Community

Grammy's, the Pro bowl or the Winter X Games and if the truth be known i think the X Games had more entertainment tonight. Although I did like hearing Stevie Nicks sing one of Fleetwood Mac's classics from my teen years.

I just wanted to speak a bit on community and the one I feel apart of here. When I first met some of the bloggers who I follow and linked too it seemed to be a tight knit group of bloggers who easily let people in and linked them to their blogs. This little Australian really believed in and used to plug and link new bloggers. Now that he has suspended his blogging i hope people continue to link new bloggers and plug those you like. Mirrorboy used to say its like a spider web so lets keep going it gives everyone a chance to find someone, a new friend or maybe more. In light of that

Thoughts of a gay teen - Oliver is a young student in Paris who is looking for some followers. He hasn't been blogging long and just got back from a trip the to Hague, which i believe is in Europe somewhere where he roomed with and interesting boy ...

The Difference in Me Luc, is a french Canadian, who is 18 years old and in college. He tells us he is out to a few people. He also has few followers and could probably use some followers

A Life of One Sexually Confused Boy B (you may remember him as Hypnos) is back with a new blog for those of you who remember him. He also is in college and enjoying the life and his dreams.

The Daily Jizzt My friend Torchy has brought back the Daily Jizzt, if you have some time check it out and im sure he would appreciate input and co authors even

So when and if you can point out some new blogs that you find and link them let people know they can find friends here. I have been very lucky to meet so many of you and while its hard to chat with everyone i thank all that take the time to do so.

Recently i have the good fortune to dine with and enjoy the company of several of our fellow bloggers. I can only hope that those of you who are closeted like me can find a few friends like Jeremy, James, Shane and especially Naturegesetz, who I and another blogger were able to help celebrate his birthday at symphony. He truly is the elder statesman of the blog world. If you can just meet someone it helps it really does just to be in their presence so thanks guys

Well once again thanks for being out there and reading. Take care and be safe

Cvn70

What About Bob and Marriage

Hello again and I hope you are well today. I got an email the other day and someone indicated they were looking forward to knowing a little about what makes me tick, so I thought I might described a bit about Bob for you all:

EDIT: Sorry I have confused so many but am not writing about myself here rather a friend of mine with the same name.

Bob has hazel eyes and auburn hair;
Bob drives a car from Sweden;
Bob grew up near Boston, Massachusetts USA;
Bob loves to attend sporting events;
Bob is very athletic even till this day, and he has the cutest butt;
Bob also has the cutest dimples;
Bob went to one of this countries bests business schools to get his masters degree, and I am not telling you which one;
Bob has never used drugs;
Bob used to have a Mohawk and an earring;
Bob used to have a six-pack but time has smoothed his abs;
Bob used to run long distances; and
My friend Bob doesn’t know how much I love him.

If you had met Bob during our college years when we met I think most of you would have understood how I felt about him, he was just so fit as my English friends say. Bob shares my name but unfortunately not my orientation. You know when you see someone who just makes you stop and stare, well meet Bob. The first time I saw him on campus I just knew I had to get to know him. That turned out to be easy as Bob and I both started out in engineering school. We found ourselves in several courses together. At some point he decided engineering wasn’t for him and he wanted to change majors. I was heart broken and remember trying to get him to change his mind.

As time marches on, I will probably tell you more about Bob as we travel down this road together but I have worked with Bob every day now for the last 15 years. It’s not perfect but every day I get to be with him and have him close. Bob is one of my best friends and loyal to a fault. He really is one of the things that keeps me going and gives me a reason to go to work every day. I hope you all have a friend like Bob someday as he clearly is one thing that makes me tick. Let me know if you have or had a Bob in your life or someone like him even closer to you.

Gay Marriage Update

On a side note, today Maine and last week New Hampshire’s legislators moved bills to legalize Gay Marriage. Rhode Island is now the only state in the New England which hasn’t legalized Gay Marriage or moved to legalized it. Maine and New Hampshire are following up on what Vermont did a couple of weeks ago when Vermont became the fourth state in the nation to legalize gay marriage. New York’s Governor has also submitted a bill to legalize Gay Marriage to his Legislators so New York could be next. California's Supreme Court has until the end of June to announce it position on the appeal of Prop 8. Guys if things go right we could have Gay Marriage eight states before the summer is done. Additionally the District of Columbia (where our nations capital is for all you readers form outside our borders) has agreed with New York and will recognize gay marriages from other states. I think the tide is turning and soon it will be legal through out our nation.

Once again thanks for all the support and I have to apologize to some of you for not having the time to thank all of you who I have not previously met and I will get an email to each of you soon. I have just been busy with real life issues and such. I guess in this economy I should be happy that I am busy but its getting tough out there for a lot of people and declaring bankruptcy appears to be a new trend for so many. So thanks for your patience and support.

And to all my friends’ writing papers, preparing for finals or working hard in any endeavor I would like to join my friend RC, a humorist, artist, a musician and University professor, in wishing you good luck and success. If you haven’t read RC’s blog Mental Doodles as of yet consider adding it your blog list as he posts almost daily and even Torchy reads it. . Lots of love to all and thanks for coming by today!


Take care and be safe

Cvn70

Seven P

Prior Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance –

Dad calls the above the seven “P” method of life, sounds simple and easy to follow doesn’t it.

First let me say to everyone who has commented upon, linked to me, following me or who has sent me an email since I posted, just thanks so much for your support and all of your kind words. I believe in the axiom: "that you get out of things what you put into to them" but your response has been well above anything I could have expected.

So, just thanks guys, (you too S and F) the comments were very humbling and reinforces my belief in the community we have going on here. I really would like to thank those whose blogs I have not read as of yet or commented upon, who have chosen to follow me or comment upon these posts, so please just give me a few days so that I may respond in kind. I would like to take a minute to point out this community directory being compiled by Steevo here. And if I have omitted anyone, in regards to linking, please just send me an email or leave a comment.

I thought I might try and do some interactive things with this blog and my readers, which I think makes blogging a more worthwhile experience. First I am going to try and respond to every comment made; I like it when other bloggers do that. As many of you know I am an attorney, so from time to time I was hoping to make you all members of a jury, I will lay out some facts to a case and see what you think about how the case should be resolved. Some days I may get a bit political or legal on you also, we will see. Also like today I hope to ask you a question or two and look forward to all of your responses, especially those from overseas to today’s question.

My Dad has a bunch of expressions he passed on to us as we grew up. I love my dad maybe more now than I ever did before. Dad is really a simple guy who grew up during the Great Depression; whose parents were both dead by the time he was 16; joined the marines at 17; went to Korea to fight in a war came back; went to work; raised a family and he is now retired in Florida. It is tough to tell Dad a hard luck story or to formulate reasonable excuses for lack of effort too. In some other post I will get into all that, later on, describing my family some more and possibly some issues, Dad and me, had earlier in this life.

I’ll bet most of you have learned expressions or common sayings, maybe passed onto you by family or friends, that guide or affect your life. My Dad is a big believer in being prepared for things and something preparation does for me is to give me a sense of confidence. Whether it was taking a test in school, playing a sport, taking an interview, meeting a client for a big meeting or going to court, if I am prepared I am always more confident. My Dad would love this post of Gurney’s I read today, and anyone reviewing for finals or revising for tests at any school at any level may benefit from taking a look at his post. Preparation I believe is one key to success in any event in life and when those times arose that I was not prepared Dad would let me know about it as the results were always evident.

He had another little saying that I have taken to heart a lot more after meeting a certain little Aussie and I think I will share it with you also. Now we never had a cat and quite frankly I and they aren’t even friendly, as I am allergic to them, but Dad always says that “you got to let the kitten have the ball of string every once in awhile or he won’t come back and play with you”.

Dad believes in fairness and balance in this life. He suggests there maybe times in life when you should save another’s face, so don’t try and win every thing in life, allow others around you to share in success, and they will stick around you. He explains if you try and have everything your way and put forth no thought or effort for others, you may end up without friends at all, just people who may want something from you. Friends to me are everything in this life and I am so glad to have all of you who I have come to consider, new friends.

So here is what I would like to know: what expression, saying or axioms have affected, guided or influenced your lives; who taught you it and what does it mean to you?

Take care and be safe


Cvn70