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After my last trip to Brazil and hanging out with FloridaRob and BigDaddy, I really do understand the importance of knowing the language. They were able to accomplish so much more than me as they could speak with the boys and not rely on one or two word phrases. As I want to spend a great deal more time in Brazil this year and in the years to come, I want to learn the language. I have purchased the Rosetta Stone DVD's and they are nice but just getting started. BigDaddy recommended http://www.pimsleurapproach.com/ as he said the CD's were all he needed to learn what he needed to know. I am also willing to spend a month or two in an intensive language school in the country. Anyone ever done this before? Recommendations? I saw a few in Sao Paulo and there were 2 I wanted to visit but refused to give me the address until I filled out an online application. I stayed away from those schools. I am willing to do a school in any city as long as it has a decent hotel and some sauna boys. Any suggestions? Or, any other recommendations on other courses?

Excellent advice. Thank you. Agree with you on many things. 117 is my favorite in Rio and spend most of my time there. Have not been to a few of the ones you mentioned but will give them a try on my next Rio visit which is not too far in the future. In Sao Paulo this week, most of the guys were asking 60-70 from Americans. They were all willing to go for less but one guy from Rio wanted 100 and no less. He was the hottest in the place and was in and out at least 5 times that I saw.

If he takes another run for President, I'll jump in on that ship again. He is an amazing man and so little in DC are willing to speak their mind. He does and it is a great mind to boot.

Lucky is alive and well. Never believe death reports unless you are at the funeral. I have been dead a few times only to rise again.

What is your favorite fast food place? Mine is a mix. I love Subway just about anytime day or night. I can get what I want exactly the way I want it. They do have these world wide but not as much as other American chains. Next would be McDonalds. I grew up on this and it was a few times a month we were treated to a cheeseburger here and still I love the place. I know not good for the calories but nothing beats a Quarter Pounder when you are traveling long distance and have only a few minutes to devour something.

No, it was not appropriate. It was not discreet. It was not professional. Regardless of what you think of your clients, they are paying for you to keep the transaction private. I once ran an escort service in NYC. Our largest money making weekend was the Republican Convention in Philly. We sent tons of boys down. One came back and we were watching the speeches and his client was on the tv. A very consertative man with deeply religious politics. It was not our business.

My first Gaiety boy was in the Hotel Carter. It was close by to them and very cheap. The Montreal boys used to love it and the staff there did not give a fuck who came or went.

Dennis has always been my hero. He was my number 1 when the primaries began in the last few elections. He is amazing. Sadly, he is never taken seriously.

Nope. Thus, the easy bypass. Thanks though.

Anyone going to see him when he joins Guys and Dolls? Openly gay and hot as hell!

Well, the last 2 days I have been sick. I got seafood poisoning at a very nice Italian restaurant and ended up in the hospital here. So, no sex at all. But, the Brazilian BF (for a few hours every day before he goes home to his wife) came over and took good care of me, got me some food to eat, water to drink and played games with me. No, not sex games. Reindeer games. I have also incorporated the other suggestions into the articles for the programmers to put on new site. Much appreciated input guys!

Yes, the ad is set by the site.

I do not think the Obama administration will allow any prosecutions to proceed against the top tier. I was quite surprised that Bush did not blanket pardon many in the last day. To me, this says he does believe that he was 100 percent right on all issues. My hope is that prosecutions against any violations of law will proceed. Where would it end? The voters knew what was going on and voted anyway. Do "we the people" go to trial next? IMHO, the world has already convicted us. Now, we need to undo the harm done in the past. Both Obama and Clinton has made gestures to the Arab world. Lets hope that we are able to move forward instead of backward.

The best way is to bookmark: http://www.maleescortreview.com/index.php To my knowledge, the only popup is when you enter the site and enter the enter button. There should not be more popups. Are you getting any others?

I had a great headset for my Mac but it just broke and I'll have to buy a new one for use with my Skype. Any suggestions?

Don't worry Stu. There will be no bitch fights here and we will continue on the same course as the beginning of the site. As TY's code of conduct for the Message boards stated since day 1: MER membership is restricted to Adults Only. That Message Center members shall be expected to behave as adults is not an undue burden. The expected conduct standard for the MER forums is the same as that observed everyday in society by adults in our neighborhoods, towns, and cities. It is based on straightforward mature behavior, civility and courtesy that you find in a neighborhood Pub or Tavern where neighbors and acquaintances joined by occasional strangers come together to socialize in good temper, to share conversation, and to hoist, in moderation, a glass of favorite beer or wine or a cup of coffee or tea. These forums are NOT presented for abusive arguing and name calling, score settling, thread stalking, or general cyberspace blood sport for the chronically bored. As in any Pub or Tavern, an egregiously abusive or chronically problematic customer (member) shall be banned from further post participation. http://www.maleescortreview.com/index.php?...e_center_policy None of this will change.

Expat, my list would go along with yours. Heroes Damages Law and Order Dexter The Closer I have never gotten into Lost but I have it on DVD for when that long week comes when I have time to catch up on it.

Yes, that makes much more sense. But, I would loved to have met the one or two that owned them all. Most websites are owned by one or two people but they are certainly not run by only one or two. It normally takes a team to make a success. The larger the site, the more you need to run it. Most owners do not have the programming ability to program the site so they must rely on others to do that for them. Building a site takes a lot of time, effort and energy. Once built, it is by no means a done deal and you must keep programmers on retainer to take care of issues as they come along.

Living part of the year in Thailand I know just how serious an offense insulting the monarchy can be. With the new party in place, their top priority is protecting the monarchy. The Thai laws against insulting the monarchy are some of the strictest in the world. Here is a BBC news article: The latest edition of UK-based current affairs magazine the Economist has been banned in Thailand, amid local anger over its coverage of the royal family. The Economist's Thai distributor held back Friday's issue - which contains an article about an Australian writer who was jailed for slandering the monarchy. Last month another edition was banned because of an article questioning the Thai king's role in public life. Thailand's laws against lese-majeste are among the strictest in the world. The Economist sent an e-mail to its Asia subscribers stating: "This week our distributors in Thailand have decided not to deliver the Economist in light of our coverage relating to the Thai monarchy." The edition contains an article about Australian writer Harry Nicolaides, who was sentenced to three years in a Thai jail for insulting the monarchy. Nicolaides wrote a novel four years ago, which contained a brief passage referring to an unnamed crown prince. It sold just seven copies. He admitted the charge of insulting the royal family, but said he was unaware he was committing an offence. Official crackdown Nicolaides is just one of a growing number of people being investigated and charged under Thailand's lese-majeste law, as the police and army try to suppress what they fear is a rising tide of anti-monarchy sentiment. And the newly-installed Democrat Party government has said that protecting the royal family is a top priority. More than 3,000 websites have now been blocked, and one political activist was jailed for six years in November for an anti-monarchy speech she made just a stone's throw from the old royal palace last July. Several other people are now awaiting trial. The Economist itself has fallen foul of the lese-majeste law in the past. In 2002 an edition of the magazine containing a survey about Thailand was also banned. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7851177.stm

I have found this show simply wonderful and love every episode. It is clever writing and wonderful original stories. I love Kristin Chenoweth. Her voice is angelic and they are using it more and more. I really loved her when I saw her on Broadway and have enjoyed everything she has done since.

I read the page and really would love to meet those 1 or 2 guys in the business who own all the sites. I need that connection. There are actually tons out there and there is always a way for a smart guy to come up with an original idea and make a small fortune. Ex. Hooboy. Who would have ever thought that an escort review site would generate the income it did for him? It was a brilliant idea and concept and both Daddy's site and this site were the children of M4M. I hope Daddy gets the rest needed. I know from experience that these boards can be hard and very stressful. Being in the hotel with Hooboy on many occasions and watching him deal with some of the guys was stressful for me to even listen to the story. Rest up Daddy and take care of yourself.

Thanks MarcAnthony. A great idea. But, for the expectations of sex, I think we will have to go somewhere between your 6 and my 1 time a day. I am getting old and can't do what I use to be able to do. Although, yesterday I did 3 with no Viagra. But, that was with my lover (as his wife was on the phone) and 2 new boys. The new ones were just yummy and I had to try even if I had to be the bottom.

Another great day of twinks. I had my favorite of last 4 years to my hotel for an afternoon appointment. Then, went to Lagoa and met this divine 19 year old, tall slender, big dick, gay boy. I just had to test the waters and was so glad I did. Afterward, went to Fragata and my boy from yesterday was not there so I tried his friend. Another hot twink. There are a group of about 5 of them that come and go together. I had a fabulous time with him. Again, gay and totally versatile with a nice think cock. At Lagoa the boy asked for 70. I agreed. At Fragata, he asked for 80 and I agreed. However, he would have asked for less had I not been so interested in him my last 2 visits and I had went with his friend and his friend must have told him how easy a mark I was. LOL Although the muscle studs still prevail, there is NO twinklover who would be disappointed in the selection I have seen in Sao Paulo this week.

Agree. Thanks. Appreciate the comments. Would love some of that information. Great idea.

Getting ready for the new site, we are doing many new articles. Suggestions on articles are always welcome. Also, comments on them help us to edit them to make them better for all users. Here is one I wrote while in Sao Paulo this week as I was walking around thinking of picking up a guy from a park. My smarter sense kicked in and this article came out. Comments are much appreciated. Hi. Welcome back to Male Escort Review's guide to becoming a part of the male escort community. We are here to help people become comfortable hiring male escorts, so they can become cunning cockaholics! Hiring a male escort can be a great experience. You can end up having a sinsational sexperience with exactly the type of man you want. You won't have to go cruising through the bar scene, worry about getting rejected or finding out at the last minute that your date just date lacks the type of gear shift that puts your engine into overdrive. But it's not a risk free adventure. Even if you insist that both of you wear industrial strength condoms, there are other ways you can be unsafe in the hands of an escort. American morality has made escorts – whether straight of gay – illegal. And because it could be technically a crime, this brings out a certain number of criminals. What makes it worse is that most guys can't or won't go to the police if they are ripped off by a male escort. After all, many of us are married or still in the closet. Plus, you don't want to complain to the police if it means you'll have to admit that you were hiring a hooker as well! This makes scam artists feel secure that they can get away with it – and helps turn many more of us into victims. Of course, lots of the scams would disappear almost overnight if prostitution was legalized, but I wouldn't count on that happening any time soon. After all, it was only recently that anal sex was legalized in some states! But you can protect yourself. For the most part, guys only get scammed when their horniness overrides their common sense. Afterward, all the warning signs become clear – it's just when we are tempted by fab abs or cute cock that the blood rushes out of our brains and into our magic mushroom. That's why the Male Escort Review feels it is our obligation to help you learn how to avoid the most common escort scams – so you can quench your craving for cock, jocks or versatile tops without ever thinking about calling a cop! Scam #1: Western Union This is a very common scam that most experienced rent boy rutters have learned to avoid. But, it still cons a bunch of the newbies. After you respond to the escort ad, the dude will agree to cum calling but will really dick you over. What he'll do is ask you to send him money via Western Union before you meet up. You'll send the money and never hear from him again. Seriously, no real escort requests money before you meet him. Do you really think a real escort wants a Western Union paper trail, or would he rather you simply give him cash? The second a guy asks you to Western Union money stay far away from him. If you are an active reviewer here and you are hiring someone for a week, have them check you out to find out you are legit. It works both ways. If I were an escort and was blocking a week of my time away, I would want some kind of deposit if I had never met the guys before. However, you can solve this by meeting for one hour and getting to know each other or just having him check you out. If both the client and the review has positive feedback on this site, that makes it easier to trust the other party. Scam #2: Escrow Escorts This is an insidious variation on the Western Union scam – and works much more often because it makes you feel like you can trust the dude even though he's really a cunning con man and not a ravenous rent boy. What he will do is say that to “protect both of us,” he wants you to use a website to put money into escrow before your date. More often than not the website will have the name “escrow” somewhere in the URL and seem to be legitimate. He'll tell you that this way, you can release the money to him if you've had a pleasant escort experience and that he's protected because he knows you can afford the date. What's he's not telling you is that the site isn't really set up for escrow. It's actually a phishing site with no purpose other than to get your credit card information. Within minutes of entering your details into the site, he and his accomplices will use the information to max out your card and/or drain your bank account (if you used a debit card). Never, ever put money into an escrow website for an escort. It's just another way to rip you off. Scam #3: Cash And Carry This is one of the newest forms of male escort scams – and one that was started by girl escorts before the rent boys picked up on it. A few years back a woman published a book about how to be an escort without ever having sex. Then other people came out with variations of her book. Eventually it got into the hands of rent boys, and they started using these terrible tactics. What the books advise the escorts to do is show up and demand to be paid up front. They, they'll offer to give you a back rub or perform a striptease for you. What they are waiting for is for you to ask for some sort of sex. As soon as you do they'll act all offended, explain that sex for money is illegal and try to storm off in a huff – with your money. When you complain, they'll threaten to call the cops on you. Sometimes they'll even have a friend waiting outside your door to beat you up in case you get mad and try to attack them. This is why you should always leave the money in an envelope near your bedside table and only hand it over once you've done the dirty deed. Scam #4: Two Places At Once This scam is not perpetrated by escorts, but by escort agencies. While most of us know not to use Western Union, we do understand that some agencies require us to enter our credit card information before they will set up the date. With most agencies, this is not a problem – but some of them will simply take your money. What they do is get pictures of really hot looking guys and then advertise them all over the country. Since the guys don't really work for them, they don't have to worry about anything. They are not planning on sending him to your hotel room in the first place. He's just bait to get your credit card. To avoid this, Google as much information from the ad as possible and make sure the ad isn't posted in multiple cities. After all, it's not likely that a dude can suck cock in New York and Los Angeles in the same afternoon! There are reliable services out there like Campus Escorts in New York City, Premiere in Philly along with many more. Do a search here on the agency you are dealing with to find out if they have been in business for a while and are legit. Scam #5: Fake Escort Reviews Many of us rely on escort reviews to make sure we will get banged for our buck. And the staff here at Male Escort Review does everything we can to make sure all of the reviews on our site our legitimate. Still, we can't catch each and every one. We are not awake 24 hours a day (well Tampa is, I am not). Sometimes it's a judgment call; we have to leave reviews up because while they are questionable, they are not obvious bullshit. If we ever question the legitimacy of a review, we flag it and ask for more information. We turn MANY reviews away that we don’t view as legit but we cannot catch them all. What sometimes happens is that an escort (or his friends) will post reviews of himself in order to generate business, even if they suck (and not in a good way). Fortunately, these guys aren't very creative and are fairly easy to catch if you pay attention. When dudes post fake reviews, you'll notice that they are all very similar to each other. Do all the stories in the reviews seem to be exactly the same, with just a few words switched around? If so, be careful. You can always ask on the message boards if anyone has seen the escort in person, or ask our moderators to check out the reviews for you. In general, if you ever find any of the reviews questionable it's better to move on and find a different dude. Scam #6: Bar Hustlers Hustlers are called hustlers for a reason. That's why at Male Escort Review; we recommend that you only rent boys you can find on our site. Picking up bar hustlers is dangerous. Yes, it might be slightly cheaper than buying an escort; but you get what you pay for. There are many, many ways you can get burned by a bar hustler. He may simply mug you on the way to your place. He may pick your pocket. He might be a closet gay basher who will kick the shit out of you at your place. The point is that when it comes to bar hustlers, you have no idea at all what you are getting yourself into. Plus, they are much, much less likely to use protection and be careful about their health. To put it simply – Male Escort Review exists for a reason. Spend the extra time and money and find a guy who isn't out to hustle you. You can’t always stay with a reviewed guy. For example, in Brazil when I am in the saunas, I don’t see reviews of the guys here or in Thailand from a gogo bar. However, I will then ask others I know if they know the guy and if he was good and delivered what he promised. It is hard to know for sure and sometimes it is just the luck of the dice. In all my experience, I have rarely been gotten a dud. But, I always check around and ask those I trust. Scam #7: The Overnight Date For a lot of us, the idea of an overnight escort date seems like a dream come true. After all, who wouldn't want to fall asleep next to a hot guy after some serious dicking and then wake up to a morning mounting? But, this can turn into a nightmare. With the right escort, an overnight date can be a wonderful thing; but if you choose the wrong guy, you can end up getting the short end of the dick. What scam artist escorts will sometimes do is quote you what seems like a really good price for a sleepover. What they won't tell you is that they will be simply waiting for you to fall asleep. Once you do so, they'll go for your wallet, search through your things and try to find as many valuables as they can reasonably carry. You'll wake up the next morning to find they and your shit are missing. There are two main ways to protect yourself against this: 1. Use the hotel safe to lock up all your valuables before the escort comes over. Make sure you only have enough cash on you to pay for the date. Don't leave anything lying around that you can't afford to lose. 2. Only schedule overnight dates with guys you have seen before and who have a long series of good reviews – including overnight date reviews – on Male Escort Review. 3. When this is not possible, ALWAYS have the guy checked into the hotel and an ID on file with the hotel. When I am away from home, I always walk the guy straight to the front desk with their ID. If they don’t have one, I give them taxi money and say good-night. 4. I always make sure my valuables are in a safe place. I recently was with a guy who picks up street guys in Sao Paulo. He hides his valuables before he brings someone back. He even found a most creative place for his computer. I am not one that often takes someone home overnight but if you are, prepare for this in advance unless you know him really well. Keep Us Informed! Now you know about the most common escort scams we've heard about and encountered through Male Escort Review. But, we do know that cocky con men can be very creative and there are always new scams being invented – and fabulous fags who unfortunately fall prey to them! That's why we'd like to ask you to help us keep on top and get to the bottom (so to speak) of the players, hustlers, cheats and freaks. If you've ever been scammed by an escort let us know about it! If you've simply heard about an escort scam, drop us a line! We always want to keep up to date so that we can help protect you! Remember, safe sex isn't just about condoms anymore! cc MaleEscortReview.com 2009