Get your voting skates on, it’s time to pick your favourite Sex Blogger in DirtySpoke’s 2006 Sex Blog Awards. Some old favourites have made it to the list of nominees, and you can be sure we’ll be brushing up on the new faces before we make with the clicky-click!

Sexerati has been providing some scintillating reading lately with a raft of useful “How-to’s”, including a serialised look at setting up your own sex blog.

The discussion roams far and wide, and posits the obvious but under-discussed idea that blogging about sex colours your future experiences by knowing that you’ll share them. This series looks set to be an interesting read over the next few months.

“Though some feel there’s only so much to be said of sex, I’m of the belief that we can never really get to the truth of sex as a culture unless we work it out together.”

So you thought it was just you who spoke to your genitals? Naaaaaaah. AlwaysArousedGirl hosts some spanking original fiction in her blog that toes the delicious line between fantasy and reality. Upbeat, positive and charming, AAG can even make maths sexy as she recalls the orgasms she’s had in a single marathon.

Always on the lookout for interesting toys, we were impressed by this week’s find via BoingBoing. According to homemade-sex-toys.com, some bright spark has put a patent out on a Talking Vibrator.

From the site:

“Imagine a vibrator that doesn’t just buzz and hum, but whispers sweet nothings or talks dirty into your…well, you get the idea. This vibrator has audio recording and playback technology built in, so you can record a romantic song, a personal message for yourself or a loved one, or some words of, um, encouragement for the user. If during sex play you have a brilliant idea (perhaps for a new sex toy invention), grab the mic and record a voice memo for later reference”.

Genius!

Whenever we’re in need of a quickie, we head on over to tellyoursexstory for some instant inspiration. This week’s fave was The Souvenir by Remittance Girl, who can also be found blogging away on her own site at remittancegirl.com.

We’ve found you some more fun holiday reading to catch up on while you sip your xmas martinis and ponder whether Santa has decided you’ve been naughty or nice. For classic literature fans, maye you’d like to sink your teeth into Sacher-Masoch’s classic Venus in Furs, available as an e-text over at Project Gutenberg.org

If you’ve been looking for a way to end annoying conversations with telemarketers calls or pranksters, take a leaf out of RadicalVixen’s book.

On the raw end of the scale, over at Sexetaria Miss Syl candidly recounts her “ground zero” sexual assault survival story & encourages her readers towards discussion of what these events mean. Syl’s writing is urgent, honest and deeply moving.

Brought to us by ParadigmK, Chilli Vanilla is a sex-themed blog boasting a pirate’s hoard of sex fiction, interviews with other sex bloggers & adult industry luminaries. Frequently updated and always interesting, we recommend this as a prime stop on your way to sexy fiction-land.

Broadcasting entirely out of her own universe, Soccergirl (of Soccergirl Incorporated) delivers podcasts from the bath (otherwise referred to as a bathcast), and the weird murky depths of her kinky-ass brain.

Including bizarre musical arrangements, guest spots from miscellaneous friends and family members, smurf porn & a healthy myriad of other random features, Soccergirl’s program reminds us a little of falling into a parellel universe consisting of nothing but late-night MTV, Phone sex, charades and being stuck next a crazy lady on the subway. The overall effect? Weird. But in a good way.

You might have already heard about the iBuzz, the innovative new sex toy that’s designed to plug straight in to your ipod and deliver you into a music-induced orgasm. The word on the street is that the iBuzzTwo has been released, which packs an even greater punch for you, and a partner also. Sounds like the perfect way to share the latest offerings from SonicErotica with a special friend! According to LoveHoney’s online survey, Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” is the people’s song of choice.