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Hello all, just wanted to give a review on the new OralB Pulsar toothbrush. This product has a marvelous application to vibrator technique in BDSM (yes, and vanilla!) play settings. Now, you say, why a toothbrush? A toothbrush is small and compact. This toothbrush is an ultrasonic rather than rotary style, delivering a buzzing, and not a rotary scraping action. This toothbrush is disposable, and is reported to have a battery life while brushing teeth of 3 months, and I am testing the battery life when used in longer sessions than brushing teeth! (haha!) Furthermore a toothbrush does not surprise Airport baggage handlers nor startle passerbys when it falls out of your pocket or handbag....think...it is well accepted. Its size lends itself well to concealment in almost any setting, and it is above confiscation! (It is the ultimate weapon, Luke! just kidding!) At about $3.50 each in a three-pack, it is a steal! Also, being a toothbrush, you can reach all those little nooks and crannies...if you know what I mean! Now, what techniques can you employ to make you the vibratory master?

Its head consists of two plastic bases that vibrate like a tuning fork, imparting tickling vibrating action to the bristles and some free spinning soft rubber spikes that are arranged in outer rows next to the bristles. Additionally, the rubber grip handle is contoured but has ridges that can impart their own brand of stimulation if used as a small diameter dildo (assuming proper lubrication, of course). If you find the bristles too intense to apply, you may also use the flat back of the toothbrush head instead. Since the entire toothbrush vibrates and hums nicely, you can use any part of it to contact the target. From personal experimentation, the sensation is excellent, and can be applied in a small footprint... nice when you want a certain area stimulated, but the surroundings stimulus deprived. Suggested uses include application to the forehead, earlobes, line of the chin, neck, shoulders, breasts and nipples, flat of the stomach, periumbilical, small of the back, buttocks, thighs, and legs, behind the knees, ankles, all parts of the feet, perineum, scrotum, labia (majora and minora), penis and glans penis, clitoris, anus, and well you get the picture. The head is outstanding intravaginally, when applied gently over the g-spot. Be careful of too much bristle force on intravaginal areas, and the back of the head is usually all that is necessary to produce a blinding orgasm in susceptible females. I would avoid direct prolonged cervical contact with the bristles, although the handle and flat of the back of the toothbrush head is safe to use. Spotting after vigorous cervical contact can be expected. Rectal use is cautioned. Rectally I would only use significant heavy lube such as cold cream, abundant KY, or bag-balm. Avoid too much bristle pressure to delicate rectal tissues or you may cause bleeding and damage to the rectal mucosa.

Ideal Person:
honesty, respect, integrity, skill, committment, fun, effort, understanding and protection. Fit, healthy and fairly attractive as well. Must like outdoors for ponyplay. Must provide aftercare. im not a hero and i dont want a Dom who needs to use me to make himself look good, its about US not you and not me. I also like doing active things and going places, hates staying home, i go nuts doing nothing. Lastly, if you want a house cleaner forget it, im just fun, i do equal work. I'm not a kept submissive i have my own life/work, i will never agree to be owned unless you are a bloody sensational Dominant heavily into the passion of ponyplay and treat me with as much respect as i would you, and even then i'd baulk a bit, would take me months to build that kind of trust - i wont rush things. I would consider moving overseas for this kind of Dominant but prefer to stay here in Australia.

The Biochemistry and Pleasure and Pain

One of the most challenging and most satisfying aspects of S/M play involves dancing along the blurry line that separates pain from pleasure. For the uninitiated, the ability to experience pleasure from a stimulus that should produce intense physical and/or emotional discomfort is unfathomable. But, like most mysteries, knowing how (and why) makes things appear simple.

WE ARE CREATURES OF SENSATIONS

All sensory input (touch, temperature, sound, vision, taste and pain) enters the nervous system by stimulating specific receptors or specific nerve cells. When a receptor is activated, it causes changes in the membrane of the nerve cell to produce a current similar to an electrical current. This signal can be conducted for long distances in the body, allowing the brain to know what is happening to the fingers, toes, etc. Pain is a sensation produced by the input of a noxious or damaging stimulus that can injure the skin or an organ. It is the nervous system's way of telling the body that it is being damaged unless things change. It's a highly evolved system of body sensation that involves both the lower nervous centers of the spinal cord and the higher centers of the brain. Pain can be seen as either an objective or a subjective experience, due to the complexity and multiple areas of the nervous system involved.

"OUCH-OUCH-OUCH-AHH..."

The body has a pain reflex. This response is similar to the knee-jerk reflex that happens when the doctor taps your knee with a rubber hammer. When a body part is exposed to something that causes tissue damage, such as extreme heat or a puncture, pain nerves are stimulated. This input goes to the spinal cord and, without any help from the brain, information from the spinal cord goes to the muscles in the affected area, causing that body part to immediately draw closer to the body and away from what caused the pain. Because this is an automatic response, it is objective pain. The body reacts to obvious injury without thinking.

Sometimes, however, the body reacts to a stimulus that does not produce and injury but still feels painful. In this response, the nerve cell is stimulated and the input goes first to the spinal cord, then up to the brain. The input is transmitted to the thalamus (a part of the brain that integrates the pain input with other sensory input) and then relays it to other parts of the brain, including the cerebral cortex (the consciousness), the hypothalamus (the unconsciousness), and the limbic system (the id). Because this allows the higher centers of the nervous system to interpret the stimulus, it is subjective pain. The body reacts due to thought, conscious or unconscious.

DIFFERENT STROKES...

Some people respond pleasurably to stimuli that others find painful because their higher centers do not interpret the input as pain. When pain input enters the brain, it goes to the hypothalamus, a region of the brain that controls body functions. These functions include heart and respiratory rate, temperature, hormone release, sexual arousal and genital erection. In some people, the pain input stimulates nerves that provoke sexual responses. These people are sometimes called "hard-wired" masochists. It is unconscious perception of pain as pleasure.

On the other hand, some people do not respond reflexively to stimulation which causes tissue damage because they directly and consciously inhibit the body's response to the input. Because pain input enters the cerebral cortex, it enters the realm of consciousness. Individuals who through experience have been able to associate a painful sensation to another sensation that is pleasurable such as the caress of the Master's or Mistress's hand or sexual stimulation can develop connections between the cerebrum and the nerve cells in the spinal cord. Through these connections the cortex can inhibit nerve cells that receive pain input from relaying that information any further. These people often speak of "turning the pain into pleasure," but it is actually the conscious decision to misinterpret pain.

ENDORPHINS: NECTAR OF THE GODS

The human body may also unconsciously decide to misinterpret or deny pain. This is accomplished by the release of opioid peptides produced by the body itself. These include endophatins and endorphins, released by the brain centers that process pain information in response to pain or stress. Because they bind to the same receptors as opiate drugs like morphine, they produce a similar analgesia. They are usually produced in very small quantities, but some people can release enough opioids to cause a "high" or euphoria. During this "endorphin rush," a good Top will take greater care to prevent inadvertent injury to the bottom.

KEEP DRUGS OUT OF THE PLAYROOM
Pain is an extraordinarily important way for the body to gauge its safety and integrity. For safe and sane play, it is of ultimate importance that the body be awake, alert and fully functioning. Only in this manner can both th> Top and the bottom insure that the body (and the emotions) respond appropriately to the stimuli applied to the bottom.

For this reason, drug and alcohol consumption before and during play should be avoided. Drugs and alcohol affect the transmission and reception of nerve impulses, altering sensation and judgment. This could not only potentially allow play to go beyond what the body can physically take without serious damage; it could also deaden the pleasure derived from play. It is vitally important for Tops to know the physical status of their bottoms.

Certain diseases, including diabetes and AIDS, cause spinal nerve pathologies called neuropathies. People with back problems, especially slipped discs, may have compression of spinal cord nerves. In such cases, the nerves may not be able to collectively transmit impulses to the central nervous system, or the injury may cause an over-response to a pain stimulus. Tops playing with these individuals must take extra care to monitor their bottoms for bruising, abrasion, etc., since they may be unable to monitor themselves.

THE PLEASURE BOND

The best, most enjoyable scenes occur when the bottom is physically and mentally healthy, alert and relaxed. The body can then respond to both objective and subjective pain. As any experienced Top knows, it's no more fun to have a tense bottom who overreacts to sensation any more than it is to have one who responds only to injury. But when the two are balanced, the S/M magic occurs, and the exchange between Top and bottom grows greater as they dance together along the edge -- safely.

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Ok, let's try this gently. I can only assume that you wish to know me since you keep writing. I wish to know you and that evidence is that I keep writing.

Can we agree on that so far?

Rather than type, which seems to be producing some odd misunderstandings as to internet and tone and our respective heart's desires, let's talk. Mine is 917 ~~~ ~~~~. .

If you have the time and wish to, there is quite a bit of my writing on "site name censored”

You may find that I am more of the man you seek than you have given credit for, and you may find that sweet works better with me than tart

Mark