Plans for a complete re-think of information storage and retrieval
are afoot. Temporarily, the most comprehensive list of new Grouped Topics can be found at WHAT'S NEW
This list is reproduced here (see left)

As soon as I can get to grips with new software for this web site,
I will expand the more extensive A-to-Z list of individual topics.
Until then, my original notes about where most of the information on-site came from, are still here.
The original Introductory notes may be of interest.

WHAT INFORMATION?
(Revised December 2006)

Before the days of home computers I filled box files with magazine articles and pictures of men challenged, tied, captured or resisting capture.

Early in life my natural urges drove me to improvise with self-applied rope or straps - before graduating to Government surplus gear modified to make it efficiently restrictive in attempts to satisfy some still un-focussed needs - and I kept records of my 'experiments'.

Later, meeting like-minded misfits, discussion sessions resulted in the first FETTERS 'Information Sheets' on topics such as bags-and-sacks, gags, chastity devices, boxes, cages, lockable clothes.

A lot of that accumulated information is now on this site - but INDEXING it remains problematical. I'm still working on it.

The various headings (left & below) are short-cuts to where stuff about related topics is gradually being grouped together. I've recently added a Search Engline (see end of this page) - but, until some friendly archivist or librarian advises me on how best to make a helpful Site Map - ENJOY EXPLORING.

Jim Stewart - December 2006

ARTICLES - A selection of texts on various topics. Each of these is gradually becoming (or has already become) an 'Index' for groups of related topics.

TALKING AND LISTENING (Communication)
AN ON-GOING PROJECT which aims at information gathering and sharing. Covers a lot of ground, listing many different personal preferences, and encouraging written exchanges of views.
VISUALISATION (Mind-games)
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP notes which explore variations on the 'Theatre of the Mind's Eye' or 'Physical Theatre' theme.
GET CLOSER TO YOUR FANTASIES (Mind-games)
WORKSHOP NOTES for a fetish weekend get-together list various different alternatives to help make fantasies more potent.
SUBDUE ME IF YOU CAN (Communication - but also under ‘Physical Challenge’ heading)
INTERACTIVE GROUP SESSION notes explore the distinction between willing surrender and choosing to risk being forced to submit through competition. Topics in these notes include degrees of consent, pre-scene negotiation and limits, reading signs during scenes.
FOCUS ON FETISH (Fetish)
SHORT ARTICLE on the nature of fetish identifies several related 'topics' to consider.
CONSENT & CONSENSUAL NON-CONSENT (Communication)
GENERAL TOPIC features separately in three Twelve Talking Points listed above, but additional text from other sources has now been added. Check it out via this title URL.
HOUDINI TODAY (Physical 'Escape' challenges)
CHAPTER FROM BOOK "So I like to get tied-up ... so what!!?" Possible challenges an Escape Artist might be faced with today are described, including ways to prevent escape.
THE GREAT HOUDINI MYSTERY (Escapology)
CHAPTER FROM BOOK "So I like to get tied-up ... so what!!?" questions why the Houdini legends persist. What do people get from watching Escape Artists in public or private?
THE QUARTERMASTER'S STORE (Uniform fetish, authority figures, mind-games)
Government surplus gear and supply sources feature in a lot of fantasies. An article and photo set by 'Morgan', which first appeared in a Swedish heavy SM magazine is now on-line.

SITE SEARCH ENGINE
So far it is not very refined. Asked to find 'strait-jacket' it will give you any occurance of the word 'jacket', and 'Black Prince' will give you every repeat of the word 'black'.
I'm looking for help to make this Search Engine a little more helpful (Jim - April 2006)

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