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The thoughts & Musings of Christopher F. Reidy*

NOTE: Apparently this webpage has some glitches. It tends to randomly switch out visual material.  Why?  Don't ask me.  So, if a pic doesn't match the text...it doesn't!  Rest assured I am trying to amend this problem.  When I get around to it.

*(may contain misuse of apostrophes, miss spellings, overabundance of semi-colons,  wrong word usage, etc.
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AND YET ANOTHER NOTE:
The visual switcheroos on these blogs have reached a point where there's no way I can correct them all, so I'm just going to leave them be.  If they don't match the text, just think of them as whimsical funsies decorating the text.  I will continue to supply pictures; but I cannot guarantee their context: much like my mind.
Thank you for your patience!

A FURTHER NOTE:
I try to keep this website relatively free of anything truly morally reprehensible or obscene.  However, in the pursuit of honesty; I will be quite frank about sexuality; as I feel one should be.  To  wit: this website is not for children.  It is decidedly "adult"; although not necessarily not "childish."  I do not feel it is suitable, in some instances, for anyone below the age of 17.  Or maybe a very mature 16...or 15 even.  
THIS WEBSITE IS RATED: PG-15

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Baring My Sole

8/28/2023

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If you'd like a stroll down foot fetish lane, you've come to the right blog!
Now, let me just say, upfront, that I am not a foot fetishist.  But I won't lie and say that I don't find the foot erotic to a certain degree, in certain situations.  Let's examine this, shall we?
I certainly like to draw the foot.  It's an artistic challenge.  The foot has very unusual architecture.  Lots of interesting counter-balancing curves, reminiscent of the double-helix.  They're hard to get right in a drawing; and if you get it wrong, the eye knows.
But let's back-pedal here and ask the question: "Chris, why are you writing a blog about feet and foot fetishism?  Isn't the foot, just a foot, to most people?"  And I would answer: "Well...yes and no."
But before I talk about feet in general; let's talk about foot fetishism. Or not.  How about, simply, interest in the foot; or feet.  I'm sure there are fetishes for every part of the human body; but I suspect nothing supplants the foot as fetish object numero uno.  Just type in "foot fetish" on your search engine and you will open a wormhole into another universe: FOOTOPIA (TM/Reg./Pat.Pend.).  As a matter of fact, there is a website called "Wiki-Feet" which includes an exhaustive compendium of "celebrity" feet; both male and female.  Wanna see pictures of Jimmy Fallon's feet?  Just log on to Wiki-Feet and you'll find every image of Jimmy's tootsies in existence. Or Jimmy Kimmel's. Or Jimmy Buffett's.
So, I asked my husband to give me a list of names of male celebs whose feet he or anyone might want to see.  His responses: 
Sam Elliott
Sam Rockwell
Keanu Reeves
Henry Golding
Barack Obama

My adds were:
Javier Bardem
Michael Strahan 

and
Scarlet Johansson 
So let's play a game!  I'll post pix of the above listed feet and you can try and guess whose is whose. Who's is who's?

As I've been doing research into this topic; I came across some interesting articles. 'Frinstance, the whole "humble brag/ foot post" phenomenon of the past ten years or so.  You know; when someone you know posts pictures of their feet at the beach, say.  Or in a hotel room.  Or wherever they are that's fabulous, that you're not.​
I've always loved this song; but I digress.
You know, one of these type photos that you'll more than likely see in your Facebook feed or whatever:
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Like, why do you feel the need to tell me you're in Hawaii?  Can't you just enjoy Hawaii without involving your feet?  And why do you think, Facebook barely acquaintance, that I would want to see your feet?  I hardly know you!  I don't want to see your feet by the pool, let alone pictures of your foot injury/bunions/warts/calluses/new pedicure...whatever!  Get your feet, out my face.
In an article by a Mr. Oscar Miller from Sept. 2020 on "The Strand"; entitled: "Why We Love Feet: A Psychological Analysis of the Rise of "Feet Pics" in the Online World"; Mr. Milller has some fascinating and compelling theories on why this is occurring.  An excerpt:
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I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Miller.  The human foot is a symbol for stability and we all need to feel that in our lives.  I think that's why the foot is more of an object of fascination, in general, than any other part of the body.  They're also the farthest away, right.  I mean, you can just put your hand up to your face to look at it; but the foot requires more engineering to get up close to it.
Men are generally much more shy about displaying their feet than women.  I've often wondered why.  I think it's because for men, feet resemble their most private area; so showing feet for men, in a way, is like going around with your tackle hanging out.  I postulated on this in my novel.  An excerpt:
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I suppose we must ask the question why, it seems, that people with the least attractive feet are usually the first to put on sandals and go to the mall.
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We might also ask how feet became involved in Halloween.  Do you ever wonder how many people's feet actually get smelled on Halloween night?  I'd guess a lot more than you'd think.  And is this smelling of the feet the "trick" or the "treat."  This is where it gets tricky.  And what's up with the phenomenon of smelly feet?  You never meet people with smelly hands, generally.  Is it because we keep the foot cooped up in shoes and socks?  I guess so.
But alas...I'm losing my train of thought...I'm still not quite sure of the reasons for writing this.  I mean, it's not like I'm writing foot fetish erotica, of which there is an entire rabbit hole devoted to it.  Author Matt Robinson has an entire line of gay male feetrotica.  Title's like: Smelling My Best Friend's Feet and Craving the Fisherman's Feet.  All available on Amazon!  Craving the Fisherman's Feet has got to be one of the best titles of anything, anywhere, ever written in the history of the world.  Why, it's even better than Lifetime Television's Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?  It kind of sounds like the title to a Faulkner novel.  In any event, I'm sure it's a salty tale!
I guess that wraps it up.  Oh!  Here are the answers to the quiz:

Top Row (L-R): Henry Golding, Javier Bardem, Keanu Reeves
Middle Row (L-R) Michael Strahan, Sam Elliott, Sam Rockwell
Bottom Row (L-R) ScarJo, Obama
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Okay, I gotta go cut my toenails now.  Ciao!
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CFR  9/7/23
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    Christopher Reidy is from the Boston area.  He attended Boston University where he studied TV and film which eventually led him to Los Angeles.  There he did the Hollywood thing (which he wasn’t particularly good at) and eventually met his partner Joseph.  He was one of the co-founders of the short lived Off Hollywood Theatre Company which staged several of his original plays.  83 In the Shade is his first novel.  He also dabbles in screenplays, toys with short stories, and flirts with poetry.  Life brought him to bucolic Southwest Virginia where he now resides and is very active in community theatre. It may interest you to know Chris is officially an Irish citizen as well as an American. He also enjoys drawing and painting and looking after a passel of 
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    housecats and two turtles.