Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Earth's First Clone Army?
The Taiwanese government recently unveiled their new Special Forces armor, and it's pretty terrifying. The new uniforms feature bulletproof armor and a ballistic face mask that make soldiers look like a villain in a horror movie. The armor is supposed to protect against close range shots. When the soldiers line up and march, it's hard not to think they look like a Star Wars clone army.
The writer might think they're terrifying; I think they're awesome! How long until some of this riot gear shows up on eBay?
Link
The writer might think they're terrifying; I think they're awesome! How long until some of this riot gear shows up on eBay?
Link
Monday, October 28, 2013
Weakened
I do have a variety of looks....
Here was my friend J and I dressed as Kylie and Dannii Minogue for Hallowe'en on Saturday night (the first and probably last time I'll ever do drag, mind you...):
And waking up super horny on Sunday morning, I spent most of the afternoon in total enclosure:
Since Hallowe'en falls on a Thursday this week, a lot of people will be out on Thursday night and I know of other Hallowe'en parties going on on Friday November 1 and Saturday November 2. This event is getting out of control! I know so many people who are breaking the bank this year due to the fact they are shelling out cash for 2, 3 or more costumes. I am going to go a bit on the cheap after the expense of becoming a beautiful lady....Thursday I am going to don full rubber, my SWAT flak jacket and hat and go as Special Ops, much the same as I did a few years ago. I have another party on Friday, the jury's still out on whether I'll re-do one of the costumes from this year or bring stuff out from last year (pimps?).
Hallowe'en is great, everyone gets so excited and into putting together some amazing costumes, but when you dress up in costumes all year like me and a few other rubbermen I know, it's just like a normal week!
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Happy Halloween!
Today (October 26) is the Halloween day for the Adults...Thursday is for the 'kids'. I am going out as something completely different tomorrow that would shock and disgust you, but on Thursday I think I might don head-to-toe rubber and head out to the local gay pub for a few, just because I can ;)
Friday, October 25, 2013
Friday Studs
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Oh Science Fiction, look what you've done to me....
...and so many skintight spacesuits to be had. One book chapter I remember in particular was Robert Heinlein's "Space Cadet". There is a scene at the beginning of the book where a young cadet hopeful has to work his way through a physically challenging test maze and he's wearing a standard cadet issue full-body skinsuit. I remember fantasizing about it....and remember the boners it gave me to this day!
It wasn't just limited to outer space. I remember a couple of books I read of underwater worlds. I don't remember the title or the author of the one I'm citing here in particular, but the protagonist was a boy who explored the deeps wearing only a transparent facemask with a tiny attached filtration system that generated breathable air from the water. What glorious freedom that would have been (and a horny breath control system to boot)!I realize where a lot of my perversions came from...my own imagination reading all that great mid-century sci-fi!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
2,000th Post
Wow, who knew I was so full of shit?!?! The Rubberstud of the Week post this morning is post entry #2000 on the Rubber Canuck blog! Thanks for continuing to read and enjoy, everyone! :-)
Priape closes all four Canadian stores
Priape closes all four Canadian stores | Daily Xtra
Gay retailer blames filing for bankruptcy protection on ban on popper sales — but company’s financial predicament is more complicated
Priape, Canada’s leading gay store and sex shop, has closed its stores.
Denis Leblanc, general manager at Priape Inc, confirmed that Priape’s four stores across Canada — Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver — closed their doors Oct 21 at 8am Eastern Standard Time.
The company has been under bankruptcy protection since June 27. Leblanc says the closings affect 58 employees.
A fixture of gay villages, Priape says it has been struggling since Health Canada demanded retailers take poppers off the shelves.
In June, just before the Pride season, Health Canada issued a warning asking retailers to stop selling and distributing alkyl nitrites or, as they are more commonly known on the party scene, the popular drug “poppers.”
“For us that represented a huge amount of sales and profit, so that’s what triggered it all,” Leblanc says. “It’s not so much percentage of sales, but the gross profit it brought in, and proportionately it was very significant.”
Although poppers are not considered a narcotic in Canada, and possession of alkyl nitrates is not illegal, they are considered a drug, and their sale is regulated by the Food and Drug Act. Unauthorized sales of the drug can be punished with jail terms of up to three years and fines of up to $5,000.
On Oct 21, Leblanc said he will provide more information “tomorrow or before the end of the week.” He says he’s hopeful that the company can still be saved.
He says there is still a chance that the stores, or some of the stores, could remain open. “That possibility exists. I can’t say anymore about this right now.”
But it appears Priape’s financial woes and debt started long before the June ban on popper sales.
On June 27, Priape sent a “Notice of Intention To Make a Proposal” to its list of creditors owed more than $250.
Traditionally, companies make such a proposal to avoid filing for bankruptcy, hoping creditors will work out a pennies-on-the-dollar settlement for debts owed. The action sometimes provides a company with the opportunity and time to restructure.
As of the June 27 filing, Priape owed 106 companies $687,650.30 — debts that would have accrued long before Health Canada’s announcement in June cracking down on popper sales.
Among creditors listed on the June statement are many familiar brand names in gay retail: Mr S Leather, in San Francisco, owed $28,709; Nasty Pig clothing company, owed $11,985; silicone toy manufacturer Ox Balls, owed $35,347; G-Star jeans, owed $13,504; and Timoteo underwear, owed $13,588.
Pink Triangle Press, publisher of Xtra and dailyxtra.com, was owed $4,200.
Debt to two large financial institutions added up to just over $143,000. Priape owed $67,641 to American Express and $75,634 to Visa Desjardins.
We do not know how that debt standing may have changed since the June filing; however, on Sept 9, the company applied to Quebec’s Superior Court Commercial Division for a “Notice to Creditors for an Extension of Time.” Priape was granted a 45-day extension, making the new settlement deadline Oct 24.
Priape closed the stores three days before the Oct 24 deadline.
Priape Montreal was the first to open, in 1974. The company has since expanded to Toronto, in 1998, Calgary, in 2004, and Vancouver, in 2005, selling DVDs, books, clothing, leather, sex toys and other products that appeal to gay consumers.
In June, the founder of Priape, Bernard Rousseau, was owed $4,167. Rousseau sold the chain to the current owners about 10 years ago.
Xtra is following the story.
This came as a bit of a surprise (not the bankruptcy, but the closures). I had been told that a sale of Priape to a European chain was in the works which would have presumably bought their debt up as well, however I guess this never happened. Not sure what is happening next, hopefully their creditors will get paid, a laundry list of gay retail names in North America that would be impacted by this bankruptcy as well. Best of luck to all the Priape employees I know across Canada. If the chain disappears, it will be a big impact to Gay Fetish Events across Canada; Priape was one of the best supporters of gay events, beyond all others.
Gay retailer blames filing for bankruptcy protection on ban on popper sales — but company’s financial predicament is more complicated
Priape, Canada’s leading gay store and sex shop, has closed its stores.
Denis Leblanc, general manager at Priape Inc, confirmed that Priape’s four stores across Canada — Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver — closed their doors Oct 21 at 8am Eastern Standard Time.
The company has been under bankruptcy protection since June 27. Leblanc says the closings affect 58 employees.
A fixture of gay villages, Priape says it has been struggling since Health Canada demanded retailers take poppers off the shelves.
In June, just before the Pride season, Health Canada issued a warning asking retailers to stop selling and distributing alkyl nitrites or, as they are more commonly known on the party scene, the popular drug “poppers.”
“For us that represented a huge amount of sales and profit, so that’s what triggered it all,” Leblanc says. “It’s not so much percentage of sales, but the gross profit it brought in, and proportionately it was very significant.”
Although poppers are not considered a narcotic in Canada, and possession of alkyl nitrates is not illegal, they are considered a drug, and their sale is regulated by the Food and Drug Act. Unauthorized sales of the drug can be punished with jail terms of up to three years and fines of up to $5,000.
On Oct 21, Leblanc said he will provide more information “tomorrow or before the end of the week.” He says he’s hopeful that the company can still be saved.
He says there is still a chance that the stores, or some of the stores, could remain open. “That possibility exists. I can’t say anymore about this right now.”
But it appears Priape’s financial woes and debt started long before the June ban on popper sales.
On June 27, Priape sent a “Notice of Intention To Make a Proposal” to its list of creditors owed more than $250.
Traditionally, companies make such a proposal to avoid filing for bankruptcy, hoping creditors will work out a pennies-on-the-dollar settlement for debts owed. The action sometimes provides a company with the opportunity and time to restructure.
As of the June 27 filing, Priape owed 106 companies $687,650.30 — debts that would have accrued long before Health Canada’s announcement in June cracking down on popper sales.
Among creditors listed on the June statement are many familiar brand names in gay retail: Mr S Leather, in San Francisco, owed $28,709; Nasty Pig clothing company, owed $11,985; silicone toy manufacturer Ox Balls, owed $35,347; G-Star jeans, owed $13,504; and Timoteo underwear, owed $13,588.
Pink Triangle Press, publisher of Xtra and dailyxtra.com, was owed $4,200.
Debt to two large financial institutions added up to just over $143,000. Priape owed $67,641 to American Express and $75,634 to Visa Desjardins.
We do not know how that debt standing may have changed since the June filing; however, on Sept 9, the company applied to Quebec’s Superior Court Commercial Division for a “Notice to Creditors for an Extension of Time.” Priape was granted a 45-day extension, making the new settlement deadline Oct 24.
Priape closed the stores three days before the Oct 24 deadline.
Priape Montreal was the first to open, in 1974. The company has since expanded to Toronto, in 1998, Calgary, in 2004, and Vancouver, in 2005, selling DVDs, books, clothing, leather, sex toys and other products that appeal to gay consumers.
In June, the founder of Priape, Bernard Rousseau, was owed $4,167. Rousseau sold the chain to the current owners about 10 years ago.
Xtra is following the story.
This came as a bit of a surprise (not the bankruptcy, but the closures). I had been told that a sale of Priape to a European chain was in the works which would have presumably bought their debt up as well, however I guess this never happened. Not sure what is happening next, hopefully their creditors will get paid, a laundry list of gay retail names in North America that would be impacted by this bankruptcy as well. Best of luck to all the Priape employees I know across Canada. If the chain disappears, it will be a big impact to Gay Fetish Events across Canada; Priape was one of the best supporters of gay events, beyond all others.
Sunday, October 20, 2013
.jpg)
Flexipup
Boy Trapped in a Rubber Latex Gimp Dog Suit - PupsTail.com brought to you by PornHub
Aw, love this cute gimp pup!
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)