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Sexually Themed Literature on the Rise

by Brian David Phillips • February 9, 2005

More publishers are jumping on the sex bandwagon as lusty books increase their market share. The mainstream acceptance of erotic themed material has helped fuel an increase in the number of books with sexual themes being published . . . this becomes interesting as the administration’s efforts to punish broadcasters for risque fare which is…

English Class . . .

by Brian David Phillips • February 9, 2005

Okay . . . that makes sense . . . English textbook from Japan circa the 1980s . . . when I first came to Taiwan back in 1989, I went out with a girl who had a small handbook with similar phrases although her text was a bit strange in that the English was…

GoDaddy Too Hot . . . no, Fox too whipped

by Brian David Phillips • February 8, 2005

This is stupid . . . really . . . really stupid . . . ad for GoDaddy too hot to handle . . . Fox already saw and approved the ad. If it was too "hot" then they should have made that call before they took GoDaddy‘s five million dollars for two spots plus…

Happy Chinese New Year!

by Brian David Phillips • February 8, 2005

Happy Chinese New Year to all of you! May you and yours find happiness, health, wealth, joy, love, kindness, and other good stuff in the coming year! As the Chinese New Year holiday is an extended time of running around, visiting, and eating for a whole slew of days . . . updates to the…

3D Wobble Fansign

by Brian David Phillips • February 7, 2005

Thank you, Brigit. This is from an earlier set but as I hadn’t posted the 3D wobble version before, I thought I would post it now . . . Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

Hypnotic Orgasms

by Brian David Phillips • February 7, 2005

At the technique exchange, I have recently been discussing Hypnotic Orgasms. One of the discussion participants in another list who was responding to a statement about state versus non-state theories of hypnosis in that he believes that despite conclusions regarding recent studies that have demonstrated neurological changes associated to hypnotic states that indicate automatism to…

Abstinence Programs INCREASE Promiscuity

by Brian David Phillips • February 5, 2005

A study has show that teenagers increase their sexual behavior after attending abstinence programs. HOUSTON (Reuters) – Abstinence-only sex education programs, a major plank in President Bush’s education plan, have had no impact on teenagers’ behavior in his home state of Texas, according to a new study. Despite taking courses emphasizing abstinence-only themes, teenagers in…

Lorraine, I Love You . . .
. . . Happy Anniversary . . .

by Brian David Phillips • February 3, 2005

there is no tomorrow . . . Bill Moyers

by Brian David Phillips • February 2, 2005

In his remarks when receiving the Global Environmental Citizen Award from the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, Bill Moyers made some very insightful and extremely scary statements regarding his view that there is no tomorrow . . . given Moyers standing and reputation, that’s really scary stuff. I won’t…

erotic hypnosis and hypnotic identity . . .
. . . Multiple Markets, Multiple Identities . . .
. . . . . . when good hypnotists hide their light under a bushel . . .

by Brian David Phillips • February 2, 2005

Normally, I don’t do a lot of revisiting posts or editing them. Typically, if I have something new to say on a subject, I will create a new post with a link to the original post. However, I have re-edited an earlier post . . . extensively due to the very polite request of the…

University Coeds . . . higher education and brothel business

by Brian David Phillips • January 31, 2005

From WaiWai, a group of university coeds in Japan start a brothel . . . everyone from the secretary staff to the working girls are current university students.

Practice Makes Perfect . . .
. . . How to Master Hypnosis . . .
. . . . . . Do It!

by Brian David Phillips • January 31, 2005

I am a big time supporter of the ideas of practice groups or workshops intended for folks who’ve had some training at whatever level and share ideas and then get down and dirty and practice practice practice. So many folks go through a training and they feel they haven’t quite gotten enough skill levels to…

New Member of the Family . . .
Kaye and Her Dog

by Brian David Phillips • January 26, 2005

Kaye has been asking and begging and crying and pleading and demanding and every other influence strategy she can think of for forever and a day in trying to persuade us to let her have a husky . . . this includes six months of chanting "get a dog get a dog get a dog"…

Porn Does Anything BUT Objectify Women

by Brian David Phillips • January 26, 2005

Well . . . pretty much most of the pro-porn and anti-contraporn blogs out there are going to be linking to Caitlin Hall’s commentary in the Arizona Daily Wildcat giving a fair criticism of the feminist or conservative anti-porn arguments that adult entertainment objectifies women . . . porn does anything but objectify women .…

Betelnut Beauties Additions . . . more driveby blur

by Brian David Phillips • January 26, 2005

For those of you who enjoy the Betelnut Beauties album, I have added a slew of drive-by blurriness from our trip this weekend to Taichung. Some of the shots look more realistic and far less surreal than this one but this one captures the spirit of the phenomena so powerfully to my mind . .…

My Shoes are Bigger than I Thought . . .

by Brian David Phillips • January 26, 2005

All these years, I’ve obviously been wearing smaller shoes than I should. I guess next time I buy a pair, I should up ’em about two or three sizes and see if they’re more comfortable. Shoe Size – Penis Size Conversion Charts. Enjoy.

AWOL . . .

by Brian David Phillips • January 23, 2005

I’ll be out of town with my family for a few days, leaving in ten minutes and will be back late Tuesday evening or early Wednesday morning my time. I won’t have reliable internet access where we’re going to be staying so posting will be slim to none. In the meantime, be patient. – Brian

Freedom of Choice . . .
. . . and the client in therapeutic relationships

by Brian David Phillips • January 21, 2005

More discussion on . . . Hypnotic Memory Erasure . . .. . . Artificial Repression . . . No Eternal Sunshine, No Spotless Mind . . . this time the discussion rolls around to the nature of freedom of choice, therapeutic approach, and a client’s right of choice. The primary disagreement to my position…

Being Stroked Calms Stressed Women Down

by Brian David Phillips • January 21, 2005

Okay . . . this is worthwhile to know . . . Being Stroked Calms Stressed Women Down . . . Scientists say that an affectionate stroke of the back or neck may be of far more benefit to your beloved than other forms of relaxation, such as being left in peace in a foam-filled…

Uh . . . okay . . .

by Brian David Phillips • January 21, 2005

Uh . . . okay . . . I heard a rumour that you people liked amateur pictures . . . enough said. Edit: NSFW . . . so, it wasn’t really enough said . . . I just forgot the NSFW tag . . . thanks for the gentle reminder, Karl. 🙂

Taiwan . . . a US territory?

by Brian David Phillips • January 21, 2005

Richard Hartzell is not the only one making this argument, US holds Taiwan’s sovereignty . . . he’s written about it elsewhere and here it is in the Taipei Times but the 51st State Association which advocates that Taiwan official become a US state uses similar reasoning, albeit they also throw in economic, political, and…

Hypnotic Memory Erasure . . .
. . . Artificial Repression
No Eternal Sunshine, No Spotless Mind

by Brian David Phillips • January 20, 2005

Interesting discussions on memory recently at the Hypnosis Technique Exchange as there was a query about erasing memories through hypnosis: An online friend said that its possible to use hyponosis for erasing traumatic memories. I would never try it on my own, id go see someone just wondering if its possible… it sounds kinda wacky.…

The Coming War . . . DVD

by Brian David Phillips • January 20, 2005

I have tons of DVDs, well maybe not tons . . . but pretty close to it. Lately, everytime I pick up a new one my wife will give me “that look” and remind me that 1. I ran out of shelf space for the beasties long ago and 2. they’re all going to be…