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That is really sad, the kid actually gets it and his father has to go and be an idiot. I hope for his and the other kid's sake that he continues to defy his father. I thought Cali was suppose to be just as liberal as MA? I guess you'll still find bigots where ever you go.
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I was gonna say something but Altimexis already said it all
At first I found Cole's style a little different from what I was used to, but now I find myself saving his latest chapters for last out of the current serials so I can be sure that I won't be disappointed. More please
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I have better looking muscles than that!
Someday, I wish
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Phelps actually wanted to protest at the funeral for of a Marine who I went to highschool and was friends with. Kid was only 20. They ended up not protesting becuase the local police threatened to arrest them for assembling with a permit. I'm from one of the most liberal states in the country, but I'd very much like to believe that Phelps and his cult are in the minority on their feelings about people and issues.
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Yay! It's [almost] Jason's B-day! An early congratulations can't hurt, can it?
Start planning, if you haven't already, Jason!
Remember, have lots of [safe and healthy] fun, and don't drink and drive! LOL
Maddy (:
Happy B-day bro! Have fun and stay safe.
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I read it that he IS focussing on being the best professor that he can be, and only noticed that the odd time he'll think about the orientation as a factor in how some student might listen to what he's saying.
It kinda makes me laugh: there's no need to even write differing opinions, we can read the same article and read different things into it.
:wav: This is very true. You may be able to take something completely different from the story than I am. Doesn't make either or us wrong though.
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Being in school right now I can say with fair confidence that very few students care about his sexuality and more about his teaching style and course material. They may make comments on it, but I highly doubt they judge him by his sexuality. Maybe he should focus more on being the best professor he can and everything else will fall into place. Sometimes I think we are our own worse oppressors...
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What do you expect from the same people who protest at the funeral of American Soldiers?
I feel sorry for that bitter and hateful old man and his cultist followers. I really do.
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I've been following it as well and look foward to the weekly posting. I think the author does an excelent job of addressing so many different relationship issues in the same story without making it obvious. It's a great read
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I prefer voodoo to tylenol
But how can a camshaft help get rid of a headache? I mean I find a nice lopey* engine to be soothing but I'm not sure it help my headache any. This picture actually makes it look like it'd hurt worse using voodoo:
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If WBMS is Canadian, that's the first I've heard of it.
And, just what do you mean by 'no advantages'? We'd both have equal advantage.
If you wanna count being in the negatives as an advantage the sure
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How do you think we feel Insomniac? We actually have to think this stuff up and that is not easy.
There are some days I have to tell myself to take it easy because I don't want to confuse myself by trying to work out what it is that I am finding so confusing.
There are moments when I have to stop and tell myself a joke I haven't heard before.
Lol, you guys are great
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I'm sorry to hear that Dude, truly sorry. Have you tried at some of the luxury hotels? Places like the Hilton usually carry that type of stuff for their wealthy guests. Mind you, one has to wonder if anyone that rich has any reason to have a headache at all, unless they just got dive bombed by the seagull of sadness during Black Monday a few days ago.
I had a huge breakthrough in my thinking about 42, and it actually woke me up from my deep slumber, hence this post at 4 a.m. (my time).
42 may be the answer to everything, but we are looking at this the wrong way. Just because it is the answer to everything, DOESN'T MEAN IT IS THE ANSWER EACH THING.
Like, if we had a 1, a 2, a 3, and a 4 lying around, the answer to everything (in this scenario) is 10, but the answer to 2+2 is still 4. See what I mean?
What it amounts to, is that EVERYONE HAS BEEN RIGHT ALL ALONG, AND THERE'S NO NEED FOR DISCUSSION AT ALL.
:wav: :wav:Sometimes you confuse the hell out of me Trab, all of you for that matter...
Want me to mail you some Tylenol Dude? I think I'm headed out myself to pick some up
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Try to find the serie of Top Gear where they are testing an old Toyota Hi-Lux.
"They say it can't be destroyed. Is that so?"
Hilarious was the car they made out of washingmachine's.
("Many people say about a bad car that it drives like a washingmachine. How would that really feel?")
Weels of drums out of tumbledryingmachine's (incl. laundry of course) and a soapdispenser as glovecompartment. They even made a wheelspin with it.
I am watching it for years now.
We've got the BBC on cable, but they also do reruns of it on Dutch television.
You mean the one where they lit it on fire, sunk it in the ocean, and dropped it off a building? I loved that series! I miss the old series of Top Gear where Tiff was in them, Fifth Gear just didn't do as well IMO (and that girl is obnoxious).
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Thanks Trab, I spent 4 and a half hours yesterday watching Top Gear videos on YouTube. I love the challenge ones where they have to buy POS cars or make something really retarded and put it through tests. The Limo Challenge had to be the best one I've seen ever.
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I love that show!
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I think your paper was excellent. Two questions:
1. Was this a college course or a high school class?
2. What grade did you get, if you're willing to tell us.
Colin
It was a (supposedly) level 4 college course. I found it to be fairly easy as the professor was a part-timer who also teaches alot of high school kids. My final in that class was a 3.0, but I'm not sure what I recieved on that paper. I thought it was a pretty good paper myself, though I would
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You are allowed to defend yourself -- you are just not allowed to use certain weapons, such as nuclear bombs, mustard gas, grenade launchers and any sort of firearm. Knives are a grey area, but baseball bats are definitely on the approved list.
Maybe, but in a world where criminals commonly carry around knives and guns themselves, I want to be at least on the same level to defend myself.
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Here's a link to a thread in the CW forums where I posted up a paper I did for a Health class I had last year.
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I'm gay, but if I see a particularly good looking girl I'll ogle her especially if she has big bazoombas out to here!
But get into a relationship with a girl? Nada! No way, Jose! Nyet!Colin
I'm very guilty of going out with a bunch of friends and when chicks hit on me I'll flirt back. Sometimes if this goes on long enough my buddies will take the first opprotunity to tell them that I have a BF and are probably barking up the wrong tree. I swear the look they have after that is like someone just killed their puppy. I usually feel bad until they come back and say something really dumb like, "I'd like to try to turn ya back", or something else like that
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I'll take another try at this since it's morning and I have a clearer head.
Ah, Nick? Since 'liking men' comprises the entire actual definition of 'gay' or 'homosexual', your comment suggests that you've bought into some stereotypes and probably the less flattering ones. You might want to get a refund.Take a step back and rethink your response. Would you describe yourself (and all chosen friends) as 'straight acting',etc?
I would never even consider myself anywhere close to being that shallow. And to answer the question, no.
I respectfully suggest that if that, if so, you may not be entirely comfortable with your own homosexuality (but this is fixable).What else is there to be comfortable about? I have a BF I've been with for coming on 2 years and anyone who is important in my life knows it. Hell 90% of the time we act like an old married couple and are happy about our situation.
What those who require this in friends and lovers (and themselves) are doing is twofold: buying into bad stereotypes because, obviously, there are gays who can't be clocked as gay very easily and, two, there are also gays (and let's not forget bisexuals) who can be seen as such from a mile away. This latter may be their choice, they make no effort to be seen otherwise, or may be behaviors picked up within the community, I've never quite decided. Still, things like the 'gay accent' and a general tendency towards a few things suggests at least some sort of learning curve that precedes any actual same-sex sexual or romantic experience.I nevertheless shudder at men who describe themselves as 'straight acting' (other terms exist) and claim they only date or befriend same. From a distance, I can tell you that I, at least, almost always take issue with their self-descriptor (though seldom to their face, I'm not a jerk, no matter what my ex says). In fact, they are often more obviously gay than men who are fully 'out' , seldom mitigating whatever behavior comes naturally.
No one likes stereotypes, but sadly men who are not openly or obviously gay are not going to attract the same attention as someone who has effeminate mannerisms. Also, believe it or not, there are gay men who are 100% manly down to the bone and are so naturally. Don't confuse these who those who are faking it. (Although, much like effeminate mannerisms, it is pretty hard to tell who is simply acting and who has a biological motivation.
Regardless, some percentage of gay men persist in claiming this 'straight acting' jive...but why? The clear assumption is that straight acting is superior to and/or more manly than, what, 'gay acting'? If that's a problem, I, again respectfully, suggest that it might lie exclusively in your head and live alongside your learned beliefs about gays and straights (and let's not forget bisexuals). Those learned beliefs are just that and do not reflect the real lives around you...again, if you step back and really look.I do the things I do becuase I like them and they are fun. I never had anyone teach me anything about cars, but as a 17 year old I picked up a Camaro and really got into it. Alot of my relatives live in the "cun-tray" (country with a heavy hick accent lol), but I never grew up around guns but when I was old enough I got my license and started into it. I have also been interested in fitness and nutrition since I was probably 14 and it has stuck with me since.
What I am trying to say is don't treat so called "straight acting" gay men the same way you see effeminate gays being treated. Like you've said before it is hard to tell who is acting and who is not. So unless you can get to know someone intimately enough to be able to tell, don't judge them either.
The good news is that we can always learn new tricks, unlike old dogs in the well-known adage.Are you saying those who are not naturally tuned into their "queer" side should attempt to learn to do things more effeminately? I don't think that is right at all.
Try this one: don't judge a person's sexuality or manliness by their mannerisms, hairstyles, clothing choices, vocal inflections, etc. Sit back and watch. The fun thing is that, like me, you may find that the more 'flamboyant' among us are not only happier but more manly, braver and more aggressive by a mile, and maybe even a lot more fun to be friends or lovers with.There is no doubt there, but if you share nothing in common with someone then being friends tend to be really hard. Though, like you said, you should always judge by the person and not by the mannerisms.
I'll not delve into the waters where actual heterosexuals display that same flamboyance (the Arts are rife with them, regardless of orientation, and my father may fit that category).Just a thought, put out here because I do not think that category really exists, of the 'straight acting' homosexual, but also because belief in it hurts the believer more than those he judges---it is perhaps the essence of internalized homophobia, that plus any religious baggage in that direction one may be carrying.
'Gay' just and only means you like men, honest, anything else you believe is an add-on and may or may not be helping your day-to-day happiness. Really and truly, that is the complete definition and the only way you can know about anyone else in particular is to ask...or ask them out.
I understand this completely, but sadly the rest of the world does not. They see pride parades and leather bars and will automatically attribute the things that accompany these events with gay. I will not doubt that I have been somewhat culturally influenced in my choice of words, but sometimes it is hard not to be unless you make a huge conscious effort at it.
Queer Eyes come in many colors, many shapes and live a million differing lives.My opinion, listen or ignore as you choose.
TR
P.S. I 'get' DarkShadow's concept of Zen Navigating and engage in it with reasonable success but, alas, am also extremely reluctant to ask for directions. As I've done this with loooong cross-USA driving for years, that fact obviously has its good and bad points.
And a very good opinion it is. Furthermore I will never ignore someone who takes the time to write like this. I'd hate for the same to happen to me just because someone didn't see the same way as me.
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Sounds about as useful as the Canadian gun registry that was put in place, causing all the legal guns to be registered and all the illegal ones to remain just as illegal as before, at a cost of billions of dollars.
That's what happens when Canada starts taking legislative advise from Massachusetts and California.
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Australia's gun laws don't permit most members of the public to own guns. I don't want to divert this into a discussion on gun control, so I'll just add that the news article above reinforces my opinion that gay-bashings are NOT being swept under the rug -- that people in charge (eg. Sydney's Lord Mayor) are treating it seriously.
The article doesn't say what the NSW police response is, but the NSW Police web site details their official policy and their involvement with Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Sadly, this is pretty much the only reason why I couldn't live there or in Britain. Take away my right to defend myself and you've taken away my right to live. I really hope it gets better. I want to have faith in humanity so bad, but sometimes it's so hard to.
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If anyone here fits this description and is single, please send me a PM immediately before you book a single flight. Two would be more fun :)
I know I sure could use a Daddy myself, these college bills are getting rediculous. That and I really, really, really, want a Ferarri
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But get into a relationship with a girl? Nada! No way, Jose! Nyet!
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