Graeme

Scott's mum needs time to realise that her perception of her youngest son wasn't correct and to accept reality. How long that will take is a very personal thing. For some people, it never happens.

As I said to Gene, when a person's perception of someone else changes, they want to find a reason for the perceived change. Sometimes it takes time to realise that there's been no change at all and it's just they now know more about that person.

Chris is a great brother to Scott. He knows where his priorities lie.

I love Sister Brenda. She's based on a combination of a number of people I've encountered over the years.

Sometimes parents get it right. Not always of course, but sometimes...

Religious education in Australian schools isn't always taught by qualified teachers. However, it usually is at a religious school, such as the one the boys attend, so, yes, Mr. Martin's teaching career could now be in jeopardy.

LOL -- thank you! There's now a plausible reason for Paul's actions in the previous chapters that doesn't require him to be gay. It's up to you to decide if he could be gay, too.... I had a lot of fun doing the research for the radio broadcast. However, I didn't do particular well. I picked the Collingwood vs Fremantle game correctly, but it wasn't close. The game with the two Sydney teams wasn't close, as predicted, but it was Western Sydney who smashed the Sydney Swans -- I don't think anyone expected that. The other two matches the players had differing opinions on and they each got one right and one wrong. So, both players picked two out of the four games correctly. But since I wrote those predictions in January for the round in March, I don't think I did too badly.

LOL -- thank you!

He was content. His life was back on track, and his mental anguish had subsided. He still felt the desire to tell people that he’s gay, but he had it under control. He would periodically consider the option, but he would weigh up the risks and decide it wasn’t the right time. Unlike before, though, he didn’t feel pressure building. There was a hole called Tony penetrating the wall around his inner self, and that was enough to keep him sane. He still felt guilty about his lies, but he justifie

Chapter 10 was when I had a break in the writing while I worked on Falls Creek Lessons. That's why it ends with a sort-of summary. It many ways, this is the end of 'part 1' and the rest of the story if 'part 2'.

He does seem to have a habit of getting knocked off balance a lot....

Thank you. That scene still brings tears to my eyes when I re-read it.

David has some significant flaws, but that's part of being human. We tend to only give up on strongly held beliefs when the evidence against us is overwhelming.

Unfortunately, the article only showed two of the pieces of art. I actually quite liked the second, though I'm not sure it was worth a thousand pounds. I also liked the two listed at the end of the article: I think about sex every sex words It's a beautiful day outside. I might just go to the park and stare at my iPhone If the buyer thinks it's worth it, then it's worth it He bought about 20 items, each for about a thousand pounds, one of which is explicitly listed as having a gay reference (the one quoted above). The others mentioned don't, so I think the headline may be misleading. Of course the 32 crude drawings of penises are very suggestive....

The POV matter is actually inexperience. This is the first thing I wrote and I mixed up POV's a bit too much. I should've found a better way to do that, but I wasn't experienced enough to work out how.

LOL -- you've just given a synopsis for the story, and it's only chapter 2....

There are always those that fear the unknown, even if it's their own child. I believe a lot is due to misconceptions as to what it means to be gay -- too many people have a media-driven stereotype in their head and they can't see past it to the reality in front of them.

Thank you!

He couldn’t help grinning. He was nervous, but he was sitting across from Tony in a small public park in Blackburn. There were other people around, so he couldn’t reach over to hold Tony’s hand, but they were far enough away that the two of them were effectively alone. The surrounding trees also promised the possibility of a couple of quiet moments of privacy before they left the park. Tony sighed and looked down at the picnic tabletop. “There’s something I need to tell you.” He frowned. “What

Nice! Ian's intelligent and caring -- he just showed a fair degree of ignorance at the start I liked how Jacob lost his temper; it's part of being human. I will admit that I couldn't help feel that after Ian's sort-of apology, Jacob would've been tempted to introduce him to Josh, but I'm glad he didn't. I'm not sure Ian would be quite ready for that.

Humans are not usually capable of remembering too many different passwords. You either use a small set (often one) of passwords, or you use one 'master' password that accesses a password vault (as described above by Phantom). Either way, you're not using lots of different passwords. The advantage of the password vault is that the password shouldn't leave your computer, but it's not impossible. It also means that you've got all your eggs in one basket and if something happens to that basket (stolen, breaks down unexpectedly, or gets swept away in the great coffee flood of '14) then you've just lost access to all your accounts. If you back up the passwords in the vault, then it's no longer secure, and you've got the problem that there's multiple places from where the passwords could be stolen. I know people who keep their set of passwords small. They'll have a unique password for each critical system, and a common password for non-critical accounts. That's a compromise position between the same password for everything and a password vault, with a known risk for the accounts that the person doesn't consider to be critical. There's no perfect solution. There are, however, some solutions that are better than others (and solutions which are really poor...)

My son suggested using a website to check on password strength. My wife and I told him that we're not doing that for exactly the reason given by Kitt. I don't intend to give my password to anyone. I could, I suppose, use a similar password (eg. same structure, but change some letters/numbers), but I don't see the point. I work in IT and I have a good understanding of what makes a password strong or weak.

No...because that implies it's the woman chasing the younger man. The example I'm thinking of was a younger man who's only attracted to much older women, and hence is the one doing the chasing

I've heard of this before, though in a straight context: young men who preferred much older women (eg. 80+). I personally just see it as another part of the broad tapestry of adult human sexuality.

I read the story recently and have the same complaint. However, since I hear that complaint a lot about my own short stories, I'm not going to hassle David for more... It was a really enjoyable read.