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Ever had one of those moments when you said to yourself, "Bless his heart, but he sure sounds Gay?" Or worse yet, " Oh my God, I sound soooo Gay!!" (& just why is that worse? hmm...) I mean, why is it that so many of us have that stereotypically gay voice? (& don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. Jesus, I can actually hear Sucky's speech mannerisms just through his posting style. Sorry Grandma, but it's true.) Is it something we somehow pick up from the environment? You telling me Truman Capote somehow learned to talk like, well, Truman Capote, in Columbus freaking Mississippi? On the other hand, the nearest parallel I can come up with is the Southern Belle. I'm thinking specifically of three girls I know very well (2 cousins & the sister of a close friend) who were perfectly normal children but who morphed into full blown Southern Belles in the 8th/9th grade, complete with mannerisms and speech patterns. It was scary! Interestingly enough, one of them regressed to normal sometime during college, one remains a Belle to this day and one kind of settled into a middle ground. So again, not unlike many of us Gays. Anyhoo, this guy, David Thorp, got fascinated by this very question and made a documentary exploring the subject. Interviewed all kinds of people about the origins of the Gay voice. I can't wait to see it.

Read the first chapter: http://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2015/jul/10/go-set-a-watchman-read-the-first-chapter

Hallo, gentlemen! Here I am, in Curitiba, Paraná -- Brazil. I arrived on Aug. the 27th, to attend a conference... also not a lot of time to go around. Anyway, here it is my report. (English is a foreing, too foreing languague for me: so excuse bad spelling, vocabulary and sintax). Hotel: I'm staying at the Hotel Mabú, at Praça Santos de Andrade. Very nice and central, very good service and facilities; a 5 stars hotel. And I had no problems recieving guests. Since my hosts provided the hotel, I do not know very much about prices: 200-150 € x day? It is not very cheap, sure. (Everything around here are at European price levels: books, clothing, restaurants...) City: pretty safe and clean by Latinamerican standards (I'm quoting a Brazilian colleague from Sao Paulo, now at Florianipolis). A nice, but small old town. Someting to see: beatiful Botanic Garden, the great Niemeyer bulding so called Museo do Oculo (Eye-museum, from the eye-shaped tower), Opera de Arame... nice, but nothing so special to justify a touristic visit. The must in Parana are the Iguaçu Waterfalls, in Foz do Iguaçu (one hour flight from Curitiba). The Mabu Hotels have a (good) resort there. Weather: some days winter cold (7º Celsius), some days Springtime (in the twenties range). The traveller should bring something hot if visiting this state in late August (Curitiba lays ca. 900 mts above sea level and it is far from the Equador). Food and drinks: as usual in Brazil, they like beef, and churrascos are good; I had a very tasty picanha. Fish meals are mediocre -- at least for an Spanish taste. Since Italian inmigrants are a significant share of the Paranaense population, Italian food is quite popular. There are a local, acceptable production of red wines... far below the Argentinian and Chilean (or, let us say, the Rivera del Duero or Rioja in Spain) wines. People: I have no problems in meeting local (young) people at Manhunt; as you may know, Brazilians like older men (at lest in my 50's). Apart of many contacts and phone colls, I actually met four guys, having sex with three of them (with a furry, blond, nicely malhado young man more than once). I visited two saunas. Last saturday I went to Clube 520, at Senador Souza Neves St. # 520. A nice villa, with good facilities. More clients than garotos (30 to 10 +-), but they said weekends are the worst days for meeting garotos. Another client, rather young & athletic, wanted to play with me, but I did prefer to consider first the garotos offer. Two very muscular, somehow arrogant types (no kissing etc.), two very handsome guys with great difined bodys... 80 reais is the current fare. I had a massage with happy end given by a handsome young man (19yo) for 50, although he asked another 50 for the sex... He accepted at once my offering 80 reais (which is anyway less than in Adan, Madrid, or Thermas, Barcelona). Place open from 16h to 22h. Yesterday (sunday) I went to sauna Opiniao, in 749 Rua Amintas Barros. It is even closer (walking distance) to Praça Santos de Andrade. The place is a less preserved villa (25 reais entrance and 12 cabine, far cheaper than Clube 520). It was almost deserted. I met anyway a nice mineiro 24yo and had an ok-time for 50 reais: nice body, ok-sex (not great), nice conversation... the best I could probably get on sundays! They are open from 16h to midnight. Summing up, it seems that regular working days are better for meeting garatos. The mineiro at Opiniao underlined the segundas (mondays) and quartas (wednesdays) as best days in the sauna; the teen at 520 said segunda to sexta, remembering last friday as a very good day; but I had to work, hélas! My experience corrcets some information of Netgay Brazil: at least partially, 520 is still a sauna with garotos. Greetings from Brazil! Epi

I love my Mac but I have always used Word and I like Outlook. The entire office suite from MS has never been kept up to date and the last version of the program is 2011. Microsoft now says that they will start supporting it more and has released 2016. I downloaded it last night and like it so far. I tend to try to keep everything on my computer up to date and with this, I pay a monthly fee for it so it was a free download for me. If I run into any snags, I'll let you know. Anyone else download it yet? http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/microsoft-releases-office-for-mac-2016-pledges-better-os-x-support/story-e6frgakx-1227436460287

I used a MacBook Pro 2008-2012. True that MS Office for Mac tended to lag behind the Windows version in release history. BUT Office for Mac has always tended to be a good bit more stable and reliable than the Windows version. My moles inside Microsoft tell me that the Office for Mac developer team takes a contrarian pride in doing a better job than their internal competitors on the Office for Windows team. And are proud to see themselves as aligned with Apple in general that way -- in doing a better job for the end user than Microsoft has typically ever done.

Fortunately, I have a radio announcer's baritone which many find sexy. I have to admit, though, when I'm speaking with a boy who has a soft, stereotypical gay voice I get hard. It's one of my odd fetishes. When I hear a recording of my voice, I tend to replay it several times since I'm so fond of it. I wish I was as fond of my tummy!

I once told a Nordstrom salesman that Hugo Boss had designed the SS and SD uniforms.

One of their most outlandish titles was Plenipotentiary for the Allocation of Labor. Then, the Soviets also had grandiloquent titles, like Marshal of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Georgi Zhukov, Chevalier of the Order of Victory and the Order of Lenin!

Most travelers to Brazil do not keep track of the rates because the rate changes are beyond our control. They are what they are. I know that I, and most of my traveling companions, are often surprised when the exchange rates change as drastically as they have during the past few months. Over the years, many of us have seen the exchange rates drop to around 1.60 to the dollar. The current exchange rate is 100% greater than we have seen it in the past. When rates continue on an upward trend, as they have this year, it is nice to be reminded of that fact. Perhaps you do not travel to Brazil as often as many of us and, therefore, you follow the rate changes more often.

a nice full house new garoto who is a thai boxing expert/personal trainer. in town for 2 weeks to take classes in P.T. His ass is so round and strong it could crack walnuts. nice! and is learning english!!! the 3 garoto's that were at point last night were back at 117. a nice happy group tonight, the garrote's were very talkative. T

Dear Adam, N.hemsleyana is a pitcher plant after your own heart! Sincerely yours, Chance

I like this show and seen David bottoming adds interest. David is a great bottom, eager to please

I agree. We don't need (current) sauna boys posting here.

I will be there this coming weekend and using the guide axion2001 suggests above. I will be sure to post a review.

I speak proficient Spanish, so Im hoping that will help.