From a heady day visiting the set of “Ashley Blue’s All-Girl Bukkake,” in December 2004: and a good time was had by all.

I’m not in touch with Ashley as much as I’d like to be these days, and hence, I’m not sure what her involvement is in the porn industry. Maybe she’s cut the cord and rarely directs anymore. I’m not sure. I do know that she was one of the performers/directors with a talent that far exceeded the limits of porno.  A while back Belladonna put out a Twitter post asking “who is the smartest woman in porn?” If Ashley were still around, then I’d have nominated her.

Sophia’s an interesting case, too. My friend Billy Watson apparently discovered her, way back in the day, coming straight out of Phoenix. I don’t think I “discovered” anyone in my tenure, aside from a few twinks I got off of Craigslist during the gay days; and they didn’t exactly blow up the spot.

“Discovering” “talent” takes a certain amount of charisma and deep belief in what you are doing. I had very little of the latter, and even less of the former, for the last three-fifths of my career. Rather, I preferred to track the demise of already-established stars who had reached the emotional peak of their journey three weeks in and then were on the long, slow slide into depression, monotony, and ultimately total discredition of their enterprise.

I’m considering moving to the Bay Area in the spring . . . thinking it over, mulling it over . . .