The King

I don't mean the king of England, I mean the king of rock 'n' roll. Ron is a huge Elvis Presley fan. Me, not so much. Elvis was pretty much before my time. The Beatles were my teenage passion. Ron saw the latest Elvis movie (starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks) advertised on tv, and we had a special offer for one free pay-per-view movie, so I ordered it. We had only watched the first half hour when Ron said he's had enough. He thought it was silly and unrealistic, and I agreed. It was weird!

I went hunting for Elvis DVDs on Amazon and ordered an older Elvis movie with Kurt Russell, as well as Elvis: That's the Way It Is. The Kurt Russell movie, we both agreed, was excellent.

On January 8, Elvis's birthday (he would have been 88) we watched Elvis On Tour as part of a televised birthday celebration. I never realized what a talented showman he was. The reaction from the screaming fans was exactly like the Beatlemania I remembered.

While the movies themselves were pretty awful, Elvis performed a few spankings during his career on the big screen. Here's the one from Blue Hawaii.

Happy belated birthday to the king. 

 

Recap: Spanko Brunch 2.0 for January 8

What fun activities would you rather do than engage in spanking?

Wendel: Hiking and eating. 

Roz: We are having summer rain, lots of it in places and much cooler temperatures right now with lots of people rained out of summer camping. Mother Nature seems confused!

Not sure about instead of spanking, but we enjoy drives to favourite cafe's.

Jean Marie: Never "rather than" spanking. But afterwards, there are lots of sexy things that compliment that warmed, titillated feeling. There are 800 reasons for a spanking, but foreplay is chief among them for us! NOTHING can replace spanking, however. I love ice cream sundaes, but could not eat several day after day after day. I cannot say the same about spanking!

Sore is More: Writing spanking fiction. Reading spanking fiction. Reading spanking blogs in general. Commenting. Writing more fiction with lots of sex but without spanking. Mmmm, what else? 

Rich Person: love long walks. And I also like good meals. And, both of those go better with good friends.

Jack: My wife enjoys being 'naughty' at times, not being spanked but in the sex department as she calls it. She enjoys camping and so this is when she is naughty. A creek we look for, enjoys being naked and aware others might be around, but to her that is the naughty part she likes. We have sex while enjoying the creek. Traveling is when my wife really enjoys a romp in the bed. She can be loud at times, but doesn't care, enjoy the looks especially of other women who heard us. Never would have thought she would have this side. It was our honeymoon and of all things she wanted to go camping. When she saw we were near a creek she just said let's be naughty and removed her clothes, help me to remove mine and I said what about being seen. She smiled that is why I call it be naughty. One thing led to another, another reason are marriage is strong. 

Prefectdt: There are lots of things that I like to do. But do I enjoy them MORE than spanking? No. I can only think of one thing and that is winning 10s of millions on the Lotto. But that is only so that I could give up work and seek out more spanking opportunities :)

Bonnie: My response depends upon how we interpret the question. If asked to forego one spanking in exchange for a day at the ocean, or a hike in the mountains, or lunch with an old friend, I'd be happy to postpone my spanking for a day.

However, if the choice were to give up all spankings forever, I don't want that. My spankings are too important to me.

Anon: Being a spanko. There is nothing I would rather do than engage in spanking activities. That being said since I do not have a partner who shares my passion, I love to make stuff in my woodshed. I especially enjoy making spanking paddles (cutting boards) for friends and family. 

Barrel: Swimming in the ocean…chasing a white ball while walking the golf course…a walk with a golden retriever…a meal at a really good restaurant with an exceptional bottle of red wine…watching a beautiful sunset.

Ronnie: Walking, meeting up with friends, meals out to name a few. Yes sometimes. I'd be happy to postpone my spanking for one of these activities.

Hermione: I'll drop everything for a chance to sing in a choir. I love to read, and just received my copy of The January 6 Report. I can't wait to get started on it. I also enjoy games on my iPad. My two favourites stopped working - guess it's time to get a more up-to-date iPad - but Klondike and Gummy Drop! keep me busy. My favourite

They all sound like lots of fun!

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Spanko Brunch 2.0 #469

After enduring several days of freezing cold and heavy snow, the weather has turned unseasonably mild. While walking one of our dogs in the garden yesterday, I actually saw tiny daffodil shoots peeping up from the thawed ground. Silly daffs! This is Canada, not England, and you are three months early.

Now on to the business at hand. This question was posed by an anonymous reader, and it's an unexpected but interesting one.

Is there anything fun that you would rather do than engage in spanking activities?

Please leave your response as a comment. I will publish an edited summary of our discussion once everyone has had a chance to think about it.

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A Timely Gift

I have several wristwatches that I like very much and wear in rotation. Most are the analog type with hands and a face, but one is digital. Yes, I know I can check the time on my phone, but I don't carry the phone around all day when I am at home. 

<Sidebar> I once had a co-worker who didn't wear a watch and would call out to her friend in the next cubicle, "What time is it?" every half hour or so. I did tell her that her computer shows the time in the lower right corner, but she ignored that advice. We worked in IT and spent the entire day looking at our computer screens. </Sidebar>

All of my watches require batteries, and one by one, the batteries gave out. That was during the pandemic, so going to the mall and having a new battery installed was out of the question. it was also quite expensive. The last time I had a jeweller at a watch repair kiosk replace a battery, it cost $20. So one by one, my watches ceased operation. Ron helped out by buying me watches for Christmas and my birthday, including one that I could plug into my computer to recharge.

I finally asked myself how hard it could be to replace a battery. I went to Amazon and found several very inexpensive watch repair kits that included tools and instructions for replacing batteries. When Ron asked for Christmas gift ideas I sent him the link, and sure enough, a kit was under the tree on Christmas morning.

After assembling my six inoperative watches, I glanced at the instructions and then proceeded to take the backs off the watches. Four came off relatively easily using one of the tools and some brute force, while the fifth required the use of a tiny screwdriver to remove four teeny tiny screws. For the sixth I would need to watch a Youtube tutorial before removal. Once I found the type of battery needed - the same for all six as it happens - I placed an order for a bunch (they came in packs of 20) and they arrived yesterday. I now have four fully functional wristwatches that I can enjoy wearing again.

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I resolve to...

Many of us make some common resolutions pictured above each January 1. But I've got a better idea, thanks to Bonnie. I have started a list of some wacky spanking-themed resolutions (that I will probably not keep).

1. Stop hiding the paddle with holes and hand it over with a smile.
2. Offer to take a swat for each minute I spend in the shower each morning.
3. Hide the chair cushions so I must eat dinner on a hard wooden chair after a spanking.
4. Stop complaining that it's "too hard" or "too fast".
   
5. Wear the jeans that make my bum look big.
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Please finish my list with some goofy spanko resolutions. Many of you have the gift of off-the-wall humour, so this should be fun. Leave as many as you like in the comments.

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Recap: Spanko Brunch 2.0 for January 1

Any New Year's resolutions?

Roz: Happy New Year to you, Ron and family Hermione, I hope the year ahead is a wonderful year full of love, happiness, laughter and good health.

My answer is boring I'm afraid, no resolutions here.

Mark: I have made a new year's resolution that this year I will exercise more often than I masturbate. Last year I got into a habit of favoring masturbation over exercise... in other words got lazy. In a perfect world I will succeed in achieving my resolution with no reduction in how often I masturbate, just be very much fitter!

I have yet to raise with my wife but I am hoping that she will cold cane me in any period (duration as required) when my exercise frequency falls below my masturbation. This because although I do like being caned, without a warmup it truly is punishing.

The Long Bean: Sadly, no spanking related resolutions as I do not have a partner to share my kink.

On the vanilla side, my main 2023 resolution is to increase walking to over 7k per day outside the flat I live in. In 2021 my count was 4.5k. I raised the target to 6k in 2022, I publicly stated it and if I had not managed it, there would be a lot of teasing and humiliation from my friends.

Ronnie: Hermione, I haven't made any spanking-related or vanilla resolutions this year.

Prefectdt: Happy New Year to you and Ron. I hope that 2023 goes well for the both of you.

My Spanking resolution is pretty much the same every year, it's a good one to recycle :) It is to get spanked as often as I can and try as many new toys, pervertables and spanking positions as I can get my hands on or convince my creaky old body to get into.

On the vanilla front, I usually think up something, that I hate, and give up that. In previous years, my attempts to give up jogging and eating sprouts went really well :)

Jack: There are no resolutions in this home; my wife reminds me nothing will change in 2023 from 2022. 

Jean Marie: I don't make New Year's resolutions, kinky or otherwise. I don't think that I could get spanked any more than I did in the past year, I don't think I could be any happier. I just want to keep living and loving and learning!

I hope you know, Hermione, how much I appreciate you!

Bonnie: Our only resolution for 2023 is to stay well alive and well. From there, we will figure it out as we go.

But goofy spanko resolutions would make a great topic for a post!

What a great idea!  Are my readers up for the challenge?

Red: We intend to start living more again, as opposed to being afraid of catching Covid! We, however, will always be prudent in our activities. We wear masks in stores, on airplanes and in airports.
We are going to go to the theatre (Harry Potter in Toronto), and going back to cruising in February in the Caribbean.
I encourage Cindy to spank me more often, but it happens infrequently.
Happy New Year to you and Ron.
If I were to make a New Year's resolution, it would be that we four meet for lunch sometime this year.

Since we are not brave enough to attempt a long-distance outing with Covid on the rise again, that resolution will have to be put on hold.

Barrel: While not really a New Year’s resolution, but shared desire is to spank several times a week. It may only be 20 or 40 with an implement, but the goal is to increase frequency. I completed a home-made spanking bench that will get use this year after we navigate around several doctors appointments and another dreaded prostate biopsy.

Happy New Year and let’s all be safe this year.

Wendel: Happy New Year Hermione!!!!!!
Nothing here. I already have a loving wife that has the same interests that I do. 

Sore is More: Happy brand spanking New Year, Hermione and Ron!

On vanilla front, need to lose weight stat. Put on too much during the last year and it bothers me greatly. I'm already punished for this, can't fit into my favourite clothes!

Otherwise, to finish writing that bloody spanking novel I'm drowning in.

Bonnie, you will, you and Randy, you will. It's not just words. I do believe in karma. You did so many wonderful things to so many people throughout all these years. All these good vibes will come back to you in spades. Happy New Year!

Hermione: My vanilla resolution is to clear away some of the clutter in my work room. It has become something of a dumping ground and storage area. My spanko resolution is to write more blog posts and to make them more about spanking. Will I succeed in either? Time will tell.

Happy New Year to each and every one of you.

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Spanko Brunch 2.0 #468

We say goodbye to 2022 and hope for better things to come in the new year. 

Have you made any resolutions - spanking-related or vanilla - for the coming year? What is the likelihood that you will keep those resolutions? What will be the penalty if you don't?

I'd love to hear from you, so please leave your response as a comment. I will publish an edited summary of our discussion once everyone has had a chance to respond.

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