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Xander Yello-pup Zoe = XYZ

Vance- That's a big friendly looking cat. He looks like a cat named Leo that comes by my house and says hello every now and then. I never eat salt- not with all the other neat spices! Discover lemon-pepper and you'll never miss it.

Welcome! I can't wait to see your work!

LOL- I don't think "cute" is the right word. Beasts aren't cute. The person below me ate entirely too much during the long holiday weekend. (urp)

Bird Droppings Fly to Space By The Associated Press July 5, 2006 Source Link HOUSTON (AP)

Look out cute-cross-county-boy!

SWEET! and so is Comsie!

Congrats David! Edumacation is very important. Let me be the first to say welcome back to the states.

Haven't you been emancipated yet?! Hopefully next year you can say free at last, free at last!

Wow Dave- now I feel like going out and dancing. Good job!

I think that Alex Pettyfer would be better as one of the McCormack brother- probably the younger one.

I suppose you could show up wearing nothing but speedos and a feather boa. Disclaimer: this method is not recommended for everyone. For instance- if while laying on the beach, people pour water on you and try to roll you back out to sea, this method is not for you.

JSmith: I like Psionic Corps the best. Now if only he would write more of it I like it too. I remember the "PsyCorps" from Babylon 5- all creepy, mysterious and intriguing. I wish that B5 would had done more with them in their story arch. Walter Koenig as Vester was a guy everybody loved to hate. I was always hoping the Vorlons would eat him but he would have probably given them gas. :wacko:

RedLight- I want to urge you to be cautious about this unless you are sure about your mothers attitudes. Discovering that one of your kids is gay can be very shocking to a parent. You don't want to aggravate the situation-- epically if she has no idea. For every GOOD coming out stories that you've heard, there are some that are just plain horrible. It is something that you can only do once and if you frak-up, the damage is done. JS PS- keep in mind that I am very fond of the young people on this site and will always counsel caution in matters that could hurt you.

I'm old enough to remember when a butthead wasn't a cartoon character. This guy obviously hasn't met the right homosexual yet. He's going to let slip that unnatural crap and someone is either going to kick his ass very loudly or screw him over very quietly. Either way, the response is perfectly natural.

Have a safe trip LilBuddha and welcome home! I hope the US treats you well.

I took the survey. Only 7 projects? Bah- I do 7 projects before 3am!

Yep- I want to take the doggie across the street away from his inattentive family and I like Reese's Peanut butter cups. The person below me has read Driver's story the Quarry.

Some authors handle sex batter than others. With good authors like Dom or Comsie, sex is merely part of the plot. With less experienced authors, it can become a distraction. Gay fiction has evolved quite a lot over the years. Years ago the only gay fiction that you could find were pulp paperbacks that were really just literary porn. When gay fiction made it to the net during the ninties, quite a lot of it was still what a good friend of mine calls a "one handed story". There's loads of stuff like that on Nifty. Around 2000 a cadre of net authors arose that elevated the genra. The Eggman, Cosmie, Dewey, Driver and others began writing gay fiction that was more about the story than sex.

I just got back from 18 hours ( 9 one way) trip driving two 80 year olds to see thier grandchildren. The grandbabies are apparently scared of old people. The kids cried, the adults bitched and I wanted to be deaf so bad that I listened to death metal at full volume until my cd player melted.

good drawers Well, my favorite are a pair of flame-red boxers.

>>Brian from Dewey's Brian & Pete series. There's a link to it in the archive. If you've never read it, you should. >> >>Just be warned- once you start, you won't stop. > > >Like eating Pringles??? Oh it's far worse that that. You enter Dewey's special time warp. You start reading and before you know it, the sun is coming up.

Brian from Dewey's Brian & Pete series. There's a link to it in the archive. If you've never read it, you should. Just be warned- once you start, you won't stop.

Who??? The person below me has cooked on his grill or is about to.

AFF: Well personally I've always hated the idea of nature just spitting out a bunch of traits and characteristics and everyone just always turning out predictably. In the nature vs. nurture debate I'm definitely pulling for nurture. That's not exactly how it works. Nature (genetics) has some fixed attributes like hair and eye color which are statistically predictable. Then things become a lot less predictable. Genetic attributes become like a matrix of tendencies which are influenced by a number of factors like nutrition, conditioning and learning. The science that we know and the science that we suspect both suggest that the mechanism of determinacy for sexual orientation is a complex mix of nature and nurture. It is looking less and less like it is purely one or the other. LilBuddah: The whole "nature" vs. "nurture" debate is a purely political one. You are right about this but it is a very, very loaded debate on which a lot is riding for GLBT people. Nurture implies that sexual orientation is based on choice and is not a fixed personality attribute. Because A, B and C are present in the environment, the individual makes a decision about their "sexual preference" at some point. This theory is used by religious extremists and eX-gay organizations as the basis of their argument that gay people are intrinsically disordered and are in need of being "fixed". The view of sexuality as a preference (or choice) rather than orientation (inherent characteristic) is seriously loaded with moral and ethical ambiguities. These ambiguities are used to justify all sorts of discrimination against gay people and, in extreme cases, dangerous "treatments" to change a persons "sexual preference". Nature implies that sexual orientation is is not a matter of conscious choice. As sexual orientation is an inherent characteristic and not a moral deficiency, it becomes more and more difficult to justify discrimination. Anti-gay discrimination becomes akin to bigotry based on skin color. A great many gay people, myself included, are enraged by the idea that we just "decided" to be gay. I guess I could "decide" to shoot myself in the foot but why would I do it? It would be very painful, debilitating and I would gain nothing from it. If there was any "decision" to be made, I would have chosen to be str8 and saved myself one hell of a lot of grief. If beatings, torture and being set on fire could not make me "decide" to be str8, I'm convinced that what ever mechanism determines sexual orientation, choice has absolutely nothing to do with it. [Anecdotal evidence of course but its good enough for me.]