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My first experience with poppers was with an escort. He (accidentally?) left his bottle behind when he left. I've run into a few escorts who'll join me in popper use; one, in fact, new to the area, asked me where to find them locally. But I'd have to say most decline them.

Oh, not that amazon gift card scam again. A very hot guy showed up in Detroit but was pulling that scam. I did not meet up with him.

Back in the day straight porn guys were not that attractive. I read an article saying that it was on purpose, that it was mostly men watching the porn and they didn't want to make them feel inadequate (for lack of a better word). I had a huge crush on Harry Reems, although in retrospect he may have been the reason for the term "porn-stache" http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FZywsKfmGqY/UUqn_X3BYrI/AAAAAAAAF5o/NYeHUIZ8Yg4/s1600/Harry%20Reems%20BW.jpg

There are differing opinions on bringing up old threads, but as far as I'm concerned, if you've got something to add (besides "wow, he's hot" :-) ), I prefer opening old threads rather than opening a new one, just to keep members from having to browse multiple threads on the same topic.

I do like this one. About 20 minutes in, where the masseur is almost embracing the guy while massaging his neck, and gives him a huge hard-on without touching him...

There's a story in a science fiction collection I have about a guy exploring a cave and is visited by a spirit who gives him superpowers and a suit with an ancient mystical symbol representing the ancient spirits from which he derives his powers, or something like that. The symbol is a swastika.

The Detroit Free Press carries Miss Manners, but they have been very erratic about carrying any of the advice columnists in the past few months. I've written the paper a few times about hoping to see Miss Manners on a more regular basis, always very politely of course.

You beat me to it. @TylerandAce 's videos are the gold standard for me.

I love Josh Long. Sadly, retired now, as far as I know.

Back when the Red Cross first started screening for possible HIV-infected blood, they did not have printed questionnaires about "have you had sex with a man" or "do you share needles", they had the little old lady volunteers asking those questions. Those poor ladies...

same for me, with the forum. I started with just checking out the gallery, once I started reading the other forums I read EVERYTHING, and now I just read what catches my eye. The the "Mark Forums Read" feature makes it much easier to manage. I've thought about asking a "What makes you click on a particular forum entry?" post, but never was sufficiently motivated.

One of my favorite science fiction authors, John Varley, wrote female characters very convincingly; not just according to me, but according to a female friend, an avid science fiction reader. My friend wrote him asking if he was really a woman writing under a male name (which happened a lot, back in the day, as female s-f writers could be taken as not serious by some readers). He did respond to her saying yes, he was really a guy, he could send a letter of verification from his wife :-)

Miss Manners covers this with regard to etiquette. She's often written about being distressed by people's perception of her as the etiquette police, ready to pounce on someone using the wrong fork. She fully supports the concept that unsolicited corrections/advice is one of the biggest etiquette violations, and she only offers advice to those who ask her for it. I notice grammar/spelling mistakes all the time, but I rarely (I hope) point them out to people unless I'm sure they want to know. Others may view me differently :-?

Has anyone seen"The Brown Bunny"? 2003, with Vincent Gallo, including explicit sex scenes, and a otherwise a legit contender for most boring and/or incomprehensible movie ever made.

I always thought my fascination with armpits was sort of a "fringe" thing (not that it bothered me), but 39 pages in, I feel validated. :-)

or the old "May/December romance"?

I watched the first 20 minutes or so, and it seemed like it was going to be a bleak story, so like most of you seem to have done, used fast-forward liberally to skip to the sex scenes.

@Guy Fawkes is "phase" misspelled in that chart? :-P

There's sympathizing, and then there's really understanding. I'm 6'2" and big. I don't worry about walking around alone at night. I understand, on an intellectual level, that most women (or smaller men) have that fear; I can't say that I've truly FELT that fear every time I go out. There was an article in this morning's paper from a columnist I enjoy, Leonard Pitts, who said it's long overdue that African-Americans stop having to worry about having to explain themselves For barbecuing. For selling bottled water. For napping in a dorm. For mowing a lawn. For smoking.

The internet says ZAY-zix. I had a personalized car license plate where I tried to duplicate the sector Earth was in, according to Hitchhiker's Guide, Zed Zed 9 Plural Zed Alpha. I got ZZ9SZA, and every time l looked at it I read "Zsa-Zsa".

Oh, I have to bite my tongue or I'd be saying this or something similar a dozen times a day at work.

I subscribe to the local Detroit paper but I read it online, and just recently cancelled all paper delivery of it (which was down to three days a week anyway).

As long as you like dogs, you're fine by me.

A friend and I designed a couple of scavenger hunts. The first was for his youngest sister as her combined bachelor/bachelorette party, men vs. women. The second was for the same couple's 10-year anniversary, and designing one that wasn't too easy given that everyone had smart phones and internet access by that time was difficult. We went overboard, nobody finished the second one.

On a road trip we passed a tanker in a field marked "LIQUID PROTEIN". We took a picture of a friend pretending to drink from the tap. There's this, in Michigan: There's an annual bike trip that goes through there, the t-shirts always have some variant of "I rode through Hell!" on them.