MikeL

Autobiographical? Thanks for a well-written, very absorbing story. The only fault I find is how short it is. I hope this is only the opening paragraphs of a longer story.

Shouldn't Park There

Sorry, Tim. The show ended at 9 pm here and I waited two hours before posting. Didn't realize folks in California were so far behind the times.

Over the years, CBS' popular Amazing Race has had several gay and lesbian couples compete for the $1 million prize. Tonight, a gay couple, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge became the first to win the big prize. Goat Farmers/Life Partners Brent (left) and Josh (right) must make their way to Leonardo da Vinci's Tomb in order to receive the next clue, during the two-hour season finale of THE AMAZING RACE. The two men are already personalities in their own right with their own TV reality show, The Fabulous Beekman Boys.

Glad you are staying and getting more active. Hope to see you in chat.

It seemed sad at first to learn that the Soapbox is going away. I hate to have something so interesting taken away. But there is a sense of contentment too. I think I can relax a bit now.

I'm sure I would do number 1...

Yay! Great news! Welcome back, Dan.

Agreed. The previous lockout, just 8 years ago, resulted in the whole season being cancelled. Are we headed there again?

The Substitute Teacher

Doesn't work. staphylorrhaphy (surgical closure of a cleft palate)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tough Harley Guy Legend... On December 9, a group of Pekin, Illinois bikers were riding west on I-74 when they saw a girl about to jump off the Murray Baker Bridge . So they stopped. George, their leader, a big burly man of 53, gets off his Harley, walks through a group of gawkers, past the State Trooper, and says, "What are you doing?" She says, "I'm going to commit suicide." While he didn't want to appear "sensitive," he didn't want to miss a be-a-legend opportunity either so he asked ... "Well, before you jump, why don't you give me a kiss?" So, with no hesitation at all, she leaned back over the railing and did just that ... and it was a long, deep, lingering kiss followed immediately by another one. After they finished, George gets approval from his biker-buddies, the onlookers, and the State Trooper, and says, "Wow! That was the best kiss I have ever had Honey! That's a real talent you're wasting Sugar Shorts. You could be famous if you rode with me. Why are you committing suicide?" "My parents don't like me dressing up like a girl." It's still unclear whether he jumped or was pushed !!!

Hey! Wenger (Swiss Army) shoes! In these days of cloud computing, I sometimes forget that a network or a server is a real place. Take care, James.

Tálknafjörður, Iceland

Hawai'i is nice. Would a straight guy find acceptance there?

Kahramanmaraş, Turkey (originally Germanicia Caesarea)

While you are at it, isolate me from people like her.

Could Bridget possibly be considered two-faced?