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:true: And sometimes I "convert" Hetero to Homo ~ I just loved the computer lingo in this one  ::)

OMG, I woke the thread up. I was feeling guilty that I was listing my favorite fries, and since
I couldn't delete the post …

Well here they are:

Nathan's (I guess I can only get those in New York)
Mc Donalds (I never thought to ask for no salt; great idea!)
In and Out (discovered this place when I moved to San Francisco)
Five Guys (I went there once, and was amazed at the portion;
  I will split it with friends next time.

Also in diners: fries with cheese and gravy...yum!

@leatherbear:

An assistant principal at Harritan High
School recently complained to a sophomore student, Blake Robbins, that he had
been engaging in "inappropriate behavior" with the laptop, which remains the
property of the school. The principal provided a photograph of the student,
taken in his home by remote activation of his laptop's webcam, as proof of the
student's "inappropriate behavior."

If the "inappropriate behaviour" in question was anything at all sexual, then it's quite possible that the alleged evidence held by the principal could be deemed kiddie porn (since the student is clearly under 18).  If that's the case, I'd love to see the principal and his/her minions arrested (in full view of the students), handcuffed, and charged with felony possession of child pornography.

:rotfl:

This will serve me well when I get a job!

@MJRocker1987:

OHHHHHHHHHH SNAP! That is the best!!!

Agreed

Honestly, I've fantasized about having multiple partners.  But when i'm with my bf, (even just online) what i experience totally blinds me to all else so i guess it was just a passing fancy, or saved for when i watch porn hehehe.

So the answer is no.  But no offense intended to those who say yes.  Or maybe… some day we'll be okay with a group thing, but not likely.

hot topic! :crazy2:

Wonder what reactions i'll get if i do that

:crazy:

Pat Nevin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Patrick Kevin Francis Michael Nevin (born 6 September 1963 in Glasgow)[1] is a Scottish former footballer. In a 20-year career he played for Clyde, Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Kilmarnock and Motherwell as a winger.

Professional career

Clyde

Nevin trained with Celtic as a youngster, but was rejected for being too small.[2] He was signed by Clyde in 1981. In his first season, the club were promoted as Scottish Second Division champions; Nevin scored twelve goals and was voted young player of the year for the division.

Chelsea

Nevin joined Chelsea in the summer of 1983 for £95,000, joining fellow new recruits Kerry Dixon, Nigel Spackman, David Speedie and Eddie Niedzwiecki in manager John Neal's new-look Chelsea side. Nevin's skill and pace made him a pivotal player at Chelsea and a firm favourite with the fans.

In 1983-84, he scored 14 goals, created numerous others for the likes of Dixon and Speedie and put in some dazzling performances - during a 4-0 win over Newcastle United, he tormented the opposition defence, leaving five defenders trailing in his wake - as Chelsea won promotion as Second Division champions. In the same season he was voted Chelsea's player of the year. Chelsea finished a respectable sixth in the First Division the following year and reached the Milk Cup semi-finals, where Nevin was once again the star turn, setting up three goals in the quarter-final against Sheffield Wednesday as Chelsea came back from 3-0 down to draw 4-4; he also set up the winner for Speedie in the replay. The club were in the title race for much of the next season, with Nevin scoring a late equaliser against Liverpool at Anfield and a crucial header against West Ham United to seal a 2-1 win, though a late collapse saw Chelsea finish sixth. A year later, the club's performances dropped and they finished 14th, though Nevin was again voted Chelsea player of the year.

Everton

Chelsea were relegated in 1988 and Nevin was sold to Everton for £925,000. He scored 20 goals in 138 appearances for the club, but struggled to re-capture his previous form with manager Colin Harvey adopting a far more rigid system. He helped the side reach the FA Cup final in 1989, scoring the winner against Norwich City in the semi-final, but they lost 3-2 in the final to arch-rivals Liverpool. Howard Kendall returned to the club as manager in 1990; he and Nevin openly disagreed with each other, which reduced Nevin's playing opportunities, as did the arrival of new wingers Robert Warzycha and Mark Ward.

Tranmere Rovers

Nevin spent time on loan with fellow Merseyside club Tranmere Rovers, then in the second tier of English football, before signing permanently in 1992. The club competed in the Division One play-offs in three consecutive seasons (1992-1993, 1993-1994 and 1994-1995) but on each occasion they were eliminated in the semi-final.

Return to Scotland

In 1997, Nevin returned to Scotland and played for Kilmarnock and later Motherwell before retiring in 2000.

International career

In 1981 while playing for Clyde, he travelled to Finland to play for the Scotland under-19 team at the European Youth Championships and was named player of the tournament after helping Scotland win it.

Nevin won 28 caps for the Scottish national side, making his debut against Romania in 1986. He scored five goals in a ten-year international career and played at Euro 92, but was not selected in the final squads for the 1986 or 1990 World Cups. He made his final appearance for Scotland in 1996.

Retirement

He had a stint as chief executive of Motherwell but the club were hit hard by the collapse of the SPL's television deal and went into administration.

He now works as a television football analyst for BBC Scotland's Sportscene and Channel Five, a co-commentator for BBC Radio Five Live and as a newspaper columnist. In 1997 he published a book, In Ma Head, Son, which was co-written with psychologist Dr George Sik. The book covers his career at Tranmere during the 1996-97 season and eschews the typical footballer's autobiography being a dialogue with Sik which explores his worries, motivation and troubles as he comes to the end of his playing career.

He has an arts degree from Glasgow Caledonian University. He was noted during his playing days for being somewhat different from the stereotypical footballer, especially through his interest in literature and the arts, and in his musical tastes, preferring The Fall and Joy Division to Phil Collins or Lionel Richie. As such, he was interviewed by the NME and was a guest presenter on Radio City during his Everton and Tranmere career. This alternative image was the inspiration for the formation, with his permission, of the team Pat Nevin's Haircut which competed in the internal Edinburgh University leagues from 1987 to 1991. It won the 1988 The Guardian "Soccer Diary" award for the worst football shirt in the UK: pink, with small blue rectangular shapes.[citation needed]

Nevin now lives in the Borders, with his wife and two children. He participated in the "Alan Doyle and Son" show at the Borders General Hospital Radio on 7 February 2008 alongside Zander Law and local singer songwriter Jesse Rae. He is also good friends with former Hollyoaks actor and local celebrity Barry Foy.
Allegiance

Nevin grew up supporting Celtic,[2] but now supports SPL rivals Hibernian, watching games at Easter Road when he is not otherwise engaged for football commentary.[3] He has been reported to have switched allegiances for, among other things, feeling that his boyhood heroes had become a large corporate organisation and that Celtic Park no longer felt like home.[3] He also supports his former club Chelsea, and writes a weekly column for the Chelsea website.[4]
References

1. ^ PAT NEVIN, Newcastle Fans.
  2. ^ a b Pat Nevin Internet Interview, ToffeeWeb.
  3. ^ a b Nevin on Hibernian, Hibernian F.C. official website, 15 October 2009.
  4. ^ PAT NEVIN: ALL HANDS TO THE PUMP, Chelsea F.C. official website.

External links

* Profile from BBC Press Office ~ hXXp://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/radiofivelive/patnevin.shtml
    * Pat Nevin on the Chelsea in America Celebrity Podcast (2009).

Obama's don't ask don't tell triumph

The move towards repealing the US military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy has been a triumph of political choreography

You don't need me to tell you the number of things the Democrats have messed up in the past year. But lately comes a heartening sign that sometimes, they know how to play this game. The recent rollout of the planned repeal of the US military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy has been impressively choreographed. Not a false step anywhere.

First, stepping back: even the most ardent backers of repeal never thought that Barack Obama would put the matter on his year-one agenda. Simply too much other stuff to do. But then, lo and behold, when I think people weren't necessarily expecting it, he came out (as it were) strongly in his state of the union message in support of repeal. A state of the union address is vetted by and shared with various executive agencies of government, so the Pentagon had to know this was in the speech. Even so, past practice among Democrats on this issue and others like it would indicate that maybe things hadn't been so well worked out – that the Pentagon was dicey, but the president was plowing ahead anyway.

And yet, when Obama mentioned the repeal, Pentagon boss man Robert Gates applauded. In fact he stood and applauded. Then, the day after Obama's speech, the Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell confirmed that the department was working on repeal plans that it would unveil next week. And next week, which is now this week, exactly that happened. Gates and Mike Mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and America's top military man, testified before the Senate yesterday backing repeal. Their positions were already known, but for them to use words as forceful as they did in a Senate forum was something.

Especially so in Mullen's case. Gates is a civilian who will return to civilian life (perhaps soon). But Mullen is a soldier – navy, not army, but a military career man through and through. And he said yesterday: "It is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do", adding that the current policy "forces young men and women to lie about who they are" as they defend their fellow citizens.

Whoever worked this step-by-step unveiling out will deserve a lot of credit from history when repeal comes. And it does now more like a when than an if. Gates and Mullen will still move somewhat slowly. A commission will spend a year studying the likely effects of repeal. But note that the commission isn't studying whether to do it – merely the effects of doing it. And in that year, not only will soldiers and officers have time to adjust, but so will members of Congress. It's not clear yet whether a repeal would require 60 votes in the Senate. It could conceivably be passed under rules that require only a simply majority of votes, or 51. If it needs just 51, it's likely there already.

But if 60 are needed, it's still problematic. Centrist Democrats are still afraid, and most Republicans are still against. Some are said to be privately supportive of the change, aware that support for the current policy looks increasingly reactionary, especially when the country's top military man is against you. But trying to change those Republican habits is not easy. Here's an argument. A few years ago, you folks were hailing our "coalition of the willing" allies as brave warriors, especially Britain, Spain and Poland, the non-US leaders of the coalition in terms of troop commitments. All three of those nations allow gays to serve openly. So which is it. Are they brave, right-thinking nations or sowers of pusillanimity and self-defeat? The same case could be made viz Israel, which the hawks love and which allows open service.

This will all take time. But the policy will change. And when it does, the Obama administration and the Pentagon will deserve a lot of plaudits for the smooth choreography of the past two weeks. Now let's see them apply that to other areas, please.

Iowa’s anti-gay marriage bill is dead for another year
Timothy Kincaid
February 9th, 2010

In a publicity stunt (send money) Republicans in the Iowa legislature tried to pull from committee legislation that would begin the process of changing the state constitution to ban gay marriage. As expected, the Democrat controlled House and Senate both said, “no thanks, dead in that committee is fine with me.”

However, we should be appreciative of the Republicans. After all, this effort revealed two Democrats who hate equality so much that they were willing to defy party loyalty and vote to pull the bills from committee. They are Senator Tom Hancock and Representative Dolores Mertz.

Gay Iowans, and indeed all Iowans who believe that each citizen is entitled to equal treatment under the law, are invited to find and support primary opponents for these two legislators.

the beauty and charm, attractive :cry2:

That was NOT the punch line I intended on!  LMAO!