Rori over at Between My Sheets is taking nominations for the Sexiest Bloggers of 2009! The list is shaping up to be a great collection of people from all over the blogosphere. The time to nominate sexy blogs is running out, so hurry over there before July 31st and list the blogs that you think are sexy. Good luck to all of my sexy blogger friends!

There was a topic brought up on Twitter tonight centering around sex toy reviews and manufacturer feedback. In a nutshell, it was proposed that reviewers ought to contact manufacturers and work hand-in-hand with them, providing feedback and helping make the sex toy industry a better place. (Peace on sex toy earth, if you will.) I’m all for conversing with a manufacturer and providing them with my opinions on how they rule, what they could do better, etc., BUT (and there’s a but) only if they genuinely want my feedback. I’m not going to bombard them with e-mails and shove my opinions on them if it is not wanted or appreciated.

I want to make this loud and clear: I do my reviews for you guys, my wonderful readers. I hope that anyone who might stumble across a review that I have written walks away as a more knowledgable consumer, armed with more information than they previously had. I do not do reviews so I can score a free vibrator (lord knows I’ve spent enough money on sex toys already, spending more won’t kill me). I do not do them so I can try to chase down some shadow of a customer service person, hoping they give a crap about what I have to say about Product XYZ. You, person sitting there reading this, are the reason I started this blog in the first place.

I have a job, a life, and two attention-whore cats. I have friends, bills, and a relationship. I have priorities other than this blog (shocking, I know). I keep this running because I love it, I’m passionate about it, and I think educating people about something so commonly misunderstood, such as sex toys, is important. This is not my job, my life, nor my paycheck. I have no obligation to contact every single manufacturer of every single product I review. I encourage their feedback on my reviews, as well as an open dialogue about their products in whichever direction they wish to take it. If they want to know my thoughts on something, I would hope that they would ask. I should not have to clutter their inboxes with links and comments about their products, nor do I want to.

I suppose what I’m getting at here, through all of this rambling, is that it’s not solely my responsibility (as a reviewer) to contact a manufacturer. I believe if a manufacturer really wants to gather thoughts on a product, they should be proactive. I’m not saying they need to hunt down every single reviewer or blogger they can find, but they at least need to put themselves out there. Manufacturers: get on Twitter, leave a comment, send an e-mail saying hello, have more of a presence in the blogosphere. If you do any of those things, I guarantee you will get the feedback you are looking for.

It’s dildos-in-the-dishwasher day at my house, and you know what that means… more dildo pictures!

 Mmm, dildos on the counter. (Yes, I do lay sex toys on my counters and take pictures. I’m totally sane, I assure you.)

 Yay! Clean dildos!

Have I said “dildo” enough for you in this post? No? DILDO DILDO DILDO. You’re welcome.
(P.S.  I have a fun game planned soon. AND a contest. Are you exctied??)

There will be no TMI Tuesday this week, since all of my answers to the questions could be summed up with “nope” and how boring is that?

In other news, I’m working on something exciting that should be announced within the next few weeks. I also have a fun review, complete with video, that will be published in the next few days. Keep an eye out!

…in case you didn’t already know. I just got the VixSkin Orbit in the mail, so I decided to have a little fun on my lunch break. (And everybody wonders why I have those magnets….)

I ran across this on the web [revolutionhealth.com] and thought I might share…

“What is Vibration Healing?

Vibration healing (vibration therapy) is the use of mechanical vibration to supposedly prevent, treat, and promote recovery from a variety of physical ailments, including pain, sports injuries, and bone density loss.

Vibration therapy involves the application of vibration to part or all of the body. This vibration is delivered through a variety of massage tools and/or specialized equipment.

Ancient Greeks promoted vibration therapy to heal the local stagnation of blood (bruising) and increase joint mobility (arthritis). Practitioners created vibration by placing a long piece of wood, which an assistant held, over the affected area. The practitioner would then use the patient’s body as a stabilizer and saw the wood; vibrations of this motion would be transferred to the affected area. In 16th Century Japan, a popular book advocated for the use of percussion and vibration massage to ameliorate rheumatic complaints and encourage the healing of broken bones . Over 40 years ago, the Russian space program noticed that astronauts returning from space experienced bone fractures and bone mass loss much earlier than their earth-bound counterparts. The Russians used whole body vibration devices to help build up the bone mass of astronauts. Today, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) also uses vibration therapy to prevent the loss of bone mass in astronauts, particularly females, who are more prone to osteoporosis.

Advocates have promoted vibration therapy to treat a variety of other conditions, such as multiple sclerosis, phantom limb syndrome, cerebral palsy, arthritis, tinnitus, ulcers, and fibromyalgia. They also claim that this modality reduces cellulite, egulates reproductive function, boosts the lymphatic system, improves wound healing, and increases glucose and body metabolism.

The most promising uses for vibration medicine include the treatment of fibromyalgia and arthritis. Currently, there are multiple clinical trials in process that investigate the validity of this therapy for pain, sports injuries, and bone density loss; however, high-quality human clinical trials are necessary before any firm recommendation can be made.”

Have you told your vibrator ‘thank you’ today?