A few years ago, I changed my online handle in most places from ‘rubber1st’ to ‘therubbergeek’ as I feel that it reflects my persona better. I came up with the ‘rubber1st’ name about 15 years… Read More »Rubber1st is now The Rubber Geek
Let’s face it, one of the reasons we have profiles on the dating apps and sites is for the dopamine hit of getting that notification that someone ‘cruised’ or ‘swiped’ or messaged us. However, for… Read More »Expectations
My first Mr. International Rubber weekend was quite an experience to remember. I’ve been wanting to attend it ever since I first heard of it many years ago. This year, due to changes to my… Read More »MIR 2012: Recap
After an epic 24 hour trek around the world, I’ve just arrived in Chicago tonight. Feeling tired, dirty and hungry, I made my way straight to the hotel to check in, since it was nearly… Read More »MIR 2012: Arrival
I came across the #BBBH hashtag on the posts and bios of some guys who follow me on Twitter, and I didn’t think much of it at first. One day, curiosity got the better of… Read More »The Ugly Truth About the Bareback Brotherhood
I bought my very first piece of rubber gear about 8-9 years ago, and since then I’ve bought quite a few things. Here’s a photo gallery of the things I have in my collection. Sadly,… Read More »My Rubber Gear Collection
So, I’ve let this blog rot and it has been years since the last post back when it was originally hosted on Blogger. I’ve imported all my blog posts from the old site into WordPress… Read More »Revived
A Japanese artist has made a couple of projects titled “Vacuum Packing!” and “Vacuum Packing! Heartbeat“, which as it’s name suggests, involves vacuum packing a person completely in rubber, in suspension. While vac racks/beds are… Read More »Vacuum Packing
Some months back, someone told me about the Aneros and so I looked it up and reading about it intrigued me, so yesterday I went out and bought one. It was rather expensive for a… Read More »The Aneros
3rd August 2005 – The fateful day that I finally spilt the beans. My mom had been visiting and staying with me, and the week before, she had met S at a dinner I had… Read More »Coming Out