-type parties for women who feel more comfortable buying marital aids in a private home than at an adult bookstore or on the Internet.


"We're doing a wonderful service, and we're not doing anything wrong," company President Pat Davis said.


A consultant since June and the first Passion Parties' consultant charged with obscenity in the company's 10-year history, Webb was charged with a misdemeanor under the state's obscenity law.


Adult stores sell sex toys around the law by posting signs that say "sold only as novelties." Webb didn't do that and faces up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine if convicted.


Her attorney, BeAnn Sisemore, planned to file a motion Tuesday to dismiss the case on grounds the law violates someone's right to own a sexual device, which is not illegal.


Webb has taken a leave of absence from the chamber of commerce until the case is settled. She declined to say Monday if she plans to keep hosting parties.


"These devices that I sell are marital aids, and I want to help couples stay together," Webb said.

Good morning,
There are only 4 hours left in the 3 AUTOGRAPHED ONE-OF-A-KIND PHOTOS auction. Please scroll down to the link under December 3 in the "What's New" box to your right>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Happy Bidding!! -- XXOO Tanya

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My entry on the Playhouse bulletin board from 12/5/03 at 12:40 AM (EST) was not written at home on my computer. Rather, I was waiting for a friend to finish some work at an office in West Hollywood. The owner of the company graciously allowed me to use a computer there. Evidently another employee must have looked over my shoulder and seen that I was on my site. He was taken aback and went to go rat me out to his boss, the same man who had let me use the computer. The boss did not care at all, but the story made its way back to me.

I kept pestering my friend to tell me why the other employee had been so alarmed. Was he worried that I was doing work on the computer that could be traced back to their office? Did he think that women in the office would be offended? Did he actually think I was doing something illegal? By the way, this guy must have an awfully sharp eagle-eye to have even noticed me on the site at all, particularly since I confined myself to a bulletin board entry that was a mere few sentences. My friend was laughing too hard to give me a straight answer, and just said: "Some people are just offended by porno."

Now I could see the guy being offended if I had been sitting there perusing naked photos and masturbating, or even just sitting there perusing naked pictures, but I wasn't. There wasn't a single one on any of the pages I had visited. Was he just alarmed because I had visited an adult site inside their building? Doesn't he know that just about every guy who has a private office with a door on it jacks off to the Internet during his lunch hour?

I've been sitting here for the past two minutes looking at that last sentence to see if I want to modify it at all, but I don't. The "just about every guy who has a private office" part seems accurate to me, but perhaps the lunch hour reference doesn't take into account the varying habits of different men. If I was better on the computer though, I would post a copy of the graph that shows the hours of heaviest traffic on the site here. Most visitors who come here (pun intended) are from the US, and the hours of peak activity (pun intended) are what roughly correspond to the typical lunchtimes for most office workers. It's not just a small spike in the graph during the midday hours either, it is a large one that is consistent month after month.

Thinking about the whole subject this afternoon made me reflect on how so many people still consider porno to be "taboo." They do, but they don't. I think many of them pretend that they do, but they actually view adult material themselves. Not just by accident either. I can't count how many people have told me that they were just flipping through channels and happened to see me in a porno, or came across my site accidentally, or saw one of their friend's magazines in which I had a layout. It's particularly amusing because there is such a H-U-G-E volume of porno out there and I am in so little of it. I'm thinking that they must have been looking at a whole lot of porno before they ever saw me in anything. How else could these folks just inadvertantly stumble across something I was in? Why do they pretend otherwise? It's not as if I would think they were weird because they were masturbating. I'd think they were weird if they never did.

I don't actually believe that all or most people need porno to get themselves off, but I would certainly think that everyone with a normal sex drive masturbates at least on occasion. So when people deny looking at porno are they just embarrassed because they were looking at the material for purposes of sexual gratification? Do most of them find masturbation to be shameful?

I'm not sure of the answer to those questions, but it was not too long ago that Joycelyn Elders was fired from her position as Surgeon General for advocating masturbation. That was a very, very sad event, and I am not at all kidding. What a pathetic commentary on the charades and pretenses of our society.

Porno certainly does lead to a lot of jacking off, which I find healthy. Other people condemn it for that same reason. I remember watching a Montell Williams show a number of years ago where models were defending their decisions to pose nude. One of the other guests on the show was part of some anti-pornography crusade. Now, here was a guy who really needed to get a life. At some point he addressed one of the models in a very loud, accusatory tone saying:

"Do you KNOW what men do when they read these magazines?" -(dramatic pause)- "They M-A-S-T-U-R-B-A-T-E!!!"

I smile at the memory, but at the same time I see how unhealthy his mentality was. Of this one fact I am utterly convinced: the men who denounce pornography the loudest always, without exception, beat off to it. They would not have that compelling need to decry it otherwise. They are endlessly fascinated by women who are comfortable with their sexuality and confident about their bodies. Unfortunately they are scared to death of these women and seek to scorn or vilify them. I'm referring mostly to the behavior of men here because men by far look at more adult material than women. I think what you always hear about men being more aroused by visual stimuli is very true indeed. For instance, I REALLY like fantasizing about different cocks, but I don't buy magazines or join websites to look at them. It's not that I'd be embarrassed, it's just that I don't really desire to have those visual images literally in front of me when I want to make myself cum.

This has been kind of a meandering blog. I'm not saying that the office guy who saw me typing on my site is a prudish hypocrite, sexually repressed, nor am I making any judgements about him. I just mentioned him here because that office incident led me to contemplating yet again why people act so offended by the mere mention or existence of porno. I'll reiterate too that I wasn't looking at any naked photos or lingering on my site in those moments so it was very surprising that he even noticed that something was awry in his environment there. Also, it was late at night after normal business hours, and I was sitting alone in a hallway that had virtually no foot traffic. Much as I espouse the merits of porno, I never would inflict it on some one who doesn't want to see it.

In a perfect world those people who wanted to indulge themselves in masturbation material would do so, and those who didn't want to see it would just not look at it. It should be just that simple. No one will force you to watch an adult video or make you buy a subscription to a nudie magazine, and sexually explicit products are usually very clearly labelled. If you don't want to look at porno, then don't look at it. Just don't tell me not to.

-- XXOO Tanya

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No Doubt, This Is a Male
2 hours, 49 minutes ago




WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fossil crustacean whose scientific name is "swimmer with a large penis" is the earliest clear example of a male animal, British researchers reported.

 

The 425 million-year-old ancestor of modern water fleas, found in rocks in Britain, is unusually well-preserved, allowing scientists to see it had gills and an advanced circulatory system.


It shows that ostracodes -- extremely common water-dwelling creatures -- have evolved little in hundreds of millions of years, said David Siveter of the University of Leicester.


He and colleagues named it Colymbosathon ecplecticos, which means "swimmer with a large penis."


Siveter, in a telephone interview, said the 0.2-inch creature probably lived on marine shelves, about 500 to 650 feet deep.


"This crustacean clearly could swim," said Siveter.


And there was another striking feature, he added.


"It is certainly the oldest penis in the world, that's for certain."


He said fossils as old as 520 million years show dimorphism -- differences in anatomy seen between males and females. But there has been contention over which examples may be female and which male.


"In this case we clearly have a male," he said.


The fossil, preserved in volcanic ash, is so intact that the gut and even the anus can be clearly seen.

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Good morning,
There is 3 and a half hours left on my CLEAR 6" HEELS auction. Please go to the "What's New" box on the right and scroll down to November 19 to click on the link!!!

Have a great day! -- XXOO Tanya

Good evening,
Please enjoy the lovely new addition of Nikki Nova in the Playhouse!!!!!! A VERY HOT new gallery has been posted today.............. -- XXOO Tanya

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Jailed for Office Gunplay, Man Wants Job Back
Mon Dec 1, 9:15 AM ET




TORONTO (Reuters) - Fired for walking into his office drunk, toting a loaded, sawed-off shotgun and saying he was looking for his bosses, a Canadian man wants his union to help him get his job back.

 

The incident last April stunned the man's co-workers at the city of Moncton, New Brunswick, where he had worked for 18 years as a tree pruner.


In court last week, George Pavlovsky, 44, was convicted of weapons-related offenses, but was acquitted of attempted murder. He is serving a two-year prison sentence.


Pavlovsky was reported to have been angry about being passed over for a promotion. He was arrested about 15 minutes after the incident began. His bosses away at the time and no one was injured.


The city of Moncton dismissed him, but a week later Pavlovsky went to his union to protest the firing and members agreed the union should help him try to get his job back once he finishes his prison term.


Steven MacKinnon, spokesman for the city of Moncton, said he was stunned that Pavlovsky would challenge his firing and said many of his co-workers are shaken by the thought of Pavlovsky returning to work.


"We're going to contest this vigorously," he said.

Hi again,
Featured in today's Photo of the Day are myself and Joanne, the terrific webmaster here at tanyadanielle.com. After much urging from Playhouse members she has come out of hiding and revealed her identity!!
The photo was taken at the Adultcon convention here in L.A. last Sunday. (That's why there is a sign behind us that says "Glow Cocks"- hehe!)

Have a great weekend-- XXOO Tanya

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Hi again,
The link for the "3 INCREDIBLY SEXY PHOTOS" up for auction that I described in my last post is in the "What's New" box to your right>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

-- XXOO Tanya

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Good morning,
I hope everyone is enjoying the new leopard-themed photoset in the Playhouse- just added yesterday!

There are only a few hours left in the auction of my BLACK STILETTO SHOES. Please click on the link to the right in the "What's New" box to place a last-minute bid>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Have a great Saturday! -- XXOO Tanya

Good morning,
I hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving holiday.

My auction for my BLACK STILETTO SHOES will be ending in one day. Please go to the "What's New" box to the right and click on the auction link from November 19>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Have a great day!! -- XXOO Tanya

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!-- XXOO Tanya

Hello,
I received this in my e-mail this morning and thought I would share it. It is a tribute to all our veterans, and also to our many troops who are stationed in the Middle East and will hopefully be returning home soon. My prayers are with all of you.


It is the VETERAN, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the VETERAN, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the VETERAN, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the VETERAN, not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.

-- XXOO Tanya

 

Hello,
Yesterday's and today's Photos of the Day were shot at the Adultcon convention this past Sunday. I had a great time other than a few minutes that were ruined by some stupid asshole. (See Playhouse bulletin board for details.) Thanks so much to those of you who stopped by to say hello!!

Three auctions are still currently underway. There are 2 pairs of my high-heeled shoes, and 3 original, signed, and one-of-a-kind former Photos of the Day still on the auction block. Please scroll down to November 19 in the "What's New" box to the right>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Have a great day, and please take a moment to say a prayer for our brave soldiers who are stationed in the Middle East.

--XXOO Tanya

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Good morning,
There's about 1 hour left on the CANDID AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOS auction! Please go to the "What's New" box to the right and scroll down to November 19th. There are 4 links there for current auctions, and the CANDID AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOS will be going soon!!!

Today's Photo of the Day was taken at the Erotica LA convention this past June. Speaking of conventions...............please come say hello to me at the Xoticempire.com booth at the Adultcon convention in Los Angeles tomorrow! I'll be there from 2-7 PM. I really hope to see you there --XXOO Tanya

Good afternoon,
I rarely get to say that here because I'm usually not home in the afternoon. Today I came home sick from work. It's actually very nice to be able to relax today.

There is a new photo gallery in the Playhouse for all members today! I hope everyone enjoys it.......... -- XXOO Tanya

Hello,
Thanks to everyone who has been participating in all the new auctions!! For those of you who have not seen them please click on the links contained to the right in the "What's New" column. All are currently still active, but some will be ending soon.............

As always, a million kisses and hugs to our soldiers who are stationed in the Mideast. My prayers go out to you and your families. Good night from L.A.-- XXOO Tanya

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Hi again,
In my idiocy I posted a link for the wrong auction in my last blog. THAT link led to the completed auction for the former Photos of the Day of 9/01/03 ("Shine"), and 9/08/03 ("Glitter"). The NEW auction is at the following link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3254237752&category=14890

This current one does feature the Photos of the Day for 9/17/03 ("leopard bikini"), and 9/20/03 ("trade show"). Happy bidding!!! -- XXOO Tanya

Good morning,
I have a new auction on ebay! Please copy and paste the following link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3253910145&category=1

Those of you with eagle eyes will recognize the former Photos of the Day from 9/17/03 ("leopard bikini"), and 9/20/03 ("trade show"). Yes, they are on the auction block, as will be the rest of the Photo of the Day collection. Many of them will not be auctioned off on ebay due to the sometimes naked content, but I will keep you apprised as to which auction site they are appearing on.
One of the best aspects of the current and future auctions is that my friends at Toyzz.com will be handling all the shipping. My inability to mail things in a timely fashion is a point of embarrassment to me. Rather than deal with that problem directly I have opted to let someone else do the packaging and shipping. Toyzz.com's customer approval rating on ebay will attest to their efficiency, so please bid with confidence!!!
Have a great day-- XXOO Tanya

Good evening,
I know the last thing anyone wants to come here and read about is Michael Jackson, but I just have to post a bit of commentary. Michael Jackson is what he is -innocent until proven guilty, of course- but who are these parents that let their kids SPEND THE NIGHT AT A GROWN MAN'S SLUMBER PARTY???????????? Charge them and put them on trial too.


Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch Raided

LOS OLIVOS, Calif. - Investigators conducting a criminal probe
swarmed Michael Jackson (news)'s Neverland Ranch on Tuesday. The
purpose of the search was not disclosed.

Jackson and his three young children were not at the ranch at the
time of the raid, his spokesman, Stuart Backerman, told The
Associated Press. He said that for three weeks Jackson and his family
have been in Las Vegas, where Jackson was filming a video.


Backerman declined further comment, saying he lacked detailed
information about the investigation.


Sixty to 70 personnel from the Santa Barbara County sheriff's and
district attorney's offices served a warrant about 8:30 a.m. as part
of an "ongoing criminal investigation," Sgt. Chris Pappas said.


Detectives were expected to be gathering evidence all day. No one was
arrested, and as of midday there was no arrest warrant issued, Pappas
said at a command post.


The district attorney's office had no comment, said legal secretary
Debbie Popp.


The $12.3 million Santa Ynez Valley property, which has a mansion,
its own zoo and amusement park with bumper cars, a merry-go-round and
Ferris wheel, has often been the site of children's parties.


More than 10 years have passed since the 45-year-old singing
superstar faced a child-molestation investigation in a case that
never resulted in criminal charges.


The singer who had international hits with the albums "Thriller"
(1982), "Bad" (1987) and "Dangerous" (1991), saw his career begin to
collapse in 1993 amid allegations he molested a boy. Jackson
maintained his innocence, and charges were never filed. He reportedly
paid a multimillion-dollar settlement.


Jackson is also connected to Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano,
who has begun serving federal prison time for possessing illegal
explosives, and is being investigated about whether he secretly taped
conversations of celebrities and their lawyers.


Pellicano, 59, reportedly worked for Jackson while the singer was
under investigation for child molestation in the early 1990s.


As the raid was under way, Court TV reported that the warrant was
tied to allegations brought by a 12-year-old boy. That could not
immediately be confirmed by The Associated Press.


In a television documentary broadcast on ABC earlier this year,
Jackson said he had slept in a bed with many children. "When you say
bed you're thinking sexual," the singer said. "It's not sexual, we're
going to sleep. I tuck them in. ... It's very charming, it's very
sweet."


As of last December, when Jackson interacted with young fans outside
a lawsuit hearing in Santa Maria, Calif., he was still inviting
children to his home for parties.


The search came on the same day Epic Records released "Number Ones,"
a greatest hits collection featuring Jackson's new single, "One More
Chance." On Nov. 26, CBS is scheduled to air a Jackson special
consisting mainly of old concert footage.


Jackson caused an international uproar last year when he displayed
his baby, Prince Michael II, to fans by dangling him briefly from a
fourth-floor balcony in Germany, where he had gone to accept an award.


Jackson called the incident a "terrible mistake," and Berlin
authorities said the actions were not punishable.


Not much is known about Prince Michael II, whose mother has not been
identified. The singer's 6-year-old son, Prince Michael I, and
5-year-old daughter, Paris, were born during his marriage to Debbie
Rowe, his plastic surgeon's nurse, which ended in 1999.

He was also married to Lisa Marie Presley (news), Elvis's daughter,
between 1994 and 1996.

Jackson routinely keeps the children's heads covered with cloth while
escorting them in public - and he usually sports a surgical mask
himself when out and about. He has said he wants to protect them from
the public eye.

The "King of Pop" amassed a half-billion-dollar fortune over the past
20 years, but his former financial advisers have said, in a lawsuit
last spring, that he is saddled with debt and teetering near
bankruptcy. Current financial advisers have denied that claim.

Jackson has appeared weak and ghostly pale at many of his recent
public appearances, and his own attorneys have said has been involved
in nearly 1,000 lawsuits.

In June, he suffered a suspected anxiety attack during a visit to
Indianapolis to deliver a deposition in a lawsuit and his doctor said
the singer was weak, dizzy and dehydrated.

In a separate Santa Maria lawsuit hearing earlier this year, the
singer hobbled into court on crutches with his left foot wrapped in
bandages because of swelling from what he described as a spider bite
and delayed testimony because he said he was too ill to appear in
court.

When he did finally testify, he giggled during questioning and made
comical faces at people in the courtroom.

Hmmmmmm............interesting. The last blog was indeed transmitted to my site even though I personally cannot access the site yet. I feel like I'm typing into an abyss.
In any case, I hope all you members and visitors will please accept my apologies for the downtime that has occurred over the past day or so. There was some problem with the server, I believe, but I am not internet-savvy enough to understand what it was. Ironically it occurred a day after I stood passing out about 300 cards promoting this site at the Glamourcon convention in L.A.
Tomorrow I will post a better explanation of the technical difficulties on the Playhouse bulletin board. For the moment I will share with you a story I read over the weekend:

Hanging Corpse Admired as Sculpture on Campus
Fri Nov 14, 1:51 PM ET


BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Police on Friday removed the corpse of a man believed to have hanged himself at least a year ago after builders and students at Budapest's University of Arts had initially mistaken it for a modern sculpture.

 

The body hung for a whole day in a garden building that had been re-opened for repairs before onlookers realized what it was and called the police, local media said.


The building, in campus grounds crowded with different types of sculpture, had been closed five years ago pending reconstruction work.

--XXOO Tanya

Hello,
At the moment I cannot get on my site. Due to difficulties with the server (or something?) the site here has been down since Sunday evening. What I'm typing here is just an experiment to see if blogger.com can connect with my site even if I cannot........................--XXOO Tanya

Hanging Corpse Admired as Sculpture on Campus
Fri Nov 14, 1:51 PM ET




BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Police on Friday removed the corpse of a man believed to have hanged himself at least a year ago after builders and students at Budapest's University of Arts had initially mistaken it for a modern sculpture.

 

The body hung for a whole day in a garden building that had been re-opened for repairs before onlookers realized what it was and called the police, local media said.


The building, in campus grounds crowded with different types of sculpture, had been closed five years ago pending reconstruction work.

Good morning,
Please stop by the Glamourcon show today if you happen to be in L.A. All details are at www.glamourcon.com. I'll be at the Xoticempire.com booth from 11AM- 3PM. Hope to see you there........... -- XXOO Tanya

Good morning,
Please come see me at the Glamourcon convention tomorrow at the Los Angeles Airport Radisson from 11AM - 3PM! Convention details are at www.glamourcon.com.


Also, I have a sexy pair of shoes up for auction on ebay. Please cut and paste the following link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3362466373&ssPageName=ADME:B:LC:US:1

Have a great Friday! -- XXOO Tanya

Good morning,
I hope everyone enjoyed the new *BONUS* anal video clip added yesterday. That was to help satisfy a Playhouse bulletin board request for more anal action!
Have a great day! -- XXOO Tanya

Good morning,
I have a sexy pair of black, spiked heels that I wore for the "Striped Stockings" gallery update listed on ebay for auction. The auction can be viewed at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3362466373&ssPageName=ADME:B:LC:US:1

Have a great day! -- XXOO Tanya

Good evening,
I just wanted to write a quick note of thanks to all of the men and women who have served and are serving our great country. My thoughts and prayers are with you on Veterans' Day. Many hugs and kisses, Tanya

Hello,
The following story just kills me. I'm sure I've already ranted about enough stuff here in the past few days, but lately every time I listen to or read the news I find something else that drives me up a wall. This story has to do with taking pills to conquer phobias. Sure, I know that it's the trend these days for doctors to try and tweak with brain chemistry- (Prozac, Zoloft, Welbutrin (sp?) , etc.)- but I don't think these doctors know what the fuck they are doing. In my more cynical moments I think they just keep on prescribing medication to get the kickbacks from the pharmaceutical companies.
I used to take Zoloft that was prescribed by a psychiatrist because I was "depressed" and "anxious." Soon I found that I could get him to prescribe TONS of other drugs as well. I barely ever went to his office, but he billed my health insurance for weekly visits and kept the drugs coming.
That was years ago, and finally I realized that I was just a lazy, self-indulgent person who had not had the gumption to address my own emotional issues. At long last I decided to take some personal responsibility and deal with my problems sober. I'll never take another prescribed mood-levelling drug again. They just made me dependent on my doctor and let me make excuses for why I didn't have the strength to deal with my problems. What a weak loser I was.
The following article is a recent example from what I see from my humble vantage point as a decade-long trend of doctors encouraging their patients to believe that taking a pill is a better method for combatting personal turmoil than learning some self-discipline and willfully changing their behavior.
I have no doubt that the medication described in the story below does alter perception and conduct because I'm far too familiar with the effects of such drugs as, oh, coke, speed, ecstacy, etc. Remember when coke wasn't supposed to be addictive? Remember when doctors prescribed speed to housewives to help them control their weight?
Perhaps as time progresses and younger generations really come to believe that they are not responsible for controlling their own impulses and actions they will just subsist on pills, watch a lot of television, and turn into vegetation.
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Pill May Help People Overcome Fears

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS - Scientists say a pill may help people overcome their worst phobias. In a small study released Monday, a drug already on the market for tuberculosis helped people who were terrified of heights get over that fear with only two therapy sessions instead of the usual seven or eight.


The study, led by Michael Davis, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine, was described at a session about unlearning fears at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.


Davis based his work on research that had found the transmission of a certain protein to a brain receptor were critical to overcoming fear. He found that the TB drug, D-cycloserine, aids the transmission of the crucial protein.


The drug, sold by Eli Lilly and Co. under the brand name Seromycin, doesn't dissolve fear. But in rats, it helped them unlearn fears faster, Davis said. Since it was already approved for use in people, he and Barbara O. Rothbaum, director of the school's trauma and anxiety recovery program, tested it on 28 acrophobics, people afraid of heights.


Each got a pill just before their two virtual reality therapy sessions, in which computerized goggles are used to simulate going up a glass elevator in a hotel lobby. Nobody knew whether the pill was a dummy or one of two doses of D-cycloserine, the 500 mg used for TB or one-tenth that dose.


One participant dropped out. When checked one week after and three months after the second session, the 10 patients who had gotten placebos did slightly better than they had at the start. But the 17 on drug — the dose didn't seem to matter — did as well as or better than people who had finished the usual course of eight treatments, Davis said.


"That's pretty powerful stuff, and pretty convincing," said Alan Steinberg, associate director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress at UCLA.


And those who had taken the drug were twice as likely as those on the placebo to be going up in elevators, driving over high bridges and doing other things that fear of panic attacks had kept them from doing before the therapy.


"That's an especially positive aspect of these results," said Mark Bouton, a psychology professor at the University of Vermont. Many times, he noted, fear unlearned in one situation — elevators, for instance — may still show up in other areas, such as high bridges or rooftop restaurants.


However, David Kupfer, a Falls Church, Va., cognitive behavioral therapist with a specialty in phobias and other anxiety disorders, said that even if larger studies confirm the findings, he probably would use it only in a few patients.


Other research has indicated that people who go through therapy unmedicated for such problems do better, in the long run, he said.


"People learn ... that they are the powerful agent of change, not the medication," he said.


However, Kupfer said, it could be useful for people who have trouble with exposure therapy, whether it is virtual reality, imagination or going out to face the fear.

Hello,
I just bought a funny card at Rite Aid. On the front is a pic of a cat, who looks like my Larry when he wears his contrived expression of cuteness, and the caption says: "I got up today."
On the inside it says "What did you do?"
Now there is a cat's life in a nutshell.-- XXOO Tanya

McDonald's Decries Webster Over 'McJob'
57 minutes ago




CHICAGO - McDonald's says it deserves a break from the unflattering way the latest Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary depicts its job opportunities. Among some 10,000 new additions to an updated version released in June was the term "McJob," defined as "low paying and dead-end work."

 

In an open letter to Merriam-Webster, McDonald's CEO Jim Cantalupo said the term is "an inaccurate description of restaurant employment" and "a slap in the face to the 12 million men and women" who work in the restaurant industry.


The company e-mailed the letter to media organizations Friday, and it also was published in the Nov. 3 edition of an industry trade publication.


Cantalupo also wrote that "more than 1,000 of the men and women who own and operate McDonald's restaurants today got their start by serving customers behind the counter."


McDonald's, the world's largest restaurant chain, has more than 30,000 restaurants and more than 400,000 employees.


Walt Riker, a spokesman for McDonald's, said the Oak Brook, Ill.-based fast-food giant also is concerned that "McJob" closely resembles McJOBS, the company's training program for mentally and physically challenged people.


"McJOBS is trademarked and we've notified them that legally that's an issue for us as well," Riker said.


A message left at Merriam-Webster's headquarters in Springfield, Mass., was not immediately returned Friday evening.
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Grrrrrrrrr............I have something to say about this article, but I don't have much time right now. In a nutshell, there is no such thing as a "dead-end job." Is it a peculiarly American notion that there is? How come immigrants from Sri Lanka, Nigeria, India, Honduras etc.- where there are virtually no jobs that pay a living wage- come to the US all the time? They arrive illegally here, take any employment available, work hard, and become successful businesspeople. This is the American dream. There is so much opportunity here. It makes me so angry when people ridicule honest work. I can't believe that "McJob" was included in a reputable dictionary to begin with, let alone with that definition. Good for Mc Donalds for striking back. Here is the crux of the article as far as I am concerned:

"more than 1,000 of the men and women who own and operate McDonald's restaurants today got their start by serving customers behind the counter."

Not everything in life revolves around money, but money does offer some degree of security in our culture. Anyone owning a Mc Donald's franchise is doing pretty damned well financially. Does Merriam- Webster have "cash cow" in their latest edition? -- XXOO Tanya

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Singapore Policeman Gets Two Years for Oral Sex
Fri Nov 7, 7:55 AM ET



SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singaporean police sergeant has been jailed for two years for having oral sex in a country where prostitution is legal but oral sex is not, a newspaper reported Friday.

 

The Straits Times reported that the 27-year-old police coast guard sergeant landed in court after a 16-year-old reported to the police that she had performed oral sex on the man.


She was above the age of consent and agreed to perform the act, but oral sex is against the law in the city-state, the paper said.


"The act by itself is an offence. It is not a question of consent or no consent. Even between consenting people, it is an offence," criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan told the paper.


The maximum punishment for the offence is life imprisonment.

Very..........odd:



Director on set of 'Christ' hit by lightning
NEW YORK (AP) - Don't tell Jan Michelini that lightning doesn't
strike twice. Michelini, an assistant director on Mel Gibson's The
Passion of Christ, was nicknamed "Lightning Boy" after lightning
struck his umbrella during filming on a hilltop in the town of
Matera, Italy, reported VLife, a supplement to Variety publications,
in its October issue.

He suffered light burns on the tips of his fingers.
Mel Gibson directs Jim Caviezel on the set of The Passion of Christ.
By Philippe Antonello, AP

A few months later, while the crew was on a remote location a few
hours from Rome, a storm rolled in and Michelini, again carrying an
umbrella, was standing beside star Jim Caviezel on top of a hill, the
publication said.

"I'm about a hundred feet away from them," producer Steve McEveety
was quoted as saying, "when I glance over and see lightning coming
out of Caviezel's ears. Both Caviezel and Michelini got struck this
time. The main bolt hit Caviezel and one of its forks hit Michelini's
umbrella."

Luckily, they weren't hurt.

Caviezel stars as Christ and Monica Bellucci is Mary Magdalene in the
film.

Hello,
Today's Photo of the Day was taken in the Caribbean by a "Boob Cruise 2000" passenger in May of that year.
I hope everyone is enjoying the HOT gallery of Gina Lynn in the Playhouse!! -- XXOO Tanya

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Show asks: 'Can YOU Be a Pornstar?'

'Real people having real sex!' exclaims ads

Wednesday, November 5, 2003 Posted: 9:44 AM EST (1444 GMT)


Porn actress -- and former California gubernatorial candidate -- Mary Carey will be one of the hosts of "Can YOU Be a Pornstar?"


LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A new reality TV show asks the question: "Can YOU Be a Pornstar?"

Mary Carey, the porn actress who ran for California governor in the recent recall election, is among the hosts, joining fellow adult-film stars Tabitha Stevens and Ginger Lynn.

Silhouette Productions announced plans Monday to shoot seven one-hour shows, with plans to start broadcasting on iN DEMAND Networks and other pay-per-view channels on January 8.

A group of 28 women will compete for a one-year contract with a major adult video distributor and a cash prize of $100,000.

"It's going to be an R-rated version for pay-per-view," Silhouette Productions chief executive officer Harry Feingold told The Associated Press. "Obviously, there will be outtakes that will be hardcore," which will likely turn up on DVD release later.

"It's like 'Paradise Hotel,' when they go behind the scenes. Everybody wants to know what's going on. Well, here you see it," he said, referring to the Fox network reality series about young people trying to seduce each other.

In each episode, four women arrive at a house in Los Angeles for photo shoots, interviews and "surprises," according to Silhouette. Viewers will help pick eight finalists for a 90-minute finale.

The statement promised "uninhibited nudity and sizzling sexuality," while the show's official Web site said it would feature "Real people having real sex!"

"Pay-per-view gives us the freedom to take reality television where it has never gone before," Feingold said. "The last stigma today for audiences isn't renting adult films, it's admitting it, and this series offers viewers a fun, behind-the-scenes look at the star-making process in a multi-billion dollar industry."

He added that the show is designed "not just for men, but for wives and girlfriends who enjoy both reality TV and adult entertainment."

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Hello,
Looking at today's Photo of the Day reminds me not to ever wear such bright lipstick again. Was that fashionable at some point? Very, very doubtful.........
On a happier note, there is a SMOKING HOT NEW GALLERY of Gina Lynn in the Playhouse today!!!!!!-- XXOO Tanya

Hello,
Today's photo of the day was taken by my friend Al. In it I am wearing (part of) one of my former feature-dancing outfits I performed in when I used to go on the road. Yep, the time-honored schoolgirl routine. From 1996 to the beginning of 1998 I travelled on the road constantly going from club to club. I had some great experiences and some horrible experiences. The bitter memories are of course the best stories.
Sometimes other women I know in the business tell me that I should take feature-dance bookings now. I don't think I ever will again. It was fun to travel around North America and see new places, but it is even better to stay home. My cats are here and I like to think that I am the center of their lives. That's probably not the case, but I like to think it anyways. Besides, I can dance in LA without dealing with any of the hassles that come up on the road.
I remember this one club in Florida that put the feature entertainers who came there for the week into a guesthouse that was in the back parking lot of the club. These accommodations doubled as your dressing room for your stage shows. So after you put on your costume for your show, and some of mine were pretty elaborate, you had to hike across the parking lot in the whole getup. The parking lot was in full view of a heavily travelled interstate highway. When you went to bed at night you locked the door of the guesthose with a push-button type lock that is the same as you probably have on your bathroom door. All the regular customers at the club, and many potential people passing by on the highway, know that this guesthouse is used every single week by visiting strippers. I travelled alone and did not sleep well at that particular venue.
One week my agent booked me at a club in the French-speaking Canadian city of Quebec City. Someone told me that a bomb had gone off at that particular club recently so I asked my agent about it. He told me not to worry because the former owners were Hell's Angels, but they were gone after the bombing incident and now there was a new owner. "He seems like a really great guy," my agent said. Famous last words.
The new owner of "Club Supersexe" paid me with Canadian currency at the end of my week there even though it was written into my contract that I was supposed to be paid in American dollars which were worth significantly more. All of a sudden he no longer remembered how to speak English. I didn't speak French. We were at an impasse, especially since I was working illegally in a foreign country. I felt completely powerless to do anything, probably because I was. I left the country with much less money than I should have received. Worse than that, I just felt like such a ................punk. I should have done SOMETHING. Don't ask me what, but I should have at least taken some kind of stand. For his part, my punk agent did not answer his phone or my repeated pages all weekend, despite the fact that he received a weekly commission from me to handle exactly this type of occurrence.
One time in Columbus, Ohio the police raided my room with their guns drawn during a mistaken drug bust. In Tennessee I worked at a club that was picketed by bible-thumping demonstrators for the duration of my stay. No tips that week as very few local residents wanted to cross that picket line. A club in Pennsylvania gave me a room for the week at a hotel that also provided shelter for the homeless. Somewhere in Canada I got lost while jogging in the snow. Yeah, I'm an idiot, but I'd never been surrounded with so much unending whiteness- it was a lot scarier than it sounds. Employees of a club in Wisconsin stole all of my tip money out of my bag before I departed.
None of those incidents were really that bad. It was more the continued confrontations with club managers that wore me out. Some of them were fine, but some of them were rude dickheads on power trips. My theory on it? In many strip clubs the dancers make a lot more money than the management so there's a lot of festering resentment on the part of those managers. Strange environment. The best-run clubs are the ones where the owners do selective hiring and compensate the management appropriately.
Female friends of mine in the business point out that I could have avoided a lot of those problems if I had travelled with a "roadie." Maybe, but I don't know anyone I could be around full-time. I know there are a lot of wonderful people in the world, but I'm not one of them. I have not met the person who could be around me 24 hours a day.
All that said, feature dancing remains in my memory in the same way that the "Boob Cruise" does. There was good with the bad, and it was certainly an experience. -- XXOO Tanya

Good afternoon,
It's a sunny but cool day here. Today's Photo of the Day brings back warm memories of the Caribbean. It was taken by one of the great passengers on "Boob Cruise 2000" during a passenger photo shoot. He was kind enough to send me many of the photos he had taken during the cruise. They are actually the only photos I have as I'm not much of a camera person myself. You will probably be seeing more of them up here. Have a great day!-- XXOO Tanya

Hello,
I just looked at the Photo of the Day, and NOW I remember what I was doing on May 4 of 2000. That's my foot in the black shoe, and the red shoe belongs to my cabinmate on Score Magazine's "Boob Cruise." Have you heard of it? Every few years Score Magazine, which caters to the big boob fetish market, hires about 15 models to go on a Caribbean cruise with a shipload of paying passengers. Sounds great, right? It could have been, but I did not get along all that well with the cruise organizers. In fact, at a particularly heated moment one of the organizers informed both me and my cabinmate Adina, (she of the red shoes), that our "careers were over." She even accidentally spat when she said it because she was so worked up. I believe she went into that particular tirade on the same night one of the passengers snapped that pic of Adina's and my shoes.
The Boob Cruise will always be a memory. Even at the worst moments of that week the scenery was amazing, the passengers were a lot of fun, and my cabinmate Adina was terrific. Unfortunately she and I have lost touch, but hopefully she and I will run into each other again. -- XXOO Tanya

Hello,
I hope everyone is enjoying the new "koi pond" update. That was shot in my friend Renee's backyard. She has graciously allowed me to shoot at her beautiful home a few times. The "black lace" and "in the barn" updates were shot there too. Playhouse members have asked me repeatedly to post one of Renee's pictures up here because I keep talking about how HOT she is. Stay tuned for that.......I'll keep pestering her til she lets me!
By the way, please check out my newly redesigned "custom video" page which is accessible to everyone by clicking on the toolbar above.-- XXOO Tanya

Hello,

A NEW PAY-PER-VIEW THEATRE HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE PLAYHOUSE FOR MEMBERS TO ENJOY!!!

There is a wide range of both full-length videos and also shorter video clips to choose from. They encompass everything from hardcore porn to catfighting to bondage to big boob videos to foot fetish to S & M to..........well, you get the idea. Close to 70 selections feature me, and many other adult actresses are well-represented also. I have scenes there with Mary Carey, Samantha Sterling, Summer Cummings, Nikita Denise, Renee La Rue, and many, many more. I hope you all take some time to savor the huge selection! --XXOO Tanya

Good morning,
Some REALLY HOT galleries of Vivid contract girl Briana Banks were added to the Playhouse yesterday. I've been enjoying them for the past 24 hours. (!!)
Joanne and I have been planning a lot of changes for the Playhouse here over the past few weeks. Stay tuned for some exciting announcements.............Have a great day! -- XXOO Tanya

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Calif. Fires Kill 15, Destroy 1,134 Homes
1 hour, 37 minutes ago



By SETH HETTENA, Associated Press Writer

SAN DIEGO - Ash fell on the beach like snow and drivers turned on their headlights in the smoky daytime streets Monday as wildfires that have reduced entire neighborhoods to moonscapes skipped through the hills of Southern California and threatened 30,000 more homes.



California's deadliest outbreak of fires in more than a decade has destroyed at least 1,134 homes, killed at least 15 people and consumed more than 483,000 acres stretching from the Mexican border to the suburbs northeast of Los Angeles.


"This will be the most expensive fire in California history, both in loss of property and the cost of fighting it," said Dallas Jones, director of the state Office of Emergency Services.


The death toll jumped from 13 to 15 Monday after the bodies of two people were found on a road near San Diego.


Several people suffered burns and smoke inhalation, including eight hospitalized at the University of California, San Diego, Medical Center. Two had burns over more than 55 percent of their bodies, spokeswoman Eileen Callahan said.


Managers of California's power grid estimated that 70,000 to 85,000 Southern California customers were without electricity because fires had damaged transmission lines.


A 90,000-acre wildfire that straddles the Los Angeles-Ventura county line began moving slowly toward million-dollar mansions in a gated community in Los Angeles. California Department of Forestry Battalion Chief Thomas Foley said that in a "worst-case scenario," the blaze could spread all the way to the Pacific Ocean.


Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., said his home near San Diego was among the hundreds damaged or destroyed. Further east, a small border crossing 70 miles from San Diego was closed as fire cut off roads leading to the U.S.-Mexico border, said Vince Bond of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.


The dry, hot Santa Ana winds that have fanned the flames began to ease in some areas Monday, raising hopes that overwhelmed firefighters could make progress with the help of reinforcements on their way from other Western states. But the danger was still high.


The San Diego-area fires raced through chaparral and grass, sometimes sparing one home or one cluster of trees while destroying those around it.


"It would be disingenuous to say we have control of these fires. Right now we are throwing everything we can at them," Jones said. "It's such erratic conditions. These are still tremendously dangerous with very little control or containment."


President Bush designated the fire-stricken region a major disaster area, opening the door to grants, loans and other aid to residents and businesses in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties.


"This is a devastating fire and it's a dangerous fire. And we're prepared to help in any way we can," Bush said at the White House.


Gov. Gray Davis moved to activate the National Guard and summon help from neighboring states. He predicted the cost of the fires would be in the billions.


He toured the fire area in San Bernardino and saw "just homes reduced to rubble, charred belongings still sending off smoke."


He was followed later by Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had a fire briefing in Ventura County and praised work by firefighters.


He thanked Bush for swiftly declaring an emergency and said he would go to Washington on Tuesday to meet with federal officials "to make sure that the federal money will come through."

 


Across Southern California, the sun glowed red and smoke stung the eyes and lungs. Airport baggage handlers wore masks against the smoke and the ash dropping across the landscape.

"My eyes are burning right now something terrible," said 74-year-old Maury Glantz in San Diego, holding a towel over his mouth and nose. "I have to get out."

Even the primates at the San Diego Zoo went indoors to escape the misery. "Their lungs are built like ours so they can be affected by the smoke," said zoo spokeswoman Yadira Galindo.

Many of those who died in the wildfires ignored evacuation orders and were caught by flames because they waited until the last minute to flee, Sheriff Bill Kolender said.

"When you are asked to leave, do it immediately," he said. "Do not wait."

San Diego Fire Chief Jeff Bowman said he was worried that three fires that incinerated 585 homes in San Diego County would merge into a super fire, pushing already strained resources to the breaking point.

A state of emergency was declared in the four stricken counties, where the fires had laid waste to entire blocks of homes, closed major highways, shuttered schools, disrupted air travel nationwide and sent people running for their lives.

People were urged to stay indoors because of the smoky air, and hospitals treated a number of people who complained of breathing trouble.

"You could almost smell the smoke and you could almost taste fire," said Leilani Baker, 46, of San Diego. She was sitting at a bus stop, her shoulders covered with ash.

Eleven people were killed by the so-called Cedar Fire, California's largest blaze at 150,000 acres. The fire was ignited Saturday near the mountain town of Julian when a lost hunter set off a signal fire, authorities said. The hunter may face charges.

In San Bernardino County, a blaze called the Old Fire has destroyed more than 450 homes. On Monday, the flames jumped a road and moved into the heavily forested small town of Crestline.

A major fire burning closer to Los Angeles is believed to have been started by arsonists.

"Those who start these fires are no better than domestic terrorists and should be dealt with as such," said Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley.

The arsonists "have no idea how many lives they've ruined," said Trisha Mitchell, standing amid the debris that was once her childhood home in San Bernardino.

Days after running for her life from a fire that ripped through her San Bernardino neighborhood, Pati Wecker returned home in the Del Rosa area to find the only thing left standing of her house was an archway.

Across the street, a park with green grass and trees was untouched.

Digging through the ruins of her home, Wecker found an untouched porcelain angel and two beer steins. A burned photo album crumbled when she picked it up.

Her husband was killed in Vietnam and she raised her six children in the home that is known in the neighborhood as "Momma's House."

"They all said we will build another house," said Wecker, 69.

When the fire closed in, the only things she was able to get out of the house were her purse and a few clothes. "Everything in there, even my five cats," she said, pointing to the ruins. She was unable to get part of her dentures: "I don't even have my teeth."

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Associated Press writers Ryan Pearson, Chelsea Carter, Brian Skoloff and Scott Lindlaw in Washington contributed to this story.

Good morning,
There is a new "Spin the Bottle" video clip in the Playhouse. It was originally shot as part of a custom video. As always, I LOVE doing custom vidoes!! You can look at my "customs" page and/ or contact videographer Mike Raffone at cuelvideo@hotmail.com for further info......

I came across this quote today and found it amusing:

"A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime."  ~~ Mark Twain

Have a great day!! >^..^< -- XXOO Tanya

Good evening,
I was just discussing Las Vegas with Joanne my webmaster. I think I may have said:

"I H-A-A-A-A-A-T-E Vegas. HAAAAAAATE it. People ask me if I'm a hooker when I'm walking around minding my own business. Vegas is the capital of disrespect. That's how I define it. It's built on greed and loss, and in recent years it's become the vacation destination of choice for people who can't handle their alcohol and drugs. I don't care who they are before they get there, but they descend to the level of the lowest common denominator when they arrive. Yuck, yuck, yuck."

Yep, I think that's what I said. Unfortunately Vegas has also become the destination of choice for many small adult production companies because Nevada has a much more hospitable business environment for small companies than California. For instance: if you operate a home business in California you can write off the square footage of space your desk occupies when you do your taxes. But not if you use that room for anything else. In Nevada you can write off a very sizable portion of your mortgage payment if you have a home business. AND.......there's no state income tax. There are many other financial advantages as well. Lots of adult companies are relocating to Vegas. They tend to set up shop near the Las Vegas Strip because it's fairly close to the airport and many of the best strip clubs, so they have an easy time getting models.
All right. My rant is over. I have to get it out of my system every time I have a trip to Vegas approaching. I'll be much better when I get home. -- XXOO Tanya

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I know I don't need Judge Scalia to set "Judeo-Christian moral standards" for me..................Do you?




Yahoo! News   Thu, Oct 23, 2003

   U.S. Government
  


Supreme Court - AP
Scalia Ridicules Court's Gay Sex Ruling
57 minutes ago


By ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ridiculed his court's recent ruling legalizing gay sex, telling an audience of conservative activists Thursday that the ruling ignores the Constitution in favor of a modern, liberal sensibility.



 

The ruling, Scalia said, "held to be a constitutional right what had been a criminal offense at the time of the founding and for nearly 200 years thereafter."


Scalia adopted a mocking tone to read from the court's June ruling that struck down state antisodomy laws in Texas and elsewhere.


Scalia wrote a bitter dissent in the gay sex case that was longer than the ruling itself.


On Thursday, Scalia said judges, including his colleagues on the Supreme Court, throw over the original meaning of the Constitution when it suits them.


"Most of today's experts on the Constitution think the document written in Philadelphia in 1787 was simply an early attempt at the construction of what is called a liberal political order," Scalia told a gathering of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.


"All that the person interpreting or applying that document has to do is to read up on the latest academic understanding of liberal political theory and interpolate these constitutional understandings into the constitutional text."


Scalia is a hero of conservatives who favor a strict adherence to the actual text of the Constitution.


The 50-year-old Intercollegiate Studies Institute is a private conservative education organization that sponsors lectures and conferences and scholarships. The group says its mission is to, "enhance the rising generation's knowledge of our nation's founding principles — limited government, individual liberty, personal responsibility, free enterprise and Judeo-Christian moral standards."


ISI draws much of its funding from conservative foundations, including three controlled by or associated with billionaire philanthropist Richard Mellon Scaife, a vehement critic of former President Clinton.


Scalia spoke after standing with some 800 others to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.


The Supreme Court announced last week that it will hear a case testing the constitutionality of the current version of the pledge as it is recited in public schools and that Scalia will not take part.


Scalia apparently sidelined himself because of remarks he made earlier this year critical of a lower court ruling in the case. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had found the pledge was unconstitutional in public school classroom because of the phrase, "one nation, under God."


The Supreme Court could decide to strip the words "under God" from the patriotic oath or rule that the mention of God does not violate the notion of separation of church and state.

Good morning,
I'd be curious to know what the back of my jacket says in today's Photo of the Day. That jacket doesn't look like something that belonged to me, nor something that belonged to anyone else I knew or know. It's bugging me right now because it feels like it's just at the edge of my memory. Don't you hate that?? That jacket has a story. It will probably come to me at some point today.........
In any case, if you have a moment please proceed to my "links" page and click on the banners for either meanbitches.com or ashtonmoore.com. Meanbitches.com is more of a specialized taste, but ashtonmoore.com is geared to lovers of blondes with large breasts. Have a great day!!-- XXOO Tanya

'Rerun' Berry Dies at Age 52
Oct 22, 6:50 PM EST

Fred Berry, the bulb-shaped, squeaky-voiced actor famous for playing red-beret-wearing Rerun on the 1970s TV sitcom "What's Happening!" has died at age 52, police said Wednesday.

Berry died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles of apparent natural causes, police Officer Jason Lee said. The county coroner was investigating the exact nature of the death, but friends said Berry had been in ill health due to a recent stroke.

He wore his red beret and suspenders in real life, and it was unclear whether he originally brought his own style to the character of Rerun or whether he was forever mimicking the character that made him famous.

Rerun was a 1970s version of latter-day goofball TV characters like Steve Urkel from "Family Matters": loud, a little whiny, a little dim and definitely geeky. "What's Happening!", which ran from 1976-1979, focused on three teenage friends — Rerun, Raj and Dwayne — who learn about life, women and trouble while growing up in Los Angeles.

Among the more famous episodes was one in which Rerun joined a bizarre cult and another in which he got busted for making bootlegged tapes of a Doobie Brothers concert.

The name Rerun, according to Berry, referred to the character's brainlessness: In the summer, he had to rerun all the classes he failed during the school year.

Berry's success on the show was clouded by his heavy use of marijuana and cocaine. "There were dealers right there in the studio, people that worked there," he said in 1996. "In the '70s, it was like that on a lot of TV shows. It was the Hollywood lifestyle then. Everybody was doing it."

By the time "What's Happening!" ended, Berry said he had blown more than a million dollars on drugs, cars, homes and an airplane. With no acting jobs heading his way, Berry tried to live off his fame by charging to appear at shopping malls.

Even later in life, he was still cashing in: lately, he earned money by calling fans on the telephone with the service www.HollywoodIsCalli ng.com. About $30 would earn a fan a 30 second call.

Berry's love life was another complication. He married a dancer while in his 20s, and the two divorced, remarried and divorced again. Berry repeated that performance with his second wife, whom he married and divorced twice (most recently in 1991). He also married and divorced two other women.

Rerun brought Berry another brief moment of success in 1985, when "What's Happening!" was revived as the syndicated "What's Happening Now!" Berry quit in a contract dispute after the first season and the show ended in 1987.

By 1986, Berry says, he abandoned drugs and started to speak at churches, schools and other groups, finally working as a minister in Madison, Ala., at the New Shiloh Church Ministry.

He was still dabbling in show business. Berry recently appeared on the TV shows "Star Dates" on the E! Entertainment Network, MTV's "Doggy Fizzle Televizzle" with Snoop Dogg and in a cameo role in the David Spade comedy film "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star."

Funeral services were unclear late Wednesday.

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Hello,
So now you have had a full day to check out the 3 Ashton Moore galleries added yesterday- very, very hot! No, I'm not done with them yet either..........However, there is a BONUS catfight update added to the Playhouse today which features me fighting the beautiful and estimable Venus Delight!! Please enjoy this week's special no-holds-barred BONUS treat-- XXOO Tanya

Good evening--
Ashton Moore is in the Playhouse tonight.........MMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!- XXOO Tanya

Hello,
There is a hot new video clip in the Playhouse tonight.................please enjoy!!!!!!!-- XXOO Tanya

Hello-- There is a great new photoset of me and the beautiful Carolyn Monroe wearing sexy black stockings, garter belts, and traditional full-back panties. They were shot a few weeks ago during a custom video shoot. Please enjoy them!
By the way, please also click on "custom video" on the toolbar above to get info. on how to get your own super-hot custom video. Have a great Sunday!!-- XXOO Tanya

Hello,
Here's an observation from Ron Silver who will be starring in a TV show called "Skin" which revolves to some extent around the porno world. Evidently he visited a few porno sets to presumably get more insight into his role. (Yeah, right!- hehe)

"Everyone in the industry is a star," he says, "there don't seem to be any bit players."

Funny, I've been thinking that for years now as the term "porn star" has become increasingly ubiquitous. When I was a kid I remember riding in the back of my Mom's station wagon going to Tommaso's Restaurant which was located in the "red-light district" of San Francisco. I'd stare at the huge promo posters outside the theatres which featured the "stars" of the day. They were the luminaries of the industry at a time when there were no video cameras and there wasn't nearly as much porn around. (And you had to go to a theatre and watch the movies there. How weird is that?)
I always roll my eyes at the use of the word "star" when it's used to refer to anything other than a celestial body, but in the theatre years of porno, as I like to call them, there seemed to be only a handful of folks who appeared in most of the productions. Their names actually brought a bit of cachet to the films. Sounds ridiculous, but I can remember Seka being quite a celebrity in the pornohouses and skin magazines of yore. She was very famous. Now, with the sheer volume of porno that is produced worldwide, and the large number of adult performers in the industry it is kind of ironic that they are all "stars."
It's not ironic in a bad way, but it's just something I've reflected on here and there, and Ron Silver is the first person I've run across that seems to share my sentiments on this very unimportant issue. -- XXOO Tanya

Here's a news story from Yahoo. I just thought I'd post it up here as a reminder/ tribute to the American soldiers who are still fighting and dying for our country in the Mideast. The news focus has kind of shifted away from there recently, so I just wanted to post this story as a tribute to their heroism. All members of the military fighting this battle are very much in my thoughts and heart. Many kisses, hugs, and tons of gratitude to all of you.............

When the 100th U.S. soldier died in combat since President Bush (news - web sites) declared victory in Iraq (news - web sites) nearly six months ago, the grim statistic laid bare how deadly Iraq has become even after the war.


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It also marked the biggest U.S. combat loss in a peacekeeping operation since an ill-fated intervention in the Lebanon conflict 20 years ago. That involvement ended in 1983 after an explosive-laden truck rammed into a U.S. Marines Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 servicemen.


Somalia, Kosovo, Panama, Granada, Afghanistan (news - web sites) and the first Gulf war (news - web sites), in which 147 Americans died, have not taken the overall toll on American lives that the present Iraq conflict has exacted.


As well as the 101 soldiers who have died in combat since the war was formally declared over by Bush on May 1, another 97 have died in so-called non-hostile action -- accidents, friendly fire, illness and suicides.


In the war itself, 115 U.S. troops died in combat and 23 in non-hostile actions, making a total of 336 dead for U.S. forces since they invaded on March 20.


"It's just frustrating. It's not traditional warfare, You've got no known enemy. No military target." said Specialist Joshuah Thompson, 23, with the 720th Military Police Battalionin Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s home town of Tikrit.


"I think the people are ungrateful. They still attack us. We bring them freedom and they're still trying to kill us."


WAYS OF DEATH SIMPLE AND DIRECT


The ways of death are brutally simple and direct, a far cry from the high-tech warfare favored by the United States.


A mortar bomb here, a rocket propelled grenade there, a burst of AK-47 fire -- and most deadly of all -- the dreaded IED or "Improvised Explosive Device," military jargon for a home made bomb.


Hung from a tree, buried by a roadside, detonated by a toy car remote control or a timer, the IED is the most feared of the weapons used by the collection of Saddam loyalists and al Qaeda followers blamed by the U.S. military for the death toll.


"There is not much you can do about them," said Private First Class William Jelks, 19, of Houston, who mans a 50-caliber machinegun on top of a Humvee, a favored vehicle for patrols.


"About all you can do is look for them."


U.S. troops have taken to reinforcing their Humvees with more armor plating but even this is little protection in an IED attack where plastic explosives and mortar bombs are linked in a "daisy chain."


Troops say that attackers rarely worry them with gunfire.


"I haven't seen any gunshot wounds in a long time, maybe two months. The wounds are all these RPGs and shrapnel from IEDs," said Major William Marzullo, El Paso, Texas, senior medical officer for the First Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment.


"I wasn't expecting all these home-made bombs."

 


Lt. Col. James Cassella, a Pentagon (news - web sites) spokesman, said U.S. troops in Iraq face "a low-intensity conflict" that will last "for some time."

Staff Sergeant Ronnie Stewart, 35, Shreveport, Louisiana, said the mounting casualty toll and particularly the figure of 100 dead was at last bringing home to some troops that the United States was in Iraq for the long haul.

"I can say that the younger soldiers had their minds geared to the end of their tours in Iraq," he said.

"I think they didn't understand that this is an ongoing process. I think for a lot of soldiers it has come as a shock. Reality has just now set in for them." (Additional reporting by Ian Simpson in Iraq, and Will Dunham in Washington)

-- With much love to our proud, brave military--- XXOO Tanya

Hmmmmmmm..............Can the Boston Red Sox beat the "Curse of the Bambino?" It's 5-5 in the 9th inning as I sit here typing.......-- XXOO Tanya

Good evening,
Today's Photo of the Day was taken around 1996 or so. I used to mail it out to members of my mail-order club around that time, usually on their birthdays. Interesting how new technology changes things. The Internet totally eclipsed my mail-order business. Have a great night! -- XXOO Tanya

Good evening,
Wow- there is a new gallery of spectacular Veronika Zemanova in the Playhouse today!! She has the most amazing pair of natural breasts on a thin body that I have ever seen. And, of course, an incredibly beautiful face. Please enjoy her photos and bio- I know I have been!-- XXOO Tanya

Hello,
There is a new video clip added to the Playhouse today- please enjoy the hot, sexy bubblebath!! Also, today's Photo of the Day features me with blue hair. Actually, it was black hair, but I see kind of a bluish tinge in that photo for some reason. Strange.
Additionally, please remember to check the bulletin board today to see details of the 10-girl orgy I just came home from!! MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm................-- XXOO Tanya

Hi,
Today's Photo of the Day for 10/12/03 was NOT created by me in some hideous moment of self-indulgence- hehe! Who then, you ask, would have carved out those letters in the sand and taken a snapshot? No, really, I didn't pay anyone. Rather, I was approached by a very, very nice gentleman at a convention a few months ago who handed me this photo. I was stunned and amazed. Of course it did occur to me that this sand tribute was made for a DIFFERENT Tanya and given to me as an afterthought, but when I'm old I'll show this picture to my grandchildren since I won't be able to show them any others.
Incidentally, I recently met one of the most beautiful women I have seen in porno. Her name is Tanya James, and she is quite stunning. She's about 5'11 and I think she missed her calling as a fashion model. I believe she is fairly new to the business- I just met her as I was working for VCA director/ noted porn historian Jim Holliday over the weekend.
Perhaps many people will start ending up on my site here accidentally when they are typing in "Tanya" and "porno" on the search engines. Sure, they will be hunting for Tanya James, but maybe I'll be able to parlay the additional traffic into something useful- hehe!
This is neither here nor there, but years ago when I first began posing for magazines I originally picked the last name "St. James" as my stage name of sorts. I think I even have copies of a few magazines where I'm identified as "Tanya St. James." The first nude photo shoot I ever did was with J. Stephen Hicks for Penthouse. Oddly, I ended up getting paid the full $5000 they paid their centerfolds, but that layout was never published. On all the release forms I wrote "Tanya St. James" as my name for publication. I doubt that pictorial will ever see the light of day, but if it does, I'll be identified by my old alias. I recall having large hair, bright red lipstick, size 36B breasts, and wearing big earrings and white pumps in some of the photos. Yep, it was the tail-end of the heavy-metal era.
I think around 1995 I decided to be Tanya "Danielle" when I wrote that name on a release form for Larry Flynt Publications. I had dropped "St. James" when I realized that half the people in the adult industry had surnames that were "St.-something-or-other." A layout in the 1/96 issue of Hustler was the first magazine in which my new name appeared. A while ago someone told me that an actress who used to have a minor role on "The X-Files" was named Tanya Danielle, but I don't know if that was true or not.
Anyways, I digress. Thank you very, very much to the kind gentleman who gave me the sand photo a few months ago!! I hope you see it up here on the web. -- XXOO Tanya