HOLLYWOOD—On the subject of Letterman, this guy weighed in on a morning talk show today that there was a Boomer angle to the story; that people —especially men—of a certain generation identify with Dave and feel his lust, or maybe envy it, and are refusing to pass judgment on his workplace dalliances. For the little it's worth, I couldn't agree less.

GUIDO VALLEY, Calif.—It may be obvious to some of our readers—assuming we have readers—that the principals of Daily Babylon have worked in the adult entertainment industry for several years. We have many other interests, to be sure, but for more years than we care to mention we have written about the industry for adult media outlets such as Adult Video News, XBIZ and YNOT.

I myself have had a most interesting journey, to be sure; one that doesn't appear to be coming to an end anytime soon. Lately, I've been feeling very much like Michael Corleone when he uttered his pathetic complaint, "Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in."

Yes, that pretty much sums up how I feel, though the solution to my situation is far more complicated than simply getting out.

CHARLOTTE, NC – Apparently having exhausted the supply of naked people and scandalous discourse in the now-infamous Eric Dane/Rebecca Gayheart sex tape, Gawker.com has turned its considerable snark to inanimate objects.

And that has turned out to be … well, some sort of “non-event” for electronic cigarette developer blu Cigs,

WASHAKIE COUNTY, Wyo. – An accused sex offender who spent 15 years on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitives List was apprehended last week at his workplace. Agents arrested Edward Eugene Harper, 63, at a … wait for it….

Sheep ranch.

While the child molestation of which Harper stands accused certainly is nothing to laugh about, the man’s place of employment begs all sorts of crass jokes.

Agents were not terribly surprised to find Harper in Wyoming. A native of Arkansas, he worked as a ranch hand in both Wyoming and Montana during his youth. Arresting officers admitted to being a bit taken aback by Harper’s appearance, though: At the time of his arrest, he looked nothing like the picture smiling at them from fugitive alerts.

WASHINGTON – As if things weren’t strange enough in the hallowed halls of the U.S. federal government, now comes word Rep. Steve Buyer [R-Indiana] wants to tax Americans who engage in unsafe sexual practices.

Floated Thursday during a House Energy and Commerce Committee discussion about President Barack Obama’s proposed national healthcare plan, Buyer’s suggestion would add a surcharge to the health insurance premiums of people who engage in any risky behavior, including smoking, forgoing exercise and unprotected sex.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - The aftermath of an affair is always more interesting than the actual affair itself. That's because while the act of shagging a mistress (or master) may be exciting for the perpetrator, it usually is less titillating for the observer (even with a sex tape.)

It is for this observer, anyway. I may want to know the sordid details of the affair, but it is the emotional detritus rather than the actual strokes that draws me in. Show me the pain, baby, show me the pain.

For instance, while I may find it mildly amusing that Elliott Spitzer kept his socks on during sex with his call girl, that little fact is filed away in my mind under Miscellany rather than Need to Know, which is more likely to contain remarks from his press conference, or comments from deceived aides or his wife and friends.

In a move that is sure to incite howls of outrage from distaff participants in the sexual revolution, the new owner of the British magazine The Erotic Review told Reuters, bluntly, women are too “drowned in estrogen” to write compelling erotica.

I really hate flogging a horse as dead as this one, but The Wall Street Journal obviously did not get the memo, delivered years ago, that pornography and obscenity do not mean the same thing.  One is legal, the other isn't.  It's an important distinction.

In a WSJ Private Equity Beat blog post titled, Another View On How Private Equity Is Like Pornography, Laura Kreutzer writes about the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Limited Partners Summit 2009 conference in New York, and a panel discussion with investors still interested in investing in solid private equity funds.