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Until today, I had never heard of Aaron Swartz, the computer whiz who took his life at the age of 26. A lot is being written since the young man was clearly a genius, and his death a particular loss of a wonderful mind. He had ideas that went against the mainstream, and in fact was under indictment at the time of his death. He had a quite liberal attitude about file sharing, and he knew how to get the files he wanted to share. So, a young rebel with a promising future is dead. But one thing that interested me is his 2007 article on why he isn't gay. I quote via towleroad.com: "Also, some have wondered whether Mr. Swartz was gay. In fact, he was not. Not by his definition. While he did hook-up with men, Swartz refused to identify by a label he found to be completely fabricated. His sexual thinking was very much in line with his generation's. From a piece he wrote in 2009; it's called "Why I Am Not Gay": Having sex with other people of your gender isn't an identity, it's an act. And, like sex in general among consenting adults, people should be able to do it if they want to. Having sex with someone shouldn't require an identity crisis. (Nobody sees having-sex-with-white-people as part of their identity, even if that’s primarily who they’re attracted to.) People shouldn't be forced to categorize themselves as "gay," "straight," or "bi." People are just people. Maybe you're mostly attracted to men. Maybe you're mostly attracted to women. Maybe you're attracted to everyone. These are historical claims — not future predictions. If we truly want to expand the scope of human freedom, we should encourage people to date who they want; not just provide more categorical boxes for them to slot themselves into. A man who has mostly dated men should be just as welcome to date women as a woman who's mostly dated men. So that's why I'm not gay. I hook up with people. I enjoy it. Sometimes they're men, sometimes they're women. I don't see why it needs to be any more complicated than that." Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2013/01/in-his-short-life-aaron-swartz-did-not-endorse-sexual-labels.html#ixzz2HupR7FWD Then I return home to find a lengthy NY Times article titled Generation LGBTQIA. It's about youth today and their resistance to having their sexual identity so narrowly defined. It's almost as if today's youth has taken our youthful march to acceptance of our sexuality and turned it around. It's a long article, but worth some time: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/fashion/generation-lgbtqia.html?pagewanted=all The article begins by quoting Stephen Ira, a young student at Sarah Lawrence College. His video on identity went viral. "With its adrenalized, freewheeling eloquence, the video seemed like a battle cry for a new generation of post-gay gender activists, for whom Stephen represents a rare public face.Armed with the millennial generation’s defining traits — Web savvy, boundless confidence and social networks that extend online and off — Stephen and his peers are forging a political identity all their own, often at odds with mainstream gay culture. If the gay-rights movement today seems to revolve around same-sex marriage, this generation is seeking something more radical: an upending of gender roles beyond the binary of male/female. The core question isn’t whom they love, but who they are — that is, identity as distinct from sexual orientation." One reason his video went viral is because he was born 21 years ago as Kathlyn, and his parents are Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. That tends to open doors. But his ideas are shared by many of his generation. Last week in New York I met, for the first time, a 21 year old relative who likes to wear heels and makeup. For him, it is more of a gender fuck kick than any idea that he might be other than gay. But it did seem to fit the tempo of the times. For me, there is no question. I have no desire to "hook up" with women. I am a man only kind of guy. Am I so out of date?

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I'll try another photo of Billy: The play that he is in was my favorite of the week, and gave him a chance to be sexy and charming to the hilt. And he played it all out. My review will have to wait until I feel grounded after flying all day, This is from malecelebnews.com, http://www.malecelebnews.com/2012/11/07/billy-magnussen-in-new-play-vanya-and-sonia-and-masha-and-spike/ You are here : Male Celeb News » * Actors » Billy Magnussen in New Play ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ Billy Magnussen in New Play ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’Posted On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 By admin. Under * Actors, * Sightings, Billy Magnussen ‘Boardwalk Empire’ stud, Billy Magnussen, flaunts his toned physique as he spends most of his time in his underwear in the new play ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ currently showing at the Lincoln Theater Center in NY. He’s 27.

Well, I am probably one of the few members here who has seen all three in their current roles. It is simply no contest. Billy Magnussen is so hot, so sexy, so charming that the other two would be lucky to lick his boots. Seth Numrich was hindered by his role, but even so is not a knockout. Sebastian Stan's main claim to fame are his chiseled abs. They are superb. But Billy has it all. The picture I chose caused a pop-up claiming that I am not allowed to use that image in this community. My, the place sure got haughty while I was gone!

Right now, I am in New York doing my best to support the theater. I have seen 3 shows so far, with 3, or 4, to come. My reviews will have to wait until I get home since I can add pictures and clips using my PC that I don't know how to do on an IPad. Visiting New York is not only fun for theater, but I get to see so many old friends. I am also going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, and Century 21, my favorite discount department store. On top of all of that, I will be meeting a gay grandnephew for the first time. He is living the party life in New York that I would have loved to do. Of course, I'd be dead if I had moved to New York at 21. On the trip in. I really was lucky. Got Premium Economy to Denver, then an exit row to NYC with no one in the middle seat, and most surprisingly, my luggage was the very first one to come out to the luggage belt! The hotel gave me a room with a view of Times Square, and the show I saw my first night was one of the funniest shows I have ever seen.

Thanks, Bud. Where would we be if you had not decided to join us?

Gosh, all of those poor soldiers who went to war to protect and defend our rights did so for noting if we are going to give up those rights so easily to so-called "trained" people to handle them as they see fit. I have to say , hitoallusa, that you don't seem to value freedom and liberty and the American way.

All I asked was for the bitching and kvetching to be done in a thread that did not have my name in the title.

Is it not enough that you have won the hearts and minds of your fellow posters?

citylaw, I would respect your position much more except for the fact that when you were recently banned, you asked me to post a thread at Daddy's calling attention to the problems at the site. I could not get back to you because that was when the malware issues here began. In the interim, you were allowed back at the site and I was banned. But, when you got back to the site, did you create the thread there that you had wanted me to create? No. Did you complain at all when I was banned? No. Yet we here are now supposed to be all concerned that you got yourself banned again. Now we're are all brothers in arms...at least until you are allowed back at the site. Then we will again be forgotten.

There is a website called biddingfortravel.com at which I participated for a long time and contributed quite a bit of information. The website is owned by a woman named Sheryl, and she rules the place with an iron hand and a short temperament. She has driven so many posters away that the site is of much less value since so few contributions come in. The purpose of the site is good. You post the bid that won you a hotel on Priceline, and this helps others make more intelligent bids on Priceline. You no longer bid so blindly. If you have no trouble following Sheryl's rules, the site might make your bidding much better. Sheryl does not like the fact that I find her rules cumbersome and say so. She beat deej to the punch long ago and banned me! It always amazes me that sites that depend on contributions of members can be so difficult to deal with. She is still in business, and I have no problem with you using that site to your benefit. I not only made money for her by using her link to Priceline, I travel a lot and provided many helpful bid information and other contributions to the site. Thankfully I am now a pretty savvy Priceline bidder and don't need the site as much. Are there any sites that you have problems with? Let us know so we can avoid them!

The problem for me is that the discussions on deej and the other site are coming here under a thread with my name on it. I don't care to be perpetually linked to the issues over there, so I will start a new thread for these discussions and ask that you respect the change and use that thread.

I've cleared the cache a million times and still get the warnings. Fewer of them, but it is still annoying.

It finally went away. It turned out to be a conversation that someone started even though I didn't know Yahoo had conversations.

Gosh. I didn't think he would actually read what I wrote...now he knows that I was worried about him.

That would be so cool if he did. My two posts there would get read! Gay movies would get discussed, and the Dead Sea Scrolls would still be dead.

Every once in a while this site goes through a flurry of posts about the other site. Attention is paid, and then those who came here to discuss that issue leave, and we are left where we were. This site will not grow if it just a place to bash the other site. My suggestion is to move on, post interesting things that others will want to stick around to read, and remember, only this site shows hard cocks.

Chicago theater audiences saw two plays in 2012 that were expected to be Broadway bound. Both played at the Goodman Theater, a leading Chicago house. One starred Nathan Lane, a proven Broadway winner, the other starred Diane Lane and the hunky Finn Witrock. Neither will ever be seen on Broadway in what is proving to be the toughest market in years. The NY Times reports: "Among plays, meanwhile, two admired revivals at the Goodman Theater — of “The Iceman Cometh” and “Sweet Bird of Youth” — will not be coming to Broadway because of lack of interest from producers. Two other plays that have been announced for Broadway, “The Miss Firecracker Contest” and “The Velocity of Autumn,” are awaiting word on theaters, said the producer of both, Larry Kaye." With 15 backstage unions to deal with, costs to mount a Broadway show are rising, and audiences are not willing to pay the increasing prices necessary to make a profit. Investors, too, are wiser, as they see several shows flop this season. The musical Diner, previously scheduled for April 10th, has been put off until the fall. "“Diner” is only one of several musical projects that were announced or aimed for Broadway in the 2012-13 season but were delayed or canceled, in some cases because producers were not able to raise money. The other shows include movie-to-musical adaptations like “Flashdance,” “Big Fish,” and “Honeymoon in Vegas,” as well as “Rebecca” and “Prince of Broadway.” Fans looking forward to the musical Rebecca were doubly disappointed. Not only did it not open as planned, but the investors turned out to be partially invented by a middleman now charged with fraud. So, I guess I was lucky that I went to Chicago and saw Nathan Lane in A Long Day's Journey into Night, and Finn Witrock in Sweet Bird of Youth. Not so lucky though that both plays were good. I thought Sweet Bird stunk. Only Finn's abs made it worthwhile.

I like them, I just can't afford them!

Thanks, guys. I like this thread so much better than one where I am talking about problems at the other site. Let's let that one slide into the past and take advantage of several new posters here to build this site into a friendly and intelligent place to interact with other gay guys who also like escorts!

Yes, I am following this. The boy giggling on the tape must be one of the stupidest kids in the world. I hope they suffer the consequences of their behavior.

Let's stick to the funny stuff, shall we? I had my friend glutes take a picture of me in the cornfields today:

Well, if Townie is going to be there, all the more reason to try to add it to my calendar!

Surely Mr. Aces can find a computer somewhere. I hope that he wasn't in despair when he left. After all, his fortunes had taken a turn for the worse. But he has friends here, and when you need friends, this can be the place to be.

I don't know Rod Hagen, but I think he made some salient points and that he did it with respect. it didn't come across as whining to me. I have always felt that the contest was arbitrary. I don't know BudFoxx either, but everything I have seen so far tells me that he has the chance to be a funny and charming guy. Or is crazy as a fox? We'll see.