This fellow's somewhat happenstance career in porn began with a simple desk job at an adult bookstore, and eventually started his own adult dating site. In a detailed accounting of his past, we see not only how a simple career decision can lead to a lifetime in the adult profession, but also get insights into how porn as a profession has changed over the past two decades.

For those of you who enjoy cinematic erotica but don't want to have to enter the 'adults-only' area of your local video store, here are a list of independent mainstream titles known for showing much more than just subtitles and offbeat subjects.

Pornstar Sasha Grey has been cast by Steven Soderbergh to play the lead role in an upcoming release entitled "The Girlfriend Experience." The movie will follow the life of a callgirl, and just goes to show that a career in porn can be a stepping stone into mainstream entertainment.

This article traces the rise of the 'Porn Barons' from their heyday in the 1960's as magazine producers to the glory days of home video porn on VHS all the way to their apparent downfall amidst the emergence of the Internet. For anyone interested in how power has shifted in the porn industry over the past 50 years, this is an interesting and insightful article.

Adult director Bobby Manila was hired by Mansef Productions Inc. on an exclusive contract deal for $40,000 a month, but was fired as soon as he'd taught the crew at Mansef to shoot porn according to his renowned techniques. Citing breach of contract and fraud, Manila succesfully settled his suit in arbitration, and further details have not been disclosed to the public.

Several new Hollywood releases, including "Zach and Miri Make a Porno" and "Confessions of a Porn Addict", point to the fact that America's mainstream audiences are becoming increasingly comfortable with porn as a central topic in non-porn movies.

A female college student in Texas was solicited on the street to perform in what appears to be an amateur porn production and subsequently called the cops. Since this happened off-campus, I'm not sure there were any laws broken, but the event certainly alarmed the public safety department, who sent out a mass email to all faculty and staff to warn them of the potential 'danger'.

The porn industry will miss Ron Sullivan, who directed adult films for over 40 years under the name Henri Pachard, and many of his closest friends attended a Buddhist ceremony to pay their respects to the recently deceased industry vet.

Porn producers often overlook the importance of the directors they place in charge of the films they finance, despite entrusting the director with everything from initial budget proposals, casting, filming, and editing.

In the adult industry, most 'first timers' are barely legal 18 year olds and 22 year old college grads are generally industry veterans. But this is certainly not the case for 'Becca Blossoms', a Midwestern mom who was recently interviewed on set during her first ever porn shoot, as she shows that you don't have to be young and innocent to be a hot porn newcomer.