Andrew Q Gordon

“Ice skating?” Jason smiled as they entered the near empty parking lot a few miles from school. “You can skate can’t you?” Peter didn’t seem concerned. “I bit late to ask me now, no?” He smirked. “Yes, I can skate. Haven’t since high school, but I’m sure I won’t make a fool of myself.” “No worries about that, it’ll be just you and me.” Peter motioned with his head to get out. “It doesn’t open until 3:00, so we have a couple hours alone.” “How did you manage that?” He followed

Following the ill fated Philly trip, Jason found it hard to get quality time with Peter. Emily broke up with Darryl; evidently their weekends together did more harm than good. Add in the need to studying for exams and it was increasing difficult to find plausible excuses he could give Darryl for being absent. Twice he went running, ending up at Peter’s in the early evening, but both of those visits were cut short by Darryl texting to meet up to study. Twice in two weeks, he frowned pu

To accommodate soccer, Jason scheduled most of his classes in the morning and tried to keep Friday free if possible. Away games often meant getting on the bus by 1 p.m. sometimes earlier. The school tried to schedule overnight away games on weekends to reduce the amount of classes student athletes missed. There were only 5 in the two seasons Jason had played, but he was told at the start of practice not to take a Friday class, but if he had to, not to take a class after 10 a.m. This semest

The ride home seemed much shorter to Jason. Probably because their date was over when they got back. Much as he wanted to hang out more with Peter, he knew that wasn’t possible. Peter had to pick up his sister then go to his mom’s. Meeting the family was something neither was ready for. “I had a great time Pete.” Jason told him once he was parked in front of Peter’s apartment. “Thanks for planning it out like you did.” “Wish it didn’t have to end so soon.” Peter lamented. “Me t

Putting on his helmet, Jason climbed behind Peter. He reached up to hold onto Peter’s shoulders again, then on a whim dropped his hands around Peter’s waist. Peter put his left hand over Jason’s squeezing it quickly. Taking it as a sign his hands were fine where they were, Jason held on a bit tighter as Peter kick the engine to life. Hamerton was not a big city, in fact it was really just a large town. A steel rolling plant north of campus once employed thousands from the area. Now the

Reminding himself for the hundredth time this was not a date, just dinner, he still couldn't control his excitement. Washed, dressed, and ready, Jason stood outside waiting for Peter. Not sure where they were going, he opted for jeans and a light blue Polo dress shirt. He almost put on his soccer warm up jacket until he realized it would scream ‘soccer play on a motorcycle.’ Instead he grabbed his blue pea-coat and gloves. Maybe he should have met him instead of agreeing to a ride. Dinne

Stuffing the last of his things into his bag, Jason tossed the wet towel into the bin. Everyone was showered and dressed by the time he finished running his laps; laps he got as punishment he reminded himself. Darryl got a reprieve when he pulled up hurt during practice. Coach sent him to the locker room to be sure it wasn't serious. Coach Slewman was in his office working on something when Jason stopped in the doorway. "See you tomorrow Coach." He called out. There were no hard feeli

Running full speed, Jason pushed himself as hard as he could. To his right, a defender strained to keep up with him, trying to put himself between Jason and the goal. Half a step ahead, Jason took his eye off the ball long enough to see his teammate and best friend Darryl bolting for the center of the penalty area. Reaching the ball before the defender, he pushed it forward hoping to create space to take a shot. He could hear his coach screaming for him to shoot. Pulling up suddenly, he s

What do you do when you are deep in the closet but you meet the man of your dreams? Do you take the chance and risk the consequences?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONATHAN!!! Geez, I don't think I remember 18 anymore Have fun!!!

Happy Birthday Talon Today you get a free pass to swoop in and take whoever you want! [Tomorrow, however, you gotta let them go. ]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARANA Ain't no 'malpractice' today Enjoy your day, do something fun, make it a great one.

HAHA, that was funny. UVA is possibly better than U Penn in terms of law schools and American in not even a top 20 school last I checked. It is funny UD wants a Law School. Neither Penn State nor Univ of MD have Law Schools. [ Pitt and Temple, both state schools, do have Laws Schools however. In MD, I believe the Univ of MD Baltimore campus has one but not main campus.] I suppose they just want to provide the state with it's 'own' school. Where Widener is a Pennsylvania School whose Law school is in Delaware, UD would be a Delaware school. Maybe they don't like being beholden to other states law school grads. But, building a top tier law school from scratch has got to be rough going. Not only will it cost a bundle to find quality teachers, you then need to fight for students - and if there is no in state tuition incentive, I don't see it happening for a good couple decades. But what do I know.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KID!!! Do something fun, it's only the Day of Benji once a year!

Happy Birthday Anya!!!! Holy Adulthood Batman, Anya's 18 today and we almost missed it!!! You've been talking about this for a while in chat, hope is it is all you hoped and more. Enjoy !!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FORTY TWO!!!!!!! Sorry I missed this until now Hope it was a great day!!! Does this mean that since you are 25, your new screen will be 52?????

THE PRICE OF LOVE - QUONUS10 “Stop!” I shouted. Something was wrong. We were leaving everyone with no explanation. Why wouldn’t he talk to me? “Barh,” I tried again. “We can’t leave them, they will die!” “They will die even if we stay.” Barh’s flat affect stung like a slap in the face. He was never this cold to me. Magic took us high enough for me to see for miles. Stretched below my feet the combined armies of three kingdoms gathered to meet the Degari; a swarm of evil the world t

An unstoppable evil is threatening the world. Barh, the last Magi is on a quest to find Chenoth, a spirit of great power entrusted by the God's to protect the people. But Chenoth's aid comes at a price, a price Barh is not sure he can pay.

Happy Birthday!!!! Have some fun - 25 is SO not old, it is a great age to be, enjoy it! Andy

Sorry, but you didn't specify that you had tried some sites already, you just asked if anyone knew of a site. Figured you didn't know about TLA. Good luck. Who knew sites in the US were so stupid that they don't want Canadian Money?? Last I check your currency was doing better than ours. LOL

TLA has it and you can stream it if you have a pc, I don't believe streaming works on a Mac if I recall correctly. Here's a link. Is it just me

Your post shows you are not dumb just by how well it is written. There is a difference between lack of facts and being dumb. As you allude to, not being exposed to a certain set of facts does not make you stupid. Whatever else you learned in school, you certainly learned to read and write well. Everything else can be learned. My granddad came from Italy around 1910. He had to leave school at 12 to work in his father's bakery to support the other 6 siblings [he was the oldest]. When he died, he left me all his books - he had hundreds, from the classics to things no one would recognize.[some well over a hundred years old.] Turns out he would go to yard sales and look for books he never read to teach himself. I don't usually keep books long, I read them and sell them or give them away for someone else to read, but I kept these just because of what they mean to him, and the fact he felt that was the greatest gift he could leave me. Anyway my point is, you have the tools and the aptitude to learn whatever you want - you are not dumb, anymore than my granddad was with just a sixth grade education. But you should tell your friend that while you appreciate his attempts to bring cultural things to your attention, the fact that you can and have read and learned from them proves you are not dumb, merely had an education where these things were taught. And that you would appreciate him laying off the 'dumb' comments. Andy

Is this a hint that you are an extraterrestrial and they are going to reveal your true identity today???

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!!! Make sure you do something fun.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARI ENJOY IT AND HAVE SOME FUN!