Agent Aeon looks so ready to party the night away on Blue Blood’s BarelyEvil.com with her rockstar shiny blue top with the silver star, her blue hair, and her candy jewelry. Barely Evil does say that their naughty punk girls party harder and go farther. Sounds fun to me.

I am wearing the world’s silliest silver dress tonight. No raver candy necklace for me though. Happy New Year everyone.

Bookworm is a popular generalization for any insect which supposedly bore through books.

Actual book-borers are uncommon. Both the larvae of the Death-watch Beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum) and the Furniture Beetle (Anobium punctatum) will tunnel through wood - and if paper is in close proximity they will pass into that.

A major book feeding insect is the booklouse (or book louse). A tiny (under 1 mm), soft-bodied wingless psocoptera (usually Trogium pulsatorium), that actually feeds on molds and other organic matter found in ill-maintained works. Although they will also attack bindings and other parts. It is not actually a true louse.

Many other insects, like the Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) or Cockroach (various Blattodea), will consume these molds and also degraded paper or the starch-based binding pastes - warmth and moisture or high humidity are prerequisites, so damage is more common in the tropics. Modern glues and paper are less attractive to insects.

Tineola biselliella and Hofmannophila pseudospretella will attack cloth bindings. Leather bound books attract various consumers, such as Dermestes lardarius and the larvae of Attagenus unicolor and Stegobium paniceum.

The bookworm moth (Heliothis zea or H. virescens) and its larvae are not interested in books. The larvae are pests for cotton or tobacco growers as the Cotton Bollworm or Tobacco Budworm. (via Wikipedia)

This is Larisa she is a shy student that wants to raise her grades the Book Worm Bitch way. According to this tongue-in-cheek (and other places) site, her grades had been slipping and her teacher knew she was going to try something to get through his class. That’s when he caught her cheating. Only one way for her to get out of it and pass, she’d have to give him some incentive. He let her suck him and he gave it to her all over the classroom.

I think the bookish styling of many of these girls is adorable, but the scenarios are kind of the opposite of them being Bookwork Bitches. They are more like totally-blew-off-studying-and-had-to-blow-the-teacher-bitches.

Two great redhead Xmas tastes that taste great together. Matching schoolgirl plaid skirts and ruffle panties and fencenet hose. From Retail Slut I believe. This sample gallery from Barely Evil is mighty nice.

In Norse Mythology, Baldur (also Balder, ON Baldr), the god of innocence, beauty, joy, purity, and peace, is Odin’s second son. His wife is called Nanna and his son was Brono. Baldur had a ship, the largest ever built, named Hringham, and a hall, called Breidablik. Phol is considered to be a German name for Baldur, based on the Merseburger formulae, where Baldur is mentioned as Balder.

Baldur, nicknamed “the beautiful”, is known primarily for the myth surrounding his death; that tale is one of the most moving in all Norse literature. His death and the manner of it contribute to another kenning for Baldur, “the slain god”. His death is seen as the first in the chain of events which will ultimately lead to the destruction of the gods at Ragnarok. Baldur, however, will, as foretold in the Voluspa, be reborn in the new world.

He had a dream of his own death (or his mother had the same dreams). Since the gods’ dreams were usually prophetic, this depressed him, and his mother Frigg made every object on earth vow never to hurt Baldur. All but one, an insignificant weed called the mistletoe, made this vow. Frigg had thought it too unimportant and nonthreatening to bother asking it to make the vow (alternatively, it seemed too young to swear). When Loki, the mischief-maker, heard of this, he made a magical spear from this plant. He hurried to the place where the gods were indulging in their new pastime of hurling objects at Baldur, which would bounce off without harming him. Loki gave the spear to Baldur’s brother, the blind god Hod, who then inadvertently killed his brother with it. For this act, Odin and Rind had a child named Vali, who was born solely to punish Hod, who was slain.

Baldur was ceremonially burnt upon his ship, Hringham; the hugest of all ships. As he was carried to the ship, Odin whispered in his ear. This was to be a key riddle asked by Odin (in disguise) of the giant Vafthruthnir (and which was, of course, unanswerable) in the Vafthruthnismal. The dwarf Lit was kicked by Thor into the funeral fire and burnt alive. Nanna, Baldur’s wife also threw herself on the funeral fire to await the end of Ragnarok when she would be reunited with her husband (alternatively, she died of grief). Baldur’s horse, too, with all its trappings, was burned on the pile. The ship was set to sea by Hyrrokin, a giantess, who came riding on a wolf and gave the ship such a push that fire flashed from the rollers and all the earth shook. (via Wikipedia)

Mistletoe is the common name for various evergreen parasitic plants of the families Loranthaceae and Viscaceae, especially “European Mistletoe” Viscum album and “American Mistletoe” Phoradendron flavescens, with waxy white berries and smooth-edged oval leaves in pairs along the woody stem.

The species grow on a wide range of trees, and can eventually prove fatal to them where infestation is heavy, though damage more commonly only results in growth reduction.

Mistletoe is spread by birds (especially the Mistle thrush) who eat the berries; the seeds are excreted in their droppings and stick to twigs. The word may be related to German Mist, another word for dung; but Old English mistel was also used for basil.

The leaves and young twigs are the parts used by herbalists, and it is very popular in Europe, especially in Germany, for treating circulatory and respiratory system problems as well as for tumors, even malignant ones.

Mistletoe figured prominently in Norse mythology (whence the modern Western custom of kissing under bunches of it hung as holiday decorations) - the god Baldur was killed with a weapon made of mistletoe - and Celtic mythology and in Druid rituals. It was considered an antidote to poison, but contact with its berries produces a rash like poison ivy rash in people who are sensitive to it (as many are), so the whole plant came to be thought of as poisonous.

Mistletoe has sometimes been nick-named the “vampire plant” because it can probe beneath tree bark to drain water and minerals, enabling it to survive during drought (see vampirism).

Nowadays, mistletoe is commonly used as a Christmas decoration. According to tradition, a person standing under the mistletoe is supposed to receive a kiss. (via Wikipedia)

This couple is having a picnic in a grassy field, eating chicken on a spit, being good medievalists, but they start kissing and get overcome with lust. Now there is a holiday feast. Lots of oral sex.

One of the most popular traditions associated with the celebration of Christmas, the Christmas tree is normally an evergreen coniferous tree that is brought in the house or used in the open and is decorated with lights and colourful ornaments during the days preceding and immediately following Christmas. Delicate mold-blown and painted colored glass tree ornaments were a specialty of Czech glass factories from the late 19th-century.

This is a Christianization of the ancient pagan idea that the evergreen tree represents a celebration of the renewal of life. In Roman mosaics from Tunisia showing the mythic triumphant return from India of the life-death-rebirth deity Dionysus, the god carries a tapering coniferous tree.

The tradition is most widely observed in the more northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere (north of about 45°N latitude), where Christmas falls at a time when daylight hours are very short, and temperatures often below freezing (0°C) with snow covering the ground. In northern Europe a promise of renewal is essential at a time of death, darkness and cold at the winter solstice. Medieval legends, nevertheless, tended to concentrate more on the miraculous flowering of trees at Christmastime. A bough of flowering Glastonbury thorn is still sent annually for the Queen’s Christmas table.

The Queen’s Christmas tree at Osborne House. The engraving republished in Godey’s Lady’s Book, Philadelphia, December 1850Though houses were dressed at Christmas with evergreen boughs, in northern Europe, the Christmas tree was not customary in the English-speaking world. It was introduced by King George III’s German Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, but didn’t spread much beyond the royal family until the royal family Christmasses centered round Prince Albert at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, were illustrated in steel engravings published in English magazines, and copied in the US (illustration, left) for Christmas 1850. Such patriotic prints of the British royal family at Christmas celebrations helped popularize the Christmas tree in Britain and among the anglophile American upper class.

Like many other Christmas traditions, the universally-popular Christmas tree is derived from a fusion of Christian ideas with older pagan traditions. The custom originated in Germany. According to one legend, Saint Boniface attempted to introduce the idea of trinity to the pagan tribes using the Cone-shaped evergreen trees because of their triangular appearance. The tradition of hanging decorations (representing fruit or gifts) on the trees is very old, with some early reports coming from Germany’s upper Rhine region, but the tradition of attaching candles is attributed to Martin Luther. A related tradition was hanging evergreen branches throughout the home. With time, these evergreen branches gave way to garlands, vines and wreaths.

However, the Germanic tribes celebrated the Yule tradition by sacrificing male animals, and slaves, by suspending them on the branches of trees. In Scandinavia the Viking kings sacrificed nine males of each species at the sacred groves. Poor people hanged apples and buns and other small sacrifices on branches. (via Wikipedia)

An enormous number of customs surround Christmas, and vary from country to country. Many aspects, such as the Christmas tree, holly, the Christmas ham, the Yule Log, and the giving of presents were appropriated from the earlier Asatru pagan midwinter holiday of Yule and the traditional celebrations of the Winter solstice, which were very popular in northern Europe long before the arrival of Christianity. (Other major pagan holidays similarly appropriated include Easter and Halloween.) Rather than attempting to suppress these popular feast days, the Christian missionaries simply gave them a new Christian interpretation, while permitting most of the associated customs to continue with little or no modification. A few Christian churches, most notably the Jehovah’s Witnesses and some Puritan groups, thus view Christmas as a pagan holiday not sanctioned by the Bible and do not celebrate it.

In most Western countries, Christmas celebrations have both religious and secular aspects. (via Wikipedia)

Here is the somewhat dryer free encyclopedia breakdown of what otherkin are.

An otherkin is a person who believes themself to be a species other than Homo sapiens. Otherkin is also a self-applied label for the subculture of such people. Specifically, these individuals believe themselves to be, biologically or spiritually, members of a species of animal or legendary creature. Otherkin may claim to be cats, dogs, elves, fairies, angels, dragons, demons, werewolves, or some other animal-human hybrid. It is not altogether uncommon for them to profess their existence as a combination of these creatures.

Otherkin should generally not be confused with role-players, although many otherkin are also role-players; nor with transhumanists, who seek to modify humanity rather than presuming that they are already non-human. Although many otherkin claim that “otherness” is similar to transsexuality, this claim is generally taken with offense by transsexuals.

The exact nature of otherness is open for debate in the otherkin community. While some otherkin believe themselves to be biologically non-human — for example, by claiming distant, or not so distant descent from a non-human — others believe themselves to be human in biology but “other” in spirit, often attributing this to reincarnation or a “misplaced soul”. The reincarnationists, who currently are the dominant force in the subculture, disagree amongst themselves as to whether these otherkin souls come from Earth, other planets, or different planes of consciousness. There is also some controversy as to whether people claiming to be otherkin may be suffering from schizotypal personality disorder.

There is ultimately no practical difference between the distinctions; furthermore, there can be none, due to the subjectivity of any personal psychological experience and the lack of precise terms with which to describe the associated phenomena. (via Wikipedia)

Yolanda just has the hair for the season, so here is a hot sample gallery of her showing off high end latex fashion set with rhinestones and lace. Samples from Rubber Dollies of course.

Otherkin are people who believe rightly or wrongly that the sort of people they are is not the human type. If anyone ever hit on you at a con claiming to actually be a high elf in exile from faerie, then you’ve met an otherkin. The Otherkin site is a good resource for the variety of explanations for how people would come to the conclusion that they were sidhe or bastet or whathaveyou. The site actually manages to come across as more of a resource than something pro or con the whole otherkin philosophy or lifestyle. I’m sure we’ve all felt we did not truly belong in our own skins at one time or another.

Modern fantasy literature has revived the elves as a race distinct from fairies. Fantasy elves are different from Norse elves, but are more akin to that older mythology than to folktale elves.

In 1954, Poul Anderson introduced grim Norse-style elves in his fantasy novel The Broken Sword and made them full-sized.

This alignment with the Elves of Norse mythology was also preferred by the mid-twentieth-century philologist and fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien. He conceived a race of beings similar to humans but fairer, with greater spiritual powers, keener senses, and a closer linkage to nature. They are great smiths and fierce warriors on the side of good. Tolkien’s Elves of Middle-earth (capitalized) are not deathless and can be killed by injury, but they are immortal insofar as they do not grow old and die of age like humans. Tolkien had little use for Shakepearean fairy protrayals or for Victorian diminutive fairy prettiness and whimsy. He rather aligned his Elves with the god-like and human-sized Elves of Norse mythology, the ljosalfar.

Tolkien is responsible for reviving the older and less-used terms elves, elven, and elvish rather than Edmund Spenser’s invented elfs, elfin, and elfish. He probably preferred the word elf over fairy because elf is of Anglo-Saxon origin while fairy entered English from French.

Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, published in 1954, became astoundingly popular and was much imitated. In the 1960s and beyond, elves similar to those in Tolkien’s novels became staple non-human characters in high fantasy works and in fantasy gaming.

This view is shared by Christopher Paolini “Eragon” who also believed in the Norse elves and has written about elves in his book.

Post-Tolkien literary elves (popularised by the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game) tend to be human-sized or only slightly smaller than humans, and tend also to be capable warriors, especially skilled in archery. They are unlikely to sneak in at night and help a cobbler mend his shoes. Terms like hob or brownie or other genuine regional folklore terms are likely to be used of such creatures if they are written about. Tolkien’s Elves were enemies of the Goblins/Orcs and had a longstanding quarrel with the Dwarves; these motifs also often reappear in Tolkien-inspired works.

In gaming, and to some extent fantasy, elves have a great depth of knowledge (especially regarding magic) due to a racial inclination as well as their extreme age.

There are also dark elves popularized by TSR as drow.

Wendy and Richard Pini’s long-running comic book Elfquest attempts to avoid the usual Tolkienesque elven clichés by placing their elves in a setting inspired by Native American rather than European mythology. It later turns out that they are actually the descendants of a shape-shifting alien race rather than mythological beings.

The Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling features House-elves, which resemble brownies or goblins more than modern high-fantasy elves.

The Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett feature extradimensional creatures called elves, that go back to the old myths of cradle-robbing fairies. The book Lords and Ladies is about an encounter with “the fair folk”.

Towards the end of the 20th century, a number of people have begun to describe themselves as elves, usually more of the Tolkien than the Santa type. Many of these people can be found in the Otherkin subculture. (via Wikipedia)

As part of our hot redheads for the Xmas season series, here is a sample gallery from EroticBPM featuring Hel Inferna and those flaming tresses and sexy tattoos. Love the fae feeling outdoor setting and white gauze. Yeah, yeah, I am a fantasy dork.

According to the Tokyo Times, there is now a solution for the everyman who would really like to have sex with a semi-convincing artificial woman but alas, does not have the cash. According to current exchange rates, a quality silicone-molded Real Doll type sex toy in Japan would set a silicone-curious person back about $5,760.09. So the Doll No Mori company is renting them out big pimpin style. The anime style high tech love dollie is apparently a popular model. Yes, hentai fans, you read that correctly. You can now have sex with a somewhat convincing little anime girl. Tentacles not included.

What I want to know is when they are going to come out with the licensed merch models for the ladies. I want to put my name on the waiting list for the Vash model.

Alien Loves Predator. Just two monsters trying to make it in the rough and tumble city of all cities, New York, New York. The artist creates sort of painfully normal situations but played out by Alien and Predator toys. Very funny. Very very funny. Now with 4% Lindsey Lohan. (via Dragon Page)

I just got a message that I’m on Sensible Erection, the site for intelligent people with enormous genitalia. Sensible Erection just wrote about Sexy Fandom calling it “A promising new blog on alternitive sexuality; featuring Gothic and role-playing porn including star-trek and period reanactments. Interesting if nothing else.” I’m excited that people are enjoying my blog.

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The Norse dwarves are highly significant entities within Norse mythology. They are the makers of most of the artifacts of the gods, both Aesir and Vanir. Their dwelling places is one of the nine worlds upon the world-ash Yggdrasil, Nidavellir.

They are often identified and seem to be interchangeable with the Svartalfar (dark elves) and the trolls.

J. R. R. Tolkien got some of the names of the Dwarves in his books from Norse mythology: Dwalin, Náin, Dain, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Nori, Thorin, Thrain, Fili, and Kili. He also used some of the Norse Dwarf names for other non-dwarf characters, for example Gandalf. (via Wikipedia)

You can tell this gentleman and lady have fun sparring with swords and armor or naked naked naked.

The modern children’s folklore of Santa Claus (USA, Canada, and Britain) typically includes diminutive, green-clad elves as Santa’s assistants. They wrap Christmas gifts and make toys in a workshop located in the Arctic. In this portrayal, elves slightly resemble nimble and delicate versions of the dwarfs of Norse mythology. However, the elf legends are in fact, even older than Saint Nicholas, the bishop whom Santa Claus was originally based on.

In the Nordic countries where elves have since become associated with Christmas, elves are clad all in red and have long beards and black boots. On Christmas Eve, one must give the elves a bowl of porridge to keep them from playing pranks on you. In Iceland, 13 elves called the Yule lads, from december 12 till Christmas eve, visits homes, a lad each day, for the 13 days, and plays tricks on, as well as leaves presents for the children. (via Wikipedia)

Here is some Xmas hair for the holiday season. Blue Blood Yolanda looks delicious in this sample gallery from Gothic Sluts with her pale vampire flesh wrapped in this heavy Stormy Leather laced bondage corset.

I first checked this out linked from BlueBlood.net and was intrigued that you could search for people into medieval devices or fire play and of course roleplaying. Raise your hand if you know the connection between BDSM and fandom. At first, we talked about maybe just watching someone else, but ultimately it wasn’t something I really wanted to explore for real. I wish something like Alt.com had existed when I was dating though. I felt so alone for thinking pervy thoughts. I thought I was so weird for being turned on by SCA armor and costumes. If you want to keep identifying as weird, though, the internet is a difficult place to keep that thought in your head.

Here is a gallery of sample still photos from the movie of Chantel Williams guns blazing in a warehouse. Gun America, Military Girls, Fitness Babes, Muscle Babes, Cat Fighting, Gun Girls, and Nude Fitness Babes at Actiongirls.com

Once brushed off as merely a myth in the video game world, the long rumored, much talked about NES Buckle is now available to grace your pants. Belt not included. Yes, it’s a real Nintendo controller, yes, its a real belt buckle, and yes, it will actually hold up your trousers. Yes, someone has figured out how to somewhat mass produce belt buckles made from Nintendo Entertainment System pieces. They will buy your used controllers too, so long as they are not extremely scratched up, cracked or chipped or discolored controllers. This allows the site to guarantee that, even though your belt buckle might be made from a used NES, scratches will be nothing noticeable from a foot away. Are they saying that no one will get closer to your groin that a foot if you are wearing one of these conversation pieces? Hope not. The site even features a gallery of user photos of people so proud of wearing this ultimate geek accessory that they modeled for it for free. Some of the pix are really cute too.

There is something about transsexuals which has always struck me as very sci fi. From Tanith Lee to George Alec Effinger, there have been themes of gender fluidity explored since the inception of the genre of speculative fiction. TGirlParade is a site which focuses on free sample galleries of boys who will be girls. Would you treat the same person differently if you knew they had a penis?

This femdom knight is kind of butch in her armor, but she is clearly all woman when the plate mail comes off.

There is something about the Xmas season which makes the heart turn larcenous. Barnes & Noble has a huge selection of Mystery & Thrillers and you are way better off scratching that itch there than going on a killing spree in your local mall. It will be New Year’s soon enough.

I read a really disturbing entry in author William Gibson’s blog yesterday. The New York Times Magazine wrote a long profile of a creepy company who hires your friends and neighbors and family members to shill products to you. The article actually talked about more than one person who worked on promoting products at a funeral. I’ve read Pattern Recognition and it struck me as more of a cyberculture but current novel and not really science fiction. It was about maybe the day after tomorrow, which at this point is today. There was a lot of coolhunting and niche marketing described in it, although I don’t think William Gibson ever thought it would be used as an instruction manual by the marketing people who read it. It is kind of horrible to think that your friend is doing work for Proctor & Gamble or some such when you think you are just hanging out.

Here is what the New York Times Magazine said in their mention of Gibson’s book:

“One reward Bollaert did collect from BzzAgent was, of all things, the William Gibson novel ‘’Pattern Recognition'’ — an actual paranoid science-fiction novel about a future in which corporations have become so powerful they can bribe flunkies to infiltrate your life and talk up products. ‘’It made me think, when somebody says something about a product - I wonder. That gave me a little pause,'’ she said. Earlier in our conversation, I touted my iPod. Wouldn’t she feel differently about my comments, I asked, if it turned out that I’d gotten it from Apple or a BzzAgent equivalent? ‘’That’s true,'’ she said. ‘’But you know what? If you start questioning everyone’s motives, then you’ll be in a home with tinfoil on your head.”"

And here is William Gibson’s eloquent and accurate reply:

Let me get this straight: Because I imagined, without knowing that BzzAgent existed, that this sort of thing not only could but would be done, the fact that BzzAgent exists makes me “paranoid”? Or is it merely the imagining that makes me “paranoid”?

Pattern Recognition isn’t “about a future”, of course, and the present reality, judging by this piece, is one in which corporations have become so powerful that they can *recruit unpaid volunteers* to infiltrate your life and talk up products — a twist I evidently wasn’t quite paranoid enough to imagine. (via WilliamGibsonBooks.com)

There is still time to get nomination in for the 2005 Spectrum Awards. The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards honor outstanding works of science fiction, fantasy and horror which include significant positive explorations of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered characters, themes, or issues. Past nominees have ranged from people like Ellen Kushner, Anne Harris and Delia Sherman to Greg Rucka, Spike Jonze and Theodore Sturgeon.

Continuing the pink theme for just a bit longer this week, her is a pretty in pink sample gallery of the sexiest girl ever Shannon from Sin Is Her with guest star Zenova Braeden.