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Warm and humid beats the heck out of cold and wet. I'd also like to find someplace with a pool, preferably indoors, so I can do my exercising. NYC in summer would be acceptable and I'd attend. Then I'd continue north to Maine to visit my best friend. It might be a bit more fair to everyone if the convention were held in a more central location.

Tim and I had been discussing this for a couple of weeks. I was so happy when he told me he would be doing this. It's definitely the start of much better things for my Tiger. I'm so proud of you for following-thru with this Tim. You already know that!

It's the other way around Nick. We live in the real world. It's politicians who live in an alternate reality.

You nailed it Kevin. My sister and brother-in-law are well off so they don't need my estate which is not insubstantial. They know what my intentions are and they're fine with them. Even though there will be Living Trust and several ancillary trust funds established I want to ensure there will be no hassles once I'm dead.

Bite me. Or better yet, bite yourself; really hard!

I had this thread in mind when I spoke with one of the non-GA authors I work for the other day. He is HIV+ but his partner is not. I know him well enough to ask about such an intimate topic. He told me they still have sex, but they stick with strictly oral stuff. So it's still possible to play safely even if you're HIV+. The important thing is to let your partner know your status so you can take appropriate measures to keep things on the safer side.

That's fantastic! I'm so happy for the both of you. I fell in love for the first time at 16 and he wound up being my life partner until he died in 1992. This may not be your life partner, but still, it's nice to have someone you can care for and who cares for you. You're a lucky young man.

Tiger Tim didn't take good care of his teeth when he was a wee cub. So now the best he can do is gum his prey. Hence the need for a dagger. On the bright side, there's no worries about teeth scraping certain parts during certain activities.

You've got such a great personality based on what I've seen so far, especially in chat, that I doubt anyone would care about your soda belly. Besides, if it bothers you enough you know what you need to do about it: stomach crunches.

Now that another adult, especially someone respectable like Graeme, has offered his opinion I feel better about offering mine. You're a very handsome young man. Why do you think you're overweight? Too many of those burgers?

Thanks Paul. I'm very confident in the team I've assembled, but I'll take additional help from wherever I can get it. If you knew more about my background and especially more about my father you'd understand why I'm so confident in the team I've put together. PM me if you want details.

There's a big difference between the ability to do something and the capability to do something!

I wonder if any research has been done to compare the efficacy of roll-on condoms versus these relative new spay-on condoms? Does anyone know?

The HTML part is easy. However Joe still appears to be trying valiantly to salvage Mason's reputation so this might be a long wait, LOL.

That's what I meant about suspecting it was discrimination but couldn't prove it. Since I lost Kris the first time around I've lined up the best lawyers in Florida when it comes to atypical adoption cases. So long as it's what Kris wants I will spare no expense to make sure I can adopt him, and will stop at nothing to back judges into a legal corner until they have no choice but to let the adoption proceed. This is worthy of a thread of its own so I'll stop before I start the angry rant I was about to embark upon and let the thread get back on-topic.

/me taps Tim on his shoulder... Why not ask Dimitri if you can borrow his knife?

Eh. You just haven't wandered far enough to realize that you're really fenced-in.

Is curious the word you're looking for Krista?

Sure it does. Joe was thoroughly honest and serious about making a little money so he could take Mason out on a really nice date knowing full well that Mason would be amongst friends who would probably be content just to ogle Mason's cute butt without doing anything nasty. Have I helped save your reputation Joe?

The state knows I'm gay and also that Kris is gay. I suspect, but cannot prove, there was some discrimination involved. Let's just leave it at that please!

Let me try to offer the condensed version so I don't go too far off-topic. Kris was already in foster care when I met him. I was already approved to be a foster parent. We got along great and he wanted me to be his new father. I let foster care know I was willing to adopt him after the required one year of foster care. At the last minute the state replaced him with someone else that I refused. After a few months Kris contacted me via e-mail; I had given him my business card. He wanted to run away and come live with me. I told him I still loved him, but he had to tough it out where he was until he turned 18 and the state kicked him out of the foster care system, at which point I'd make sure he could get here where I could take care of him and get him off to a good start in life. There is so much more to the story, but I gave you just the essential details. I'm in sort of the same situation. I'm the last male of the family. I do have a sister. Nevertheless, I used to feel sad that the family name would die with me. It took me awhile to accept that names are just names. My sister has two sons--I love my nephews as if they were my own kids--who will keep the family alive. Even though the family name will be different they'll still keep the family itself alive. I guess when you're gay sometimes you have to be willing to make some compromises with yourself about things like this. I've learned to be happy the family will live on via my nephews and their progeny.

Oops. I guess when you stick a cute butt in front of me I don't notice the face.

Actually, I think that's Mason and he does appear to have one of those tribal armband tats.

Evil goats is redundant.