Oh my beloved NYC people. You write some of my favorite Sex Listings comments, gentlemen.

New York New York City: Equinox Fitness Club, Broadway, Manhattan. Cruisy healthclub. This updated added December, 2009: "Past its glory days of the 90s and early 00s when a solidly hot, young professional crowd ruled the misty vapors of steam. Thanks in part to cheap competition from the nearby NYSC, the crowd is now decidedly older (which by itself is not a problem!), fatter and more straight. Unexpected bonus for religious fetishists: there’s the occasional Orthodox Jew who wants to rub one out between Torah readings."

And this one, indicating the financial collapse has impacted the cruising scene too:

New York New York City: Equinox Fitness Club, at 50th Street and Broadway, Manhattan. Cruisy healthclub. This update added December, 2008: "Very hot crowd if you're a corporate aficionado. Lunchtime is active, as is early weeknights. However the fall of Lehman Brothers has undoubtedly taken its toll on the hot factor here."

Maybe good news for the hot factor at the adult bookstores out in the Northern Jersey suburbs. I suspect a few of the Lehman people are finding their relief with the peons these days.

Last, I believe this is the only time I've ever heard the phrase "savant-like perverts":

New York New York City: X-Pressions, East 53rd Street, Manhattan. Bookstore with arcade. This update added December, 2008: "This place defines hit-or-miss. One Friday night at 4 am, I hooked up with a suited prepster who took me back to his swank pad. Turns out he's a major hot closet case who's often on the society pages. But this is the rare exception. The regular menu is low-fuctioning, savant-like perverts who can't read body language."

Happy New Year, gentlemen. I was reading about Keith's resolutions yesterday and while I've never been one to make any perhaps he's right that the creation of them is an important thing because it can't be done without some pretty active self-reflection. The most important thing I can do for myself in the new year is stop rolling my eyes at the notion of "step into your fears" and do it more often. It only feels sort of corny to start with but every time I do step into a fear I come out, fail or pass, feeling like I just accomplished something important. Anyway, talking confidence is picking at a big thread for me so I'll leave it at that: I resolve to question my fears less and step right into them.

If you submitted a Sex Listings update before 1 pm PST today it's online. Here's the list of updated locations so far this week.

Sex Listings...

US
Alabama Bessemer, Birmingham, Pelham
Arizona Phoenix
California - Northern Fairfield, San Francisco, Santa Cruz
California - Southern Boron, Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, San Diego
Colorado Colorado Springs, Denver
Connecticut Putnam, Waterbury
Florida Inverness, Miami, Tampa Bay
Georgia Atlanta, Waycross
Hawaii Waimanalo
Illinois Chicago, Peoria
Indiana Indianapolis
Louisiana New Orleans, Shreveport
Massachusetts Dedham, Holyoke
Minnesota Minneapolis
Nevada Las Vegas, Pahrump, Reno
New Hampshire Seabrook
New Jersey Atlantic City, Union
New York Buffalo, Long Island, New York City
North Carolina Clyde, Gastonia, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem/Greenboro/High Point, Yanceyville
Ohio Columbus, Marion
Oregon Eugene
Pennsylvania Lake City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, State College
Tennessee Memphis
Texas - Eastern Athens, Austin, Dallas, Hempstead, Houston, Tyler
Washington McLean
West Virginia Clarksburg

ELSEWHERE
Australia Cairns (Queensland), Sydney (New South Wales)
Canada Calgary (Alberta)
Germany Frankfurt
Rhode Island North Kingstown
Switzerland Zurich