day 155

i received a call yesterday asking about some shots i may have shot of a local chef. said chef was interviewed for an article in Gastronomica and they were wanting some shots of Chef in action. you know, kickin' ass in the kitch! back-handing his sous chef! pistol whipping the dish grunt! but smooth as Shaft with the waitress! wait, that is the chef i would want to be. 

(dammit zack, quit projecting)

anyway, i stopped by the restaurant to grab some details about what was needed. i left with a copy of Gastronomica in hand. so today i am reading it. and it is great, pick it up and read it.

i write because i want to share a particular little piece from the issue with everyone (well at least the six of you who are subscribers to this blog).

*****not for the virgin reader. we are about to make sexxxy talk. but in an informative way that will yield knowledge to never be used on jeopardy or in a trivial pursuit match*****

quoted directly from Gastronomica  Spring 2009, page 6:

1865. The word "gamahuche," denoting the act of orally stimulating the penis, enters the English language. It is follwed in 1887 by "fellatio" and "cunnilingus," while "oral sex" does not appear until 1959. Much earlier references to these sexual acts can be found in other cultures. The Greek poet Archilochus of Paros, for example, descanted upon fellatio in the seventh century BCE: "Like a Thracian or Phrygian drinking beer through a tube, she sucked, stooped down, engaged too from behind." In fifth century BCE, Aristophanes derided Arignotus for his "novel forms of self-pollution, bestial tricks unknown before: in the brothels, of prostitutes he licks up the loathsome slime, he befouls his bearded mouth with filth and dirt from their cunts."

and that is why i keep my beard short and stubbly, much like shaving the pubes, you pick up less filth and dirt. or less crabs in the case of the pubes.

i have to admit, there were so many one-liners popping into my head while i was quoting that.

it also just goes to show that the only thing we have invented since 7th century BCE is probably the use of electricity in sex toys (i recently read an article where they discovered a dildo in some archaeologic dig...basically a really old dildo).

oh, and i will not be featuring a photo on the subject for this entry. A) i am single and don't' have a willing participant for "art", and B) it costs too much to hire an escort.