Cindy Reviews “A Fine Deceit”
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Those familiar with Devlin O’Neill’s writing will recognize the brilliance of the characterizations in this novel. The people who populate his books are people you know, and people you care about. Through his hero, he treats those who are weaker than himself with kindness, and even those people deserving of contempt are never treated cruelly. He discharges them with expediency, but still manages to leave them with a shred of human dignity, sometimes to his own detriment.
It is a gentle introduction into the erotic world that Mr. O’Neill usually writes about and it was the very first novel of its kind that I read. I’m glad I had this kind of introduction.
A Fine Deceit is a novel told mostly from the hero’s point of view. The hero is a British Captain, home from the war “across the Channel.” Captain Drake is leading his company of men when they stumble upon a gypsy camp. The gypsies offer the men an evening of wine, food, and song, and at the end of the evening, after imbibing too much wine, Drake falls unconscious, only to be awakened and seduced by a beautiful woman. He wakes the next morning thinking it had been a dream until the physical reality of what did occur becomes clear.
He soon finds out that his mysterious seducer, Rosaline, is married to Sir Geoffrey. Drake takes employment at their estate to try to determine what she is up to.
What she is up to soon becomes clear when the gossip among the servants informs him that Sir Geoffrey is very ill, and since Rosaline has not produced an heir, when the Lord dies, the lands and all the riches will pass to his brother. Rosaline is the sole support of her mother and father. Her father, having gambled away his own fortune, is constantly beleaguering Rosaline for money, and she is so desperate to appease him that she will do anything to have a child that can be proclaimed heir. That includes seducing a perfect stranger, a stranger she is now mortified to discover working as her new farrier.
The book continues with enough twists and turns to delight any fan of historical romance. You have dastardly villains, a bastard son intent on revenge, loyal servants, and treacherous schemers. There’s enough spanking and sex to keep us all happy, but not enough to scare away your mom if she picks it up to read it.
Drake is my favorite hero of all of Devlin’s books. I love his honor and his sense of humor. His scenes with the young servants, Penelope and Tarquin, are some of my favorites in the book.
The book will leave you satisfied. What more can you ask of a novel?
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Yay, Cindy, you did it! This is a wonderful review. I agree with you–Captain Drake is one of my favorite Devlin O’Neill heroes. I laughed at the enough spanking and sex to keep us all happy, but not enough to scare away your mother if she happens to pick it up. Why, last time I was at the Bingo Hall, I saw an entire stack of Devlin O’Neill books that were being swapped, and lots of gentle little ladies with flushed cheeks.
Not THOSE cheeks! What is the matter with you?
That’s a great-sounding plot, right there. Although, in historical fiction, I usually root for the b*****d son intent on revenge. Good ole’ Edmund.
Cindy, what a wonderful review
you did a great job. I also enjoyed the relationaship between Drake and the young servants.
This book is certainly one to get an unsuspecting person started on a spanking journey Devlin o’Neal novels. Once they get started they are hooked.
Kaki, are you suggesting that girls who have no interest in spanking could read a Devlin O’Neill book and begin to dream of being over the lap of some hunky man who makes her mind him? From the brisk sales of romance novels and bodice rippers, I actually think there are many women who have a hidden desire for a dominant man in their lives, but –
what was I saying? I forget where I was going with this. Somehow I lost my train of thought. That frequently happens when I read Dev’s books.
Sad part of it Scarlet, I was right there with you on that train.
But yes, we can wean them in and get them all squirmy and interested and then zap! they are hooked. They just may not know that they want to read these.
This is a very well done review, and I appreciate it very much. However, I think I stunned Cindy by posting it before she was ready. In any case, thank you all for your kind comments about both the review and the book.
Scarlet, the Bingo Hall story is apocryphal, right?
Thought so.
Cindy, this is a great review. Very well written.
I love this book. Hmm, need to read it again.
Excellent review. I haven’t read this yet and reading this made me feel that I’d made a grave error by not doing so. Wonderful work, Cindy!
Cindy,
A excellent review, well done.
If I hadn’t read it twice already, I’d rush out and buy it.
Drake is indeed an honourable and lovable hero, this is a novel to cherish.
Warm
Paul.
Wonderful review, Cindy! Very well done. You capture the essence of “A Fine Deceit” with the dashing Captain Drake and beautiful Lady Rosaline. I love that you highlighted Captain Drake’s humanity in how he treats those weaker than himself with tenderness and kindness, and when dealing with villains he is just but not cruel. He battles injustice with a wonderful nobility. In Captain Drake one finds a lot of Devlin O’Neill, just as in Lady Rosaline we find much of co-author Georgia Lynd. Knowing Georgia, I see her beauty and grace in Rosiline, but also her impishness and mischief which makes them both very spankable.
Excellent review, Cindy, and a marvelous book, Dev and Georgia.
G-7, G-7!
I’m sorry, were you saying something?
Hi, everyone, and thanks again for the kind words. I’m afraid though that the author of this post is unlikely to appear and take her bow. She said on a previous thread that if she comes here she will try to talk you guys into thinking that this isn’t a good review. Aggravating as that is, I don’t suppose it’s really something I can spank her for, so again on Cindy’s behalf, thank you all very, very much.
Uh huh. I see how often you play bingo. There is no G-7.
Hi, Cindy, well done.
I haven’t read this one, but Captain Drake sounds rather interesting, I think this may be next on my list.
Dev, are you sure you can’t spank her for that? Kaki made popcorn already.
Go park your bus and do something constructive, young lady. :waits:
That wasn’t productive?
Possibly you mean like real work.
Sigh.
Wait, are productive and constructive interchangeable? Possibly there’s an out here.
Go! Now!
I’m sure Scarlet said she works much better after a spanking. It would be a shame to let the popcorn go to waste.
How do you work after a spanking, Alice? Hm?
You mean you give girls the day off after a spanking?
I thought it might increase her concentration, but as a good girl I wouldn’t really know.
Cindy this was a wonderful, informative review, very well done
but I do understand the instinct to run and hide behind the sofa until all the comments are over.
I work much better before a spanking, Alice, which is why I am listening to Dev and actually getting my work done.
But please go ahead and wind him up, then tell us about it later.
Thank you, all of you! You can’t write a bad review of Devlin’s books. They write themselves!
On Saturday, everyone was off doing stuff and the blite was quiet and I whined to Dev about having nothing to do and asked for a job, thinking he’d have me wash his car or sweep the driveway or something.
Instead he told me to write a review of A Fine Deceit. I said “Sure”.
10 minutes later, a friend called and asked if I wanted to go play cards and I said “Sure”. (Do you see a trend here?)
Several hours later I came home and didn’t think any more about the book review until I received an email on Monday morning that said “Your assignment is due by noon on Wednesday”. This time I didn’t say, “Sure”, I said “What?”
And I whined and I whined and I whined. To which Dev is totally immune, btw.
Monday night, I sent a “review” that proclaimed, “I really, really liked it!” And I gave it 2 “thumbs up”. He didn’t think that was a bit funny and said to try again.
Tuesday started out not so good, and I spent most of Tuesday afternoon and evening struggling with the review. This does not come easy to me. In fact, it’s darn hard work. You people who do it well just make it look easy.
I sent him my final draft and spent the next hour in an exhausting conversation with me telling him it was bad and him getting more and more aggravated until he finally told me that he could certainly critique it and give it back and I could fix it until it was perfect. I calmed down and backed down because I didn’t want to do that. I never wanted to see the blasted thing again.
I was really surprised to see it posted last night. Really surprised. I THOUGHT he was going to give me a head’s up before he posted it so I could prepare myself and maybe go on a trip somewhere for a couple of weeks with no internet access.
But I think Dev advocates the Ripping Off the Band Aid method of doing things and maybe that is the best way in a case like this. Because I don’t think I would have ever said OK.
It really is a very good book. It’s the first one of his I read long before I knew anything about This Thing. I was just afraid I wouldn’t do it justice.
So the moral of the story is this : Don’t tell Dev you’re bored. He’ll find you something to do.
Scarlet, it hurts my feelings when you throw me under a bus to have it run over me.
I wouldn’t do that to you.
Dev, do you mean we are NOT suppose to work after a spanking?
Phew, glad I have it in writing, that refrigerator still isn’t finished. 
Nice one Cindy…both on the review and learning not to tell the Professor that your bored.
Least he didnt spank you, thats what Tony does when I mention that i’m bored.
Anyway…I survived my spanking..with no lasting marks, which is more than can be said for Tony. No i didnt mark him…he wanted to help me with my laundry…and shut his finger in the door…(awww poor baby), he got a blood blister which he had to bite open before putting antiseptic stuff on it.
Cindy, your first review sounds just like the one I told you I would have given. We really do think alike.
Really? You’re almost making me feel bad.
Oh, heck, I take it all back. Dev, don’t spank Cindy.
There. He always does just what he’s told, so that should take care of things.
Eh, it was worth a shot, right?
Alice and Kaki, I did not mean that at all. I was merely asking Alice for information. Since she made an assumption as to how well Scarlet works after a spanking, I just wondered the same about her. How you two arrived at getting time off from work after a spanking I put down to your basic bratty natures.
Very good, Cindy, and see? Lessons learned all over the place.
And again thank you for your appraisal, and I am very pleased to see you survived the trauma relatively unscathed. 
Jay, Tony’s method of curing your boredom sounds equally effective. I can’t say however that I will follow his example as far as home medical treatment. No criticism intended, but I’m more of the let it heal on its own school there.
Cindy, you’re not the only one who have tried that one line review too. Check this out.
I’m not good at writing reviews. It’s always too brief.
Does that mean no more temperature taking in you know where?
Mindy! Don’t you start, young lady. I love and appreciate the reviews you write of my books. :waits:
That is perfectly sound home medical practice, Mindy, and quite safe.
But if you are letting nature takes its course, there is no need to monitor the temperature. Thus, it’s quite a time-wasting home medical practice.
Bye, everyone! I need to be at work in 15 minutes.
Good one, Mindy. I think Season’s review summed it up.
Bye, Mindy, have a great day!
Oh, yikes, Jay, I don’t think you are supposed to do that with a blister, blood(ew) or otherwise. I was always taught to leave it be and if the blister tears (ouch), then put medicine on it, but otherwise just put a cushioned band aid on and you’re good to go.
Those pinches sure hurt though.
You know every stinkin time I think I’ve come up with a totally original idea, I find out I haven’t. It’s really disheartening.
I may as well just be good. Everybody else has already thought up and done all the badness. Nobody likes a copycat.
Did Season eventually write a real review? DON’T send me the link, Mindy. I don’t need to read it.
And Mindy, you’re crazy. Your reviews are perfect. They aren’t supposed to be longer than the book you’re reviewing.
Yeah, I never could understand the point of taking a temperature if you were just supposed to let your body fix itself.
And don’t worry. You almost can’t find a glass thermometer anymore. I was curious because I haven’t noticed them for a long time, so I’ve been keeping my eyes open. The Digital pointy ones are even almost a thing of the past with the ear gun things they have now.
Soon they will go the way of the buggy whip, never to trouble you again!
{That’s one down}
Thank you so much, Scarlet. I can rest better now.
Ummm buggy whips or carrige crops are still available over here….specially in the scene…Tony has one.
Cindy, after much cajoling Season did finally complete a review of “A Fine Deceit.”
http://www.devlinoneill.com/?p=3102
As for being a copycat with your one sentence review, don’t be silly, it is merely a case of great minds, or in the case of you and Season naughty minds, thinking alike. And it is said since Shakespeare nothing is really new anymore, just the same themes recycled in different packaging. The Bard even covered the handling and spanking of naughty girls in “The Taming Of The Shrew.”
Hi Polly, didn’t see you there. Sorry about that. Hope you are doing well. :)
~gulp~
thank you, Polly. I really, really appreciate it.
~thud~
Oh, Cindy, you should read what Dev said to Season after she handed in the book review as well.
Maybe we’ll get to use the popcorn after all.
I can respond to this two ways, Michael.
I am really, really, really glad I didn’t read Season’s review before I wrote mine. Because I would still be working on my version.
Or
If I had read Season’s review, or even been aware that she had written one, I would have just laughed and laughed when the Professor suggested I write it.
Please pass along my compliments to Season. I really enjoyed her review.
What could he say that was any way bad, Alice?? It was WONDERFUL!
Just go feed that popcorn to the ducks, yeah?
Thanks, Cindy, I will definitely pass on your nice words to Season. You are such a gracious and generous person. And as I and many other commenters have already said, you did a fantastic job with the review. I hope you write more reviews in the future.
Forgot this for Mindy, thank you for linking to Season’s one sentence review. I had forgotten what a fun time Season and Dev had bantering over that.
LOL That was a fun time, Alice as Season and Dev went round and round.
Speaking of the Professors books (as we girls often do), I cracked open ‘Maid 1′ tonight…in the bath (sooo not a good idea to do that, the bath water goes cold), an can I just say…Professor, your handwriting is terrible lol.
Right about now the Professor is thinking ‘handwriting??? How would that little brat know my handwriting?’
The answer Herr Professor, is that you sent me an author signed copy of ‘Maid’ for being the 500th commenter on a post……wow! Only 500 comments! Those were the days eh lol.
Cindy, I am in complete agreement with you, ear thermometers are the way to go! No glass ones here since one broke and the mercury nearly destroyed two of my rings!
Buggy whips have thankfully not made their way into our household!
Jay, if poor Tony has a blood blister I guess that cancelled any really ouchy spanking out! Although it was very sweet of him to help you with your laundry!
But it was a very nice day, and he is very sweet to help me with my laundry…i almost feel bad for bratting him about his poor finger….almost…but not quite.
You can buy a strop on Amazon? And handcuffs? Why do I keep being sent to shops to buy these things?! Buit, I agree, helping anyone with the washing is merit worthy.
Oh yes, a bargin too….only £10. The cuffs..well they do sell them, but they were given me by my bestie.
Wow! That was so long ago I don’t even remember doing it. Now there are about 65,000 comments, and at least 500 per post lately. But all that aside, I’m glad you’re still enjoying the book, Jay.
Mindy, a mild fever is quite all right, and helps the body to heal itself. But I want to be able to tell when it goes from mild to dangerous, so the thermometer stays. And you can get the useful ones, meaning the ones I use, in digital and without mercury, dd, so no danger to anyone’s rings.
This is just a drive by. I am off again soon.
We have three sets, leather buckly ones, I suspect BBH had before me; metal ones I hate and rarely used; and pink fluffy ones, bought as a diversion…well a girl has to try!
dd, I used to break them on purpose and play with the mercury.
Nobody ever told me not to.
God, you almost cause me to choke to death! You go on back to work, you!
Dev, I really don’t believe we need any more thermometers in the house the ear and forehead ones do just fine.
~nodding like a bobble head~
And you can tell when your fever gets dangerously high because you’re really, really hot. Oh! And sometimes you hallucinate. On the other hand, sometimes that’s just from the tequila you drank the night before that caused you to think you had a hangover and not the flu that ended up lasting for 6 days.
Hangovers generally don’t last for 6 days. Although that one time in Mexico. But that was probably the water.
So, yeah. If you ever need to know, that is.
What did I say about telling me what to do, Cindy? Hm? :waits:
Did you consider that an order? I think of it as more of a suggestion. I was told that suggestions were perfectly acceptabl,e.
But mostly you just scareded me.
I bet those pink flufffy ones work as well as the leather ones with buckles ~shudder~.
But anything is better than zip ties. Those are just mean.
Just remember to think before you type, young lady.
Why do you always look at me when you say that!
:crabby:
Spankings for boredom? I endorse this practice. Buggy whips? Not unless you actually own a buggy.
Otherwise it leads to talk.
Like talking ABOUT the buggy whips? The absurdity of it?
By the by, more seriously, The London Tanners are my go-to source for leather paddles (et cetera et cetera), but I’m looking for a good source for specialty wooden paddles. I suppose this is as good a place as any to ask for suggestions? (If it’s not, ignore.)
It’s birthday spanking season.
Did you make a custard tart?
Just talk. Which is always to be avoided.
I’m confused. What leads to talk: Spanking, buggy whips, or boredom?
You’ve got to be more clear. I know I complained before about how LONG it normally takes you to answer questions, but there has to be a happy medium.
the Amish do a nice job with wood. Didn’t you take a woodshop class in school?
Talk! ha-HA! HA! Ha. …ha.
Wait, what?
We had a servant for that. I called him ‘Carpenter’, but I’m sure he had an actual name which I’m sure I’ll recall eventually.
Hahahahhah. I thought that’s what the strop was called. An Amazon strop. Like a great big one.
Jebus?
Well, perhaps “Carpenter” has a grandson who followed in his footsteps and he’s still around the estate somewhere and he’s probably the guy you need to go talk to.
Give him some dimensions and I’m sure he’ll come up with something that will suit.
hehehe
good one
That’d be an odd twist. Both of them.
Ohhh i just realised how that sounds.
Mr Pygmalion esq, Sir, I was in no way implying that you are older than jebus or that he was indeed your servant.
It was the first carpenter I could think of, thats all.
It’s a good name for a carpenter, jay. It was funny!
I think jewelry is nice for birthdays. Just saying.
She’ll get jewelry, too. I’ll refresh the anklet.
But I want to update our collection of wooden implements, from home-made or kitchen-bought to custom classy.
Cindy, you could have copied Season’s report and saved yourself the trouble.
Check old posts next time you get an assignmen.
Cindy, how do you know how zip ties feel?
I thought that is what she meant by Amazon strop. This is getting scary we keep thinking the same thing.
Did you eat meatloaf at CB? I’m mad at you if you did. Did you have mashed potatoes too? Don’t tell me, I don’t want to know.
1)I was a very strange child, Kaki. I could curl your hair (if it isn’t already curly)
2) I’ve been arrested twice, by real cops
3) Our brains are wired the same way
Cindy, I’ve never seen the Amish sell paddles, they probably make them but keep them for themselves or private sales.
Ah, jeez. The waitress spilled hot coffee
on my fingers, and now I’m burned. If she were mine, I’d paddle her, but instead I’ll give her a big tip with the check—the tradition in Asia, as a cultural means of broadcasting my disapproval for all to see.
Fortunately, it wasn’t my dominant hand that was burned, so I can still deliver spankings with the vigor for which I am known.
Oh, and I also need coffee, but I’ll order it iced.
I don’t know where to find old posts, kaki.
But I think that might not be the best thing anyway.
It could teach me to be naughty. And I’m trying real hard to be good.
I’d assume the Amish keep the paddles in the community, to encourage a certain level of enthusiasm during barn-raisin’ season, and to pass the long nights when their wives are complaining about not having televisions or washing machines.
Way to show your displeasure! Did you at least GLARE at her?
I’m sorry you got burned. I hope you got ice on it right away.
New hemp?
I’ve never seen them either, kaki, but I’ve never known what to really look for before.
You can bet I’ve since gone through all the wooden stuff I’ve purchased over the years.
I’ll never use that pie server again without blushing.
I don’t glare. That’s undignified. A gentleman takes things in stride. Even when sitting.
Also, since one doesn’t normally tip in Asia—because, unlike the Barbarian Lands, they compensate their wait-staff with a reasonable salary—giving a tip draws attention and, in this case, shame upon the errant waitress.
But not too much shame, she only burned two fingers.
Is it legal where you are?
That seems a good incentive to burn patron’s fingers and forget to refill the drinks.
…what?
That’s putting the cart before the horse.
hemp.
No, I mean what does “New hemp” mean in this context? I’m sure hemp is legal. I mean, for clothing and such. I’ve never really given it much thought.
It’s like having a conversation with the Marx brothers.
PE said he would “refresh the anklet”
Most anklets I am familiar with are made from braided Hemp cord and beads. How do you refresh a hemp anklet? NEW HEMP.
I’m sorry, it’s not either one of you. I see the visual in my head and I assume everyone else sees it too.
It wasn’t terribly funny to begin with and it’s becoming less so as time goes by.
Carry on. I need a drink.
I assume it was a wooden pie server, or that could have been rather ill-advised.
…I now want pie.
Don’t you HATE when that happens. Your chance of finding pie where you are is probably pretty slim.
And yes, it’s a beautiful maple pie server. And I’m probably going to put it at the back of a drawer somewhere.
Well, this one is silver.
Desserts in Asia are not particularly tempting, no.
…but the regular food makes up for it.
I bet it’s beautiful.
I’m sorry, Sir. That really was rude. I didn’t mean for it to be, I was trying to be funny and it backfired. As it frequently does.
No need for an apology. I give you an E for Effort. While this is not an actual letter grade, you’ll have to make do.
Darn, I was just going to ask, who’s on first?
Shemp, Hemp, and Temp – and Klemp? He’s the shortstop.
thanks
Abbott and Costello’s Who’s on First is one of my most favoritest comedy skit.
I bet they have it on YouTube, Kaki. Have you checked? Want me to go check?
I am sure they do, if you’ve never seen it go take a look. Funny thing is, I understood the whole thing.
I am unfamiliar with the concept of “refreshing the anklet.” Will you give it a vigorous polishing? Add a sparkling gemstone? Repair the clasp?
Frankly, it doesn’t sound all that special. I vote for something dangly for her ears. Unless you are a man with an ankle fetish. But a spankish man seems somewhat at odds with an anklish man.
I could be wrong.
He had us befuddle too, Scarlet. I had my wedding ring and engagement ring refreshed, they look like new. Did you have to resize it, Pygmalion, did her ankle swell?
It just means buying her a new anklet, which is a discreet but still symbolic piece of jewelry for a Bottom to wear.
I prefer legs, but that’s not exactly a fetish. Or, at least, it is a fetish shared by at least 50% of men and thusly normalized.
Oh, that’s actually a little sexy then. I take back my comment.
You may carry on with your birthday plans.
Heading to bed. Night everybody.
Careful with the monkeys, Your Lordship.
Goodnight, Scarlet.
Should we all be wearing ankle silver bracelets?
Night, Scarlet. Dang, I think I missed her. I have hardly talked to her at all this week, it seems like.
I have one that has little tinkling bells all over it. About a billion, I expect.
so did you ever tell me what you ate for dinner?
I had turkey and mashed potatoes. I was debating over Momma’s pancake breakfast, dinner won.
Something really strange happened to me at Walmart the other day and I’ve been perplexed about it ever since.I was standing at the end of an aisle, just standing there thinking, trying to remember what was on the list I left at home on the kitchen counter.
I could feel somebody staring at me and I turned my head and there was a man standing about 6 feet away and he was just looking at me. My eyes met his and I immediately dropped mine.
He wasn’t glaring, I’ve been glared at before. He didn’t look the least bit mean or threatening, I wasn’t afraid. But I felt, submissive somehow, like I needed to lower my eyes.
I rummaged through my bag to kill a few seconds and not look like a complete idiot and then I glanced back up and he was heading away from me towards the front of the store.
Telling it took more time than the actual event. We didn’t have a “moment” or anything, it was just odd.
I don’t know if spending so much time talking about all of this on here had just made me more aware or what. I’m just curious if any of you have ever had this happen.
I wouldn’t even be able to describe to you what the guy looked like. I just remember how I felt.
Cause you can have sweettea with turkey. I love thursdays there. I forgot about the turkey.
I love their breakfasts, but I think they have the worst coffee ever.
I don’t drink coffee and I don’t think they have sweat tea up here. They carry Twinings English Breakfast tea, I like that with breakfast.
I’ve noticed some men have a Toppy aura about them. I’ve never run into anything like that in a store, that I can think of anyway.
I’ll try that next time. And I bet they have sweettea. You just have to ask for it.
It never happened to me before either. It was just odd. Both the situation and my reaction.
So do you have a busy day tomorrow, kaki? Are you just going to rest up?
I’ve got no reason to be tired. I did nothing all day.
I am going to try an make sure everything is cleaned up for my weekend guest. The refrigerator is almost halfway finished and is supposed to be done by Friday, havn’t started on the second frig yet. It really wasn’t that bad but I start a shelf and get distracted. I always do that when I really don’t want to do a particular task.
They have unsweeten iced tea and raspberry iced tea.
Funny story, I was in Ga in Nov and the waitress asked what I wanted to drink and I said unsweetened iced tea and my friend, that lives in Ga ordered sweet tea. When she came back she forgot which was which and asked me if I was diabetic, I guess not too many southerners drink unsweeten iced tea. Sweet tea is just too sweet for me.
I don’t understand how I always end up with 8 bottles of opened salad dressing. I don’t even LIKE salad.
I really, really hate that job.
It’s hard to stay focused when it’s somethng you don’t want to do.
I’m glad I stocked up on groceries Tuesday. I can’t drive till Monday.
God, wait till he starts crawling and stuff. You’ll have to pick up every tiny thing. But maybe he won’t be one to put everything in his mouth.
I used to have a refrigerator that had wire shelving and all the crud fell to the bottom, so you only had one surface to clean. Now they are all glass shelves and you’ve got to clean every dang one of them.
I bet a man thought that up, huh.
Cindy, why can’t you drive until Monday? Or do I want to know?
Pygmalion, you asked about wooden implements and I can vouch for the product and the producers here – http://www.kittysexoticpaddles.com/ Tell Kitty I sent you.
Kaki, do I have to send Charley a Kitty’s Exotic Paddle in order to get those fridges clean by Easter? Just curious.
Ummmm, the Johnson Rod is broke?
Will Pygmalion get the bulk rate discount if he mentions your name?
No, Sir. I have to get it done by tomorrow, well before Easter. Can you write me a note that says I have til Easter?
OH, and never take all the shelving and drawers out at once. It takes forever trying to figure out how and where to put them all back. Now I do one at a time.
Yeah, I always end up with extra parts. I just put them under the sink. I bet I have stuff from the last 3 fridges under there.
I really, really like nice wooden things, but those would be a lot better if there was a mirror stuck on them.
their pens are beautiful!
“…the Johnson Rod is broke?”? That must be Frog’s Neckian for something but I have no idea what. No, Pygmalion will get a sincere, Really? So how’s he doing? from Kitty, which is almost as good as a bulk rate discount. She’s cute.
Kaki, at the rate you’re going, I was thinking Good Friday more than this coming Friday for finishing the project, and of course I won’t write you a note! You have your deadline, missy. It just sounded like Charley might be able to use some help, motivation wise. I expect he has that covered though.
I gave one of Kitty’s paddles as a wedding gift once. It was most appreciated. Well, by half the couple anyway. I have heard that the other half has hidden the “Papa paddle” in a closet and it may not have seen the light of day in some goodly while.
Oh, I hope they didn’t open the wedding gifts at the bride’s mom’s house after they got back from the honeymoon.
Wood sucks. For paddles anyway, love it for furniture.
Those paddles look awefully strong and thick.
I just don’t understand the need for implements at all, kaki.
Dev, I think I know why you said girls don’t like being spanked standing up.
If I was there, kaki ann, I’d totally help you clean the fridges.
Cindy, think about it. Most Tops are men, men are basically lazy and don’t like to be sick or in pain. If they spank a girl with their hand it gets sore so they have to use a paddle or some king of implement.
I meant to say they get tired and their had gets sore.
I’d think you would just be able to walk away, but why do girls like it less than other positions.
Oh, Kaki, did he spank you standing up???
LOL, I knew what you meant, Kaki.
And if their hand is getting sore, I would think the spanking had probably gone on long enough!
I didn’t say that, officer.
I wasn’t doin’ nothin’
a COP smacked you?!!!
It was a ‘scene wedding’ at a dungeon in southern California. I also used the paddle as a gavel to pound on the podium and make everyone shut up before I told the bride and groom’s story, in four part harmony with full orchestration. Well okay, but I did tell the story. And they really did get married at some point later.
Are you going to tell us, Kaki? You don’t have to. I’m going to read ‘Duet for Solo Baritone’ aloud in a few days, and there’s a pretty good explanation included in that.
I don’t think I’ve read that. I’ll look forward to it.
It’s after 11. Kaki and Charley may be discussing the refrigerator.
Aw! That sounds really…… nice! It sounds nice. And fun.
It’s in Bedtime Stories if you want to follow along. I just have to finish the voiceover. Meanwhile it is very late, isn’t it? I am off to bed then.
Goodnight, Cindy. Goodnight, Kaki and Charley. And goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.
No, Cindy, I have until 11:59 pm tomorrow.
Um, there is nothing to lean on and when you kick your feet you just wind up looking you are doing some kind of crazy dance hopping from one foot to another. Oh, and it stings.
happy now? 
No, it’s not strange. People regularly get up and do the chicken dance at wedding receptions around here. Normal grown up suit wearing people. Even receptions held at Country Clubs, so strange isn’t a concept I’m unfamiliar of.
I’ve never been to a ‘scene wedding’ though. I went to a Lesbian Wedding once. That was fun!
Night, Dev. Sleep well!
Goodnight, Dev. Jeez I just read that book, I have to look it up. Thanks for the story, I will sit here patiently until it is posted.
Not very! And I’m feeling bad for you! What did you say to make him do that?
Of course not! I was answering like you.
Perfect! Thanks, Dev. I shall peruse.
…is that a fox chasing a mouse? Why, yes it is.
I may have suggested he do something right away with a very slight tone,my jeans lowered, dancing a little, then when he asked me who the boss was, I may have said, “of what”. I remember a little wooden trivet being reached for……
then there was a kiss.
Goodnight, Cindy and Pygmalion, I’ve got to go to bed now.
nighty night.
Cindy, put the pop down and reach for the milk. I’m watching you.
Ohhhhhhhhh, I have read that one!
I saw you watching me, Kaki. I’ve got cocoa and a bottle of water, better?
Boss of what!!!
You kill me Kaki Ann. That’s the way to be!
Aww. Was the kiss good?
And was it worth it?
Night, kaki have a good night and a restfull sleep. See you tomorrow!
In your hotel?
Better! Painted on the back of this paddle they have for sale.
That‘ll give something to look at while I’m using it.
I was traveling one time and ate at Cracker Barrel twice in one day. When I stopped for lunch somewhere in Missouri, they had strawberry shortcake. Hands down the best I ever ate. I stopped some place in Illinois that night and found a Cracker Barrel and ate it again.
I’ve never had it since. It’s Seasonal. I don’t know what that means, but I’ve never gotten the seasons right since that time. And I eat at Cracker Barrel a lot.
hahahhahahh
Too funny!
Maybe you can find a ballgame or something on the TV that could hold your interest.
It’s so hard being a Top, sometimes. That and the repetitive stress injuries to the rotator cuff and wrist, from all this spanking.
Why are they so naughty…why…why…
I’ll just have to spank through the pain. The Bottoms need me!
…even if they won’t admit it, or their pervasive misdeeds.
I know! I feel really bad for all you Toppy types. I mean the fate of civilization as we know it rests atop your Toppy shoulders!
I’m surprised you have time to run the world at all with all the spankings.
What TIME is it where you are? Is it hot there?
It’s the afternoon, I know that. I’m just sitting in the hotel bar—with a view of the river—waiting for somebody to call me into action.
If they do not, I will sit here all night.
I have a dilemma and I could use some Toppy thoughts on the matter.
I find that I am probably going to have to move in the next few months and I’ve narrowed down my choices to a few places. My criteria isn’t extensive. I need at least 3 seasons. I’ll tell you my choices and you tell me which one you’d pick. Ready?
Ok, I already own a house in Colorado, so moving there is an easy option. But – they still get occasional tornados in Colorado and frankly, I am so done with tornados.
I’ve always wanted to live in Maine and I think I could fit in really well there. I already know some of the lingo and will pick up the rest easily. But to be honest? I’m really only going for the Lobster and I don’t know if that’s a good enough reason to pick a new homestead.
Santa Fe has always been a happy place for me. I could see myself living there. It’s hot, but not as hot as Kansas in August, so I’m not scared of the heat.
And the last place I’m thinking about is Norway because I loved it when I was there and I have a really dear friend who lives there. Yes, the winters can be a little bleak, but Spring, Summer and Fall are wonderful.
So, what do you think?
You’re at the ready, so to speak, right? Are you an action kind of guy? Or do you wilt in the humidity.
When in doubt, I choose Europe.
I am a man of action, forced by his work into inaction in a constant state of hyper-readiness and boozing.
Yeah, that was my thought too.
So! Santa Fe it is!
No, I kid.
Mindy, did you get home from work yet?
I just got home, Cindy, but you must be asleep already (past 3am).
By the way, I wasn’t implying that your one line review wasn’t original. Instead, I was thinking that great minds think alike! I’m glad Michael pointed out the real meaning to you. Sorry, I should have been clearer. I guess I shouldn’t rush like that in the morning.
All babies put stuff into their mouths.
Cindy, I would say heck with the seasons, give me Hawaii
. I will come and visit you. 
How about Florida, Kaki? You can visit a certain Top too.
I wasn’t upset at you! Goofy girl!!
You’re welcome, Pygmalion. I’m sure you’ll find something there you like.
Kaki, need I even say that you deserved it? I thought not.
So let’s see – Colorado, New Mexico, Maine, or Norway? I would definitely go with Boise, Idaho.
(Santa Fe is nice too, I have heard.)
I was in Ga a few months ago and didn’t realize how close I was to that certain Top at the time. Phew! Good thing geography isn’t one of my stronger subjects.
You are home, I forget today is tomorrow for you.
did not.
I could definitely see Pygmalion with that tiger painted paddle. It has sort of a sinister Asian flavor, and is all mysterious, peeking out as he is from the banana leaves. That’s exactly how i picture you, Pygmalion. Peeking out from the banana leaves.
Dang it ,mMindy! I just missed you last night.
Dev, are you ever going to write a post about a dungeon “scene” wedding? I think it may just be your civic duty, for those of us who have never been to one, and unless my life changes drastically, aren’t likely to receive an invitation anytime soon.
Do you know how claustrophobic it woul be living on an island?
Boise! I thought that place was a myth!
I have to admit I’m having trouble coming up with a visual for that one. The dungeon for instance. Like medieval? Where we’re the streamers and balloon arches?
It’s what parents threaten their children with if they don’t behave, Cindy!
“Do you want me to take you to Boise and leave you there? I thought not!”
Yeah it does sound like a place you would get left behind in.
I don’t want to get up!
She did! I wonder if koko is still alive? I’m not going to google and find out, I’ll be too sad if she’s not.
I thought it was rather a pleasant place to live for 5 years. And I got a book out of it.
It was more a converted warehouse and office kind of space in an industrial park, and there were streamers and balloons, and stocks, and St. Andrews crosses, and so on. And I did write it at some point, though I don’t think I posted it to the blite. I’ll have to look for it.
Ohhhhhhh. That’s wher HE is! I don’t know….
Is it really a nice place? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of tornados ther, at least on a regular basis. I don’t think I know a soul in Idaho.
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/BDSM_as_business:_An_interview_with_the_owners_of_a_dungeon
Don’t worry, Cindy. I think the dress code for women in dungeons is naked.
Oh that doesn’t sound so scary then. Like a theme wedding. Those are quite popular in some places. I’m not sure that this theme has caught on around here so much. But you’d have to be part of the culture to be invited I’m sure.
But what about the nipple clamps, collars and limb cuffs?? If she is wearing those then she isnt nekid.
I doubt if they have ever had a tornado in Boise, and the snow stays in the mountains mostly. You can see it all winter, but you don’t have to drive in it usually. Anyway, I thought you were looking for a brand new adventure. Nothing like the unknown for adventure.
I didn’t see any of those that day, Jay. It was just us spankos, about a hundred I think. No one was naked either, that I noticed, though quite a few knickers got pulled down after the ceremony.
Are there bridal nipple clamps? I have just entered a dark and scary room in my mind. There are St. andrew’s crosses in there, which i have no reference point for, but i don’t think they are used in manicures. Just a guess.
Mister, I’ve had enough adventure to last me 3 lifetimes. I’m just looking for a nice, calm, pleasant place to live
I didn’t say I didn’t want to get DRESSED up, you dufis! I didn’t want to get out of bed. But I’ve managed to crawl my way to the coffee and I’m good to go now. Not good to GO GO, but I’m up.
I think that would be something we would just politely avert our eyes from, Scarlet.
Hey, I know what we can do! Let’s plan a theme wedding this weekend!
Fascinating.
you’re on! Pick a theme, and we’ll get started.
We”ll need a location, characters, a back story, decor, food, everythung. Oh, this is going to be fun.
I might need to turn auto correct on again.
Cameron will be so disappointed.
6 of one, half dozen of the other, Scarlet. I started posting from bed this morning on the iPad and i spent most of the time fixing the autocorrects.
Idaho is actually beautiful. I have been there for a wedding (not in a dungeon, sadly) and it was surprisingly scenic.
I might need to actually work now, even without Dev making me.
Later, gators. Get started on that wedding, though!
Let’s see, we could go with Camelot, that’s always popular. Or just the whole Renaissance theme. Or Star Trek! Or Disney theme.
There’s a billion of them!
K! have fun!
He’ll live.
Jay, my nipple clamps are at the cleaners so I will have to pass.
i believe I shall stay in jammies all day!
Spring is just around the corner. I got my first pool catalog yesterday. Did you get any yet?
Last week, I hate the idea of opening it this year. I think the creature from the Black Lagoon winters in it.
Last year it was really, really bad and we got it crystal clear. I hope we can get it this year. I have someone that I would like to come over and use it.
Does Belle swim?
Mine is pretty clear when I open it.
Yes, both dogs love to swim. Bell goes in down the steps. She doesn’t like to get her head wet. Jerry bails in at the side and splashes tons of water.
They use it more than I do. If they get in the pond during the day and smell like fish, I usually make them take a bath in the pool before I let them in the house.
I like to go out at night and float and watch the stars. But it takes me forever to meticulously go over the surface with the net to make sure there are no spiders floating on the top. ~ shudder ~
Last year I spent a lot of time rescuing frogs and toads from the pool and epecially the skimmer in the mornings! I was smart enough to put up privacy fencing around the pool area. I have friends who have come out to discover deer and other wild life in their pool.