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Such a dilemma. Should I try to have sex with Dennis Hastert or Andre??? Hmmm. How to decide...On the one hand, Hastert is powerful, at least for now, on the other hand Andre is hot and Hastert is...not. But then maybe I should pick Barney Frank or Jim Kolbe. But Kolbe's retiirng and Barney isn't hot either. So what about Jordan Edmund, Foley's onlkine sex buddy? He's kind of cute if a bit of a butterball... Hmmm, once Hastert is outed, then he won't be powerful and Andre will still be hot. Okay. I've decided! Andre wins! (If you come to a different conclusion, remember, we can't always be on the same page here!)

Rico seems to barely find time to waddle over to his computer lately. Or was he out of town? London, maybe?

I once read a story in the newspaper about a judge who had been arrested for having sex with an underage prostitute. At his sentencing, the judge said that if he had had the courage to come out the incident would have never happened. He lost his judgeship despite having been repeatedly selected as the judge of the year. He later found success at arbitration. I actually wrote the judge and met him in person.He was one of the smartest and most interesting men I have ever met.

Many, many eons ago I had a really hot fuck at the baths. So I got his number and called him for a date. When I showed up he was wearing a fur coat and carrying a purse. I had obviously missed how feminine he was. So I drove around for a long time trying to think of a place I could take him where no one would recognize me. Sad to say, huh? He was a really nice kid, but I wasn't prepared for the shock of his clothed identity.

Geez, I had forgotten that you even had a blog.

"I remember one guy in particular who was a very well know escort. He was a tall, massive guy with a rock hard body. He was very masculine. He dressed up one or two nights a week to do shows in NYC and to perform. He had a good following but no one knew who he was outside of the dress." Sounds a lot like our Rock Hard. As for me, I certainly see nothing wrong if someone wants to do drag. But I wouldn't hire him as the feminine aspect would be a turn off for me. That's why I never hired a lady boy in Thailand! Some of them are really pretty, though.

So many sad situations with loved ones. Best wishes to you, BofN.

Why am I not surprised that you have trouble sleeping at night? One thing youcould do instead of counting sheep is count the failures of the internet, or as one blogger says: "Top 10 Internet Failuers of All Time" (Failuers must be French!)

I can imagine the fun you are having at your escort speak group. Thankfully I haven't read it. I am accepting the invitation others here are making to move on and try to enjoy a new atmosphere at MER. Mistakes will be made and there are past differences clouding things. I didn't like taylor's post and I said so, perhaps stronger than I might have had not those past clouds existed. But it is as it is. I doubt anyone wants to see me turn into a pollyanna. Nice to know that you still read my posts.

"If I've misread your remarks please accept my apology" Accepted!.

#35. "RE: IS HE INANE ????" In response to Reply # 33 "I agree with Vox Pennae that this site must be of its own >and not rely on gossiping and disparaging other >sites for its content. Until it can move >forward without that, it cannot grow." Well, now that we agree, I would point out that I have started as many or more threads here than most that do not have anything to do with the past conflicts, other boards, or ongoing vendettas. They don't draw so much attention, maybe I am too boring a guy. But if you are going to have rules to help nurture this site along, then pleae enforce them consistently. KyTop's posts yesterday reminded me why I come to these boards in the first place. So call me to task when, and if, necessary, but give credit where credit is due.

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"No names please. If you are on a first name basis with someone that is between the two of you. Keep it off the boards. This is a serious infraction. Thanks." Call him insane Just don't Use his name

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Not taylor, tb28!

Well, he amuses me too and I hope he joins the posters here soon.

Correction: Barry didn't mean it after all!

Lighten the mood, maybe. Heat things up? For sure! He's a hot guy Marc!

"Enjoy your holiday" Thanks. I plan to.

Oh, bull. How many times do you see an edit of a post stating "personal attack deleted"? Taylor's post is graffiti, slapped on the wall of this pub just to raise trouble. It did not add anything to any discussion being held here nor did it involve a member of the forum here. How is this board going to go forward if this is the type of thread allowed? How are others going to feel welcome posting here if personal attacks are gratuitously allowed? Since management here seems to be on vacation, I will offer this comment from Barry in another thread: "The thinly veiled and sometimes overt baiting, the back and forth, the dragging of shit here from other sites...... SIGH. It's getting annoying. Tampa said it so well in the thread pinned to the top of this forum. In my own words I reiterate. Fucking knock it off! Your Beloved Moderator, Barry"

Marc, your point would be better taken if the twinkboylover in question actually posted here. If he is a problem, then it is not this center's problem, so why bring it here? A guy walks into a pub, looks at a complete stranger, then asks the whole bar if the stranger is insane? Isn't that a clear effort to stir up trouble when the stranger wasn't bothering the guy walking into the pub? "These forums are NOT presented for abusive arguing and name calling, score settling, thread stalking, or general cyberspace blood sport for the chronically bored." Taylor was looking to stir up a hornet's nest, then run away laughing as he did at escort speak.

Taylor's post is a personal attack, somethiing not allowed here,and it's even on someone who doesn't post here. All the more reason not to allow it. Despite any attempt to re-write history, escortspeak became a place where personal attacks ran rampant. If management here cannot prevent that, or, does not want to prevent that, then indeed escortspeak will return.

Leave it to taylor to try to revive escortspeak here in the MER forums. Shame on the management for letting him do it. You guys purport to want to leave the past behind, to let other message centers handle their own problems, to avoid personal attacks and only attack the issue. And here you violate all of that just to get a dig in at someone who is not very popular. I agree with Vox Pennae that this site must be of its own and not rely on gossiping andd disparaging other sites for its content. Until it can move forward without that, it cannot grow. Just look over the weekend posts, so few as they were, and wonder where the contributors to this board are. The threads that thrive are the threads about Hooville, its contributors, its problems, and its competiveness. When someone starts a new thread here on a different subject, it usually dies. That can't happen if this site is to succeed. So, gentleman, less talk, more action. Bye Taylor!

When in Sao Paolo recently, our guide Danilo amazed us with his vast memory of songs from the 70's and 80's. He knew all of the lyrics. Such is youth,but as they say, those were the days: Jagger keeps on rocking as the lyrics roll up his auto-prompter By Adam Sherwin, Media Correspondent (Times Online) IT’S hard not to feel sympathy for the old devil. Sir Mick Jagger has succumbed to an on-stage Autocue in the battle against rock’n’roll amnesia. A screen secreted among the 63-year-old rocker’s onstage monitors scrolls through the lyrics to the Rolling Stones’ classic songs in time with Jagger’s delivery. The prompt, used during the band’s £250 million-grossing tour, even tells him the name of the city where he is performing, and cues his between-song ad-libs. Representatives of the band said that the screen was simply a prompt, allowing him to keep up the high-energy performances for which he is famed. “He’s running all over the stage but if he gets a memory blank he can get back to the screen quickly,” a Stones source said. “He rarely needs it but it’s a back-up.” A technician keeps pace with Jagger’s delivery, but after 40 years on the road, the screen may require close reading. He sang the same verse of Ruby Tuesday twice at last week’s concert in Glasgow during a show broadcast across the world by BBC Radio 2. The Autocue allows Sir Mick to greet overseas crowds in their own language at prearranged breaks. The script suggested “Good evening London” at last month’s Twickenham shows. The revelation cast new light on the lengths required to keep ageing rockers on the road. Oxygen masks are on permanent standby for Ozzy Osbourne, while the Beach Boys require backstage deep muscle massage from a licensed practitioner. Autocues are a guilty secret. “Everyone uses them, from Macca to Elton,” said Brian Larter, managing director of Autoscript UK, which provides prompts for BBC newsreaders and rock stars. But discretion is vital. “Singers like to hide them in a front-of-stage monitor,” Mr Larter said. “You don’t want cameras to pick them up or let the audience see them or the gig can turn into karaoke.” Like Jagger, most frontmen use the cue to cover for a brief mental blank or to prompt them to announce the next song on the set list. Reliance on a prompt, however, would seem to rise in proportion to career intake of drink and drugs. Brian Wilson, the Beach Boy who suffered mental illness through his experimentation with LSD, can perform only by sitting at a piano and reading the lyrics from a screen. Axl Rose, of Guns N’Roses, has three cues placed strategically along the stage, alongside the band’s flame-throwers and explosives. Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays also requires onstage assistance. Frank Sinatra pioneered the onstage teleprompter, continuing to perform until he was 80, despite a fading memory. Divas such as Barbra Streisand use a cue for their script and lyrics. Some stars can turn failing memories into an artistic statement. David Bowie has an onstage lectern containing the lyrics to his most recent songs. Michael Stipe, of R.E.M, adopted the lectern, screwing up the paper lyrics and throwing them into the crowd at the end of each song. But a spokesman for The Who, the latest 60-plus rock legends returning to the stage, said that Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend needed no onstage prompting to help them to perform their back catalogue. THE SHOW MUST GO ON . . . BUT FIRST A MASSAGE Ozzy Osbourne An eye, ear, nose and throat doctor must be on site when Ozzy arrives at the venue. The doctor must be able to administer a B12 shot and Decadron (anti-inflammatory) shot. The venue must provide two oxygen tanks, two masks and two regulators The Beach Boys A licensed masseur/masseuse, qualified in either Swedish or Oriental deep muscle massage, must be available on day of engagement or any day off the artists have in the city. No form of advertising shall contain the word “oldies” in conjunction with the artists’ logo. Meat Loaf A mask and one small tank of oxygen, which needs to be charged and ready Aerosmith The venue must provide names and phone numbers of a throat specialist, a physician fully qualified in internal medicine, an osteo-podiatrist and a licensed chiropractor David Bowie The venue must ensure a dressing room temperature of between 14C and 18C Paul McCartney One large arrangement of white Casablanca lilies with lots of foliage for a dressing room containing off-white furniture Metallica Four oxygen tanks. These shall be portable and equipped with masks and regulators if not inclusive of tank. Very important that bacon be available at every meal and during the day

Watching the Yankees play Detroit tonight, I thought that heaven would be a three-way with Alex and Ivan Rodriguez. Towleroad provided this one from a blog called deadspin: http://www.deadspin.com/assets/resources/2...zzieandarod.jpg