Lucky

Today I received an email from Chase Bank, allowing that hackers had entered their system and made off with at least the email addresses of all of their customers: "Chase is letting our customers know that we have been informed by Epsilon, a vendor we use to send e-mails, that an unauthorized person outside Epsilon accessed files that included e-mail addresses of some Chase customers. We have a team at Epsilon investigating and we are confident that the information that was retrieved included some Chase customer e-mail addresses, but did not include any customer account or financial information. Based on everything we know, your accounts and confidential information remain secure." Really comforting, eh? Shortly afterward, I received a similar email from Citibank. They use the same vulnerable company. Yet they are much more confident that this breach did not go beyond email addresses: Recently, Citi was notified of a system breach at Epsilon, a third-party vendor that provides marketing services to a number of companies, including Citi. The information obtained was limited to the customer name and email address of some credit card customers. No account information or other information was compromised and therefore there is no reason to re-issue a new card. So why does Chase hedge their bets while Citibank is confident that it is only email addresses?

I don't as of yet have Firefox 4, although it seems that every week they install an upgrade. I think now I have 3.16.something. Anyway, it sure is bad these days. I switch to Chrome and get blazing fast speeds, but Firefox is like an old western wagon that keeps breaking down.

I am not sure what you are saying here, Epigonos. I assume that your friends are shocked at how high your pension is after 36 years? My experience is that most government workers have average pensions. It is the police and firefighters who have managed the most sweetheart deals, getting to retire after only 20 years of service and usually keeping full benefits. Teachers, as far as I know, have never received any sweetheart pension deals. If you did, well, keep it. But I think those railing against public pensions are throwing the baby in with the bathwater.

Yes, this thread notwithstanding, the event came off very well and everyone felt welcomed. Many kudos to Oliver for again hosting a successful pool party with this year the added job of organizing the Saturday night events. I do think some mention should go to the umm, shadow observer, who made sure everyone felt loved as well.

Well, of course, can you imagine if the lesbians were here and responding? I don't think zipper would any longer have a zone to zip!

Liquid crystal? You mean they make a liquid crystal meth? I didn't know that... no wonder you can stay up all night finding nude photos!

Then what about the thread in the Pornification forum called MASTURBATE by Tampa Yankee? TY sure gets around. BTW, hitoallusa, are you sending your condolences to the mother of the deceased model via this site? I am sure she reads it faithfully and no doubt will find comfort in your words. And a P.S. to zipperzone- I don't drink alcohol, after 5 or not.

The words weren't said in the confines of a clubby male locker room, nor were they embodied in a thread on a message board appealing to gay men who hire escorts. Rather, they were said in a very public forum, and involved the head of New Hampshire's Republican legislature and a very important Catholic bishop: A top Republican in New Hampshire on Friday called Bishop John B. McCormack of Manchester a “pedophile pimp” on his Facebook page. The Republican, State Representative D. J. Bettencourt, the House majority leader, was responding to criticism from Bishop McCormack that state budget cuts would hurt the most vulnerable members of society. “Would the bishop like to discuss his history of protecting the ‘vulnerable?’ ” Mr. Bettencourt, a practicing Roman Catholic, wrote. “This man is a pedophile pimp who should have been led away from the State House in handcuffs with a raincoat over his head in disgrace. He has absolutely no moral credibility to lecture anyone.” More of the story at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/us/02bishop.html?_r=1&ref=politics

Next weekend this pool will be all male...Palm Springs welcomes everybody.

For the first time ever on the internets, I am posting a picture of me COMPLETELY nude and full frontal. Please do NOT pass it on:

Lesbians joke about cutting off mens' penises, but I have never felt the need to hold tightly in their presence. I do think the zipper has a way of stating things in the extreme, but I imagine he would be kind to any woman who was in need of his help or courtesy. That's the bottom line.

There is another movement like this, it's all about not posting for several days as a way of supporting those whose rights have been silenced. Try it!! I'll let you know when the time is up!

Today I saw a group of the women here for the party, and they were so joyful to be together and having fun with their friends in a warm and accepting environment. It's the same spirit that you see at many gay events, where the sense of togetherness prevails. That said, I think jokes are okay too. I don't see the above as being mean-spirited. One thing we know is that lesbians will stand for us when it counts, and the reverse is true too.

You seem to have the right idea on what might work.

After the wildly successful Palm Springs Weekend, drawing hordes of escort-hiring men and their young hip-attachments, lesbians will this weekend attempt to compete with an event of their own. So what is their draw? Golf. Yes, golf. Apparently lesbians like to golf. They don't have little balls of their own to play with, so they use others' little balls. Thousands of ball-less humans will descend upon Palm Springs Regional Airport this weekend, making it a good time to visit New York. Once these women have gone back to Buffalo or wherever they came from, then hordes of drug-loving young gay men will arrive for the Palm Springs White Party the following Weekend. Temperatures are expected to be near 100 today. http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110331/LIFESTYLES0108/103310310/Dinah-Shore-Weekend-Organizers-look-forward-see-party-adapting-changing-scene (Word is that Jesus himself will be arriving on the weekend following the White Party. Stay tuned.)

flguy, thank you for your considered reply to this thread. In addition to your comments, friends have suggested to me privately that I should have just stayed out of this thread, and, upon reflection, I agree with them. At the time of the event, we took the high road. At Saturday's dinner, I was the MC. I welcomed Daddy to the event, and, during the course of the event, folks also made him feel welcomed. It was my intent that everyone have a good time. I recognize that if it were not for the message centers, there would be no posters to invite to the event. The argument between myself and Daddy is just that. I could not understand why he would both want me off of his message center and yet want to come to the event that I founded and co-hosted. But once he was there it was incumbent upon me and others to make him feel welcome. I think we did that. Yet since then other threads and comments have been made. Once the event was over, I feel that they serve no purpose. I let my animosity towards Daddy draw me into this thread and I regret that. I also should let Oliver speak for himself if he chooses to do so. He is the consummate gentleman and I doubt he would want to be drawn into this. So, in retrospect, had it not been late at night I might have taken a different tact. Today I wish I had. Nothing is served by drawing this out. My days at Daddy's site are over and I should let sleeping dogs lie.

Sorry I am typing by cell phone. Oliver organized this years event but did not invite Daddy. When Daddy showed people treated him nicely, and I would like to leave It at that.

Sorry I am typing by cell phone.

A short message from Lucky. The Palm Springs weekend was started by me in 2005 as a way for posters to meet each other. It was not about escorts, but we were gllad they came. He'll, we were glad anyone came. The second year Oliver organized his pool event but I orva.used everything That became impossible this year when Daddy kicked me off his site. He was invited to the party this year against my express wishes by people who were themselves guests and had no right to invite anybody.

Dane, my comment just referred to the number of threads we had about Palm Springs. I am THRILLED to have you on the board, and hope you will like it here. Self-promote all you want, I'll be glad to look at your pix anytime!

As long as you don't throw a Thai boy into the mix, I would choose you. No offense, Dane. You'd definitely be on the list!

I don't do cloying.

LOL. And I was so sure that no one would see me.

We had Dane start a thread about Oz, then Oz starts a thread about Dane. A bit much in my opinion. But, I do like Dane and I do like Oz, so may be I will start a thread about that. What is disgusting over at Dadys site is that the Weekend sounds like it was all about him. He had nothing to do with it. He only came because someone paid his way, flight, hotel, and Follies ticket. I just wish they had bought him a better outfit too. Maybe his donations will soon go up. Oliver deserves the praise, but the escorts are too busy sucking up to Daddy.

There are now 3 threads referring to the Palm Springs Weekend. Anyone care to start a fourth?