· The road to success is lined with fake pubic hair: just $20,000 (and plenty of optimism) will get you started with your very own merkin franchise. (worldfranchising.com - thanks Ian)

· You may have noticed that we can't get enough of Stormy Daniels lately. Do we really have to explain why? (interview and photo gallery @ AVN Online)

· Think writing a porn script is easy? Carly's here to tell you that it's not. (Pornblography)

· What the well-dressed (or undressed) beach hussy will be wearing this season: peek-a-boo string bikinis from Bikini Dare. (photos @ chickenmcnugget.com and bikini-dare.com - thanks Big J.)

· Sex doll repair instructions or extreme BDSM guide? "Step 1: The easiest way to locate the leak is to put her in a tub full of water and submerge her." (sextoyspro.com)

· Four words: women's oil sex wrestling. (13.2 mb .mpg @ usemycomputer.com - thanks Libby)

· Our old pal Davo asks whether his new collection of amateur video preview clips passes the Fleshbot editorial test. We'll let him know as soon as we get through all 13. (.wmv videos @ davo.themoviehost.com)

· If you smoke cigars, we guess the idea of swollen clit cigar labels is really, really funny. If you don't, just pretend this post never happened. (clitpro.com - thanks Colleen)

· You can't swing a roll of $50 bills these days without hitting a sex worker blog; Working Girls is one of our newest favorite reads about the world's oldest profession. (escortland.blogspot.com - thanks Karl)

· Smileys are for pussies: sex up your chat transcripts with ASCII boobs instead! (Search Extreme)

· We watch "One Tree Hill" just to ogle Emmanuelle Vaugier. (Actually, we've never watched "One Tree Hill". But we might start.) (new photos @ Stuff Magazine - thanks Sanj)

· Note to Tara Reid: if you want your new investment(s) to start getting more attention, stop hanging out with Lindsay Lohan. (photos @ orsm.net - thanks B.)

(* We tried. We really did.)

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