The long view

Have you ever admired someone from afar? Maybe it was someone at your workplace or the gym or the neighborhood watering hole. Someone who made your jaw drop and your mind go a little bit crazy with fantasies?

You know the kind I mean — the kind of guy who is so beautiful and perfect that you figure you don't stand a chance with him. Someone whose magnetism is so striking that you don't dare say hello to him, much less flirt or ask him out.

If not, well then you're probably just not as shy as the rest of us. You don't have to worry about the longing and the hoping and the wondering. You don't have to put up burden of wanting, whether it be from an aching heart or an aching hard-on. You're lucky.

But I'm lucky too. Because one such fantasy man finally came my way. Not after a few days or weeks or even months. But in a random, magic moment some twenty years after I first clapped eyes on his perfect face, eyes, and body.

In this week's true story, I recall the events of many years ago, the seed of desire that was planted, and the way it finally blossomed. If you're curious, head on over to our Stories section and read the memoir, The Twenty-year Seduction.

Get a new look for a new year

Anew year has begun, and such beginnings are a traditional time for making changes. You may already be well on the way to fulfilling — or ignoring — your own New Year's resolutions.

But here's a change you can make in just a few seconds: How about a new look for your computer screen's background? To help you out, Nakedism has published a series of new vistas in our Desktop Wallpaper department. You'll find echos of our recent Super Moon photo set, as well a study in window light to brighten your virtual desktop. Finally, we've included another in the ever popular theme of public nudity.

Check them out. Just head over to Wallpaper Downloads, click the link closest to your desktop size, and save the file on your system. Then apply it to your desktop.

A role in the hay

Of the bazillion fetishes one could name, a fairly common one is the attraction some guys have to those in a particular career or life role. Some straight men, for example, might have a fetish for flight attendants. Among gay men, you might find some attracted specifically to marines, construction workers, bartenders, or porn stars.

If you think about, many of these attractions make sense. On the one hand, marines and construction workers are the stereotypical apex of masculinity in our cultural lore. And on the other, bars and porn studios tend to hire only the finest of male specimens.

I don't have any such fetish myself. But without actually seeking it, I have gotten lucky with men from a number of different walks of life, including a truck driver, a couple of hot bartenders, and even a porn star or two.

In this week's True Stories section, I recall an encounter with one of Seattle's best looking and sexiest bartenders, a story I call Friday's harbor. Although we only had a few sex dates, I still recall them as among the best sex I have had. Maybe it will help you recall some fun times of your own.

Full-on moon

Our moon has an elliptical orbit, which causes it to draw closer to us on some occasions and move further away on others. When those close passes coincide with a full moon, the effect is called a super moon. Such a so-called perigee-syzygy makes for a slightly larger light to rule the night, and, perhaps, a little more lunar-inspired mischief.

So when such an event rolled around last March, it seemed like a good time for friend and photographer Andrew Adam Caldwell and I to go out and capture a few full moons of our own. Pedestrians and passers by were still pretty common at the relatively early hour of moonrise on America's west coast. Because of that, and the low spring temperatures, I was a little shy about getting completely naked at our main chosen location.

But the show must go on, and I tossed my shirt and dropped my pants repeatedly, mooning Andrew's camera for my art and for those who comment that I don't show enough butt shots.

For the results, turn to this month's photo set, Super Moon, and check out the examples of moonlit (and public) nudity, with a few doctored studio shots thrown in for good measure. And remember: This butt's for you.