JamesSavik

Happy birthday to one of my favorite up and coming authors! May your next year and your pen be equally golden. -JS

Sounds like they're already pond scum. No need to wait for the next life. You make me wanna kneecap the bum. PS- how are the kitties?

That is a cute kitten. I guess Sams are hot in whatever story they are in. -JS

Mikehawk(sayitfast) Umm... no. W00t1991 Sounds like a NetNerd poser. SouthsideNick Dis one makes youse sound like a MOB BOY. Nicktheprick Nope. Not even close. I think the best choice is to be who you are. I know whether it is Nick, NJ, NicholasJames or CatBoxDumper that the guy behind the label matters a hell of a lot more than the label.

So it is Kurt's birthday? Well- here's a cute puppy and here's a cute guy? Happy Birthday Kurt(ie)!

I love Kitties! and felines are pretty cool too! too bad that my cat is really a fuzzy pig.

Ok the latest hoop of reality-show cheese to be rolled our way is a huge, reeking pile of crap called God or the Girl. In it, several young men try to decide on whether or not to enter the priesthood. Can you say very sad closet cases boys and girls? The Catholic Church, and Christianity in general, has been playing this idiotic head game with gay people for millinia. AND they have the NERVE to be surprised when the immature, sexually confused people that they bring on to be priests years later turn out to be really F**ked up?? Why would anyone want to be a part of a religion that is more than happy to forgive murders, thieves and rapists but someone being gay and honest about it is a deal breaker? Religion is the biggest con game in the history of the world. It's rather brilliant if you think about it. Somewhere up in the sky is this omnipotent being that controls the universe but he is apparently a codependent bitch that needs to control your life on a micro level and can't handle money. He wants to be worshiped by beings of much less significance than ants in the grand scheme of the universe, constantly needs money but HE LOVES YOU as long as you aren't GAY! OH- and if you ask for proof, you are told that you are too small and insignificant to possibly understand. So- we get to watch 5 little brain-washed closet-queens vie for the position of alter-boy fondler on A&E???? It is ridiculous, nauseating, vulgar, contemptible, vile, repulsive, idiotic, ignorant, immoral, incomprehensible and... just fine since it is done in the name of religion. Pardon me while I run off and puke.

Ben- Happy Birthday pal! If you go out clubbing, please remember to wear a helmet. -James

Green- I could tell that despite your bluster, you're a sweetheart. If anything, that quality should endear you to Chaz. -JS

Welcome home LittleBuddah! I can't say that the skeeters are any better here, changing time zones is a pain and Horge Busche is still el Jefee. Maybe you should go to Australia? -JS

Relax. He's probably just trying to sell car insurance.

Thanks and welcome GaryO. You are right- Vance's stories are very addictive! -JS

Hi Adam- I've been remiss is saying hello to you but let me remedy that now. I've been trying to get my paper out the door and I've been pretty busy lately. First- happy brithday! :king: Second- about the depression and suicide thing, I've been there. I had some people that got their jollies by making my life miserable. Well, they pissed me off. I decided that I couldn't visit misery upon my enemies dead so suicide was in conflict with my long term goals. Sure being too mean to die isn't the nicest way to survive, but it worked for me. Surviving a lot of pain and conflict: expensive. Living to see your enemies living as toothless hicks in a trailer park: priceless. -JS

My mother didn't even get mad when Chaz's mother asked her how she came to name me Green. Now there's a story that inquiring minds want to know!

Vance- Don't worry about whether a story has "bad elements" like drugs, violence, etc. For better or worse, that stuff is part of our lives and makes for good drama. If there is no conflict in a story, who would read it? Good stories exist on the edges and extremes. They don't come from comfortable places with comfortable emotions. The very best stories help us learn something about ourselves or force us to confront issuess that we probably would rather not. An author need only concern himself with making it a good story. Screw it if it isn't politically correct or has plot elements that some readers aren't comfortable with. By taking the reader to that edge, you have expanded his consciousness, world and understanding. If the reader doesn't have the intestinal fortitude to strap it on for a rough ride, it is his character that is flawed, not the author's. -JS

I hate to be a spoil-sport but it is probably not the smartest thing to do unless you are very secure in your work place. Thankfully the days of firing people for being gay are behind us for the most part BUT some employers will decide to find a reason to get rid of you if they discover that you are gay. There is a perception among some business people that gay employees will drive up their health care costs, steal or may sexually harass subordinates. [even though repeated studies have shown that gay employees are actually LESS LIKELY statistically that their breeder counterparts to do so]. Sex really does not have a comfortable spot in the work place. Given the litigious legal climate in the country today, employers are pressured to create a sexually-neutral workplace because they are libel for substantial damages if there is a "hostile work environment" and they don't do anything about it. I practice what I preach in this regard. I have NEVER, EVER dated guys from work. The simple reason is that it is not smart to s**t where you live.

Vance! I very pleased that you joined us. I've been hooked on yoour stories since I cried through the first half of Shane. -JS

Why do painters paint or sculptors sculpt? Creativity is a weird and wonderful thing. If you ask an artist why they create, they are likely to tell you that I am an artist and that is what I do.

Just as an aside to this thread, I'm not sure how useful it is to "test gayness". We've been fighting bad press and stereotypes forever. There really is no "gay archtype". We're all quite diverse as is born out by everyones various scores. BTW- my score was 33.

Glad you are home Green. Oh- and you are right about that smell. A mere wiff of hospital (vet) smell makes my cat bush up his tail. I suppose it might have something to do with getting fixed when he wasn't even broken.

I know it looks kinda gay right now

Taiwan is in the same place England was in WWII. She faces a huge land power that can't project power in enough force to land and fight it out. Taiwan and the US 7th fleet have too much sea power for an invasion to take place. As it stands, it is a stalemate. The two sides could fight a pitched and vicious air and sea battle for about a week. The US would move a second carrier battle group into the region and it would be over. The only real winner would be the South China Sea.

You kids have fun!

I'm sorry Chaz- I was hoping that you two could get away for a while.