I’d been hired to host a show for the Playboy network about swingers. And I was nervous. Sure, I’d talked about sex often enough on television to have figured out exactly how to describe oral sex while still making it past censors (tip: say “down there” and do a lot of hand gesturing). Yes, I’d been in Playboy – not naked but scantily clad (if a g-string can count as clad). It’s true that I’d hosted a radio show where I regularly interviewed guests about the ménage a trois they’d had the night before or the furry costumes they liked to wear in bed, and have written articles about women who pretend they’re being raped and gay men who come out only to realize they’re in fact straight. In my work life, I’d explored a lot of sexuality. But shooting a television show where I’d be among a bunch of couples swinging? This would be a different story. My actual knowledge of swinging before I started the job was limited to witnessing the key party in The Ice Storm and a few images I hoped I’d one day forget but were still burned into my psyche from when I was flipping channels and paused too long on HBO’s Real Sex.

It's been a long but great past few months. I have gone through some ups and downs in the adult entertainment world and I have learned a lot. The world of porn is changing and I have found that if you don't change with it, it will leave you in the dust. In the past while i have met some very influential people and also some new and great friends. People who have taught me key elements to the industry and others who have taken me under their wings and breasts...so to speak. I have also made a few upgrades to the ways in which I go about shooting and recruiting, although, I have found some standard ways still work best. More...