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18th century rock 'n' roll!

Churros are a kind of donut stick. They take the dough and extrude it out a pastry bag through a star-shaped nozzle into the hot oil. When it’s still hot, it’s coated with cinnamon sugar. (This is the Southern California version, there are other varieties in Portugal, Spain, and Latin American countries.)

You posted after I went to sleep, so don’t complain that I’m late! ;-) Talking about trauma helps your brain to look at what you experienced and put it into context. When it’s just inside your head, things get distorted and exaggerated. It helps when you find out that others have experienced similar things. ;-)

Nichelle Nichols credits ‘best, biggest fan’ MLK with convincing her to stay on Star Trek!

I think it was for the Ring Bearer, Khan. ;-)

It was great as a child! We moved away when I was 8, so I wasn’t aware of the extreme cost of living (nearly everything has to be shipped in). I also never realized that the reason it took all day to drive around Oahu was because we kept stopping to take pictures! ;-)

Hey @Wesley8890, I didn’t suggest you as Flower Boy, other people came up with that one! Can you sing something? Maybe you read a poem or inspirational quote… ;-) Maybe the boys can have a Filipino- or Mexican-style Money Dance* to raise money for a honeymoon. * Apparently similar traditions occur among Poles, Ukrainians, Slavs, Hungarians, Portuguese, and Nigerians, but I’ve only attended Mexican & Filipino weddings, not the others that do this.

I basically started going to the beach as an infant since we moved to Hawaii a couple months after I was born. My parents liked Queens Beach in Waikiki and that was where we usually went. Throughout the ‘60s there was lots of tourism, but nothing like the situation today. People still traveled to Hawaii on ships, but Honolulu International Airport (now named Daniel K Inouye International after the longtime US Senator) was already hosting jet airplanes. ;-) After we moved to San Diego with its chilly water (the California Current originates in the Gulf of Alaska), I pretty much stopped swimming in the ocean. ;-) In Hawaii, the fried food that is sold at fairs was Malasadas, a donut prepared in Portugal on Terça-feira Gorda (aka Mardi Gras en Français). Shave Ice is also very popular – the ice is actually shaved off the block of ice, the texture is very different from a snow-cone. Saimin (even McDonald’s sell it in Hawaii) and Teriburgers are also popular snack foods. ;-) Popular snack foods in San Diego are very different. I remember rolled Tacos. And Churros. San Diego-based Jack in the Box restaurants naturally serve their versions of Tacos and Churros. ;-) I’ve never had Funnel Cake. ;-)

You’re gonna fight with Khan over that? ;-) Flower girl? ;-)

They should have had Charlie Danner make their tuxedos! ;-) After Biff groped Jared, they should have made him comp Khan’s accessories! ;-)

I’m glad that Liam finally told Toby what he was actually feeling. When you bottle up your emotions, they never have a chance to dissipate and they build up until you either explode with rage or have breakdown. You need to talk out what’s going on inside. ;-) My therapists would probably suggest that Liam write a letter to his brother, expressing his anger and frustration. Just getting it out of his system will work wonders. It works even if you don’t or can’t mail it to the person you’re angry with. ;-)

Sometimes I just get tired of complaining about the same thing. In the grand scheme of things, it’s less important than the political issues that bother me. But if it’d make you happy, I’m sure I could cut and paste rants from several other Comments I’ve made over the years here on GA… ;-) Or it could be that I forgot to mention it after I decided to tease that strapping young biker dude a bit! ;-)

I try not to hate people, but there are a few who really make me intensely dislike them! It’s nearly always because of their beliefs and attitudes towards LGBTQ people. In many cases it’s not a religious prohibition because they either aren’t religious or they are very uneducated about the religion they profess to believe in. ;-) I like to say that a huge percentage of those who hate LGBTQs think there is a 0.5 Commandment, over and above the Ten Commandments they claim their god decreed. To those people, being LGBTQ is worse than a murderer. They ignore their own sins and focus only on the ‘sin’ they think I am committing. They want to be judge and jury when their own ‘holy’ book says to leave that to their god. In most cases, I know more about their bible than they do. (It’s always a good thing to study your opponent's weapon of choice in order to be prepared to defend yourself. I’ve never been in the military, but even I know that!) ;-)

I’ve known you’re a great guy for quite a while now! @Wesley8890, you’ve got plenty of fans! And you probably wear your Alice Cooper or scary clown makeup under your motorcycle helmet just for fun. ;-)

Not a quote, but we should remember that the organizer of the March on Washington, Bayard Rustin, was a Gay man as well as MLK’s mentor. Advocate.com Los Angeles Times Long Beach, CA Q Voice News Act Build Change Human Rights Campaign

Not Weeping Wesley Syndrome? ;-)

@Wesley8890 did it again – he’s contagious! I was crying when Ryder read Cooper’s letter. And I still have tears in my eyes! ;-) Maybe Ryder’s healing process has begun… ;-)

Tyrone is in need of 24/7 professional mental health treatment. The immature little brat has been coddled far too long and has no sense of propriety and does not understand right and wrong. I think his moods shifted too fast to be bipolar, so there must be some other issue going on in his pea brain. Of course Andy isn’t much better… ;-)

I’ve never read Chaucer, but I’ve seen Pier Paulo Pasolini’s very interesting I racconti di Canterbury (The Canterbury Tales, 1972). It’s not completely true to the original work. And there is abundant nudity, sex, and slapstick humor. A pre-Doctor Who Tom Baker has a minor role in the film. Pasolini was Openly Gay due to a sex scandal that forced him to move to Rome, but he rarely dealt with homosexuality in his movies – he was murdered in 1975 at the age of 53. [/end history lesson]

Milo & Bren’s story provides a serious anchor to this story. It provides a deeper history than it would otherwise have and grounds Eric & Peter in a very special way. They are a comparison & contrast that adds an interesting texture. ;-)

Starship Trooper was an odd adaptation of an old Robert A Heinlein novel. Notable for being directed by Paul Verhoeven and being one of the first non-adolescent roles for Neil Patrick Harris. Also notable for the coed shower scene that had strategically placed fixtures that ‘preserved’ the actors’ modesty (although the bare upper torsos of all the actors were shown). It was given poor to mixed reviews when it was released, but can be better appreciated as the satire it was intended to be – Casper is pretty, but will never be known as an acclaimed thespian. The second direct-to-video sequel showed a glimpse of the goodies (including Mr Van Dien’s naughty bits). ;-)

Rudolph Valentino Remington? Really? I’m surprised it wasn’t something like Nezrouge or Rotenase! And the Defense Attorney's name? Just one letter off from the actor who played Johnny Rico in Starship Trooper! Someone was either having fun or was running out of ideas for names! Speaking of which, why didn’t Jared get a ‘K’ name like his brothers? There are plenty of them including Kurt, Kirk, Kevin, Kelly, Karl, and Kenneth/Ken/Kenny. And that’s not even counting the ‘C’ names that have a ‘K’ substitution.