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Please.... as if a gay man is ever going to let his hair go gray... it would be more like justformenauthors.org

Mario Batali? Love him too.

Enh. Sorry, but for playing flute, give me Ian Anderson.

I don't know what role, but we need to get this guy cast in the CAP miniseries. Nick Krause from "The Descendants", an okay movie and George Clooney has never looked better.

That is why I find that FedEx AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Auto Repair ad so funny and I so don't miss phonebooks.

So Lacey, moving to the theoretical, what if someone had complained or if you had been roughed up in the boys bathroom, would using the staff restrooms have been an amenable solution? And to you think MTF or FTM makes a difference? In other words, are girls more likely to be uncomfortable than guys?

No actually I was going to school in the UK and my sister was going to school in Austria at the same time and every three weeks or so we'd meet in a European city for a few days and we just fell in love with the university atmosphere of Heidelberg

So Lacey, did you use the boy's bathroom in high school? No hassles, no comments, no one complained?

MMM, when you live in Southern California, our Costcos carry Mexican Coke, yummy Mexican Coke made with real cane sugar, it is like drinking a candy bar! And two thumbs up for Döner kebabs, L.A. really needs a Döner kebab truck or street stands, love it, love it. And Elisabeth, did you your, "Herz in Heidelberg verloren"? I know I did

Cool story. I am anxious to see where the bully JT figures into the story (the repressed homo?) And since the intro page talks about murder, who dies? Joey's dad? JT? Timmy? Although I am always anxious for new chapters, take your time, write and rewrite and get it the way you want. I've been waiting for over a year for Dom Luka to give us a new chapter of With Trust

When ever I come across a story like this, one that is caught up in the echo chamber of the gay blogosphere or gay media is go find non-biased, or as non-biased as possible, websites to read the story. I read probably 15 different accounts of this story. Here is one quote from one of them, "Dionne Malikowski, 16, a transgender student at the school, said she believes she should have the same rights as any student to use the bathroom of her choice." I can't say that I knew a student has the right to pee in a restroom of their choice? So actually, we all know they don't. Boys use boys restrooms and girls use girls, I've never heard of the option to do otherwise. The most interesting aspect to me is, why is this coming up now? The suspension was over a month ago and it is just now hitting news sources? Yes Chase.

No Dionne still has her male member, she isn't a transsexual, or at the article didn't state so. I don't believe she is seeking reassignment surgery.

Who says the school doesn't recognize their transgender status? In fact the school explicitly does recognize their plight which is precisely why they allowed them to use restrooms normally reserved for faculty. The most dangerous place for a transgender student on a campus is in a bathroom. Dionne created the drama by breaking the rules that had been established to keep her safe.

The entire article was a loud and opinionated article. Dionne and "Kurt" were not banned from using the restrooms all the other students use, they had the option of using the restrooms that biology dictates. Dionne, a male biologically, chose to ignore the accommodation from the school of using the faculty restrooms and used a woman's restroom. The suspension was for a man being in a woman's restroom. I don't find the suspension out of line.

My thought is this topic belongs in the Soapbox, not the Lounge.

Mmmmm, loves me my glühwein! I also love the beer and ales from Belgium, Flanders red ale is my newest obsession. What I liked the most was eating animals we don't eat that commonly eat in the U.S., hare, reindeer, wild boar, goose, etc. In Switzerland I loved raclette, but it isn't in every region. And although everyone talks about French pastries and bread, I loved the pastries and bread in Germany. Lastly, Chocolate of course, they have great chocolate in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and you don't buy it from the supermarket, you get it at specialty stores and it is amazing. I know I said lastly last time, but this really is the last thing, I also love the supermarkets in Germany (well actually in any foreign country), but shopping is so fun with the mix of different and familiar products.

The numbers are way off, not sure where they came from. The article says Ohio State had 3.1 million fans in attendance at football games which is impossible. Even at 105,000 per game a 7 game home schedule is 735,000 at every game a sellout. Any time someone uses the word "extrapolate" in trying to prove their point, I roll my eyes.

From yesterdays Newport Harbor victory over the Wolverines.

I don't think it is the "worst" in the series, although I am not sure which story I would call "the worst", if such a thing even exists in the CAP series. Maybe If it Fits but I've really enjoyed Will as a narrator just like I enjoyed Brad in his teen angst. I wouldn't mind another story with JP as a narrator to see how his world view has changed since the 1960's.

Ummmm, except that the most criticized people in his administration were either Jewish or not very religious.

What Republican presidential candidate hasn't had the support of the religious block? They have been integral ever since Roe v. Wade and people who are cultural conservatives who feel they have no place else to go.

A water bed? Really? What is this, 1980? Is there a lava lamp in there too? Great chapter though. You capture well that post coitus guilt that a "straight" guy has after he has gay sex. I also really liked the interplay when Will was talking with his father, Stef and J.P. The scene rang very true and the was a small epiphany for Will. I've known so many gay boys like him who at 14 want to fall in love for the rest of their life and just don't get that life, gay or straight, doesn't work like that. Very nice chapter Mark.

I wonder if Sandusky will take his own life at some point. Surely he must realize if he goes to prison he has zero chance of surviving. The disappearance of Ray Gricar complicates things even further. He had plenty in 1998 to convict Sandusky. Why didn't he? Was he paid off? Was he a client of Sandusky's? Lots of people call his disappearance a murder or suicide. What if he is hiding out in Venezuela? Gricar is twice divorced and no natural children, just an adopted one... This looks to be the monster of all conspiracy cases that will keep the Internet busy for generations. This gets too weird even for conspiracy buffs. A girl named Betsy Aardsma was murdered in the PSU library in 1969, the year Jerry Sandusky started his coaching career at PSU. One of the possible suspects was a graduate student named (Dr.) Richard Charles Haefner who was accused of pedophilia several times with boys the same age range as Sandusky's (alleged) victims and all in the State College area. Two pedophiles in the same university at the same time? Coincidence?

Religion isn't a big part of the CAP series, it has been tangential at best. You don't know what religion the people who have floated in and out are because it isn't relevant. The super agent lady is probably Jewish, half the agents are.

To be precise, he announced his retirement. What will be interesting is what, if anything the NCAA does.