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Hey, if there are any big hockey fans here, here's a pretty cool documentary I watched called . That was the nickname of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1970's, because they were...well, let's just say that they weren't into playing a clean game. The Flyers antics on the ice during the 1973-1974 and 1974-1975 helped lead them to two consecutive Stanley Cups. They gave the struggling city of Philadelphia a sense of hope and something to root for. And they apparently really, really pissed off the National Hockey League while doing it. Anybody have any memories of the Broad Street Bullies? They must have been incredible and electrifying to watch. Watching this documentary, I got the reason why TetRefine who's a Boston Bruin guy refuses to cheer anything in Philadelphia.

Well, they actually do mix with common folk pretty frequently, but they'd never fly commercial. I also can't see Mark killing off Brad, but then again you never know... They've got 10 months to go 'til 9/11... As for Brad and Robbie and parenting...I was hoping Brad had learned from what happened to Billy that overly permissive parenting never works, but he didn't. And when he realized the end result of overly permissive parenting- having a kid who refuses to hear the world no- it was too late to be able to change tactics. If Will does get the emancipation, Brad and Robbie are basically done as parents, because JJ is basically being raised by Tiffany and his coaches. Which is frankly, probably better for JJ than having Brad and Robbie be too involved. I really, really hope that Matt and Wade will be better parents. I also can't see Tiffany allowing Riley to pull half of the shit that Will said to Jeanine.

I don't see a person's 20's as their best years. My twenties suck. I'm totally looking forward to being 35- you're old enough to have some perspective on life, but still young enough to have some major fun. *sigh* I wish I was Private Tim's age...I could've had so much fun going to college in the '90s, before colleges started getting all obsessed with treating college students like children. Although from what I understand, the best party years in colleges were the 70's and the 80's. Is it true that colleges used to sell beer on campus back in the early '80s, Mark? That would have never happened during my era. (Mid/late-2000's.)

I had a straight friend who did a drag rountine to this. I really hope Private Tim accepts my invitation to post some of his favorite golden oldies from his youth...I wanna hear some great mid-90's club hits. Anyway, here's a tune I discovered courtesy of Cold Case: , 1969

I have a lot of great memories. Probably my favorite recent memory was watching perform at Firefly Music Festival. That was an amazing experience. When the fireworks started and went on for a good five minutes, god... And my graduation from grad school, of course. That was an amazing experience- I had made a mistake with the lineup, so I rushed the stage, got behind my friend, and sat with him for the rest of the ceremony while he bitched about the school and how happy he was to be done. LOL.

Hey, on Netflix they're currently running a movie called Private Romeo. It's a low-budget indie that seeks to transplant the setting of Romeo and Juliet to a modern all-boys military academy. It could have done very, very badly, but I thought this was a pretty decent adaption. It's definitely an interesting take on an often-done story, and the actors actually had a good comprehension of Shakespeare. (A lot of the "modern-take" adaptions usually don't.) I also really, really liked the touch of having these soldiers posting videos to Youtube as part of a means to advance the plot, because there are so many soldier Youtube videos out there. The actors playing Romeo and Juliet had insanely good chemistry, although I thought the guy who played Mercutio was the strongest actor in this. The camera work on this sucked, though, and the ending didn't quite work for me, but I'm still recommending this. Here's a clip: The Balcony Scene Like I said, I thought these two guys had insanely good chemistry, and a pretty good grasp of Shakespeare. I mean, I'll always love the Leo/Claire Romeo and Juliet from 1996, because they were what introduced me to the story, but Claire Danes seriously didn't seem to know what the hell she was saying as Juliet. These guys do.

And for me, as someone who isn't bonded to his father, I like how JJ's an example of someone who doesn't have a strong paternal bond to either of his dads.

Hey, this is to Private Tim...would you mind contributing some of your 90's dance club hits (from '97 and before) to my Golden Oldies thread in the Lounge? I'd love to hear some of your favorite oldies that you danced to at clubs back in the mid-'90s. I bet you know a lot of the classics, like this one: God, it's so much fun dancing to the oldies! I really hope you'll contribute some of your faves. I know you like to post songs here, and I'm on a early/mid-90's nostalgia kick right now, so I'm hoping I can get you to add the songs that you loved dancing to way back in your day.

I think though that if Will wound up with a pushover, he'd get bored. Note that the guy he got the most hung-up on was Tony, who doesn't really fall at his feet. He wants a challenge. I see him ending up with someone who can call him on his bullshit and keep him grounded, the way Andy ended up with Angie in Cross-Currents.

I think Tiffany serves that function, at least when they interact. She never tells him what an amazing, mature guy he is, and she calls him out on his b.s. , especially during the Norway trip. She's not a ballbuster the way Claire is, but Tiffany usually calls them like she sees it. She comes off as someone who's really good at reading people. I do believe that if and when Will gets a guy that's in it for the long haul, he needs a guy that will call him out on his bullshit, rather than someone who enables him. I can't see a Brad/Robbie dynamic ever working for him- Will would need a guy who acted and felt like an equal partner.

On second thought, it's not really in Matt's character to hold a big grudge against anybody. He might be annoyed with Will and find him a spoiled brat, but Matt's pretty much the type of guy to get along with pretty much everybody. He's kind of like Matt in Cross-Currents that way. I do think, given Will's personality, it'll be natural for him to amass some enemies(he's likely redlisted from doing any of the USA Figure Skating Association events), but Matt will never be one of them. I do think it will be eye-rolling if EVERYONE just instantly falls prey to Will's charm...it would make Will way too much of a Mary Sue and less of a real character.

Damn. I wanted at least some people to remain immune to Will's charms. And I'm saying this as someone who likes the character.

Shouldn't Will still have braces? In Be Rad, Brad noted that he had a perfect smile which was due to lots and lots of orthodontia, so at 14 Will would still have his braces on, right? Of course, it's 2000 so it's a good chance that he might have the plastic clear ones. Those were common by then. Unless, of course, Will inherited Jeanine's teeth, and Jeanine had perfectly straight teeth without need for braces.

JJ would only move to Palo Alto if there was a coach that he wanted to work with. Considering that El Segundo seems like a pretty good figure skating club(Evan Lysacek arrives in 2003), I can't see him leaving. I also think he'd probably relish the opportunity to not be around Will in school, and no longer have to be in Will's shadow. I can see them as close brothers who skype regularly in 2012, but as teenagers the distance should be good for them.

So he's on the Megan's Law list if they get caught, too. Of course, I can't see that happening. Did anyone else think it was hilarious that the one time someone in CAP gets called on statutory rape, it wasn't an actual case because Kristin was of legal consent age in Ohio?

In the case of Will, they're easier on people if the age difference is within four years. Unfortunately for Tony, he's just a little bit more than four years older than Will, so he'd pretty much land himself on the Megan's Law list. I'm not sure when Jeff turned 18, but if it were after Will's 14th birthday, he'd be fine.

Yeah, I had Wade picked up all the way back in 2009. Nico Tortorella, a former model best known for being in Scream 4. Here's another picture of him, looking more like a grown-up. I love those blue eyes.

Good point. We should also remember that JJ is physically immature for someone nearly 15, which would attract pedos like flies, and it's entirely possible that he took those pictures of JJ before he did anything with Will.

Westie said that Brad had gone beyond the point of redemption, with his actions in Millennium and Poor Man's Son. Do you agree with him, or do you think Brad is no longer worth calling a protagonist anymore? In my case, I'm just disappointed with the way things turned out. Brad and Robbie set up a family in the 1980's, when it was rare for gay men to do so, and practiced a monogamous partnership for 14 years. Then that all went to hell in Millennium, and it turned out both of them were pretty shitty parents. Robbie decided to blow up the family on the account of his mid-life crisis, and Brad became a complete and total control freak who could no longer relate to his sons. That really sucked for me- I was hoping for a more positive portrait of gay families where the men could provide a stable environment for their kids and an admirably monogamous marriage for their kids to have an example of. Now Will's pretty much out the door, and JJ doesn't feel all that close to either of his dads, and it's just disappointing to me. I just hope Matt and Wade do a better job with Riley. So what do you guys think? Has Brad completely lost any redeemable qualities to you, or do you think he's still worth something as a protagonist?

Tim, just give it up. Please. PLEASE.

Ain't that the truth? A wife is always right.Thank god i'm gay and I'll never have a wife.

This is why you don't mess with a no-nonsense Italian mother from Baltimore, Private Tim.

I always kind of saw myself as being like a curious, bright-eyed student in Mark's class, who can be a little stubborn sometimes on certain things, but whom Mark can't help but love. (If still completely annoyed at, sometimes. Okay, a lot of times.) Of course, now that I'm pushing 30 that dynamic will probably have to change in the coming years, but for now, I love having that with Mark.

Will is never going to get a taste of reality, because Will isn't real, and this is a fluffy soap opera of wish fulfillment and erotica with historical events in the background, not a gritty documentary about rich kids who go over the edge and suffer real consequences for their behavior. This is a story of rich people who live in a bubble who can get anything and everything they want, except for love (sometimes). That's what Mark wants to write, and if you have a problem with that, there's always the door. Anyway, I honestly think that if Will gets emancipated, he'll realize that that there are a lot of things he'll have to change about his behavior. Will can't be the reckless teenager who did strip dances in Europe or used pot and alcohol on his field trip, because everything he does now is on him in a way that it wasn't as a minor. He's not a stupid kid- he knows that this could be revoked, and I can't see a person who's written as being that big of a control freak doing anything to jeopardize this massive amount of freedom that he's getting.

I just read this pretty great story about a father who is sticking up for his 5-year old son, who likes to wear dresses, by walking around in skirts in their small German town. In doing so, he's helping his son see that there's nothing wrong with it, and that the son should feel free to express himself instead of cowering to bullies. Dad protects son from bullies by Wearing A Skirt What an awesome dad for doing this for his son. I really liked the message of this- if you have a child who falls outside the norm, you should try and celebrate that, rather than trying to shame them into falling in line. I wish more parents could do that, instead of trying to fit their kids into molds determined by contemporary social mores. It's a nice change of pace from the stories about parents rejecting their kids for being GLBTQ, don't you think?