Lucky

I am unfamiliar with bertj, but I wish him a happy birthday as well. I see that his 11th post is to thank hotoallusa. What does he have in store for the next 11?

A cute post, EXPAT.

Less than $10 to get naked guys right in your house? Where do you live, hitoall...the USA or Thailand?

BiBottom boy is not yet back, but I'd rather this thread led the menu than the one about Daddy's deleted comment! BTW, speaking of missing posters, I wrote to the blog that Four Aces said was his. I asked him to return to MER, but he did not respond. Do you suppose it was never really his web site?

Ditto!!!

Remember my question is whether it's worth seeing to drool over Conan, not whether it's a good movie. I just saw The Devil's Double, and it was worth seeing for Dominic Cooper's acting...and his butt...but I didn't care at all for Uday Hussein.

It's about straight women, but we can imagine it being about men, can't we? SEVEN DAYS IN RIO By Francis Levy Two Dollar Radio, paper, $16. Levy’s first novel, “Erotomania: A Romance” (2008), drew critical comparisons to Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller and D. H. Lawrence, with one critic praising his attention to “the mechanics and energy and animal filth of rumpy-­pumpy, bringing to his sex scenes all the humor they need.” These traits are on full display in his second novel, a ribald chronicle of the 60-­something Manhattan accountant Kenny Cantor, who’s come to Rio de Janeiro as a sex tourist. Cantor is obsessed with rumpy-­pumpy, yes; but he has exacting standards. When a buxom, beautiful concierge throws herself at him, Cantor is disgusted. “The thought that she wasn’t a prostitute and that I didn’t have to pay for sex was so repugnant to me that I lost all interest in her.” Cantor appears to be a lifelong bachelor without friends or attachments. He traces his preoccupation with prostitutes (or “Tiffanys,” as he calls them) to the wanton ways of his mother, “whose vagina was visible to me through the diaphanous nightgowns she insisted on wearing around the house.” This fever dream of a novel traces Cantor’s “desire to find the perfect whore to settle down with,” a rather insatiable goal.

In a startling example of how China discards its athletes, a former gymnast Champion has been found panhandling and performing street stunts to keep himself alive. More to the story: http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-4000-ex-world-champ-zhang-shangwu-found-performing-gymnastic-stunts-for-money.html (If you are interested in sending me to China to help this young athlete, send checks to me!) In an unrelated matter: Hard times have caused handsome Christopher Alonzo, 26, to rob banks. We can't help him out now, but hadn't he heard of escorting?

I typically don't like movies like this, so my question is for those who have seen it: is it worth going to see just to drool over the body of the lead actor, Jason Momoa? About Jason Momoa

From the LA Times: Joe Manganiello, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum. The Jeopardy answer: What is the Ministry's idea of Christmas morning? That list of easy-on-the-eyes actors is the nearly confirmed cast of "Magic Mike," a romp through the lives of male strippers based on Tatum's real-life experiences as a young exotic dancer. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/08/magic-mike-stripper-movie-joe-manganiello-matt-bomer.html

"Our nation, and Europe it seems, have forgotten the lessons of the Great Depression or just do not believe them. It certainly is the case that those who do not remember history are destined to repeat it. Unfortunately, if they prevail they take everyone else with them." It doesn't look good, does it?

It seems like only yesterday we were bitching about Firefox 4.0. I upgraded to that and they took away my Google search bar, claiming it was incompatible with the new version. I don't remember 5.0, but now they want me to upgrade to 6.0. This time it is my AVG program they want to get rid of. So, I hit the "submit feedback" button to tell them what I thought. I dutifully listed my complaint and hit the submit button, but that did nothing. Apparently you can't really submit feedback.

It seems to me that it is irrelevant whether he read the book. He was asking her questions about things that were discussed in her book, but she wanted to control the interview and answer only what she wanted. He should hack her phone!

Not going to happen, I say with compassion. I lived in New York on 9-11, so I saw the unity and compassion that developed in the aftermath of the WTC destruction. I was there during the great power blackout. People let their compassion out then, too. And then, with time, the passion draws back into the shell. So, it's there, inside most of us. But when life gets busy again, we all withdraw into our more daily selves, and that means we need to cope with the stresses of everyday life. If we could create a constant state of post 9-11, then we could have compassion everyday. But, I commend lookin for being the advocate of revealing our more compassionate selves. He could become pastor to MER if he wants to.

Watching the Yankee game tonight, we have to see the feed from the visiting Kansas City Royals. They just interviewed their new, $7.5 million dollar draft pick, young Bubba Starling. Bubba had to choose between playing college football or signing for this small sum with the Royals, and he chose baseball! Bubba's online pix aren't so hot, unless he smiles:

Should this not be posted in the European section? Cooks in London does not seem to be of general interest!

I saw this article today: "Blogging is not for the thin-skinned." Posting, being similar, is probably not for the thin-skinned either. When you put up a post, you lose all control over how people respond to it. They may not respond at all, which tells you how interesting your post was perceived to be. Or, they may take it a different route than you intended. At least you started something. Rarely does a post win you accolades from all. So you take the response you get or you don't bother posting. If you don't like the responses you get, you can shrug it off, or try to make your next post a little better. Or at least conducive to more favorable responses. But asking intimate questions reminds one that we are essentially strangers here. I am not going to ask you how many times a day you fart, but that doesn't mean you can't ask. Just don't get all bothered when some don't like the question! We don't owe anyone an answer to a question posed here, and you don't answer to me as to what you can post. That's the way it is. If you want to get upset and take your ball and go home, I can't stop you. But consider the lack of answers to your question and maybe rethink what you want to know. As for me being pissed at you,well, it's 112 degrees here and I sweat out all the piss I had, so there is none left to get pissed at anyone! Or is that TMI?

No, it didn't work. It just made it look like you had nothing to do that day. Have you ever considered that these intimate moments are private and that people don't want to go on record about them just because you ask? Do you really think it is okay to just ask any question that pops into your head or do you actually think first?

Well, reject it then! If a party making an argument can make you feel lacking in your own point of view, then he is only using a standard debating tactic. Don't sucker into stuff like that! It's the job of the other point of view to undermine your argument, and one thing he is going to do is try to undermine your faith in your own argument. If he can make you feel guilty for not supporting the kid, then he will. It's you that has to not let him do that.

Popular (at least here) Warbler Telly Leung ("Glee," Pacific Overtures), Uzo Aduba (Coram Boy), Nick Blaemire (Cry-Baby) and Morgan James (The Addams Family) will join the previously announced Hunter Parrish in the upcoming Broadway revival of Godspell. Godspell will play at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Their blurb reads: Prepare ye for Godspell, the beloved classic from Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin). Enjoy all the gifts of one of the most enduring shows of all time as it returns in a brand new, intimately staged production. Join the celebration as an ensemble of Broadway’s best performs the greatest story ever told. Synopsis: The Gospel according to St. Matthew, 1970's style. As Jesus taught with parables and storytelling, Godspell utilizes clowning, pantomime, charades, acrobatics and vaudeville to tell the story of Christ's passion. Familiar songs include "Day by Day," "Turn Back, O Man" and "Bless the Lord." Show Dates: Performances from 13 Oct 2011 Opening 07 Nov 2011 Closing Open-Ended

Well, we did have a pretty good discussion on the subject. The pros and cons were well-stated. Ultimately, what we think is of no relevance as we don't get to decide what happens to the case.

No, just a Hoosier!

Oh, no! Are we going to pick on yet another young escort who is only trying to make a...Nigeria, you say? Okay then, carry on.

"One thing I do agree with Lucky about, was the Legislator trying to impress the kid by telling him too much about himself." I always like it when we can agree! Then, of course, to hear the young man say: ""I didn't want anything out of it. When I saw him, he was an older gentleman that was really old and I didn't want anything to do with that," Gibson told Eyewitness News." I didn't realize that Gibson is black until I saw the interview. A tiny bit of added interest in conservative Indiana. The anti-gay lawmaker goes for black teen boys...hmmm?

Why is this young kid in Indiana who advertised on Craigslist being held to the same standards of escorting as a Benjamin Nicholas would be? Did he take a class or get a certificate that told him all of these rules we are now talking about? As far as he knew, he was with a cop- a "lawmaker." Not good from his point of view. But rather than let him back out, the old fart held him against his will and exposed himself to him. He did not out the guy, the guy outed himself the minute he pulled the legislative ID. What a dumb move on his part. A move that has him in the news instead of remembering fondly a blow job in a Marriott hotel!