Conner

Happy Birthday, Nick! Hugs, Conner

While I prefer to describe it as being "slow out of the gate", I'm one of those gay men who spent several years in denial. The denial, of course, was brought on by fear, both fear of exposure and fear of having to face my homosexuality. The denial was so strong that I married at 22, raised three children and stayed married for 23 years. Within a year of my separation, I found myself in another hetero relationship. That lasted 3 years. For 6 years after that, having decided that maybe women weren't my cup of tea, I tried to be asexual. It wasn't until I was 54, extremely depressed and ready to off myself, that I finally screamed, "You're gay dammit!" I'm pleased to say I've been getting better ever since. I can honestly say that I never did the homophobic thing. Then again, I was never challenged on my sexuality. I just sort of held my breath for 40 years. Needless to say, I was less than an ideal father and husband given those long years of denial (read as emotional and psychological stress). I just wanted to say that being a GA member for the past year has been a significant part of my self-acceptance / coming out process. It's threads like this one and the many great stories posted here that have contributed to that. So thanks for that. Hugs, Conner

Check out: http://www.lambda.org/famous.htm I don't know how to do links.

I love it when the Board Stats section says, "1 member active in live chat." Canada is having a federal election today. Who cares, right?

Happy Birthday, Green Dude!

Try this line, "Mom, save some of your voice for later." I love Joplin, too. But I'm just a hippie wanabe - never made it to the bigtime. Hugs, Conner

"I'm gay and proud of it." bumper stickers will usually get a rise from the homophobic. Just make sure you take into account the driver's angle of approach to the vehicle when locating the sticker. Best stag party prank I've seen - these were straight boys - you get the lad very drunk and ready to pass out (that's the easy part) and put him on a train (overnight) in a compartment or sleeper naked. When he wakes, wanting to void himself oh so badly, he must do the streaker thing. If you like the guy, arrange to have someone meet him at the destination...with clothes and a return ticket. If you don't like him all that much...let him figure it out. I only participated in stuff like that in my yewt. Conner

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Kitty! I'm still ahead of you, though....in years that is. Welcome to the North West! Hugs, Conner

Happy Birthday, Dave! May there always be a warm breeze up your kilt!! Hugs, Conner

Without a doubt, Godspell is my favourite. I saw it 11 times - mid-seventies, I think. Next in line would be Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables. A good gay-boi musical would be Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Raincoat - Joe's practically naked for the whole show. Mind you, even being a TS Eliot fan, I hated Cats. Conner

So your bf has a sense of humour. Don't get mad. Get even! Conner

You showed much more restraint and tolerence than I would have in not pressing charges. The kid needs help. Hopefully, now he'll get it. Make sure you send the bill for fixing the door to the parents. Yes, let's hear it for men in uniform! Conner

I'm not opposed to the approach you suggest, Jet, but it also has its risks. For example, he could fall in love with the guy in 3 to 6 months time, what then - especially if the guy's straight? Maybe it turns out that he really enjoys the friendship that develops, but the same question arises. Does he come out and risk the friendship? The guy could well be upset that he wasn't honest with him to begin with. Hugs, Conner

I must admit that pic of Crawford is not the best, his hand even has an alien like appearance - mind you, the pic is also a product of the 50's. He was definitely a hottie. I remember the show well. Conner played a single parent if I recall correctly - quite unusual for that period. Thanks for the pic, James. It certainly explains why I (still) have a "wide eyed, innocent and repressed" look. This thread is turning into memory lane, for me anyway. A few more crushes? Why not - Buddy on Father Knows Best; Beaver's big brother on Leave it to Beaver; Ricky on Ozzie and Harriet; one of the older sons on My Three Sons... And to think it took me years to figure out I was gay. Hugs, Conner

Definitely Kurt Russell as a child actor in Wagon Train. What is it about cowboys? Hmmm...maybe the leather chaffs. A close second was Toby Tyler from the movie of the same name. I have no idea what the actor's name is. Toby runs off and joins the circus. He ends up in tights riding these beautiful muscular horses...bareback. Gulp. Conner

Hey GB - does Mag know your giving relationship advice to gay men? Are you looking for a new career or what? On the other hand, I agree with your advice. I have no gaydar whatsoever. I'm lucky to catch the blatantly obvious. Save yourself a lot of time and grief and come out to this man if you really are interested. Just do it in a safe place, on your terms. Other than that, frequent places/clubs/social circles where gays are. Birds of a feather flock together. Flocking is fun...I hear. Hugs, Conner

Another fascinating thing about Canadians, Rob, is that we do not take kindly to rudeness and ignorance. I see that you have joined the ranks of Arbour et al in choosing to misspell my name. That's rude and ignorant. Feel free to get your dander up, I am not kidding. Conner

Happy Birthday, Dom! Conner

Obviously, he didn't listen to his mother when she said, "Chew your food."

Has any of the band members released solo performances?

Ditto on everything Michael said. You keep this up, Green, and you're going to have to snydicate your blog. Yeah, James, the emo's are cute...so are the puppies. Conner

Blasphemous? This is paramount to treason. The Mounties have been dispatched...and they always get their man. Hmmmm...maybe that's why you mentioned it? I took squash lessons once. I had trouble hanging on to the racket. As the paramedics carried him away, my instructor made me promise never to play again.

Well, there is that. I was thinking that it could increase the spectator value of the sport.

The weatherman in Vancouver has long since learned his lesson. The forecast here is always, "Sunny with cloudy periods and a chance of rain." He's always right. It's very Canadian, too, eh? Not a prob, Dom. Conner

How about nude cross country running? Conner