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We all know that Chaz is not on the show because of his dancing ability. He brings with him a whole media circus based upon who he is, and what he was. I wish him well, but do wonder why he took this on. The reason I don't think he will last is partly due to his mediocre skill at dancing, but more due to the right-wing vote coming in for Nancy Grace, a *** if there ever was one. (See- I can self-censor!) Having said all of that, I wonder why a lot of folks take that show on.

Tristan, so hot and such a good dancer. Val, the same. Derek too. Was anyone else on the show? OH, Nancy grace, who will easily get the right wing vote. If Chaz lasts a week, I will be dumbfounded. What a circus he is. And that Carson guy. Is this what America sees as a gay man? What bugs me is that either Tristan, Val, or Derek could be gay and America will never know it until one of the closet guys has the guts to come out. Until then, Carson represents the gay community.

LOL. How intense does it have to be? And this was a gang rape, even if they didn't show each guy. Rape as entertainment is only entertaining until it's you or your family or friend getting raped. Then it's not funny at all. What kind of society are we, really, where this becomes mainstream entertainment?

Known for their history of slumping late in the season, the Boston Red Sox are at it again. They had lost 11 of their 14 last games, and today are only ahead of the Tampa Bay team by 1 1/2 games. It was nine just awhile ago. It's going to be an interesting week. Boston plays the weak Baltimore Orioles, then the Yankees, and then the Orioles again. Whereas the Rays play the Yankees, Toronto, and then the Yankees again. So Tampa has a harder road to go, plus starting behind. But Boston seems to love to collapse at the end of a great season. They lost to the Orioles this morning, and are winning the night game of a double header. Team W L PCT GB NY Yankees 92 60 .605 - Boston 87 66 .569 5.5 Tampa Bay 85 67 .559 7.0 From mlb.com: BOSTON -- "Playing significant games in September" has been a mantra among Rays players and management the past several years. Well, they don't get as significant as the 10 remaining on the team's 2011 slate. After Sunday's 8-5 win over Boston, the Rays find themselves two games behind the Red Sox for the American League Wild Card spot. Tampa Bay (85-67) won for the 11th time in its past 15 games since Boston (87-65) held a nine-game lead on Sept. 2. The Rays have now won eight of their past nine games from the Red Sox, and they claimed a 12-6 advantage during the season series. Should the Rays manage to earn a spot in the playoffs, they will make history. No team in Major League history has overcome as high as a nine-game deficit through Sept. 2 to earn a spot in the postseason.

Well, I for one do not wear sandals. And I totally oppose the idea of showing your toes in public, especially restaurants, where they tend to slip the sandal off and go barefoot. Not appetizing for me!

Well, thank you tomcal! I enjoyed reading it, and also looking at the photo. Nice to know that Prague is coming into its own as a gay mecca. I was there in 1995 and it was dull, boywise.

He didn't age so well.

I completely agree, Lookin.

Yes, it is a nice report, and I thank you for it. having said that, I would appreciate a little more white space for my older eyes. Indentations between paragraphs, and shorter paragraphs! That's enough from an old English teacher!

towleroad has a video of LMAO's new video: I'm Sexy and I Know It. It did two things- made me laugh, and reminded me that I've always wished I had rhythm! Until EXPAT posts the video here, use this link to enjoy a funny and sexy 3 minute show: I'm Sexy and I Know It

Speaking of ways to lose weight: (My thread may be toasted too!)

Oz, thanks for taking the time to give us such an in depth look at both cities, and the differences between them. I don't think one can easily tire of Bangkok, unless big cities like that are not your thing. For me, Pattaya gets old quickly. But then, I'd have to qualify that to say when I was there at the same time you were, I had a pretty good time.

"Check Your Pulse Before you get out of bed in the morning, press your index and middle fingers against the inside of your wrist below your thumb and count the beats for 30 seconds." Haha. If I get up in the morning, I know I have a pulse.

I thought marijuana was supposed to give you the munchies, and make you lethargic? Not good diet methods. However, I have to say that I do not know any obese potheads!

CTGuy, I have no problem with you seeing this differently than I do, but what is so funny then? The boy has to act effeminate so he will be taken as gay- that's a stereotype, why do some think it is funny to perpetuate that? Why do we find effeminate gay men funny in the first place- at least funny enough to laugh at them? Beyond that, the kid did not do a very good job!

The Reverend Jesus Silva has died at the age of 78. The NY Times reports: "Father Silva was still a seminarian in 1956 when he came to the aid of 15 boys who had been orphaned or abandoned and found refuge for them in his mother’s house. Inspired by the 1938 film “Boys Town,” which he had seen as a child, and by a distinctly Marxist interpretation of the Gospels, he established the Ciudad de los Muchachos, or Boys Town, on property outside Ourense purchased for him by his brother, a lawyer." In the 70's, the Spanish Boys Town circus toured the world, including above at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. More than 50,000 boys passed through Benposta, which served as a model for similar projects in Belgium, Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Mozambique and the Dominican Republic. In this day and age, it is surprising that no accusations of impropriety survive Fr. Silva, given how rampant was priest molestation over the past 50 years. By all accounts the Reverend lived a modest life, using the circus as a means of raising funds to support the children at his Boys town. Other Boys Towns, such as in Omaha, Nebraska, suffered pedophile scandals. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/world/europe/jesus-silva-priest-who-founded-a-boys-town-dies-at-78.html?ref=obituaries http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/8758373/Father-Jesus-Silva.html

Has anyone seen Hillary and Bill together in the last couple of years? (My thread here has turned into one of the all-stars of the Politics forum, so I thought I could toss out a frivolous inquiry with no harm! I do wonder.)

Shh. This is one of the reasons I get such good seats for Yankee games in Oakland at a low price!

This picture may not last, but this an Adidas slide, for those, like me, who had never heard of them.

Alexander Skarsgård plays the main villain, and in the rape scene he is shirtless, and hunkier than in the above pic. The camera lingers over his bare torso, and it is erotic, but then, the character is such a creep. This is when I walked out- at the point where I had some lust for a rapist! His creepy buddies were waiting their turn, and that I wasn't going to see! (No spoiler as the rape is mentioned in the reviews, and is apparently a well-known plot point of the earlier film.)

A few yeas ago a bitch of a hygeniest was cleaning my teeth, and suggested I might want root planing. I said I would think about it, but before I was out of the chair she was saying that she would start right now. I got up and left, giving her and the dentist a piece of my mind. The price then was $125 a quadrant.

Today I discovered my personal limit on what I am willing to see on the movie screen. As much as I like James Marsden, I left the movie after an hour. Gruesome is too generous a term for what they put on the screen. I didn't see the Peckinpah version, so I guess I only had a small idea of what I was in for.

Alcohol is a bad solution.

The one next to you!