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I have a condo I am looking at in LOS. The owner is totally 100 percent unwilling to negotiate on the asking price at all. It is a very nice condo but I thought all things in LOS were negotiable. I offered longer lease, easier agreements, and many things that would benefit him. No to all. No negotiation at all.

I found these two posts interesting and wanted to be sure all saw them and could find them easily. Gaybutton has asked for some instructions on CamFrog and here is what was advised. From Fountinhall: I assume you have registered with camfrog and have a sign-in name. So, when you click on the camfrog icon, it should open up a small window with a 'click to start' box. This will then open another window which has a list down the left side and one across the top. Forget the left side ones and instead click on the third box on the top (think it's the third one!). This then opens up a new list of dozens of rooms in Thailand, and you will see that some have as many as 500 members on line, others as few as 10 or 12. Click on any room to enter it. Yet another window opens up. Some windows will give you immediate access to the room and those in it. Others will require you to click on 'Yes' - presumably meaning you agree to abide by the room regulations (all of which are in Thai). Once in the room, this room window has the main general chat section, two smaller windows at the top - one for your camera image and one for the person you want to chat with. Down the right side is the list of names of those presently in the room. This list has two groups, the first of which are guys who are happy for you to see their camera images, the second called "Lurkers" who are invisible to you. Place your cursor on any name (don't click) and within a second or two it will tell you if the person is a paid-up member (which means he can open up lots of images at the same time) or a non-paying member (which means he can only open one person's window at a time). It also tells you the guy's stated age. But don't be put off by an "88 year old" - it's almost certainly an 18 year old having his idea of fun! To see someone's camera image, click on the name. In most cases, this will give you his image alongside yours. If you like someone and want to chat, drag your curser along the top of the guy's photo and four little icons open up in sequence. Click on the one which looks like a bubble with some words in it. That will open up a separate dialogue chat box - probably on the right of your screen - and you can then chat individually to that guy. When you are chatting with someone, another guy in the room may also wish to chat with you. In that case, his 'name' will appear at the top of this dialogue box - a bit like the tab at the top of a file. You can then click back and forward on those tabs to chat with more than one guy if you wish. And if you are fed up chatting to a guy, you can close his dialogue box by clicking on the little 'cross' on the right side of his tab. If you have not opened up any chats, you may sometimes hear a sound and a little box with a name will appear elsewhere on the screen for about 5 seconds. This is someone wanting to chat with you. Click on that and the dialogue screen opens up to enable you to chat. Usually I don't agree to the chat until I see the guy's photo. So I make a note of the name, let the little box disappear and then check on the guy's name and photo. If I like his photo, then I'll move the cursor along the top of the photo to open up the dialogue box. I hope all this is making some sort of sense. The only other thing to note is that you can tell when someone is looking at you because a pair of funny spectacles will appear alongside his icon in the list of names of guys in the room. If you note someone is spending a lot of time looking at you, it generally means he is kind of interested, but may be shy starting a chat. You can then click on his photo to see if he is your type, and then start a chat if you so desire. You can also request to have a private chat, meaning others cannot see the two of you - and then you can get up to anything you wish. To achieve this, you have first to be chatting with someone and then click one of the icons at the top of the dialogue box - but I am sorry I cannot recall which one. Trial and error will solve that problem, though. Hope this works. If not, let me know and I'll see if I can find a friend here in Chiang Mai with camfrog on his computer. The only other point is that I find interest from camfrog members is much less direct than those on gayromeo. It also comes in 'spurts' with a lot of guys wanting to chat one evening and then no-one being interested for days thereafter. But from my experience, there are lots of young guys around the country extremely interested in getting to know older farangs! And there are quite a few randy guys anxious for you to see their wares! From MrBill: I would like someone to explain, step-by-step and very clearly, how to use CamFrog. I can't figure out how to chat with anyone. Nothing I try works. I can send messages to the main screen, but how do you start a chat with a specific user? "Explain it to me, like I'm a four-year old." -Denzel Washington, 'Philadelphia' Like a 4-year-old eh? OK, I'll give it a try. Today's lesson is brought to you by the letters C A M F R O and G and the numbers ... well, you get the picture. A couple things about camfrog to know... you increase your chances of chatting and connecting if you have a webcam. In some looms if you are a "Lurker" (without a cam) you will be "kick out", and if you try it multiple times, you can be permanently barred from participating in that room. Trust me on this one, if you have a cam just sit tight, boys will be coming to you! Next... you can pay a one-time fee for camfrog pro that allows you to open multiple winows (100 cams the Thais call it) within a room and carry on multiple conversations at the same tme. Otherwise, with free camfrog, you can chat with one person at a time in any given room. Some Thai moderators don't like falang with "100 cams" others will users might ask you for your code if you are a pro user, "I give you good show if you give me code." I'll assume, like most 4-year-olds you can figure out how to sign on/in So, if we start with the chat room list, at the top you'll see a drop down menu, left click on it and find "Thailand" further down you will see 4 tabs in green, select "18+". There you will find a list of adult looms, most of the ones you will want to visit have Gay in the title and all are written in English, so it's pretty easy for us Falangs. Alternately, you can select "join chat" to go to a specific room if you know where you want to go. One I would recommend is "Gay_Chonburi_Club_Za" When you enter a room some will ask you to agree to the terms of the room which are all written in Thai, I automatically click "yes" and hope to hell I haven't signed my life away. On the far right side you will see 3 gategories: "Visble Users" lists the parson(s) whose cams you have opened, if you have done so, "Hidden users" lists people with a cam in the room with whom you can chat, and "Lurkers" people just hanging out without their own cam. "Sorry my cam broke today." Scrolling your mouse over any of the names will give you basic info: User Name, Sex, Cam/No Cam, Status, age and Pro/No Pro user. To open someone's cam, just left click your mouse on their name. If you want to chat with someone, right click on their name with you mouse, a pop-up menu will give you several options: View Webcam, Add to (your)Contact List, IM User, View Profile etc. Left Click you mouse on "IM User" and a chat window will open. The rest is just like any chat program - Windows Live, Gay Romeo etc. Users have the ability to block other users from contacting them. If you are blocked 3 times within a certain time period, you can be kicked off the board temporarily. And that boys and girls is how you use camfrog and live happily ever after. Seriously though, I use it a lot. I find more and more boys with their own computers and Internet who are students or employed in some way. Many of the bar boys use Internet cafes like on GR. Some give you a little look see, others will do a complete no holds barred show. Some will ry the same bull they do in person, "Water Buffalo just die, mama in hospital..." Some ask for money for rent or food, but mostly it's a good time, I think. Hope this helps!

I have One-Two Call. I am not in Gay Thailand at the moment. I need access to my phone for some text messages. I am in USA. I can't seem to get it to work. Do they work outside of Thailand or is that something special I should have taken care of when I was in LOS?

Pics? Flight Itinerary?

This Friday night, Jan 22nd, we will have a meet up for Go Go boys at MJ's in Silverlake around 9:30 - 10:00 PM. They are supposed to have about 19 dancers there so it should be fun to watch the boys and to meet other guys on the forum. For those interested, some of us will go to The Flying Leap a few blocks away around 8:00 PM for dinner. It is a gay own restaurant with reasonable prices. If you want to meet up, let us know so we can make reservations as they often fill up on Fridays. We need a head count so either post here or PM me to let me know you are going and how many. I hope some of you are able to make the evening and look forward to meeting some of you!

Back in July 2008, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a new policy (PDF) regarding searches of documents and electronic devices at the border. CBP asserts it has the right to conduct these searches of any traveler — citizens and noncitizen alike "absent individualized suspicion," — meaning no suspicion of wrongdoing is even required to conduct a search. Despite an update to the policy in August 2009 (PDF), everything from the photos of your kids on your camera phone to your company's trade secrets on your laptop, is fair game. The ACLU feels that this policy violates travelers' First and Fourth Amendment rights. So we filed a Freedom of Information Act request for records concerning the criteria for carrying out the searches, how many travelers had been subjected to the searches, the number of devices retained and the reasons for their retention. Today we released the first batch of information we got back from the CBP. After reviewing 863 pages of documents, here's what we know: * In a span of just nine months, CBP officials searched over 1,500 electronic devices belonging to travelers. * Cell phones were the most commonly searched and seized devices between October 2008 and June 2009. * Other types of devices that were searched and detained include digital cameras, thumb drives, hard drives, and DVDs. * Between July 2008 and June 2009, CBP transferred electronic files found on travelers' devices to third-party agencies (often to translate or decrypt what's on the device) almost 300 times. Over half the time, these unknown agencies asserted the right to retain or seize the transferred files. More than 80 percent of the transfers involved the CBP making copies of travelers' files. If you'd like to totally geek out on the data, check out these spreadsheets! Again, because no suspicion is required to do a search, it's not clear what CBP is looking for. As my former colleague Noam blogged in 2008: s the solution to search every laptop and cell phone, hoping to uncover an Outlook calendar entry that says "8 a.m.: Coffee and Bagel; 9 a.m.: Blow up Sears Tower?" An all-invasive approach that treats everyone like a suspect is not a smart trade-off for the miniscule chance that we'll catch a break like that. For those of you who travel across the border frequently, we have a few suggestions for how to keep those trade secrets (and pictures of your kids) private. http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/hard-numbers-behind-laptop-searches-border

Friday 22nd works for me as well. Let's consider it a date! What time should we meet?

I think too late to get done at this point. What about the next Friday night? Is that good for you?

Pat Robertson is a fucking cock sucking, ball-less, limp prick! Fuck him in the ass with his BS!

I am interested in building up my gay library and looking for some gay coming of age films. My favorite of all time is Beautiful Thing. I must have seen it 5 times in the small little Chelsea theater when it first came out and I also look my mother to see it when I came out to her. I guess it holds special meaning to me. Anyone else know of any great gay themed coming of age films?

My heart goes out to those in Haiti. One of my first lovers was from there and I visited the country one time. It is a beautiful place, although very intolerant of gays. I hope the recover effort is fast and that the people are given as much help and assistance from the world as possible.

True. I am sure his 450,000 bonus for winning almost put him there too.

Thanks Steven. That is not a bad idea. We just hate sending out so many e-mails as we don't like to bother people and don't want members to think we are going to send them stuff daily. But, you are right, it is most likely the best solution. Thanks.

Thanks Stu. I loved that scene. Damm. She does have a potty mouth doesn't she? I can so relate to her! This last season of Dexter was amazing. It got off to a slow start, but man, when it got going, it was really really going. The end shocked the hell out of me. I NEVER expected that! NEVER.

Nope. I am waiting to hear from Townie on when he can make plans to meet. I have yet to set a date.

The bars and clubs in Sunee Plaza are having a party on February 14. They say: Fun, Food and Frolics! Sounds tasty to me. Check out: http://suneeplaza.info for more info.

Jan 15 is Krazy Dragon's owner's birthday. Happy Birthday Mark! Party on that night. see: http://krazy-dragon.com

I met up with TomCal last night in LA for drinks at Mickey's. I was running a bit late and didn't get to spend much time there but there were some hot gogo boys on stage at 7PM. When we walked back by around 10:30 or so there were more. When I got there they had a young twink that I had met and raved about at Micky's the last time I was there. Once again, he made my heart go pitter patter! Also, walking on the same block I think there were at least 2 more bars with gogo boys. The late night crowd at Rage was HOT. VERY many sexy guys in line and in the outside box. I will have to go back and just hang out in the area one night. Thanks to TomCal for suggesting the meet up and it was nice to finally meet the Beguigled man himself. Both were a true pleasure to chat with. Thanks guys for showing me a bit of your city.

I am so disappointed with the Senate, I keep getting their Senate ReElection campaign money requests and I have asked to be taken off the list. I won't give any of them one dollar! They have royally screwed this up. IMHO This was a once in a lifetime chance for real change and it goes to show that it will be politics as usual in DC.

Great article. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats to Alabama. It was a great game to watch! I wore my red Crimson Tide shirt and socks just for the occasion! Roll Tide!

I have always enjoyed ending my night here. I like the atmosphere and the crowd. I also like the food and it is very inexpensive. You are never rushed to eat and the group is very laid back. I also have never been pressured here to buy a guy a drink. Lastly, I met one of my favorite guys in all of Rio here! I thought I was going to marry him. I left him a wad of cash when I left and he put it in the bank. He called a week later to say his money was stolen. I asked him about the bank, and he said it was stolen from the bank. I guess I have a lot to learn of the Brazilian Banking system.

Front page of Bangkokpost today. Very odd.