End of Summer Treat

As the great British summer appears to be pretty well over, my local supermarket is wanting to clear the section they had for outdoor toys for kids and is selling everything off.  Now my motivation for buying a kids cricket set was not for the miniature stumps - well made though they are, and certainly not for the plastic ball. It most definitely was not because I wanted to play cricket with some kids,  But I thought for four pounds, I could discard everything else and keep this little beauty.

I can confirm it's wooden, as you can see it's about 15 inches long, and weighs in at about 160g and has a nice rubbery non-slip covering to the handle  I would love to have someone around right now to try this out on but from a little bit of self experimentation I would describe it as a good attention grabber.

Video games and computer games

I don't know if this ever made it on to the market but given that the spanko community probably includes a fair chare of compuuter geeks I find it surprising that there aren't more computer games with a spanking theme.  I've seen - many years back - one based around Monopoly but they are few and far between.  It doesn't even need to be very sophisticated or graphical (although I don't mind if it is!) - it could be done as an adventure game where you roleplay a character, make decisions and take the consequences or whatever,  But there's virtually nothing out there.  Any examples you recommend?

YAY!!! I'm back!

Break time is over and I'm back and blogging!  I'll check the links over the next few days and note last dates alongside those that don't seem to be updating.

Meanwhile I thought readers (if I have any left) might like this ecologically friendly hybrid drive boat.  Standing in the boat with an oar you have the option of just paddling it in the water in the conventional fashion or applying it to the perfectly positioned outboard motor at the back of the boat to stimulate more work there.

Hiatus

There have been times when I've thought about ending this blog - I've had a lot of fun with it and on the occasions there has been positive feedback - even 'though that was less often than I might have hoped - I've had a real buzz from it.  However there have been times when, even 'though I know many people have taken the trouble to log in and read or view my posts there has been little feedback - positive or otherwise and as a blogger you can't help but wonder why you bother.  In the end, I decided I bother because it's good for me and I have to just smile when I get feedback and not be surprised when I don't.

However, right now, there are other issues and other priorities in my life so I may not post for a while.  Not sure how long - a week, a month, three months...  I will be back (even if it's just a final farewell from the blog) and I'm as passionate (if not more so) about the subject than ever so I will be pursuing my interests in other ways.

Thanks to everyone for understanding or, at least, acceptance, and look out for the return..  

Favourite for December

Just to prove it doesn't always have to be about red bottoms (as long as there's plenty of that as well!). I'm sure this girl is actually very attractive but right now her looks are not her concern - the distress and pain showing through her face means that you are left in no doubt that she has been given a jolly good hiding and is now regretting her behaviour.

This will be my last post for at least two weeks so wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and New Year.  See you in 2012.

A seasonal reminder

It's a long time since last Christmas so I thought I should remind folk, should you have to deal with any naughty behaviour over the festive season, a short branch cut from a fresh Christmas tree can be a most useful implement.  Nicely whippy and flexible yet strong, and with pine needles to add a certain extra merry sting.  Replace the Ho Ho Ho of Christmas with Ow Ow Ow!

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Lloyds

I'm trying to get some work done on a report that I need to present at work next week but can hear a 24 hours news programme on a TV in the background.  I keep getting distracted as one of the big news stories concerns "Lloyds Banking Group" which it is all to easy to not hear quite correctly...

Favourite for November

Something different this month - I've done a few "before" shots because I love the looks of trepidation and anticipation but this month for a classy "after" shot.

The Rigid East / Lupus stable produces a rather mixed repertoire of movies but for me their classic domestic and school scenarios have often had something really special about them.   This scene from their classic Crime In The St Thomas School is practically unique on having no less than twelve schoolgirls given hard bare bottom paddlings with a wooden paddle one after another for their share in the offence.

Previous post on copyright issues

I have withdrawn my previous post titled "Copyright Issues" - it was intended as light hearted comment.

I was really musing  this question

"If a man puts a girl over his knee and spanks her bottom while someone else takes a photograph, who has creative rights/copyright on the results?

a) The spanker (responsible for the red patterning produced)
b) The girl
c) The photographer"

and I hinted that it could be argued that the creativity came from the spanker (for the reason given in brackets above) not the photographer, and certainly not from the girl.  It wasn't meant to be serious but I did publish one sane and serious response.  I didn't publish the others who thought I was denying women's rights, etc.

I humbly admit it would have been better if I had not used a named real person as an example - hence the deletion.  To me, of course, the girl is the very essence of the image and I'm not saying that acting or modelling is not a creative role.  I wish I'd never mentioned it.