You know what I hope? I hope 2007 starts with a bang and gets better from there.
I want to be swept up in a flood of new inventions designed to enhance pleasure, safety and intimacy. Sex-tech engineer Kyle Machulis (NSFW) has been dropping
hints about what he's been building and what he soon plans to do with it in
public. At least two new sex machines (NSFW) will be on display at the Adult Entertainment Expo, along with the usual assortment of gadgets.

I want 2007 to be the year when the populace put its beautifully pedicured foot down and says, "That's it, no more panicked television hosts whipping up furor about What Everyone Else Is Doing (and How Can We Stop Them)?" I'm hoping in 2007, no one will really care What Everyone Else Is Doing as long as it's informed, consensual and they aren't hurting anyone else.

Even if it involves the internet, a cell phone or a manatee costume.

In 2007, I want to see greater compassion for those who hold different viewpoints about sex -- in every direction. Can we build bridges between those who share "San Francisco values," which Violet Blue so elegantly describes in her Open Source Sex column, and those who don't? Between people who think bonk-chica-bow-bow ringtones are hilarious and those who think they're Satan's siren call?

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