The View From My Knees

No, I’m not trying to make this segment fancier by putting pretty lighthouse backgrounds under messages from potential suitors. This is the stationary that Gerald used when responding to my personal ad. Let me take this opportunity to make a public service announcement to ease the pain of those of us that have been using email for more than 6 months:

Stop using email stationary. It’s annoying.

With all the places you have on the internet to express your creativity (Facebook, MySpace, etc.) there is no need for you to use your Microsoft Outlook templates and stationary to vomit rainbows, flowers, and lighthouses all over my email Inbox. How about a nice, plain email with complete sentences, proper grammar, and correct spelling? And while you’re at it, Gerald, let’s throw in some punctuation.

The more you know…

Have you ever noticed that little “Safe for work” link on all of my posts? It’s time for me to figure out if this is a valuable part of my site that is worth improving. You can help by answering a couple of small questions:

Have your own ideas for a poll? Send them in! And watch for an upcoming podcast where Lucky and I will go over the results and tell our own naughty stories on this topic.

The Fleshlight at Babeland

I know that you enjoy my sex toy reviews, but there are so many wonderful toys out there that I can’t possibly try them all myself. That’s why I encourage my readers to share their experiences with sex toys by calling in to my podcast, recording audio of their review, or simply sending an email with their thoughts. Reader Saithix was generous enough to send in his review of the famed Fleshlight. Enjoy!

Feel and Texture

Well, what can i say about the Fleshlight other than it looks like a big flashlight. The toy offers an intense and realistic feel, similar to a blowjob and vagina. The butt orifice, however, feels nothing like anal sex because a real anus pushes down on your penis and provides the intensity of a tight squeeze. The vagina orifice does come close to the real vagina, but in order to get a truly real feel you should warm it for about 10 minutes. So if you’re hot and horny and not patient you may have a problem.

After a few uses of this product it does become sticky. The manufacturer tells you to put corn starch on it, but I honestly don’t think you need it because once it is wet you won’t even notice the stickiness. The smell of the product isn’t that potent at first but once it is used a few times it begins to become noticeable. It’s not that bad, though. All i can say is that it’s not a toxic smell like some other toy products have.

Pros

1) Some of the orifices on this product are intense. Certain ones, like the stamina training unit and the forbidden (Fleshlight Girls), are incredible. In fact, they are so good they might make your wife or girlfriend jealous.

2) The Case. It’s always good to hide things from the ones you love such as your wife, kids, or parents. Of course, they just might think you have one big-ass flashlight as long as they don’t look at it for too long.
[Misty disagrees that it's good to hide things from your wife, while begrudgingly acknowledging that not all partners are open to the use of sex toys.]

3) Selection in color, cases, and orifices. We men get bored after a while using the same thing over and over again, and that’s whats good about the Fleshlight. They have many different styles of orifices with different feels. Now that’s something to bargain for! I just wish they would come out with new orifices at least every 6 months to a year.

Cons

1) Takes too long to prepare. I mean who wants to wait 10 minutes for the product to warm up? That’s like getting a cock tease at a strip club and not being able to do anything until you get home.

2) Cleaning up. Cleaning this product is one thing, but not being able to get it dry in the middle inside is a problem. Make sure you have a fan because its gonna be sitting on your bed for a while to dry up.

3) The suction is very weak. I had this thing fully sealed and felt very little suction. This is something they should try to improve on future versions.

Overall Rating: 7 out of 10

If you have a toy you’d like to review let me know by emailing TheGirl@herknees.com.

In Bed With Misty Kaye #1

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Show Notes

• The show has a new name and a new intro to go with it. Welcome to In Bed With Misty Kaye!
• Racer X joins me on the phone to review the Crystal Wand Honeydipper Deluxe. We also talk a little bit about men’s sex toys in general. Oh, and for those of you that were wondering about the material of this product I got word from Racer X that it’s plastic.
• During our call, Racer X and I declare March the Month of Ass! And who better to focus on during the Month of Ass than Tristan Taormino? Be sure to check out her upcoming workshop in Toronto, Ontario. And if you’re not lucky enough to be in Toronto this week you can always check our her book and videos.
• In honor of the Month of Ass, be sure to revisit a View From My Knees classic – my fantasy about getting a new butt plug: Butt Slut Fantasy
• Tristan’s not the only one holding anal play workshops. Those of you in New York and Seattle can attend Babeland’s Bend Over Buddy and Everything Butt(sex) workshops. For more info, check out Babeland’s web site.
• To celebrate the Month of Ass I’m giving away free Anal Sex buttons to everyone who leaves a comment in this post before March 15th. (sorry, only available to residents of U.S. and Canada)
• And finally, be sure to listen all the way through the end of the show to my new intro/outro (complete with moaning from a real sexual encounter) and let me know what you think. Don’t worry, if you say you don’t like it I’ll still send your Anal sex button.

As always, if you have any questions, comments, or reviews while we’re not on the air you can call the voicemail line at 206-350-6955.