Rico's Latest Pathetic Attempt at Being a Gossip Columnist

[Guest ScottAdler]

I know I rarely post here but I really do hope and intend to change it. I simply felt the need to establish in both forums to make sure it's seen by any lurkers etc. To preventatively address any bitchiness that might follow:

My reference to MER as inferior only referred to AMOUNT of content. It never referred to this site itself as inferior and feel anything but. The design is awesome and very helpful and I look forward to seeing it too grow. I apologize if anyone interpreted my remarks incorrectly and hope that my clarification puts any of those assumptions to rest. The creators and moderators seem to be doing an awesome job here and hope they can keep it up.

I know everyone says responding to the bullshit pushes people like Rico further into their game. However, I find it sad and pathetic that when he can't affect one person he decides to attack another person who has nothing to do with his pathetic plight for attention seeking and malicious gossip.

Justin and I are friends and roommates. Nothing more. Both he and I are drug free and how sad that Rico has NOTHING else to report on that he has to make up ugly rumors that have not even the most remote shred of truth to them.

Justin is an awesome guy and doing very well for himself. I have been helping a few different working guys over the years. Unfortunately one of whom decided to lie to me about his past and for that I admit I jumped the gun on. Regardless, I stand by my statement that I have yet to find anyone worth dating long term but Justin (though certainly cute, sweet, smart, and funny) is not it

[Guest TakeTwo]

With all due respect, your post reads like a hijacking by the original author to disguise your intended intent here. What was your real intent here? Was your 2 day late explanation of your remarks at M4M about MER fueled by Rico's recent column? It would so seem so as your remarks about this site being inferior are even now still dwarfed by your self centered concern about your roommates and your affair, or lack of it. And who really could give a shit anyway?

Your concern about how anyone might feel here about your remarks 48 hours ago about this site reeks of your self centered, egotistical and all consuming vaccum which is all about the "me" focus. People like you who need to explain everything you say over and over and over again until you're right or others tire of it, says everything about you that needs to be known. You act like like a fraud, you behave like a fraud and you now...write like one too.

[TampaYankee]

>My reference to MER as inferior only referred to AMOUNT of

>content. It never referred to this site itself as inferior

>and feel anything but. The design is awesome and very helpful

>and I look forward to seeing it too grow. I apologize if

>anyone interpreted my remarks incorrectly and hope that my

>clarification puts any of those assumptions to rest. The

>creators and moderators seem to be doing an awesome job here

>and hope they can keep it up.

>

Scott

Apology accepted. No damage done. I admit I was a bit puzzled at first but your clarification resolved that is was only an unfortunate choice of words.

You were correct that in terms of review numbers we were number two in comparison to the old HooBoy site. What the future holds remains to be seen. I certainly do not concede that we will always be second in number and more importantly in content. The number of chapters in a book is not necessarily a clear guide to the depth and breadth of content. Again, time will tell. Check back in a year or two or five.

>Justin and I are friends and roommates. Nothing more. Both

>he and I are drug free and how sad that Rico has NOTHING else

>to report on that he has to make up ugly rumors that have not

>even the most remote shred of truth to them.

>

I have never met Justin myself but I have a good friend (an excellent judge of character) that has known Justin quite well over an extended period, since his Orange Co. days. He has always spoken very well of Justin and has travelled with him on several occasions. I have no doubt about Justin's good character based on my friend's knowledge and experiences. I also have no doubt about my friend's judgement.

It is good of you to take on the effort to stand up for Justin. Not everyone would put themselves out there for someone else.

And thanks for coming here to explain your remarks. Much appreciated.

TY

[TotallyOz]

Scott,

Thanks for the post. We welcome you and hope you post more often.

You are young. We learn as life ages us. I wish I knew what I know now when I was your age. If all my comments I made when I was your age were taken as law and unchangeable, I would not have survived.

When you put yourself in the spotlight, many will talk. Many will say good things and many will say horrible things. It is part of being in the limelight. Don't let anything anyone says get you down. Do your job well. Life your life to your own happiness and don't worry about the rest.

I go to bed each night with a smile on my face. I love my life and I have great fun every day. If I let the RockHard’s of the world get me down, I would be throwing a pity party often. I don’t. Why? He is insignificant to my life or me. I actually find him (or her) amusing in the way he plays his games with the minds of others. My feelings are not hurt with what he or others say. Many need to put others down to feel better themselves. Many need to make others appear inferior. It has always been that way and always will.

You are intelligent and sexy. Many will envy you. Many will hate you. But, don’t let Rico or Rick or Roger Rabbit or anyone get to you. Read the words; shake your head and then move on. Not easy to do, but possible. ?

Hugs,

Oz

[Guest FourAces]

I agree both with Cho Cho and Scott.

Scott's only reason for posting here was because of what Rico wrote not to apologize which Scott could have done 2 days ago here or via email to Totally Oz and TY. I think Oz is correct when he says you're young and will learn as you become a grown up.

But I also agree with Scott. It's hard to imagine that Justin is addicted to drugs. I have hired him in and he didn't give that appearance or impression to me he was abusing any substance. He seemed like a typical kid. But in all honesty what is a drug addict supposed look like? What is a gay person supposed to look like?

Anyway, again I tend to believe Justin is not addicted to drugs. i hope I'm right.

[marcanthony]

>Justin and I are friends and roommates. Nothing more. Both

>he and I are drug free and how sad that Rico has NOTHING else

>to report on that he has to make up ugly rumors that have not

>even the most remote shred of truth to them.

>

>Justin is an awesome guy and doing very well for himself.

I have known Justin for quite a while now... and yes, he is an wonderful guy. I have no idea if he has ever taken drugs (I think it would be naive to say he never has as I don't know many young kids who never have), but I am pretty confident that he is not addicted to them. First of all, I have taken trips with him that have spanned more than 2 weeks, and we have had wonderful times, and there's been no hint of drug use (which would be hard to hide over a two week period if you were truly addicted).

I also know that he has never been Scott's boyfriend. I remember we talked about whether it was good move for him to share a place with Scott when he was first moving in... and though Justin seems to enjoy Scott, romance was not the motive. I've seen some of the guys that Justin has gone gaga over... and when he falls in love, it's obvious!

Anyway... I just wanted to put in my two cents about someone who I have spent lots of time with... and find a nice, charming, sweet human being.

[Guest Conway]

That, is the most effective retort that I can imagine to Rico's claims. It speaks volumes.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

[Guest ScottAdler]

Thanks to everyone who posted about Justin, I'm sure he'll appreciate it. That's kind of the POINT of my comment being poste don both these boards. It's bad enough when people assholes posters like Rico attack and disparage people that are involves in these boards. I kind of want to take a week off from them from time to time and probably will soon ... yeah I know how long have I been saying that. But the point is that I'm involved in these boards, fine, I understand that makes me a target. But he's just even more pathetic for attacking someone who can't respond. That's the reason for posting in both boards. So TO, it's not that he's upsetting me, I just think it's beyond malicious to go after someone who wont even know that he's being attacked.

>I apologize if

>anyone interpreted my remarks incorrectly and hope that my

>clarification puts any of those assumptions to rest.

I was debating addressing this at all but since other people in the thread seem to be making such a big deal about it. If you read the "apology" you will find that it is NOT an apology as I truly feel there was nothing to apologize for. I made a statement and it was misinterpreted. I was apologizing for misinterpretation but clarification has the same affect as an apology to TO/TY so I'm happy about that.

My point of this statement is that I'm not making an apology 48 hours after the fact or too little too late. FA ... of COURSE the reason I posted was because of Rico ... I think the subject pretty much explains that. I posted my CLARIFICATION that if you look closely enough you'll see was addressed much sooner than 48 hours after the remark on M4M, I just haven't had a need to post on here until now. So again, any malice perceived by the "inferior" comment was simply misinterpreted. Nothing more, nothing less. I guess even a preliminary anti bitchiness comment doesn't work with SOME parties involves.

[Guest BewareofNick]

Scott, I don't think Lance Armstrong could backpedal faster than you have done here. However, you apologizing for acting like an idiot is always welcome. If you were honest, you would just write, 'Look, I was trying to curry favor with deej and daddy, as usual, when i realized that MER is becoming significan. There fore, i need to go to MER and do some damage control."

The truth shall set you free.

[Guest ScottAdler]

>Scott, I don't think Lance Armstrong could backpedal faster

>than you have done here.

Unlike you worshipping a man who has at least one ball hoping it could one day be you, I have both my balls and have no need to "curry favor" with anyone. Unfortunately you've decided to make everything a conspiracy or spin a story so it gives a dramatic flare, could you be a bigger homosexual stereotype.

>The truth shall set you free.

The truth isn't something you would know about if it sat on your face and blew you at the same time. My comment on this board was identical to that of the other boards. Unlike you who obsessively salivates reading the other boards or creates false logins, some people here might not have actually read my clarification so was just writing it out here to put it in (my favorite word) CONTEXT.

No favor finding behavior. As I said, I'm happy with the overall MER site but the bulk if not all of my response still (even now) comes from "M4M" in whatever incarnation it may be. Get a life and stop trying to make drama out of the lives of others, it just shows how little you have to do yourself.