Benjamin Nicholas' "Who's Hot" list.

[RockHard]

I'm always flattered when people talk about me, even when they don't say nice things. The point of show business (and with all my businesses) is to get noticed. There's a simple reason why I am a success. I'm not a liar and I deliver the goods.

 

My show-biz grapevine has been full of "buzz," anxiously anticipating Benjamin Nicholas' "Who's Hot" list. So it was with bated, ProFresh breath that I clicked on his link today as I performed my weekday-morning-ritual of clicking "Newest Reviews" on HooBoy.

 

I have to admit that some inclusions on Benjamin's list surprised me (more on that later) and I was very disappointed that "Who's Not" offered ejaculitus interuptus. This is no time to protect anyone from a good mud-slinging spa experience. After all, mud does offer some health benefits.

 

The biggest surprise came when I clicked on "The Rico Report link" to find an unusual eye-catching blog design (most high-end web designers caution against black backgrounds) and a headline and blurb about me, even though some idiot misspelled my moniker. I had never heard of this blog before and wondered why I would be the focus of this unknown blogger's attention.

 

Needless to say, I was thrilled to see my "blind-bitch" quote (I did like writing that line) but was quickly let down to read the blogger found me boring enough to mention by name, in a headline, and print a direct quote. (Sorry, dear, but 200 hits a day does not make you a star in my world, either, and nor do I believe your bullshit.)

 

I was further disappointed, yet again, to find this anonymous blogger (is their a finer example of insignificance?) promoting another uninspired attempt to insinuate a double-posting conspiracy. As fabulous as I am, how could I possibly be perceived as some HooBoy retread?

 

Gentlemen, I'm going to say this one more time: RockHard is the ONLY name I have ever used on HooBoy and September 2005 is the first time I have ever registered for the Message Center.

 

I assume many gay men who post here and elsewhere are serial liars. We all know these men and their game and some take the play as seriously as they take their sexual fetishes. But I hate liars and I refuse to stand by and let some ignorant, cowardly, anonymous asshole call me one. Therefore, I state again, any blogger who insists on promoting his double-posting fantasy regarding me CAN NEVER be taken seriously. It's just one more example of a slow-minded asshole with a dishonest agenda. (Even though, I do love the attention.)

 

To further prove that I mean what I say, the following is a cut-n-paste of my first letter to Daddy, dated September 19, 2005, to complain about the initial difficulty I incurred while trying to register for the Message Center. For some, it will mean nothing but for any gay man with a brain, I ask you this: If I had any previous experience with the registration process at HooBoy's Message Center, why on earth would I have written this letter? (I give Daddy permission to verify receiving this letter if he feels like doing so.)

 

Dear Daddy (What an odd feeling to address a letter in this way. I may need therapy once I'm done.),

 

After three failed attempts in the past six months, trying to log on after I had already registered, one has to question whether participation (in the Message Center) is worth the effort. From my experience, no other forum is so difficult and so perplexing.

 

Having to wait one week for registration to "take effect" is just long enough to force any potential participant to move on to other more important priorities, which has certainly been the case with me.

 

Forum particpation and registration should be an act of spontaneity. It defies logic why one must wait and wait and wait, defeating and thwarting all roads to conveying a momentary thought and posting it with success.

 

As much as I value and appreciate the review portion of your site, the frustration that comes from trying to post messages while continually receiving an expired login warning is enough to turn one off to the site altogether. Escort forums should never require "active" participation. A registered membership should remain active forever, like most other forums. Many folks interested in chat-information are not sex addicts. They come and go on the board until the moment strikes, and your registration process fails them. May I suggest you work towards finding a more user-friendly process because the bottom line is: the more participants, the better the forum.

 

Best regards

 

Daddy sent me a terrific reply: honest, detailed, and clear enough to understand his reasons for the need to "raise the bar for the people that register." Soon after, my login information worked and I made my very first post before I gave the login info time to expire.

 

If blogging doesn't make money or doesn't change the way powerful people behave, then, for me, the activity is worth nothing more than farting in the wind. Public diaries from uninteresting people offering dishonest agendas and subject matter that has little appeal beyond a small group of people are, in my opinion, useless. But, hey, it's a free world and blogging sure beats depression, death, or acting on your other, more deadly, addictions. So blog away. :-)

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

It's not that i truly didn't want to post names of those in-question for the 'Not Hot' list, but typing through constantly batting eyelashes isn't as easy as it sounds.

 

Next time i'll dictate to my personal assistant

 

 

 

~BN

[RockHard]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas' "Who's Hot" list.

 

"...typing through constantly batting eyelashes isn't as easy as it sounds"

 

Try removing those three pair of false eyelashes you think make you prettier. Trust me, you don't need them. Actually, I've seen a smiley emoticon that offers flirtatious batting eyelashes. It sure would come in handy here (and maybe on your blog).

 

I received an email yesterday from a gay man, accusing me of being a hypocrite: "How can I claim to 'not' read certain blogs when it's obvious that I've read them?" It saddens me to find any gay man who is this STUPID.

 

By nature, I'm a very curious fellow. I will "check out" most everything in the land of media, especially if a recommendation comes from a source that has pleased me in the past. But, as we all know, you can't criticize a movie until you've seen it and "checking out" a magazine or a website does NOT mean we purchase, buy into, enjoy, appreciate, subscribe, register, read-it-all, feel stimulated, and/or will revisit it, especially after initial surveillance has turned us off or leaves us unimpressed.

 

This same STUPID gay man went on to make the point, "BN is an anonymous blogger and he isn't making money off his blog."

 

First, Benjamim Nicholas (and Rick Munroe, for that matter) is an actual man's name. You can pick up the phone and call him, ask for Benjamin Nicholas, and a man on the other end will most likely say, "That's me." You can then book his services, pay for his services, and he accepts all of this business activity under the same name. The law does not ignore anyone who uses a professional pseudonym, ask any actor, and often recognizes these names as legal (given certain conditions). Benjamin Nicholas may not be working under his birth name but he is NO anonymous blogger, no matter how you slice it.

 

Second, given Benjamin Nicholas' profession, it's very easy for me to see how his blog further augments the financial success of any professional endeavor, as long as he stays with the BN pseudonym. That defines "making money" to me, with or without advertising revenue or private membership fees.

 

I'm not surprised any "anonymous blogger" (the greatest example of "lameness" you can find on the net), whose sole purpose is to attract readers from HooBoy's Message Center and feed his ego, would embrace opportunism and use my moniker and quotes to promote and provoke interest in his feckless, mindless, self-serving endeavor. Are these kind of opportunists, who exhibit no courage, any different from the jerk-off-escorts who try to manipulate and rip us off, however creatively, with their gutter-style, hustler salesmanship? I think not. And NONE of the HooBoy offshoots have shown me any reason to spend more than two minutes perusing their empty nests of ego, I'll-use-you-as-long-as-I-can-hold-someone's-attention bullshit and who-cares yada-yada-yada.

 

Don't we gay men have more rewarding things to do with our time?

 

It's no secret: I fully embrace the talents of Benjamin Nicholas. (How I LOVED the Brokeback photo with Tom DeLay and his whipping boy Jack Abramoff!) But this doesn't mean my tongue is locked up Benjamin's ass and/or I agree with everything he has to say. I'm nobody's "yes" man. So, for further comment on his "Hot" list (from a different kind of professional perspective), I offer the following:

 

Brandon Baker's website: "Is there anything this machine-of-a-man can’t do?

 

Well, he doesn't know much about creating an attractive website and his bleach-blonde hair makes him look so 80's.

 

I'm no fan of clutter or tables filled with a bunch of words. Web design that looks like a bad acid trip makes me want to click "delete." Using your favorite lollipop colors is rarely an example of good web design.

 

His blog does offer some fun eye-candy but doesn't it look just like Rick Munroe's? Either both guys are broke and can't afford something unique-to-them or these $250+ an hour service reps are too cheap to spend on custom design. Just goes to show: being a gay man doesn't guarantee the "style" and "glamour" gene.

 

Bobby Thompson's website: I much prefer this more classic-looking presentation, a lot of empty space. At least your eyes know where to focus and your heart won't race like a snort of bad coke.

 

I think it's odd that only three of the four gallery pics lead you to another page and the font choice for the image "rollovers" looks amateur. In fact, all the font choices are wrong.

 

Any boy will score points with me if he announces he's moving to Paris. I co-own property in Paris because it's one of my favorite cities to visit. Another way to my heart is if a man has been blessed with musical talent. I haven't had time to listen to Bobby's piano offerings. I think I prefer imagining that he's fucking brilliant. But why on earth hasn't a boy this handsome been photographed by several great photographers? There aren't enough pictures of this young man and there really aren't enough "great" pictures.

 

Trey Thurston doesn't do much for me but I prefer my darker-haired men to look clipped and more rugged. Regretfully, BN's link to Trey brings you to that awful website which I refuse to visit.

 

Say what you will about Scott Adler and Steven Draker but I like them both for very different reasons, and most of them are personal.

 

I don't know much about the "Cupcake Scam" but I also am not inclined to gamble on "new" venues. Once I find what I like, and it ain't broke, I tend to stick with it. I don't find being fickle particularly appealing. However, I do applaud any gay man who's willing to step up and expose a scammer.

 

I've already stated how I feel about BN's next two "hot" places on the internet. I won't ever mention one again, and I can only encourage someone against using a website owned and operated by promoters of bareback sex.

 

I'm all for freedom of choice and free speech but I cannot support any man who knowingly promotes and encourages gay men to have bareback sex. Bareback sex in the age of AIDS is insane behavior: it's an invitation to self destruction, especially if you don't know your sex partner and you engage in promiscuous sexual activity. Enough gay men have died in my lifetime. I don't want to lose any more. Sometimes the only way to fight back is to just say NO! I've always felt my life was worth much more than the simple, momentary thrill of a great condom-less orgasm. I wish this self-respect for all my brothers.

 

Lastly, I wish Daddy well with this site. He's always shown himself to be a gentlemen to me. Maybe the new year will offer new opportunities. With every morning comes a new day.

 

Thank you all for reading my posts. :-)

 

PS I didn't love the "new" Benjamin Nicholas pottery-barn photos. Who on earth wants to see still-life pottery in the same shot as a beautiful naked man? Sorry, B.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas' "Who's Hot" list.

 

Actually, forget any alliance with me... Just make sure to keep your tongue firmly planted in my ass and we'll be sound as a pound.

 

I would have gotten the pictures done at Restoration Hardware, but they wanted to charge too much. Pottery Barn low-balled the bid. Look for my next pictorial campaign, sponsored by Chipotle, to hit the net this spring.

 

Nothing says sexy quite like being covered by roasted pork and cilantro

 

 

 

~BN

[Guest skrubber]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas' "Who's Hot" list.

 

What the F is cilantro fancy pants? BAAAHHHH! Luvya

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas' "Who's Hot" list.

 

I could have said guacamole, but we both know how you feel about that... *grin*

[Guest skrubber]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas' "Who's Hot" list.

 

Yes we do.

[RockHard]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas and the Who's Hot List.

 

"I'm always flattered when people talk about me, even when they don't say nice things."

 

But what can we say about those truly INSIGNIFICANT dunder-twits, those foaming-at-the-mouth HooBoy-exiled dart-board pin-up gals, who, without a dime in their pocket, no penis in their pants, a razor-blade up their ass, and no real positive purpose in life, run to "free" blog-server-sites (which boast a registration list totaling seven figures+), to spend oodles of useless time and energy writing negative commentary on anonymous web-forum personalities? Let me see if I have a prescription pad handy 'cause this activity wreaks of some kind of mental disorder. Does blogger.com offer handicapped parking?

 

I still can't believe Benjamin Nicholas, with all his glamorous life experience and gay-man worldly taste, managed to exalt these sad, lifeless, useless, dickless boys by placing them into any "hot" category. "Not Hot" is much more like it. Is Benjamin trying to punish us for his 2005 Income Tax calculations?

 

"If blogging doesn't make money or doesn't change the way powerful people behave, then, for me, the activity is worth nothing more than farting in the wind."

 

So, fart, fart, fart away my lonely, solo-sand-box-playing, evil-doer homo-castrating friends. There is a word for people like you and it is " ". (Folks, feel free to plug up that hole.)

 

What should we do about such excessively insignificant, yet, putrid smelling flatulence? I say nothing. Zero comments speak volumes about useless, penniless, coward-bloggers, who don't write well and can't afford their own url and hosting services.

 

At least Daddy reaps the "hit" benefit of any back-n-forth, hard-core action because advertisers look at "hit' numbers when negotiating fees. Doing nothing seems like a win-win, if you ask me. Congratulations, Daddy. As Montel Jordan says so poetically, "This is how we do it." :-)

 

ps Confucius says (or was it Nietzsche?): "Bloggers who post from glass houses shouldn't laugh too heartily at bloggers whose glass houses have shattered."

 

Wrap your selective cut-n-paste no-penis-brain around this post, sweeties.

[+ Lucky]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas

 

One might suggest that BN simply bought peace for himself at the expense of others.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas

 

One might also say that Benjamin has an opinion and much like an asshole, everyone's got one

 

The Rico Report posts up what it wants and that's his perogative. I named it a 'hot' property because it's what most here seem to be chatting about right now, whether it be in a positive or negative way. Don't misunderstand: That in no way means i'm either 'buying' character protection from Rico or agreeing with everything that's being written. I fully expect to be raked through the coals when Rico sees fit. Fair is fair. My time will come.

 

Just keep in mind: I've taken my own fair share of slander and abuse online. I've been wished AIDS, death and beatings by some pretty sick (and senselessly bored) individuals. I know first-hand what it's like to ignore the bullshit, let it slide off your back and continue on. Playing in the mud, for any reason, is a waste of my time and useless in the longrun.

 

Lucky, i'm sorry for everything you're being put through right now because i know how it feels, but don't think for a split-second that i support the bashing of ANYONE.

 

 

Chin up,

 

 

 

~BN

[tazmanian5230]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas

 

I have only one wish for BN..... Move to NY dammmm it!!

(if you do Lucky might follow)

 

 

"Not that people should be told this, but on a personal hygiene note, it's really a good idea to wash your hands after putting your fingers up a dancers' butt"

COOPER 2005

[RockHard]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas

 

"One might also say that Benjamin has an opinion and much like an asshole, everyone's got one"

 

Hey, wait a minute...that's my line! Plagiarism = a free fuck, according to my spreadsheet. Furthermore, since when are two assholes alike? In my world, fine ass is like fine wine and my sources tell me that I "absolutely have to try" your vintage. Are you saying the exiled-fart-blowers have a tastier asshole than yours? ...I didn't think so.

 

"I named it a 'hot' property because it's what most here seem to be chatting about right now"

 

What was that you named it, "Hot Pockets?" Isn't that something you eat and then shit out minutes after? Oh, honey, you need to step away from the MC 'cause ain't nobody around these here parts knows a hootin' or holleran' about no one named ricola. Do you mean Rico Suave, that one hit wonder? Oh, now it's making some sense.

 

"I fully expect to be raked through the coals when Rico sees fit. Fair is fair. My time will come."

 

Fair is fair? Ce n'est point le cas, mon bel ami, croyez moi bien. There's nothing more unfair than useless flatulence. Wait till you get older, dear. Plus, one must always consider the source of any "raking" before flushing such meaningless nonsense down the toilet. Anonymous sources = spam, they always get flushed. Remember junk mail?

 

"Just keep in mind: I've taken my own fair share of slander and abuse online. I've been wished AIDS, death and beatings by some pretty sick (and senselessly bored) individuals. I know first-hand what it's like to ignore the bullshit, let it slide off your back and continue on. Playing in the mud, for any reason, is a waste of my time and useless in the longrun."

 

Then my precious, red-haired boy wonder, get back to your blog and rewrite that "Hot List." Better yet, pull down the pants on the "Not Hot" list and feel free to include what's his name.

 

"Lucky, i'm sorry for everything you're being put through right now because i know how it feels"

 

Now hear I have to claim dumb blonde because I pay little attention to Lucky's writing. I get any horse-fly analogy but beyond that, call me Alicia Silverstone-clueless. But from what I can cull from the foaming-at-the-bad-breath-mouth-drag-queen-o-drama, Lucky seems pretty capable of handling any shit that's flung her way. They don't call us instigating queens "cunt" for nothing. Ain't that right Lucky? Do I hear an "Amen Sistania!"

 

ps I, too, wish BN would move to New York. I have a feeling we would have some great laughs.

[+ Lucky]

RE: Better Business Bureau

 

BN- Your own experience is all the more reason not to give a heads up to an internet sicko who specializes in death wishes and other crap at the expense of others. That's one reason people were so surprised to see it!

 

But you are right, your turn with this guy will probably come. I'll be on your side when and if it does. Rock Hard is right in that I am able to roll with the punches. That's why I have lasted six years here. But then again, you are making the big bucks! I am subsisting on a small pension and whatever donations I get from the guy(s) over at escortspeak!

 

[TreyThursten]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas' "Who's Hot" list.

 

HEY GUYS... you'll be happy to know my first webpage.. TREYTHURSTON.COM will be open by the end of the month! LOL... i know i know, it's long overdue but i'm really excited for it's inital posting -- everything is set to be finished by he end of the month! be sure to check it out!

xoxox

TT

[Guest alanm]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas' "Who's Hot" list.

 

For those (like me) confused by Trey's posting in an old thread, a possible explanation is the Blind Item in the latest Benjamin Nicholas blog followed the next day by the pictures in Rico's Hooville Village News. Message to Trey: Some people who participate here do not read either Nicholas' blog and/or Rico gossip site.

[+ Lucky]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas

 

Trey does seem to be getting his fifteen minutes lately. But his post did cause me to read Ben's blog for the first time in a long while. I thought it was better than ever this week. As always, he has the best eye candy of any blog.

http://www.benjaminnicholas.com/1089553274_l.jpg

[RockHard]

RE: TreyThursten.com

 

Well, thank you, Trey Thursten, for discreetly reviving a favorite thread. I thoroughly enjoyed some of the writing on this one. At least you, too, know how to grab attention and not let a good thread title go to waste.

 

On the subject of "you go girl," I'm sure many men would be willing to stick their hard, throbbing cocks deep into your ass, especially with that seductive pose that Mimi Marks made famous. I would have appreciated a tad more soft-focus on your face but, hey, I'm not surprised Nars was booked on the day of your shoot. A tan body and a pale face is a little too Kabuki for me.

 

Every low-life, cheap-ass blogger should never underestimate the sexual prowess and seductive mystique of a fab drag queen. Unlike Rico, many get to have sex with some of the hottest men available and, also unlike Rico, shall we talk about Mimi's bank account?

 

Of course, many famous drag queens woke up one morning, yelling, "I gotta have tits!," and are no longer with us. It seems once they go the half-man/half-woman route, their life expectancy drops by half. So, dear Trey, be careful what you wish for.

 

There was a time I would have fucked Monica Munro. She used to be a cute, sexy, lanky, not-so-effeminate Southern boy with milky-white skin and a big dick with low-hangers, who mastered the art of padding. And WOW, what a talent on stage! Then, she, too, woke up one morning, told the Black boyfriend to buy her some tits and the rest is silicone history, even the Black boyfriend.

 

Speaking of silicone history, very few people knew how sexy Tandi Andrews was as a boy. And as a girl, she was the life of every party and the woman (with a dick) every man wanted to fuck. She was the rarest of pre-op trannies, a true sex kitten, who had no desire to lop off her cock. It's too bad her life didn't come with nine and was cut so short by AIDS. The pre-op tranny life is not an easy one. Now there's a reality show for Fox!

 

Good luck, Trey Thursten.com