O&P weblog en http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/all/ © 2012 Tanos@tanos.org.uk The IC RSS Gadget admin@informedconsent.co.uk (Admin) 360 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:51:18 GMT Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:51:18 GMT http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/320928/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/320928/ Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:51:18 GMT It's been a pretty momentous day, with Eurozone countries and aspiring Eurozone countries forming their 'euro-plus' grouping with tighter controls on governments' borrowing and budgets. This may lead to the European Commission or something like it vetting and possibly vetoing the budgets of democratically elected governments, and I doubt Britain will be the only non-Euro country to refuse to sign in the end. In fact, I can see some Euro countries failing to participate if it goes to a referendum. So huge, defining political moments of our time etc etc. But all day it's been reminding me of Laura Antoniou's Marketplace books.... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/320859/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/320859/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:28:37 GMT The next O&P Open is in Manchester on Saturday 11th February 2012, and is organised by @secretsmile_101. http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/314637/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/314637/ Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:23:25 GMT Last month @mia and I went to the GLLA ("Great Lakes Leather Alliance") weekend in Indianapolis after our week in New York. GLLA is a one of several regional leather conventions in the US that have an M/s strand, and it covers the area to the west of the Master/slave Conference in Washingon that I went to in 2007. Both events are very different to what we do in the UK, although the substance of people's BDSM and relationships are quite similar.... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/314036/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/314036/ Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:05:00 GMT Please see the threads on IC for more details.... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/302867/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/302867/ Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:05:56 GMT I brought some O&P badges along to the O&P Open in Manchester this weekend. I had them made by Spreadshirt.co.uk because I wanted one myself, and they do look pretty good. If you want some, either order some yourself online or ask me if I've got any with me at an event. Either way, they're only .1 each.... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/302489/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/302489/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:37:45 GMT There will be another O&P Open in Manchester on the afternoon of Saturday 16th April 2011. The event will be from 1pm to 5pm, with social time followed by a round table discussion from 2pm. The venue is the downstairs room of the Taurus Bar, 1 Canal Street, Manchester, M1 3HE (the northeast / Piccadilly end of Canal Street.)... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/298556/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/298556/ Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:48:05 GMT Last weekend's O&P Open in Manchester went very well - thanks to the people who came and contributed to the topics :) There were some posts after the event on the announcement thread and on Dragonfyre's summary of the topics.... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/296906/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/296906/ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:10:31 GMT There will be another O&P Open in Manchester on the afternoon of Saturday 19th February 2011. The event will be from 1pm to 5pm, with social time followed by a round table discussion from 2pm. The venue is the downstairs room of the Taurus Bar, 1 Canal Street, Manchester, M1 3HE (the northeast / Piccadilly end of Canal Street.)... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/296822/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/296822/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:46:29 GMT Over the last three weeks I've been doing some updates and extensions to the The Slave Register. As part of this, there's a new The Slave Register group on FetLife which has gone past 200 members already. ... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/296315/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/296315/ Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:39:58 GMT A discussion with mia about tattoos, piercings, violet wand brands, and BDSM; The Slave Register and public declarations in O&P, in this fifth episode of the House of Tanos Podcast.... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/294986/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/294986/ Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:19:26 GMT A discussion of collars in BDSM and in Ownership & Possession relationships, a new website KinkPodcasts.com that lists episodes of podcasts as they appear, and a round up of some events in Manchester, in this the first House of Tanos Podcast episode of 2011.... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/292680/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/292680/ Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:10:49 GMT This month's O&P Open in Manchester went so well at Taurus that we're going to move to a regular pattern of alternate months, starting in February. In particular, the venue are fully aware of what we're about (they repost the announcements I make on Facebook on their wall!) and very supportive, and the private room has a lot of potential. ... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/292483/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/292483/ Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:48:22 GMT Club Lash; Violet Wands in BDSM; O&P Open meeting in Manchester and topics discussed, in this third episode of the House of Tanos Podcast.... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/291416/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/291416/ Sat, 04 Dec 2010 23:23:24 GMT Thanks everyone for making it another great O&P Open today! There were 20 of us in total, including people making it from London, North Wales and across the Pennines in Sheffield despite the snow and ice.... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/291245/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/291245/ Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:44:40 GMT Leather restraints in BDSM; Heresy n Heelz, Birmingham; reactance, entitlement, and training in O&P - in this second episode of the House of Tanos Podcast.... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/289926/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/289926/ Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:01:35 GMT What O&P is about; conversations with mia recorded on the train to London and in the restaurant after the November O&P Open; quick reviews of Club Subversion and some shops; and a section about using hoods in BDSM - all in this first House of Tanos Podcast in MP3 format.... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/289800/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/289800/ Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:34:32 GMT I've posted an announcement of the next O&P Open, in Manchester on the afternoon of Saturday 4th December 2010. The event will be from 1pm to 5pm, with social time followed by a round table discussion from 2pm. The venue is the downstairs room of the Taurus Bar, 1 Canal Street, Manchester, M1 3HE (the northeast / Piccadilly end of Canal Street.)... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/289799/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/289799/ Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:32:44 GMT patience has posted an event announcement of the O&P Open on Sat 6th November using IC's new combined event calendar/boards system. http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/289798/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/289798/ Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:33:45 GMT I came across a very kind link from the Slave to Bondage website today, which I found in a very roundabout way :)... http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/289796/ http://www.ownership-possession.com/blog/289796/ Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:33:49 GMT I have a vivid memory of seeing a display of Gor books in a branch of W.H. Smiths in about 1978, when I was 6 or 7 years old. Some of the books were face-out so I could see the tempting pictures of chained, half-naked slave girls. The title of one, "Slave Girl of Gor", jumped out at me, as I was already secretly fascinated with all aspects of slavery - well, at the least the aspects that could be gleaned from television, films, and children's books. Would that woman begging the king's mercy in the Ladybird "King Alfred the Great" make a good slave? Probably not, I thought, but these Gor books looked more promising. The display was near the shop entrance, and we were on holiday, but somehow I instinctively knew that going over to look at one wouldn't be ok....