Belated High-Five Friday

High-Five Friday is late due to a secret, clandestine meeting of FF. This is all I can say for now... But the high-fives are still due, so here we go:

1) Dutch Delftware Dildo, anyone? Combines the quaint and the cunt.

And I swear I had that bookmarked for a high-five before I discovered that...

2) Audacia Ray had posted about my Earl Kemp needlepoint. Thanks!

3) John Coulthart sent an update on Kafka's Porn Stash -- I could paraphrase him, but he says it so well:

We seem to have much ado about very little here. The latest teacup storm:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/15/franzkafka.germany

The pictures in question are mostly drawings as far as I can gather. Some of them rather well-known:

"a picture of a baby emerging from a sliced-open leg."

...which is one of Beardsley's Lucian illustrations:

http://www.wunderkabinett.co.uk/damndata/index.php?/archives/1038-A-Bizarre-Birth.html

Ah well.

4) The Harry Mohney's Erotic Heritage Museum may not be news to many of you, and this news story is older too, but I love this part too much not to high-five it:

It's important to preserve such collections, said Jerry Zientara, a librarian for the institute who also teaches "erotology" -- the study of the depiction of the acts of love and sex -- because they're part of our history.

"Erotic history is the same as any kind of history," he said. "It's just like art history, but the subject matter goes further. Because it's sexual, a lot of people aren't interested in preserving it. How often does someone's uncle die and when the Playboys are found, they go to the Dumpster?"

5) Lastly, the lovely Curvaceous Dee sent me a link to this wonderful erotic ivory chess set, by Russian Mammoth (image shown below). I thank her for the link; but would have preferred she'd have sent me the chess set. *wink*