True Porn Clerk Stories

photo by Hometown Invasion Tour

I imagine most--if any--of The Fruit's loyal readers who also dabble in "adult" video watching probably use an internet and/or by mail source for their viewing (I was going to say viewing "emjoyment" but that seems ironically inappropriate at this moment). Either way, I don't know of any or many rental places in town--what with the downfall of VHS anyways. (Oh, wait, on second thought, I think Napa's own--and only--adult store, Pleasures, might rent.)

So, thank goodness for the internets, bringing us this joy from back in 2002... True Porn Clerk Stories, a web journal (before the blogging boom?) by Ali Davis:

"Back in February of 2002, Ali Davis began keeping this journal of stories about her experiences working at a video store. For a while, it was a well kept secret how good her journal was. Then she appeared on NPR's "This American Life" and all hell broke loose. Within days, the link of her journal started circulating around the internet via blogs, emails and chat rooms. It peaked at number two on the Daypop Top 40. Over a million people have come to read this journal so far. It caused a lot of new traffic which was hard to absorb by our site. But somehow we managed it."

You will most definitely be amused.