JayCeeKy

I've contacted MB guys three times. One was a No Show (after I drove to Cincy and rented a room), one wanted me to send him money via Cash app BEFORE we met (yeah, sure), and one insinuated that he didn't actually like gay guys (so I didn't pursue). Lately, a lot of their guys are straight guys who want dates with females but would "do" gays if you paid them lots of money. I think you're better off with RM, Friendboy, or even A4A. In the past few months I've been scouting Grindr with some luck but I've also seen an increase in scammers.

Wonho. For obvious reasons. No longer in the boy band "Monsta X" - but.... still, that body.

Good Lord. Were you a resident of the "Joan Crawford Home for Children?"

I wasn't quite sure where to place this post, but may they rest in peace. Sometimes, you see this folks so much on video you feel like you knew them. RIP Ridder Rivera ("biological causes") https://pinkinourlives.com/2020/09/17/adult-film-actor-ridder-rivera-died-in-barcelona-rip-pinkinourlives/ https://www.queermenow.net/blog/ridder-rivera-gay-porn-star-dead-rip/comment-page-1/ RIP Mack Daddy (auto accident) https://twitter.com/chino_blac/status/1318338976407801856 https://www.fox19.com/2020/10/16/driver-dies-injuries-crash-with-cincinnati-fire-department-ambulance-coroner-confirms/ RIP Macanao Torres (Dec. 2019) (suicide) https://meaww.com/queer-porn-star-macanao-torres-pedro-oliver-gay-dies-commits-suicide-age-35-hiv-advocate-lymphoma RIP Dani Rivera (murder, reportedly) https://www.queerclick.com/qc/2020/09/dani-rivera-ridder-rivera-have-recently-passed-according-to-reports.php https://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=danirivera/gender=m/dani-rivera.htm

Very odd that a newspaper owned by a Christian/Jewish family permits such antisemitism. Interesting article about the family and its Jewish faith vis-a-vis antisemitism: https://www.aish.com/ci/s/The-Jewish-Owner-of-The-New-York-Times.html

Both the "AllSides" rating of bias in media and "MediaBiasFactCheck" rate "The Gray Lady" as a "lean left" or "left center" media outlet. No surprise there. But then, I lean left too (no double entendre intended) which is why I read it every day - same reason that Trump watches Fox News and the pope reads L'Osservatore Romano - probably some form of "confirmation bias" in our preferred sources of news. https://www.allsides.com/news-source/new-york-times https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/new-york-times/

Could you elaborate, e.g. what changed your mind?

I get digital NYT which I am not willing to do w/out. I am tempted to subscribe to WAPO b/c of their great political coverage. Watch this guy's comparison of the two:

As you well know, correlation does not mean causation. There is likely a third (unknown) variable (e.g. population density) which is causing the effect. From a logical standpoint, how in the world would "mask mandates" even remotely cause a spike in virus spread?

I think he's kinda cute - esp in the photo with the brown jacket.

Yeah, it's juvenile.

I saw this gentleman last year in Indy when he advertised as "Mann" or something similar. His pics are accurate but @nynakedtop was being kind in the "preview" of his review. https://rentmen.eu/Wolvey

Maybe something like this would be an improvement?

Steve tells an amusing story of his first gay sexual encounter via an online chat room when he was a student at Boston University. His story probably sounds a lot like many others on this site, esp those who grew up in a devout Catholic family. https://www.salon.com/2011/11/16/the_coming_out_story_i_never_thought_id_write/

I don't want to hijack the thread further but I will add that, although initially plastic surgeons suffered financially from Covid due to a drop in elective surgeries, they are now going gangbusters given that their patients can now hide their treatments by recovering at home or even venture forth in public while hiding their "scars" behind masks. Plastic Surgeons should be grateful. At the risk of overgeneralizing, I know a PS in Kentucky and yes, he is a Prima Donna also.

“When a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor.” --- William Strunk, The Elements of Style

RIP Mack Daddy. https://twitter.com/chino_blac/status/1318338976407801856/photo/1 https://www.fox19.com/2020/10/16/driver-dies-injuries-crash-with-cincinnati-fire-department-ambulance-coroner-confirms/ Met him once about a year ago in Cincy. Seemed like a nice guy.

Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham. $10.99 paperback at Costco, originally published in 2003. Kind of granular but would be of great interest to history buffs. Shows a crafty FDR and and even craftier Winston. Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam. Been on the best seller for a while - $15.99 at Costco. Have only sampled a few pages but very readable. The Last Juror by John Grisham. This is my 10th Grisham book since lock down - I bought about 15 of them off Craigslist last year for just a few bucks. You just can't beat Grisham for readability and interesting plot (though a couple of them ended sadly).

https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/colombia-guys.135745/ https://www.boytoy.com/forums/topic/23958-medellin/

Getting stood up is a common occurrence, as everyone on here knows. Last year I set up a threesome in Indy and one dude had already shown up. The other dude texted me, 15 minutes before our appointment that he was "one the way." Then 5 minutes before our meeting he texted "turning onto your street." That was the last we heard from him. He contacted me a couple of weeks later wanting another chance. When I asked him what happened last time he came up with some lame excuse or another. He was hot enough to tempt me into another appointment, but nope, it's the principle of the matter.