To the reader who wrote in while we were encamped in our luxury French Quarter hotel emergency hurricane shelter to ask whether Ivan's trajectory had something to do with Mother Nature's disapproval of the Alabama sex toy ban - well, we prefer to think of it more as a sign of the divine watching over fools and drunks. (Not to mention whores, exhibitionists, and inebriated frat boys.)

Anyway, we're safe and sound (and hope our sex-toy-deprived friends in Alabama are too) and ready to bring you more smut. Thanks to everyone who wrote in with good thoughts while we were away.

Thumbnail: Above the Eye of Hurricane Ivan (vaguely pornlike satellite photo @ nasa.gov)