Gar1eth

Oooooh....something about Michael T. Weiss in his Pretender days is quite fine...

Not from his Pretender days, but still a few years back. He by rumor is a Friend of Dorothy. That Dorothy is one lucky gal!!

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Gman

Hello gents!

As much as I love The Normal Heart as a whole, I find I keep clicking to the scenes with Matt Bomer and...just...kind of...staring. A lot. Anyone else so taken with him?

T

I think he is really handsome too. But he is just one of many for me. If we are going to restrict ourselves to actors/people in the public eye- I like Anderson Cooper, Henry Cavill, Cheyenne Jackson, Jonathan Gross, Max Baer, Jr in his prime, The Rock, Ron Ely in his prime, Peter Lupus, Harrison Ford, Michael T. Weiss, James Denton, Scott Bakula, Tyrone Power, --multiple others!!!

Gman

Take two slices of bread, spread some peanut butter on it and add some some lettuce.

 

Option: You can add mayonnaise or white cheese.

 

Bon Appétit !

 

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Thanks for the pics, Steven. Unfortunately, neither one shows the correct way to make the King of Sandwiches. The first one is close, but the bread appears to be cracked wheat or some other non-Wonder Bread. In addition, it contains only about half as much lettuce as it should. In the second picture, the bread is, OMG, toasted! Blech!

 

Acceptable additions to the Jif Extra Crunchy include only a slice of Kraft American processed cheese (the kind that comes individually wrapped in plastic), and/or a slice of Oscar Mayer large bologna. Acceptable additional spreads include full-fat real butter or Kraft Miracle Whip.

 

I am a Fundamentalist Sandwicharian.

Get thee behind me cheese, mayo, lettuce, Miracle Whip, cream cheese on my peanut butter sandwich. The only proper condiment is jelly- but I will grudgingly accept bananas. Nothing wrong with peanut butter on wheat or on toasted bread.

Gman

Ah, y'all think you're so sophicated, donchaz? Go retro, my friends, go retro. Build a sandwich of Jif Extra Chunky on Wonder Bread with an inch of iceberg lettuce. Pair with an ice-cold Pepsi with no calories and no caffeine. Ye-e-e-ah!

Never heard of lettuce and peanut butter. And while I like lettuce, I like it mainly in salads. At hamburger joints, I usually hold the lettuce because they put so dang much on it.

Gman

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But I confess that some aliments taste better when they are refrigerated rather than kept at room temperature.

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Pecans are great frozen!!

Gman

gman- you posted a pic of Jim Palmer instead of Steve Garvey Lol

~Boomer~

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Gman

While neither of these guys are particularly good moral role models, who could forget--

1. Steve Garvey

http://iamstevenmichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JimPalmer.jpg

Or

2. Jose Canseco

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Gman

Steven, just curious, did my peanut butter post in another thread, Jeremy Walker, trigger this thread or is this just synchronicity?

I think you meant to ask me as I started the thread. On the other hand, maybe Steven knows me better than I do myself. But yes, you are exactly right. Your previous remarks on Jeremy made me think of the eternal, burning peanut butter controversy. I'm surprised no one, aside from me, who likes crunchy has chimed in. My fellow crunchy lovers must be out there, or they wouldn't sell it.

Crunchy lovers unite and arise!!! The only thing you have to lose is a mass of smooth material without a pleasing texture in the roof of your mouth!!

Gman

I've always liked crunchy peanut butter. The smooth peanut butter just sticks to the roof of my mouth. I want some texture to my peanut butter. In fact when I buy Jif, I usually get the extra crunchy. So what about the rest of you?

Gman

I feel that way about every encounter. If I had let it or my appearance stop me, I never would have been able to hire. I usually make sure the escorts are ok with chubby (Internet code in my case for fat) guys. I don't usually with masseurs because they usually state in their ad that they are ok with bigger guys. While with escorts because the encounter may be more 'intimate,' I usually check even if they do mention in their ads that they are ok with larger guys. The few escorts/masseurs who say they aren't interested in larger guys, I don't contact. Also a few escorts over the years have told me when I contacted them that they don't do well with big guys- but very few. There was one in particular I remember in LA named James- hasn't escorted in probably close to 10 years- he had good reviews in general, but he said he had been heavy as youngster, and now he just couldn't get into being with larger guys.

Gman

His ad seems to be gone already !!

Whose ad?

Gman

Thanks very much for the recommendations. There is one more guy who looks interesting. He is listed as IVAN in Chicago, but his phone matches that of Antoan in Las Vegas in Daddy's Reviews. Any experiences with him?

 

http://www.masseurfinder.com/members/renguy4fun.shtml

He used to live in Seattle. I never met him, but by text he seemed awfully straight. It's been several years, and I can't remember now if he was advertising as an escort, masseur or both. I used to see his ad on Backpage frequently in those days.

Of course I was looking for more of a combined massage/escort experience. He definitely wasn't into bottoming. I'm not sure if he would have topped if I had wanted that. But that being said- he was honest in telling me that he couldn't supply what I wanted.

Gman

Please note that he only offers massage. Nothing else!

Do you know this from personal experience or is that how you are reading his ad because while his ad talks about massage, it also says he is versatile, and he has the cash icon meaning escort on his ad.

Gman

I am sympathetic if the officer has an owwie. I really am. But that doesn't justify executing unarmed citizenry.

Orbital fractures especially if it was a blow-out fracture take a lot of force.

Not to play left vs right, but this pretty much sums up the fracture story.

 

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/43751_Jim_Hofts_Unsourced_Claim_That_Officer_Darren_Wilson_Had_an_Orbital_Blowout_Fracture_of_the_Eye_Socket

I definitely agree with you if the story is false. But if it's not- it's definitely something to consider.

Gman

I've just seen a story- I don't know whether it is true or not- that says the officer who shot Brown has an orbital fracture. If Michael Brown punched the officer hard enough to give him an orbital fracture that changes the story significantly.

Gman

http://towleroad.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c730253ef01a3fd3ffa7b970b-800wi

 

Actor Ben Whishaw, who plays Q in the James Bond franchise and a gay man in the upcoming Lilting, speaking about his decision to come out publicly last year in a new interview with The Sunday Times

 

"I had a lot of fear in doing it for a long time. And who can say why? I’m not sure I know. Everyone was surprisingly lovely. I hadn’t anticipated that they would be, but they were. It takes courage [to come out] and people have to do it in their own time. It’s hard to have a conversation with people you’ve known your whole life about a very intimate thing. It’s massively weighted with all sorts of stuff, whatever the wider world is saying… it’s an intimate and private and difficult conversation for most people. There is so much tension around doing something like that. I applaud everyone who does it."

 

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Actor Ben Whishaw, who is set to take on the role of Freddie Mercury in an upcoming biopic, has spoken to The Sunday Times Magazine about the courage it takes to come out as gay.

 

Whishaw, who married his partner Mark Bradshaw last year, discussed the similarities between the character he plays in new movie Lilting and his own life.

 

In the movie, he plays a gay man struggling to come to terms with the death of his boyfriend and forced to tell his partner’s grieving mother about his relationship with her son for the first time.

 

On whether he was able to relate to someone who felt they couldn’t come out to their mother, Whishaw said:

 

"It is hard, I applaud anyone who does it. There is so much tension around doing something like that, that maybe you’re not quite thinking rationally. You can say absurd things because you are in a panic.

 

Asked about coming out to his own parents, he said:

 

"I identify with the character in Lilting in as much as I had a lot of fear in doing it for a long time...it takes courage and people have to do it in their own time, which is a negotiation you see happening in the film."

 

Watch a trailer for Lilting, AFTER THE JUMP...

 

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This might actually be a movie with gay characters I'd be willing to see. To some extent I'm not interested anymore in the straight guy/girl rom-coms. For the same reason I'm not really into the gay/buddy/comedy/romance movies either. I unfortunately don't have a group of friends, I doubt some quirky hunk is all of a sudden going to fall in love with me or want to get married. I've decided that fantasy movies like that just upset me more and more because there isn't anything in them I can hope for.

I normally stay away from sad movies too. But this one looks like there is a heart to the story.

Gman

When the directive was issued, it was NOT known that the separatists had weapons that could reach above 32,000 feet. The separatist had shot down Ukrainian planes at a lower height earlier in the week. Experts have been quoted in newspapers and said on TV in the last few days that the Malaysians did nothing wrong in flying at 33,000 feet.

I may be wrong. But I think the article I read said that whether the airline knew or not, governments like ours had been able to tell what kind of missiles had struck previous planes and knew they could reach that height. As for blaming Malaysian Airlines, I'm not- or at least not anymore than I am blaming any of the commercial airlines for plotting to fly over a war zone. I admit I wouldn't have thought about it either probably. But I'm not in the airline field. In 'perfect' hindsight, it seems to me the airlines ought to avoid all unstable areas no matter the extra flight miles involved.

Gman

From my reading of the New York Times, officials new the rebels had weapons that could reach above 32,000 feet. So I'm not sure why the directive for flying at 33,000 feet was isssued. An expert I heard talking on NPR noted that there are many unsettled regions in the worl where commercial aircraft routines go. The Ukraine up until now was one of them. There is also Iraq currently.

Gman

This discussion reminds me of when I had my gallbladder taken out. The night before while at home I was to give myself a Fleet's Enema. As far as I can remember that was the 1st time I was ever going to be having an enema. I was a nervous wreck. I remember going to my bathroom, lying on the floor, and using the Fleet's. Once I did it, it wasn't so bad. But still today the thought of someone playing around my butt, lubing way up there- or even worse of trying to palpate my prostate( which usually triggers my 'chronic prostatitis' or whatever it is and causes me pelvic pain) - makes my stomach clench up- and not in a happy way.

Gman

I admit it was nice seeing the comparisons between back then and now. But am I the only one who thinks a majority of those kids are drama kings/queens. Also I'm pretty sure there as a command to make the computer read the floppy drive if the computer was already turned on. You would have used Something like a change drive command and then a command to run or read the disk.

Gman

My Uncle who is in his late 80's said that when he was a boy, they swam naked/nude at the YMCA in Dallas except on Family Day. I'm glad they changed that policy at some point long before I started going to YMCA's.

Gman

PS Anyone notice how 'naked' is dirty and sinful, but 'nude' is natural and beautiful?

But it's not just a speedos. I also usually prefer to wear a t-shirt at the pool or beach. Believe me, I'm taking pity on the beach/pool going population by not exposing my man-boobs, gut, and chest. I do it partially as a public service for the general population. It's also a shield for me, so that I don't have to broadcast the fact that I have tiny genitalia to the world. You don't know how much I envy guys who have an obvious bulge in their pants. Mine only becomes obvious when I have an erection. And then that's too obvious. Besides I can't imagine I'd find the skimpiness of a Speedo comfortable. ( I don't find skimpy non-aquatic underwear comfortable either. Who needs a thong riding up their butt-cr:)ck? And I can't stand the feel of footies/ankle socks. I wear above the ankle crew socks. The ones with a heel.)

As for tinier and tinier bikinis on women, personally-most likely because I'm gay- I'd prefer they suited up more.

And speaking of tight clothing, one complaint I've had when I've done weekends with escorts and we are doing something casual is how tight their t-shirts are. I think I only mentioned it to one of them in a joking way once. But I'm sorry even if I were in good shape, I don't think I would be wearing a skin tight tee as a normal part of my apparel. Maybe if I were in good shape, and I were going clubbing, I'd wear it then. But I will admit my attitude on this probably comes from the fact that #1 I'm not very attractive so I've never been cruised by anyone #2. I dress for comfort more than for fashion.

Gman

I wish I could find other reasonable-looking, over age 45 men in Speedos. I'd feel encouraged that way.

Ask and ye shall receive...

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Gman

And that's exactly one of the reasons I listed Raul. I hope you told him he had been mentioned in this thread.

 

Gman

Absolutely. I told him about the discussion, your recommendations and just asked what he thought. In addition, by chance, I happened to have an appointment with Andrew Justice today and we also discussed the thread so they are both aware of this thread, Gman!

 

TruHart1

Ahh Andrew-one of my 'top' (or should I say 'bottom' ) three best hires ever. I'd say I hope you had fun. But being with Andrew, I already know you did. Such a nice guy!!

Gman

I believe the truth of the matter is that most of the well-reviewed escorts who have been in the business for a while are mature enough to handle (and I know a few who have) many kinds of special needs clients with special attention to their specific needs. I actually just asked Raul’s opinion about this and his response was that he would be happy to work with and for this man’s needs but that the more important question should be whether the special needs individual would be sexually attracted to a particular escort.

 

I think if you, bigjoey, know the type of man your friend is attracted to, you should call the well-reviewed escorts who are his type and ask them individually if they would be a good companion for your friend. It’s really not much different than checking with an escort on his sexual limits or scenes. Since you have some possibilities suggested by the astute posters here on this thread so far, you could start with any of them who happen to be your friend’s type. JMHO with a little input from RGM.

 

Truhart1

And that's exactly one of the reasons I listed Raul. I hope you told him he had been mentioned in this thread.

Gman