Introduction

Greetings and G'Day!

As the name implies, I am an academic. I have a master's degree in the engineering and computing discipline, and I'm currently shopping around for a good PhD program while keeping a great job dealing with safety-critical systems. More importantly though, I have the academic mind-set that allows an excellent mix of realism, creativity, and intellect. People find that I have a very unique and interesting way of seeing things, which hopefully can keep readers of this blog interested and perhaps even inspired.

I like to research and contribute to everything that I see as a good idea. This list includes things like technology (an obvious favorite), environmentalism and the whole "green" movement, and nudity. Although the last doesn't appear to fit in very well, I assure you that it's important and deserving of more research and support. I wouldn't have started this blog if it wasn't.

Currently, I have several different ideas in mind for this blog. My goal is to put out a good post roughly once a week (maybe less?) in one of the following categories:

• Academic-style paper -- Researching and presenting some sort of emerging trend or issue.
• Ideas -- Food for thought on some topic or issue, or perhaps a reply to other news.
• Reviews -- I like to check out new places and people, so expect feedback on things like the Nude Car Show and other area events.
• Stories -- I at least have a long story to share regarding my trip to Australia, and plenty of other stories.

As always, I encourage discussion and would love to hear your ideas, even if they are posted elsewhere in the blogosphere. (Blogs I read are listed on the side-bar.) Comments are currently open to all for all posts, and I will do my best to moderate posts which are unfavorable.

I admit -- I am fairly new to social nudity. I've been studying the nudist culture and going nude at home for many years, but have only recently joined the crowd. It's the best thing I have ever done, and both my significant other (also new) and I are now hooked. You'll be able to follow along as we explore this brave new world together. Hopefully she will do some writing here as well, since her views are much more fresh and unclouded by years of research.

Hopefully I've captured your interest with this first post. Are you ready? I'm certainly ready... So let's go!

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Index

More About Us

• Blog intro post.
• Our profile (with pictures).
• Our interview about Nude Geocaching on the Bare Oaks Naturist Living Show.
• Early recommendation.
• A usenet recommendation.
• "Best of the Naturist World"
• Old ENG Interviews, via YouTube or Nudiarist.

Real Naturist-Related Publications

• N 28.4, pages 35-36, "Freehiking - Wisconsin Style".
• N 29.2, page 9, Letter to the Editor
• N 29.2, pages 32, 36, 38, ENG pictures and recommendation.
• N 29.3, pages 72-74, "Naked Geocaching".
• N 32.1, pages 27-28, 30, 38, "More Than Just Car Buffs" and pictures.

N = Nude & Natural Magazine, from The Naturist Society.


Essays Published Here

• Redefining Stereotypes.
• What about the children?!
• Competing with Life.
• How to try naturism as a woman.
• Help Earth by Going Naked.
• Mazo Beach Guide.
• Technology Against Privacy.
• Improve any venue with a $10 markerboard.
• TNS and AANR on Public Lands.
• TNS and AANR on Skinny-Dipping.
• TNS and AANR on Cahill / San Onofre.
• Getting started with RSS feeds.
• My Future Resort: Intro, Land, Sustainability, Water, Electric, Heat/AC, (Intermission), Diversification, Crowdsourcing, Resource Sharing, Community, (Addendums).
• A Guide to Guerrilla Naturism. (plus a recommendation)
• Wisconsin winter activities list.
• Sexuality and Naturism, and why the words don't belong together.
• The Health Movement and why aren't we still part of it?
• Three years of Burning Man statistics.
• List of country songs which talk about simple nudity.
• Research for heating efficiency.
• Future Resort Redux: Intro, Space, Layout, Location, Casual Culture, Targeting Youth, End Effect.
• Future Resort Full Summary. 
• A Blueprint for Progress.

Other Rants

• Spencer Tunick.
• Elizabeth Book, and a call to action.
• New Ammunition for Top-Equality.
• Some Burning Man stats that don't scale up.
• Reader submitted Burning Man story: p1, p2, p3.
• A decent Burning Man baseline.
• Clothing Tax?
• The Bra-Free Lifestyle.
• The Underwear-Free Lifestyle.
• My Body Acceptance.
• My libraries' non-acceptance.
• Searching for the perfect place.
• Contemplating a rating system for resorts.
• The shock of nudity.
• Working on house privacy.

Our Naturist History

Note: We're the only naturists who have blogged the entire beginning of our social naturism history, 2006 - 2012.

• Pre-2006: See our profile for stories.
• 2006 Australia Story: Intro, Maggie 1, Maggie 2, Cairns, Kuranda, Buchan 1, Buchan 2, Shelley, Rocky Bay, FBA.
• 2007-05-26: Started this blog.
• 2007-04-29: First Mazo Beach trip.
• 2007-05-28: Mazo Beach trip. (other trip dates unknown)
• 2007-06-16: Visited Sun Ray Hills.
• 2007-08-10: Attended VVRC's Nude Car Show.
• 2007-11-17: Opened WWNCW project -- motivation, introduction, recommendation.
• 2008-05-10: Participated in Road Cleanup.
• 2008-05-31: Started Mazo Manor series.
• 2008-05-31: Mazo Beach trip.
• 2008-06-21: Mazo Beach trip.
• 2008-07-04: Mazo Beach trip.
• 2008-07-26: Mazo Beach trip and house party.
• 2008-08-08: Attended VVRC's Nude Car Show (and won).
• 2008-08-31: Mazo Beach trip.
• 2008-09-12: Summer recap, decided to "open up".
• 2008-09-15: Failed to skate to the beach.
• 2008-09-27: Participated in Road Cleanup.
• 2008-10-11: Mazo Beach trip.
• 2008-10-25: Attended Bare Bones Bash Halloween Party.
• 2008-11-17: Naked pictures of us appear on the internet.
• 2008-12-01: Donated to Ocean Angels, said nudists are cheering them on.
• 2008-12-06: Attended Lee Baxandall's memorial service, met the TNS crew.
• 2008-12-11: Mentioned naked snow angels, eventually made one.
• 2009-02-28: Attended VVRC Mid-Winter party.
• 2009-03-17: Went on our first public lands freehike at Wauzeka Unit.
• 2009-04-09: Visited TNS for a bunch of goodies.
• 2009-05-21: Saw my first published N article about our first freehike.
• 2009-05-25: Mazo Beach trip.
• 2009-05-31: Mazo Beach trip.
• 2009-06-12: A trip to the dark side.
• 2009-06-18: Left to attend the TNS Eastern Gathering.
• 2009-07-06: Mazo Beach trip.
• 2009-07-11: Mazo Beach Olympics part 1 and part 2.
• 2009-08-17: Duck Egg freehike and geocache. (And newspaper story.)
• 2009-08-22: Attended GoTopless Protest in Chicago (more).
• 2009-09-26: Mazo Beach road cleanup.
• 2009-10-24: Attended Fearful Freaky Fright Night Halloween party.
• 2010-02-27: Attended VVRC Mid-Winter Party.
• 2010-03-13: Went nude bowling.
• 2010-04-01: Second Wauzeka Unit freehike.
• 2010-04-24: Badger Naturist road cleanup.
• 2010-05-15: Quiet VVRC trip.
• 2010-07-04: July 4th VVRC Trip with guest story.
• 2010-08-06: Trip to Cedar Trails in Ohio.
• 2010-08-13: VVRC Car Show.
• 2010-10-01: Moved into house (more).
• 2011-02-26: VVRC Mid-Winter Party and other thoughts.
• 2011-05-23: Working vacation to Turtle Lake, Michigan.
• 2011-06-13: Trip that never was to Forest Hills, Michigan.
• 2012-02-16: Mid-Winter Festival at Sunsport Gardens, Florida.
• 2012-04-11: Still Freehiking.
• 2012-Summer: Several VVRC trips.
• 2012-10-27: Attended Zombie Apocalypse Halloween party.
• Decided to end the trip reports.