Phaedrus

Ohferfucksake. This kind of cluelessness *really* annoys me. I'm all for our elected lords and masters doing what they can to stamp out child porn, but I'd feel a lot better about it if I felt the money wasn't being completely wasted. Small boobs does not equal prepubescent. Okay? Is that really terribly hard to work out?

I'm afraid I have to question your logic here. If age ain't nothing but a number, why is not knowing it reason for you to move on? :???: I'm with you on the second bit... but not having an age or a date of birth on a profile is no reason not to investigate further, IMHO.

Congratulations, RG! Keep 'em coming! Additional Comments: Congratulations, RG! Keep 'em coming!

A fantastic day yesterday! I was watching the live feeds from Tahrir while I was supposed to be working - I don't think I've ever seen so many people so happy! As for what happens next... who knows? It looks like the army was pretty instrumental in giving Mubarak that final push, so hopefully they'll resist the temptation to simply install another one of their own...

Congratulations to you, Angela!

I don't think the predictions of imminent doom and gloom and disaster are warranted. In fact, I'd be very disinclined to trust any predictions at all right now. There's no guarantee the present regime will fall, or even that it'll change much. And if it does go down, there's also no guarantee that the Muslim Brotherhood will subsequently end up in power. And even if they do, there's no guarantee that immediate Jihad will be top of their agenda. For now, the best thing (and the only thing, really) is to wait and see. And hope. And pray to your deity of choice, if you're so inclined.

Congratulations, Cato. Keep on going!

A classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxVKtNkQAtw

You're an example to us all. More power to you!

Snow. I LOVE snow. Sliding down hills on it, building things with it, knocking them down and building other things with it, throwing it at people, going inside to warm up and then coming back out to do it all again. I know a lot of people don't like it, but when you've grown up with damp, rainy miserable excuses for winter it's fantastic to have lots of proper white fluffy stuff to play with.

One other option that I don't think has been mentioned... a relatively recent development is micro-publishing print-on-demand sites. I've never used one to publish anything, but I've bought a book or two from http://www.blurb.com/ and they've been good quality. They're cheap because nothing ever gets printed at all until someone buys it, so they don't run the risk of conventional publishers of having to pulp most of a print run if it doesn't sell. Disclaimer - I know almost nothing about this, so please take any advice from me with a suitably large pinch of salt :)

Yes, things do seem to be quick now. Well played Mod! One for the request list, if we're making one: would it be possible to have some sort of link in the forum indexes to go directly to the first unread post in a thread? We already have icons to indicate whether a thread is completely new, or has new posts, and I've seen the functionality elsewhere... although I have no clue whether the software running the site actually supports this, obviously.

I don't really have all that much to add, other than a wholehearted endorsement of the recommendations above - so, at the risk of being dull and repetitive... Jessica's GFE massage really is out of this world! She's very beautiful and very good at making this somewhat nervous visitor comfortable. The massage is fantastic (it's great having the space that a bed gives, rather than being limited to a small massage table). The attention to detail, the sensuality, the... were all everything I could have wished for. I'll definitely be back for more. Soon. Very soon.

Or (in the interests of light entertainment), you could go the even worse DIY route... http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/

Also, I think it's pretty easy to do with most photo-editing software.

I don't think there's any grand conspiracy here... the constant parade of new and shiny stuff is just a reflection of the pace of development and improvements in what's there already. The thing to remember is that just because yet another new and shiny toy came out this week, there's not necessarily any reason to buy it - and the fact that something's already considered obsolete doesn't mean that it'll suddenly stop doing what it's done perfectly well up to now. Like Reddog, I'm also happy with my stone-age iPod, and I've never had a smartphone of any kind. I *like* not being able to read emails 24/7/365 :)

So, I figured it was about time I got around to contributing, rather than just lurking here :) Megan was the first MA I saw, and also the first I went back to... and so it seems appropriate for her to also be the first one I've written a review for. Megan has a very convenient location - discreet, downtown, but with ample parking. She's every bit as beautiful and intelligent as others have described - but on top of that, she's a really nice person too. What more could you want? Fantastic massage? Check. Body slides? Even better. And finally... let's just say that ulixestrojan's comment about toe-curling was bang on the money. I will most certainly be back for more! P.S. There's just one downside: both times I've seen Megan were first thing in the morning, and then I went to work afterward. And both on both days I had people ask me what I was smiling about. I *really* need to think of a good answer to that one for next time ;)

Congratulations! Here's to the next thousand...

Ya, and so we come back to a question that comes up in other debates, too: how do we distinguish between those who are doing exactly what they please, and those who are doing something because someone, somewhere, has coerced them? Obviously not an easy one to answer... I don't claim to know, alas.

...sounds like a nasty one. More power to your elbow.

So to continue with the diabolical advocacy ('cos I think it's an interesting debate)... what if a woman feels obliged to wear a hijab/niqab/burqa/whatever in order to conform to the tribal-tradition or religion-based social norms of her community? I'm getting more at generic peer pressure here, rather than a man making his wife/daughter comply with his beliefs as the latter is rather more clear-cut...

You're still talking about Civ, right? :lol: Sorry. I'll get my coat.... Additional Comments: A little, but nothing like as much as the removal of the stack o' doom.

Absolutely. This forum would be vastly poorer without the ladies!

I knew there were some pretty awesome people here, but that really brings it home. Much respect, folks.

Thanks for that - also great for those of us who weren't around when the original thread was active...