PrivateTim

Hun, it is 2001, not 1950..... you could never keep a skater's parentage/family story that tightly under wraps not matter how much USFSA would like to think/pretend they can. People in the local skating community would know who JJ was and who is family is and the fake stories would be a bigger scandal/story than the partial truth that his parents are Brad and Robbie.

I would say "good luck" has been a staple in Hollywood sitcoms for a decade or more now.

Disney has been giving "partner" benefits forever. And USA Figure Skating could hardly get away with such an outlandish story with his well known grandfather (Stef) and father (Robbie, not Brad). A lot of the story (CAP) has focused on Brad and his success, but Robbie would be the more well known of the two to the general public. Brad might make the WSJ, but Robbie would be in People.

"bro" has been around for ever in beach culture, it was a variant on the Hawaiian "bra" so it would be completely normal for So Cal beach kids.

This is too contemporary, but too funny and too true. So spot on it is scary.

Here are some H-W ones I love.

With how many kids in Malibu & H-W are tied into "the industry" through family...... duh.

Actually, the AMT should only apply to private activity bonds issued by states or municipalities. You can avoid the AMT altogether if you invest properly, otherwise no one would ever go for the lower yield on munis.

I think it was over the top of Wade to force Carl out of Stanford and will probably come back to bite him. Getting him off the team would have been enough. I think it is cool Matt wants to be a buffer for Riley. Matt and Wade remind me of the parents of Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. One father is the sweet, supportive one, the other is the A type perssonality always pushing. While Wade may not be a strictly A type, the nattiness and anal retentive aspects are a part of it. I think men "come into their own" usually well after college and for gay men, sometimes never. What changes and matures your average straight man seems to be marriage and fatherhood. When you get married, you don't hang with your single friends as much, you tend to gravitate to your friends in the same stage as life. It will be interesting to see where Wade puts his money. Hopefully he throws $50m, a relatively small percent of his money, into a double tax free portfolio. That would bring over $2m a year, $166,000 a month, with no taxes.

Interesting chapter, lots of sub plots. It actually makes sense that the trust has land in Blaine County as the Danfield's or whatever his mother's family name is, would have been friends with the Harrimans. I do think it is a little dicky to force Carl, shit he may be, out of the school. Off the team is fine, but out of a school like Stanford seems exceedingly unfair. I would like to see Frank and Isidore a bit in the story, catch up with their lives. I can imagine she'd be all all giddy with a baby in the house, women seem to love babies.

Ah this brings back sweet memories..... of puking out a window of the SAE house at USC when I was a sophomore in high school. I spent a football weekend at USC visiting my sister, but since I couldn't stay in the Pi Phi house with her, I stayed at SAE with some friends or hers (and mine) from high school. I think the guys in the house had a blast getting me hammered since I wasn't really a drinking kid in high school. Good advancement of the story of Will & Ryan. I am dying to find more about what the deal with his father is. Can't wait for the CO river trip.

First one was funny and pretty spot on, the second one was lame. In 'n Out is good as fast food goes and costs about half of what Five Guys does, but Umami is new In 'n Out. I can see Will being more Nocturnal Wonderland than Coachella.

Very cool Mark, although it almost feels like the end of a story. I know this isn't going to be a 50 chapter book, but where do we go from here?

But even if the bank loses the investment services side of Wade's business, they would likely retain the trust side of the business as they have done a somewhat good job given the size of the trust.

So for a minute I thought I was nuts because JP didn't meet any criteria for sociopahy as I remembered it from college. But then I saw this: Profile of a Sociopath The only one you could say might be promiscuous, but even that, not really. Not compared to everyone else in this story.

My first intro to the world of Arbour was "On The Mark" and still my favorite story.

I love the changing, politically correct thing to call people. My great grand parents called African Americans "coloreds" which is interesting because we are almost back there with the "people of color" label. My grandparents, ever so PC called them Negroes, as in the United Negro College Fund, then my poor parents have had to go through the very brief Afro-American, on to "black" and now to African-American which seems to offend those from the Caribbean and South America.

Interested to find out who Tiffany is mad at and why. Fun chapter though, I hope Wade isn't making a mistake revealing to too many people his status.

I don't know who Damien Lewis is, but that photographer didn't do him any favors if you say he is cute. Band of Brothers is one of those DVD series I got for Christmas one year and it still has the plastic wrap on it Now if you had posted THAT picture of David Henrie I might of agreed. Jake Short is 14 actually and turns 15 in May.

I can maybe see Alistair as a senior growing into David Henrie, but he is too hunkie. But as a freshman, I see him more as an older version of Jake Short (sticking with the Disney Channel theme) Find a place for Austin Butler

Ewwww, there is a difference between not being a pretty boy and being fugly. Here is how I see Sean. Doug Reinhardt.

There will be risk for Triton in 2013 as defense cuts hit and weapons systems are taken off the board, but the unfortunate events of 2001 made defense contractors incredibly successful for much of the 2000's. The bigger risk is Triton being taken over by a BAE and Brad is forced out. But he still makes a boatload of money and would probably get a seat on the board, but his role would be cursory, not the hands on role he likes.

Charles Guislan is very different "live" than when he posing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BRqx5HA5Zgs

The interesting plots are..... does Wade tell Matt his net worth? Or is the lack of trust too great now? Wade didn't plan on getting his money until well after college, now that he can control it, does he buy his own estate in Atherton for him and Tiff? Will Matt move with him if he does? Nothing is likely to happen between Wade and Sean, Sean strikes me as too ethical a lawyer for that, but a little tension never hurts.

"the pale anorexic blonde" is one of the hottest, most influential people in men's fashion in Paris. A bad word from him and designers are slitting their wrists.