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Screwing Strangers | Taking Inches by Sally Sunshine
Anonymous sex fascinates me. Typically, we at least learn a potential partner’s name and a bit of their history before we jump in the sack. Now, within the context of an orgy when one is participating in a free-for-all fuck, anonymous sex is the norm and histories aren’t required. For instance, my girl friend is heading to Manhattan this weekend for some Halloween fun at a swinger's party. She may engage in some stranger screwing, which, in the sexually liberated atmosphere she’s in, will be perfectly acceptable. Read the latest installment of Taking Inches, Giving Miles.

Fire in the Wind | Planet Waves by Judith Gayle
Devil Winds. That's what Southern Californians call the Santa Anas, the hot dry winds that sweep the area every fall and winter. Typically, the Santa Anas wreak havoc on Halloween decorations, make anyone with allergies or lung issues uncomfortable, and produce the mild weather for which the state is famous. Read Planet Waves coverage live from California.

A Tale of Two Decisions (or, How the FBI Gets You to Confess)
Steve Bergstein writes, "In addition to this blog, I also maintain a legal blog covering the civil rights decisions of the United States Court of Appeals in Manhattan. Last week, my eyes lit up when I checked the daily decisions and saw that one case involved a guy who claimed he was forced to confess to a crime that he did not commit. This scenario surfaces from time to time for murders and other crimes, but this case was different because it involved the crime of the century: the 9/11 hijackings which launched this country into a new era."

New! Planet Waves Alt Horoscope | October 2007

This week in Planet Waves Astrology News, Eric proposes that the California fires were a Hollywood smokescreen with real smoke, flames and destruction. If you find it improbable that twenty fires could ignite nearly at once, try on the astrology. Subscribe at this link.

Planet Waves Astrology News | By Eric Francis
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The Spiral Door from Planet Waves | Now Free for All Readers!
In anticipation of the 2008 annual horoscope edition called Small World Stories, the 2007 edition is
now free to all readers. Featuring more than 15 articles, numerous resources, a sexy photo gallery,
Hindu chanting and super-extended length horoscopes, The Spiral Door is our most funnest and comprehensivist annual edition yet. Dive in and enjoy. And get ready to swipe your credit card for Small World Stories, the 2008 Annual Horoscope Edition.

Venus Retrograde: Cycles of Injustice | By Nick Dagan Best
Planetary synodic cycles can be used as timing devices in astrology. This article examines a historical parallel between the synodic cycle of Venus and the Sun relative to explosive moments in U.S. black-white race relations over a span of 160 years. Nick Dagan Best, one of the foremost cultural astrologers of our time, reports.

Slut Guilt | Revolution is Not a Dinner Party By Sally Sunshine
What these malcontents don’t realize is during my younger years, I was a nice girl, a people pleaser, in fact. Often times, I would lose interest in relationship long before I broke it off. Even when relationship no longer honored self-discovery and growth, I continued on with the person at my expense. Hell, I spent two and half years with one ex-girlfriend when it should’ve been a one-night stand. But, the girl would flip out, threaten suicide, and stalk me to the ends of the earth until I relented.

We Are Stardust | Political Waves from Judith Gayle
Walk lightly on the Earth -- you've heard that before, proposed by the spiritual, the environmentalists, the activists. It's one of those notions that we come to after we've broken through the mesmerizing coma that our daily and habitual patterns produce, most often after a jolt of change or challenge.

Darwin's Gift to Science and Religion | Book Review by Carol van Strum
To confused parents and school boards besieged by proponents of Intelligent [sic] Design, "Darwin's Gift" is a godsend. Point by point, Ayala reviews the vast factual evidence for evolution and natural selection, with particular reference to the claims of creationists. On the basis of physical evidence he cites, creation myths have as much place in science as the tooth fairy has in dental college.

Erotic Art Traces the History of Sex | BBC News Reports
It's an age-old question. When is art art and when is it simply pornography? A provocative exhibition at the Barbican in central London is helping fuel the debate. Seduced - Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now contains works spanning 2000 years, by some of the most famous artists in the world, showing human beings in their most intimate moments. Kate Bush, the Barbican's head of art, has spent five years putting the collection together. "It's not about porn. It's a thoughtful exhibition, a celebration of what connects all human beings across time and cultures," says Ms. Bush.

Astrology as the Art of Bullshit | The First Planet Waves, by Eric Francis
Astrology is based on the idea that there is some relationship between human existence and the model of the solar system. For some people, this is a stretch longer than fitting nylon pantyhose on an elephant. For others, it's obvious that we live in one reality and that the whole show is not just connected by some ideas and theories, but that in actual fact, life is one holistic experience of planets, bugs, people, trees, computers, rocks, thought, and everything else with which we share existence.