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And three front teeth.

Not the funniest ever.... maybe saddest, Christmas card photo. PS, hope it is no one here

The St. Phillips Boys Choir, popularly known as "Libera."

Released in 1943 with thoughts of those who could not be home because they were off fighting an awful war. I cry when I think of so many who never did come home for Christmas ever again and the broken hearts that left behind.

What ever happened to what's his name and the streak?

Found a picture of JJ from Spokane.

Here are the charts from Gas Buddy. You can filter by cities. From my memory, gas hit $3 because of Katrina and closing the refineries in the Gulf Coast. http://www.GasBuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx?city1=USA%20Average&city2=NewOrleans&city3=LosAngeles&crude=n&tme=132&units=us

16. You get your DL at 16 in CA. Some states in the U.S. are as young as 14 years old.

The points, yours and Timothy's are all good, but the above line sounds like an alcoholic saying, "I can stop drinking anytime I want."

My points were bigger than that. The overarching one is that ANY behavior of Will's is excused and explained away while any behavior of Alex's is criticized and used as evidence of his evil intent. There is no spoken relationship between Alex and JJ, just a lot of assumptions and you know why you never ass-u-me. The second point and I think maybe what headstall was alluding to, is that when you are in love with someone, you change your behavior. You don't just fulfill every lust you have, when you have it, not even if your partner says it is okay because it is still wrong and always a danger to your relationship. I do like that Timothy quoted story since textual evidence to support ideas is always a great way to change and persuade.

To use Timothy's word of "cad", I word paraphrase him as "the 'excuse' of having defined their relationship is bullshit. You don't date someone the way he has with Zach (deep unabiding love or so we are told) and have random sex with other people at the same time." The larger point is that people here are tending to see the sliver in Alex's eye, while ignoring the Sequoia in Will's eye.

But the issues are JJ's, not Alex's. Brad should be focusing on JJ and making sure JJ is in therapy still and not care who he is or is not dating. You mean like Will does?

It is not good to see JJ's hissy fit. I thought he was making progress. It will be interesting to see what effect being a grandmother has on Elizabeth. Being a father it hasn't had an effect on Wade because Wade, to be frank, isn't much of a father yet. Popping down to the nursery to play with the kid once in awhile isn't fatherhood. Having to wake up for the 3AM feeding, changing poopy diapers, etc are the things that pull you into the totality of being a father. Wade is more Big Lord Fauntleroy than Cliff Huxtable.

Since JJ is on the East Coast now, the family probably isn't going to fly a jet to him to fly back to the West Coast or someplace else. Even private pilot's have limitations on how many hours they can practically fly. The family, Stef or Brad, probably would buy JJ a NetJets membership. Where do you people get that Alex is poor? He is staying with Wade and Matt because Wade extended the offer, otherwise Alex would have found an apartment. Alex's grandfather has a townhouse in Grosvenor with staff, estates in Suffolk and Derbyshire with staff, stables and an extensive art collection, which is one reason he is studying art history at Harvard. His Grace, The Duke of Suffolk, let JP pay for the restoration and preservation of the Bridgemont letters because he has better things to do with his cash, not because he doesn't have any.

There is absolutely no reason to apologize to anyone for not answering reviews. It is all of us who are in your great debt. A Danfield/Granger baby is an interesting thought. The bluest of blue bloods. I do wonder what mummy's party is all about.

My hands are shakey, my throat feels dry, I have headaches......... I think I am going through Arbour withdrawal...... I hope Mr. Arbour feels appropriately loved and appreciated from his audience. Six days and no Will is a lot to take

Sorry, but all I want is Alex slamming JJ's ass or JJ pummeling his Lordship's pucker. Is that too much to ask? Zach's touchdown was a bit of "poetic license" since "Zach" didn't score that game, it was the Cecil show the whole game. If I was Will/Zach I'd have a lawyer lined up now to put the fear of God in Zach's parents. While I think kids, especially kids in this story, do need to respect their parents more than they do, Zach's father is the other end of the spectrum and I knew those fathers as well when I was in high school. He kind of reminds me of Ryan's father.

I think you overestimate the vernacular of CA. It is a very, very big place and what is popular in LA, won't be in Bakersfield and maybe not Palo Alto. The way teens in Santa Cruz talk will be very diffenent from Palo Alto and the way teens in Palo Alto talk will be very diffenent from San Jose. The holds true for the beach areas of LA and Orange County (which no one ever called "the OC") versus the inland areas, especially when you bring the Valley into the mix. University High (West LA) and Van Nuys High are only about 10 miles apart, but I guarantee you that they have completely different cultures and language.

Here is from my Chapter 19 review (which I just put up) on how to handle a situation: I hope the Parnell angle develops, here is my plot idea. Given that the Parnell kid is a Catholic school boy and that teens boys in general have loose zippers and that boys from all boy Catholic schools have especially loose zippers, I'd love to have someone arrange for the Parnell boy to have some very compromising pictures taken to keep him co-opted. I had especially good luck with guys from all boy high schools and religious schools (Catholic & Christian) when I was in high school and college. I don't think it would take much to get the Parnell kid in bed, especially given his attitude so far. It almost falls in the category of a cover story for his own desires and urges. The late, lamented Numbers was the king of bars for that, but with its closing the under 21 set heads to Tiger Heat to meet the older guys and the 21+ set is at The Abbey.

Fun chapter. I hope the Parnell angle develops, here is my plot idea. Given that the Parnell kid is a Catholic school boy and that teens boys in general have loose zippers and that boys from all boy Catholic schools have especially loose zippers, I'd love to have someone arrange for the Parnell boy to have some very compromising pictures taken to keep him co-opted.

I hope that JJ wakes up one day and decides he doesn't need skating any more and walks away because he is bored, not because he crashes and burns because he & Alex break-up or something along the lines where he melts down. Skating has been good for JJ because it gave him some confidence and he found something he was great at, but I think he is maturing enough that he doesn't really need it anymore. Will, for someone who hates to be controlled, is certainly controlling. I hope the story goes on long enough for him to have kids who torture him. Oh and I bumped into Stef at Whole Foods last night....a 60 year old gay guy in black skinny jeans, Gucci loafers, no socks, an impecibly tailored sport coat with a modish look and an Armani shirt. Guy was trying so hard to stay "young", but not quite getting there and calling more attention to his age by dressing age inappropriate.

I am not sure how things are in the gay scene in Western Australia, but in CA and especially the LA/West Hollywood scene, where a good part of the story has taken place, there are a lot of gay boys (by way of defining "boy", in WeHo that is anyone under 30 or 35 if you in great shape and can lie especially well) looking to get taken care of. There are certain clubs in WeHo where everyone knows a 25 year old actor/waiter can go when he needs a new outfit or looks to be short in the rent. Even beyond the boys who are outright golddiggers there are the May December couples who seem happy with the arrangement and don't have a problem with the unequal power and exeperience thing, each is getting their needs fulfilled. On a side not to the arthuor Mr. Arbour, I am not sure how long this book is planned for, but we are pretty deep into it and there hasn't been a single incidence of streaking yet!

Wow, all Wade, all the time. How do I get the Will Show on this thing??

Sorry I didn't review this sooner, but you know how life is...... and you certainly deserve far more than 7 reviews for all your hard work. I may be the only person who has liked Alex the entire time (but then that may be because I didn't fall into the trap of feeling sorry for Matt just because we saw his POV). I think you are showing that these people who had him (Alex) pigeon holed into some narrow niche of a questionable disorder are seeing life and Alex are far more complicated than that. As to age differences. I have a 43 year old friend who couldn't hook up with a 20 something for anything in his early 30's, now he has to beat the 25 and under set with a club to keep them away. He can't believe (me either) how many young guys WANT the 40+ guy. My friend and I have discussed the possible reasons and we've come up with lots of reasons from loyalty, security, maturity, mentoring and more and the truth is probably combinations of those and many more, but I see this more often than not.