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Australia coach Kiss braced for ‘scary’ second test against Pumas

Australia coach Kiss braced for ‘scary’ second test against Pumas

Published by Sam Flores

SYDNEY, Sept 3 : Australia coach Les Kiss believes the Wallabies have been heading in the right direction in his brief spell in charge, but he is not getting carried away ahead of what he described as a “scary” second test against Argentina on Saturday.  Kiss has led Australia to three wins from three matches since he took over from Joe Schmidt in late July, including last weekend’s narrow 27-21 victory over the Pumas in San Salvador de Jujuy. Australia have never won both matches on a tour of Argentina, however, and on their last visit in 2024 were crushed 67-27 in the second test after winning the first. “The direction’s been solid, but we won’t get ahead of ourselves,” Kiss told reporters from Argentina after naming his team for the Mendoza clash on Friday. “This weekend is scary in its own right because it’s the second test. Not many teams do it the second time around, and we know what happened last time, so we just want to make sure we’re in front of everything …

This is how we do it: ‘My ex wouldn’t even kiss me during sex. Marcus is happy to take his time’ | Life and style

This is how we do it: ‘My ex wouldn’t even kiss me during sex. Marcus is happy to take his time’ | Life and style

Published by Sam Flores

Camille, 65 double quotation markMarcus will go down on me for as long as it takes. He has a gentle touch and is an amazing kisser I met Marcus on Guardian Soulmates nine years ago. I had been divorced for eight years, and getting back out there had been tough – I had a hard time finding a genuine man. We messaged back and forth about our shared love of films and discovered we only lived 10 minutes apart. He really took the pressure off our first date by writing: “If there isn’t a romantic spark, we can just be friends who watch films together at our local cinema.” But when we met, we both felt a connection. Even so, I decided to wait to have sex with him. I’d had bad experiences of sleeping with men, who would then disappear on me. Marcus was very respectful and patient. He’s taught me that it’s not all about penetration. In my previous marriage, the sex was check-listy and turn-takey. It felt like a routine task – …

Kiss seeks two starting sides from depth-challenged Wallabies

Kiss seeks two starting sides from depth-challenged Wallabies

Published by Sam Flores

MELBOURNE, Aug 28 : Australia have often struggled with a shallow playing pool but coach Les Kiss has resolved to build two starting-quality rugby teams before the nation hosts the World Cup next year, using his early months in charge to deepen his squad rather than settle on a preferred 15. Kiss named a much-changed forward pack for Saturday’s opening test against Argentina in San Salvador de Jujuy, a provinicial capital in the South American country, while retaining the same backline that helped secure a 56-17 win over Japan earlier this month in Townsville on the Queensland coast. “Now, I need to know that I’ve got two good 15s. That’s what I need to get to,” Kiss told reporters in a call on Friday. “Each test match certainly narrows it down, but I don’t want to come down to just the 15. If that number gets larger, then that competitive pressure, I really do believe, can help the team thrive.” Veteran prop Allan Alaalatoa will captain the side against the Pumas on with Harry Wilson …

Meet Kiss star Gene Simmons’ two kids — who are both musicians

Meet Kiss star Gene Simmons’ two kids — who are both musicians

Published by Daniella Wilson

Kiss star Gene Simmons is the proud father to his two children Nick Simmons and Sophie Simmons, who he welcomed into the world with his wife Shannon Tweed-Simmons. The happy couple has been married for over three decades. Their two children took after their talented father, being that they’re both musicians themselves and now it’s time to learn all about them. Gene Simmons, 37 © GC Images Nick, born in 1989, grew up going to KISS concerts and walking red carpets with his dad, and he also regularly appeared on the family’s reality TV show, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, which aired from 2006 to 2012. He was a student at California’s Pitzer College, where he studied world literature as well as English. Post-graduation, he released a comic book with three issues called Incarnate. He’s also contributed to outlets such as Huffington Post, Galore Magazine, Elite Daily, Vice and Esquire over the years. © Getty Images Nick began his solo career in the music industry in 2014, and in 2019, he co-created an anonymous band with Vinnie Ferra, called …

Let’s Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard

Let’s Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard

Published by Jenni Sidey

Eight vibrators are arranged on a kitchen table like dolls, next to a plate of cold Eggo waffles, and the woman ranking them is on deadline. That is the opening image of Let’s Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard, and it tells you the register straight away: filthy, deadpan, and quietly about work. Lucy Reid writes the sex and relationships column at The Rue, a digital magazine under a large Los Angeles newspaper, and her editor has just explained that seventy-eight per cent of her readers are now in relationships and no longer find her relatable. Lucy, who is twenty-nine and has never been in a serious one, hears her job disappearing and says she has a boyfriend. She does not. The Deal Is the Least Interesting Thing About It The man she recruits is Marshall Oakley, a thirty-six-year-old senior news reporter who has just joined the parent paper and who needs a date for his ex-girlfriend’s wedding. They met at a bar, in front of a rack of records, before either knew where the …

‘I’ve been on plenty of dates – but nothing happened’: are we looking at the death of the kiss? | Life and style

‘I’ve been on plenty of dates – but nothing happened’: are we looking at the death of the kiss? | Life and style

Published by Sam Flores

Spencer’s last kiss was two years ago, on a first date. It started off promisingly: after matching on Tinder, they met for a walk, then got drinks and ice-cream, before having dinner at her place. Finally, they kissed. “I didn’t like it,” says Spencer. He still struggles to identify why. “I found her attractive. There was chemistry, but something was lacking. There was nothing behind the kiss – it felt like a mechanical thing to do.” That wasn’t just Spencer’s most recent kiss – it was his first ever, at the age of 29. Now 31, he says a second kiss in some ways feels less possible than having sex: “The jump feels way bigger.” We are living through a crisis of intimacy: more people are reportedly single and having less sex. But behind those headlines there is a smaller but no less significant finding: we may also be in a kissing recession. In a recent YouGov survey, commissioned by oral care brand Waken, more than a third of British adults reported kissing romantically less …

‘I’ve been on plenty of dates – but nothing happened’: are we looking at the death of the kiss? | Life and style

‘I’ve been on plenty of dates – but nothing happened’: are we looking at the death of the kiss? | Life and style

Published by Sam Flores

Spencer’s last kiss was two years ago, on a first date. It started off promisingly: after matching on Tinder, they met for a walk, then got drinks and ice-cream, before having dinner at her place. Finally, they kissed. “I didn’t like it,” says Spencer. He still struggles to identify why. “I found her attractive. There was chemistry, but something was lacking. There was nothing behind the kiss – it felt like a mechanical thing to do.” That wasn’t just Spencer’s most recent kiss – it was his first ever, at the age of 29. Now 31, he says a second kiss in some ways feels less possible than having sex: “The jump feels way bigger.” We are living through a crisis of intimacy: more people are reportedly single and having less sex. But behind those headlines there is a smaller but no less significant finding: we may also be in a kissing recession. In a recent YouGov survey, commissioned by oral care brand Waken, more than a third of British adults reported kissing romantically less …

‘I’ve been on plenty of dates – but nothing happened’: are we looking at the death of the kiss? | Life and style

‘I’ve been on plenty of dates – but nothing happened’: are we looking at the death of the kiss? | Life and style

Published by Sam Flores

Spencer’s last kiss was two years ago, on a first date. It started off promisingly: after matching on Tinder, they met for a walk, then got drinks and ice-cream, before having dinner at her place. Finally, they kissed. “I didn’t like it,” says Spencer. He still struggles to identify why. “I found her attractive. There was chemistry, but something was lacking. There was nothing behind the kiss – it felt like a mechanical thing to do.” That wasn’t just Spencer’s most recent kiss – it was his first ever, at the age of 29. Now 31, he says a second kiss in some ways feels less possible than having sex: “The jump feels way bigger.” We are living through a crisis of intimacy: more people are reportedly single and having less sex. But behind those headlines there is a smaller but no less significant finding: we may also be in a kissing recession. In a recent YouGov survey, commissioned by oral care brand Waken, more than a third of British adults reported kissing romantically less …

Why We Can’t Get Enough of Two Straight Guys Who Want to Kiss

Why We Can’t Get Enough of Two Straight Guys Who Want to Kiss

Published by Jenni Sidey

On the night Zach saw Bryce’s dick, the two men were up late, shirtless in the neon-lit coed dormitory. Bryce walked over to Zach’s bed. He pulled the waistband of his shorts away from his body, so Zach could peek inside. “Girth check,” said Bryce. Zach Georgiou and Bryce Dettloff were competitors on Love Island USA, where their objective was to pair off with a woman. But the connection between the two men—physical, affectionate, teasing—eclipsed all heterosexual pairings in the eyes of fans. Post–girth check, Zach, a physical therapist, stretched Bryce out on a twin mattress. In the many, many clips of the scene on social media, there is no daylight between the men’s crotches. “I love their love,” a fan writes. Bryce would go on to date Trinity Tatum and win the show, but, as Zach reminded him, “I’m pretty sure I saw your dick before she did.” According to some commentators, Zach and Bryce’s viral Love Island subplot is a reflection of reality television editors knowing what their audiences really want and giving …

LEGO Partners with Belvedere Museum on 4,000-Piece Set of ‘The Kiss’

LEGO Partners with Belvedere Museum on 4,000-Piece Set of ‘The Kiss’

Published by Jenni Sidey

The LEGO Group has announced a partnership with the Belvedere Museum in Vienna to release a 4,000-piece Lego set of Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss (1907–08). The set, the largest painting-inspired one that the company has ever produced, will be available for purchase beginning August 1. It has a retail price of $299.99. Unlike the original painting, the Lego version of The Kiss is technically three-dimensional, as building enthusiasts (ages 18+, per the box) are meant to stack various sections of the painting atop one another, giving the finished product more depth than Klimt’s original painting. While most LEGO sets traditionally feature paper instructions on how to build the final piece, this one will also have interactive 3D instructions that will be available via the LEGO Builder app. Related Articles According to a release, Stephanie Auer, the Beleveder’s curator of 19th- and 20th-century art, worked closely with Milan Madge, LEGO’s master model designer, to ensure that “the set faithfully recreates Klimt’s signature style using layered textures and intricate details” and that it “captures the emotion, ornamentation …