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What's your hobby and how did you get interested in it? Hobbies are healthy. Hobbies bring people joy and bring people together. Yet many criticize or mock others' interests. What's it to anyone if a woman finds joy in a Hummel collection or Precious Moments? Is it so bad a grown man enjoys collecting Superhero memorabilia? Why is there so much criticism of other people's interests? What are your hobbies or collections?
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This was considered good taste back in 1937? "Sibyl, Lady Colefax was a notable English interior decorator and socialite in the first half of the twentieth century".
Duff and Diana Cooper's London flat decorated by Sibyl Colefax, 1937...
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Warning: It's somewhat long, but there is a LOT of detail and it's quite well-written. Hope someone can figure it out. One of the commenters claims to know who it is, but doesn't reveal the name.
Putin takes down one of our beloved DRONES! Oh, the humanity!!!!
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About 30% of all computers in the world are still running Windows XP one month before Microsoft pulls all support for it. That means that security holes in XP will be unpatched after April 2014. Today 95% of all bank ATMs are STILL running Windows XP. Banks have struck a deal with Microsoft to continue support for Windows XP on those devices for another year to give them time to upgrade to Windows 7 or 8. Windows Walking Dead XP!
Many of our DLers like to bray about how wise they are in their old age. But mostly, they seem to just bitch about everything. So I'd like to ask for some actual words of wisdom from those who've been around a while now. Just don't tell us modern pop culture is awful or that we'll all be old someday.
Tennesse opens the way for gay marriage
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(Note: "The Wendy Williams Show" has removed the video referenced below from its website) Wendy Williams sat down with a panel of media personalities on her popular daytime talk show "The Wendy Williams Show" this week to discuss a transgender athlete's lawsuit against CrossFit for alleged discriminatory practices. Chloie Jonsson, a personal trainer and CrossFit athlete living in Los Gatos, Calif., recently filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against CrossFit for violating her civil rights. CrossFit allegedly denied Jonsson the opportunity to participate in the women's division at the upcoming CrossFit Games, despite the fact that she is legally recognized as a woman in the state of California and had gender confirmation surgery in 2006. CrossFit reportedly stated that Jonsson was denied the chance to compete in the Games' women's division because she was "born as a male." Williams told viewers that she agrees that Jonsson should not be permitted to compete in the women's division at the CrossFit Games, due to the fact that "this is an unfair advantage... you can take away female parts or male parts or whatever -- it's like Chaz Bono! You know Chaz is a man now, but I bet she [sic] still fights like a girl like the rest of us and she's [sic] not as strong as a man who was born a man." Many in the audience appear to enthusiastically back up Williams' claims that Jonsson should not be allowed to compete. While Judge Lynn Toler of "Divorce Court" tries to provide a legal perspective that validates why Jonsson should be able to compete as a woman, Joe Pardavila of "The Todd Show" has a different perspective. "Think about it," Pardavila states. "You look inside -- she's got all guy muscles, and the juices! You know, I'm not a doctor or anything but inside her that's all there." Transgender model Carmen Carrera recently spoke out about CrossFit's allegedly discriminatory practices, reportedly telling the fitness empire to "Put [Chloie] under the test and I bet her [testosterone] levels are the same as the rest of the competitors. Run some tests to make it fair." Williams isn't the first television personality to come under fire for their treatment of issues surrounding transgender identity. Last month, transgender writer Janet Mock sat down for an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, later taking to Twitter to take the news anchor to task for "sensationalizing" her life through the interview's packaging. Additionally, Katie Couric landed herself in hot water for questioning Carmen Carrera about her "private parts" in early January.
WATCH: Wendy Williams' Segment On Transgender Athlete Goes Horribly Wrong
Plane vanishes without a trace. No hijacking, no crash. What do you think happened? Did it travel to another dimension? Did it hyperdrive into hyperspace? Time warp to the past? Can we say Lost? Just heard on the news that it might be piracy. If you saw Captain Phillips you know what that means. "I'm the captain now."
Interviewed by Matt Lauer Hmmm...I wonder what he'll ask her.
Dottie Sandusky, America's favorite housewife, will be on the Today show Wednesday!
Here's your thread. Don't fuck it up.
In his first-ever interview with the LGBT press, Charlie Crist explains why he switched parties, supports same-sex marriage, and wants to be governor again.
Charlie Crist wants you to know that he was wrong. And he's sorry. He's sorry.
And why he's stick manhandling Freddie Smith's love handles and moobage. More talk about Guy, Freddie and WilSon here!
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Number 15 in a saga.
Colton Haynes - blueberry Matt Bomer - orange, of course! Anderson Cooper - white wine
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Someone I know posted this on her FB page. I think her husband cheated on her. Sometimes you just have to dance to the music that's playing ... even when the musician is an a** and his music has no soul, imagination, or passion. ... don't ask... bad day at the end of a very tough week. But onward I go.
Oh, good christ, the PC brigade is at it again. Here's the promo for Lifetime's "kill all men" campaign. I can't believe the long list of BOSSY cunts who took part in this.
Not only are they reporting the same shit over and over and over again with every Tom, Dick, and Harry, they're also starting to do flight simulation with props and everything. I'm awaiting their announcement that they'll be crashing a Boeing 777 to give viewers a sense of what the pilots, crew, and passengers may have experienced. Don Lemon looks like he wants to hang himself having to report this nonsense.
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I lost my wallet on a major street on the way to work. There was over $300 in it. A woman--a nurse in the ER close by--found it, called me and returned it totally intact. I tried to give her the money as a token of my appreciation, but she rejected it, hugged me and said, "it's all good." How can I thank her? I really want to.
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I know she was not on the level of, say, Davis, Crawford, Garland, or Taylor, but was she considered major A-list back in the day? I can see her limited appeal as the girl-next-door type, but I just don't see najor star quality. Her performances were at least adequate, but she never seemed to stand out in anything she did, always blending in with the furniture. So what was her deal? And please keep the "It Depends" responses to a minimum LOL.
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They're sexist terms, according to the Lean In Foundation, and they cause women to doubt themselves.
Benedict Cumberbatch knows he has a rabid fan base of Tumblr-obsessed fans. When asked whether he was worried that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange might attack his new drama The Fifth Estate, in which he plays the infamous hacker, Cumberbatch kept his cool: “The Cumberitches have got my back,” he told EW. But, as it turns out, the Cumberbitches didn’t have his back this weekend — at least not at the box office. The Fifth Estate bombed in its opening weekend with a truly awful $1.7 million from 1,769 theaters, making it the worst debut for a film opening in at least 1,500 theaters this year. (Sorry, Paranoia!) The film, which cost DreamWorks a reported $26 million to produce, earned tepid reviews from critics and could only manage an anemic $969 location average. Just how bad is that? Well, let’s put this in perspective. Notorious stinker Movie 43 grossed $4.8 million in its opening weekend in January, almost three times as much as The Fifth Estate. Getaway, the ludicrously awful Ethan Hawke/Selena Gomez thriller drove away with $4.5 million in August. Heck, this weekend’s Arnold Schwarznegger/Sylvester Stallone action flick Escape Plan bombed this weekend with $9.8 million — and that’s still almost six times more money than The Fifth Estate made! Luckily, there is a silver lining for Cumberbatch. His other vehicle, 12 Years a Slave, proved powerful in limited release this weekend, drawing $960,000 from just 19 theaters, which yielded a terrific $50,526 per theater average — not to mention boatloads of early Oscar buzz.
Box office disaster: Benedict Cumberbatch's 'The Fifth Estate' has worst debut of 2013
Andy Karl, Marilyn Miller and Audra McDonald walk into a bar ...
Dear god, she was bigger than ever. That poor thing is going to die young.
Since the spoiler in the "official thread" states that his spoilers are wanted, can we have a thread that doesn't say what happens in each episode until it has aired? I like all the teams in this All-Stars season. I will hate to see all of them get eliminated. I can't believe Team YouTube just let their taxi go while they were in the middle of no-where. They knew they had blown it and were good sports about it. They must have really been behind because even in the edit, they never crossed paths with Brandon and Rachael.
He has gotten do much hate lately and many saying he has gamed the system and cracked the code which has ruined Jeopardy. Is what he's doing really that bad? He also has some fans who are all aboard the Chu Chu Train.
I can't help but wonder if it has something to do with his sexuality. Was his jailmate homophobic? I mean you don't hear Richard Ramirez getting shanked.
Speaking to Spanish-language media health care town hall meeting last week, President Obama dismissed concerns from a low-income man that the monthly premiums for the cheapest plans were too expensive for his family to afford. The president said the man should "prioritize health care" and cut spending on things like cable, cell phone, and other things to afford insurance. The host of the town hall read the following to the president: This question here comes from a gentleman who says that, yes, he wanted Obamacare for a family of three. He says, "I make about $36,000 per year. The minimum amount is $350 per month. I think that's too much for me." That's a question from this gentleman here. Who then responded, naturally, by blaming the consumer instead of the unaffordability of the "Affordable" Care Act plans. I guess what I would say, if you looked at that person's budget, and you looked at their cable bill, their cell phone bill, other things that they're spending on, it may turn out that it's just they haven't prioritized health care because right now everybody is healthy. I don't think it's likely that someone who makes around $36,000 a year is subscribed to premium cable channels and expensive cell phone coverage. Unlike the current health insurance market, affordable alternatives to expensive plans for cell phones exist. At Walmart, a consumer can purchase home telephone service for $15 a month, or could buy unlimited cell phone service for six months for only $249.99. That breaks down to about $41.50 a month for cell phone (and, by virtue of a smartphone, which can be purchased for around $50) and internet service. That's far less expensive than over $300 a month for health insurance, plus the plans with lower premiums carry comparatively high deductibles. Even if the premiums were subsidized via some sort of credit, it's still asking quite a lot of a person to pay the equivalent of a seventh of their income before the plan even kicks in. Also: the man asking the question is healthy. This is just another example of President Obama being condescending and out of touch.
After someone hijacked that other thread, now you have your very own venue. Go ahead, ask the psychics questions. Anyone who is psychic is free to respond. Let the fun begin.
In a matter of 14 years, this pretty boy turned into this old man.
And of course, his ample protuberance.
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A 13-year-old dachshund left outside an animal shelter with a note asking that he be put to sleep because his elderly owners could no longer afford to care for him was expected to be reunited with the couple soon. The dog, named “Harley” by rescuers, was found tied to a basket outside the Baldwin Park Animal Shelter on March 6, according to Toby Wisneski, CEO and founder of Leave No Paws Behind. Attached to Harley was a note explaining that he had gotten sick, was vomiting and had bloody stools. “We are both seniors, sick with no money. We cannot pay for vet bills, or to put him to sleep. He has never been away from us in all those years, he cannot function without us, please put him to sleep,” stated the note, which ended without identifying the owners. Wisneski received a call from the shelter and took the dog in knowing if she didn’t he would be put to sleep. After receiving medical care at the East Valley Veterinary Clinic, doctor’s told Wisneski that Harley was going to be OK and had a couple of years left in him. Determined to reunite Harley with his owners, Wisneski tracked down the couple and found out Harley’s real name is Otto Wolfgang Maximus. “We just are living week to week,” one of the owners, who wished to remain anonymous, said in a phone interview. “We can’t even go to the hospital to get our treatment.” The couple was informed that Leave No Paws Behind — described on their Facebook page as a nonprofit, foster-based rescue — would cover Otto’s healthcare and food costs for the rest of his life. “We thought he was dead, but he lives,” said the owner on the phone. “He’s being well taken care of and, boy, we’re just so extremely grateful.” The couple was expected to be reunited with Otto when they return to the area on March 28.
Dog Found With Heartbreaking Note to Be Reunited With Owners
Both shows parodies the soap opera jandra in the 1970s, with Soap running from 1977 on a major network (ABC) and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman from 1976 to 1977 in syndication. However, between the two, Soap seems to have more a following and nostalgia about it. It it because it aired on a network? Because the humor was more broad? Or was it because it was simply better?
I was recently at the dentist and a few of us waiting were chatting. Someone made a reference to Fred Astaire and the receptionist had never heard of him. I was struck dumb, quite frankly....when I gathered myself together and regained my ability to speak, I asked (eye rolling reflex barely under control) "You've NEVER heard of Fred Astaire?" 'NO...who is he?" She told me she was 25. I came way after Fred Astaire's era but I assumed everyone still knows who he is. Wouldn't you? Apparently not. Anyone here never heard of Fred Astaire?
"Kevin Spacey is an incredible actor," Ford said. "In my opinion, he's an arrogant S.O.B." Ford went on to claim that they were told they couldn't take a picture with Spacey or speak to him. "Who does this character think he is? He thinks he's God?" he asked. "You know Kevin, why don't you get off your high horse and be real and take pictures with people." Mayor Ford said he didn't know who Spacey was. "I wouldn't know him if I ran him over," he said.
Like, dirty/nasty sex, where I let him do unspeakable things to me. Is that wrong. He has this sexy/not sexy vibe that makes me want to be his personal whore.
This is a thread devoted to tech questions regarding anything and everything tech. Ask and answer away, bitches.
Nick D’Agosto and Mixology‘s Andrew Santino have been cast as leads alongside Greta Gerwig, Drew Tarver and Krysta Rodriguez in CBS’ comedy pilot How I Met Your Dad, rounding out the How I Met Your Mother spinoff’s primary cast. In the vein of the original series, HIMYD tells the story from a female point of view, that of Sally (Gerwig), and revolves around a new group of friends in New York. D’Agosto, repped by UTA, Emerald Talent and SMGSB, will play Frank, the head of IT for Juliet’s (Rodriguez) fashion blog who falls for Sally. Santino will play Danny, Sally’s older brother, a perfect but uptight overachieving lawyer. Santino is billed as a guest star in the pilot as his casting is in second position to ABC’s midseason comedy Mixology, which has been soft in its first couple of airings. The pilot, from 20th TV, was written by Emily Spivey and HIMYM creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and will be directed by Pam Fryman.
Nick D’Agosto & Andrew Santino To Star In CBS’ ‘HIMYM’ Spinoff ‘How I Met Your Dad’
What are some movies you know are terrible, but you still enjoy watching them anyway? For me, it's: The Room Cutthroat Island Newsies Shock Corridor
It's Back in Feb Aviva is stil insane Carol gets the villain edit The Countess was reduced to friend of housewife status Epic Sonja meltdowns as she goes broke Heather being a controlling bitch and of course RAMONA RAMONA RAMONA!! I think there are one or two new ones as well..
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Jimmy Kimmel is catching up to Fallon in the ratings. Where is Jay when we need him? "Speaking of Fallon, last night’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon drew a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49 with a total viewership of 4.456 million. That’s down 17% in both categories from the show’s February 26 results. While Fallon was down to his lowest number since taking over The Tonight Show, the other Jimmy was up strong and closing the 11:35 PM gap. With a much stronger Thursday primetime as a near lead-in and Scandal’s Kerry Washington as his main guest, Jimmy Kimmel Live got a 1.0 rating in the demo and an audience of 3.555 million. That’s a 100% leap up among the 18-49s from the night before for Kimmel and a 44% rise in viewership from the 2.456 million viewers of his February 26 show. Last night’s JKL was actually the show’s second most watched episode ever after the 3.642 million who watched the January 24, 2013 “Matt Damon Takeover” show. CBS’s David Letterman had a 0.5 rating with 2.710 million viewers, a slight upturn from the night before. Still the fourth show of the second week of Fallon’s new gig equaled the 1.4 rating that Conan O’Brien got on the fourth night of his second Tonight Show week on June 11, 2009. While the demo rating was on par, like the night before Fallon bested O’Brien’s comparable night’s 3.565 million viewers. Like in metered-market results, Fallon was ahead of the 1.14 rating and 4.066 million viewers that Jay Leno got on the comparable night of his Tonight Show return in 2010.)"
Late night with Jimmy Fallon ratings has dropped to it's lowest ratings since taking over.
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I think I'm done flying. I usually take a 3 week trip to Europe every year or two, but, no more. Saving the money I would have spent on vacations and will now use it to totally renovate my backyard and patio - so my home will be my new, beautiful "vacation" spot. Done, done, done.
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Continue talking about Aaron and his "turtle" Kevin Lanflisi!
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Evangelist Franklin Graham is praising Russian President Vladimir Putin for his aggressive crackdown on homosexuality, saying his record on protecting children from gay “propaganda” is better than President Obama’s “shameful” embrace of gay rights.
Franklin Graham Thinks Putin's Stance On Gay Rights Is Better Than Obama's
Ella Fitzgerald. Amazing voice, amazing career. No big scandal, but what a lot of great music. Queen LaTeefa would be great in the role.
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NSA whistle blower Russ Tice details NSA actions against politicians, cabinet members, and civil rights groups: "The abuse is rampant and everyone is pretending that it's never happened, and it couldn't happen. ... I know [there was abuse] because I had my hands on the papers for these sorts of things: They went after high-ranking military officers; they went after members of congress — Senate and the House — especially on the intelligence committees and the armed services committees, lawyers, law firms, judges, State Department officials, part of the White House, multinational companies, financial firms, NGOs, civil rights groups ..."
NSA Spied on Senators Obama, McCain, Feinstein, Powell, Petraeus and a current SCOTUS justice
And you thought managing a smartphone and an inbox was exhausting. 45-year-old Chris Dancy is known as the most connected man in the world. He has between 300 and 700 systems running at any given time, systems that capture real-time data about his life. His wrists are covered with a variety of wearable technology, including the fitness wristband tracker Fitbit and the Pebble smartwatch. He weighs himself on the Aria Wi-Fi scale, uses smartphone controlled Hue lighting at home and sleeps on a Beddit mattress cover to track his sleep. Even Dancy's dogs are tracked via Tagg, which logs their daily activities. Although this type of lifestyle would be tiring to many — with numbers running his day — Dancy calls it motivating. "I started five years ago when I noticed my doctor was having a hard time keeping up with my health records," Dancy told Mashable. "Around the same time, I worried that the work I did on the Internet could be lost if [there's] a service shutdown. In an effort to collect this information, I started looking for ways I could gather data when I didn't have time to write things down."
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OMG. I just watched her Biography.\ She seemed so full of venom and hatred. She was badmouthing Lucile Ball, moaning about her bad childhood and seemed totally abrasive and unhappy. So unlike her funny characters on TV. Yikes!
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Scott, you know the fact that you have to move to another state means you are a super pussy fag, right? Pathetic. Go back to selling your "stuff" while you can. Your shelf life is already over. It will just be a while before, like Cheryl, your pussy stinks.
I cannot believe how many hot men she has had. Justin Timberlake, Adam Levine, Heath Ledger, Colin Ferrell. It isn't fair.
Lindsay Lohan's list of men she has had sex with published...
After reading the Fosse biography I gave him for Christmas, my husband decided we had to watch all the movies. First up was Damn Yankees, which was fun, but now we're watching Sweet Charity, we're only half an hour in, and I want to fucking kill myself.
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I get why trust in the government is declining in America, but I don't get why trust between people is declining still? We are safer from violent crime than anytime since the early 70's and late 60's, so why is it that we are not trusting more? The good news is that we are still more trusting than other countries, including many western european ones. Why do you think trust is declining?
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Ever had one? Like being in the grocery store and Jeremy Renner asks you to get something off the top shelf for him?
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The Rancid Honeytrap is taking Glenn on with a vengeance and Glenn is having any of it. I love this blogger, who is as he says: "Bilious, herbivorous, queer small a anarchist." [quote]Note how childish, dumb and technically inept it is. Also how homophobic. Then wonder what kind of person attracts fans such as these and even, on occasion, incites them. This incident is no anomaly. They say a picture speaks a thousand words, and this nicely encapsulates what The Friends of Glenn Greenwald have been saying to me for six months now. It rarely gets better. [quote]As anyone who has ever been insufficiently deferential to Glenn Greenwald in public knows, the alleged civil libertarian/savior of journalism cultivates and periodically incites a pack of internet brownshirts who enforce discipline on his behalf. Most of the commentary on this has come from Greenwald’s right, because until recently that’s where most of his acrimony was directed. But as his status increases and his affiliations change, the rare lefties calling him to account are getting a taste of this as well. Recently British independent journalist Jonathan Cook capitulated completely on some very tepid criticism he had offered only days before, after a swarming by Glenn’s fans and a self-serving lecture by Greenwald himself. [quote]I have become something of an expert on Greenwald’s frothy minions since he first sicced them on me six months ago via this fallacious rant on my blog, in which he deliberately mischaracterized practically every point I had made and obliquely suggested that I kill myself. Since writing the post that sent Greenwald into a tizzy, I have been the target of routine trolling on Twitter, usually in the form of extremely childish verbal abuse, but also in the form of lengthy, angry interrogations, akin to visits from Jehovah’s Witnesses vexed by my stubborn unwillingness to see the light. The research wing trawls through old tweets and blog posts looking for things that can be damningly quoted out of context. I am the subject of six Twitter ‘parody’ accounts, at least one of which simply mixes real tweets with fake for the sole purpose of mischaracterizing me. Glenn himself even cracks wise with this Tarzie parody — which of course endorses its smeary intent — though since vomiting on my blog six months ago, he never replies to me directly.
Are Friends of Glenn [greenwald] making homophobic attacks on his rivals?
Great skits: *Taram Killan as Andy Cohen on WWHL (WHY have they never repeated this?) *All the women singing like the Pussycat Dools, as they did with the "Twin Bed" song (they could have them do more songs like Justin and Andy Samberg used to do with the Bell Biv Devoe parody) *Taran Killam doing Matthew McConaughey Horrible skits they keep repeating: *Kate McKinnon as Ellen DeGeneres (Kate is usually great but she just can't do a good Ellen imitation--she always makes her sound Australian instead of Southern) *Any repeated skit featuring the awesomely dull Kenan Thompson *Nasim Predad doing the little girls' TV show
Mine is giving me the message that paid apps won't be available after March 26. Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are paid apps. What's the point in having a smart tv if you can't get them?
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I already love it just because Gunn from Angel is in this!
Queerty Reporting The pair were reportedly dating as early as last July when, according to a source close to the couple who spoke exclusively to Queerty, “they met in AA and were kicked out of the chapter for breaking the no-dating rules.” This was around the same time Jackson shaved his head, got a few interesting tattoos and grew a mustache amid his “mutual” split from Lapka. Speculation that Jackson switched coasts and began dating a younger man in order to “start fresh” began, and today, our source clears up come misconceptions about Jackson’s fiance: Jason Landau is NOT an actor, he’s an instructor with The Landmark Forum, a controversial offshoot of EST that’s been under investigation many, many times by state and fed gov’t for cult like activities and ponzi-scheme-like activity.
Cheyenne Jackson's New Fiancee Jason Landau, Is a Recruiter For Alleged “Self-Help” Cult
Someone in another thread referred to their significant other this way. Are gay people still doing this? It's sounds hopelessly dated to my ears, not to mention silly. Calling someone "my Lover" makes it sound like you do nothing but fuck in sun-dappled meadows. Sorry but that does not describe my relationship.
The new season starts tonight... will it recover after the world's suckiest season finale last year? Will "Neverland" save this show? Will the spin-off survive? Will Henry be found and saved? Will Mr. Gold forever be evil? Does anyone in here still watch or care?
Will he ever break into television or films? Is Queer As Folk the peak of his career. Looking at imdb, the projects he has can't be paying him much.
Continue the discussion about: Brandi Drunkville The Richards Bitches Yoyo "Ticks" Hadid Foster Lisa Vandercunt Hoysay Giraud And of course, me, here. BUT DO NOT DISCUSS MY RELIGION OR I WILL PUT A HEX ON YOUR ASS!
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Scott Brown's contributor agreement was officially terminated today once he notified FOX News of his intention to form an exploratory committee to run for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire.
keeps saying he wants to get inside my "plump snauer". What the FUCK does this mean? Is this german? Everytime he says it I just flounce my hair and laugh, laugh, laugh!
I'd say this one qualifies by any standard.
Continue your foolishness.
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They're trying to raise two million bucks on Kickstarter to get it made.
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This time with actual poll options! If you don't see the one you think is the most pompous listed, vote for "other" and list him/her?
This is the gayest thing since Stonewall!!!! My world is rocked.
He has a big ass and a small waist. His butt comes out if his cube before he does. And he always wears nicely fit pants that fall over his cheeks so perfectly. What am I going to do when he inevitably catches me looking a his backside?
I've read rumors elsewhere that he's gay and mentioned this to my boss, who is a lesbian. For some reason she got bent out of shape refusing to entertain the notion that Daniel Craig might be gay. So, IF he is gay, does anyone have some good strong evidence that Daniel Craig is gay that I can present her?
...but she didn't "mean to say it in public," so just forget it.
Jay Cutler and Kristin Cavallari Refuse to Vaccinate Their Kids
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Who was she before Saturday Night Fever and what happened to her afterwards? She was a bad actress and not that attractive. I never could figure out why Tony was so hot after her.
Teruskan perbincangan di sini.
Well?
Not sure there is much in the way of eye candy this season. But I do appreciate an entirely new cast.
Wesley Warren, the star of the TLC special “The Man With the 132 Lb Scrotum,” died Friday after suffering a heart attack, TheWrap confirmed. He was 49. The special, which aired last August, chronicled Las Vegas resident Warren's struggle with the medical condition scrotal lymphedema, which caused his scrotum to swell. The condition made it difficult to perform simple tasks such as walking, preparing meals and going to the restroom. “TLC is saddened to hear about the sudden loss of Wesley,” the network told TheWrap in a statement. “He was a lovely man who bravely told his story, and we share our condolences with his family and friends.” The special, which was produced by Firecracker Films and distributed by Zodiak Rights for TLC, chronicled Warren's efforts to find appropriate medical care and raise funds for surgery to alleviate his condition.
While we are still left wondering what Sarah Jessica Parker's real closet looks like, we can at least tell you this -- a ping pong table in a dining room has never, ever looked so chic. As the actress answers all 73 (yes, 73) questions in the Vogue video above without skipping a beat, we get proof that not only is she the old romantic soul we had always believed her to be, but she has the home to match. From the bookcase-lined walls and perfectly accessorized bar cart to the jeweled tone velvet couch and impressive globe collection, the adorable hostess' eclectically layered home is everything we wanted it to be...and then some. (Video at link)
Sarah Jessica Parker's New York City Brownstone Is Everything You Wanted It To Be
Certainly he could finish his dress then.
We've got this already here in England. I'm liking it. I'm wondering if people here (on DL) will be watching. It is on HBO and would have thought it would attract some 'gay attention'. Anyway, I'll post a link to the ONE MINUTE trailer (surely that's not too much even for DL)..so you can have a look and cast your vote in advance. I'm going to post the link to the British trailer rather than the HBO one because it's better. I'm not a troll, I just like the show and for once we've seen something in England before you have over there (by a few weeks)
'Doll & Em' premieres on HBO on March 19th...will DL be watching?
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The last remaining lesbian bar in West Hollywood is about to close. The Palms Bar, the oldest continually-running lesbian bar in Southern California, will close Sunday, June 9 after the annual gay pride parade, Wehoville reports. Open since the 1960s, the Palms has hosted celebrities including Jim Morrison, Tom Waits, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi and Melissa Etheridge, the LA Weekly reports. West Hollywood has long been a gay mecca, with about 40 percent of its 35,000 residents identifying as gay, but only three percent identify as lesbians, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gay males tend to earn more than lesbians and can afford upscale urban areas like West Hollywood, while lesbians prefer to live in more kid-friendly neighborhoods, like Silver Lake and Long Beach, notes the Times. To attract more lesbian residents, WeHo officials plan to open what they call a "lesbian social space" on Robertson Boulevard, according the Times. In April, The Palms posted on Facebook that it would close "for no other reason than the new property owners have decided to redevelop the property.” It added that the bar's owners are in the process of looking for a new location to re-open. As a memorandum to what the bar has meant to the lesbian community over the years, The Palms posted on Facebook: We are grateful to those who have become our friends, our family, lovers, confidants and even our ex's. We think of the happiness through 46 plus years that the Palms has brought to people, the laughter and love. We will remember those we have lost. Even though we are saddened by this closure, we bear in mind that buildings are made from stone and wood and the true happiness and joy come from the lives of the people inside.
She has yet to go wrong on the Red Carpet!
Lupita Nyong'o: Who Is This Girl's Stylist!?!
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I just put my hand/arm between my legs.... It seems way simpler....
[italic]Hi, everyone! Please spread the word that I'm here and I will start taking fan questions. Hollywood stories are the best stories.[/italic] Fire away!
@RealFayeDunaway answers fan questions on Twitter - for real
Soon?
I find her nearly unwatchable. I hate, hate, HATE her appearance -- the oogly-googly eyes, the strong jaw, the frumpy style of dress are just the beginning. I think her character is such a stereotypical iteration of what a 1960s feminist is "supposed" to be -- sad since the other characters are so well-crafted. Not sure if it's the fault of the writing or the acting, but I find Peggy both ugly *and* wholly predictable. She's like a boxier Mary Tyler Moore, without the nice hair or the charisma.
Is he on the D-list? A b-list? What the hell happened to his career?
I see a good vote for this topic. Abe, Brandon, Cameron, Chase, Hunter, Jess, Ryder, Vaughn Which guy you like to see he get fucked? I vote for Brandon, Chase, Abe and Vaughn.
Is it because he played a gay role?
I love them, hot and slutty!
Any questions, beetches?
Why, oh, why, do I find this guy so fuckable?!
A co-worker is willing to sell it to me for relatively cheap. But here's the thing, I don't make a ton of money so when my little $3,000 2001 Corolla went out of commission, I started looking for used Hondas in the $11k - $12k range--hoping to pay no more than $300 a month. But when the Audi came up, I just wasn't sure if I'd be passing up a good deal on a fairly nice car. The 2007 Audi A4 has good reviews, pretty good gas mileage for its size (I do mostly highway miles anyway), and a nice, spacious interior. But it also requires premium gas and will most likely increase my insurance. Advice? Should I forget the cheap luxury and just get a 2010 Honda Civic?
and screams like a girl.
For those of you who are fans of huge, round bubble butts and reading about them, this blog has quite a few good stories about a young, blond guy with a gigantic set of round buns. It's not my blog, by the way.
For men: Quentin Elias or Jim Morrison For women: Beyonce or Olivia Newton-John
e.g. potato salad, tuna salad Why is this? (The title of this thread is a quote from another thread...but it really got me thinking and I can't get it out of my head).
May the games begin again.
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I thought that was the whole point of having such things. They're nearly indestructible, so you should be able to find a plane's wreckage right away if it blows up or crashes.
[quote]Yes i support Pussy Riot. Yes i wear grilz. Yes i believe that Jesus Muhammed Moses and Buddha were all prophets! YES! I'm not sorry! I'm not your Bitch dont hang your shit on me. ......,,......#artforfreedom #revolutionoflove
Alert From Madonna's Instagram
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She will be closer in age to his daughter Ireland, 17, than to him.
I think they are individuals who just need love and if they found each other then they wouldn't want to hurt others. I also think they'd make a good couple and that Jeff would most likely be the bottom and Ted being the top. Thoughts?
Please take my poll. If you don;t see the one you think is the most pompous listed, vote for "other" and list him/her?
It's on Netflix right now. Have you seen it? What do you think?
Here, have some more snow.
I never watched "Lost," but the fans were intense. Fortunately they've stayed below the radar so far thank god. My own theory, either an errant missile or a meteorite punctured the airframe, rendering everyone unconscious, then brain dead, in a matter of 1-2 minutes. From there it was just a Payne Stewart out into the Indian Ocean and 15,000 feet down.
Now the drug trade isn't what it was, and Latin America is safer than the US for parking capital, and the style butterflies have moved on, what does everyone there DO for a living?
I've read through some threads about her, and while there is vitriol in spades, there isn't much rationale for the hatred. She's not a loudmouth, arrogant idiot like Goopy. She isn't a spectacular fuck-up getting free passes like LiLo. She's not a high-riding diva bitch like Jennfer "there'd better be lillies in my toilet" Lopez. And she's not an empty-eyed, anorexic savior figure like A Jolie, rescuing children of different colors from poverty (but only the cute ones). She's a stoner who does comedies, and she's pretty funny. Why the hate? What has she said or done to provoke DL's collective ire? I like her.
What was on their in-flight entertainment music channels?
For example, you overhear someone talking about you and they say, "Wow, _____ sure is ______“ For me, I'd be upset if someone thought I was disloyal.
... from what? Crimea?
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Let's talk about him.
I always have, since I was a kid. Loved when the daytime talk shows like "Donahue" and "Geraldo" would have them on. Loved when the "exercise" magazines featured male dance troupes. I almost like men wearing almost nothing than nothing at all. I love finding converted to DVD old stripper videos. Yeah, the mes are greasy and long-haired (80s) and often straight (though I don't always believe that every troupe is sooo straight and there are no gay men. Come on.) Weirdly, nowadays it seems like more and more male dancers have their dancers just in small posing straps with a full back. Makes no difference as it's still hot but anybody know why this is?
Sigh
Compelling arguments that Henry Cavill is the most beutiful man in the world
If so, how?
What list is Gale Harold on? Is Gale Harold on the A-list or Z-list? Why does Gale Harold not have a career? Why does Gale Harold not have fans? Why does Gale Harold not have talent? Why does Gale Harold grow old? Why does Gale Harold not look like George Clooney? Why? Why!? Why!!?
Slavery was a gas!
What says you? Europe is suppose to be more progressive on social issues. Putting a cap on hate speech is one of the many things they tout as evidence of their country's progressive nature. Just curious. Historically the US has always been behind when it comes to social issues.
I only see people reading their tablets.
I've always hated this movie, but I hadn't seen it in a long time. It was on cable the other night, so I checked it out. My God, it was worse than I remembered. Keanu Reeves' bad accent is legendary, but there is so much more that is awful about this film. Anthony Hopkins gives one of the worst performances of his career as Van Helsing. Gary Oldman waltzes through this thing as if he just knows he's going to win an Oscar (ha!). Most of the dialogue is just embarrassingly bad. And what the fuck was up with those 2 big hair buns on either side of Oldman's head as the older version of Dracula?? In silhouette he looked just like Mickey Mouse. The whole thing is pure camp, but not even remotely in a good way. This is truly one of the worst films ever made.
HOLY SHIT!!!
He even appeared on a Oral Roberts Christmas special in the 1970s. But even now in 2014, he makes regular singing appearances at Oral Roberts University So is he dead to us?
The gossip continues on.
Matt Bomer for a young Huguette!
Ryan Murphy takes his sledgehammer to "Empty Mansions"
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Should be fun. I haven't seen but have heard that it's a camp hoot!
I have reason to believe that the hollow earth theory is correct. What have you heard? Serious feedback only please.
Mark Herron, for example. Did he think she could turn him straight? Was this kind of thinking common in the olden days?
Wait a minute.
I was at the gym today and "Another One Bites the Dust" and We Will Rock You" played back to back. I'm 28, so I had no idea that "Queen" did both songs (along with "We Are the Champions") with Freddie Mercury as the lead until a quick wiki search. So my question is: How big was "Queen" here in the states and was it well-known that Mercury was gay? BTW, what a voice.
General bs thread and also continuation of the Louis football thread. They are all in their 20's now, they must be growing tired of this schtick... how long until the collapse begins?
US: Heineken joins boycott of NYC St Patrick’s parade over ban on gay groups 14th March 2014, 9:42 PM; Nick Duffy Beer-maker Heineken has dropped its sponsorship of New York’s St Patrick’s Day parade, after controversy surrounding the parade’s ban on gay groups and families. The parades in both New York and Boston face boycotts, including from the cities’ respective mayors, as organisers of both parades continue to ban gay people from marching. Earlier today the Boston Beer Company, the makers of Samuel Adams beer, dropped their sponsorship of the Boston parade. Heineken told GLAAD that they have pulled their sponsorship of the parade, which is estimated to attract over a million spectators annually, saying: ”We believe in equality for all. We are no longer a sponsor of Monday’s parade.” However, GLAAD has criticized car manufacturer Ford, who have confirmed they will continue to sponsor the parade despite the controversy. A statement from Ford said: “No one person, group or event reflects Ford’s views on every issue. “Ford is involved in a wide range of events and organizations in communities across the country and around the world, including long-standing participation in this parade. “What we can tell you is that Ford is proud of its inclusive policies. Every member of the Ford team is valued, and we provide employee benefits regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation.”
Heineken joins boycott of NYC St Patrick’s parade over ban on gay groups
KStew is pregnant! Come with your evidence here! (We make fun of KStew/RPatz and their stans.)
I see this a lot. They see a photo of a guy flaccid and they automatically assume that he suffers from tinymeat. I expect this from women who may not fully understand the concept of the male anatomy, but gay men are suppose to be experts when it comes to cock.
It's been shit and I'm getting out. What should I say in my exit (interrogation) interview?
Karma’s a bitch. Last month, The Bachelor’s Juan Pablo Galavis made headlines when he called gay people “perverted” in an interview with TV Page. (He later claimed he was quoted out of context.) Now, Radar Online is reporting it has a full frontal nudie pic of the 32-year-old reality star. The dirty picture was allegedly sent via text message to Juan Pablo’s new lady love. Because nothing says “I love you” like a photograph of one’s genitalia. “The reality TV contestant is fully nude in the photo with an erect penis,” Radar Online reports, “and it has been verified that it came from a cell phone registered to the woman that the 32-year-old reportedly chooses as his final rose recipient.” It is believed the nameless woman is the one responsible for leaking the photo. Sounds like a match made it Heaven. We’re sure Juan Pablo’s legal team is doing everything possible to prevent the photos from being made public. But we know how these things go. If there’s a photo out there, it’s only a matter of time before it makes its way to the internet. See you soon, Juan Pablo!
Coming Soon: “Bachelor” Juan Pablo’s Full Frontal, Fully Erect Nude Selfie
Or are they titillated by this fascinating new topic coming at them? The media has seized upon us as one of the last provocative, hot button issues. Everyday it's 'gay athletes', 'gay marriage', 'gay adoption'. I have to admit, I'm a little saturated on the issue myself (though I'm old enough to find it amusing, because when I was growing up it was a taboo subject everywhere... that is, until AIDS).
Tennessee lawmakers on Thursday passed a measure that allows teachers to wish their students "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Hanukkah" and display scenes and symbols of winter celebrations without fear of legal action. The state House of Representatives approved the legislation with a 84-4 vote. The state Senate, which passed an earlier version of the bill in February, is expected to take the legislation up next week. "I'm a real proponent of freedom of religion, but not a proponent of freedom from religion," said the bill's sponsor state Representative Andy Holt, a Republican from Dresden, who wore a Christmas-themed tie when the bill passed. The bill would seek to provide a legal basis to protect teachers from lawsuits when they wish students "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Hanukkah." Teachers would also be allowed to teach about religious holidays in the classroom under the bill, which supporters say upholds the religious and free speech rights of educators. The bill also allows schools to display scenes or symbols associated with religious winter holidays, such as a menorah or a Christmas tree, if it is accompanied by a symbol or display of another religion or a secular scene or symbol. The bill has been dubbed the "Merry Christmas" measure in media reports. The Senate will consider a slightly amended House version of the bill it passed on February 24, with Holt adding language that said holiday greetings would not be limited to Christmas and Hanukkah but to other types of occasions as well. "We are just trying to make sure that nobody is to be excluded in this legislation. It doesn't preclude any other traditional winter celebrations," Holt said. If the Senate passes the bill, it goes to the desk of Republican Governor Bill Haslam for his signature.
Tennessee bill would legalize wishing students 'Merry Christmas'
So, are ALL the editors at the entertainment mags prissy middle aged gay men?
Barbara Parkins recently gave an interview where she stated that Patty Duke was ''cold and reserved'' (her words).\ \ In turn Patty released this statement via her Facebook page\ \ Dear Barbara Parkins, I hope this will reach you thru electronic magic. I learned yesterday, that you were quoted in a Chicago publication, as saying, you feel that i have been cold and reserved to you. I apologize for what I may have done to give you this impression. It is far from what I really feel. Hope you are well and happy, and... that the holidays, bring you great joy. Anna Patty Duke\ \ The webmaster of Patty''s website also says in the same Facebook posting that \ \ ''She was very hurt by this statement and others she has made about her in recent years (listen to the VOTD DVD commentary).''\ \ Why do you think Barbara hates Patty?
After its support of the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade led one Boston restaurant to boycott its brew, the Boston Beer Company – which manufactures Sam Adams – has pulled its sponsorship from Sunday's parade. Club Café, in the South End, had announced it would not serve the company's beer because of the ongoing controversy over the exclusion of openly gay individuals from marching in the parade. Boston Beer Company said that it is disappointed that an agreement could not be reached between the gay rights advocacy group MassEquality and parade organizers that would have allowed a group of gay veterans to march, despite pressure from Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Rep. Stephen Lynch. "We share these sentiments with Mayor Walsh, Congressman Lynch and others and therefore we will not participate in this year's parade," the Boston Beer Company said in a statement. "We were hopeful an agreement could be reached to allow everyone, regardless of orientation, to participate in this parade. However, given the current status of the negotiations, this may not be possible," the statement read. A 1995 U.S. Supreme Court decision ruled that the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council could include or exclude whichever groups it wanted. "As a result of this (decision) we are again proud to serve Sam Adams and Boston Beer Company Products," Club Café said in a statement on its Facebook page. The parade organizers' phone was not answered. The parade, one of the largest St. Patrick's Day parades in the nation, draws as many as 1 million spectators to South Boston
What are their habitats, their habits- out there in Podunk?
The Secret Lives of Flyover Queens
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Roadrageous frau is bonkers.
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All the laughter all the tears! I want to see Bo and his flip-flops Mandesa and her feets Ryan's Chicklets Jennifer's weave Keith's hair Harry's Jr.. All this and more, tonight on AMERICAN IDOL!!
Awwww.
He is so hot! Does he play for our team?
At a press conference held Thursday to announce their solidarity in opposing Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the four Republican candidates running against the incumbent senator referred to Graham as “ambiguously gay,” according to The State. The news conference, held to announce a pledge between the challengers to support whomever ended up in a runoff with Graham, took an awkward turn when candidate Dave Feliciano stepped to the podium and addressed the issue of Graham’s sexuality. “It’s about time that South Carolina (says), ‘Hey, we’re tired of the ambiguously gay senator from South Carolina, ” Feliciano said. “We’re ready for a new leader to merge the Republican Party. We’re done with this. This is what it’s about, all of us coming together and saying, one way or the other, one of us is going to be on that ballot in November’.” Questions about Graham’s sexuality have arisen previously but the senator has dismissed them. Before speaking, Feliciano, a former police officer from Spartanburg with no previous political experience, signed a pledge with state Sen. Lee Bright, businessman Richard Cash, and attorney Bill Connor promising to endorse whichever candidate advanced to face Graham. The pledge read: “We, the undersigned genuine conservative Republicans, agree to endorse whichever one of our fellow signers advances to the run-off election against incumbent Senator Lindsey Graham following the South Carolina Republican primary election for the U.S. Senate on the 10th of June 2014.” After the event, attorney Connor disavowed Feliciano’s comments as a personal attack and said that each candidate’s comments were their own. Stating that he believes in free speech, Cash added, “but I also believe in being civil and respectful. Mr. Feliciano’s comments were inappropriate and I disavow any association with them.” However, both Cash and Connor said they still would honor the agreement, which they signed. There are six GOP candidates who have announced primary challenges to Graham. The other two, Columbia pastor Det Bowers and PR executive Nancy Mace, did not attend the news conference.
Republican challenger to Lindsey Graham calls senator ‘ambiguously gay’
He had no-one and came to us for support. There is some kind of kindness on DL after all. It's so nice to see. I love Robin. Please help him. (I'm just some Aussie guy where everything is free.)
Is it really necessary to drink in the few hours you're up there?
Bye!!! See ya!! Toodles!!!
Mine: Marcus "Ladybird" Bachmann Aaron "Cockgobbler" Schock
Four different forms of the word 'cunt' have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, and they're all spectacular. This week, the OED opened its doors (which look like enormous old timey cartoon books from the forgotten animated classic The Pagemaster) to nine hundred new entries and subentries, all of which which are helpfully listed on the linguistic giant's public website. They're not all new and they're definitely not all common, but the OED's job isn't to just catalog the common. As Time explains, That might sound like a lot, but one has to keep in mind that the dictionary covers everything, not just words average people use in daily conversation. Among the new entries, for example, are drool-inducing adjectives like ethnopharmacologic and now-extinct creatures like the scimitar-horned oryx. (We'll pour one out for you, Ory.) As with other "hey check out these new words!"/"those crazy kids with their iPods and their slangs!" lists, this one contains several items that make ya go "hm." Like beatboxer, bestie, chugging (can butt-chugging be far behind?), death spiral, do-over, exfoliator, sciency, and whackadoodle, along with other complicated-sounding latin root hybrids that probably mean exactly the thing some frustrated academic somewhere has wanted to say for years. But the crown jewels in the new additions (and the words I'm most likely to use in my day-to-day life) are the Four Cunts — cunty, cuntish, cunted, and cunting. "Cunty" is a word with which uses a naughty word to mean "highly objectionable or unpleasant." "Cuntish" is a word that can be used to describe an "objectionable person or behavior." "Cunted" is slang for being under the influence of drugs or alcohol. And "cunting," like its cousins "fucking" or "motherfucking" is an intensifier that means "very much." I'm cunting delighted.
Cunty, Cuntish, Cunted and Cunting Added to Oxford English Dictionary
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More than 10 years ago, I used to work for a company I'll call ACME. My manager was "Tracy". Tracy was promoted while I was working there, and the next manager and I didn't get along so well. I left about a year later. I found Tracy on linkedin 2 years ago, still working at ACME in a senior position; I sent her an invitation and we had a brief but pleasant exchange. Last year, I applied for a position at ACME and, without saying a word to Tracy, was invited for an interview with "Randy". I emailed Tracy and asked if she knew Randy and if she had any advice for me. When she replied she knew Randy and he was very nice, I hoped she would contact Randy and put in a positive word on my behalf. Instead she offered me generic interview advice, with no 'insider' information or lead. I did not progress to the second interview; Randy told me there were other candidates more qualified but "to keep an eye on the postings". So 2 weeks ago I found another posting at ACME - the same job title as the one I interviewed for last year - and I applied, called Randy and left him a voicemail message mentioning who I was and I would like to be considered for this position (I also mentioned it in my cover letter). Randy never responded, so I emailed Tracy again, told her about the position I was currently applying for, and asked if she thought there might be something on my employee file preventing me from moving forward. Tracy responded she didn't think there would be anything on my file after so long but if I was concerned to contact Randy myself and ask, as this was not something she could help with. Okay, I realize this ship is sunk but I am wondering...did Tracy legitimately not understand that I was asking for an internal reference? I felt awkward flat out asking....in my opinion, it would be gauche (sorry, yes I am old and I know that is a silly word but that is the only one I can think of) to flat out ask for an internal recommendation after so long, but I have a hard time believing she didn't connect the dots and clue in. One (unrelated) friend told me she would have absolutely known I was asking her to put in a good word for me and she simply didn't want to flat out say no; another said it is possible she didn't clue in (even after the second email)? I know this woman owes me nothing, but I am just so stressed over the job situation right now I can't think properly. I was so certain that with a senior internal reference I would have gotten the job. Perhaps I am jumping to conclusions here, but (especially after the second email) I think she really did not want to be bothered.
Thanks to widespread public ridicule, Hollywood producers & directors finally got the message and stop repeating such rom-com clichés as montages of retail therapy for the heroine, or scenes where she lipsyncs while holding a hairbrush/spatula/wire whisk as a microphone. But there are some things they still keep repeating in films I never want to see again--such as: *in ghost movies: ghosts with stringy black hair crawling along the shadowy floor, walls, or ceiling *in action films: Mexican standoffs *in biopics of famous singers: the singer's success is shown by a montage of his or her placements on the Billboard charts intercut with scenes of him or her singing in different venues What else?
Wow.
The new scripted drama premieres tonight. From the creator of "The Tudors" and starring former CK underwear model Travis Fimmel and Gabriel Byrne. I'm going to give it a shot...early reviews are encouraging, and I'm guessing many of the male characters will be hot, in an uncivilized, possibly murderous yet emotionally conflicted way. Kind of like some of the guys I've known from real life. I want to see wanton pillaging and bedroom intrigue.
I have a feeling that it may be invented in our lifetime.
Seth Rogen is taking a cue from the Lindsay Lohan School of Self Promotion and naming names. But instead of listing his questionable sexual conquests, he's revealing the identities of his famous weed-smoking companions. On Watch What Happens Live Wednesday night, host Andy Cohen ambushed Rogen with the segment "Spill the Herbal Tea." While most of his answers are expected, Rogen manages to shock with at least one non-smoker reveal: o who's guilty? James Franco: "This is really depressing for me to say…I've never smoked weed with James Franco because he doesn't smoke weed. That's why he's such a good actor! It's really sad, actually." Dave Franco: "I don't know, honestly. Maybe sometime throughout the years." Paul Rudd: "Oh yeah, lots of times." Sarah Silverman: "Yes, many times." Snoop Dogg: "Yeah, actually I have." Barbara Streisand: "No, but we talked about it a lot. She smoked weed with Peter Sellers though. That's the craziest shit ever!" Jonah Hill: "Yeah." Willie Nelson: "No, but he's here in town, I think." After shocking the world with the revelation that Franco does not smoke weed, Rogen then moved on to more important topics and addressed his recent tweet calling Justin Bieber a "piece of shit." "In my opinion, Justin Bieber is a piece of s—t," he told Cohen. "He's obnoxious, he's ungrateful, he's insincere. He puts people's lives in danger."
Is anyone watching either show? They both feature some cute guys. There are a couple of nice looking nerds especially Joshua.
News to small to be mentioned here ? I guess that the gay rumors weren't so far off base.
A governor?
Celebrity Caterer posted this blind item in his Oscars 2014 thread: [thread]This actor is rumored to be dipping his toes in the coming out pot. Before this I had never heard he might be gay. Yet jokes on the set are being made by him. Plays a womanizer (don't they all?) and crazy gay buzz suddenly abounds. The answer was superhot James Wolk, star of The Crazy Ones, Mad Men and Happy Endings. This thread is for gossip, sightings and photo appreciation of one of the hottest potentially gay men alive.
Will Carol find the woman of her dreams? Will Daryl finally have a storyline? Will Rick accept Carl's offering of canned dog food? Will Glenn and the magic school bus find Ms. Frizzle? Will the sociopathic children kill and eat Tyresee to survive? Will the set design of the WD finally stop mowing the lawns? Stay Tuned
I'm retiring and we're moving soon. While I'm still in Manhattan I think it's time to get my Mom's diamond ring appraised again and sell it on consignment. It was last appraised in the early 1980s at $18K. If I recall correctly it's a 1 1/2 carat blue/white with no imperfections. I'm clueless: where do I start and with whom?
It's always stuck with me. Despite being kind of hot since they were hot, I wondered if two straight guys would ever have such a conversation, walking to work? Would two gay guys for that matter?
It's been close to a week of speculations and what ifs. Can't the media take a break and come back when there is actually something to report ?
I want to make sweet sweet love to him. Is he a Datalounger?
Forget welfare. Forget food stamps. Forget Obamacare. The most shameful entitlement, at least to Ann Coulter, is sex. In typical Coulter form, she discusses a real problem, which in this case, is single parenthood and poverty, and then, rather than blaming poverty and lack of education on a society that offers little in the way of daycare, parental leave and educational assistance, she blames single parenthood on poor and poorly educated people. She goes on to say that the kindest thing we can do about single parenthood is to be cruel. We need to shame people for having sex. “The one thing that has really changed besides, I mean you have the government often subsidizing bad behavior, you have Hollywood rewarding bad behavior, but there’s also an overwhelming cultural sense, I think it is a political correctness, to end shaming,” she said Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “No, shaming is good. It’s almost a cruel and insensitive thing for the upper classes, the educated, the college graduates, to refuse to tell poor people ‘keep your knees together before you get married.’”
Ann Coulter Wants To See Your Credit Report Before Letting You Have Sex
Thank God for the tips, or else whoring would not be worth it. Everyone treats you like you're a lowly barkeep. 1)Just because I fuck you doesn't mean I'm going to serve you alcohol without a proper ID. 2) Just because I fuck you doesn't mean I'm going to keep you constantly supplied with peanuts or pretzels or other salty snacks. 3) Just because I fuck you doesn't mean that I'm going to put little paper umbrellas in your glass. 4) Just because I fuck you doesn't mean I'm going to salt the rim of your glass. 5) Just because I fuck you doesn't mean I can remember all the ingredients in complicated obscure drinks like a Betsy Ross or a Golden Cadillac. Thanks!!
[quote] I know you like to spread your chests wide, inhaling deeply and filling your lungs with that special patriarchal air that is your birthright. I know you need to place your legs in wide stances to give ample room to your massive testicles, which you have inherited after generations of Darwinism have assured only the largest and best scrotum survive. I know you need to mount your body against the entire center subway pole, claiming your land like Columbus. I get that. [quote]Therefore, as a woman who is subordinate to your powerful Y chromosome, I will happily stand in the middle of the subway car, rudderless. A ship out at sea, if you will. Perhaps if I were a little taller, I could reach the bars that run across the ceiling of the cars. Alas, I am diminutive in stature, the result of poor nutrition during a starved adolescence in which I maintained the lowest possible body fat percentage in order to please and honor your standard of beauty in the hopes that you would choose me as your prom date. [quote]I understand that it is advisable, nay, vital that your knees never touch each other. If you have managed to obtain a seat on the subway, somehow persevering against the swarms of greedy, seat-grubbing women of the pregnant and elderly varieties, then I know how important it is that your knees be as far apart as possible. I am sure that there are numerous studies that demonstrate the connection between touching your knees together and an elevated risk of stroke, heart disease, testicular cancer, and feminism. [quote]I would hold the handrails near the door, but you have barricaded your body against them, representing the glass ceiling of the workforce, the science and technology bias, and the American Presidency. Instead, I will ride the train without safety and without support, just like the centuries of women who paved the way for me have done. In these moments, I think of Margaret Sanger, I think of Rosa Parks, I think of Nuria Fernandez, former Chief Operating Officer of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. [quote]Alas, I know it is my lot in life to surf the subway during morning rush hour, as this is the penance I must pay for having the gall to enter the workforce. Luckily, I have a strong set of abdominal muscles at my ready, one that, god willing, will eventually bear dozens of male offspring to carry on your name and superior genetic material. [quote]That is, assuming I do not fall during this train ride and sustain a massive fatal head injury.
Dear MTA Riders of the Male Persuasion,
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The Star The Sun The Globe Those are the three national newspapers in Canada. Don't you find it strange that these newspapers turned to astrology for the name of their newspaper?
They were both under the care of the notorious "Dr. Feelgood", Max Jacobson. Apparently he treated JFK with amphetamines at the White House over 30 times! Never heard about this until I was reading a book about Jackie last night.\ \ Say it ain''t so!
The 1949 version with June Allyson, Janet Leigh, a blonde (!) Elizabeth Taylor and an impossibly twee Margaret O''Brien is on TCM now.%0D\ %0D\ It''s terribly misguided except for the casting of Peter Lawford and Rossano Brazzi as the male eye candy.
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Has anyone seen the commercials for this new reality series? I was surprised that it's a reality series when I Googled it because the commercial's production values look like it's for a standard half hour sitcom. It's supposed to be about a self-made millionaire, his wife and five kids. But, is this man not screamingly gay? And the son who comes to the door in the commercial pings to high heaven.
1)Just because I fuck you doesn't mean I'm going to pay your rent. GET A JOB. 2) Just because I fuck your fat ass doesn't mean I'm desperate. I still get looks on the street. 3) Just because I'm older doesn't mean you can bareback me anally, or cum on my face. I'm still a lady. 4) Just because I fuck you doesn't mean I'm going to lick your shitter. Dream on. 5) Just because I fuck you doesn't mean I suffer from arrested development. 50 is the new 30. 6) Just because I like to drink doesn't mean I'm an alcoholic. I can quit anytime I *hiccup* want... where's my purse?...
Maddy
What's the difference a mega star like George Clooney and someone like Gale Harold. It couldn't be LOOKS since gale is more handsome.
How does that happen?
AC stays at 8PM, but Monday will see the debut of The Don Lemon Show at 10PM Anderson Cooper at 8PM Don Lemon at 10PM
Just started watching the new season of Dallas. So far after only five minutes in they have done two very big things right. One, they showed John Ross's bulge in some tight undies. Two, they have cast photos in the opening credits. For me that was what was missing from the first two seasons. Now it's Dallas!
Go.
Anorak, answerphone, etc.
It just started 8 minutes into it and I switched to Anderson. They let the guy who rendered "Under The Rainbow" unrecognizable through to the next phase? I'm sick of that shit being rewarded. Shame on you, Harry Connick Jr. I still want Keith Urban lying in bed waiting for me to come home, though. I'll probably be back during Hollywood Week.
Per request of r111 in the "I'm a bartender, not a fucking whore" thread. I'm the guy who posted in the thread about hooking up with one on his day off and with another in a video booth at Blue. I want to add that I tried like hell to seduce a bartender named Eddie, absolutely stunning "straight" Italian guido stud from Staten Island after a friend of mine related that he had a three-some with Eddie and some chick they picked up at Splash, but I could never seal the deal. I was also really hot for the tall blond all-American Adam who bartended and then switched to security at the front door, supposedly at the request of his wife. Waiting on some hot stories.
Do you have a boyfriend or a fuck buddy that you can call? Or do you pull out porn DVDs and fap to it?
A great weekend and now snow after midnight. Man, Mother Nature is a bitch this winter. WTF
So in love!
I've been watching MOS interviews. And I noticed that in every one of his interviews, his co-stars all compliment his looks and that's it. It makes me wonder if he was picked for the role of Superman based on his looks alone...
Isn't he cute? Mama likes!
Diana Vreeland wrote this column every month in Vogue. It's ripe for satire. Come up with your own. Loads of fun for the whole family...Here are some of her examples: Why Don't You: ... use a gigantic shell instead of a bucket to ice your champagne? … cover a big cork bulletin board in bright pink felt, banded with bamboo, and pin with colored thumb-tacks all your various enthusiasms as your life varies from week to week? … tie an enormous bunch of silver balloons on the foot of your child’s bed on Christmas Eve? … paint a map of the world on all four walls of your boys’ nursery so they won’t grow up with a provincial point of view? … (my fave) tie black tulle bows on your wrists? And here are some of the more extravagant ones, inspiring nonetheless. Why don’t you… … own, as does one extremely smart woman, twelve diamond roses of all sizes? … bring back from Central Europe a huge white baroque porcelain stove to stand in your front hall? … wear violet velvet mittens with everything? … have an elk-hide trunk for the back of your car? Hermès of Paris will make this. (Oprah?) …wear, like the Duchess of Kent, three enormous diamond stars arranged in your hair in front? …have a room done up in every color green? This will take months, years, to collect, but it will be delightful—a melange of plants, green glass, green porcelains, and furniture covered in sad greens, gay greens, clear, faded, and poison greens?
Thank God for the tips, or else bartending in a gay club would not be worth it. Everyone treats you like you're for sale. 1)Just because my shirt is off doesn't mean I'm going to fuck you. 2) Just because you tip me $20 doesn't mean I'm going to fuck you. 3) Just because you know someone who knows someone that I hooked up with, doesn't mean I'm going to fuck you. 4) Just because you giggle and act like a 12 year old girl, doesn't mean I'm going to fuck you. 5) Just because you're a regular and I just happened to remember your face and your drink order, doesn't mean I'm going to fuck you. Thanks!!
Jury found him guilty of all other charges but couldn't agree on the first degree murder charge. The prosecutor made a huge error going for first-degree. Now this fucker is free, for now.
Gaga's "charity" raised $2.6 million but kept $1.5 million of it for "expenses" they supposedly had.
A new study by the Centre for Addictions Research of B.C. at the University of Victoria has found that the “managed alcohol program” approach reduced emergency hospital visits and arrests among participants at Shelter House, in Thunder Bay, Ont. The centre’s Tim Stockwell, who presented the study to Thunder Bay city council this week, said the results are encouraging. “It’s very controversial and that’s why we wanted to take a good, hard look at the data,” he said in an interview. “We’ve had harm reduction programs for illicit drug users. Well, in fact, this population can be regarded also as illicit drug users because they’re using a lot of non-beverage alcohol. Especially in winter time, there are strong compassionate grounds for not denying people shelter because they can’t do without their alcohol, which has led to some tragic deaths in the past.” Every 90 minutes, from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., the Shelter House provides alcohol – typically six ounces of white wine – to residents who might otherwise consume hazardous “non-beverage” alcohol such as mouthwash, aftershave or even hand sanitizer. All residents were previously homeless. The study compared 18 people in the managed alcohol program with 20 people who were not. The number of police interactions and hospital admissions dropped between 40 and 80 per cent for the 18 participants, who also had stable housing, improved nutrition and renewed contact with families. Both residents and shelter staff reported improvements in mental and physical health and life skills. Program drinks are spaced out through the day rather than consumed all at once – a much safer consumption pattern, the study said. “It was also evident that the type of alcohol being consumed was intrinsically less hazardous; i.e. the wine provided on the program as opposed to a variety of forms of non-beverage and higher-strength alcohol,” it said. Despite the small number of study subjects, the study suggested the health and safety benefits translate to economic savings. Research shows about 38 per cent of homeless men are alcoholics. There is little or no information on the rate among homeless women. The first managed alcohol program was put in place by Toronto’s Seaton House after three men froze to death on the streets during the winter of 1995. A larger study is pending on managed alcohol programs in Thunder Bay, Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton, Ont. The study said there are also at least two informal programs in towns in the B.C. Interior. In Vancouver, where the city, health officials and the province are at odds with the federal government over safe injection sites for heroin, the non-profit Portland Hotel Society has forged ahead with harm reduction for the smaller but equally troubled population of severe alcoholics on the streets of the Downtown Eastside. “For us, it’s kind of a pragmatic approach to people we deal with every day,” said Mark Townsend, executive director. “We’d rather they didn’t do this, but they’re doing it so we’re trying to make it a little bit safer for them.” In addition to the managed alcohol program, the society runs a “drinkers lounge” group for severe alcoholics that meets once a week. Among the programs offered to the group is a brew club, which allows them to join in brewing a batch of beer or wine for $10 a batch. Two litres of each is donated to an alcohol exchange, where members can swap toxic, non-beverage alcohol for beer or wine. “This is an extreme thing. If someone’s drinking aftershave, it’s pretty serious and they’ve done it for a very long time,” Mr. Townsend said. “All we’re really trying to do is improve their behaviour in the community and make it possible to house them. For us, it’s succeeded.”
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Liza's childhood home falls into disrepair.
Actress takes a selfie at the Prince's Trust with Ben Kingsley and Jeremy Irons among others.
He is NOT aging well. Don't let anyone claim otherwise. He looks like shit.
Tom Hardy running in his boxers and looking fifty-five years old
His body is hot. His ass is hotter. Yeah, I think it's weird that a father would flaunt himself and do this. But he's basically the gay male equivalent of a trophy wife, what do you expect? His age is ambiguous, interestingly. An NYMag article "Parenting: My Two Dads" says Terry is 29, although it doesn't have a date, a Time 100 article on "Dan Savage and Terry Miller" said he was 40 in 2011 Mostly, I'm just impressed and a bit aghast how anyone in either their mid 30s or early 40s could keep a body like that
Dan Savage's Husband Terry Miller does underwear shoot, shows off his rockin daddy bod and HOT ASS
Something hit us! All the flight crew is either dead or seriously injured! There is no one left to fly the plane! Help us! Help us!
A legal ban on same-sex marriage in Nigeria, Africa's largest country, violates international accords and could bring mob law against gays onto its streets, the United Nations' human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Friday. The comments in the Nigerian capital Abuja from the outspoken Pillay, a former top judge in South Africa, came as in Geneva Russia and Islamic countries urged more global focus on protecting traditional family life. Pillay told her largely Nigerian audience that the country's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community was "living in fear", since the loosely-drafted law, not yet put into effect, had gone onto the statute books. "The law violates international law in that it is discriminatory and seriously impinges on the freedom of expression and freedom of assembly," she declared. It could also "lead to human rights defenders advocating for the rights of LGBT people receiving draconian prison sentences," Pillay said, in a clear reference to phrasing in the measure that bars promotion of homosexuality. U.N. human rights officials were already getting reports of widespread arrests of gays and lesbians in some parts of Nigeria, of physical attacks "including by mobs," and a rise in blackmail and extortion, the U.N. rights chief said. DEFENDING THE FAMILY Officials in Nigeria, and other African countries like Uganda, whose own legislation criminalizing homosexuality has also been criticized by Pillay, often argue that the measures are aimed at defending family life from attack. At the U.N.'s 47-nation Human Rights Council, Russia -- whose own restrictions on gays have brought strong criticism from Western and some other countries -- argued on Friday that the family was the "natural and basic unit of society." Russia has recently introduced a law banning "promotion of homosexuality", a move that led Western leaders to stay away from the recent Winter Olympics and the Paralympic Games in the southern Russian resort of Sochi Reflecting the stand of the Russian Orthodox Church, with which President Vladimir Putin identifies, a Moscow diplomat told the Council that it should be addressing the "problems facing the institution of the modern family." A similar view was voiced by the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which fiercely rejects the idea that gays are covered under U.N. rights pacts, and by Namibia. But Netherlands and the international humanist organisation IHEU rejected this stance. A Dutch diplomat told the council that the judicial harassment of defenders of the LGBT community and criminalization of gays were deplorable. "Imprisoning people on the basis of sexual orientation is a violation of human rights, including the freedom of expression, association and assembly," an IHEU speaker from the British Humanist Association said.
Has anyone used this device? My gym is selling them but I''d rather have some recommendations first.
This brings up a great point. It also gives some examples of the actresses that have portrayed the role in a contemporary time period. It'd be cool if they actually got an older actress to do the role, especially if they want it to be scary. Mila Kunis and company just don't have "it" and it isn't only due to acting ability. It also has to do with beauty, not to mention costuming. I loved the Baum books. It would be interesting if someone would take a chance on presenting the character as it's illustrated in the original novel. I never cared for that bitch, Dorothy, FWIW. "Return to Oz" really captured the spirit of the books.
Why Do They Keep Getting These Young Model-Type Actresses To Play The Wicked Witch of the West?
I work at 29th and 8th and walked a little south on 8th to an adult video store to try to scrounge up some lunchtime action with some street trade. I was perusing the gay black/Latin DVD section near the booths, when this hot Blatino approached me. Swarthy, sexy and muscled, just how I like 'em. He proudly pointed to one of the DVD covers and said that was him on the cover. He pointed out some of his other covers on display too. Evidently he's done several films and he is self-admittedly a well-known Latin porn star. He looked to have about 9-10 inches, judging by the DVD cover, and from what I saw growing in sweatpants, that was no photoshop. After slipping the attandant $10, we ducked into a booth. I like this particular AVS because the booths are large and can easily accommodate two people. We started kissing passionately as he played with my hole. I told him I needed him in me badly. He put a condom on that monster. I always carry lube, so I lubed that baby up nice and slick. He slid it in, and PARADISE. This is my first porn star fuck. I'd always wanted to hire one, but just didn't have the money they commanded. Meeting one who also street hustles was nice surprise. Perfect timing.
I procrastinate a lot. If I was being truly honest I would say half my life has been procrastination. It is not so bad now, but certainly dreaming my life away was easier than doing anything about it. Any of you felt this? What were your solutions? What works for you?
The Following starring Kevin Bacon started tonight on Fox. He plays a former FBI agent. James Purefoy stars as a killer. It is being called a psychological drama.
What''s it like, you cosmopolitan DLers?
I''m all ears
I dare you!
The clearest definition of Bubble Butt EVER!
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My 2 favorite pron stars ever.\ \ What do you think are their best films?
NO, this is not a hate racist question. I just want to know why they ALL pick and choose black men. It's rather odd, don't you think? Is there some sort of racial undertone going on with them?
Once you had carnal relations with a man of African-American descent, it's very unusual to go back.
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God, I hope so. I''ve always had a male stripper "thing." Something about a hot guy stripping fully nude for a group of other guys in public-guys who are getting all sweaty and breathing shallow and getting obvious hard-ons-makes my precum drip!!!\ \ I see in other countries-particularly in South America and Europe, that fully nude male strippers WITH BONERS (!!) is a common sight.\ \ I love my internet porn and relationships are great but sometimes I just want to see a hot body IN THE FLESH gyrating just for me with no strings attached. Is that so wrong? Give me strip clubs across America with boners!!
I go to the one on 38th and 8th. I pay 15 to go upstairs and am treated to a wide choice of hot black and latin boys. I pay a small gratuity to the boys but a small price to pay for some of the best dick in the city!
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I was lonely and went to a male strip club last night where the guys give lap dances. I zeroed in on this gorgeous young Italian stud. Total Jersey Shore-ish juicehead with muscles on top of muscles, which is just my type. Totally shaved except for incredibly hairy pits, which I ached to lick. I intended to get one lap dance for $20 from this guy, but of course I wound up giving this guy a mint. He kept telling me how handsome I was, how he couldn't believe someone who looks like me doesn't have a bf, and that although he tries to remain romantically detached from the customers, he could really see himself falling for me. With each compliment came another $20 dance. He even got me to do a private champage room, which I wanted to avoid because of the cost. He convinced me to do the champagne room after he told me that he likes me so much that he wanted to spend some quality alone time with me away from the other customers. That cost me $175. Ugh. Of course I bought it all all hook, line, and sinker, but at the moment it felt wonderful to have this gorgeous 25-year-old who could have anyone he wanted actually find my 45-year-old ass attractive. By the end of the night, I was out over $400. We even exchanged phone nos. Like a giddy fool, I texted him at 2am telling him how wonderful it was to meet him and that I hoped it'd be the beginning of a great relationship. He texted me back with "Who is this?" That crushed me, and woke me up to the fact that he used me as a personal ATM. I feel so stupid.
Were any of you bitches there? The manager Tim was led away in handcuffs. The whores and patrons were ordered to vacate the premises. The cops siezed the cash and supposedly some illegal substances. No, I don't have a link, but they're talking about it on the muscle service boards. A gym acquaintance of mine dances there occasionally. He doesn't dance at the nude events, but he got the scoop from a dancer who was there last night. Wow, is this the end of Adonis, the heir apparent of the Gaeity?
Directed by Terry Gilliam. It's underrated in my opinion. What is your opinion regarding what I consider to be an undeservedly forgotten gem.
Ezra Klein’s new Web media venture, Vox.com, has just hired a controversial gay-bashing “gay” named Brandon Ambrosino to write for the new online publication. (Vox on Facebook, Vox on Twitter.) Ambrosino, a recent graduate of religious-right mothership Liberty University, is a professional dancer in Baltimore. In the past year, Ambrosino has branched out from tap-dancing to penning poorly-written pieces critical of gays, gay rights, and gay rights activists. To give you a sense of Brandon Ambrosino’s approach on gay issues, he’s a fan of his alma mater’s founder Jerry Falwell, who once claimed “God hates homosexuality” and later blamed gays and feminists for 9/11. Ambrosino has defended Falwell’s record on gay rights, claiming that the Moral Majority founder was simply misunderstood. The real Brandon Ambrosino One of Brandon Ambrosino’s recent articles has him claiming to have “chosen” his sexual orientation. Ambrosino, rehashing a topic that’s long-since been talked to death, apparently thinks gay people (and one assumes straights as well) choose in advance which gender they’re going to find sexually appealing that day. (The gay-hating religious right agrees with him.) Ambrosino also believes that being transgender is a “choice.” In fact, he calls being trans a “sexual choice,” which even the most casual observer of transgender issues knows it most certainly is not. Ambrosino also believes that being gay is about “sexual behavior.” One of the reasons I think our activism is so insistent on sexual rigidity is because, in our push to make gay rights the new black rights, we’ve conflated the two issues. The result is that we’ve decided that skin color is the same thing as sexual behavior. I don’t think this is true. When we conflate race and sexuality, we overlook how fluid we are learning our sexualities truly are. To say it rather crassly: I’ve convinced a few men to try out my sexuality, but I’ve never managed to get them to try on my skin color. In other words, one’s sexuality isn’t as biologically determined as race. We’re comparing race to sexual behavior? Jerry Falwell couldn’t have said it better himself. As I’ve written before, if you want to get technical – another word for “accurate” – being gay is about sexual attraction, not sexual behavior. A gay priest, who has devoted his life to celibacy, is still gay. Though, ironically, in another piece Ambrosino claims that even if anti-gay GOP Cong. Aaron Schock were to be found in a shower having sex with another man, that wouldn’t make Schock or his shower-buddy gay. So being gay is about sexual behavior, until it doesn’t fit Brandon Ambrosino’s gay-rights-advocate-bashing narrative of the day. Ambrosino also thinks gay activists are mean. He thinks we should be more like Martin Luther King, who “found a way to condemn evil without condemning the evildoer.” Except of course that Ambrosino’s fact-free assertion about MLK inconveniently flew in the face of, you know, actual history. Here’s MLK condemning evildoers: “It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say, “Wait on time.” And in another poorly-thought-out piece, Ambrosino suggested that it’s not “anti-gay” to find gay marriage immoral: As a gay man, I found myself disappointed with this definition—that anyone with any sort of moral reservations about gay marriage is by definition anti-gay. If Raushenbush is right, then that means my parents are anti-gay, many of my religious friends (of all faiths) are anti-gay, the Pope is anti-gay, and—yes, we’ll go here—first-century, Jewish theologian Jesus is anti-gay. Putting aside for a moment the fact that Jesus never said a word about gay people, let alone gay marriage (much of Ambrosino’s work suffers from the absence of editors), that sing-songy simple style, and the bizarrely unquestioned assumptions (that no one thinks the Pope is anti-gay?), are Ambrosino’s hallmark. He writes and thinks like a first-year college student – that is to say, not very well. And I don’t say this to be snarky. I say it because it belies a much larger problem with the media of late. It’s a problem I call journalistic homophobia. Journalistic homophobia When a congressman hires a young secretary who can’t type, isn’t particularly good at his job, and pays him a lot of money for a position that usually takes a heck of a lot of experience to get, reasonable people ask “why.” The same goes when big-name publications hire a young guy with little publishing experience, and who isn’t particularly adept at writing or thinking. There has to be another reason he got the job. Call it the Jeff Gannon rule: If he’s obviously not qualified, he got hired for another reason. In Ambrosino’s case, he gets hired to bash gays. Ambrosino is riding a recent wave of journalistic gay-bashing that’s become especially trendy as gays get closer to achieving full and equal status in American society and law. It’s a trick formerly used by Fox News and the religious right, but now popular with Time, the Atlantic, the New Republic, and Vox. It’s the “no hetero, no foul” rule of intolerance. So long as the bigot is gay, it’s okay. It’s the same tactic Republicans have used for years. They embrace the most politically extreme African-Americans, Latinos, and to a lesser extent women and gays, in order to claim the mantle of “diversity,” while doing all they can to undermine it. Brandon Ambrosino is the Allen West of homosexuality. He’s your go-to guy, if your goal has nothing to do with finding a legitimate minority voice on the issues of the day. Vox is “hiring journalists who really know the topics they cover” I get that we all needs eyeballs. It’s been a difficult media market since the economy crashed, and online advertising has never fully come back for many of us. Add to that ever-increasing competition from social media, and we all feel pressure to get readers. If we don’t get readers, we don’t get ad revenue, and we don’t survive. But there’s a limit to how far we should sell our souls in order to guarantee our survival. Ezra Klein recently promised the world that Vox would be “hiring journalists who really know the topics they cover.” Well, this guy ain’t it. While I think Brandon Ambrosino is sloppy, unimaginative, a bad writer, and a not-very-complicated thinker, my biggest concern is that he comes across, to me, as having an agenda that borders on animus. IMHO, he’s got issues with being gay, knows how to push people’s buttons, and seems to revel in it – with little regard for the damage he does in the process. By hiring Ambrosino, and lifting his rising star even further, Vox is doing exactly what we routinely criticize the mainstream media for: Leaping before they look, elevating mediocrity, and doing real harm to truth in the process. In the same way the media loved to put gays on TV against “ex-gays,” now they’re putting gay rights advocates on versus Brandon Ambrosino – a gay vs. “gay” catfight, what could be more fun than that? (Actually, the video I link to answers that question – what’s “more fun” is Ambrosino defending a homophobic Catholic bigot against Ireland’s most revered gay rights leader.) Brandon Ambrosino strikes me as a Hipster Homophobe. And I expected better from Vox, a media entity that promised it would be different.
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I know most Dlers probably don''t give a shit, but I really wanted to know what are the "best" cities for black and latino gays. Well, "best" is based on the individual, so I guess I''m just asking about pure numbers, bars and nightlife, organizations, etc. Wherever gay blacks and latinos have the most presence.\ \ For Blacks, Not L.A. and San Francisco. So, Atlanta, NYC, DC, Chicago? Maybe Oakland?\ \ Latinos - NYC, Miami?\ \ And, if NYC, then what particular locations?
I find it oddly titillating. Thoughts? It's called "finger-licking" good.
I want to ride him until I squeal like a stuck pig. Is that so wrong?
I wish had went to a HBCU! Particularly Morehouse, because the guys there are super hot!
Out TV/Radio personality Clay Cane is hot with dreds...
Was anybody offered the role first? Keaton seems like an odd (but ultimately brilliant choice.) She really had done many lead dramatic roles at this point in her career.
The other thread is full, and we need to provide emotional support to Brandon, Cameron and Abe the only studs left whose taints are untouched by dick or dildo (at least on film). Stay strong and whatever you do don't sign up with Men.com!
What a piece of shit!
Sydney 1966
Conned by women. Only Google Translator understands.
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His show must really be in trouble.
Britney Spears Halle Berry J.Lo Mia Farrow
Continuation. As requested:
I'm a corpse, imaginatively re-purposed by a serial killer to create a visually dramatic tableau!
Organizers of South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade have rescinded their invitation to a gay rights organization to march and cut off negotiations to end a longstanding ban on gay groups, marking another twist in a controversy that appeared just days ago to be on the verge of compromise. Parade organizer Philip J. Wuschke Jr. said Tuesday that discussions with MassEquality had ceased and that the gay advocacy group would be prohibited from participating. The decision represented an abrupt change in tone after days of negotiations. But Tuesday night, Mayor Martin J. Walsh said negotiations continued, and he remained optimistic a deal was within reach. “I’m hopeful those discussions will be positive and we’ll be able to make an announcement,” Walsh told reporters at an appearance in downtown Boston. “I’d really like to be able to march in the parade a week from Sunday. I’m going to hold out hope until the very end. If [MassEquality is] not in the parade, I will probably not be marching.” At the urging of Walsh, parade organizers broke longstanding precedent and invited MassEquality to participate, but with a significant caveat. Marchers would be barred from wearing T-shirts or holding signs that included the word gay or other references to sexual orientation. “We gave them what we figured was reasonable,” Wuschke said Tuesday afternoon in a telephone interview. “They wanted it all.” The parade’s sponsor, the Allied War Veterans Council, issued a press release accusing MassEquality of lying on its application by “using a ploy to enter this parade under false pretenses,” saying it was not a legitimate veterans group. MassEquality’s executive director Kara S. Coredini did not return phone messages seeking comment. Gay rights advocates urged patience and expressed resolute support for the new mayor. “I would say that it’s not over until the parade starts,” said Sue O’Connell, co-publisher of Bay Windows, New England’s largest newspaper serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. “Mayor Walsh is committed to really trying to negotiate this. . . . It’s something he ran on.” Although it is a private parade, the event relies on public resources. In 2013, the city spent more than $315,000 on police overtime for the parade and setting up barricades the day before. The city also incurred costs to clean streets, but police are the most significant expense, city officials said. A spokeswoman for Walsh said parade organizers do not reimburse the city for police costs and do not pay a fee for a parade permit, which was issued Jan. 28 by the Transportation Department. On Tuesday night, Walsh did not seemed inclined to use financial pressure to force parade organizers to include gay groups. “We have to make sure . . . that all the residents of Boston are safe,” Walsh said. “During that parade, a million people come into South Boston.” The controversy over the parade ignited in 1992, when the Allied War Veterans rejected an application to march from the Irish American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston. The group had applied to show solidarity with an organization rejected from the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City, court records show. In Boston, the group known by the acronym GLIB won a state court order and marched “ ‘uneventfully’ among that year’s 10,000 participants and 750,000 spectators,” according to legal records. But parade organizers pressed their case, ultimately landing in the US Supreme Court, which handed the parade organizers a landmark unanimous victory. The court ruled in 1995 that although the parade marched on public streets, it was a privately organized event protected by the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. A parade is a form of expression, the court ruled, and the government could not interfere, even to prevent discrimination against gays and lesbians or any other group.
Two weeks now with kissy huggy and "relationship" shit. Even the ladies, for whom it is obviously intended, must be getting nauseous.
while I'm on a long phone conversation.
Canada has a think tank devoted entirely to raising the living standards of the majority of the people. The USA has nothing comparable. What gives?
It's been nice here the last couple of days and of course the flip flops are out. The problem is the blinding whiteness from all the pale feet on display on those flip flops. I won't even mention the yellowing toe nails. Ewwww.
Ronan Farrow has allegedly been in a relationship with Jon Lovett (the former Obama speechwriter who created the new sitcom 1600 Penn) for two years. See link to Jon Lovett. No confirmation, just what is being said on the internet.
Anyone use this service? You only get one audiobook a month which isn't much and many of the books cost less to buy than the monthly membership cost. Are there alternatives? Something better out there? I realize overdrive from my library offers audiobooks but they are always checked out. There are waiting lists for everything.
(as Kellan would spell it) See his pecs and nipples ripple.
"I'll NEVER stop posing shirtless," vows Kellan Lutz - Part Too!
Parody "Frozen".
This Brit says it was all staged.
During a deposition for the Falwell trial.
DRAMATIC careers and learning lessons the HARD WAY
I am old enough to have known this song when it was a new hit. I have sung it all my life. But a few months ago as I was singing it I started singing it as if it was a boy telling the story. Changed the viewpoint and it enriched the song. And yes I know about the plot in that horrible Robby Benson film version. That got me to think about seeing a gay person in place of a lot of characters on screen and in song that were not there before. Think about how that creates a deeper connection to the lyrics or the character. What if Ashley Wilkes was played gay. In the book it is clear, in many ways, that Mitchell intends for us to see him that way. Or if Gene Kelly were gay in "An American in Paris" and chased after a young male. In fact there is a scene in the film, right after a girl drops into Kelly's arms at the ball, in the background you can see two gay men holding hands and running down the stairs behind Kelly. I know lots of Rogers and Hart songs can easily trade female for male. Then they become our stories too. No looking for gay undertones. Just seeing us as equals in the story.
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How's the old girl doing these days? Anyone know? She has quite the Instagram.
At a recent talk-back at Lincoln Center she told the crowd a story about being rebuffed by the hunky gay Boyd who costarred with her in Fantastic Voyage.
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I know I'm late to the party - but this is so good for those who haven't seen it.
Peter Lanza has remained a mystery, until now. The latest issue of the New Yorker includes a profile of Peter Lanza, who was interviewed by writer Andrew Solomon. Lanza said he's constantly thinking about what he could have done differently as a parent, and "Any variation on what I did and how my relationship was had to be good, because no outcome could be worse." But he doesn't think he could have predicted the tragedy. "You can’t get any more evil," he said of Adam, adding, "How much do I beat up on myself about the fact that he’s my son? A lot.” Read link for more.
Father of Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza wishes his son was never born
Quite a list! Some surprise me: Paula Abdul? Helena Bonham Carter? Barbara Hershey? Any surprises for you?
I'm suddenly seeing gay men use this term a lot now to refer to other men--what exactly does it mean? What's the difference between a bull and a bear?
The hottie from Mamma Mia and now Dallas. What does the DL know about him??
Amy Roloff is SINGLE!!!! And her head sits right at crotch level. You know that angry little dike is out a' prowlin'!
You are there as thousands descend upon Miami Beach.
Play Safe
Matthew McConaughey's Oscar-winning month may have set the stage for a history-making awards-show year. A week after McConaughey claimed the Best Actor statuette for "Dallas Buyers Club," the 43-year-old star is the consensus pick of early-bird Emmy pundits to take Outstanding Lead Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for HBO's "True Detective." If the buzz holds, McConaughey will be the first Best Actor Oscar-winner to take home an Emmy in the same year. "True Detective," costarring McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as cops on the trail of a serial killer, wrapped its eight-episode inaugural season on Sunday night before a series-high 3.5 million live TV viewers, HBO reported. At the awards-tracking site Gold Derby, three of the four experts weighing in with Emmy picks have McConaughey as the actor to beat in his presumed category ahead of the likes of Harrelson. Like "American Horror Story," "True Detective" is an anthology that is expected to compete as a miniseries rather than a drama series. McConaughey told the Oscar press last week he won't be back for a second round of "True Detective." If McConaughey pulls off the Oscar-Emmy year, he'll be the first male actor to do so. The select bunch includes only actresses: Helen Hunt, Meryl Streep, and Helen Mirren. Liza Minnelli also pulled off the feat — it was half of her EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony); her "Cabaret" director Bob Fosse also scored the double wins.
Matthew McConaughey Is on the Brink of Making Emmy/Oscar History
Male flight attendant entertains as he informs.
...there's a "white power" rally going on Saturday in Jamaica, Queens. No, really: ------------------ [quote]We are planning to show that White people are organized and impassioned, that we know what the anti-white agenda is all about, and that we are dedicated to waking up as many of our folk as possible. We will make it clear that we will not sit idly by as our race is discriminated against, mocked, displaced, and violently attacked, all of which amount to white genocide, according to the United Nation’s own definition of genocide. This is why one of our big messages, which will be displayed on many large banners, is “DIVERSITY” = WHITE GENOCIDE. These banners will spread the message to the public at large in the most effective way possible.
Anyone know of a drug store where I can weigh myself? Tried Bigelow's, woman said they have a scale, but now it only give fortunes. Told me it would say "Stay Handsome."
Just Because!
It''s on TCM tonight (Monday) at 11 p.m. Part of a major day-long Elizabeth Taylor marathon.\ \ For my money, one of the better film adaptations of a stage play. Sandy Dennis does her Sandy Dennis schtick, of course, but it''s fun to see an incredibly young George Segal. And I think Taylor and Burton were really at the top of their game.
Why does this nerd have any political pull whatsoever? Dude you invented Facebook, that's great, but shut the fuck up and let the real players do their jobs. Outraged by new revelations about the government's Internet surveillance programs, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that he telephoned President Barack Obama personally to complain about "the damage the government is creating for all of our future." Zuckerberg's Wednesday night phone call -- the latest sign of the tech industry's growing alarm over government spy efforts -- came on the heels of a news report that said the National Security Agency has developed a computer program that can install spying software by masquerading as a Facebook network server when a surveillance target attempts to visit the social network. The NSA, in a statement issued Thursday, denied that it impersonates "U.S. social media or other websites." But in a post on his own Facebook account, Zuckerberg wrote that he's "confused and frustrated" by the recent cascade of revelations about government surveillance.
Robert Pattison has recently claimed he''s allergic to vagina, but can anyone remember back in 2005/2006 when this hot stud (JARED LETO) said he was "as Gay as a Goose"?? \ I''m surprised no one picked up on that and everyone on DL still thinks he''s straight?? Are we blind or what?
LOL, funniest video ever! Why would you walk around with an iPad? Trying to flaunt? Sent from my Google Glass
Be honest.
How many here use to shower with your dad when you were a kid, how old were you when you stoapped and did you like seeing your dad naked or were you grossed by seeing that he had hair where you didn't?
A high school in Sheridan, Arkansas is attempting to censor the yearbook profile of a gay student because he chose to openly discuss his orientation. According to the Student Press Law Center, high school junior Taylor Ellis was among six students slated to receive special commendation in the school’s 2014 yearbook. Ellis chose to use his profile page to tell his “coming out” story. School officials, citing possible negative repercussions against Ellis, have decided to nix the profile feature for the six students altogether. Student Hannah Bruner — assistant editor of Sheridan High’s yearbook, the Yellowjacket — told the Law Center, “I personally I do not think there’s a risk of that because everyone in the school already knows. It’s not a secret.” “He did come out last year,” said Bruner, who wrote the profile about Ellis’ experience, “and he did it over a social networking site so everyone knows already, and the story, like I said, is talking about how accepting everyone has been toward him.” Bruner said that she is unsure which officials in the school administration objected to the profile or why because they will only communicate with the Yellowjacket staff through the students’ faculty advisor. She said that she has repeatedly tried to raise the issue with the school principal Rodney Williams, but has been told every time that Williams is not available. Ellis, for his part, told the Law Center’s Lydia Coutré that he doesn’t understand why the school even has an issue with publishing his story. “I think that it’s a good thing for people like me to see that it’s OK to be openly gay in school,” he said. “(The principal) said that it was personal, but it’s really not that personal because everybody knows. It’s not that big of a deal…It’s just showing other people that it’s OK to be who you are.” The principal reportedly met with Ellis to try and talk him out of publishing his story, telling the teen he could be beaten up or bullied. Bruner, however, said that it’s school officials who are doing the bullying. “They don’t really care about the law, and they’re sending a message to the whole student body and they’re just censoring all of us,” she said. Under 1995′s Arkansas Student Publications Act, state courts ruled that students ultimately have final editorial say over their publications and that school officials may not dictate or censor those publications in any way. Coutré wrote, “Administrators may only censor student publications that are obscene, libelous, constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy or incite students to commit unlawful acts or those against school policy are ‘not authorized’ under the act.” The deadline for the Yellowjacket to go to the printer, said Bruner, is Friday. This year, the yearbook might be a little late, though. “I’m going to fight this,” she said.
Arkansas students vow to fight school over censorship of gay student’s yearbook profile
Item Condition described as "For Parts or Not Working." Uh oh.
Holy shit, I don't have scientific proof but I'd wager that gay men, as a population, have more food issues than any other group. I'm afraid of getting fat so I can't pretend I'm not a (food) label queen, but after some bad experiences I find myself avoiding vegetarians and vegans...meaning I'm restricting myself from dating most of the guys in DC. Why are gays so obsessed with food?
Will the premiere include results of a DNA test?
College biology class. The (bearded hot) professor claims this is HS material but I don't remember this ever being taught. Soooo confusing!!!!
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Seriously, he makes Matthew Bomer look like Harvey Milk.
"I'll NEVER stop pretending I fucked Lauren Conrad," vows Colton Haynes
Will Mama Joyce be vindicated if Todd is really a sociopath? Will Kandi really drag a bitch? Will Malorie succeed in breaking up Cynthia and Peter's marriage? Will Apollo beat Chuck's ass for calling Phaedra a groupie back in the day? Will Porsha find some furniture for that big ass empty house she can't afford? Will Nene finally get her fried, brittle, ate up blonde toupee in check? Let the drama continue, hunny!
Real Housewives of Atlanta, Season 6 Part II!
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Remember Ben Casey on TV? He's dead now and he gambled himself to death, got in trouble with the mafia loan sharks and all kinds of mayhem. But he was a body builder in his day, check it out.
He is back, this time for Lucas Entertainment. Last year he said he had a bit of regret going bareback on film. But this year, he has changed his mind saying "I think that’s a complicated conflicting message to send, but at the same time I’ve never been America’s sweetheart. I don’t know where the shock comes from. But in terms of just barebacking, I definitely tell all of my friends to be safe. We definitely don’t bareback in our private life with random people at all. And so it was just for that scenario." He also says about performing for Michael Lucas "Performing for Lucas Entertainment feels like my true debut in gay porn in many ways. I have recorded most of my personal life on camera, so doing porn feels like a natural extension of that exhibitionism.” To see Chris latest BB performance go to link below.
Put a bag over your head and call me.
Schwarzenegger's Bastard Son Flaunts His God-Given Gifts in a Speedo
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Can anyone beat Dan from Sean Cody's "Dan and Randy." www.gayforit.eu/video/220334/SC-Dan-Randy
Vote below and then discuss!
Lovely story. However, it is absolutely shameful that this elderly couple should be in this financial situation. No truly civilized country allows its senior citizens to have to live like this. Just another reason to question this entire country's integrity.
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I'm binge watching Hell on Wheels on NetFlix, and wondering why on earth we haven't discussed Anson Mount, the lead actor. Tall, dark, and handsome, and with the best Southern accent I've heard on television. He's also 40 and no mention of ever having been married--is he of the homosexual persuasion?
I think it's because he's like the black version of "twee."
There...thread started for him.
Adrian Lyne is one that comes to mind. All of his films have a look that immediately lets you know it's his film (brightly lit backgrounds, foggy atmosphere, shaky camera, quick cuts, etc.)
Anybody watch it? I remember my dad addictively watching the original Cosmos and I love anything that brings knowledge of science and history to the masses. I enjoyed the first episode, though I thought the "spaceship" was kinda silly. The CGI effects and animation were terrific, Neil is a great host and I love that, right out of the gate, it tells religion to stuff it.
He cut NASA's funding on more than one occasion and he's there talking about how important it is to have a show that can inspire Americans... looking beyond our galaxy... new advancements... blah, blah, blah, coughbullshitcough. He's such an asshole. Scientists have been begging him not to cut funding for years but he did it anyway. Seriously, who thought this was a good idea?
They were lame and overrated. I'm sick if people telling me I "have to" like this shit. Can we just move on from the baby boomer dominated pop culture?
In his blockbuster biography, “Joan Crawford, Hollywood Martyr”, author David Bret reveals that the gritty but glamorous actress grew up with a sadistic brother and an abusive stepdad, bedded a slew of matinee idols during her five marriages, once tried to seduce gay heartthrob Rock Hudson by asking him to pretend she was Clark Gable, and forced FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to erase her sex arrest record by threatening to expose him as a drag queen! Born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, the future star was terrorized by her older brother Hal, who enjoyed locking her up in dark closets. Her single mom Anna was the local tramp until she married a deliveryman named Harry Hough. Bret says Hough had a lust for very young girls and attempted to rape his stepdaughter. By the time Crawford was 14, she was already following in her mom’s sleazy footsteps, entertaining boys from the local high school football team – and demanding money for her services. A few years later, she launched her film career via the “casting couch” at MGM studios, infamously quipping, “It sure beat the cold, hard floor.” Crawford’s career spanned 50 years and 80 movies – and her sex life was equally prolific. Bret says she slept with a veritable Who’s Who of Hollywood hunks, including Glenn Ford, John Wayne, Yul Brenner, Jeff Chandler, Dana Andrews, Kirk Douglas and even 17-year-old Our Gang alum Jackie Cooper. But she had a special fondness for bisexual men, accounting for three of her five husbands. She even tried to seduce notoriously gay Rock Hudson, creeping naked into a shower with him and purring in his ear, “Close your eyes and pretend I’m Clark Gable.” Gable was the closest Crawford would get to true love. Bret says he fit her mold – a strappingly handsome actor, who before hitting it big was known to flirt with men at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, prepared to “do anything” for money. “She fell on him like a sex-starved bird of prey,” Bret writes, noting that their passionate off-and-on affair lasted 28 years despite the fact that Gable was “a closet bisexual with halitosis.” Crawford had a closet stuffed with skeletons too – including some pornographic “stag” films and an arrest for prostitution when she was trying to break into showbiz. Bret writes that she and the bigwigs at MGM had to pay off blackmailers from time to time, including her own brother Hal, but Crawford took care of one threat herself. Bret recalls how she once met with FBI chief Hoover and struck a deal – she wouldn’t reveal he was a cross-dresser if he’d destroy all the records proving she’d once been a hooker. She was tough as a wife as well, emasculating her husbands by making them kneel and beg for sex. “Joan Crawford wasn’t the first Hollywood actress to trade sex for stardom,” says Bret. “But few have matched her ruthlessness.”
Has anyone seen this show? It airs on Netflix. It stars the hobbit and Smaug. Sherlock is really pale and part-Asian and it's modern time but otherwise it's true to Sherlock Holmes and a very good show. Moriarty is gay and sings when he talks.
Ever picked up a guy or messed around with someone who ended up creeping you out later? Someone with violent tendencies that you wanted to get away from ASAP? Someone you regretted ever bringing back home or riding back in a car with? Post about your scary hook-up/one night stand experiences here.
Big changes are coming to the labor market that people and governments aren't prepared for, Bill Gates believes. Speaking at Washington, D.C., economic think tank The American Enterprise Institute on Thursday, Gates said that within 20 years, a lot of jobs will go away, replaced by software automation ("bots" in tech slang, though Gates used the term "software substitution"). This is what he said: "Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses … it's progressing. ... Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set. ... 20 years from now, labor demand for lots of skill sets will be substantially lower. I don’t think people have that in their mental model." He's not the only one predicting this gloomy scenario for workers. In January, the Economist ran a big profile naming over a dozen jobs sure to be taken over by robots in the next 20 years, including telemarketers, accountants and retail workers. Gates believes that the tax codes are going to need to change to encourage companies to hire employees, including, perhaps, eliminating income and payroll taxes altogether. He's also not a fan of raising the minimum wage, fearing that it will discourage employers from hiring workers in the very categories of jobs that are most threatened by automation. He explained: "When people say we should raise the minimum wage. I worry about what that does to job creation ... potentially damping demand in the part of the labor spectrum that I’m most worried about."
Bill Gates: People Don't Realize How Many Jobs Will Soon Be Replaced By Software Bots
It will NEVER be President.
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Legislation approved by House Republicans would seek to force President Barack Obama to crack down on marijuana in states that have made the drug legal for medical or recreational use. The House passed the Enforce the Law Act by a vote of 233-181 on Wednesday. The bill was introduced by Reps. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Jim Gerlach (R-PA) to allow Congress to sue the president for failing to faithfully execute laws. “The Constitution gives Congress the responsibility to write the laws and the Executive to enforce them,” Gowdy said Wednesday in a statement. “We don’t pass suggestions. We don’t pass ideas. We pass laws. Regardless of our politics, I hope my colleagues have enough regard for our work to expect those laws would be faithfully executed.” A committee report submitted by Goodlatte cited the Obama administration’s decision to not intervene with marijuana legalization efforts in various states as an example of executive overreach. Colorado and Washington both legalized the recreational use of marijuana through statewide voter referendums in 2012. In addition, 20 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana. Federal law, however, still considers the possession and sale of marijuana to be a crime. Attorney General Eric Holder announced last year that the Department of Justice would not challenge states’ marijuana legalization laws as long as they maintained an “appropriately strict regulatory system.” The decision not to enforce federal drug laws “in entire states is not a valid exercise of prosecutorial discretion,” the Republican’s report stated. “Rather, the guidance to U.S. Attorneys establishes a formal, department-wide policy of selective non-enforcement of an Act of Congress. This infringes on Congress’s lawmaking authority by, in effect, amending the flat prohibitions of the [Controlled Substances Act] to permit the possession, distribution, and cultivation of marijuana so long as that conduct is in compliance with state law. This crosses the line between permissible discretionary decisions made by prosecutors on a case-by-case basis and an impermissible suspension of the law by executive fiat,” the report added. The report also cited numerous decisions by the Obama administration regarding immigration and the Affordable Care Act as examples of executive overreach. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said in a statement that the bill would be “dead on arrival” and Obama has threatened to veto it “because it violates the separation of powers.”
House GOP passes bill to force Obama to crack down on legal weed in states that allow it
Well, fuck them! Fuck them right up the ass!
Premiers tonight... this is the new fall show I've probably been most looking forward to. Karl Urban! Premiere tonight, and then a new episode tomorrow at its regular time. Anyone watching? Anyone excited?
“We’re really excited to officially welcome Tamron into the TODAY family,” the show's executive producer Don Nash said in a statement from NBC News. “She brings wit, enthusiasm and a keen sensibility to an all-around fantastic team, and I think Tamron, Al, Natalie and Willie will have a lot of fun together hosting the third hour.”
Amazon has raised the price of its Prime subscription service from $79 to $99 per year. Prime gives you access to unlimited free two-day shipping on many items, plus access to thousands of streaming movies and TV shows through Amazon Instant Video, a service similar to Netflix. There have also been reports that Prime members will soon get access to a Spotify-like streaming music service. Students with a .edu email address can sign up for Prime for $49 per year. Amazon's site currently encourages you to sign up for Prime at the old $79 price for another seven days. You can sign up now to lock in. The price increase shouldn't come as a surprise. Earlier this year, Amazon said it may raise the Prime subscription as much as $40.
Amazon Is Raising The Price Of Its Prime Subscription Service To $99
Yes, you read that correctly. For a segment, Matt, Savannah, Natalie, Al, Tamron, Carson, Willie, Hoda and Kathie Lee appeared on nationwide high-def TV without makeup. Photos:
The Bill Condon thread had a link to a funny choreographed dance party scene in a 80s horror movie. The song everyone was dancing to was 'Lightin' Strikes', which I haven't heard in years, so I youtubed it and found the live clip linked below ... Okay, I am hideously bad at crotchwatching, but am I right in thinking that he's majorly packing?
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Ok so I was on jack'd and im super picky so this very attractive guy messages me. We chat a bit and exchange phone numbers, pics etc. He's definitely my type. I have a sync on my phone that connects me to peoples facebook via emails and numbers stored. So I happen to stumble across his fb to find out he is married to a woman. He told me he had roommates no mention of a wife meanwhile I have several booty pics of him bent over naked showing his asshole, but he said he had a girl last nov. That he broke up with and is single, but as of feb 27th he has a new pic of him and his wife together. Should I have the right to be upset at him for almost dragging me to participate in adultery? And all I keep thinking is this guy is flaunting his abs and booty hole all over jack'd looking to get fucked. His poor wife which im sure he doesn't use protection with can be subjected to any STD. And he's a very attractive guy. What should I do I'm ignoring him, but what if I could possibly save the wife from getting an STD or HIV. Its been on my brain a lot lately. If I didn't see his fb I would have been blowing homeboys back out on the same bed he shares with his wife disgusted at the thought. I have since closed my jack'd account.
Gorgeous body but sometimes I think his face is fine, from other angles, his face looks ugly. I don't get it.
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Do you have a passion for collecting, gardening, painting, dog shows, carpentry, toilet paper origami, etc? There has to be some fun eccentric stuff. Straight people hush, we don't care what you do.
Okay granted I am not from the south but is it typical for late forties and early fifties men to social friends with 20-30 somethings? Case #1 Thomas Ravenel who is 51 years old, been indicted for selling cocaine and forced to step down as state treasurer now wants to run for congress as a "Libertarian"." Episode two showed a picture of his father with a very large confederate flag draped across the steps of the state capitol. Racist much? Case #2 Whitney Sudler Smith - 41 year old "film maker" who lives with his mother. The rest of the cast seem in the late 20's to early 30's. Thomas seems to think he is quite the stud man about town....given he is handsome and rich he is also racist and vile.
The Best of Everything is on TCM. Damn, Boyd was fucking fine! I'd of rode that cock morning, noon and night!
Let's continue all things Andy Cohen here.....
Sarah Jessica Parker left me cold, BUT, after watching this little interview it is clear she is an interesting, smart woman with great taste. I feel bad for ever enjoying the horse jokes.
I was not a fan of Sex in the City, and
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Dr. Danielle Martin name has been trending on social media ever since her bold appearance before a U.S. Senate subcommittee where, she set one “smug” senator straight about the myths and misunderstandings surrounding Canada’s heath system. Republican anti-Obamacare senator Richard Burr: Question “On average, how many Canadian patients on a waiting list die each year? Do you know? Dr. Danielle Martin: Answer “I don’t sir, but I know that there are 45,000 in America who die waiting because they don’t have insurance at all.” You go girl!
Do you pay for your access to the New York Times? If so, do you use your subscription as much as you thought you would?
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I would suck his dick
"thank you so much to @Letterman for inviting me to perform on his stage as a musician and not as a spectacle. that's major."
They kept their word , good for them
Spanish Sailing Duo Treats Fans To A Nude Lap Around The Bay
He has filled out in all the right places.
His neck fat is struggling to break free.
NewsBlues reports that Shepard Smith is a headliner at the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association’s "Headlines and Headliners" benefit next Thursday in Manhattan. Fox says Shep will just be there to enjoy the rubber chicken. Fox is one of the event's sponsors.
I snatched off her wig, pulled out her fake titties, and gave her a long, wet, sloppy kiss. Then I untucked her and went to town on that big, meaty cock before plowing the shit out of her. It was so hot, y'all.
The anti-Michfest, it sounds like a circuit party for slutty lesbians. And why not? Any reports from past years?
What say you, DL? Gay or nay?
Had dinner last night with a friend of his who confirmed it. Said everyone knows in the ice skating world.\ \ So maybe that means that, since it''s getting to the point where he can''t hide it, that he''s the MAY 5TH celebrity.
Continue your foolishness.
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Which famous ones are tops and which do you think look like bottoms, if so?
...but using the term dick pic is not yielding very much these days. Can anyone suggest a better search term?
So fucking hot in "Ringer" - I know he is supposedly married, but he's just too pretty not to have been someone's boy toy. Stories? Gossip?
Right?
Two people dead, two buildings levelled
Has it ever been leaked?
As requested.
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And I usually hate everybody. Is he bi? In this Howard Stern interview, he keeps describing his former hedonistic lifestyle with pronouns like "them" "they" "anybody" and "I checked a lot of boxes".
Well not exactly, he works in the editorial department of Sun News in Canada. Which is Canada version of Fox News. So is he dead to us in the gay community for working for a right wing establishment?
Lena Dunham accepts her curvy body just as it is and refuses to be weight-bullied into adopting unrealistic beauty standards for herself "At the Golden Globes I had a little bit of fat bubbling over, but I love how that looks," Dunham told Glamour March 11. "It looks bountiful. It reminded me of corset dramas." While most celebrities find nude scenes intimidating, Lena said constantly showing off her nude body on her hit HBO series Girls has helped her be more accepting of her looks. "I think I radicalized my relationship to my own body in order to accept it," said Dunham, 27. "To make my body a prop in my work gave it a value I didn't feel it had before." Lena, a self-professed couch potato who hates to work out, has been harshly criticized for not being stick-thin, but has dismissed the cruel fat-shaming, saying it hasn't kept her from living her life. "People called me fat and hideous, and I lived," she said. "And now I keep living." Dunham recently made headlines after slamming the website Jezebel for publishing unretouched photos from her recent Vogue photo shoot. Lena called Jezebel's $10,000 bounty for her unaltered pictures misguided feminism because her photos were barely Photoshopped. "It was the most minimal retouching," she said. "I felt completely respected by Vogue. I felt like, 'Thank you for removing the one line from my face because I'm 27 years old and shouldn't have that there.' I appreciate this." Lena, who's happily dating musician Jack Antonoff (an ex-boyfriend of Scarlett Johansson), said she's happy that Jack is supportive of her success. "I think women are conditioned to stand by their man and watch them make it to the top, but most men never believe the person they get into a relationship with is going to rise any higher than she was when they met," she said. "It takes a very special, evolved person to be able to deal with change within a relationship."
Lena Dunham refuses to be weight-bullied: A little body fat doesn't bother me
I made a new thread cuz I love youse gays!
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Going soon. What's it like ?
I recently watched Paris is Burning and loved it. I'm only in my 20s and so was never a part of that world. Are there any DLers who were involved in the NYC Drag Balls of the 80s? Anyone here from the House of Labeija?
By popular demand! Let the Nadal's ass vs the Rest of the World flame war continue!
"Right now, the ingredients are all there for the Republicans to have the year that they're looking for, which is win enough Senate seats to get control," Todd said. "The question is whether the president is gonna stagnate? Can he recover?"
So many of them just vanish utterly when their time is up: Tom Chase, Travis Wade, Eric Hanson, Kevin Williams, Trent Reed, Jake Andrews, Zak Spears, Lane Fuller, Derek Cameron... all of them were big stars fifteen years ago and now you never hear about them. Chase, Andrews, Spears and Cameron all did some work in the last ten years, but I haven't heard of any work they've done for five years or more. Are they all escorts now? Or do they find jobs outside of the sex industry?
Did you know that his grandfather was the half-brother of Leon Trotsky? Well, now you do.
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Anyone know the address?
I love these threads!\ \ 1. I noticed that I am beginning to go gray, so I tried to tweeze the hairs, but it just made me look foolish.\ \ 2. I didn''t make my bed today.\ \ 3. When I belched earlier, some food came up.
Who are your friends?
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WTF??!
We met at 16 and stayed together for 6 years before I broke things off. Its thirty five years later and I still think of him most every day. I know this is more to do with me than with him,but he is like a hole in my heart. Yes this thread was inspired by the "I''ve got a stalker thread". I''ve always kept track of him,easy to do because he is prominent in his field,but I''ve never called although I would love to hear his voice even on a machine. We are both partnered and I don''t want to hurt anyone unnecessarily. Is there anything I can do to get rid of this obsession?
God, I''m a pathetic old queen.
Muruganantham decided he could be the one, but it wouldn't come easy. In a society where it's uncommon for men to prioritize women's rights, Muruganantham started attracting negative attention by those in his community. He was deemed a "pervert" by many in his village, and was eventually forced to leave. His wife, rattled by the controversy, left him 18 months into their marriage. He nearly lost everything, but refused to stop. Video:
Indian Man Creates New Sanitary Pads After Discovering Wife Was 1 Of Millions Using Dirty Rags
Freddie Prinze is a salt 'n pepper almost silver daddy now.
Sarah Michelle Gellar Cuddles Up to Freddie Prinze Jr. in Rare Pic
Dumbass.... check out the tweets too. Ezra Klein’s somewhat meteoric rise amid the brat pack of new media journalists a decade or so ago was exciting and reinvigorated journalism. His meteoric career, intelligence, and wonkism charm gave credibility and dashed the then general perception that bloggers “worked” in their PJs from their parents’ basements. His rise to center-left political expert at MSNBC, The Washington Post, and Bloomberg View was impressive but not unsurprising, but his recent departure to create a startup journalism enterprise was. Klein created Vox, which is part of Vox Media – labeled by many as a hipster media company that publishes titles including SB Nation, The Verge, Curbed, and Racked, among others. (SB Nation, by the way, now publishes the excellent OutSports, which covers the LGBT sports world.) While there’s been a great deal of buzz about Klein’s Vox, from journalists and journalism watchers, there was none so much as erupted yesterday, when Klein happily announced he had hired Brandon Ambrosino to write at Vox. These pages have purposely given zero oxygen to Ambrosino, as we believe his 15 minutes of fame are up, and we held that belief when we first read his ill-informed anti-gay drivel. Ambrosino is, well, let’s let Gawker describe him: Brandon Ambrosino is a young gay internet person who stirs up controversy everywhere he points his spoon. He tends to take a contrarian position on things that many LGBT individuals and their allies hold self-evident. You aren’t a homophobe if you are against gay marriage (we need a new word, he says). People who called out Duck Dynasty‘s Phil Robertson for saying the same vile things about gays that people have been saying since gay become a thing are the real bigots. Sit down, Ellen Page, you aren’t so brave for coming out. Being gay is a choice. Jerry Falwell, founder of Ambrosino’s Liberty U alma mater, was actually a good guy. Get the picture? Enter The American Prospect’s Gabriel Arana. Ezra Klein used to work at The American Prospect, so it’s not surprising he would grant them an interview to explain why he hired the faux-intellectual 23-year old anti-gay gay Ambrosino. Gabriel Arana writes: In an interview on Wednesday evening, Klein told me he hadn’t read the pieces that had kicked up so much dust before bringing Ambrosino on but did so once he began facing criticism for the hire. “I don’t want to pretend that I have the context and the background to perfectly or authoritatively judge this debate,” Klein said. “But when I read his pieces, I didn’t come away with the impression that he holds an iota of homophobia.” Yes, that’s right: Ezra Klein didn’t read anti-gay gay person Brandon Ambrosino’s articles before he hired him. Brilliant. By the way, here’s how Arana describes Brandon Ambrosino: Ambrosino fits a mold the bright new media loves: He’s a nerdy white kid whose contrarian views stir the pot. There is no question, especially given the sketchy quality of Ambrosino’s work, that the allure of having someone gay parrot anti-gay views has led editors to look at him and think, “interesting.” His formula is tired, if effective: He throws bombs into the gay community, and his editors call the explosion a debate. It’s disappointing, to say the least, that a journalism venture with the tremendous promise and resources of Vox Media is relying on that cheap trick. With luck, three things will have solidified when this boils over. First, Ambrosino’s 15 minutes are up. He’ll be on the Bryan Fischer/Tony Perkins anti-gay hate group talk show circuit, not penning click bait for The New Republic or Time anymore. Second, Klein will have learned a valuable lesson — one most people assume that a journalist of his stature (or, frankly, most anyone’s) would have learned early on: check out your sources and get to know someone’s work. Third, we can all go back to dealing with important issues of actual equality, and not waste our oxygen on the likes of self-deluding, self-indulgent attention seekers like Brandon Ambrosino.
Ezra Klein: I Didn’t Read Anti-Gay Gay Person Brandon Ambrosino’s Articles Before I Hired Him
I've recently discovered him and think he's cute. What is he known for other than Dancing with the Stars? What does DL know about him?
Are they hot together? Is Guy incredibly handsome? Or does he look like a baby dyke? Has Freddie Smith stopped eating out of boredom? Discuss here.....
The new 'Anna Nicole' without the humor. The characters surrounding her reek of Howard K. Stern. Expect a death notice soon.
I never look at it anymore, but 12 years ago I looked at it all the time (while hating myself for doing it) because it really was the page with the fastest breaking stories. 12 years later, no one refers to it anymore. There are lots of sites with a more liberal bias that are as fast and as up to date for breaking stories--and they're also much easier to read. His page is nearly impossible to scan--it's just tons of text crammed all together in a big unreadable mess.
Fired? Where'd he go?
according to this.
The weatherman, who joined "GMA" in 2006 after 18 years with ABC's New York City affiliate, will take on a new role as a host and managing editor at the Weather Channel.
Sam Champion Leaving 'Good Morning America' For Weather Channel
Did anyone watch? Looks like a Firestarter rip-off.
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A mob of nine men beat David Sal Silva, 33, to death in Bakersfield, California, last week. They hogtied him, bashed his head with batons, picked him up and then dropped him at least twice as he screamed and pleaded for his life. They committed this crime openly – I would say in broad daylight, except that it was around midnight. Nonetheless, they slaughtered Mr. Silva on a fairly busy road, across the street from a hospital and in view of the neighborhood’s residents and passers-by. Indeed, so blatant were they that said passers-by videotaped the atrocity from beginning to end on their cell phones. Which the thugs or their accomplices then stole, menacing and intimidating the witnesses. Where are the cops in all this? Protecting their own: the nine killers are sheriffs from Kern County. When a guard at the hospital called to report a “possibly intoxicated” man in the area, they descended to exterminate him. Their excuse is the usual: resisting arrest. But the onlookers vehemently deny that. One named Sulina Quair called to report the crime and courageously told a dispatcher in the sheriff’s office, “…These cops have no reason to do this to this man." She repeatedly stressed in her comments (listen to them here by scrolling to the bottom of the article) that the attack was unprovoked murder. The victim’s screams awakened Ruben Ceballos. "When I got outside,” says Mr. Ceballos, “I saw two officers beating a man with batons and they were hitting his head so every time they would swing, I could hear the blows to his head.” (More Inside)
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No, that's the actual title of the video uploaded by the parents. And sadly, no trains or buses appear.
Holy SHIT!
W.T.
People in the news, politicians, more than usual movie actors, even ads .. they seem to be taking over. And not just ordinary-looking individuals, but real uggoes.
Most Americans found this movie very creepy (children singing in adult voices and playing adult roles), but the British loved it. If you've never seen it and you wanted to see a thirteen year-old Jodie Foster as a vamp with a marcelled hairdo, this is your chance. Here's the best song:
I love Fraternity X. The scenes and guys are really, really hot, but unfortunately they don't allow you to download and save the scenes. Are any of the porn experts here aware of any way to get around this? Is there a program I can download that will capture the scenes? Much appreciated!
Within a ten mile radius of my house these are six shops that sell homemade chocolates. I just do not understand why these places stay in business. Clearly their main income is making specialty favors for weddings, etc. I cannot believe that there is enough income in that to support a brick and mortar store. Granted, many of these are in old houses, and the owners probably live upstairs, but I would still think that the taxes would make this unprofitable.
The tech industry has turned SF into a city of arrogant corporate douches who have destroyed the city's bohemian life, says the NY Times.
It's actually funnier than Jimmy Fallon's show but that's not saying much. Seff was just a complete dear in headhights during the monolog. It had no flow at all. He was just rapid firing jokes right after another with a complete flat intonation. It was not conversational at all. Maybe he can do it this way when reading the news but not with a monolog. Hopefully he can get better. His vin diagrams were funny though.
How does one go about it?
Carry on, literate DLers.
"Of All The Gin Joints in All The World..." At the height of World War II, Norwegian film star/Resistance fighter Ilsa Lund (Jennifer Aniston) finds herself stranded in Vichy-controlled Morocco, where the only path to freedom are papers of transit held by none other than her ex-boyfriend, alcoholic bar-owner Rick (Gerard Butler). With the help of her Czech makeup artist Viktor (Zachary Quinto), Ilsa concocts a plan to seduce Rick and steal the letters of transit - but her plans are turned upside down when she realizes she still loves him! To make matters worse, rival German film star and Nazi sympathizer Margarethe Strassler (Courtney Cox) is also in Casablanca on a mission to stop Ilsa and maybe steal Rick for herself! Can Ilsa successfully elude the Gestapo, make the world safe for democracy and fly into the sunset with Rick, all while rocking the shit out of khaki blazer? Directed by Penny Marshall.
France's face veil ban is just the latest controversial law aimed at assimilating new immigrants in Europe. The Netherlands now requires Dutch fluency to become a citizen.
I was due to report back to work this morning (middle school teacher) and I woke up around 3:45 AM and could not get back to sleep dreading the place I work. I tried and tried, but to no avail. I finally called out at 5:15 AM and felt a weight lift off my shoulder. I fell back asleep and stayed in bed until almost 10 AM. My depression can literally make me just pull the covers over my head and stay in darkness--both literally and figuratively. I was on some anti-depressants last year (Trazodone) but went off them after feeling better. I often think of suicide, but have never actively tried to kill myself. Do you suffer from depression and how bad does it get for you?
Protect yourselves ladies.
"I Know, Right?" (2012)- Jennifer Aniston portrays Ambyr Maitland, a recently divorced midwestern Administrative Assistant who heads to New York City to attend the wedding of her college friend Sophie Lipschitz (Kathy Najimy). When the brother of the bride (Adrien Brody), a taxi driver and artist, takes a shine to her, she is torn about whether to return to her mundane life in Nebraska- especially when her ex (Tim McGraw) shows-up in The Big Apple! Also starring Lanie Kazan and Danny DeVito as Sophie's parents. And Mario Cantone as the Wedding Planner.
I notice that a lot of people do this. They see a flaccid penis, and they instantly categorize it as small, or in DL terminology: "tinymeat". You don''t know how big a guy is until he''s fully hard. Are women just clueless to this phenomenon? Grower, not a shower, people?\ \ Has anyone been with a guy who was small when soft, but grew ginormous when erect?
I like him. His characters always make me laugh.
Such a short guy, too. Wasn't that a time?
Doesn't surprise me at all.
On Friday, TMZ reported that the two are at odds over potentially moving the fourth hour of "Today" to Los Angeles. The celebrity gossip site wrote that Gifford has been lobbying for the move, while Kotb is adamant about staying in New York City. Earlier, Page Six reported that Kathie Lee and Hoda's two week stint in Los Angeles was a test run for a permanent move, though "Today" denied the rumor.
Kathie Lee And Hoda Reportedly Having 'Tension'; NBC Pushes Back At Rumors Of Rift
I'd give him a 7. You?
I bet he's jealous of his sister's fame.
Old thread link below. ...where will Kalinda end up? And what of the strangely perky Robyn? ...will Peter manage to promote all the pretty girls out of his line of sight? ...will Grace Florrick get into more boring, icky trouble? ...will Diane get her judgeship? ...and will Alicia ever find a man who's not kind of a sleaze? I don't really care that much about Will, because he's kind of a jerk. Cary is nothing but that self-satisfied smile, & Eli's great, because he's completely untrustworthy.
Jane is beautiful in this but I don't recognize anyone but Ruth Gordon (she's in a lot of these silent home movies). And then Julie Andrews comes along at 1:30. I love the shot of her getting into her station wagon. Can anyone identify any of the celebrities in this. Is that Tammy Grimes at :17? Who is that hunk starting at :43? And who is the guy massaging Fonda's feet? Is that Troy Donahue at 1:05? Who's the hot guy in the striped tank at 1:10?
and I don't care what you bitches say!!!!
President Barack Obama is the latest guest on Zach Galifianakis' spoof chat show Between Two Ferns. In a six-minute clip posted to Funny or Die, the pair trade insults about Galifianakis' weight, Obama's "missing" birth certificate, Bradley Cooper, and the Affordable Healthcare Act. "I wouldn't be with you here today if I didn't have something to plug" says Obama, introducing Healthcare.gov. "That's the thing that didn't work?" asks Galifianakis. "Why would you get the guy that created the Zune to make your website?" Elsewhere in the episode, Galifianakis asks important questions on the "North Ikea" situation, and questions Obama's decision to hire Dennis Rodman as an ambassador to the country.
What's it like? Do you communicate with it? It's always been a dream of mine to live in a house of many meats.
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Any questions?
What's it like? Do you communicate with them? It's always been a dream of mine to live in a seriously haunted house.
Damn I miss her!
...but don't bitch that much about the constant fawning over Daniel "you must address me only by my character's name" Day Lewis: "The greatest actor of his generation" (bitch, please). He gets nominated almost every time he farts. And he's the only male actor every to have 3 leading performance Oscars. Is it because Streep is a woman?
I'm getting a new hard drive for my laptop because the old one is corrupted (or something like that). However, I can't find the Microsoft Office product key that I used to install Microsoft Office way back when. And of course I don't want to have to pay for Microsoft Office all over again when I get the new hard drive. When I asked the tech guy at Best Buy if they have a way to get the product key off of the computer, he said, "WE can't get it because it's illegal... but YOU can..." But he didn't have specific advice on how to do it other than to find methods by Googling. Does anyone know a reliable way to do this that works and won't give my computer a virus or something?
By Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times Theater Critic A funny thing happened whenever I set out to see Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady.” I'd invite one of my moviegoing pals to join me and then find myself later that evening at “Shame,” “My Week With Marilyn” or the glorious “Pina.” The reviews for “The Iron Lady” weren't all that glowing, but Streep came in for her usual chorus of hosannas. For some reason, this wasn't proving to be much of a lure. Even after the Oscar nominations came out, with two-time winner Streep making history with her 17th nomination, “The Iron Lady” was still a no-go with them. Surely this was an aversion to Margaret Thatcher, I thought. But after I investigated their reluctance a bit further, I discovered that several of my well-read, culturally engaged, Pinot Noir-sipping friends are not just indifferent to Streep's greatness — they're actually put off by it. This was shocking news, and they were rightly ashamed to confess it, whispering their secret as though disclosing some white-collar crime they had gotten away with years ago. Should a drama critic be associating with such a crowd? I could feel what I assumed to be my gorge rising. But after reflecting on Streep's recent spate of box-office hits — “The Devil Wears Prada,” “ Mamma Mia!” and “Julie & Julia” — I had to admit that, much as I may have been amused by her outsize portrayals in these films, I found them either too cartoonish or superficial (in that trading on personality way) to leave a lasting impression. Yes, I guess I need to come clean: I too have a Streep problem. Lately, it seems as if her acting comes in two varieties: artful drag burlesques (the Anna Wintourish tyrant Miranda Priestly in “The Devil Wears Prada,” the cluck-clucking Julia Child in “Julie & Julia” and the holy terror nun in “ Doubt”) and relaxed diva charm-fests (aging hippie Donna of “Mamma Mia!” and the spurned Santa Barbara divorcée rediscovering romance in “It's Complicated”). And in both these modes the overriding effect is one of elaborate imposture. She's either impersonating a character quite unlike herself (ah, Streep the magician!) or one who bears a teasing resemblance to her starry middle-aged persona (oh, that lovable grande dame!). Sadly, it seems that even the greatest actors have difficulty not falling into the self-parodying trap memorably summed up by Stephen Sondheim in “I'm Still Here”: “First you're another / sloe-eyed vamp / Then someone's mother / then you're camp.” Her performances are always marvels of technical virtuosity, and her mimicry can indeed be dazzling. One senses her own delight in capturing the likeness of another. Perhaps this is why as she has gotten older she has tended to favor comic masks over tragic ones. But then comedy, which allows her to build a role through selected exaggeration, plays better to her strengths. She can zero in on a defining vocal or physical mannerism and thus flex her muscles as a talking mime. Dramatic characterizations, on the other hand, tend to become lifeless when overly conceptualized. The psychology, if it is to resonate with our own, needs to be embodied rather than anatomized. Of course there's still interpretive emphasis, but an actor's choices should create a coherent inner life. This isn't Streep's strong suit. Drama critic Gordon Rogoff once referred to her as “that scholar of emotions, burrowing in the archives for card-indexed feeling.” Yet the issue isn't really one of authenticity. Streep can be piercing in grief, as her searing Oscar-winning performance in “Sophie's Choice” attests. But her characterizations are so well calculated that they call attention to their own artistry. The dancer is always distinguishable from the dance. It may be hard to recall, now that Streep has become our thespian in chief, that her acting hasn't always been universally acclaimed. One famous detractor, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael, found Streep's studied perfection bloodless. “[A]fter I've seen her in a movie,” Kael observed in her “Sophie's Choice” review, “I can'
Taller than you? What was it like? How tall/big was he?
I've noticed a regular (every 3 minutes 23 seconds) 10-second sound of running water in the ceiling above my bathroom. I live on the top floor. Might the landlord have installed some kind of pump? It's very annoying since my bed is right next to the bathroom. At first I thought it was people in the same apartment line flushing toilets, but it is too quick and too regular for that.
What do we know about him? Big cock?
You can't make this stuff up
Oklahoma news channel "accidentally" cuts Cosmos' mention of evolution
It's important, and the other thread got closed... so present away, men!
Where is it?
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Because hairy chest is a thing of beauty...
Revenge of the "Lets Post Pics of Guys Presenting Their Hairy Chests" thread
I'm in the mood for a snack!
Mmmm......foreskin%21
jus' sayin.
I'm so confused.
It makes me feel more manly
I shave my pubes all the way down
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Spokespeople for the religious sect, which makes up about 10 per cent of Israel’s eight million citizens, have argued that their young men serve the country by ensuring the continuation of Jewish heritage, however secular and less religious Jews have bemoaned the fact that a huge swathe of society is exempt from three years of military service.
Israel Passes Law Requiring Ultra-Orthodox Jews To Serve In Military
As a figure skater he has studied dance, and has a good singing voice. He will assume the role March 17, 2014 Fellow figure skater Johnny Weir has already objected to the casting, as it is taking a role away from an American (him) and giving it to a foreigner. Thus denying an American (Weir) the chance to make his own Broadway debut, instead giving it to a foreigner.
I've lived in the same large studio in the East Village for 20 years. It's rent-controlled, cheap ($950) and thus immensely hard to leave. But I need a change and would love more space. I really like this area and could afford $1,200-$1,500 a month on a rental or a mortgage. Any advice appreciated.
altho he's boring as fuck.
The raunchy, award-winning web series will have a season 3!
Me, any picture in a history book of ancient Greeks in the nude. I had no way of knowing this at the time, but the guy who illustrated some of the Look and Learn magazine ,I pounded over, again ancient Greece was gay and has since illustrated a lot of Gay Porn. I also was infatuated with Aquaman and Mark Goddard from Lost in Space. Who did you lust after growing up?
Further to the Dark Shadows thread, has anyone had any experience with M. Weiss? Were the rumors true re: his meth use? Was "Jeffrey" his declaration of being gay?
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The original thread is almost full.
It's one of the weirdest things I've ever experienced.it goes for gay men and lesbians with children, too. They really think they have been blessed with superiority over single people because they have kids. They'll deny it if they're not assholes, but they still really believe it, deep down.
And why?
Added a net 175,000 jobs in February. Australia, population 20 million, added 48,000 net jobs the same month.
Anyone watching? There are quite a few douches.
Smart enough to rig the foreign exchange markets, but not smart enough to rig them to help out Britain's economy.
"Chozen" is about a gay white rapper who gets out of prison and embarks on a quest for redemption and success with a new message and new skills. It will begin airing in January 2014.
FXX to air CHOZEN - animated series about a gay white rapper
Thankfully all are fine and no injuries. But don't those slides look huge?!
Name them and which features look feminine.
That greasy little circle of hair surrounding your mouth does not make your fat face look thinner. It makes it look like a butt.
(is there a current thread?) I received a payment from a class action law suit last year. I remember having to fill out some IRS form to get the check. Am I supposed to get a 1099 or something for this? I didn't get anything yet.
So butch. No. 14 in a saga.
Let's celebrate Groundhog Day with another thread about Colton Haynes!
Who's outed him, apart from that escort "Big Red" (AKA Nathan Hamilton)?
This is a real doozie. It's not even a news story taking place in the USA. It's about a school in Ottawa, Canada.
After a 40-year-old man was found by the side of the road with his penis severed and nowhere to be found, police shut down 4 lanes of traffic to search for the missing member. The man was discovered early Thursday morning off the A66 highway in Middlesbrough, U.K., with "wounds to his groin area." He was taken to the hospital, where he remains in an induced coma. Police still aren't sure how the man's penis came to be severed. A 22-year-old was arrested on suspicion of assault, but later released on bail. The status of the penis is also unclear. The highway was reopened later on Thursday, but authorities haven't announced whether their search was successful.
You can''t imagine anyone would select- or will ever select again: Ethel, Gladys, Agnes, Irene...
Although they didn't have sexual contact with each other, I just found out that a porn star named Jay Huntington appeared in a porno with his son, "Jerry." Is this as weird/creepy as it seems? Does it count as incest if they're not fucking each other?
I walk into a flea market with romantic dreams of unearthing a priceless Dunbar sofa (that just needs recovering) or a (discontinued white-white) Le Creuset dutch oven, only to feel lost and overwhelmed by what feels like, well, junk. So often the response to the question, 'where did you find that?' has been 'at the Rose Bowl!' or some other marché aux puces. 'There must be a trick to this!,' we thought. 'Indeed!,' replied renowned interior designer Peter Dunham. And he promptly took us on a tour of a successful trip to the giant antique fair in Montpellier. We watched how it was done. And picked up some know how. And while we were at it, we asked him to demystify a home object whose purpose has always eluded me until now: The throw pillow. Enjoy. Love, gp
Who stayed up to watch? I planned on only one, but stayed up longer to watch the second. Very good so far, with some decisive story problems that plagued the first season nipped in the bud. Let's keep the spoilers inside, shall we?
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Colin Powell's 60-Year-Old Selfie Blows Yours Out Of The Water 3/13/2014 11:56 AM EDT Colin Powell threw down the gauntlet on (Throwback) Thursday, posting a photo he took of himself before self-portraits became popular on the Internet. "Throwback Thursday - I was doing selfies 60 years before you Facebook folks. Eat your heart out Ellen!" the former secretary of state wrote on the social network. A star-studded selfie taken at the Academy Awards that was prompted by host Ellen DeGeneres bested President Barack Obama's record for the most-retweeted tweet of all time.
Congratulations Scotland, Queen gives Royal Assent to same-sex marriage 13th March 2014, 7:10 PM; Joseph Patrick McCormick Same sex marriage is one step closer to becoming a reality in Scotland as its bill to legalise it has received Royal Assent. Queen Elizabeth II signed the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, into law yesterday. This act now means that same-sex couples will be able to marry by the end of 2014. Some early reports indicate that they could take place as soon as July. Today also marks the date that the first same-sex couples in England and Wales can register to marry, and same-sex marriages entered into abroad are now legally recognised there. Congratulations to all of those planning to tie the knot this year, from the PinkNews team.
Congratulations Scotland, Queen gives Royal Assent to same-sex marriage
Taking into account their looks, bodies, faces voices and mannerisms how masculine or feminine do they come across? For example, Johnny Weir would be extremely feminine (surprisingly) while Chuck Norris would be very masculine (surprisingly).
and why. Vent here.
Curious
"Senator Muh-muh-McCain? Cuh-cuh-can you tell us why Luh-Libya hasn't ruh-ruh-responded... " Shouldn't he try to fix that? It's not very professional.
He's one of the hunkiest men in baseball!!! Let's celebrate his looks, especially that muscular ass.
I always paid cash for shitty old jalopies. Now I want a new car like a real grown up. Any advice? I can only put 5K down. Do I get a bank loan for the rest or do the loan through the dealership? I make 65K, have been at my job for 6 years and my credit score is so-so. Also, I am not a wheeler dealer type. How do I make sure I don't get a crappy deal? Any help is appreciated.
Michael Bay to produce remake of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds The horror returns as Transformers director revealed as man behind new take on Hitchcock's 1963 frightener, with Naomi Watts set to take Tippi Hedren role Xan Brooks; Thursday 13 March 2014 06.58 EDT Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds told the story of a rustic seaside town that finds itself menaced by hellish flocks of seagulls and crows. Now the 1963 classic looks set to suffer its own form of molestation courtesy of a Hollywood remake by Transformers director Michael Bay. Loosely adapted from a 1952 short story by Daphne du Maurier, The Birds cast Tippi Hedren in the role of Melanie Daniels, a San Francisco socialite who comes horribly unstuck on a visit to northern California. Reports suggest that Bay's version will return to tale to its original English setting, while Naomi Watts is rumoured to be considering the Hedren role. Variety reports that the film will be directed by the Dutch film-maker Diederik Van Rooijen, with Bay serving as a co-producer. The film looks set to be a co-production between Mandalay Pictures, Universal and Bay's Platinum Dunes production house. It remains to be seen whether the birds will be giant, man-eating birds, or possibly armed with guns. Hitchcock's original film spawned a poorly-received 1994 sequel, The Birds 2: Land's End, which screenwriter Rick Rosenthal later disowned. The idea of a big-budget remake was first mooted in 2007, with Casino Royale's Martin Campbell pencilled in to direct. On hearing the news, Tippi Hedren appeared to be unimpressed. "Why would you do that? Why?" she asked.
Michael Bay to produce remake of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds
I guess I can understand why some people manufacture it in their kitchens: grinding poverty and no hope of an income. Desperation. But why do people use it? A drug that is basically poison? Everyone has to have heard the horror stories by now.
Says the Hero himself of his leaks: "The result has been that the public has benefited, the government has benefited, and every society in the world has benefited... "
Since we have threads for other shows and I didn't see one for H5O... Not sure how the show is holding up on its change to Friday nights but I think even if it's numbers are down, CBS isn't about to cancel it. Tim Daly guest starred in the latest episode and looked fine. Speaking of looking good, it appeared that Scotty Caan was commando under his gray shorts for the opening and closing sequences. Steve and Wo Fat aren't half-brothers despite fans' beliefs. Unless Steve's DNA test was changed or falsified.
Have you ever been with a Christian Closet Case? For some reason these guys used to flock to me like moths to a flame when I was younger. One guy left me to marry a woman because he thought God wanted him to. They're divorced now.
At first thought, I''d think it would be the straight guy, since he''s built to be dominant and fucks pussy on a regular basis, but on second thought, the straight guy may want to play a submissive role when he''s with a man, just to have a nice change from being the dominant one with pussy. Your thoughts on the matter?
Looks cheap! I HATE IT.
Inquiring minds want to know.
To give you a sense of Brandon Ambrosino’s approach on gay issues, he’s a fan of his alma mater’s founder Jerry Falwell, who once claimed “God hates homosexuality” and later blamed gays and feminists for 9/11. Ambrosino has defended Falwell’s record on gay rights, claiming that the Moral Majority founder was simply misunderstood.
Hipster Homophobia: Ezra Klein’s Vox hires Falwell-loving gay-bashing “gay,” Brandon Ambrosino
We did a thread about the ultimate 80s song...what do you think the ultimate 70s song is? I nominate "The Hustle" by Van McCoy
Totally into guys in jocks here...I have many...red, black, grey, orange...I love fucking a guy in a jock....pulling on those straps around their ass while I pound them....nothing hotter.
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Will there be separate dressing rooms at future ceremonies for those of us who remain on the right side of the law and for those who don't? I wouldn't want my reputation soiled by other's bad behavior.
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Mine is "But the World Goes 'Round" from New York, New York.
Supposedly you can insert frozen bananas and strawberries and you'll get a product that resembles soft ice cream without the garbage. There are very limited reviews online, unless I'm looking in the wrong place.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg should retire this summer so that Obama gets to appoint her replacement. And wouldn't it be nice if she took Clarance Thomas with her?
I saw her on Wendy a few weeks back. It looked like she gained some weight. She was wearing a miniskirt that barely covered her ass, and her legs had noticeable cellulite on them. I was thinking she could have at least worn pantyhose. But even her face looked full. This woman was extraordinarily hot at one point. A lesbian pin up. Is she pregnant again?
Keri Russell is in it. It's all 1980s Cold War bullshit. It's a Republican lovefest. Will people just let go of the Reagan era already? For fuck's sake. The title card has a hammer and sickle in it (Communist symbol). The show was created by a retired military guy. The shit written on IMDB's message board is a Republican wankfest. Tired of seeing the promos.
I've read a lot about a severe winter starting in late 2013 and escalating in January 2014. What are your 2014 predictions or interesting ones you've heard.
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Is that a fair statement? Yesterday I got into an argument with someone, and when I left, they took the opportunity to bad mouth me to anyone who would listen. When I got back, he wasn't there so I wasn't able to confront him, so I was in a pissed off mood the rest of the day. If I had ignored this person, I wouldn't have had the argument, he wouldn't have bad mouthed me, and now I wouldn't feel that he got the upper hand. I'd like to blame him for being a dick, but no one held a gun to my head and forced me to get into it with him. So all in all, I put myself in a bad mood for nothing. Thoughts?
I was given some at a department store. I've always had an issue with these things, how to keep them from collapsing. Is there a way to stiffen up the edges so that they stay erect? (insert joke)
Anyone? Anyone? Any and all info is appreciated. I'd also like to know specifically: Are housing prices there still dropping? Do people actually live there during the summer or do they vacate? Am I justified in being a bit nervous about living ON the San Andreas fault line? What's the overall quality of life there? How are the people? PS seems like such a unique, quiet little city...I think I (or even my retired parents) would enjoy living there. Any insight?
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After a series of bombs, she listens to mother and changes agencies.
Stone cold fuckin' teenage killa!
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Amy Jones from the UK SUN, managed to get into a big Miscavige Scientoloy event attended by over 3000 cult members.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Television's Judge Judy filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Connecticut personal-injury lawyer, alleging that he used her image without authorization in advertisements that falsely suggested she had endorsed his firm. The lawsuit filed in federal court seeks more than $75,000 in damages from Hartford attorney John Haymond and his firm. Judith Sheindlin, a retired Family Court judge who has starred in "Judge Judy" for 18 years, said this is the first time she has filed a lawsuit against anyone. She said the unauthorized use of her name and image is "outrageous" and requires action. "Mr. Haymond is a lawyer and should know better," Sheindlin said in a written statement. The lawsuit said that without Sheindlin's permission, Haymond's firm aired television advertisements combining footage from "Judge Judy" along with clips showing Haymond and his daughters. It said the advertisements aired in Connecticut and Massachusetts during broadcasts of her show, and continued even after Sheindlin's producer told the firm in March 2013 that use of her image was not permitted. "By trading, without consent or authorization, on Sheindlin's well-known persona, the Haymond Defendants have irreparably harmed and damaged Sheindlin's hard-earned professional and artistic reputation, dignity, and prestige," the lawsuit says. Sheindlin said in her statement that any money she wins through the lawsuit will go toward college scholarships through the "Her Honor Mentoring Program."
Why is it whenever some guy(s) is robbing a house, and a woman is discovered in the home- she gets raped? I can't imagine the stress I'd be under if I was burglarizing a house: rushing around, hoping the cops aren't coming, or there is a vicious dog, or the man of the house might appear with a gun. To get an erection under those cirucmstances would be impossible. But in all the true crime shows I've seen, if there is a female in the house- she will get raped.
The gayest musical group of the 1970s. "Operator," "Sweet Talkin' Guy," "Girl from New York City." I thought they were the height of sophistication and swank when I was in high school.
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I''m convinced that pandemic of truly atrocious baby names in the last twenty years is somehow symptomatic of the Reagan-era''s largely successful war against the American middle class. \ \ It seems to me that these days a child''s name is hugely accurate reflection of his or her parents'' socioeconomic background. \ \ I think you''d have to go all the way back to the 19th century to see a similar trend of clearly demarcated upper class and lower class names. \ \ Did the American people trade in their rights to organized labor and upward mobility for the dubious pleasure of naming their kids Jaeden and Mykayla?
He licked this models ass, then had her squeeze his balls as hard as she could, before ejaculating on her face. Why do people continue to work with him?
If not, why do chicks starting screaming so soon when a penis is inserted? Why doesn''t the guy start screaming like crazy too through the entire thing like the chick? Not all women can be faking it. The penis and vagine are suppose to be made up of the same material. I would love to get a feel for whatever these women are experiencing getting fucked in the pussy. For guys, it can never feel "that good". Guys get the rush when they cum finally. Not fair.
There are enough recognisable faces here to make this relevant for DL. So, do take a gander and post back about what you see. (& yes, DL fave Princess Beatrice was there)
Royals and celebrities turn out in force at Westminster Abbey to celebrate life of Sir David Frost
Darlings, I'm laughing as I type.
A delicious takedown of Meryl Streep's career
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I want new links...I hate searching on my own for the fun articles.
Excellent article, pics, and nipples.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the New Yorker that he plans to step down some time this year. In a feature story for the magazine's Feb. 17 issue (sub. req.), Holder told Jeffrey Toobin that he will leave his post in 2014, though he also said that he planned to remain as attorney general "well into" the year. As recently as Nov. 19, Holder, the first African-American attorney general in U.S. history, told CBS News that he didn't have "any plans" to step down. Holder, a graduate of Columbia Law School, first joined the U.S. Justice Department in 1976. President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in 1988. President Bill Clinton tabbed him as Deputy Attorney General in 1997, the first African-American to hold that position. After the Clinton administration, he practiced at a private firm before joining the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. His tenure as Attorney General has included several landmark cases and decisions on policy, as well as a fair amount of controversy. He has been a vocal critic of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Voting Rights Act and Toobin's feature outlines his plan to continue advocating for voting rights in the wake of the decision. He also announced that the Justice Department would stop defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act in court, and the law was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court last June. Congressional Republicans have frequently criticized Holder's policies, and 20 House Republicans filed articles of impeachment in November. He was found in contempt of Congress by the House in June 2012 for failing to release requested documents related to Operation Fast and Furious.
Eight gay couples and the American Civil Liberties Union have sued the state of Florida, arguing it is discriminating against the couples by not recognizing same-sex marriages performed in states where they are legal. The lawsuit is the latest in a groundswell of challenges in the divisive gay marriage debate. Within the last 30 days, suits similar to the one in Florida have been filed in Alabama, Indiana and Arizona, where the lawsuit also challenges the statewide ban on gay marriage there. In Kentucky, a federal judge ordered the state to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in other states and countries. Sandra Newson, who is a plaintiff in the Florida lawsuit with her wife Denise Hueso, said the couple moved to Massachusetts from Miami so they could get married in 2009. They adopted a son, now 15, who has cerebral palsy and they decided to move back to South Florida, where they had more family to help care for him. When they moved back, they lost legal recognition of their marriage and began encountering a host of difficulties, such as having to prove they are their son's parents during hospital stays and battling auto insurance companies for seemingly mundane things such as the marriage discount. Newson said current Florida law undermines the commitment she and her partner made to each other. "We want the state of Florida to recognize our marriage and our family," she said. ACLU of Florida Executive Director Howard Simon said same-sex couples suffer discrimination in many ways. Examples include problems getting spouses covered by health insurance, difficulties with inheritance rules and retirement benefits, and problems with workers' compensation benefits. "There is no rational reason for the discrimination that Florida inflicts on married couples," Simon said. The lawsuit, filed late Wednesday in federal court in Tallahassee, names Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top Florida officials. It asks a judge to declare Florida's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages as an unconstitutional violation of equal protection and due process rights, said ACLU attorney Daniel Tilley. The lawsuit also asks for a ruling requiring the state to recognize the marriages performed elsewhere. Scott, a Republican, issued a statement saying he supports Florida's constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman, but added that he "does not believe that anyone should be discriminated against for any reason." The statement stopped short of endorsing the ACLU lawsuit, however. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia allow gay marriage. A separate lawsuit filed earlier this year in Miami-Dade Circuit Court is challenging the ban on same-sex marriage that Florida voters added to the state constitution in 2008, one of many similar legal challenges around the country. The Florida lawsuit follows a decision by Kentucky's attorney general earlier this month not to appeal a judge's ruling granting recognition to gay couples married in other states. Kentucky will pursue the appeal using outside lawyers. Several federal judges have issued rulings in support of same-sex marriage since the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in June struck down part of the federal anti-gay marriage law. Two of the rulings — striking down same-sex marriage bans in Utah and Oklahoma — are being appealed to a federal appeals court in Denver. Joining the ACLU and the gay couples in the Florida lawsuit is the SAVE organization, which advocates for rights and protections for people of all gender identities.
Engel's tweet: Detained by pro russian militia in crimea. Questioned for an hour or so. Not allowed to move or phone. Then released.
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Think about it. No more nagging, no more fraus in the office, no more entitled mommies, no more mommy blogs, no more strollers blocking streets, no more stupid proposals. Jared's would go out of business. So would 1-800-Flowers and Hallmark. Lifetime would stay in business for the gay mens. Straight men would get along better with everyone without evil women distracting them. Straight porn won't have disgusting pussy popping in ruining the shot or the mood. No more Katherine Heigl rom-coms, no more Katherine Heighl.
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Ronan Farrow has the kind of resume that’s difficult to match. He graduated from college at the tender age of 15; went on to collect degrees from Yale Law School and Oxford U., the latter on a Rhodes scholarship; and worked at the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs and for the Obama administration. Impressive as all that is, none of those credentials finishes among the top three reasons MSNBC gave him his own show last month. In ascending order, they are: the endless promotional value that comes with his being the progeny of Mia Farrow; his movie-star good looks; and most important of all … he’s awesome on Twitter. That may sound trivial, but to think otherwise is naive. There are plenty of policy wonks out there with resumes that can fill a phone book, but very few of them boast a built-in audience on the strength of their online personality. Farrow somehow manages to be a combination of funny, charming or insightful in every single tweet without the usual mistake Twitter stars make: They just plain overdo it. Which makes it all the more mystifying that MSNBC’s savvy move to bring him to TV has turned out to be such a dud, drawing mostly negative reviews. It’s an interesting test case in the tricky translation to a different platform of a star best known in social media. The logic behind making such a conversion seems as sound as it is simple: Bringing over someone with a powerful direct connection to 238,000 followers gives a TV show a running start in the ratings. But somewhere on the way to TV, Farrow’s appeal got lost. That said, neither he nor the nature of Twitter is principally at fault. Sure, before the man so much as opened his mouth, his face seemed to bear some blame. His eerie resemblance to his alleged is-he-or-isn’t-he father Frank Sinatra is a distraction. Or maybe Farrow is just too damned handsome; those limpid pools he calls eyeballs are so mesmerizing it’s easy to lose track of what he’s saying. But being too telegenic isn’t really the problem here. In his opening weeks on the air, Farrow has seemed tentative and ill at ease, prone to stumbling on his words. More to the point, he just doesn’t resemble the guy who is so dazzling on social media. But concluding that the kind of personality that succeeds on Twitter is just a totally different animal than the type conducive to good TV would be wrong. Because it’s actually MSNBC that needs to fall on its sword for failing Farrow; the network put him in a format that doesn’t capture the essence of his Twitter persona. Cable news basically has two different types of personality-driven shows. The first is where the anchor takes a backseat to the commentator he or she is interviewing. The job is to tee up the topic at hand and ask intelligent questions, but to otherwise get out of the way and let the news be the star. That’s the format MSNBC gave Farrow, and it’s the wrong one. What the network should have done was give him the kind of forum that makes people like Keith Olbermann or Bill O’Reilly famous, in which the questioner and commentator are essentially the same person; those they interview are really just furniture. It’s here where Farrow could have employed the wit and opinion he puts to such good use on Twitter, but is totally muffled in his current vehicle. It’s not too late for MSNBC to make the kind of switch that will allow Farrow to recapture his voice. If the network is simply hoping that with enough air time he won’t come off so green, that would represent a fundamental misunderstanding of what isn’t working. There’s no sense in tapping talent from social media if the TV world can’t recreate the kind of environment that made that talent so compelling in the first place.
Variety: Ronan Farrow: Awesome on Twitter, Awful on Television
If you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber, the price for unlimited free two-day shipping, access to its streaming video library, and its Kindle lending library, will go up to $99 a year. Amazon announced today that customers will see the price of their annual Prime subscription go up from $79, which the program has cost since it was rolled out in 2005. The move was telegraphed earlier this year by Amazon Chief Financial Officer Tom Szkutak, who said in a conference call with analysts following the company’s earnings announcement that Amazon was “considering” increasing the price of a Prime subscription by somehwere between $20 and $40 due to “increased cost of fuel and transportation” as well as high utilization by existing customers. Today’s announcement is on the low end of the range, a 25% price increase. The famously secretive retailer has never revealed how many Prime subscribers it has — one analyst earlier this year said it was 20 million. Amazon’s price increase for Prime comes after a dissappointing holiday season, while the company had sales of $25.59 billion, a 20% jump from the year, it was slightly below what analysts were expecting, while their earnings per share of 51 cents was well below the 66 cents expected by analysts. In early trading, the company’s stock is up almost 3% to $381.58.
Who's her girlfriend?
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Is there anything hotter?
Which one are you?
so I can't really search for one on ebay or anywhere else for that matter. The always seem to appear on British (Swinging London) movies from the '60s. What would you call them?
I've always wanted to buy one of these but I don't know what they're called...
Get over it, bitch! The sooner you own your bitch-assedness, the sooner life will be easier for you!
It looks like the other thread is closed so I thought I would start up another on. I think this place can be hot sometimes (especially at lunchtime). They have a downstairs area that you can do whatever you want and I have been there and had fun with some super hot dudes. Looking to know if there are any other times when this place (xpressions on 53rd) is crowded - weekends? late night?
My choice would be "Working Out" by Charles Hix and "Looking Good" by the same author. A few Bruce Webers. What are your choices?
"I used to be with IT, but then they changed what IT was. Now what I'm with isn't IT, and what's IT seems weird and scary to me."
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I have a 'friend' who has gone on a social media rant over the price of cupcakes at a local cafe in Melbourne, Australia. They charge $6 AUD for each and I would call them a decent size cupcake as they look more like muffins. Anyway, he has gone onto this cafés Facebook page, website, Trip Advisor, Yelp and I'm sure other review sites and blasted them for overcharging. They have defended themselves by claiming costs related to ingredients, staffing, profit etc, but he is claiming that on a world scale of prices they are right at the far end of obscenely overpriced (his words). I beseech you fellow DLers to let me know what is an acceptable price for a cupcake at a sit down cafe where you live. Is my friend correct or is he being a bully?
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What say you, DL?
Isn't this the one complaining last year that Julie made fun of her weight? The half-sister of Julia Roberts has died of an apparent drug overdose, her family announced Monday. Nancy Motes, 37, was the youngest sister of Julia and actor Eric Roberts and had battled with depression and obesity. She was found dead Sunday in Los Angeles, the family says in a statement, issued to People. “It is with deep sadness that the family of Nancy Motes … confirms that she was found dead in Los Angeles yesterday of an apparent drug overdose,” the statement reads. “There is no official report from the Coroner’s office yet. The family is both shocked and devastated.” Last August Motes described her battle with obesity and depression in an interview, saying she always felt like an embarrassment to Julia because of her weight. Motes, who once weighed nearly 300 pounds before her decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery in June 2010, told The Sun last year, “It makes me feel incredibly hurt and very sad.” Nancy, whose other siblings Eric Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan are also screen stars, adds: “When you’re in a family of very, very exceptionally beautiful people it’s intimidating. I think that growing up as Pretty Woman’s little sister has definitely made me try to see the person inside and not the person outside. A lot of my life I felt judged for my weight.” Nancy said Julia wasn’t supportive over her battle with obesity: “When I was in high school and she was an adult, she would just let me know that I was ‘definitely overweight.’ “She would make it quite clear to me and in a not so nice manner.” After Nancy finished school, she ” followed her sister to Hollywood in 1995 with dreams of becoming a star herself.” But she claims she did not find Julia, who has a different father, supportive. She says: “Julia did not want to see me go down that path, mostly because I was overweight. “My weight has fluctuated my entire life. So I just got a lot of criticism from Julia, which was very discouraging for me. “I did a lot of auditioning, a lot of waitressing, then really could not afford the cost of living, so I went back to Georgia and focused on doing more things in theatre.” But she recalls, “My arthritis was flaring up to the point where I couldn’t get the rings on my knuckles, I was gaining weight like crazy. I was in an enormous amount of physical pain and just miserable, which led into the talk of the bariatric surgery.” Nancy had been living with John Dilbeck and the couple planned to marry in May. Nancy added she was not sure if Julia would be at her wedding, explaining, “It’s a work in progress, it’s not going to be fixed overnight. Nor do I think it’s going to be fixed by me just getting skinny. “My family love each other fiercely, we’re really not different from any other family. I love Julia absolutely and I have no doubt she loves me.” She says: “I want to be known as more than Julia Roberts’ fat little sister.”
At the IFC Center as part of its Francofest. 56% fresh on RT, but did get a good review in the Times. Here's the blurb from the IFC website about its series: An astonishingly prolific polymath, James Franco has already produced an impressive body of work as an actor, writer, producer and director that would make an artist twice his age jealous. His choices have never feared complexity or controversy, and each new project bristles with the thrill of discovery. We’re thrilled to present this not-even-mid-career survey includes some of Franco’s most notable performances—SPRING BREAKERS, 127 HOURS and more—and a sampling of the features he has directed, among them AS I LAY DYING, BROKEN TOWER, SAL and others. James Franco (born 1978) is an actor, director, screenwriter, producer, teacher and author. He began his career on the acclaimed show Freaks and Geeks and received a Golden Globe Award for his performance in the biographical film James Dean. Notable film credits include OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, SPRING BREAKERS, “Harry Osborn” in the SPIDER-MAN trilogy, MILK and 127 HOURS for which he received Academy Award, SAG and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor. He has directed, written and produced several feature films and numerous short works, and has published novels, poetry, short stories and magazine articles. He is currently teaching college courses at UCLA, USC and Cal Arts and acting classes at Studio 4. He will appear on Broadway this spring in a revival of Of Mice and Men.
James Franco's "Interior. Leather Bar" finally opens in New York
Even though I thought I would. I overheard (full disclosure: I was eavesdropping) a conversation between the President, VP, and Controller, discussing the legal obligations and an employment lawyer to consult yesterday. I am on vacation next week, and assumed they would drop the bomb today. I guess it takes a few days to assemble the paperwork. I do have (legitimate) access to the company's finances, so I think it is mostly a financial issue. We are heavily in debt with angry vendors sending us to collections all the time. But it sucks because the Prez and VP are both gay men too - I know it's silly, but I kind of feel a bit betrayed, especially by the VP, who I actually like a lot. Yes, I know your employer isn't your friend and you can't count on them. But it still hurts. It felt like the longest day of my life - waiting for the 'can we talk to you?'. I am not sure whether to be grateful for the delay or not. FYI: I have suspected this for a while, and been actively looking for the last six months. I was the one who started the "internal reference" thread, linked below, as I kind of saw this coming.
You know these tiny wealthy countries that few people know about. I wonder what life is like in those countries. We rarely hear about them and many of us don't know about their existence. I heard that pretty much everything is free in Sweden even college tuition. Discuss.
Inspired by the 'trashy' foods thread. Someone already posted these pretentious foods: [quote]Gazpacho, sushi, tapas, barbacoa, hummus, gefilte fish, ceviche, Starbucks coffee, gelato, cranberries, Skinnygurl anything. Anything Thai or Filipino. Pulled pork, biscuits, anything with a dry rub, or low on the hog. Beaujolais Nouveaux. Lobster, soft shell crabs. I'd like to add: Anything "artisan" $6 cupcakes Cake pops Kale Quinoa
Kitty Genovese was a 20-something bartender living in Queens when Winston Moseley stabbed her to death on March 13, 1964 while neighbors listen to her screams and did nothing. You’ve probably heard the story told as a depressing tale of public apathy. How could 38 people watch their neighbor die and do nothing? Well, for starters, that’s not actually what happened — there were only five or six apathetic witnesses. And that’s not the only part of the story that’s been mis-reported. Kitty was a lesbian, living with her girlfriend at the time. A new book on her death explores what that relationship meant to the public at the time. (According to the police chief, “it’s also our experience that homosexual romances produce more jealousy by far than ‘straight’ romances.”) Her girlfriend Mary Ann Zielonko later recounted, “After Kitty died I went from thing to thing … I’d lost my faith in people – in everything, really.” The public attitude toward lesbians in the mid-’60s wasn’t exactly friendly, so it’s tempting to wonder if that played a role in the neighbors’ refusal to call police. Maybe they were suspicious of the two women sharing an apartment together, and didn’t want to get involved in what might’ve looked like a romantic spat. It wasn’t a romantic spat, of course. Genovese was randomly targeted by Winston Moseley, who simply liked to kill. After his capture he confessed to two other murders. Another new book delves into the details of his life: he was man with a family and stable job, who had a “double life” in which he’d go out to prowl, commit burglaries, mug and kill. He felt no remorse. “I still have a lot of anger toward people because they could have saved her life,” Zielonko told NPR recently. Five decades on, the wounds of the incident still feel fresh.
Anniversary Approaches Of New York’s Most Notorious Lesbian Murder
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What about straight people, are they perceived as "biphobic" as us gays? As for bisexual people, are they as "enlightened" and "open-minded" as they all claim to be? I'd really like to know from the source, just out of curiosity (this is for the imbecilic trolls who will start saying "oooh, you started this to bash bisexuals and get attention!"). Thus, let's try to keep things both rational and civilized, please.
Any of you feel like you ended up as tops because you just hate cleaning out your ass? I know this is one of the reasons I prefer to top, and I just love tearing up some ass. Bless the hardworking bottoms.
The genesis of her humor in her Dartmouth comic strip: 1.) I need a gay best friend 2.) Why can't I get laid? 3.) How do I become one of the cool kids. 4.) Isn't it hilarious that I mistook a gay guy for straight (or vice versa.) Next.
I get turned on by two guys making out yet I would not want to kiss another guy. Isn't that just strange?
A young Brooklyn-based artisan is selling it for the low, low price of $3,000. "As both a practicioner [sic] and historian of painting, sculpture, graphic design and furniture design, Ringelmann’s approach to interior design is profoundly multidisciplinary, yet always cohesive."
We had several celebrities finally come out in 2013. What are your predictions as to who will come out during 2014?
WEHT him?
Kerry Rhodes' Milky Loads
Crazy Ones's collapse is complete.
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any chance for a nomination? why so little fuss?
"Looking" is hirsutist!! As a clean-shaven, smoothed-skinned gay male, I'm highly offended that I'm not represented! It's also too short! 30 minutes is not enough for me to process and catalogue all of this program's shortcomings!
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Election to fill seat left vacant by the death of 43-year GOP Rep. Bill Young. Alex Sink (D) vs. David Jolly (R) Being viewed as a possible bellwether for the Midterm elections in November and a test of the Obamacare issue. Seat is in the 13th Congressional District, which encompasses part of the St. Petersburg area.
**Florida Special Election for U.S. House** - RESULTS
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I heard that MLW was fired from ODAAT because Bonnie Franklin was jealous of her. I'm curious about this because I was given a bunch of old vhs tapes and have been watching this show. I liked Ginny and the handyman. Seems like they were going to pair those two up then the Ginny character is gone with no explanation. Anyone know anything?
He comes across remarkably self-assured for his age (if also slightly douchey). He has this handsome gymnast buddy from whom he seems inseparable. I wonder if the two of them have tasted each other's dicks. (It would be interesting and kind of fitting if he turned out to be gay, what with his mom's gay icon status.)
So I recently got a new computer with Windows 8 installed. The problem is that my Outlook 2000 doesn't work with Windows 8. So I might have to upgrade to Office 365 Is it really good? Discuss below.
A serviceable villain, as duteous the vices of thy mistress as badness would desire
I have a friend that rarely ever calls me or texts me. I always end up calling/texting him. I am always the one to initiate spending time together. I don''t get it. \ \ When we hang out we always have fun. He has never blown me off. He never flakes on me or gets nasty with me. So why doesn''t he ever pick up the phone and call me first? Why does he always leave it up to me to initiate the hang outs? I don''t like feeling like I''m chasing someone down all the time. It makes me feel like I''m desperate or something. \ \ One time I stopped calling him just to see if he would call me back, thinking he would think something was wrong and call me. After a full MONTH with no call from him I finally broke down and called him. He never even asked acted like the month without speaking was anything. All he said was "Wow, it''s been a while!"\ \ I swear, I feel like the older I get the less I know how to deal with other people and their issues...
Do we know anything about him?
They arrested you for simply being gay, or did he mean he was arrested in some sort of sting operation for supposed lewd activities going on in whatever establishment he was in.
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even after a good bath it still stinks.
Will he work again?
Photos on top left & bottom are new; photo on top right is the same one we saw earlier in the Fall.
I thought cock eyes might be the way to go, but being cock eyed had too many interpretations. In the olden days we just said someone liked to SFTB&R, you know, suck, fuck, ticlke balls &rim. smelling cookies is just too Betty Crockerish.
A farmer in Herkimer County, N.Y. couldn't figure out why his cows seemed more anxious than usual. When they weren't producing as much milk as usual, he set up a surveillance camera. What he saw shocked him: two men were rolling in the hay with his livestock, CNYCentral.com reported.
Reid Fontaine, Michael Jones Accused Of Sexually Abusing Cows
And I want one of you guys to de-virginize me. Who wants to be my first? Speaking of firsts, what was your first experience like and what should I expect?
Call me when someone does a hot all-guy version.
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Johnny Weir told Metro Magazine he is ready and willing to offer insight on other matters. “We have an opinion about everything,” Weir says. “Despite being figure skaters and knowing what we’re talking about specifically, we’ve got opinions on a lot. So show us VMAs. Show us Golf Channel. Show us the Kentucky Derby [or] ‘Toddlers and Tiaras.’”
Having seen the "Iceland" thread, and realizing the country was named because it's one gigantic iceberg(one presumes?, or is that, one assumes?) can you think of of a more "appropriate" name for the town or state or country in which you live? Look around, dredge up history,scan the topography, be creative, and come up with a name that more truthfully befits the little piece of Earth you call home. I'm from PA, which should now be called "Frackingland." The state is being undermined, literally, and the countryside will be bursting into flames for the foreseeable future.
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Very draggy looking, as well. I haven't seen her in years, so was kind of shocked.
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and why does he keeps spelling celebrities' names in all-caps when we keep asking him not to do it? Reading his posts is like listening to someone shout "GRACE KELLY! SOPHIA LOREN!" at the top of their lungs.
These guys all want to be let in on how the government made a jet liner really disappear. Some have successfully done this as an optical displacement on the ground, but none have actually made anything really disappear. So far the Malaysian government has been willing to share any secrets. Currently the government is doing diligent research to find out how to make the damn thing reappear.
Just wondering out loud.
TV shows, cartoons, and so on. I need a name for a translation I'm working on. Preferably someone working class/involved in manual labor. TIA!
The purpose of this thread is to make this one of the top Google hits for anyone searching for "Is Aaron Schock Gay" or "Aaron Schock Gay". The other purpose of this thread is to let anyone searching for information that Aaron Schock is gay know that he is INDEED gay, he has had more cocks pass through him than through the gloryhole onboard the USS Intrepid, and is a traitor to BOTH the gay community whose semen he can't get enough of AND to the Conservative Christian community that he claims to represent. Feel free to trash this shameless cockgobbler here.
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Has anyone here met their partner / BF / husband using an online dating site? Which site(s) do you recommend?
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It has been reported that they haven't always gotten along over the years. Why? Lorna jealous of Liza's talent? Lorna forced to play pharmacist to Mama while Liza partied it up with Halston? What gives and where does Joe fit into all this?
First off he looks so uncomfortable. This girl is the fan base he is singing to and he looks like he is uncomfortable. He is such a bad actor. That poor girl. That hug alone made me cringe. He isn't a real person. Why are you so afraid of yourself? That a natural movement in him. Disney and Pearlman ruined him.
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Well? I just watched Showgirls for the first time. There is no way they weren't try for something super campy.
what are some good, high quality shirts for men? Price isn't a concern.
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Does anyone remember this? They were very handsomely mounted (for the time) productions of fairy tales done for Showtime in the style of classic illustrators with all-star casts: The Frog Prince with Teri Garr and Robin Williams, done in the style of Maxfield Parrish; The Princess and the Pea, with Liza Minnelli and Tom Conti, done in the style of Aubrey Beardsley; etc. They were often very funny and beautifully done. They're usually narrated by Shelley Duvall, the creative spark behind the whole thing, which is too bad because you can already tell her hold on reality is slightly tenuous (and she doesn't have a good voice).
You never exercise, but you can eat any garbage you want and not really gain weight? You in danger, gurl.
Handsome man. Bizarro ears. What's the scoop on him? Now with his name spelled correctly.
Anyone watching this show on TLC? Some nice eye candy. And I'm pretty sure Brock is gay.
Holy shit! Obviously it was stolen by the agents of SPECTRE.
BREAKING: The Malaysia jet flew FOUR HOURS after its last confirmed location
Let's us all wish our beloved Holy Father a very happy 1st Anniversary and may the Lord allow him many more years to guide on this Earth.
1) If you have the aisle seat, do not fall asleep with your tray table down. You have the aisle seat. Fine. Good for you. You win. But you have also accepted the implicit responsibility of getting up quickly and with good cheer whenever one of your seatmates on the inside wants to get up for any reason. And you know what is not conducive to sending an unspoken message to your seatmates on the inside that you prepared to get up quickly and with good cheer at any moment? Falling asleep with your tray table down. Falling asleep with your tray table down sends the message: "I have constructed both a physical and emotional barrier to egress by you, my inside seatmates. In order to exercise your god-given right to get up, you are now put in the position of having to violate norms of both manners and physics. I care little for the needs or comfort of others." Unacceptable. 2) Do not talk to me for long. Say hi, chit chat a bit, okay. Now let's stop talking. 3) Do not recline your seat. Do not recline your seat. Ever. Congress should pass a law that all economy class airplane seats must be welded into a permanently upright position. There are no exceptions.
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Furnished by a crazy person who works for Calvin Klein Home… At Mellen's house, that mix is constantly changing in small and subtle ways. "I'm always making little vignettes out of things I find," she says. "Last weekend, I found a dead beetle and set it on top of a rock. I'll have that next to a bird's nest that blew out of a tree, and a feather that I found in the yard."
In an intensive care unit in Memphis, a virus ravages the body of a 7-year-old who’s in heart and kidney failure. He vomits blood several times an hour as his family gathers in vigil. In a cabinet in Durham, North Carolina, there’s a drug that could likely help Josh Hardy, but the drug company won’t give it to him. They’re adamant that spending the time to help Josh and others like him will slow down their efforts to get this drug on the market. Helping Josh, they say, means hurting others. When asked how he will feel if Josh dies — and he’s in critical condition, so sadly that could happen soon — the president of the company that makes the drug doesn’t hesitate to answer. “Horrible,” said Kenneth Moch. He would feel horrible and heartbroken. But still, he said there’s no way he’s going to change his mind. There’s no way he’s going to give Josh this drug. ‘We’re begging them’ It’s called “compassionate use,” but sometimes it feels anything but compassionate. Here’s the way it works: According to the Food and Drug Administration, if someone has a serious or immediately life-threatening disease and has tried and failed other available treatments, they can ask a drug company for an experimental drug, one that they’re still studying and has not yet been approved by the FDA. Companies often say yes: The FDA approved 974 compassionate use arrangements in fiscal year 2013. But pharmaceutical companies often say no, as they did to Josh Hardy. “Our son will die without this drug,” said Todd Hardy, Josh’s father. “We’re begging them to give it to us.” So now, like many families, the Hardys have turned to the media, Facebook, and change.org to pressure the drug company to change its mind. Countless members of “Josh’s army” have responded with angry tweets to @chimerix, telling them to “open their hearts,” asking the executives how they can sleep at night. “Everyone is watching,” one tweeter warned the company. Others have tweeted out the e-mail addresses of the company’s board members. Chimerix executives say they’ve received physical threats. Moch, the company president, has read these tweets and said he is heartbroken, but the issue is complex and unsuitable for a 144-long character debate. At its very simplest, this is it: Chimerix is going full speed ahead to get the drug on the market hopefully by the end of 2016, and if they spend time and money on compassionate use cases, it would greatly hinder their effort to get the drug, brincidofovir, on the market and available to everyone. The company would have to dish out $50,000 per compassionate-use patient, since insurance doesn’t usually pay for experimental drugs, Moch said. And perhaps even more important than the money, it would divert manpower in this 50-person company, since they’d have to handle the requests and then get the patient’s records and follow up with them, as required by the FDA. “If this were just one patient wanting this drug, then this would be a very different question,” he said. “But it’s yes to all or no to all.” From 2009 to 2012, the company did give out the drug under compassionate use to 451 patients, Moch said, but at least at that time, the information gleaned from those 451 compassionate use patients was helpful to the Chimerix study and helped move the science along. But currently doctors don’t really learn very much, if anything, from compassionate use patients, so the patients don’t help get the drug to market. Beat cancer four times Josh’s journey began when he was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer at 9 months old. Over the years, cancer turned up in his thymus, lung, and bone marrow, and each time Josh beat it. But a bone marrow transplant left Josh without much of an immune system, and in February doctors diagnosed him with an adenovirus that spread through his body. They gave him an antiviral drug, an intravenous form of brincidofovir, but it ravaged his kidneys.
Does anyone know where this originated? Someone told me it comes from a Whoopie Goldberg line in Ghost. Is that true?
This happens every 6 weeks now.
Why he could be gay/bi: 1. He hangs with the "gay posse" Colton Haynes, Matthew Morrison, JC Chasez, Chace Crawford, Penn Badgely, etc. 2. He LOVES Les Mis 3. There've been rumors about him and Penn Badgely, him and Colton Haynes, etc. 4. Not linked with any girls recently. Why he could be straight: 1. He might hang with the "gay posse" simply because they all have the same manager? 2. There's just not much evidence on his Twitter that he's into guys or into gay interested, as opposed to Jonathan Bennett, who follows EVERY hot guy on Twitter. 3. He had a fucking BEARD recently (the hairy kind, not the female kind). I don't know any gay guys that grow facial hair! How come Shawn Pyfrom hasn't been acting lately? What has he been up to?
including this one.
Tell us about the first time you saw a cock... where? \ \ Me- my friend''s dad used to take us camping. Saw him shower... nice bod and beautiful cock.\ \ God I wanted him in my sleeping bag...
You fight to the end girl!
CHAPEL HILL — A UNC-Chapel Hill freshman who told police he was attacked by a man who burned his hand and called him an anti-gay slur made a false report, the university says. In a message just released to the campus community, Chancellor Holden Thorp says: "The Department of Public Safety has determined that the alleged aggravated assault reported to campus last night did not occur. That report, filed with campus police on April 5, was false. The University will not report it as a hate crime." "It is important to recognize that incidents of harassment do occur," Thorp continued. "When they do, we take them seriously. We strive to foster a welcoming, inclusive and safe environment at Carolina. Freshman Quinn Matney told police he was outside his South Campus dorm April 4 when he stopped to speak with an acquaintance. As he stood on a foot bridge near his Craige Residence Hall, he had said another college-age man nearby approached him, called him an anti-gay slur, and pressed a hot piece of metal to his left wrist. The university planned to report the incident as a hate crime to the federal government. The assault was apparently motivated by Matney’s sexual orientation, Thorp said in a statement Monday. “As a university community, we condemn this act of violence,” Thorp wrote. “Our Department of Public Safety will bring the strongest possible charges against the attacker.” But police had little to work with. Matney could not identify his attacker or the person he stopped to speak with just before the attack, said Jeff McCracken, UNC’s police chief. Efforts to reach Matney today were unsuccessful. THE ORIGINAL STORY IS BELOW Authorities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are investigating an assault on campus last week as a hate crime. "As a university community, we condemn this act of violence," said UNC-CH Chancellor Holden Thorp in a statement on Alert Carolina, the campus website that disseminates safety-related information to students, faculty and staff. "Our Department of Public Safety will bring the strongest possible charges against the attacker." The attack, which was reported to police April 5, occurred on the foot bridge between Craige Residence Hall and the intersection of Ridge Road and Manning Drive. Police said the student was treated for burns at the student health center. The student, freshman Quinn Matney, told police a person he recognized but did not know pressed a hot piece of metal to his left wrist, scalding it and doing tendon damage. The burn left an imprint that looks something like a figure 8. Police have no suspects yet, Chief Jeff McCracken said Tuesday. Matney said he stopped to speak to another acquaintance just prior to the attack, but didn't know that person by name, either, McCracken said. Thorp said in the statement that the aggravated assault "appears to have been motivated by the sexual orientation of a male student." Thorp said the university intends to report the assault as a hate crime to the federal government. "Everyone in our community has the right to a safe, inclusive and welcome living and learning environment," Thorp said. "And all of us have a responsibility to stand against acts of violence, harassment, bullying and intimidation and to treat each other with civility and respect." Outside of a bare-bones incident report on hand at the police station, the attack was not made public by the university until Monday, a week later. That lag time has bothered some members of the gay community at UNC-CH. "It's troubling when the only way we find out about a hate crime on campus is by word of mouth," said Jeff DeLuca, a sophomore and co-president of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Straight Alliance.
Sorry - no link, and can't remember her name. But she played Klink's secretary. Pretty hot back in the day for the str8 guys.
Because the original was so popular. Original thread at link.
Is this a legit non-sexual bathhouse where straight guys go to let off some steam? I remember a guy I dated a few years ago telling me that he would go there with his dad, who'' straight, on occasion for some steam and straight male bonding. Anyone ever been?
Tell me about the Russian/Turkish baths in the East Village.
It's been this was since the psychopathic bitch was convicted, and even more in the last few months. I guess they figure she's getting out in a few days, so they have to play nice to get the first interview.
In a blog post at AmericanThinker.com, anti-LGBT activist — and purported “ex-gay” convert to heterosexuality — Robert Oscar Lopez wrote Wednesday that gay men plan to use surrogate mothers to bear their children as “breeding slaves.” Gay blogger Joe.My.God. reported that in a post called “Breeders: How Gay Men Destroyed the Left,” Lopez envisioned a dystopian future where women are nothing more than prisoners to an elite overclass of gay men. “Gay men are men,” he wrote, and such, they eschew the company of women. “Gestational surrogacy is a dream come true for woman-hating chauvinists who are bound to congregate under such an umbrella,” he said. “Men enjoy all the ‘phallic’ privilege that the bourgeois patriarchy can provide” under this system, he said, “and women are put in their place. Not even in the kitchen, no – in a barracks somewhere, patrolled by goons who will snatch away their babies whenever the men demand it.” Media Matters reported that Lopez — an associate professor of English at California State University at Northridge — has authored several shrill, anti-LGBT screeds, in which he calls same-sex relationships “a crime against humanity” and the push for LGBT equality the march of “full-body totalitarianism.” In 2012, Lopez wrote of his decision to give up the “gay lifestyle.” “Twenty years ago, I had never been with a woman, but I had had relations with quite a few men…Now I am twelve years into a happy and faithful marriage to a woman,” he said. “I begged God for forgiveness,” he said. “You couldn’t pay me to have sex with a man at this point in my life.” So-called “reparative therapy” has been disavowed at virtually every level of the psychiatric profession. Sexual orientation is now widely accepted by medical, clinical and psychiatric professionals to be a largely immutable, in-born trait. The practice of trying to alter a person’s sexual orientation through prayer, counseling and behavior modification has been shown to be not just ineffective, but actively harmful to patients. The practice of reparative therapy on minor children has been outlawed in California and New Jersey as a form of child abuse. Exodus International — the leading network of clinics claiming to treat homosexuality with reparative therapy — closed its doors in 2013 and its CEO, who now lives openly as a gay man, published a letter of apology to all the LGBT people the organization had harmed in its years of operation.
‘Ex-gay’ professor warns that gay men want surrogate moms as ‘breeding slaves’
Since the other threads are closed, here's a new one!
Any dirt?
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In case you missed it…….. Late last year the Department of Justice demanded records from an outside “super PAC” as it investigates an improperly coordinated strategy with Bachmann’s campaign staff, including her husband, in violation of election laws. The DOJ is looking into the super PAC’s finances and its communications with Bachmann; her “husband” Marcus Bachmann, and former staff members, according to a grand jury subpoena reviewed by The New York Times. The investigation stems from a complaint a former campaign staff member made to the Federal Election Commission and to the F.B.I. The staff member told of overhearing the president of the super PAC asking a Bachmann senior adviser about buying advertising on radio and TV stations in Des Moines ahead of the Iowa caucus on Jan. 3, 2012 and investigations are centered on secret payments that her campaign made to state Sen. Kent Sorenson in exchange for his support and help in the 2012 Iowa caucuses. The House Ethics Committee is investigating Bachmann’s potential misuse of staff and campaign finances to promote her poorly selling biography Core of Conviction. The DOJ investigation stems from information obtained from the FBI that appears to show the Bachmann’s violating at least 11 election laws. While Bachmann may have technically retired from Congress, in reality she quit because the criminal investigations were closing in on her. The case against her is still being investigated.
BUSTED! – Department of Justice Launches Investigation Of Michelle Bachmann
If this is the future of the GOP, expect the majority of gays to switch party affiliation. Gays are overwhelmingly conservative when it comes to money. They don't want to pay for breeders' kids. The only reason gays are not voting Republican is because of the gay marriage issue.
Let us continue our important discussion of Jussy's bitchy attitude, caused by his hairy, needy snatch!
I am just picking up from another tread- but someone said Eminem might be gay or bi. Is he? He doesn't ping to me. But I have often thought that he was a victim of sexual abuse. I think a great many famous men were victims of sexual abuse. Michael Jackson, a few former band boys, Hitler, John Edwards, Mel Gibson, a few popes, and all porn stars.
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Hilarity ensues!
They've finally released 1964's [italic]Where Love Has Gone[/italic], a melodrama with the triple threat of Bette Davis, Susan Hayward and Joey Heatherton as three generations of women in a socially prominent San Francisco family. It's an expensive-but-cheap ripoff of the Lana Turner/Cheryl Crane murder case, and while it's not a top-shelf classic, it was well worth waiting for. If you want to see where Helen Lawson came from, it's this role, where Susan Hayward chews the scenery and the drapes as an internationally renowned sculptor AND nymphomaniac, whose daughter Joey stabs her lover to death with a sculptor's chisel. Watching Hayward wield a welding torch wearing goggles and a yellow chiffon scarf is priceless, but not as good as the flashback scenes, where the fortyish Hayward is cast as a twentyish World War II wife (with the same red cast-iron hairdo and smoker's wrinkles). And Joey's prison cell, with an iron bed, sink in the wall, and a completely incongruous enormous mid-60s bedroom table lamp, is genius. Best lines: Someone about Hayward's murdered "bookkeeper" -- "He knew little about double-entry bookkeeping %E2%80%93 but plenty about DOUBLE-ENTRY HOUSEKEEPING." DeForest Kelley as Hayward's pipe-sucking agent: "So the old Valerie Hayden is back. Sculptor. Painter. ALLEYCAT!" Mike Connors: "You're not a woman %E2%80%93 you're a DISEASE!" Has anyone else caught this reissued little gem?
I now hate Julia!!
Glenn, Viola, Mamie: all is forgiven!!!
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Alright try to be honest bitches. If a stranger met you taking into account your normal looks, voice and mannerisms how masculine or feminine do you come across? Curious how most posters see themselves. Gay or primarily gay men only of course
My dad, a former sociology professor, insists that there are more masculine gay men than there are stereotypical gay men. He says, it''s just that the stereotypes are more apparent. I''m not exactly the most masculine of men, so, I feel like he''s telling me I''m an anomaly. %0D\ %0D\ Is he right? And if so, where does he get this from? How does he know this? I have yet to meet a gay man who doesn''t ping, at least, slightly.%0D\ %0D\ Anyone here familiar with sociology? Is this what they teach?
and why?
I found her. She used to be tv movie actress. She went with Richard Thomas. Enjoy
Tell us about it. Only male DL'ers. Tell us your age. Who was it that you fucked?
You noticed that when ANGELINA won her JEAN HERSHOLT AWARD that although she mentioned her mother repeatedly, she never mentioned her father JON VOIGHT even one time ?
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Only 30% of speaking roles and 15% of protagonists are female. Minority females (especially Asians) are particularly underrepresented
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I've always been rather shy and passive, even as a child. I've come to believe those traits elicit bullying behavior in many people. For years, I've let people talk to me like I'm something less than human. Finally, I've had enough and today I snapped. From now on, I'm going to be as nice to other people as they are to me.
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The number of parents regretting the name they chose for their baby is on the rise, but it doesn't seem the regrets are for the right reasons like choosing the stupidest or most awkwardly spelled name possible.
This is bullshit!
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Well?
I keep seeing articles about how proud AJ is that Shiloh wants to be a boy, how often this kid is photographed and the fights AJ is having with Brad's mother about her androgyny. It's like she is trumpeting how liberal (and between the lines gay-friendly) she is. Isn't it terribly unseemly for her to pushing a sexual identity onto a child for publicity? Along the same lines, there are a lot of stories about this woman having sexual relationships as a young teen under her mother's roof, fucking her mom's lover, etc. Apologies if this has been discussed. I don't read these sites often.
Rip.
I love watching shows or movies about the Christian myth of the apocalypse as well as Mayan etc. I don't know if it's because I grew up so non religious that all these stories are like the Bogeyman to me. Sometimes I wonder if anyone got parts of it right. Does anybody here believe that an apocalypse from something other than natural disaster will happen? Is there a certain time you're expecting it? No judgement from me we are all strangers on here.
I don't understand. I asked him to elaborate, but he just said it's not a bad smell.
I've been Richrad ever since.
He was supposed to be the next big thing.
Are they sexier than abs? For some reason I find them so hot - what is it about them? It's weird. Has this part been sexualized before?
Craig James says Fox Sports Southwest let him go because of his religious stance against LGBT rights, and the Texas Workforce Commission is investigating his claim.
We know all the yuppie names and the striver names and the trash names and the insane names (Pilot Inspektor) Ben Affleck and wife currently hold the title for Top Hipster Named Baby -- Serafina Some other hipster baby names -- Jasper, Matilda, Alice, Atticus, Thelonius, Pearl, Violet, Daisy, Lennon. Others? (don't mention Brooklyn. Those Beckham skanks are off the charts)
Maybe we can return to some sanity and not see anymore Madysyn''s and Jarrod''s.
It''s his sperm and his lesbian bff''s egg so he says that gives him permission to name the baby.\ \ He wants to name her Jezebel.\ \ He named our last baby Lourdes.\ \ I ams seriously thinking of walking out of this. He has a very tacky sensibility in certain ways but it is infecting our children now.
"One girl each received these names: Amazing-Grace, A'Miracle, Apple, Babygirl, Beyonce, Dae'Gorgeous, Elektra, Forever, Gorgeousg'zaiya, Myranique, Paisley-Ann, Passion, Praisegod and Radiance. Some of the more creative boy names appeared inspired by faith: Divinefavour, Ezra-Nehemiah, Godswill, Goodness, JesusNazaret and King-David. Other little guys were dubbed Baby Boy, Clever, Handsome, Sir Genius, Memphiz and Tuff. In true Texas flair, one boy was named Stetson and another's first name: Dallas Cowboys. At least Madysyn didn't show up.
Yes, that's the actual headline of this story in today's NY Times. Aside from the ones listed in the article, I'm sure our resident bitches can come up with a few on their own. “Amory” was too F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Enzo” too Europhilic. “Selby” was too Brooklyn, “Roman” too Polanski. And those are just the boy names, a few of the dozens my wife, Joanna, and I have considered in our search to find a name for our baby, due next month. What’s in a name? What isn’t, these days? Baby naming has become an industry — with paid consultants, books, Web sites brimming with trend data, and academic studies exploring correlations between baby names and future success. The once-simple task of coming up with a monogram for the baby blanket has evolved into a high-stakes exercise in personal “branding.” And so many prospective parents feel paralyzed, trying to find the elusive name that is exotic yet not bizarre, classic yet not pompous, on trend but not trendy. “All this evaluation is not just overwhelming, it’s contagious,” said Page Rockwell, 34, a freelance project manager in San Francisco. Before she gave birth to a daughter a year ago, friends were constantly weighing in with half-welcome advice: “Charlotte” and “Chloe,” for example, were beautiful, but a bit played out. She shuddered when friends passed around birth announcement e-mails from mutual acquaintances amended with catty comments like “worst name ever.” Ms. Rockwell compiled spreadsheets filled with notations on government trend data (“Olivia,” an early favorite, was spiking ominously, she found), tabloid favorites (“Penelope” was rejected when Kourtney Kardashian claimed it); and cultural nuances (was it good that “Rosamund” evolved from “horse protector” in German?). She and her husband eventually settled on “Imogen,” a name with pleasing literary overtones (Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline”): distinctive, but not weird, they thought. Not long ago, unusual baby names were largely the province of celebrities — who can forget the rolled eyes that greeted “Apple” (Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s daughter) or “Moxie CrimeFighter” (Penn Jillette’s daughter). Now, ordinary mortals are getting into the act. The Social Security Administration’s list of the most popular baby names in the United States for 2012, released last month, showed a continued slide for staples like “John” (now No. 28) and “Mary” (123), which were among the Top 5 for a big chunk of the 20th century; the biggest gainers were “Major” (483 from 988) and “Arya” (413 from 711). “Finding a name that has authentic roots, but is completely undiscovered, is the ultimate baby name status symbol,” said Pamela Redmond Satran, a founder of the site Nameberry and an author of a new e-book called “The Nameberry Guide to Off-the-Grid Baby Names.” Even when parents look to the Bible, they often thumb past “Adam” and “Daniel” in favor of “Joah” or “Obadiah,” she said. In 2002, 77 percent of babies born in the United States had names on the Top 1000, according to government data. By 2011, only 73 percent did. Keep in mind that “Maxton,” “Krish” and “Brecken” already were on the Top 1000. To get more obscure than those, you basically have to draw Scrabble tiles randomly, which is perhaps how parents come up with neologisms like “Cree,” “Izan” and “Emi” (for boys) and “Safi,” “Nanou” and “Esosa” (for girls), all of which cropped up for the first time last year among the 450,000 births to registered users of BabyCenter. “No one wants their kid to be one of 15 Aidens in the kindergarten class,” said Linda Murray, the site’s editor in chief."
This week the Pope declared war on parents naming babies after celebrities, fruit or popular sports cars. In an address to parents, the ever-progressive pontiff pleaded with worshipers to 'give your children names that are in the Christian calendar'. So Apple, Brooklyn and Ferrari are out, Francisco and Giulia are in. But Benedict's not the only authority figure to stamp down on one of the sillier by-products of celebrity culture. The following names have all been banned around the world for reasons of taste, decency or just plain daftness. 1) Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii (New Zealand) New Zealand law bans names which could cause offence to a 'reasonable' person. Good thing too - the country is a stupid name hotspot. We found a couple from the islands who tried and failed to call their son '4Real', but nothing beats the ridiculous moniker above. It belonged to a 9-year-old girl before a judge had her renamed during a custody battle. 'It makes a fool of the child,' he said. It certainly made application forms a pain in the butt. Has New Zealand banned any other names? Oh yes. The judge listed some that were also blocked: Fish and Chips (twins), Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit. Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence were allowed. 2) Venerdi AKA 'Friday' (Italy) Maybe this is what the Pope was talking about. Back in 2008 a court banned an Italian couple from calling their child Venerdi (translation: Friday). The judges reckoned the name - taken from 'Robinson Crusoe' - would expose the boy to 'mockery' and was associated with 'subservience and insecurity'. The parents, however, might have the last laugh; they threatened to call their next child Mercoledi (Wednesday). Has Italy banned any other names? Italian courts can step in 'when the child's name is likely to limit social interaction and create insecurity'. In Turin, Andrea was rejected (and changed to Emma) as it's a boy's name in Italy. Dalmata has also been rejected, as it means Dalmatian. 3) Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (Sweden) No, we didn't fall asleep on the keyboard. That is an actual name a Swedish couple tried to inflict on their son back in 1996. Apparently the name is pronounced 'Albin' (we're not sure how), and the parents chose it as a protest against Sweden's admittedly strict naming laws. Tax authorities must give their blessing to both first and surnames before they can be used. Has Sweden banned any other names? Oh yes. Some favourites include Metallica, IKEA, Veranda and Q. Google was OK though. 4) Gesher AKA 'Bridge' (Norway) Back in 1998 those nasty Norwegians threw a woman in jail (admittedly for only two days) when she failed to pay a fine for giving her son an 'unapproved' name. Eccentric Kristi Larsen said she was instructed in a dream to name her son Gesher (Hebrew for 'Bridge'), but the court were having none of it. Kristi did have 13 children already though, so maybe she had just run out of ideas. Has Norway banned any other names? Undoubtedly, though in recent times they have replaced their list of officially sanctioned names with a general ban on monikers featuring swearing, sex and illnesses. 5) Chow Tow AKA 'Smelly Head' (Malaysia) Unlike many countries which are gradually relaxing name laws, Malaysian authorities have cracked down on unsuitable titles in recent years. In 2006 government killjoys published a list of undesirable names that weren't in keeping with the religious traditions of the country %E2%80%93 such as Cantonese moniker Chow Tow %E2%80%93 which means 'Smelly Head'. Has Malaysia banned any other names? Lots more Chinese efforts such as Ah Chwar ('Snake'), Khiow Khoo ('Hunchback'), Sor Chai ('Insane'). Malays should also steer clear of Woti, which means 'Sexual Intercourse'. 6) @ (China) With more than a billion fellow countrymen, finding a unique name in China is difficult. Perhaps that's why one couple called their baby the '@' symbol %E2%80%93 in Chinese characters it apparently looks a bit like 'love him'. Bless. Unsurprisingly, however, the authorities were less sentimental and publicised the moniker as an example of citizens bringing bizarre names into the Chinese language. Has China banned any other names? The police have control over all names given to children because they issue identity cards, but details of rejections are not widely circulated. 7) Miatt (Germany) Country living up to stereotype alert! Surprise, surprise the Germans are somewhat officious when it comes to baby naming laws. Regulation-loving Deutschland has an entire department (the Standesamt) which decides if names are suitable. Miatt was rejected because it didn't clearly show whether the child was a boy or a girl, but sometimes the decisions are somewhat arbitrary... Has Germany banned any other names? The likes of Stompie, Woodstock and Grammophon were turned down, whereas the similarly strange Speedy, Lafayette and Jazz were allowed. Cool Anus (Denmark) What is it about Scandinavian countries and name laws? The Danes are even tougher than the Swedes in this regard, with parents given 7,000-odd names to choose from by the government. Special permission is needed to deviate from the list, with ethnic names, odd spellings and even compound surnames forbidden. Luckily for him (we assume it's a 'he'), Anus was one of 250-odd names rejected each year. Has Denmark banned any other names? Well, Pluto and Monkey had lucky escapes... 9) Ovnis (Portugal) Before naming your child in Portugal, best consult this mammoth, 80-page government doc (and have it translated to English) that tells you which names you can and can't use. It's pretty strict (and random) %E2%80%93 Tom%C3%A1s is OK but Tom isn't %E2%80%93 and celebs can forget about the likes of Apple and Brooklyn, which aren't even on the banned list. Essex girls rejoice, however %E2%80%93 Mercedes is allowed! Has Portugal banned any other names? There are more than 2,000 names on the reject list, including Ovnis - Portuguese for UFO. 10) Akuma AKA Devil (Japan) Here's a name the Pope definitely wouldn't approve of. In 1993 a Japanese parent called his son Akuma (which literally means Devil). The authorities decided this was an abuse of the parent's rights to decide a child's name and a lengthy court battle ensued. Eventually the father backed down and junior got a new, less demonic name.
Anyone watching? - Because I have to vent. The kids are wannabe actors, not wannabe chefs. A few are from wealthy parents who are "gifting" their spoiled brats with a TV show. The rest were auditioned for personality and energy. None had to show any cooking skills. NONE of the kids cooked anything. The cameras show them chopping, stirring, plating, etc. What they don't show are the real chefs (I was one) who actually cook the dishes and style the plates. All of the "confessions" are scripted, as are the chats over the food with the judges. It was a pain in the ass because there were so many takes. I know most people know this "reality" crap is BS, but as a real chef, I am insulted and disgusted. I know, "Mary!!" Seeing 9/10/12 year olds getting praised for something I made was much worse when I saw it all edited for TV. I will never work on "reality" TV, or with entitled, bratty little twats and their vulgar parents ever again. On a side note, Gordon is charming beyond belief. If you want a laugh, and want to see 8 -13 year olds turn out 5 star dishes and pastries, and plate them more beautifully than many top restaurants, it's at least enjoyable to make fun of.
WTF??!
Does anyone still watch this mess?
I completely agree. Very touching.
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