Kitt

Oh yes! Amunet is quite an interesting character! ( Did I spell that right? I am not near my notes!)

Shit kickers usually went with western boots where I was hanging in that time frame. Construction boots were called boondockers, or sometimes just "work boots" but Matt is very right - those that called their boots shit kickers got very upset if you called them anything else!

While now having Robbie's rings may be healing in the long run, I can't help but think this is going to set off one last set of loops on the roller coaster that was Brad/Robbie. I don't see how Brad is going to avoid breaking down once he is alone, especially if he goes back to Jeanine's condo in Tribeca as the family has been doing lately when in NYC. Takes a great author to make a chapter terrifically emotional and yet relatively low drama. My hat's off to you sir! Thank you.

In reference to the suicide of the high school principal after having been one of the rescued, hh5 said There is much more to something like this than social responsibility issues, and you can't guess what survivor guilt will do in every case.

That's what I was thinking - teens remade Star-Trek

It's also a great place to make friends! Welcome.

I know I am a bit early, but I want this up when Sasha wakes in the morning, and that's 6 hours ahead of my alarm clock! Happy Birthday Sasha May your day be filled with love and happiness!

Even us straight ladies are coming out! Welcome MommaB, and Mickery.

In a review, Columbus guy said: For that matter, we are forgetting that for his future, Wade will need a cover, which is where Tiffany has always fit in--and we have seen them being closer at times. Wade came out very publicly with an interview and national coverage shortly after arriving at Stanford. He has also attended Washington functions with Matt. I doubt the political types will have forgotten, making Tiff a cover wife largely useless.

Reply from Mark Arbour (author) Cody makes a return in a few chapters...but who will he target? Matt or Brad? I cannot help but think, considering Cody's past, that he will spend some "quality" time with each of them, and if he goes out to Boston to see his daughter, perhaps the next three way we hear about will be Wade, Tiff, and Cody. That could have the effect of fathering Tiffs next child and tie all three children together. Reilly and the new baby would share Tiff as bio- mom and new baby and Maddy share Cody as bio-dad.

" I'm sick thinking what could have been, what help I could have given, but all I can do is remember the times we shared and forgive her for not having faith in me or her other friends." It is a sad thing about your friend, but it was probably not that she didn't have faith in you, more that she hadn't forgiven herself for the way she ended things.

Even the quieter less dramatic chapters are quite filled with emotion. It is nice to see the healing finally getting under way rather than the way so many of the guys boxed the emotions and tried to ignore them. Will and Zach have come to an agreement with Barry, not that I trust Barry as yet. Brad and Wade have made decisions to be important to each other but try to not hurt Matt. Matt decided to be an adult and deal if Brad and Wade turn into more. Looks like the family is getting back onto firm emotional ground. Makes me wonder just what is over the horizon for them all. Thank you for a wonderfully written, cathartic chapter.

Zach's goal right now is a spot in the NFL, so of course he has to stay in the closet. But one needs to remember, he is still in high school. There are a multitude of things that can happen to change his future, anything from a career ending injury to some emotional light bulb going off over his head. A family tragedy is what brought him together with Will, some other unexpected occurrence could do anything from make him decide hiding his feelings for Will is over to ending his feelings for the boy. Five years is a very long time to expect things not to change.

We are a pretty lovable bunch of nuts! Welcome to the dish!

First an apology for not reviewing right away. It was a crazy weekend, and writing reviews on the tablet is much harder than it needs to be. Now, the other reviewers haven't left me much to say, so let me say Thank You for the Arbor Day celebration. Any day with a chapter is a little bit better, and I am enjoying the newest entries to the CAP saga immensely.

Got it! Thanks Matt!

What if you get some of the brackets wrong but you do pick some right and ultimately chose the correct champion? The champ pick with the most correct brackets is declared winner? Or do some wrong bracket picks early DQ you?

Hey now - fingers in the ears and "Lalalalala" worked pretty well for my great grandma when my uncle brought his boyfriend to a family gathering in the 60's. As long as he was "Joey's friend" and nothing more was said she was a happy camper.

Reply from Mark Arbour (author) Thanks Kitt! So you're suggesting that if someone is untrustworthy in the beginning of relationship, it is unwise to trust them going forward? Interesting hypothesis. ;-) I think it would certainly be grounds for caution going forward. Reply from Mark Arbour (author) As for the declarations of love...they're young. Young guys say shit like that early. And sometimes they actually think that they mean it. Let's not forget that Brad and Robbie were not too much older than Will and Zach when they met.

Not so sure I am ready to trust this Barry person, confidentiality clause or no. Just the fact that he ganged up on Zach with Wally in the first place, then said he works for Wally, the guy who signs the checks, then reverses himself and says he is on Zach's side sounds to me like the only side Barry is on is Barry's, and will do what ever he needs to in order to protect that paycheck. It's good to see Will letting go of some of that hatred. He and Tony may never be close again, but at least the hatred will not eat him away. As always, this was a great chapter Mark. Thank you.

A little late than never I suppose. I am one of those "functionally illiterate" people when it comes to computers. Adjusting to new operating systems takes me a while but I usually get the hang of things. If I had my druthers - I would have preferred to stay with 7 when I needed to replace my laptop. I got around most of my issues by setting up an "old fashioned" desktop the way I was accustomed to doing things. The swipe screen does me no good really since this lappy does not have a touch screen. I have to admit, although I never encountered the "farting gremlin" some apps do tend to pop onto my screen with no warning or explanation. I can be happily editing a story and suddenly be staring at what ever picture was the last to be downloaded from my camera. The charms bar appears for no good reason that I can understand, and the phrase "What are you doing, you stupid computer?" can frequently be heard coming from my work area. I also upgraded to 8.1 when it was offered as a techie friend said it would help fix some of the issues I was having. It did seem to make things a bit easier to use - although I can't tell you how or why, just that I seem to yell at the screen less now than before the upgrade.

All very interesting comments, but none addressed the question asked in the thread title. Does buying gay art make ppl think you're gay? I suppose that would depend on how you define "gay art". Is it the artist that is gay - or the subject matter? I don't see as the artists sexual orientation has any bearing on me or how others see me.Perhaps a print of two well defined gentlemen would suggest something, but if a piece speaks to me and I can afford it I shall buy it. I read m/m erotic fiction - that doesn't seem to color the opinions of anyone I have spoken to about it. Worrying overly about the opinions of others is how prejudices get started in the first place.

A better bunch of crazies you will not find anywhere else! Welcome

Nothing wrong with a good healthy discussion B1ue! It's how we expand our views. And while I agree that Will is a very black or white person, and that may not be the healthiest place to be, It has been my experience that most kids his age are. As we get older we start to discern all the shades in between.

Yes, the next chapter is edited and waiting for any re-writes, but none of us expect you to drop your every day life to do that! Take care of gram, pass on our love, and we will all wait patiently for you.