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It's about time you're back in range for groping...

Hrm...73% here...

Please tell me that's not Stockton California...people who live in stockton are just plane weird.

Sweet, sweet Dan ... now is that the kind of example we want to be setting for our younger readers? hehe Everyone knows that the best way to overcome a bad case of the blues is to have a nice cup of tea and read the Bible. As long as you've seduced the youth paster and he's enjoying your company that might work as well.

Robert is trying to convince me to convince you to send me copies of your unposted chapter 'for review' so he can really just devour them all now. Of course since I'm now hooked on your story...you know I've got 9 more chapters of Doing it Right that are currently being edited, don't you? As for the biological clock...if you don't have a boyfriend...masturbate just before you want to go to sleep...

Dom, dear, it's called two valium, a stud with a 9" cock, and a bottle of Jack Daniels. Does wonders for those feelings... (oh, and medicine not to be applied in exactly that order. I recommend taking half the Jack, then getting screwed senseless by the stud, followed by valium and the rest of the Jack the next morning when you wake up and see what he really looks like.)

Don't talk about cruel endings and long waits to any battlestar galactica fans... Oh crap, now you've done. You've got me thinking about that season ending...time to go kill characters

Since everyone's giving advice on how to get over a cold... sit in front of the computer and write, write, write. Write till your fingers are falling off. Trust me, it works on colds.

Hmphrr...I feel like we should start a BSG thread here at the board...of course after the season finale...we've got ONE YEAR of timeline to play around with fanfics...and you know the temptation is so strong....

Well, it might be a little late...but Happy Birthday Tim. May you get what you deserve on this day!

Why do I feel a sudden desire to assemble a raiding party and go notebook hunting?

Here's where I make the crude remark of how I wish a woman's day really was only once a year instead of several days a month, but then I'd get hit hard by some of the women here in my office, not to mention all the lovely ones who read my stories...so...I'll just OW! That hurts!

Thanks everyone! It was a good birthday! (in spite of the aftermath I still call it the best birthday in a long, long time)

He's not that cute...but then I'd buy the porno with him in it...

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I was a member of a gay club back at my community college in Modesto. It was a mixture of the social and volunteer club and I met a long-term boyfriend who is still my best friend at one of those meetings. I also became very politically active from the same club...leading me to eventually get really active in the student and state student government and eventually setting me on the road to where I am today... If you've never been involved in a gay organization...I say go for it...

Don't get Robert started on his dogs..OUCH...I mean our dogs. I can't count the number of nights I wake up because I try to move and there's a dog in the way. Oh well, at least they're warm on a cold night. Oh, and Dom, there should be a present for you in your inbox in the morning (emoe too, and there might even be two presents for emoe)

I'm kind of surprised....I'm still at work (third night in a row where I'm working really damn late) and Robert sends me an IM with the section of the post about Service...but leaves out the part of the dog. He's a dog-freak/fanatic so I'm really surprised he didn't include that part (BTW, Robert, IM is on the computer running the statewide countbook and if an IM crashes that countbook that is now 56% done after running for 3 1/2 hours, I'm going to scream). There's actually little for me to do except make sure this damn count book finishes and is turned into a pdf without crashing and losing everything, so I've been writing. With a damn bad week at work where everything is set-back after set-back, the story I'm working on is Service and I'd say the chapter is almost done. It might even be done tonight. Then it's off to Dom and Emoe and it's Dom's turn. So I'm heading back and picking up where I left off, with Jared standing half-naked in front of a very scared human boy...

It was indeed the Christopher books...and Robert has a big smile on his face right now...why? The really ironic thing of all this is...we have the books in our personal library here at the house...

Sorry I can't help you with that one. Hell, I'm still looking for a PRINTED sci-fi story I read as a kid...it was about a future-type earth where aliens controlled the population through metal caps on their heads and moved around in huge tripod-legged machines (no, not making that up, I loved the series as a kid and read every one I could in the local library...but I never bought one of the books and can't remember the name or author since I haven't read them in about twenty-six years (was around eight the first time I read them).

Has anyone yet noticed our newest member is Loriluca? Is anyone else wondering if she's related to another luca we know...or just a big ole fan? Either way....a warm welcome to her.

Matthew, I think this statement is one that is close to the heart of your problems, and one of the most common problems many people experience in their lives. Life is not an All or Nothing proposition. When it comes to matters of the heart, matters of personal belief, and the essence of what most people consider the 'will to live', others cannot solve these problems, the answers to them must come from within, from ourselves. You've asked before what is intrinsically wrong with suicide, and it is a tough question to understand, much less answer. Ultimately, as someone who has far too often wanted to end his life, I have to say that the intrinsic wrongness in suicide is its ultimate betrayal of self. When a person commits suicide, he is proving to himself that he has no faith, no belief in his own ability to survive, to continue, to live a better life. Instead of facing the pain that is life, we choose to escape in the ultimate, final way, by ending that life that has been given to us. Life is never easy, and the lives of gay men are most often more difficult than others because of the problems we face in rejection from society, from our friends, and even our family if they learn this one aspect of our lives. I grew up in a family that is very religious, and being gay was something not tolerated by them. My maternal grandmother is someone I love very much, but when the fact that I was gay became well known, I had to face her rejection. We didn't speak for a very long time. Very few in my family accepted me outright when it became known I was gay. Cousins no longer spoke, Aunts and Uncles wanted to preach at me to turn me back to the path they felt my life should take. Yet, here I am, nearly a decade and a half later, and things are different. My mother and father eventually accepted me and my boyfriend into their homes. They're dead now, but my grandmother welcomes not only me, but my partner, Robert, each and every time we visit (sometimes I think they like him better than me). What it took was time, and honesty. For a long time, the pain was great as I struggled with the loss of the family at first, but they eventually came around to remembering me as a family member and treating me as such. Even my preacher Uncle, as conservative as they come, gives me a grudging respect for what I've done for my grandparents. What it took was time and perseverance. Remember, whenever you're tempted to run away by comitting suicide, that when you commit that act, you will forever cut yourself off from ever having a loving relationship with your family. You will guarantee that the possibility of their ever loving you as an openly gay man will forever be gone, because you will no longer be around... Only when you are dead can there be no hope for a better life, for a good change to come your way. That is why I think of suicide as the ultimate defeat...and each and every breath of life as one more step towards a better life, even if it hurts like hell each and every step of the way. We, everyone here, will always stand ready to listen, to give what advice we can, to be a shoulder to cry on, each in our own way. It is up to you to continue the fight, to do what we cannot: To take the next breath. Fight the good fight... Dan

Dom, Going back and rereading earlier works can be a tragic experience for many writers. When I first went back and looked at the Mists of Fate series, I literally cringed. Even with someone helping to improve my grammar and spelling, there were still several mistakes that had me nearly disgusted. Looking at the second book of the series is proving even worse. I'm finding myself debating doing some major re-writing to make it better. What it boils down to is how much we, as the author, want to re-do our earlier works. Sometimes it is worth it, sometimes it isn't. Folllow your instincts and make what changes you feel are necessary. People will either like it or they won't.

Robert and I went to see the movie this weekend. If there's any way you can find a theater, even if it's a long a drive, make the effort to see this movie. I could go into a long spiel about the movie, except it all sums up to a simple principle. If you've ever wondered what the guff about 'gay rights' or 'equality' was ever about, if you've ever wondered what life is like without the gay community or the level of acceptance we've achieved so far, this movie will show it to you in a way that is beyond the ability of words to describe. Make the effort, take the time, see this movie.

You should see it on Imax (went to HP in IMAX this weekend in LA - okay really Irvine but what the hey?). REALLY nice. Oh, and Viktor Krum in IMAX is absolutely spell-binding as well. I think I need to write a Harry Potter/Viktor Krum fanfic now.