Marty

Heh! I just came across this thread today, and was wondering the same thing myself. I'm guessing that LRITE might mean Luke/Rory In The End..... But I'm probably way off the mark!

Happens to me many times. But that's usually because I just don't get up early enough. :wacko: The person below me considers breakfast to be the most important meal of the day

**GULP**

I've just read the Announcment from Myr re: Amazon Links.... As I live in Ireland I normally order through amazon.co.uk What I'm wondering is, if I were to click on to amazon.com from GA, and then redirect to amazon.co.uk using the link at the bottom of the page, would any order I then make from the amazon.co.uk site still generate some revenue for GA. Hope this makes sense. ~ Marty ~

If I knew what that meant, I might be able to tell you whether I do or not... I thought about looking the word up in the dictionary, but decided to leave it till tomorrow! The person below me often finds himself/herself looking back and regretting not having seized opportunities.

I haven't added a signature to my posts yet... However, I'm wondering what other people consider to be the optimal size for a signature. I notice that some people use a signature that takes up rather a lot of space. Indeed at times the signature is so big that when they write a short post I often think to begin with that the signature is part of the post itself (if you know what I mean). Thoughts, anyone?

Not living in America, I have no real opinion on the matter. The person below me thinks that alcohol is a drug that should be used in moderation.

Yea! Hope you have a great one!!

Which is one of the reasons I'm beginning to wonder if David might still be alive. Mind you, if he is, I'm confused as to what Brian meant by "You've already killed one son."

I also thought I may have it figured out now. Basically the same as captainrick's theory. As sat8997 points out, Frank did search the house (He was too busy moving through the Martin residence as if he owned the place, leaving no door unopened in his wake. Closets, bathrooms, even a three-foot-tall chest used to store blankets; he checked it all, calling for Oliver in the process, and occasionally shouting out David’s name. But nothing. Nothing. - chapter 7). But Mary could have hidden David's body in the shed or the garage before Frank got there... Certainly it seems as though it was David who phoned Frank near the end of Chapter 6, because Dom wrote: She had been completely unprepared to be awakened in the middle of the night as David snuck back through his bedroom window. So it looks as though that was the son her husband was talking about in the latest chapter when he says to his wife "I mean, hell, you already killed one son." But then again maybe VTicarus is right. There were three sons, Mary killed one years ago, David survived the attack on the night of his phone call to Frank and is in hiding... Although I wouldn't be surprised if Dom has something completely unexpected up his sleeve!

Oh yea!!! I do that all the time! I remember a few years ago actually coming out to two of my straight friends when the guy asked me with a smile on his face (as I stood between them with my arms around both their shoulders): "Are you trying to steal my fiancee from me?" I replied with: "Actually, Steve, she'd probably be safer with me than you would," and the look on his face was priceless when he finally worked out exactly what I had said!!! The person below me has been propositioned by one of his/her straight friends (of the same sex).

I left school many, many years ago The person below me has decided to take today off from work/school college

Not really, but only because: The person below me doesn't think Jalaki was even annoyed the last time[

It wasn't me, guv! Honest! I was in our house at the time, watching the Simpsons! The person below me hurt himself today, to see if he still feels....

I don't mind the colour blue... But I think green's better The person below me can't wait for the weekend to arrive.

The first ever Pride Parade in the northwest of Ireland was held last month in Sligo, about 20 miles(32 kilometers) from me. Unfortunately they chose the same weekend that I had to be in England for a family 40th birthday, so I coudn't attend I was part of the organising committee, however The person below me is desperately trying to quit smoking.

I honestly dont think that this story needs sex in it at all. I agree with what many of the people replying have said regarding skipping over overly explicit sex scenes in stories. I usually find that the really good gay stories I read have very little sex in them at all; or the sex is alluded to rather than described in graphic detail. A number of times I have emailed authors in the past on Nifty to say how much I have enjoyed their stories, and almost without exception one of the things I have commented on is the fact that they have not included graphic sex scenes, and that that had made the story more enjoyable. In an email that the now published author, Keith Morrisette, sent me about 4 years ago when I was in contact with him regarding his work on Nifty ("The Boyfriend" amongst others) and had commented on the fact that I liked the way he alluded to sex in the story, he asked the question: "Frankly, how many times can you describe a blow job and make it sound interesting?". There was a marvellous book by the Irish Author, James O'Neill, published in 2001, called At Swim Two Boys, which dealt with the love affair of two boys during the Irish uprising against British rule in 1916. In over 600 pages there was very little sex, and most of what there was was more or less left to the reader's imagination rather than described in graphic detail on the page. The actual scene where they consummated their love was only about half a page long. And yet the book was so well written that I found it almost impossible to put it down once I had started reading it. Your stories are like that, Dom. It's the plots you weave on the pages that make them so readable. Don't change your way of writing just to suit others. And I also agree with those who have already written to point out that this story is yours, Dom. You have the right to decide for yourself where the story will go. By all means listen to what your readers may have to say. But don't feel that you have to change the story just to suit every little whim that readers may have! ~ Marty ~

I can actually!! It says so on the page... The person below me thinks this game should be stopped by the admins. (Hey, that's the opinion of the person below me, not mine!)

What can I say? Except that Dom's an excellent author! It was reading Dom's "Desert Dropping" on Nifty that first alerted me to the existence of Gay Authors, and for that I'll be eternally grateful. TOSOM is so completely different from his other stories. I'm as confused as everyone else seems to be. It's interesting to read all the theories being posted here; but I have to confess that I'm quite happy to accept that Dom has everything worked out in his head (or his story outline) and everything will become clear in the end. I'm sure Dom could have his work published were he to consider it. ~ Marty ~

I wish! It's a strategic planning weekend.... Busy, busy busy !! The person below me sometimes wishes there were more than 24 hours in a single day.

Happy 41st Birthday, Trebs And to think, I was only 18 years and 2 days old the day you were born Have a great year ! ! . ~ Marty ~

Thanks everyone. In the few weeks I've been here I've come to feel as though I'm part of a caring family. ~Marty~

Maybe... Maybe not... I'm not telling (that's why it's still a secret) The person below me can't keep secrets....

I attend a "Gay Spirituality" meeting on the last Sunday of every month at a Franciscan Friary about 50 miles from where I live. You might find that odd if I were to tell you I'm actually an atheist. However, when I told the Friars (as the Franciscan brothers like to be called) that I have a problem getting my head around the idea of a god, they simply laughed and said: "And do you think we don't doubt some of the time?" Despite the fact that I don't believe, the meetings mean a great deal to me. Every month is different, and every month something 'magical' seems to happen. I can't explain in words exactly what this magic is; but maybe that's the nature of magic - it cannot be explained... At one of the meetings a few months ago, a Redemptorist priest who was attending told a tale about a member of his flock who was upset because he had confessed to another priest that he had had sex with a man. The priest he had confessed to had asked him "What does it feel like to be a murderer?" Several times the man explained to the priest that he wasn't confessing to murder, he was confessing to sex with another man. Each time the priest came back with the same question. Eventually the man asked the priest point blank what he was getting at, and the priest replied: "Well you killed that man's soul by having sex with him." He refused to give him absolution. The Redemptorist priest said he asked the person what he had expected from the priest to whom he had confessed. He pointed out to him that he had: (i) admitted that he considered it a sin by confessing to it; and (ii) should have known better than to have expected an elderly priest, known to have very conservative views, not to react in such a way. This Redemptorist, and the Ordained Franciscan friar at the meeting, went on to explain that, since Vatican II in the 1960's, any member of the Roman Catholic church is not bound to accept that, just because something may be considered a sin by others, that it means that it has to be considered a sin by the individual if that indiviual's conscience tells him or her otherwise. And in the case of gay people, gay sex per se should not be considered sinful. It was also pointed out that the the encyclycals (sp?) of Pope JP2 and the current encumbant regarding gay sex and the gay lifestyle have not actually been issued 'Ex Cathedra'. In other words they have not entered the Canon Doctrine, but are simply the personal opinions of the two popes. This is only a synopsis of what was discussed, but basically what I'm getting at, JSmith, is that you only need to confess to what YOU consider to be sins, not what other people (whether that's your mother, or the church hierarcy) may consider sinful. BY all means go to confession if that's what you want to do. But before you confess to anything, decide for yourself whether it is sinful or not. If you don't consider it sinful, don't confess to it. ~ Marty ~

I never really came out to my dad before he died almost 20 years ago. So I can't be sure how he would have taken it. But my feeling is that he would have been okay with it. He never really tried to interfere in mine or any of my siblings' lives My mum on the other hand actually asked me slightly over two years ago, just a few weeks before she died, if I am gay. The full story of that I have written about in the 'Coming Out' thread in the Teen Spot forum here But basically when I admitted to her that I was gay she simply told me that if anyone ever has a problem with it to tell them I am "A. G. A. Y." And that if they looked confused tell them it stands for "As good as you." Made me sorry that I'd never come out to her (and the rest of the family) years earlier ... ~ Marty ~