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Kevin, My guess is that your online personality that you present via your Forum posts accurately reflects your real life personality. You're like sooooo fabulous! (even though your PSO comes dangerously close to mine ) Take Care®, Vic

Ughhh...this was hard :wacko: 1) Scarecrow, black frame. 'This is really good'? <---although that kinda sounds like a young Oliver telling David how much he enjoyed the ice cream he was eating. 2) Jason was pretending that Rory had been calling him all summer but ignoring Nathan (when Rory called neither of them all summer). 3) Faggot? grrrr that's not right 4) Cody was really smart (sounds too easy, there must be something else) 5) Aiden & Asher slept with the dog outside. Best Domluka character? well, I'd say Owen, but since this is your quiz and you'll be the judge, the correct answer is Aiden

Once again I think I you MikeL (and Menzo too).

Who said there were two Aarons??? MikeL!!!!! Help!

Nah, Aaron(tls) isn't in Ari-frikin-zona anymore. He's at a hospital near his Aunt. So Aaron(tls) is either in the same hospital that Oliver got tricked into staying at, or he's at the Nursing home where Sara is.

Do you think it's a shortcut or a cheap authorial way to communicate emphasis, when instead he could use some other literary technique (which might be more difficult to write) to get the same result? Or is it similar to a laugh box kinda thing that flashes 'LAUGH' to tell a TV Sitcom studio audience when to laugh? Some people feel that American's in general like our entertainment simple without requiring us to think too much. Take Care

I've noticed that Dom seems to be increasing the use of italics to add emphasize in his chapters. As a reader, I find it very effective and helpful. Correspondingly, it appears that many Forum junkies are also using italics as a tool. Here are just a few examples from the two most recent threads: Have other authors been using italics as much and I just haven't noticed? Are we using italics to help us get our points across because we've seen other forum posters as well as Dom use them so effectively? Take Care®, Vic

Okay SOSSers, so here's a hypothetical... Say Dom writes a quick-fix, short story about a brooding Aiden who takes a weekend trip to the Arizona Desert. While taking pictures of the flat mesas from a local park, Aiden see's a gorgeous Luke sitting with his dog. The two hook up and have a raunchy, sex filled, carefree weekend. You wouldn't read that?

Ahhh, that explains it. My folks are both devout Catholics and my dad even spent a couple years in seminary school. At first I didn't attribute it to their Catholism because I don't remember my hand being hit with a ruler .

My folks tried forcing me to be right handed too. When I was a kid and would put a crayon or pencil in my left hand, they'd smack my left hand and put the crayon in the right hand. So now I write right handed, but I play sports and such left handed. Whenever I need to guilt my parents, I bring up how they abused me that way. Very effective .

Who says he hasn't?

I think so. His gay features are subtle, things only a fine-tuned gaydar could detect. Oh, and one time I saw him at a restaurant dining with a male companion. I dragged my hag who I'd gone out to drinks with, a little closer to get a good look (read stalking ). It was a friday night at about 9pm. Straight guys don't usually go out to dinner in twos like that during prime date time. It was good & bad to see him on what appeared to be a gay date. Good that he seems to be gay , bad that it was with a guy other than me . I'd go with 'Be Happy!' Your time will come. You might meet Mr. Right next week, next month, next year, or in 20 years. But when you do meet him, you'll feel that all that waiting was worth it. Take Care®, Vic

-------------------- Okay, if you guys (and gals) are skipping Dom's sex scenes because you assume they are written like your typical Nifty

How long did it take you to dig for that? You're worse than me Take Care®, Vic

Ohhh, I just remembered It's Raining Men . This version is done by Rupaul.

I seem to recall that Dom mentioning in a blog or maybe in his yahoo group that unique sex scenes were difficult to write. Since he wrote quite a bit in TLW & TOU, he really wouldn't be breaking any new ground in describing a play by play of what happens between Dennis & Travis. Add in the fact that so many of Dom's fans are prudes and skip them over , I think Dom decided to focus his talent on other areas of the story. Take Care®, Vic

Happy 23rd Birthday Greg!!!!!! You were born the same day and year as my little sister.

It's up!

I met my first BF on the streets of Chicago. I was visiting a friend at the time and Bill was lost. I gave him directions and actually walked with him a bit to get him where he needed to be. He was so grateful (being in a new city and starting Grad School there), that we agreed to get together for dinner later that week. We were together for a little more than 10 years. After an ugly breakup, we're now friends+ . Like Morganx, I've met my future BF a 24hr Fitness, unfortunately, we haven't been on a date yet. I see him there every saturday morning and it's a special surprise when I catch him during the week. I've been working up the nerve to talk to him, but I forgot how to do this stuff. The closest we got to talking was when we were in the locker room together. I was getting dressed facing my locker, and didn't realize he was behind me. When I turned around to sit on the bench and put on my socks, he was there taking his pants off. While lowering his pants, his cell phone (which was hooked to his belt) came flying off and landed right between my feet. I picked up the phone, said 'Oppps' and handed it to him while he was standing there with his crotch at my eye level, wearing the cutest grey boxer briefs . He giggle and thanked me. I being an idiot, didn't say another word. *sigh* He's sooooo dreamy.

Two others (I don't think they were mentioned): Trick - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162710/ The Wedding Banquet - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107156/

The movie was 'A Home at the End of the World'. I called up the friend who lent me the movie. He had the unedited version that had the nude scene that showed Colin's privates

ohhh, I think I saw that...Was he a little slow in the movie and he slept with both a boy and a girl?

This is kinda Tattoo related... If I said Mr. Oottat...would you know whom I'm referring too?

From ITFB Ch 15, we are hearing second hand from Ben that Aiden thought Owen wanted to see other people.

It makes sense that Aiden wasn't there. It was Owen's big party and Aiden being there would just fluster him. And Aiden would have to have been invited, and I doubt Owen did that