TotallyOz

LOL. Well, I think I would drink too. I have been on top of a Tuk Tuk in Thailand and the seat you sit in is on top of the gas. I always wondered what would happen if it exploded. I know my ass would be grass.

Sounds like a lot of fun. The BBCM is amazing and are very well organized. I think they have always done a great job with Black and Blue and can't imagine them doing less with them. Glad you are having a blast in one of the few cities where Twinks are abundant.

Down by the river, there is an art center. I think they call it River walk but not sure. It is by where the boats leave at and a large hotel, I think a Sheraton. They have an amazing gallery of antiques and I have bought several dozen ancient Buddha's and other antiques from there. They also have some regular art galleries. I found a 800 year old Laos Buddha for less than an weekend with most escorts. Do a search on GayThailand for art gallery and you may find some of my posts that tell the exact directions. For Jewelry, there are several World Stores and one in Pattaya. Take a look there. If you went to Chiang Mai, you would see some amazing silver and gold and could have them hand make your own design very cheap. For original art in Pattaya, try Liam's Gallery. They have a website and they have really nice stuff. Also, on the way to the beach, there is only one road, I have found some of the painting stores there that I was able to buy for a great price and sell in USA for 100 times that. All over Pattaya they have art stores but most are copies. Some amazing copies. My favorite artist works inside the Marriot hotel lobby. If you have any black and whites, you want done, he is amazing. In JJ Market, the big weekend market, there is an entire area for artists. Sometimes, not all the time, you will find a great new artist there and some great finds. In either case, you MUST go to this market. It is amazing and wild. A mile or so of small stores with everything in the world and all very cheap. It is at the end of one of the trains and easy on and off. Jakarta Market or JJ Market. Ask your hotel guy and he will tell you how to get there. Firecat is really the art expert and can jump here as he really taught me what I know in Thailand on my first trip. Well, not everything. I knew the bar scene before I met up with him but he showed me the nice artists and galleries.

Sorry guys just caught onto this thread. I have been with family helping out a bit. You will love Pattaya. I think they have the hottest guys in Thailand. But, if muscle is your thing, Bangkok is definitely the place to be. Firecat gives great advice and all he says is true. Both hotels are very easy to get guys into and are very clean. You are in the middle of the action. In Bangkok, go to Dream boys when it opens as they have many of the sexiest boys there and they are often gone soon. They have a show as well but I go for the boys and would not miss out on getting there first to see the boys that I want for the night. B and N is my favorite massage parlor. I love it there. I suggest you also post some questions on gaythailand.com message board as many that read and post there live in Thailand and can give you up to date information. I find BoyzBoyzBoyz in Pattaya the place for muscle and they are great there. I have offed a few dozen and they are always amazing. Drinks in Pattaya are 100 baht. In Bangkok 200 baht. Tawan in Bangkok is 240 baht. Not a lot of money, but if like me you go to many bars in one night, you will spend much more in BKK. You MUST go to the Floating Market one day. Eat at Siam Paragon a few times. Go to the Palace and a few of the temples. Try a river cruise for lunch or dinner. Hero is a good massage parlor as well. I know you hear horrible things about Sunnee Plaza but you do need to walk over one night and give it a try. Why? It is more like a gay village than the other areas. Get there early, eat at Clubber Restaurant around 7 and watch the boys trickle into work. It is fun to watch and see. You do need to be sure to check the IDs in the bars around that area. Jim Jimmy James is the best and Kaos is not far behind. They have a jack off show at Kaos each night. In Bangkok, find a post I made on GayThailand about the park scene. I found some very hot boys in the park if you like to cruise around. Also, there is another area outside of the gay area, about 20 min by taxi that has one street of small gay bars. Most of those guys are college students in the area and are cheaper and more fresh than those in Suriwong. Lastly, in Pattaya, just go to the mall and smile at any boy you want to take back to your place. They are all working and you will have no problem seeing any of them. Go to the forums on wws.gaythailand.com and read the posts about the bars. It has more information about Pattaya there. Also, www.pgreport.com has great current events that are fun. www.dreadedned.com has good stuff. Let me know if any specific questions. I will help out as much as I can! Oz

Thank goodness I can finally blame someone else. I was obese for many years and I thought it was my fault. But, it wasn't. It was my friends. haha I did find the article interesting from the New York Times: Obesity can spread from person to person, much like a virus, researchers are reporting today. When a person gains weight, close friends tend to gain weight, too. Their study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, involved a detailed analysis of a large social network of 12,067 people who had been closely followed for 32 years, from 1971 until 2003. The investigators knew who was friends with whom, as well as who was a spouse or sibling or neighbor, and they knew how much each person weighed at various times over three decades. That let them examine what happened over the years as some individuals became obese. Did their friends also become obese? Did family members or neighbors? The answer, the researchers report, was that people were most likely to become obese when a friend became obese. That increased a person’s chances of becoming obese by 57 percent. Full Story at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/health/2...nyt&emc=rss

LOL. I come from a long line of Southern fishermen. A bit of truth mixed with a dash of bullshit to make things sound a bit more savory. The family always said I'd either be a preacher or a lawyer. Both know how to spin their version.

You would be amazed at the number that writes checks and that use credit cards. Accepting credit cards more than doubled the amount of calls we had. When long time trips went out, the majority wanted to pay part with check or CC. I never once had a check bounced. When Paypal was easily used for adult businesses, there were also many that wanted to use that account.

I watched and enjoyed the Youtube debates last night. I thought the format was nice and some good questions were asked. I thought a few of the candidates really stood out. http://youtube.com/debates On the Gay Marriage Question, my hero, Kucinich was the one who gave the anwer I wanted to hear. The rest just gave lip service. The first link above has the debate questions and responses. Take a look if you did not watch it live. Is this the wave of the future for debates? Also, many candidates make commercials just for YouTube. Isn't it interesting how the candidates are going after those of us that frequent the Internet?

Possibly. Not sure because I have not been there. I was never good at records. Only kept 7 days of history and then all was deleted. As I am old and ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder diagnoised) I would never had made a good witness.

I too am of the opinion that those who hire hookers are OK and should be afforded complete privacy. Having run an escort service for many years, I never once revealed a clients information to anyone including friends and family. It is just not the way it should be done. When you use a service, you deserve TOTAL prlvacy IMHO. I do think it is hypotrical to speak from your mouth about morality and then hire hookers and have orgies when no one is looking. However, is it possible to get elected otherwise? How many Senators would we have if they had been porn stars or admitted they hired hookers or love to smoke weed? I know I would vote for them but would the majority? I loved the fact that our ex president got head from a hot chick. It made me want to vote for him as opposed to throw him out of office.

Several thousand protesters opposed to Thailand's military-backed government have clashed with police in the capital, Bangkok. The crowd staged a rally outside the house of Prem Tinsulanonda, a senior adviser to Thailand's king. The protesters say Mr Prem was behind a bloodless coup which removed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Rocks and bottles of water were thrown at police, in the most violent demonstration since the 2006 coup. Protesters, mostly supporters of the ousted Mr Thaksin, have been holding nightly rallies in Bangkok since early June. Clashes broke out after they marched to demonstrate outside Mr Prem's house on Sunday evening and anti-riot police tried to disperse them. Several people, including police officers, were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Bangkok police officials said they would issue arrest warrants for the protest leaders on Monday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6911060.stm

Well, no promises yet. Trying to plan the trip but it is not easy as all the dates are confusing. Pride parade is in July but the "official" parties are the week after. It seems to be a lot of confusion up there which is very sad as I really did think that for years, Montreal has the best group of gay organizers around. Black and Blue is always amazing and the other parties up there are great. Not sure why they are so messed up with this event.

The comedy fell short on making me laugh. I found it offensive and old. I hated the gay sterotypes and I hope that is NOT the way middle America sees us. The jokes mostly bombed and the funniest part was at the end when Lance Bass sang a song at a gay wedding. Save this movie for when you get a Free coupon from Blockbusters.

Last night at 12:01 AM I was in line with a ton of others to pick up the latest copy of Harry Potter. This is supposed to be the last book in the series. I have close family who are in their early teens who wanted the book at midnight and their parents did not want to take them so I loaded them up for a wait in line at midnight. It was so exciting for them as they have never gotten to do something like this before and they were so excited about the release. Apparently lines were forming all over the country for the release and the excitement was in the air. The location I went too played Harry Potter trivia and if you answered a question right, you got a free movie pass. I have loved all the movies they have made so far but the books are by far the best. And, from the point of view that reading really does help young people succeed in every job they want, it was fantastic to see them all so excited about a book that weights a ton and thicker than any book I was assigned when I was in high school.

Also, if anyone has any links to the sites and parties up there, please let us know. I know of: www.bbcm.org

Well, it has been a slow gossip week I guess. But, I got an e-mail from Stef today and he has finally arrived back in the USA and gotten the amazing Iphone. How do I know this? His e-mail says at the end: Sent on My Iphone. Benji has been letting his hair grow out longer. His new pics on the site are cool. Frankly, I love a man with long hair and all my ex's have longer hair. Humm. I have been talking to a boy on Flirt and have grown attached to him. Eastern Europe seems like a nice place doesn't it?

Anyone heading up north for the great event this year? I have not decided yet and found conflicting reports as to when things are. Anyone with the know?

I agree. Having flown into that from Rio city it was so much easier to get around and to the hotel. Sao Paulo is one of the largest cities on earth. They need as many airports as NYC or at least 2 really good ones IMHO.

Poor Clinton got a blowjob and a vote for impeachment. What has that good ol Southern boy Bush done to deserve such a fate? http://telluridegateway.com/articles/2007/...news/news02.txt Plus, I'm sure you have heard this one but I find it amuzing. GEORGE W BUSH IN HELL George Bush has a heart attack and dies. He goes to hell, where the devil is waiting for him. "I don't know what to do here," says the devil. "You are on my list but I have no room for you. You definitely have to stay here, so I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I've got three folks here who weren't quite as bad as you. I'll let one of them go, but you have to take their place. I'll even let YOU decide who leaves." George thought that sounded pretty good, so he agreed. The devil opened the first room: in it was Ted Kennedy in a large pool of water. He kept diving in and surfacing empty-handed, over and over and over. Such was his fate in hell. "No!" George said. "I don't think so. I'm not a good swimmer and I don't think I could do that all day long." The devil led him to the next room: in it was Tony Blair with a sledgehammer and a room full of rocks. All he did was swing that hammer, time after time after time. "No, I've got this problem with my shoulder. I would be in constant agony if all I could do was break rocks all day!" commented George. The devil opened a third door. In it, George saw Bill Clinton, lying on the floor with his arms staked over his head, and his legs staked in spread eagle pose. Bent over him was Monica Lewinsky, doing what she does best. George Bush looked at this in disbelief for a while, and finally said, "Yeah, I can handle this!" The devil smiled and said... "OK, Monica, you're free to go!"

Having flown into that airport many times, I take my hat off and pray for the 200 plus victims of this tragic event. I love Brazil and its people and this is truly a horrible tragedy. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/world/am...nyt&emc=rss

Flynt has always been on the cuff of controversy. He revels in it. Now, he says he has 30 more names that may drop from the prostitue scandle. Who are they? I expect Flynt will keep us guessing for a while. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRIuw_KXdvU

Spending a great deal of time in Thailand, I grew to know Red Bull very well. It orginates there. Also, all the sauna boys in Brazil want one when you get them a drink. Why? Well, now we know. What's Inside: Red Bull Patrick Di Justo Meat Sugar, Caffeine, and Bile! Glucose Like most popular soft drinks, Red Bull is largely sugar water. But don't count on its glucose to "give you wings," as the ad says. Multiple studies have debunked the so-called sugar high. Taurine Also known as 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, taurine was originally isolated from bull bile in 1827. Now made synthetically, it is the magical elixir said to bring out the kitesurfing extremophile in any Web-surfing nerd. Taurine's actual effects, while not as drastic as the hype, are pretty wide-ranging, even from the amount found in a single can: Not only is it an inhibitory neurotransmitter (in some cases acting as a mild sedative) and an age-defying antioxidant, it even has the potential to steady irregular heartbeats. Glucuronolactone Internet rumors claimed this was a Vietnam-era experimental drug that causes brain tumors. Luckily, that's not true. But don't crumple up your tinfoil hat yet — hardly anyone has looked into exactly what this stuff does. So little research has been done on glucuronolactone (and most of it 50 years ago) that almost all information about it is mere rumor. Users generally believe it fights fatigue and increases well-being, but that could turn out to be bull, too. Caffeine Ah, here are Red Bull's wings. All the things this drink is supposed to do for you — increase concentration and reaction speed, improve emotional state, and boost metabolism — are known effects of this white powder, a distant cousin of cocaine. Niacin (niacinamide) Also known as vitamin B-3, niacin increases so-called good cholesterol (HDL) by preventing the formation of triglycerides, making it a terrific cholesterol drug. Unfortunately, there isn't enough niacin here to have this benefit. And it's not even pure enough to give you the mild head rush dubbed the "niacin flush." Sodium citrate Commonly used as a preservative in soft drinks and spreadable cheeses, sodium citrate also helps convert glucose into lactic acid during exercise, producing a measurable effect on athletic performance. In at least one test, it shaved an average of 17 seconds off a 5K run. Inositol A carbohydrate found in animal muscle (sometimes called "meat sugar"), inositol is turning out to be a wonder drug that significantly reduces depression, panic attacks, agoraphobia, and obsessive- compulsive disorder. It might even be what makes whole grains effective cancer fighters. Instead of being a bit player in Red Bull (you'd need to drink as many as 360 cans a day to get its benefits), inositol probably deserves a drink of its own. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/m...5-07/st_redbull

With the campaign season kicking off and the candidates working hard to raise funds, some candidates have already dropped out of the race as they have not raised enough money to continue. McCain has had to cut his staff in recent days. Both of the 2 front running Democratic candidates have raised over 30 million in the last reporting period. I am surprised that Obama has been able to keep up with the Clinton machine. Very impressive in my opinion. Does all this money give a gadge of who the party is leaning toward? and who will get the nomination in the end? Of course my favorite candidate has raised very little money and is the only one who is truly for peace immediately and has the voting record to show this. Do any members here get involved in the fundraising of the parties? Or, do you give to your favorite only?

The worst movie that I have seen in a long time is Delta Farce. I was coaxed into seeing this with a friend last night. I was not excited about it but I never walk out of movies. Well, never say never. The comedy was not funny. It was stupid which I expected. But, when you can see scenes with the microphone in the top of the screen to catch sound, you know you are in for a real treat. Am I just getting too old to understand this humor? Or, did anyone actually sit through this movie and enjoy it. I walked out after about 20 minutes.

Thanks Marc. It was such a life-altering event for me that my entire perspective on life changed. I was the only one in my family to leave home (area I grew up) and live a big city life. I still remember the first time I told my mother I was gay. It was Thanksgiving Eve and I was 27 years old. She took it as well as she could I guess. We went the next day to the Village in NYC to eat a Thanksgiving dinner at a nice place after the parade. Men were walking by holding hands and when my mother got a feel for the area, she looked at me and said, "You are home how aren't you?" Instinctively, she knew that my life was better where I was and never once asked me to move to her hometown again. She knew I was not only happier but also much better off. As far as some of you who question the choices one makes, I think when the time comes; you are put into situations for which you are totally unprepared. Some rise to the occasion and some do not. It was an easy choice for me as I had such a wonderful mother. I wonder what position I would have taken if I had a horrible mother. I don't know the answer. I do know that often men hold bitter grudges to the end and not sure I would have risen to the occasion if I had been in a different situation.