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In the sciences, articles more than 2 or 3 years old are considered dated.

You know you have lost when you go ad hominem.

The operative language is "they theorize." OTOH, my quotation is evidence-based.

Although no single theory on the cause of sexual orientation has yet gained widespread support, scientists favor biologically based theories.[13] There is considerably more evidence supporting nonsocial, biological causes of sexual orientation than social ones, especially for males.[17][18][19] From wikipedia.

The Kinsey scale.

Those are associated with sexual orientation, but they are not sexual orientation. Much like a phenotype is a function of the genotype, but it is not the genotype.

Very intelligently, you have chosen a lifestyle that is congruent with your sexual orientation.

You agreed with Mike's clarification but then you persist. I think your definition of sexual orientation must have come from some extreme right website. I certainly agree that the heteronormative lifestyle you are living is a matter of choice. And I do believe that bisexuality exists as a sexual orientation and I do believe that you are bisexual, but you didn't choose your orientation any more than someone who has no attraction whatsoever to the opposite sex did.

Exactly. It seemed the OP could use some historical context concerning the contamination of the national discourse by radical religionists.

There is a new process that they are starting to use in Europe - alkaline hydrolysis, that uses a strong lye solution. It is being used in the US for pets. We had to have one of our cats put down a year ago, and that was the process they used to dispose of his remains. Two days later, they gave us a little wooden box containing a little bit of fine white powder. I'm wondering how they dispose of the lye solution.

In the 70's, the Christian right (Jerry Falwell, Anita Bryant, et al. ) popularized the idea that sexual orientation was a "lifestyle choice" and we've been stuck with that notion ever since. It just isn't like having a favorite color, or liking Italian food, or reading Proust in your spare time, and you know that. It seems like you cherry-picked that definition to fit the point you are trying to make.

LOL - Roger Sterling: "This would be a great business if it wasn't for the clients."

I don't know about providers, but I can say that use of tri-mix among older men is very common. My husband uses it because PDE5 inhibitors give him a pounding headache. I use it occasionally because, more and more, cialis tends to mess with my BP, without giving me a good boner.

I use whatever is around. I like to cook with wine, brandy and liquor but I don't see any point spending a lot on the booze I use in cooking. There's usually part of a bottle of red sitting around and some white in the refrigerator. Mostly I follow the conventional guideline of red wine with meat and white wine with poultry and fish, but chicken with a sauce made from red wine can be good and I like to make a red wine sauce for salmon sometimes. Almost anything is better with brandy added to it. I just use some cheap California brandy. I wouldn't waste a good cognac or armagnac, when it's just going to be cooked off.

But that's one of the reasons for hiring. Being as choosy as you want is perfectly reasonable. I'm pretty flexible and I like so many "types" that I almost don't have a type, but sometimes, things just don't work. It wasn't my fault or his fault. -he was ready to do whatever I needed but I had decided I was done. I paid him for the entire booking and we even chatted for a little while, so things didn't end on a sour note.

Mostly, I like being a sex object. One guy I hired, I told him “make me your plaything.” He did a good job, but I soon realized I wasn’t into him and asked him to stop. He was a little surprised and asked me if there was anything he could do. I said, “no, it’s a chemistry thing.”

My thought exactly. In San Francisco, we tend to be patient with people's quirks and eccentricities.

It isn't a business for thin-skinned people.

Great, isn't it?

What does it matter? It seems you are more concerned that the straight guy is being exploited by doing something repellant. I don’t think it is repellant to them. They have the same skill at managing their mindset that any good gay/bi provider has.

Eisen Loch=“Iron Hole”

I use orzo when I want a small pasta, like for soup. Usually, I get DeCecco.

it has to be the right kind of guy- e.g. a muscleman who is shaved smooth all over and packing.

I used to find it strange, now I think it’s pretty sexy, both on another or on me.

I when I was about 30 I developed a serious thing for Häagen-Dazs Swiss Almond Vanilla-ate a pint every night. I was a smoker at the time so I didn’t gain any excess weight. After a few months of it, I got myself under control.