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The second novel (I think) from the author of "The Night Circus". I absolutely loved Night Circus, and hearing the author interviewed on NPR yesterday, I've just put Starless Sea on hold at the library. Has anyone read it yet? It sounds a tiny bit like the Narnia series (which I really didn't enjoy all that much). Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues--a bee, a key, and a sword--that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library, hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians--it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly-soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose--in both the mysterious book and in his own life.

a peekaboo (barely) of Gus Kenworthy

Reminds me of "Trick", where the guy had a fantasy about doing it while he played piano. I wonder if this belongs in the Fetish Forum? :-D

Most guys in my elementary school in the 60's went through Cub Scouts. I know of very few guys of my generation who went through Boy Scouts in the 70's.

I forgot about Boy Scouts. I went through Cub Scouts and Webelos (the "junior high" of scouting), but just lasted one night in actual Boy Scouts. Did Cub Scouts have a sash for badges? Did they HAVE badges? It's been a long time. I remember wearing a too-small cub scout uniform at the end, I was close to graduating/ageing up to Webelos and we didn't want to spend the money on a new uniform that fit but I'd only wear for a couple months.

not 100% sure of this, but the request to view private galleries sends a message to the escort, and they can unlock for you. You'll get a message via Rentmen email if/when they do. I don't think they can read your notes. I don't know if they can even tell you've buddylisted them. They can tell if you've viewed them, some escorts will email you if you've viewed them asking if you're interested.

Agree 100%. Some semblance of plot & setup does a lot more for me.

One other guy I remember, I saw him one night, and a day or two later he called asking if we could repeat the same stuff, no compensation necessary. I guess I'm pretty good at rimming.

Just one or three that I can think of, in many hires. I've hired a couple (couple dozen?) dancers but a few have gone home for free; one escort turned into a fuck buddy without an actual conversation about "You don't need to pay me any more". I think I offered to help him with some computer stuff, and he started feeling me up as we finished, and that was how that relationship shifted. Who knew computer literacy was such an aphrodisiac? I invited another escort to watch a special I'd taped that I knew he was interested in, I gave him a foot rub that progressed to a fun time, but he moved and that was the last I saw him.

In the movie "Saving Mr. Banks", Emma Thompson, playing P.L. Travers (the author of the Mary Poppins books), chided someone for addressing her by her first name. I think it was the movie's writers when they first met - I think her chauffeur just addressed her as "Mrs.".

This made me think of the Dorothy Parker quote: "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think". I'm not calling this guy a whore, it's just where my mind goes whenever I hear that quote.

I second the vote for Nifty & Literotica, those are the two I have bookmarked. I found this one the other day... https://m.lushstories.com/gay-male

No sash, but I do have a cloak. The J. Peterman catalog offered it in the late 80's, talking about how FDR had worn it to the Yalta conference. It was part of Navy attire back then. I finally had one made earlier this year.

The gross indecency was just being openly gay, or at least open by the standards of the late 1800s. The Marquess of Queensbury wrote him a letter accusing him, Wilde sued for libel, and that's when Wilde was convicted. Wilde was brilliant, but his imprisonment broke him. Rupert Everett made a movie, "The Happy Prince", about Wilde's last days - it's in my netflix queue but I haven't watched the whole thing yet.

The sister is starting Dark Knight. I wrote her up a quick no-spoilers reader background guide; for example, when I read it originally, sometime in the late 80's, I had no idea who Jason Todd was. I have a nagging feeling there's one last bit I forgot to mention to her, but can't remember what it is.

I read someplace, can't remember where, that Looking Glass wasn't watching gay porn - it was an episode of "American Heroes". The gay relationship between Captain Metropolis & Hooded Justice was hinted at in the graphic novel, but nothing that explicit happened.

I get off to written porn, erotic stories, fairly often.

No sex, growing a Movember moustache - is there anything else I'm supposed to be doing this month?

I didn't think straights knew about fuck buddies either. :-D

I was always interested but never contacted him while he was in Detroit. I've got a thing for overalls (his last couple of pictures)

I had a straight roommate who enjoyed poppers but was amazed to find out that people used them during sex.

I partake rarely these days, and mostly just as a way to go to sleep.

I think this is from "The Other Side of Aspen" - featuring Falcon's "Mystery Skier", in the mask on the far left. I don't remember if his identity was ever revealed

I've got a workout book upstairs about working out with a partner. Most of the pics/exercises feature the author and his wife/girlfriend, but there's a chapter with him and another guy - they're doing pushups against each other, face-to-face, in speedos.

No experience with him, but some background - he was on Corbin Fisher, probably about 10 years ago, & was sued for using his CF pics in his ad. Went on to a porn career on many other sites. I'd be tempted but I get kind of a crazy vibe from him for some reason. https://www.corbinfisher.com/tour/models/greg-2.html