Avalon

We were both 15-16 and I had a terrible crush on him, my best friend. I just knew that I wanted to touch him, to kiss him, to make out with him and, why not, hopefully to do something more adventurous, things I had only read about in naughty magazines. One day, I finally took the plunge when we showered together after a swim. Seeing him naked gave me an instant hard on —oh, to be 16 again!—, which of course he didn’t fail to notice. I dared touch him and, since he didn’t resist much, I fondled his body, worked my way towards his uncut dick and stroked it to make him hard. I don’t know where I got the courage to kneel in front if him and take his cock in my mouth. It was pure instinct, guided by sheer lust, and it just felt wonderful in my mouth, like it belonged there. I played with it, sucked it, licked it up and down and, naturally, he shot a huge load in my mouth, which I greedily swallowed. Beautiful. That was my very first blowjob, not reciprocated, and the rest is history.
 
Unfortunately, he did not share my feelings and he was actually quite embarrassed at what had happened. We never did it again and our friendship suffered. A few years later, we parted ways and we have not been in touch again. One-way puppy love, and fantastic memories.

I tend to open the door for anybody approaching regardless of gender. I have, however, had two interesting experiences holding a door open for women.
The first incident took place in 1966 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. As I approached the door of a laundry mat an African American woman arrived. I opened the door and stood back for her to pass through. She simply stood there and didn't move. After a few moments I simply said "go". She then ran through the door. Later she came up to me and stated that I obviously was not local and that she was afraid if she went in I'd kick her. I was dumfounded. Being from California I had never experienced such blatant prejudice.
The second incident took place about a year ago. I arrived at the door to my bank at the same time as a very attractive young woman in her early twenties. She was wearing a hijab (head scarf). I held the door open and stood back. She hesitated, for a moment, and then went through. We ended up standing in line next to each other. After a moment she turned to me, smiled and said "thank you", I responded "you're welcome".
Life can really be strange.

Byzantine Empress Theodora 500 A.D. to 548 A.D. (reigned from 8/9/527 - 6/28/548).

French historian Marc Bloch.

Ernest Hemingway

I had a friend who was such a Kim Novak fan that he named his daughter Kim. His favorite movie was "Vertigo".

Susan Stamberg, Benjamin Franklin, Queen Elizabeth, and Jesus Christ.

Dan Rather and Kim Novak

One on one. Common topic. No doubt been discussed many times. I was watching the recent episode of "A Million Little Things". Back story four guys become friends when trapped in an elevator. They ask each other who would they have dinner with. My answer has changed over time but currently I'd choose the centaur Chiron. He had so many students spanning generations; like he taught both Achilles and his father Peleus. Chiron was friends with Hercules. Achilles met Patroclus while at Chiron's school.
 
Saint Augustine of Hippo said when he was a boy that he wept when reading in the "Aeneid" of Aeneas deserting Dido. I'm not fond of Achilles. Imo the noble Hector is the real hero in the Trojan War. But the grief that young Achilles showed when Chiron was dying is most touching. Chiron was a much better father to Achilles than Peleus ever was!
 
I recently got the Loeb Classic edition of Ovid's "Fasti". Latin on one page and English on the opposite. For 3 May it tells of the dying centaur and Achilles.
 
https://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/KentaurosKheiron.html
 
Theoi is one of my favorite sites for mythology.

I open the door for anyone regardless of gender. People who find it sexist are taking political correctness to a whole new level and not in a good way. You hold the door and it’s sexist. You let the door close on them and you’re an a**hole.

If cabbage is in Hades and coleslaw in heaven I guess I'm stuck in purgatory!
 
And carrots? That's what the Devil tempted Eve with!

Trying to bring back the hippie look?? You might want to buy a hair clipping set. Around $30.00. Easy to use yourself or train Alf to do it.

I know. It's The CW. I guess I'm not a completely jaded queen. I can still like the sweet stuff in Roswell, New Mexico.
 
Won't spoil anything too specific. Good music. Hot guys. A surprising, sexy pairing lock lips. The SyFy storyline is mixed with some current politics and throws a little shade at right wing media. Pushed enough of my buttons. Yeah it's still CW, so a little bit too close to cornball, but that's OK.
 
Stream first epi
 
Nathan Parsons is a strong lead. I like him a lot.
 

Charles Ryder & Sebastian Flyte from "Brideshead Revisited".

So they can say they’re a virgin

To please their boyfriends and some do it so they don't have to worry about getting pregnant although the 2 holes are so close together some semen leaks and goes into the vagina and they get pregnant anyway.

https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/50-weirdest-and-coolest-facts-lgbti-history200215/#gs.d284hOoQ
 
Here is more info about the Byzantine Emperor Basil I
 
http://queerhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/basil-i-of-byzantium-867-886.html

Great, @Avalon, great. I am sure you will feel A LOT better after a haircut and a shave.

The walker has been a great help. I would not be able to get around the apartment without it.

I've not had a haircut in almost four years. And I have not shaved in over six months. My apartment shares the parking lot with a hair salon. My landlord was just here. I told him that I'd like / needed a haircut and shave. So he went over and brought me one of stylist's business cards. She was not in.
 
So I'm going to call in a few days. She'll need to come here.
 
I want it simple. I have no one to impress. Just set the clippers on 0.

I have had the same stylist for about seven years now. She's helped me with three hairstyle changes and we've cultivated a nice friendship—she invited me to her wedding last year!
I prefer to shave my facial hair. I've made a 30-minute ritual out of it which I look forward to every Sunday night.
As for hair down there, I just get it sugared every month or two.

The walker has been a great help. I would not be able to get around the apartment without it.