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CHANEL AIRLINE FLAP BAGCategories:Other Brands
A Chanel flap bag like no other, turn heads as you wear this latest Airline Flap Bag from the luxurious French brand. Carry it with pride and beam with your own fashion statement, this bag is all about falling in love with the world of aeronautics.
Inspired by the wondrous adventures of airplanes up in the sky, this Chanel flap bag features an airplane on the famous CC logo. An unconventional flap bag on its own, this fashion treasure broke from the traditional diamond quilting as it now wears a unique squared-like quilting effect. The rounded studs placed all over the bag on the other hand gave it edge and definition, something you couldn't find in the other Chanel flap bags. The interwoven chain straps on the other hand made us all the more enthusiastic about purchasing it once it hits the market.
And oh keep in mind that this is a limited edition. Once the season is over, there will be no more opportunities to get a hold of this gem so might as well buy it now.
We still have no details about the size, style code and prices yet but we'll keep you updated once we get a word or two.
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CHANEL MULTICOLOR AIRLINE CANVAS POUCHESCategories:Other Brands
Style code: A82450
Size: 5.5′ x 7.5′ x 3.5′ inches
Price: €600 euro
The newest Chanel pouches are back and this time around, they are channeling that airline-inspired ensemble that looks too promising in the fashion industry. There are three pouches that you can choose from: the Printed Canvas in White, Blue & Black, the Printed Canvas in White, Navy Blue & Red and the Printed Canvas in White, Blue, Red & Black.
The prints look absolutely gorgeous and we couldn't help but find out more what these pouches have in store for us. All we know is that the playful harmony of colors is overwhelmingly a visual feast in our eyes. You can also see the tag on the zipper while the famous CC logo is recreated and is inspired by an airline logo. No wonder why they are called Chanel's airline pouches.
Style code: A82451
Size: 3.9′ x 5.3′ x 2.6′ inches
Price: €550 euro
Style code: A82449
Size: 5.3′ x 9.1′ x 3.5′ inches
Price: €580 euro
Tags: Chanel Canvas AIRLINE POUCHES MULTICOLOR
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CHANEL AIRLINE POUCHESCategories:Other Brands
Are you looking for the perfect pouch? Well, here is one from the latest Spring Summer 2016 Collection.
Besides the craftsmanship and the quality leather that have been used to make these pouches, they're different and got style. It represents Chanel's latest 'Airline' theme. If you look closer to the logo in the center, you will spot what appears to be an 'Airline' logo (the back of the airplane wing).
Crafted from lambskin, these pouches are available in different colors like red, white and blue. They're also made in two sizes, here are the details:
Chanel Airline Pouch
Style code: A82463
Size: 8.9' x 12.8' x 0.8' inches
Price: €1435 euro
Chanel Airline Small Pouch
Style code: A82464
Size: 5.9' x 8.9' x 0.8'
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April 23, 2015
Contact: Rep. Steineke: 608-266-2418
Assembly Republicans Tackle Failed Smarter Balance System
Support bill clarifying data won't be used for school report cards
Madison – Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna) held a press conference today along with Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Representatives Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac), Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) to discuss legislative efforts to prevent taxpayer dollars from funding the failed Smarter Balanced Assessment, and to clarify that parents can opt their children out of the Badger Exam.
"The roll-out of the Badger Exam has been a disaster," said Rep. Steineke. "Educators, administrators and kids throughout the state have been subjected to uncertainty, delays, and even changes to the test. What's worse is that our taxpayers are being charged for a product that isn't close to what was promised."
In 2010, Wisconsin enacted the Badger Exams as a result of joining the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, one of the two national consortia formed to establish assessments to measure students' career and college readiness. The Badger Exam replaces the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exams, the old system of standardized tests.
"Teachers can rest assured that this inferior test won't be used as a basis for their evaluations, and parents should know that they have the right to opt their children out of the exams if they choose, regardless of their grade," continued Rep. Steineke.
During the press conference, Rep. Kitchens discussed a bill he authored as a result of the failed Badger Exam roll out. Assembly Bill 78 prohibits the state Department of Public Instruction from issuing a school accountability report using test scores from this school year. It also would delay for one year a new evaluation method for teachers and principals that incorporate student test scores. The bill has been scheduled for a vote in the Assembly Education Committee on Thursday, May 7 at 10 am. The full Assembly is scheduled to vote on the bill in May. The Senate has already passed the bill.
"Moving forward, the Legislature will be making every effort to keep DPI from spending any additional money on this failed system, while working to recoup the money we have spent," Rep. Steineke said. "I would like to thank my colleagues for their work in protecting taxpayers from funding a flawed standardized testing system as well as bringing clarity to the opt-out process."

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The LEGO Batman Movie is more than just a spinoff of The LEGO Movie and a way to give the block version of the Dark Knight his own animated movie. It's also a tribute to Batman's decades-long history in the comics and other media. From the hero's iconic 1960s theme music to obscure villains he's tangled with, there were a lot of Easter Eggs and callbacks snuck into the narrative. The movie is enjoyable enough for people who aren't too familiar with Batman outside of the basics, but for the hardcore fans, there were a lot of subtle things to pick up on.
Now that many of you have seen The LEGO Batman Movie, we've gathered the 10 cleverest Batman references that were sneaked in. Also, if you noticed one that didn't make the cut, don't hesitate to let us know in the comments section. Let's start off with one of the less-appreciated items from Batman's collection of tools, inventions and gadgets.
Warning: there will be SPOILERS for The LEGO Batman Movie ahead!
Bat-Shark Repellant
There are a number of Batman '66 references sprinkled throughout The LEGO Batman Movie, and we'll discuss some more of them later in the list, but arguably the most notable recurring one is the Bat Shark-Repellant, that infamous spray used against a toothy adversary in the 1966 Batman movie. The repellant is seen in The LEGO Batman Movie as part of the Caped Crusader's arsenal, but he didn't have any problem with Dick Grayson touching it, as he deemed it "useless." How wrong he was, as later during the movie's climactic conflict, Dick, now Robin, successfully used it against Jaws. See, having the repellant came in handy after all!


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You may have noticed, I spent the past 2 days live-tweeting about living with chronic migraines and fibromyalgia. Participating in this experiment was interesting, frustrating and fun. I want to say so much on the matter so I've decided to break it into 2 blog posts. Today, in case you didn't spent the past 2 days following along, or if you don't have Twitter, I thought I'd share the tweets with you.
To conserve my energy I'm just going to copy and paste directly from my Twitter page. That's why some posts have larger print than others. Variety is the spice of life, right? There is no time stamp on these but they are in order starting with my first tweet.
Tuesday February 17th
Just woke up and can't get back to sleep even though I don't have to be up for another hour and a half. #ChronicLife
Watching TV to keep my mind distracted and pass the time until it's time to start the day #chroniclife
Not quite time to start the day but getting up anyway. The rabbit and dog both know I'm awake and are anxious to get fed. #chroniclife
Just finished tending to our fur-babies and having a little breakfast - now I need to sit and rest up before I can shower. #chroniclife
My mood has begun to change plus I'm craving fries - this signals I'm in the prodrome phase of a #migraine. #chroniclife
Due to my increasing crankiness I've decided to put on some eye brightener so I don't look quite as bad as I'm feeling #chroniclife
Already hungry for lunch. Gonna snack on sweet potato chips and edamame hummus just as soon as I gather the energy #chroniclife
My migraine is progressing into the pain phase. Will it be quick-will it be severe-will I need rescue meds? Too early to know. #chroniclife
Exhaustion is setting in. Must lay down for a quick nap before lunch. This #migraine seems to be moving quickly #ChronicLife
Short nap turned long. Would've been longer if not for dog asking to go outside. Going to brave the sun and cold #chroniclife
Pain has increased, nausea has kicked into high gear. Should've eaten at 11am. The thought of food now makes my tummy turn. #chroniclife
Trying to pull together someone resembling lunch while trying to decide if I should take an Imitrex or not. #ChronicLife
Deciding to use an Imitrex is difficult. The stakes are high as is the price paid for a poor decision. I'm taking one now. #chroniclife
I take a generic Imitrex. It makes me feel terrible - it will make my pain much worse before making it better-plus side effects #chroniclife
Side effects kicking in already. Pain quickly getting worse and my sinuses are starting to drain. #chroniclife #migraine
S&*# the dog is asking to go out again - sun and snow should really make this worse #chroniclife
In the thick of a #migraine. Laying back down, this time with an ice pack and some Friends on Netflix to distract me #chroniclife
At some point laying down stops being helpful - that time has come. I'm still a useless blob on the couch but I'm upright. #Chroniclife
Head pain, jaw pain, neck pain, sinus pain - light, sound, motion sensitive. Exhausted, foggy and nauseated #migraine #chroniclife
4 o'clock is exercise time. On tough health day like today I do only gentle stretching and gentle yoga poses. #chroniclife
Stretching always feels so good, all the pain really stiffens my body. Still feeling bad all-around just not as stiff #chroniclife
5pm and it's official - I didn't get either of the items on my to-do list done. But I did shower and stretch. #smallvictory #chroniclife
Gathering the will to feed the fur babies since I can't seem to find the energy. #chroniclife
How can such a simple task be so exhausting? It's called chronic #migraines and #fibromyalgia. #chroniclife
Trying to figure out what to eat for dinner. Still quite nauseated, nothing sounds good, but I am hungry. Hate this feeling #chroniclife
Decided to have a Cliff Bar for dinner. Small, tastes good and at 260 calories, it's a good back up when feeling so bad. #chroniclife
Feeling overwhelmed by the day and that pesky crankiness is creeping back up. Hope that some cuddle time w/hubby will help #chroniclife
Head pain is getting a little worse - some sharp pain around my right eye. #chroniclife
At this point I've begun a countdown to bedtime. One hour and I won't feel like it's too early to go to bed. Sleep = freedom #chroniclife
Finally in bed - so sweet after a hard day like today was. Good night everyone. See you in the am #chroniclife
Wednesday February 18th
12:30am- after being awaken by the wind a half hour ago and failing to return to sleep, I am officially up and watching TV #chroniclife
The whole idea now is to distract myself with mindless shows so my mind doesn't engage until I can return to sleep. #chroniclife
Just woke up again - jaw was clenched and #migraine pain at a 7. Going to just lay here until I must get up #chroniclife
Feeling VERY hungry this morning. Time to get up, deal with my pain, get some food and tend to the fur babies Pure will power #chroniclife
Once up and moving around I wasn't feeling too bad so I took advantage and made some pesto. Now I just need to rest. #chroniclife
Pain only at a 5. Headed into the shower - fingers crossed that this low level of pain will stay with me all day. #chroniclife #smallvictory
Exhausted from the "busy" morning. Busy for someone living a #chroniclife anyway. Hello couch, hello Netflix - looks like it's just us now.
Pain is on the rise. My eyes are struggling to look at things, my jaw is tense and tender and I'm fighting the urge to nap #chroniclife
Wish I had done this yesterday - eating now before the nausea kicks into high gear. #chroniclife
After food and rest my pain has gone back down a bit so I've decided to hold off on taking Imitrex for now. #chroniclife
Instead I'll take 400 mg of Ibuprofen, drink a glass of water and focus on moderating my activity/managing my symptoms. #chroniclife
Pain is creeping up again and I can hardly keep my eyes open. Maybe a nap is just the thing. #chroniclife
Awake and the pain has gone down a bit - again. Although I'm now feeling quite sore - left elbow and neck are the worst. #chroniclife
Having accomplished so little the past couple days I'm feeling like a slug. I want so badly to be up and doing. Hate this. #chroniclife
4 o'clock time for gentle stretches and yoga. #chroniclife
Feeding time for fur babies then I'll need to prep for dinner. Pain is focused behind both ears. Not enough to keep me down. #chroniclife
Feeling a little overwhelmed and so very tired. #chroniclife
I'm heading to bed now. Sure hope I sleep better than last night. Good night all #chroniclife
The end
So there you have it - 2 days in the life of me. I was glad that both days were different types of days. Tuesday was a migraine day, not the worst but bad enough to ruin the day and need medication. Wednesday's pain wasn't as bad, basically I spent all day managing my symptoms in hopes that I wouldn't have to take my rescue meds.
While this is a great slice of my life, I regularly experience several different kinds of days other than the 2 I just tweeted through. I would need an entire blog post just to go through all of them. Another day.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
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The Hospices de Beaune is the world's oldest charity wine sale. It takes place annually in Beaune in Burgundy and has been hosted by Christie's auction house since 2005.
Each year different wines or 'cuvées' are entered into the auction all named after the benefactors who gave their vineyards to the Hospices de Beaune.
The wines will be offered 'en primeur' in barrels, or 'pièces' from that year's harvest and then tended by a négociant-éleveur before being bottled, one or two years after the sale, in the buyers choice of format. A barrel amounts to approximately 288 bottles or 24 cases of 12 bottles.
The auction takes place every year in November, with the 2014 auction number 154 in the history of Hospices de Beaune.
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Chapter 44
Derrl awoke to find himself being comforted by Leylau. He lay there, with her hand stroking his head as if it lay in her lap. He attempted to feign sleep and enjoy her touch longer, but the smile that crept onto his face gave him away much earlier than he would have wished.
"How long have you been awake?" he opened his eyes to see a grin on her face as she reached down and lightly pinched his nose. "Have you been making a fool out of me for long?" He reached up and pulled her head closer to his. He stretched up and kissed her soundly. He grinned as he pulled away.
"No, not for very long." He stretched for another kiss, but she evaded it and pinched his nose again grinning as she did so. She suddenly changed her mind and kissed him soundly, and then pinched his nose again.
"Allright, just how long have you been making fun of me?"
"Oh, maybe a bell, � two" he lied. He managed to steal other kiss from her. As he lay there, immensely conformable with his head resting in her lap a sudden thought crossed his mind. "Do you know how long I have to stay in bed to recuperate? Or have you yet to decide and pronounce me fit for little more than bedrest? I really do want to get up. I never knew that a soft bed could make my rear protest like this."
She began to poke and prod him, check his reflexes, and then examine his pulse. She began to suddenly tickle him ruthlessly, at which point he began to chuckle in response, then protest, and finally defend himself with a vicious counter attack. As they laughed and tousled on the bed, he suddenly stopped tickling Leylau and embraced her tightly instead. As she responded to his embrace she lost her balance, falling off the bed backwards, dragging Derrl with her.
They hit the floor in an intertwined laughing lump. Shortly after having heard a loud thump through the ceiling, Mensk was up the stairs and through the door.
"Leylau, are you alright? What happened? I head something from downstairs." He had only gotten the door halfway open by the time he had finished saying this.
"No, don't worry Mensk, she's fine, I won't let her hurt herself too badly." He poked her in the stomach eliciting a giggle from the blonde.
"I should have known better than to leave you two alone. I should have learned that the first time you two fell off that bad together. Next time I'm going to keep a closer eye on you young couple when you're up here." He began to turn around, and then looked over his shoulder at the two, a massive grin upon his face. "�If only for the sake of my poor floor." He added with a wink.
Mensk then left, promising to return with food and drink, closing the door behind him, so that Derrl and Leylau could steal each other's kisses in privacy, and so that she could giggle as much as she wanted to without being overheard.
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Celebrating & Serving
I love this time of year! As I sit here tapping away on the keyboard I have Christmas Carols playing in my office and I am probably singing along to some of them without really realizing it!
During this season of Advent, of preparation for Christmas we have a wonderful opportunity to reflect and stand again in awe of the amazing gift of the Christ child.
As we move through this season at The Orchard Church we are taking time each week to celebrate the wonder that Hope has come, Peace has come, Joy has come, Love has Come - because Christ has come and all this and more is found perfectly in Him.
However these next few weeks may be shaping up for you, I plead with you to take time to celebrate the coming of our Savior.
This is also a wonderful time to remember that because we celebrate that Jesus Christ has come we can also celebrate the privilege of serving Him because we have been freed, forgiven and redeemed to do so. Another reason why I love this time of year is because at The Orchard we hold our Annual Vision Banquet. This is a time that we set aside to enjoy a great meal and a fun time of fellowship. It is also a time that we take to celebrate all that God has done in our midst over the year that has past and to look forward to the year ahead and the ministry that He has laid on the heart of our Elders. The incredible truth that we celebrate as we serve, is that were it not for Christ, were it not for the incarnation - God taking on human flesh and dwelling amongst us - we would have no hope. There would be no celebration of changed lives, no rejoicing in His abundant blessings, no joy at being on mission with Him to take the good news to a world that desperately needs to hear.
Hark the Herald Angels Sing, "Glory to the newborn King!"
Peace on earth and mercy mild, "God and sinners reconciled."
Joyful all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies;
Peace on earth and mercy mild, "God and sinners reconciled."
Joyful all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies;
With angelic host proclaim, "Christ is born in Bethlehem."
We get to celebrate the wondrous gift of God and we get to join the host of heaven in declaring the good news, "Glory to our King!"


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Is there any better comfort food than some creamy, crispy oven mac & cheese? After a long two weeks at work with the massive layoffs and ensuing frustration and craziness, I really needed some comfort food but I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted. I started clicking through Pinterest and a saw some tasty looking macaroni and cheese dishes. My mom has always made a great one but I can never seem to recreate her awesome dishes, probably because she just wings it and doesn't follow a recipe. I figured I should try and wing it as well and make a dish that my family will love for years to come.
I used about 100 different kinds of cheeses and some tasty applewood smoked bacon. I never used to like bacon. Then when I was pregnant with my first baby, I had the strongest craving for it. I thought I was crazy since I spent my entire life being disgusted by bacon and all of a sudden I wanted it more than the 7-11 nachos I was chowing down. I finally gave in and tired it and I haven't looked back. My favorite kind is the Farmland Applewood Smoked Bacon. So I thought the bacon would just add to the amazingness of the mac 'n cheese. So give it a try and see what you think!
1 - 13.5 oz. Package Shell Pasta
10 Pieces Bacon (I prefer applewood smoked)
3/4 Cup Panko Bread Crumbs
1 tsp Ranch Dressing Mix
1/2 Cup Shredded Parmesan Cheese
1 TBSP Olive Oil
1 - 8 oz. Package Cream Cheese
1/2 Cup Sour Cream
1 Cup + 2 TBSP Heavy Cream
1 Stick (1/2 Cup) Salted Butter
1 1/2 Cups Shredded Pepper Jack Cheese
1 1/2 Cups Shredded Colby Jack Cheese
1 1/2 Cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Salt and Pepper to Taste
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place bacon on sheet. Bake for 15 minutes (you can drain grease after about 8 minutes to make bacon crispier) or until bacon is as crisp as you prefer. Remove from oven and let cool. Once cool, chop bacon into small pieces. Set aside.
- Cook pasta according to directions on the box. Drain, return to pot, and set aside.
- In a small bowl combine bread crumbs, ranch dressing mix, parmesan cheese, and olive oil. Make sure all bread crumbs are coated in olive oil. Add 1/3 of bacon bits to mixture and combine. Set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, over med-high heat, melt butter and cream cheese. Add sour cream and heavy cream - whisk to combine. Once heavy cream is close to boiling, add the pepper jack, colby jack, and mozzarella cheeses. Once the cheeses have melted, add remaining bacon bits. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour cheese sauce over noodles and stir to combine.
- Pour noodles and sauce into a greased 9 x 13 glass baking dish. Top with bread crumb mixture.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 10-15 minutes. You can broil for 2-3 minute to brown the bread crumbs. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
- Enjoy!


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I [Will] want to be like Victor one day. He finished strong and he made his life count for what matters most.
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Victor was an awesome kid. This is a link to an incredible true story about a family that loves Jesus and lives for him as they walk out their faith. We got to know them in Minnesota and went to church and schooled our kids together. Please give this a READ.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Pink and White Productions has debuted new queer porn studio The Lust Garden, helmed by performer-producer Rococo Royalle, as the newest addition to stream on its indie adult film hub PinkLabel.tv.
According to a rep, The Lust Garden forgoes consumer-driven production in favor of collaborating with cast to create unique performer-driven content.
"The Lust Garden was born out of frustration as a non-binary performer," Royalle said. "I got tired of being told what was marketable, what my sexuality was supposed to look like, and who got to take up space." Royalle continues, "I think about all the ways I've been disillusioned or mistreated on sets and try to create spaces that validate and support performers instead. We want to create safe spaces that folx can really thrive in, and content that performers can be totally proud of at the end."
Studios like The Lust Garden find a home on PinkLabel.tv, which strives to support emerging and independent adult filmmakers — an increasing number of which have experience on both sides of the camera as producers and performers, a spokesperson reported.
Royalle welcomes the new distribution with PinkLabel.tv, recognizing the site's diverse curation and neutral marketing of adult films.
"PinkLabel.TV is one of the first places I send my friends when they ask for ethical porn recommendations and I'm really honored that they'll be able to see my work there next to all these other breathtaking films," Royalle concluded.
A spokesperson said, "Despite their newness to the industry, The Lust Garden is quickly establishing themselves as a studio to watch. Their movies have screened at the celebrated PornFilmFestival Berlin, TEMPT Fest in Los Angeles, the "Bodies on Display" in Atlanta, and Porny Days Film Festival in Zurich. With more films on the way, the emerging company is well positioned."
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Filed under: Cupcakerie Reviews
During our Honeymoon through Canada, I made it a point to sample as many cupcakes throughout our travels. Our sightseeing stop at the Distillery resulted in quite a nice surprise.
My husband and I enjoyed a chocolate cake, with a vanilla buttercream icing, and multicolored sprinkles. As pedestrian as this sounds, it was much more than that. The cake was moist and fresh, and the icing was in perfect proportion, iced perfectly, and left us with a happy smile on our faces. The icing was not the mouthful of sugar you sometimes experience with a normal buttercream, this was a meringue buttercream, which is creamy, light and super delicious.
The quaint location is just enough for the bakery, and even has a cool glass window into where the baker does her magic. It had a french patisserie feel, which is explained in their name – cute, airy and just enough – exactly like their cupcakes!
Service was helpful, and we were even served our cupcake on a plate with a fork.
If you are anywhere near this patisserie, I highly recommend a stop!
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The result of an ethnographic study in Chicago under the Religion in Urban America Project, this book is divided into four parts and features eleven essays by nine contributors. In Part I, Lowell Livezey's introductory essay, "The New Context of Urban Religion," provides a general overview of the urban, metropolitan context of the Chicago area where this study took place. He names and explores the impact of different social, cultural, and economic forces at play in the urban landscape of Chicago.
Covering the gamut of religious denominations – from Roman Catholics to Mainline Protestants and Evangelicals – in Chicago, Part II details the direct outcome of the project that studied seventy-five urban congregations in the Chicago metropolitan area which was geographically divided into eight regions. These congregations represented the cross-section of the metropolitan area and ranged from ethnically diverse to ethnically single, and immigrant and non-immigrant congregations with widely varying socio-economic locations. These chapters focus on how the congregations negotiate and mediate religious identities for its members through their programs and services; additionally, the way in which these congregations deal with issues of urban planning, economy, community, ethnicity and race, citizenship and civic responsibility is also described.
Essays in Part III, "Religion and the New Metropolitan Context," deal specifically with the prospects of congregational services in Chicago with respect to urban restructuring and its impact on recent immigrant religions such as Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, and Jainism. Two additional essays in this section describe Catholic planning for its parishes in response to the socio-economic and cultural changes. Stephen Warner's epilogue, "Building Religious Communities at the Turn of the Century," concludes this collection of essays; it deals in general with aspects of urban transformation with specific reference to congregations and religious communities.


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- Shine bright – The more you sell on Amazon and the better your customer service and reviews, the better your standing will be. You may eventually be able to get the Buy Box, allowing you to increase your price incrementally.
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"Is hip-hop not as American as baseball and apple pie?" Katt Williams
Last week's BET Hip Hop Awards broadcast was hosted by a stand up comedian, but didn't open with a traditional awards show monologue. Instead, funnyman Katt Williams delivered what can only be described as a hip-hop State of the Union address. He said all of the right things to please the crowd, paid homage to the founding fathers, gave proper respect to the reigning monarchy, and presented all of the right slogans about the hip-hop era, including his genuinely soul-stirring remark: "I do not stand before you as a man who likes hip-hop. I like pizza -- I live hip-hop."
Similarly, West Coast elder statesman Ice-T opened the third annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors two weeks ago, remarking that his message was not just about music, but that "It's about hip-hop and how it's changing the world right now. How this culture affects politics, business, fashion, the arts, and the way we see ourselves." Well stated. But as Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) once said, "It was only a mission statement."
As I watched Ice's speech, I was reminded that hip-hop is quintessentially American. Not just because it represents what rock & roll used to -- the irresistible force to your parents' immovable object -- but because it is at a crossroads. Hip-hop is both a free market, where anyone can get in with two turntables and a microphone, and also a caste system, where the elites and taste makers present only a very narrow spectrum of what the music and the culture have to offer, and those who want more have to go out and find it for themselves -- just like in all walks of American life.
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I must confess that I felt rather like a gossip getting the girls to talk about their latest sexual escapades with their spouses, but it turned out that once they got talking, it became a matter of who could outdo the other. We learned quickly that once given permission to masturbate the guys were all for it. They actually liked their wives watching. That left the question of whether they would feel the same way about having one, or worse (or better), about having a number of other people watching. It seemed to me in listening to the various stories that watching would be good and that having some participation by the spectators might be the culmination of an ecstatic fantasy.
Of course the plentiful supply of alcohol enlivened the discussions at this get together. It was, as had been most of the others, quite impromptu. A couple of the girls had been talking together and, with the aid of a few text messages, those of us that could, congregated. Jenny, Caroline, and Freddie were there to tell their stories. Stories which made others squirm and rub themselves rather publicly. By this time, however, we had become sufficiently chummy that this was allowable.
Cheryl who had been quiet, but who had looked for a while as though she had something to say suddenly blurted out, "We're thinking about trying something new. Well, new for us, anyway. Maybe some of you have tried it and could give me some pointers."
Instantly all attention was focused on Cheryl. I couldn't think of what she might be alluding to so I prodded her. "Go on," I said. "Don't keep us in suspense."
"I was emailing a good friend. I made some roundabout comments about our situation here. Well, one thing led to another and I think I told her more than I had intended to."
At this point Cheryl was interrupted by a chorus of complaints about telling someone outside our group what was going on. She tried to lay them aside by reassuring everyone that at no time was she that specific. None of the girls were satisfied, but they did allow her to continue.
"I couched it in terms of Paul and me trying out new things and wanting to be inventive. My girl friend took right off on that idea. She began to tell me all sorts of things she and her husband did. If fact, she told me about things they did with other couples as well."
It was dead quiet.
"She even gave me some websites and her logins so I could see the kinds of things she was talking about. After we had been talking like this for a couple of days, she finally relented after I pushed her pretty hard and gave me a login to their personal website. Wow," Cheryl exclaimed, "I saw more of her and her husband than I had ever expected to see!"
"Don't keep us hanging," Barb demanded. She had moved so she was actually sitting on the edge of her chair.
"Turns out they're 'swingers'. I don't know if that's what you call it today, but they trade partners at parties. The 'parties' sounded more like orgies. But the more interesting part of what they do is the bondage. They use whips and things like that. I'll have to send everyone links to all those websites so you can see for yourselves. Its really hot. I don't know if I want someone to tie me up and . . . ." her voice trailed off. "Maybe I do . . . ." She stared off into space for a few seconds. Her hand had found its way under her short tennis skirt.
When she picked up her train of thought she went on, "The best part is that her husband and Paul are pretty good friends. So they're coming up here to party with us!" She blurted out this last sentence. It seemed to be all one word.
We all gasped. There were a couple of cheers. "So you're going to get to learn about bondage first hand as well as have a chance to get fucked by another man in front of his wife and your husband! Wow!" I hadn't been delicate in the way I put it. It just came out that way.
Cheryl sat with a self-possessed smile nodding. She held her wine glass out for a refill. Barb grabbed a bottle. "Say when," she said.
"Fill it to the top," Cheryl replied.
"When will this happen," I asked.
"We haven't set a date, yet," Cheryl had a Cheshire Cat smile. "I can't wait," she let her eyes get big. "In his pictures he's got a really good looking prick; not too big, but certainly not small." Her hips, hand attached, twitched. We all laughed.
"You'll have to give us your laptop so we can watch on your video cameras," I suggested thinking of the fun we had with Jerry.
"If we get a video, everyone there will have to be aware it's being made. They are much too clever about electronics to risk trying to hide the fact that we have cameras. But, who knows maybe they'd like a video. I think I'd like to have one," she stared off into space with a wistful smile before she continued. "Well, if we do get to record everything, we can share it at one of these get-togethers. I think you'll like looking at Ron naked. He's good to look at." Another Chessie smile, the words a bit slurred.
"OK," I said, speaking for everybody. "What else can you tell us about the websites?"
"Get me a computer and I'll see if I can remember some websites and logins," Cheryl responded mischievously.
May, whose house we were in jumped up and left the room. "Back in a flash," she called over her shoulder.
She returned several minutes later with a laptop. "Jerry showed me how to hook it up to the TV," she said excitedly plugging in several cables to the laptop. She turned on the remote and made several adjustments. The blue Windows page filled the TV screen. She selected Internet Explorer and, as it loaded, said, "OK, now where to?"
Cheryl stumbled through compiling a website name from her alcohol soaked recollections. Logins proved to be even more of a problem, but in the end she was able to find two that fit our needs.
Both showed people, both men and women, in various positions of restraint, their genitals made available for whatever fiendish purpose their tormentor wanted to pursue. For myself, I was marginally aware of what bondage was all about, but these websites really opened my eyes.
"Has your husband ever spanked you," Caroline asked to no one in particular.
Freddie responded, "I think it would really piss me off if he did something like that."
It was quiet for a moment, then Caroline said as though thinking out loud, "To have a big strong guy grab me . . . , maybe strip me naked . . . , then throw me across his knee . . . . I think I can feel my pussy rubbing on his leg as he swatted my behind. I don't know. Might be interesting, especially if he was naked . . . , and hard."
She was staring out back toward the golf course as she spoke. She didn't see Freddie and me sneak up behind her, though the rest did. Freddie grabbed her by the arms and pulled them behind her. I pulled her panties out from under her tennis skirt.
She squealed, of course, and tried to get away, but now everybody piled on. We didn't want to spoil any of her clothes so we had to hold her tightly while her buttons were unbuttoned and her blouse removed even as she flailed about, giggling. Freddie held her around the waist. I pushed her bra over her head and off. We turned her lose with only her skirt and sandals still on.
"Take your skirt off," Freddie said in a threatening voice.
She took it off and stood naked, her eyes alight. "Now what," she asked.
I sat in the middle of the couch. "Now submit to your punishment," Freddie intoned.
"You have to be naked." Caroline stood at my knees and looked at me. "If you're going to punish me, you have to be naked."
It had never occurred to me. I started to decline, but I was out voted. I stood and before I could decide what should come off first, several of the others began removing my clothing for me. It was strange to have three people pulling at your clothing, stripping you naked.
When my shirt passed over my head, I wanted to hang on to it, but as I grabbed for it, someone opened my bra catch and I was naked from the waist up.
I put my hands up to either retrieve my bra or cover my breasts, I'm not sure which only to have someone pull my panties off, just as I had done to Caroline. I gave up and unbuttoned my skirt letting it drop. Now I was naked as well.
Only Caroline and I were naked. The rest looked on. The room had quieted.
Caroline said to me, "Sit."
I sat and looked up at her. It was strange to see her naked standing over me. Her slit was just at the level of my forehead and less than a foot away. In what little fur she hadn't shaved were several droplets. I could smell sex. When I looked up beyond the juncture of her legs, past her flat belly, I could see her breasts, nipples erect. Funny how different they look, looking up at them and seeing them from the underside. Though her nipples pointed straight away, her breasts bulged slightly underneath. They caused a shadow on her chest. She was breathing more deeply than she had been. She was ready to be punished.
As she began to find her way positioning her body across my legs, it could have been for giggles, but no one said anything. Her face was quite serious, though not morose. She lay across me making sure to position her pussy so it was in contact with my leg. I felt her wetness. It was a strange feeling to have a naked woman across my lap.
I spread my legs, though it was more like they did it themselves. It seemed like I automatically opened myself to her. My knee came in contact with her breast sending a thrill down my body. I wanted to explore the other breast, but dared not.
For a moment as she lay across me all I could do was to feel her nakedness and see her body draped across my legs. He firm round butt was raised as though forming a target. Sucking in my breath, I swatted her butt.
"Harder." It came as a chorus from the onlookers. Even Caroline wanted it harder, but I didn't know how hard to hit her. I tried again. A slight reddening occurred. Again, "Harder."
I tried once more, even harder. "That's better. A little harder yet." It was Caroline directing me now.
I really hit harder the next time. She bounced against my leg. A red spot occurred almost instantly. "Yes," Caroline breathed beginning to squirm. "Hurry."
I struck again, even harder. She bounced. I felt the motion of her breast against my knee. Freddie knelt along side us on the floor, sliding a finger inside Caroline as she knelt. Caroline's body went stiff momentarily, then she arched her back as she rubbed harder against my knee. I couldn't see Freddie's finger, but it felt like she was sliding her in and out.
"Yes, yes, yes. More. Hit me again." Caroline was squirming violently. I began a full spanking now, not waiting for a critique of each blow.
Caroline squirmed, Freddie finger fucked her, and I kept spanking. Caroline groans and whimpers grew louder as she built to a climax. When it came, it was with a scream followed by gasping and whimpering. I had to hold her tightly just he keep her on my lap.
Freddie brought her to another with her fingers inside her and on her clit. I took a nipple between my thumb and finger pinching and rolling it.
She had made quite a mess on my leg before she was finished. With her quiet I let her roll to the carpet where she lay recovering.
Suddenly I was aware of someone standing by my leg. I turned my head to see a pair of legs capped by a bald pussy. Startled I looked up. May was standing naked looking at me.
"Can I be next," she asked.
Before I could answer a male voice said, "You sure can." Terrified we all jumped and looked toward the kitchen door where we saw Jerry smiling.
"How long have you been there," his wife asked, afraid of the answer.
"Long enough to see that wonderful climax you gave Caroline," he said. He was rubbing his obviously hard cock. "And, since you want to be next, who's better than your husband to administer the spanking?"
"Uh . . . ," was all that came from May.
Without being asked he was unbuckling. His pants fell. He continued by pulling his shirt off and kicking off his shoes. Before we could agree or disagree about his participation, he stood naked. God he was good looking, and hard. Really hard.
I sucked in my breath as he came toward me as I sat on the couch. May was standing open mouthed as he took her by the shoulders. "So you want to be spanked," he said with what might have been malevolence. I stared as he took a nipple in his mouth. From the look on her face, I think he must have nibbled or bit it.
"Don't get up. Just move over," he said to me. I wanted to get up, but instead I moved to the end of the couch. He sat bringing May with him as though she was weightless. He positioned her as I had Caroline.
Jerry sat with his hip against mine, warm and firm. May's head rested in my lap. My naked lap. I was so hot.
Jerry spread her cheeks. "Find me something to stick in here," he said. There was no need for him to be more specific.
"Jerry, no," May squirmed at the thought. "No," she said again as if saying it twice would change his mind. Jerry said nothing.
Vaseline and a slender vibrator were handed him. He began to work the lubricant around the outside of her wrinkled entry. May twitched and squirmed, but said nothing as his touch overrode her qualms. When he finished, he lubricated the vibrator and handed it to Freddie who had taken up her station again.
She turned it on and as she approached May's heavily lubricated entrance, Jerry's finger entered May's pussy. Another must have found her clit because her squirming became extreme.
"Jerry," she called out. "My god Jerry. Oh god!" I saw the vibrator disappear almost completely inside May.
Jerry somehow got Freddie to take over his fingering and I heard a loud slap as Jerry's hand came down on May's butt. That pretty round, white butt was now pink and with a second blow, red. A third blow turned it scarlet. May was beside herself yelping and whimpering. She bounced violently on Jerry's lap. Over and over I heard "Oh god, oh god." Tears fell onto my thighs.
She continued to bounce and twist as the two of them worked her sensitive areas with an astounding precision. I took my cue from them and pressed May's head against my groin as I took hold of the nearer nipple. The three of us worked her over for several minutes until, like Caroline, a massive screaming climax followed by several smaller ones slowed, then stopped us.
Her butt flamed. She suddenly twisted and jerked upright mindless of the vibrator still stuck in her ass. She grabbed her husband around the neck. Mouths open they shared the most sensuous and violent kiss I've ever witnessed.
With characteristic presence of mind Freddie extracted the vibrator just before they fell onto the floor. In an agony of sexual need May braced her legs on Jerry's shoulders while pulling him toward her. Once again we became witnesses to their intense passion as he drove into her.
I felt as though I should look away, but I couldn't. The sight of Jerry's firm butt driving his cock into his wife over and over was too much to be ignored. Everyone watched. There wasn't a dry pussy in the place, I thought. Then asked myself how I could come up with something so corny at a time like this.
My next thought was to wonder if it would be possible to have him do me when he finished with his wife. I let that pass and, pushing my butt to the edge of the couch, spread my legs wide. In this position I finished myself off not caring who was watching.
After the threesome between Jimmy, Angela, and I, things changed somewhat. Change is always an interesting thing. Don't get me wrong, Jimmy and I still went at it every now and then, but as he and Emily started getting more serious it did cut into my time with him. John was still gone on business quite often, even more than before, now that Jimmy had graduated. I wondered if he had a mistress or something,but I kept myself busy as I could. Frankly,the thought of him having a mistress sort of turned me on. I had become such a deviant!
Angela and I became more close though. She was always so conservative prior to that night, and she was still reluctant to drift too much farther into a sordid lifestyle. However, I was her demon, if you will. She would be reluctant to talk about that
night, but I could always find a trigger to get her to open up. Sometimes it would be a porn movie "accidentally" playing on our TV, or an "innocent" back massage. Anything to either loosen her up or make her horny would get her talking, but since that night, she still wasn't going farther than mutual masturbation with me.
One night Angela and I were watching TV and Jimmy got home. I asked him, "What did you and Emily do tonight?"
He said, "We made out by the lake."
I remarked, "Usually you look more excited after you two get together, what's wrong?"
"I better not talk about this right now, Angela is here", he responded.
I answered, "You've shared enough things with Angela that I am sure she'd be glad to listen too." Angela chuckled, but she looked a little uncomfortable at the same time.
Jimmy sat down, and reiterated what we actually already knew, that Emily doesn't like giving head, or at least she hardly ever does it.
I told him, "Angela and I, if Angela is willing, will talk to her and see if we can help.
Jimmy objected at first, saying "Mom (I loved it when he would call me that, I was more of a mom than his real one anyway), don't do it, who knows how upset she might get if she realizes I told you."
"Jimmy, I am smarter than that", I responded. "She will never know that you told us" , I added.
Jimmy then replied, sort of jokingly, "Also don't make a move on her mom, I saw you and Angela going at it that night!"
Angela's face started turning red. It didn't embarrass me, but I did agree to not make moves on her.
Over the next few weeks we invited Emily over to the house for differing reasons trying to get to a point where she might open up to us. I just didn't want to go from 0-100 immediately and say, "Why aren't you giving my son head?" Finally, we got to a point where we were ready to start "the talk". It was mid-summer, and we were sitting by the pool. Emily was wearing a tiny white bikini that barely covered her small, petite 18 year old breasts. Her ass looked so cute in it as well. I know I agreed to "not make moves on her", but that didn't mean I couldn't lust over her. I talked Angela into wearing a 2 piece also, and she filled it very well! It was a red bikini, and it really showed how well she took care of her 42 year old body. I was wearing a purple bikini that barely covered my tan lines.
Angela and I already had the conversation planned out. Emily let me rub some lotion on her back, so I figured this was the time, and I nodded to Angela. I made a little comment about John's love making prowess, and how horny I am with him gone all the time. Which is half true, as I am horny all the time, but that isn't the reason, ha ha. Emily giggled to herself.
That opened up things for Angela, who all of a sudden started talking about her late husband. She talked a little about his love making talents, then she added, "One of the things I enjoyed the most was being able to take his dick in my mouth." By that time, Emily was back sitting upright in her chair, and her eyes got really big. Angela said, "I felt like making him happy was my job and I was glad to do it." "It got to the point where after the first couple of times that I did it, I couldn't wait until the next time."
Emily asked, "Weren't you afraid of gagging?" She added, "What about the taste, and weren't you afraid he'd cum in your mouth?"
Angela looked at me as she didn't want to do all the talking, but she did add, "I enjoyed the taste, he was my man and I loved everything about him."
Now it was my turn, as we figured out what her turn-offs were. I stated, "Emily, there is so much about blow jobs and how to do them, that you just don't know. "First off I agree with Angela, the taste isn't bad at all." "If your really interested in your man and giving it all, in your sex life, then taste isn't an issue." "Secondly, I don't care where the cum ends up." "If they cum in my mouth, or on my face, I just know how good I made my man feel. "That makes it all worth it, besides I've gotten to where i like the taste and the feel of the cum in my mouth.
Emily looked so embarrassed, and said, "Nikki I can't believe your saying those things to me!"
I responded, "Look Emily we are almost family, and I would like nothing better than for you to marry Jimmy, so I feel like we should be able to talk about almost anything."
Emily said, "I appreciate that Nikki, I care for you a lot too, but this is weird."
I replied, "Look, oral sex is a part of making your partner happy, and I am just wanting to help." "I think I can at least get you off of the issue you have with it gagging you." "All it takes is practice."
Emily responded, "I can't do it on Jimmy, I don't want to gag with him and get embarrassed."
I replied, "You won't need to, Angela and I will help you."
I led Angela into the house and left Emily by the pool. We grabbed 3 dildos from my collection of sex toys, and I even took 3 small vibrators out there, hidden in a towel. Emily's eyes widened when she saw the dildos. She'd never seen one up close. Angela and I proceeded to give her blow job lessons on it. She took to it rather quickly as she was able to put almost all of the 8″ black dildo in her mouth without gagging. I started rubbing my crotch as I watched her suck on it. Angela was watching my hand massage my clit through my bikini bottoms and she was getting turned on as well.
Emily opened her eyes and noticed this and she said, "What are you doing?"
I said, "Emily haven't you ever played with yourself?" "This sucking and licking on the dildo's, have made me so wet that I have to do something about it."
Emily said, "Maybe in the bath or shower, but I always try to stop myself."
I said, "Well here's lesson number two", as I pulled the 3 vibrators out of the towel. Emily asked, "What are those?" I said, "They are vibrators", as I stood up and pulled my bikini off and exposing my shaved pussy and tits to her. Angela must have really been turned on as she followed suit without any urging.
Emily said, "I don't know if I am comfortable with what you want to do." I responded, "just try it and if you don't like it, you won't have to keep on doing it." She said, "OK, but I want to leave my bikini on." We agreed.
I said I wouldn't make moves on her, but mutual masturbation and/or aided masturbation was OK in my book. We all had a vibrator and our reclining chairs around the pool were placed in a circle so we could see each other. I demonstrated to her how to touch it to her clit and where to move it. I also told her she would figure it out for herself as we are all different as to what pleases us. She slid the small vibrator inside her bikini and massaged her clit, and she exclaimed, "Man this does feel good!" She closed her eyes and you could tell she was in ecstasy, as her hips squirmed all around.
The vibrator was moving all around and her bikini bottoms were barely even covering anything now. Angela and I were dripping our love juices all over our chairs as we slid our vibrators all over our drenched pussies. I asked Emily, "do you want to go ahead and pull your bikini off?"
She said, "yes, but I don't want to stop." "We'll help then", I exclaimed. I took her bikini top off and Angela got the bottoms. As I pulled the top off I "accidentally" grazed the quarter sized puffy nipples of hers. They were so soft, it was all I could do to keep from putting them in my mouth and sucking on them. Angela slid the white bikini bottoms ever so slowly off of her hips and down her long luscious legs.
I asked Emily, "Can I try something?"
She answered, "I don't care, do what you want, you haven't been wrong yet."
I took the dildo that she laid to her side and started sliding it in to her well lubricated lovehole, while she kept attending to her swollen clit. She started moaning and writhing about. All the while Angela positioned herself below me and started licking my pussy while she kept using the vibrator on her moist pussy. All three of us were so turned on! I proceeded to start shoving the dildo in faster and faster. Emily screamed and moaned as she squirted all over my hands and all over the chair. I sped up even more and the smell of her juices got me even hotter as my juices went all over Angela's face.
Emily went limp and lied there exhausted on the chair. My knees felt weak, but I felt like I should return the favor for Angela. So as Emily relaxed there with her eyes closed, I took the dildo and started doing the same thing to Angela while she used the vibrator on herself. I also alternated that, with licking her clit. She stopped using the vibrator, as she wanted my tongue probing her pussy instead. The next thing I know, Emily is over here massaging Angela's tits and licking her nipples. Angela started convulsing, as she came as well. We just collapsed on to each other in all of our nakedness.
Emily ended up coming out and saying that when she was 16, she and her best friend did some soft touching, and pressing bodies against each other during a sleep over once, but it never went any further than that, other than some kissing. That turned me on again as well, but I figured we did our job. The next time Jimmy and Emily did it, it must have been awesome. Jimmy came home and thanked me, then he asked "What can I do for you now?"
I responded with, "Some sex in the morning would be great."
He said, "You got it!" That's another story for another day though.
I get home around 6:30 in the evening, as I do most evenings. It's summer and it's hot, and one of the first things to do once I've let myself into my flat is open the windows and pull the curtains shut against the sunlight. I have an ulterior motive for the privacy, too – I am horny and want release, as I often seem to at the end of a long day.
I have been thinking of you during the day, wondering how you are and how your new life is without me. In particular remembering some of our games together, and some of the ones I never had the nerve to articulate. I can feel the slow throb between my legs as I take a warm shower and dry myself, shivering slightly in the newly cooled air.
In the bedroom I take out my vibrators, smiling ruefully to myself as I remember my reluctance to buy, let alone use, the first one. Strange to think a girl can have reached an enlightened 26 and never have used mechanical stimulation…
Kneeling naked, I lube up the more slender of the two, inserting it slowly into my bottom. I have found I can sit back on it carefully, feeling the deeper level of pressure as it slides smoothly into me. I twist the dial to set up a gentle rhythm, and it pulses quietly inside me. My pussy is already wet, contracting against the residual movements of the vibrator, and I am anticipating the feeling of fullness as I insert the thicker toy more forcefully, tightening up my arousal another notch.
Pleasantly stretched, I lie back on the bed, naked and exposed, and relive my current fantasy, deliberately not touching myself, to prolong the experience.
In my mind, you and I have been out with company, and I have been teasing you for hours. I know you are extremely horny, and wanting to make me pay for my impertinence. We get home to the privacy of the flat and you ask me to remove most of my clothes, which I do willingly. I am just as aroused as you, and as in need of your correction as you are of administering it. I am wearing my pink gingham panties, which I think of as schoolgirl panties, and which make me want to be put over my headmaster's knee. With a grin you ask me to bend over the back of the sofa, while you fetch our toys.
My bottom is high in the air and I am on tiptoe, when, with no warning, I feel the sharp sting of the paddle hitting my cheeks. The thin fabric of the panties is no protection, and I can imagine my skin, reddening and changing colour to match them as you continue to strike me. After a dozen blows I am whimpering, and you tell me that if I can't be quiet I will upset the neighbours, which cannot be allowed.
Coming round in front of me, you kiss me, before gagging me with the ball-gag, strapping it tightly behind my head. You warn me that if I continue to wriggle in such a provocative manner, you will have no option but to restrain my arms as well. Your threat is no use, or I am too excited to take notice, for after a few short smacks more you tie my wrists together tightly in the small of my back. I am beginning to get dizzy now as I press against the sofa with my head below my hips, writhing in pain and desire in equal measures. When you pause and ask if I have had enough I am beyond responding immediately, which makes you chuckle to yourself.
Pulling my wet panties from me, you push my ankles apart, watching as I fight for balance. I feel you running your hands up my inner thighs, feeling the muscles pulled taught and the heat radiating from my centre. I am aching for you to touch my clit, but you know far better than that, slowly moving your probing fingers in and around my pussy, testing for yourself how horny I am. I can't move back onto your fingers without dropping onto my heels, something you very quickly discourage with a sharp smack to my pussy.
I feel one, then two and three fingers thrusting inside me, and respond unthinkingly with another rush of juice. I know you are looking at my bottom, eyeing up the smooth round cheeks marred with the results of your punishment, and considering how it would feel to be sunk deep inside it. Your slick fingers move from my pussy to my second hole, teasingly brushing over it before sliding inside. The new invasion, coupled with the pleasurable degradation of being so vulnerable and wanton, takes away the last of my reserve, and I push back onto your hands, desperate for you to touch my clit and give me release.
Instead, you pull away from me, noting my moans of disappointment as you move, and pull me back by my shoulders to let me stand up. I am unsteady on my feet as you guide me to the bedroom, where you remove the gag to allow me to get my breath back.
Loosening my wrists, you refasten me to the top bedposts so that I am spread-eagled face down on the bed. As I relax, however, you ask me to get up onto my knees, so my face is pushed into the mattress, and attach my ankles to the bottom posts so that my knees are far enough apart to allow you all the access you need. As a final humiliation, you re-gag me with my panties, which fill my mouth and nose with the taste and smell of my reaction to your body – and your wicked mind. Bound and helpless, I wonder what you are planning, and know that I will enjoy all of it.
Back on the bed, I am writhing to the vibrations running through me, and the images in my head. Their potency comes from having experienced most of the scenario first-hand, and I wonder fleetingly when – or if – I will be with someone again as matched to me as you are. I know instinctively that this self-manipulation will always be more satisfying than the colourless sex I knew before you, and the thought makes me a little sad.
Banishing such thoughts, I start to stroke my pussy gently with my right hand, leaving the other stretched out above my head. Being plugged securely, I am so aroused and yet perversely so dry that my clit is almost too sensitive to touch comfortably, adding another element of denial to my play. Before long, though, I am thrusting my hips up to meet my hand, the movement against the mattress causing both vibrators to move within me and adding a new layer of sensation.
After a moment of solitude, I feel you climb onto the end of the bed, and I imagine you kneeling behind me. I recognise the sound of the lid popping off the tube of lubricant, and then your fingers rubbing it into me, and the most inhibited part of my body. I am expecting your penis, and am momentarily puzzled to feel something cool, until I realise that it's the butt-plug we have unsuccessfully played with before. I will myself to relax, and let my body enjoy the invasion as much as my mind does.
Gently twisting and pressing, almost absentmindedly stroking my sopping pussy and clit, you push the plug into me, until suddenly it is in fully, and my muscles clamp around the narrow stop. The feeling is totally new to me, although I have imagined it many times, and I am almost grateful when you leave the bed for a second and I can gather my thoughts.
The silence is broken as you ask me whether I think I have suffered enough as punishment for my earlier behaviour. Gagged as I am I can't answer, and you tell me that you will take my silence as dissent. The sound of your belt whistling through the air hits my ears a millisecond before the leather hits my bottom, and I squeak and jump in surprise and pain. I am so tightly bound, though, that movement is impossible, and I know that this game will be played out to your timetable, not mine. You strike again a half dozen times, carefully aiming so that the belt hits the underneath of my bottom, or the tops of my thighs or the base of my back. My juices are running freely now, and I am more turned on than I have ever known before.
When you stop I try to catch my breath, but again you have out-thought me, and this time I feel a familiar object pushing into my pussy, as you insert my favourite vibrator and switch it on. The moisture and the angle makes it hard to keep it fully inside me, but you warn me that if it slips out before you are ready then you won't let me cum, but leave me frustrated all night.
I am able to concentrate on the new task for only a moment before you strike me again, this time with the paddle and across the base of the butt-plug. The sensation of mingled pain and pleasure is indescribable, making my internal muscles contract violently, and I feel the vibrator sliding out of me. You like this new game, I can tell, as you wait until I have composed myself before repeating the trick, three or four times over, before taking pity and putting the paddle aside.
I am breathing heavily now, and bucking up against my hand, trying to increase the friction enough to give me some release. My pussy and thighs are slick around the humming toys, and I know I am a few strokes from cumming abundantly. With an effort, I pull my hand away, leaving myself pumping once or twice against the air in frustration. Turning up both dials, I start to stroke my breasts and nipples as a distraction, as I imagine the climax of our little game.
My muscles are shaking and any residual composure shattered when you move up behind me again and remove the butt-plug. Almost before I register its absence, I feel the tip of your penis pressing against me, and slowly, ever so gently, you ease inside me, stopping to allow my muscles to expand around you. Your penis is much thicker than any of our toys, especially as my pussy is still full, and as you start pushing again I feel real pain for the first time.
Sensing my momentary reluctance, you reach round and start playing with my clit. My thoughts scatter as I respond to the manipulation, begging incoherently into my gag for you not to stop this time, but to let me cum. I am aware of pushing back onto you, and suddenly you are fully inside me, a feeling of pressure and pleasure I have never felt before. You stop still, and even in my turmoil I can hear your ragged breathing as you fight for control.
Still stroking my clit you withdraw and re-enter, keeping up a steady rhythm as you start working towards your own long-denied release. I know you can feel the vibrations through me, and your movements are becoming more erratic. I feel you switch hands to hold our second vibrator against my clit, saving you from superhuman displays of dexterity. The impersonal vibrations of the toy incessantly demand my response, and it takes only a few moments longer before I start cumming, writhing and spasming around the twin probes of your penis and the vibrator. Your immediate response is vocal and unrestrained, and I feel your balls start to spasm too as you cum with relief inside me, filling me with your stickiness.
At the thought of being beaten, manipulated and pleasured on your whim, my resolve is lost and I give in to the need to cum. Stroking my clit carefully at first, and then with more abandon, the world recedes as I bring myself to a powerful orgasm, which flows through me in waves. My muscles clench and relax uncontrollably around the vibrators while I come down slowly from the high, and it is several minutes longer before I can relax quietly in the evening's warmth.


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