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Much as I'd love to be sitting on the night train to Bucharest listening to Spanish Eyes and taking pictures with my iPhone, I'd just as soon not have it all up in Apple's cloud. They'd probably track my GPS back to the caboose and cause my gentleman friend and me all kinds of tsuris.

Right. It's even better than Google docs. Taken to its extreme, everything that used to be on your computer (docs, software applications, music, photos, videos, emails, you-name-it) can now be moved to a giant hard drive in the sky (the 'cloud'). You get access to it through the internet, and the only thing you really need in your possession is a device with some kind of browser that can connect to the internet and interact with all the stuff that's in the cloud. The device you use can be a computer, a smart phone, even a TV, as long as it has a browser and can connect to the internet. All your stuff is available any time, anywhere in the world with internet access. And it's available on a device you can slip in your pocket. The good news is, somebody else is responsible for storing all your stuff and making it available to you. The bad news is somebody else is responsible for storing all your stuff and making it available to you. The idea of Google or Apple or Microsoft having all my stuff on their hard drives leaves me cold. I just know they're busy thinking up new schemes to charge me for getting at it.

I think all new technology is daunting at first. If we're happy without it, why clutter our pretty little heads with mumbo jumbo? When there's a good reason, we'll learn how to use it, and most likely it will be simpler by then. Let's tweet . . . Let's meet In my opinion, the burden belongs on the technology companies to make their wares easy to buy and easy to use. No one should feel inadequate when it's really the vendors who need to do the heavy lifting. They'll figure it out eventually, and we will all head happily into the cloud.

Too true. We can but try to be accommodating. ☺stinker dujour

That may have been one Reynaldo "Chile" Relleno, who was later recruited and brought to the United States by NARTH, where his hands-on workshop was credited with steering nearly half of its participants toward a wholly heterosexual lifestyle, while the remainder became celibate. I don't recall spending much time with my foreskin, as the standards of the day dictated its speedy removal and delivery to the hospital cat. I like to think that, under different circumstances, it would have become a comforting presence and a favorite plaything. A circumcized friend of mine decided to undergo reconstructive surgery some years back. I recall him being rather well-endowed, so it could not have been a trivial procedure. I haven't yet been swayed by the religious argument. This would not be the first time an assembly of clerics decided some cockamamie ritual was the entry fee for eternal life. It does get me wondering though whether or not Yahweh Himself was circumsized and, if so, what became of the mohel who did the deed. Personally, I haven't yet taken a position on the issue and that's fine, as I'm not a San Francisco voter. I'm content being one of the millions of interested bystanders who are participating in a public discussion for the first time in ages. If I were one of the folks backing the bill, I'd put that increased awareness and debate in the 'win' column.

And perhaps Santa Monica in 2012. From the LA Times article: Neither the San Francisco nor the Santa Monica proposals contain an exception for religious reasons, which for some transforms the ban into a First Amendment issue. David Lehrer, a Jewish leader, told the LA Times that "It takes the notion of the Mommy State to a ridiculous extreme. It probably touches upon being anti-Semitic." But others in the Jewish community are using the proposal as an opportunity to openly discuss the ambivalence and feelings of conflict that many Jewish parents have when they decide to circumcise their sons. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield recently penned an op-ed in the Jewish Journal in reaction to the Santa Monica initiative. Hirschfield confessed that after the birth of his three daughters, he felt "a certain inchoate sense of relief at being spared the obligation to circumcise them eight days later."

Well said, Zipperzone.

Nobody loves a good yock more, but I won't start laughing until they rule out rape. Interesting to see the French cartoons. Unless they tolerate rape better than I do, which I don't believe, it must be their view that it is in fact a coup monté. I do hope that's what it turns out to be. Now that could be funny. The part of Charlie Brown is played by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, while Carla Bruni-Sarkozi appears as Lucy.

Nice story, OZ. Thanks for sharing.

I'm holding out for next year's talking models. What an asshole! Make that a flaming asshole!!

What a dump !

With friends like these, who needs enemas?

Personally, I tend toward tolerance. The only kind of posts I really dislike are cruel posts, especially the ones designed to tear down one of our own. And there aren't many of those here, thankfully. No doubt my posts aggravate some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time , but I appreciate not getting tossed out of the clubhouse when it happens. I know that being ostracized hurts, and I don't want to kick somebody else to the curb if I can avoid it. For all I know, this Board provides a bit of support to some of our members and if indulging their posts is the worst thing I ever have to do in life, I'll die a happy man.

Indeed. And the names! WillaCatheter?

Once I overtipped the caddy and the next thing I knew he was washing my balls.

Try one bite. If that's too much, try a nibble. Discovering the ideal dose that provides only the desired salubrious effects, and not the unwanted ones, will be a highly individualized process and may take some time. In my own case, forty-five years and counting.

Thanks, lurkerspeaks, for the outstanding posts! And please give your 'advisors' a high five for luring you back. I really like hearing the blow-by-blow descriptions of sauna life and the types of guys you are meeting. Found myself wondering, though, what the other customers are like. Do you get a sense that they are local men? Tourists? Regulars? Rich? Average looks? Shy? Sociable? Not that I'm encouraging you to shift your focus away from the heartthrobs that brought you in the door, but would be interested in any observations you've made about other sauna clients. Thanks again for sharing your adventures!

Well, OK, I'd be willing to help you become a perfect poster, just like the rest of us. But it might take some hard work, and it won't always be easy. PS: Kidding aside, Hito, you're a thoughtful guy with a good heart and I think we can use all of that we can get. I know I can.

That's a really good question, ZZ! I'm sure some members of future generations won't be lobotomized, but I bet a goodly number of those who rely on television for their daily mind-fill will definitely be dancing pretty close to the edge of idiocy. I think one of the long-term trends that has been moving us in the direction of lower-quality television is the sheer number of channels and programs that make large audiences a thing of the past. And, without large audiences, there isn't enough advertising revenue to hire good writers and talented actors. Reality TV doesn't require much in the way of writing or acting, so look for more of it in the years ahead. As there are more and more channels with more and more hours to fill, the good programming gets used up pretty quick and we're left with stuff that nobody has put much thought into, except the thought of how to run an extra commercial or score some product placements. For the most part, I think we masses are being 'entertained' by hacks. On the plus side, as our entertainment becomes less cerebral and more primitive, we should eventually find our way back to our roots.

Is he trying to say Lucky's full of shit? . . No, I think he's trying not to say Lucky's full of shit.

Well, that took me deeper into HTML than I ever hoped to go. If OZ or TY can delete these two core dumps, I'll get on about my business. If not, at least I should make the Today's Top Posters list.

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MER has become my purlieu, As there's always a fun thread or deux. But is it très gay If I post en français When I'm here in my favorite milieu?

Perhaps you could give us a glimpse every now and then.

I had planned to sit next to Princess B but, alas, never made it through check-in.