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I could update this thread on baseball, as I am going to Phoenix Sunday to see my first ever spring training game. Today I tried to buy tickets to see the Yankees play the Angels in Anaheim this summer. Tickets went on sale at 9:00 am. I got on at 9:01, and all seats were gone. Same thing happened last year. So I am glad I got tickets to see 5 Yankee games this year in Oakland, at much cheaper prices than Anaheim, and much, much cheaper than at Yankee Stadium. I think the Angels sale is fixed so the Stub Hubs and re-salers get them all. Damn trouble is I have to fly to Oakland, get a hotel, and a car!

Thanks for the answers. I realized after I posted that the pix which are posted are self-selected from pix of guys who are thought to be hot. So it would only be natural to find a higher percentage of them attractive than in day to day life. And, in some cases, I find the guys attractive, but am content to wait a few years for some maturity to go with the cute looks. So there is no easy answer.

I was planning to answer this question tomorrow, but then I realized I had other plans tomorrow, so I had better answer it now. My answer? No, I never plan!

I saw some photos here that were posted in the Pornification Forum, and although I recognized that the guys were cute, I could not picture myself having sex with them. Obviously the guy who posted the photos could. So, here is my question: Most often when someone posts a photo in the Fetish section or the gallery, it is intended to be a photo of someone hot. At least it is in the mind of the poster. So I wonder if there is something off in that many of the photos either leave me cold or less than excited. Am I still gay? I have read that we are only attracted to, at most, ten percent of the men we see. That's probably good, except that for me the percentage is less. I know what I like and that is what I like. You can post hundreds of pix of guys that you like and it will not make me like them anymore. Another side of it is that personality plays a big part in attraction for me, and a photo often cannot show much of that. Most of us are drawn to youth, at least in the still athletic and fit range. I am not referring to underage youth. For me, hairy white men are (almost) automatically ruled out. The only reason I can come up with for that is that I am a hairy white man and I have been surrounded by them. So a smooth Asian or Latin does wonders for me. And a smile. I know that attraction usually defies any attempt at explanation. So I go back to the original question: On the photos you see here that are intended to be photos of hot guys, what percentage of them appeal to you, in that you also find them sexually attractive? Or have I asked an unanswerable question? It could be so broad as not to provide any meaningful answers.

I don't, and I don't see why the news is carrying his opinions on it. He's a washed up actor- why would his opinions matter to anyone? That's why I am not quoting them!

I have enough miles to fly Business or first to London. Yet AA wants "up to $775" in fees to go along with the miles.

caeron brings up a subject that is often a source for people to claim that "you are living a lie." At one point I would have agreed, but my years on the forums have changed my mind. There are so many reasons why a person would not choose to tell everyone he knows that he is gay, that I cannot be the judge of their judgments. I only know what works for me. The same then applies to the original question. There can be reasons why you don't tell everyone everything. Only you can decide who gets to know what. Picture a guy who is completely out of the closet. Does he then tell everyone, his mama included, if he is a cocaine addict? Is he less honest for keeping his mama/best friend/loving uncle who is a cop unaware? It doesn't, of course, have to be cocaine, it could be any secret that you want.

I really expected a lot more excitement around here for the Bieb. So many of you claim to be into twinks, and he is certainly a cute one.

Other than the Costco annual rebate I got today for $127, I have no money to keep track of.

Welcome back zipperzone, I truly hope you are well or getting damn close to it. Welcome back, Adam Smith. I truly hope you are well, or damn close to it. Welcome back, Beware of Nick. Don't come and go now! Hi samfitzpatrick and sheperds. Why not post? Where are the other new guys that signed up recently and disappeared so quickly? We want you back too! With all of you posting, well:

My niece lives in Michigan. She said she had to declare a party at the polls. So, Democrats may be able to vote in the Republican primary, but they have to declare Republican to do so. I told her that is she or her handsome but too conservative husband voted for Santorum, I would never speak to them again. She declined to tell me who they voted for, but did say that I could speak to them again, meaning they didn't vote for Santorum.

As George Romney might say: "Pancakes are people too." So don't be so hard on them! But, on the subject of kids today, TMZ.com has pictures of a young Jean Claude Van Damme (and a sexy pic it is!) from 1990. Next to it is a pic of his son at about the same age. Sure, the son is muscular, but ugly! Why? Because he has ruined his body with shitty tattoos! TMZ won't let you take a pic from their site, so here is the link. See if you agree with me: Father and Son The link isn't great as you have to scroll to the story.

At the stroke of midnight, eastern time of course, young Justin Bieber turns 18. For these last few minutes, we can only admire his singing talents and his pro bono work for ill children. But, hopefully, someone close to him will nuzzle up in just 6 minutes and sing Happy Birthday!

Isn't phimosis the study of large cocks? Oh, never mind. I just hit the link. Dang you guys!

Back to the sleeping pills, this should help you out tonight: "A new study suggests that the 6% to 10% of Americans who use prescription sleep medications such as zolpidem (Ambien), temazepam (Restoril), eszopiclone (Lunesta) and zaleplon (Sonata) are more likely to develop cancer, and far more likely to die prematurely, than those who take no sleep aids. The increased rates kick in at really low levels too, the study says. For those prescribed as few as one to 18 sleeping pills in a year, deaths during the period of the new study were more than three and a half times greater than for those who got no such prescriptions, the study says. And for patients who took home the largest number of prescriptions for sleep aids--for more than 132 pills per year--the risk of death was five times greater than among those who appeared to take no sleep aids, according to the study." Oh, read on. It's not necessarily all bad: Will I Awake? Then there is this other article: Sleep apnea may make people more prone to silent strokes I won't even link that one. Sleep well.

He did it! Today's Top Posters hitoallusa (24) JKane (23)

Hi Maxx. Thanks for explaining why your name is longer than Max is usually spelled, and welcome to the forums. You can't max out on the number of posts, so have at it!

You might think that all Russians are crooks from reading this article in today's NY Times about a quarter billion dollar scam by Russian doctors and other immigrants. "This one, like many others, had its nerve center in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, the locus of the city’s Russian-speaking immigrant population, many of whom grew up under a Communist system that bred disdain for the rules and a willingness to cheat to get around them. Brighton Beach has one of the highest rates of health care fraud in the nation...“This is the Russian mind-set, and this is why it’s endemic in the system,” said one law-enforcement official who has investigated organized-crime groups from the former Soviet Union for many years. “If you’re not scamming the system, if you’re not scamming the government, you’re not doing what you’re supposed to be doing — you’re looked upon as a patsy.” But the times is quick to correct any misimpression that all Russians are crooks: "Of course, most immigrants from the former Soviet Union involved in health care in the United States are law-abiding, and would be offended at the impression that such schemes help to create. Still, some experts in law enforcement and academia believe that the cumbersome Soviet system, with its thicket of strictures that governed almost every aspect of life, effectively helped to groom a generation of post-Soviet criminals in the United States." No doubt it is just a few who break the law, and they are the ones who make the news. On the other hand, maybe some crimes need more personal investigation: Russian authorities are investigating claims this week that young military conscripts have routinely been forced into prostitution, according to several reports. It is the latest in a string of scandals that have plagued the Russian military...Soldiers For Rent Then again: As The A.P. notes, “all Russian men between the ages of 18 and 27 are required by law to serve in the 1.2 million-member military, but only about 9 percent typically are drafted. The rest avoid the feared conscription by signing up for college, being excused for health reasons — often falsified — or by simply paying bribes.” Honestly Russian

A baseball player who won his appeal on a steroid pee result is attacking the guy who took the sample for leaving it in the refrigerator over the weekend. I guess he thinks we are dumb enough to believe that a few days in the cooler could make his piss full of testosterone. Anyway, the guy who takes the samples must witness the um, sample as it is being given. He has taken samples now from 600 athletes, all male, of course. Now that's a job to like. He gets to see a lot of games for free. I had a friend once who saw more than 600 cocks in his job, but he worked at a VD clinic, which kind of took the fun out of it!

The only time I was robbed by a guy I took home (hotel) he had sex with me first. It was wonderful. He cleaned out my wallet on the way out. (I realize that is technically not a robbery.) Anyway, he had bought me a beer in the club, saved me a taxi fare to the hotel, and gave me superb sex. All for $19! And yes, thanks, Pauleiro, for the great report.

I think the news is the tape of the daughter confirming that MJ is not singing on the album.

Say that 3 more times and you will be tied!

His daughter says so. Tapes in the possession of gossip site TMZ are reportedly the daughter, in 2010, saying that a Jackson impersonator is really the voice on the album. Paris Jackson is quoted as saying on the tapes: During the 2010 video chat, Paris supposedly announced to her friends that the reason the voice on the album doesn't sound like her dad is because it's not the King of Pop at all — it's a sound-alike named Jason Malachi. "It's NOT him ... the whole album isn't even him!! Go online ... go on YouTube and look up Jason Malachi. That's him!!" the 13-year-old allegedly replied when a friend asked why the "Hold My Hand" singer sounded different. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/michael-jackson-daughter-paris-claims-legendary-singer-album-impostor-voice-article-1.1030559#ixzz1noJqwhGt

I see that hitoallusa is giving EXPAT a run today. He has 23 posts to EXPAT's 27, and the day is still young!