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Hey (mostly) gents and (a few select) ladies!
 
It has been a LONG time since I've posted here and even longer since I've posted consistently. There have been a few very big changes recently. On January 6th, cancer cells were found in a lymph node near my liver. Further scans showed a tumor in the bile duct area. (Medical folk, they're calling it a "Klatskin.") We don't know yet if the cancer began in my gallbladder or inside my intrahepatic bile duct or what. March 6th, I'm getting a PET scan that will supposedly help pinpoint the primary site. For those of you who don't know, cancer cells in a lymph node = stage 3 almost all the time. A diagnosis of any cancer in the gallbladder/pancreas/liver/bile duct area = shitty prognosis. I'm meeting with my oncologist on March 9th to discuss the results, and it's not exactly an appointment I'm looking forward to.
 
Back in 2015 when my life upended itself, people from this fellowship -- only a few of whom I'd met in person -- sent flowers, encouraged me, and got me through a very rough time. This is another one. I have no idea how many of you folks even remember me, but I would appreciate any positive energy you could send my way.
 
Thank you so much in advance,
T

For me, Alex Hogh Andersen (grown-up Ivar) is THE one. All the other men are gorgeous, true, but Alex is IT.
T

I had my first just a few months ago. I'm young-ish (47 now, 46 then), so I did it only at my GI doc's request. The guys are right: the worst part really is the prep. Be prepared to visit the porcelain throne about two dozen times. My doc also prescribed a prep (can't remember its name), but insurance didn't cover it. If there is a dulcolax/miralax option with Gatorade or Crystal Light or something, that would be much cheaper.
T

Yasssssssss........
I mean, anyone who comes to this forum NOT expecting clashes of opinion from intelligent, educated gay men is, uh, naive at best.

Thank you for the quick reply and for your work as admin.

I've never seen this show, but, I read an interview with 20 year old Alexander Ludwig (he was the hunk in the first Hunger Games movie) who debuts in the new season as the son of Travis Fimmel (the lead character and former Calvin Klein model). This sentence in the review made me go WILD:
 
"We were playful off camera. Just before a take we'd start wrestling and see who could take the other. At the start he was able to take me. I think by the end of the shoot we were pretty even."
 
They're both 180 but Ludwig is 6'1" and Fimmel 5'11".
 
Forget the show, why don't they just film that?

He kept alive a place to make friends. That's a lot.

I just recently found out about Daddy's passing and it's taken me a few days to process. Such sad news. I'm not a prolific poster but I've benefited a great deal from this site.
 
I never met or knew Daddy but the sites he built and maintained taught me a couple of things:
 
1) I'm not alone; and
2) A good person can make a positive difference in a person's life, even if he's never met that person, by living his life and simply being himself.
 
Thanks Daddy and may you rest in peace.?

Just now seeing this post regarding Daddy's passing. My sincere condolences to all family, friends, and those in our community.
His forum and website were a major ingredient in my formula for escorting success from 2007-2011 and I deeply appreciate, respect, and admire the platform he created, ran, and nurtured. In a way, he was the ultimate "matchmaker" - by bringing people together to explore their sexual desires, enjoy companionship, friendship, and human connection.
Daddy may be gone ... but his legacy will forever live on.
 
Here's to Daddy! May you rest in eternal peace, love, and happiness.

Yasssssssss........
I mean, anyone who comes to this forum NOT expecting clashes of opinion from intelligent, educated gay men is, uh, naive at best.

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar...
 
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.

That's very true. It is evidenced by the fact that he allowed those who act like pigeons shitting on a monument to remain members regardless how annoying they might be (and how much we'd like them to target a different statue)

Yasssssssss........
I mean, anyone who comes to this forum NOT expecting clashes of opinion from intelligent, educated gay men is, uh, naive at best.

Yasssssssss........
I mean, anyone who comes to this forum NOT expecting clashes of opinion from intelligent, educated gay men is, uh, naive at best.

Yasssssssss........
I mean, anyone who comes to this forum NOT expecting clashes of opinion from intelligent, educated gay men is, uh, naive at best.

Yasssssssss........
I mean, anyone who comes to this forum NOT expecting clashes of opinion from intelligent, educated gay men is, uh, naive at best.

Yasssssssss........
I mean, anyone who comes to this forum NOT expecting clashes of opinion from intelligent, educated gay men is, uh, naive at best.

Yasssssssss........
I mean, anyone who comes to this forum NOT expecting clashes of opinion from intelligent, educated gay men is, uh, naive at best.

Yes I did and although it wasn't all warm and fuzzy, I got the impression that when @latbear4blk put all of his differences aside - and there were many political and otherwise - he came to a place where he recognized Daddy for the man he was and what he stood for. I felt that what @latbear4blk wrote was personal and heartfelt and wanted to share it with us. That was his genuine tribute to Daddy in his own way of expressing it.

Feeling so very sad right now. You gentlemen have seen this lil' pasty-white cis-gendered straight gal through some shit for the past near-decade. Thank you, Daddy, for creating this safe -- and I dare say, sacred -- space. Long may it live. RIP.
T

Feeling so very sad right now. You gentlemen have seen this lil' pasty-white cis-gendered straight gal through some shit for the past near-decade. Thank you, Daddy, for creating this safe -- and I dare say, sacred -- space. Long may it live. RIP.
T

Feeling so very sad right now. You gentlemen have seen this lil' pasty-white cis-gendered straight gal through some shit for the past near-decade. Thank you, Daddy, for creating this safe -- and I dare say, sacred -- space. Long may it live. RIP.
T

Feeling so very sad right now. You gentlemen have seen this lil' pasty-white cis-gendered straight gal through some shit for the past near-decade. Thank you, Daddy, for creating this safe -- and I dare say, sacred -- space. Long may it live. RIP.
T

Feeling so very sad right now. You gentlemen have seen this lil' pasty-white cis-gendered straight gal through some shit for the past near-decade. Thank you, Daddy, for creating this safe -- and I dare say, sacred -- space. Long may it live. RIP.
T