Lubricants 101 – Brought to you by Tickle
Lubricants? What’s to know? Grab that olive oil above the stove and get to it, right? Well, yes. If you’re a man solo masturbating with no sexual aids. If you take nothing else out of this piece of infotainment, take this: generally speaking, don’t use oil based lubes unless you are a man solo masturbating...
The First Vibrator: How to Have a Positive Purchasing Experience
I’m writing this mainly so you don’t experience what I did when I went to buy my first vibrator. Here’s what happened. How NOT To Buy Your First Vibrator My first-year college roommate and I decided, probably in an altered state of mind, that we needed vibrators. I don’t know why. We’re ‘independent women’, so...
Buying a Toy for Your Girl
Has your sex life been dragging a bit lately? Or maybe it’s okay, but you’re looking to give your partner a new sexual experience. One of the best ways to do this is with a vibrator. But how to choose one? There are so many out there with different sizes, colors and features… how do...
Quiet Down! Grandma Can Hear You.
I got an assignment to write a post about the “best vibrators for moms.” The first thing I did was Google “vibrators for moms,” and came up with a vacuum cleaner vibrator attachment, the Oprah vibrator thing, and my own post about giving your teenage daughter a vibrator, which references the Oprah thing. Oh, and...
You, Your Vibrator and the TSA: how to bring sex toys on an airplane
Remember the good old days when you could throw your lubricant, sex toy cleaner and giant honking dildo in your carry-on bag and not really worry about it? My friend, those days are long gone. I appreciate air travel safety on all levels – terrorists suck, go America. So TSA, I’m willing to work with...
How to: Use The Cone Vibrator
Maybe you’ve heard of the Cone vibrator before; maybe you haven’t. If you’ve ever seen one you might have thought to yourself or remarked to your friend, “what the hell does that thing do? It looks like it came from outer space!” And who knows – maybe it was brought by aliens to give the...
My Vibrator and My Pregnancy
Using sex toys during pregnancy is a fairly controversial issue. There are those who would like to discourage everyone from all sex throughout a pregnancy, which is completely unnecessary unless your doctor recommends it. Rule number 1 is always listen to your doctor before you listen to anyone else. If your doctor has given you...
Everyone Can Be Together
I was working on something else this morning, but Bean, my 5 year-old, made me scrap it. In the general rush of me getting out of the house this morning, Bean asked if she had school today. “No, honey,” replied her dad. “Today is Martin Luther King Day.” She then launched into her understanding of...
How to Select and Use an Anal Vibrator
Anal vibrators are a pleasing and different way to heighten a sexual experience. If you’ve been curious about what an anal vibrator feels like, you might have wondered if both men and women can use anal vibrators. For men, the feeling is intensified because an anal vibrator massages the prostate, a highly erogenous zone in...
One Free Gift Card, Please. Oh Wait. You Mean For Real?
Uhhhh… free gift cards? For free? And I don’t have to first join a cookie-of –the-month club or buy an elephant? I will be signing up for that NOW, please. So this is what it is: Tickle is giving out $25 gift cards to 5,000 people. Starting today, go to Tickle and put a gift...
Top 10 Gifts for Your Wife
Nespresso C185 Koenig Le Cube Espresso Machine $242. First of all, it’s called “Le Cube.” The French make good espresso, don’t they? Yes they do. It is also “the Macintosh of espresso makers!” (exclamation point included) and boasts “easy capsule ejection” (cue Beavis & Butthead laugh). But seriously, it has a sleek design, warms your...
Top 10 Gifts for Your Boyfriend
Timbuk2 Dolores Chiller Messenger Bag $110. There’s just something special about traveling with alcohol. With this trendy-looking messenger bag, he’ll look like an on-the-go-important-person instead of a beer-toting Saturday afternoon guy. This sucker holds a 12 pack and ice, and comes with an attached bottle opener. Your boyfriend needs this bag. Concert tickets (price...
