Archive for January, 2010

Tampa Adult Entertainment: Sex addiction no laughing matter, therapists say

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

… Before the Internet, people would go out to bars,” she said, “and pick up women or prostitutes.”
With sex addicts, the sex isn’t the driving force, she said. It’s more complicated than that.
“It’s not so much to have sex as it is a challenge to get partners to say OK,” she said. “Sex addicts get a sense of, ‘Job well done.’ It’s the very same dynamic with each patient.
“People want to feel something other than what they’re feeling,” she said. “It’s the same as with alcohol, nicotine, drugs; they want to be something other than what they are.”
One problem seen by therapists is self diagnosis. People see a celebrity caught in a cheating scandal and then seeking sex addiction treatment and think they have the same thing, said Jo-Ann Bird, a sex therapist in Brandon.

Gone untreated, sex addicts can have lives that spiral downward, leading to obsessions with pornography, prostitution, exhibitionism, voyeurism, child molesting, incest and rape, he wrote.

See the full article from “Tampa Tribune”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: Michael Richardson (he plays CB for the Chiefs) Arrested In Tampa

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Hmmmm. Do you really need to be taken to jail for having an open container? Can’t the cops just take it away and issue you a ticket? Sounds like a big, fat load of BS to me. Sounds like the cops would rather chalk up $250 bucks bail money from 413 people which would bring the department a hefty $103, 250. What a sham.
I understand the law is the law but don’t the cops have anything better to do? Usually at events like this, if folks have their beers in unmarked cups and they are behaving themselves and not being belligerent, the cops are pretty cool. I guess the Tamp police thought that instead of busting up drug or prostitution rings, they’d haul 400 people down town for having a beer AT A PARTY. What a load of crap.

See the full article from “Arrowhead Addict (blog)”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: Michael Richardson (he plays CB for the Chiefs) Arrested In Tampa

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Hmmmm. Do you really need to be taken to jail for having an open container? Can’t the cops just take it away and issue you a ticket? Sounds like a big, fat load of BS to me. Sounds like the cops would rather chalk up $250 bucks bail money from 413 people which would bring the department a hefty $103, 250. What a sham.
I understand the law is the law but don’t the cops have anything better to do? Usually at events like this, if folks have their beers in unmarked cups and they are behaving themselves and not being belligerent, the cops are pretty cool. I guess the Tamp police thought that instead of busting up drug or prostitution rings, they’d haul 400 people down town for having a beer AT A PARTY. What a load of crap.

See the full article from “Arrowhead Addict (blog)”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: Republicans eye raids on high-profile seats

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

He concedes the Democrats may find the going difficult in November “given the mood, given how people feel about Washington”, but says he is hoping to concentrate on the issues. That seems unlikely, given that he is already looking beyond the primaries and attacking Mr Kirk’s record of taking contributions from corporations.
Although Mr Obama endorsed Mr Giannoulias’s campaign for treasurer, he was not the president’s top choice to run in the primary. In a sign that he was concerned about Illinois long before the special election in Massachusetts, the president summoned Lisa Madigan, the state’s attorney-general, to the White House last year and asked her to run for the seat.
She declined and several other high-profile Democrats have also ruled themselves out.
Mr Giannoulias has baggage as the scion of a Chicago banking family who lent money to both Michael Giorango, a convicted bookmaker and prostitution-ring promoter, and Tony Rezko, a fundraiser for Mr Blagojevich convicted of fraud.

See the full article from “Financial Times”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: Billie Piper Laments the Trauma of the Public Tantrum

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Although initially Laurence and Billie, 27, planned to alternate jobs so that one parent was always with Winston, the approach “failed miserably” according to the Secret Diary of a Call Girl star.
Fortunately, Billie’s mom Mandy was able to step in and care for Winston while Billie shoots the Showtime series.
“My mum has been brilliant and Winston gets great treatment. I am very lucky to have great people around me.”
Click below to read about how Billie got back in shape after Winston’s birth.
She also counts herself among the fortunate few who reclaim their pre-baby bodies in a matter of weeks — six weeks, to be exact! “I am glad I did it,” she says. After taking a few weeks to focus solely on Winston, Billie says her strategy was simple: “I just ran a lot and ate less.” The lifestyle demands of a television actress have motivated her to begin thinking about a different career path, however.

The new season of Secret Diary of a Call Girl airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on Showtime.

See the full article from “Celebrity Baby Blog (blog)”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: President Obama town hall in Tampa Bay

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

President Obama town hall in Tampa Bay
Thu Jan 28, 2010 at 10:24:24 AM PST
Via Tampa’s WTSP TV, watch live coverage from of President Obama’s town hall in Tampa Bay, Florida announcing $8 billion in high-speed rail projects across the country, including $1 billion in Florida, all funded by the stimulus bill:
(Note that even though the splash image indicates WTSP is not broadcasting at this time, if you press the play button, the live video stream should start.)
Contrary to Fox’s claim, the high speed rail plan does not involve taking Disneyland’s guests to the front door of a brothel in Nevada. (They seriously made this claim. Not kidding. Watch for yourself.)

See the full article from “Daily Kos (blog)”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: Billie Piper Pleasantly Surprised At Svelte Figure

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

And Billie admits she counted down the days until the end of the pregnancy – when she could indulge in her favourite vices once more.
She told The Times newspaper: “I became completely neurotic and saw what I’d be like without booze and cigarettes. And it ain’t pretty!”
Billie, 27, concentrated solely on Winston after he was born and admits she treasures the time alone the pair had together.
The actress – who can be seen reprising her role as a high-class prostitute in the new series of ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl‘ – said: “I’m actually grateful for that time now. It forced me to be in bed with my child. And really that was the only time that I was still, with baby, without distractions or confusion. It was just the two of us. You sleep when they sleep and feed when they feed.”

See the full article from “Post Chronicle”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: Spring Hill man gets life in prison for robbery

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Spring Hill man gets life in prison for robbery
By Joel Anderson, Times Staff Writer In Print: Friday, January 29, 2010
BROOKSVILLE — A 25-year-old Spring Hill man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday night for robbing a lock-and-key store in a crime rampage that included several armed robberies in Hernando County and surrounding areas.
Timothy Gartner, who spent two years in state prison for previous convictions, was arrested in December 2007. Authorities initially took a different man into custody but began focusing on Gartner after he tried to use a stolen credit card at Lollipops, an adult entertainment spot in Hudson.
Prosecutors said Gartner was lingering in Spring Hill Lock & Key on Dec. 19, 2007, when he pointed a BB gun at Jean Stanonis and demanded money.

See the full article from “Tampabay.com”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: FriendFinder postpones IPO until next week

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

FriendFinder postpones IPO until next week
NEW YORK
Penthouse magazine publisher FriendFinder Networks’ initial public offering will be postponed until early next week to give the company more time to answer questions from the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to one of the underwriters managing the deal.
FriendFinder Networks Inc., which also operates adult entertainment and networking Web sites including AdultFriendFinder.com, was expected to debut on the market Thursday but needs time to prepare a written response to the SEC, said Renaissance Securities (Cyprus) Ltd.
The company will sell 20 million shares and hopes to raise $220 million. The stock is expected to price between $10 and $12 and will trade under the symbol “FFN” on the Nasdaq Global Market.

See the full article from “BusinessWeek”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: A Note To Our Democratic Commenters

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Bottom line? Republicans (especially Bush) suck every bit as much as Democrats in our book. “Always have.”
And barring some miracle, always will …
Frankly, we think it’s hilarious to watch decrepit old “Republicans” like Orrin Hatch and John McCain (among many, many others) trying to pretend they weren’t part of the Washington gravy train when it was flowing in the other direction.
Sure, we’re glad they are standing up to Obama’s socialist agenda now, but that doesn’t absolve them of their responsibility for ushering in that agenda by betraying the principles their party was founded on.  Nor does it mean they can be trusted moving forward.
Anyway, we hope this refresher will serve to remind our many Democratic commenters (which is itself a sign of our equal opportunity outrage) that when it comes to pimping us as “Republican apologists,” that donkey don’t hunt.

See the full article from “FITSNews”