Hot 13 Lists – Is it Thursday Yet?

[Rand]

Wonderful post ET ! And with the climate changing as it is, we may all need to learn to cope with water!


Rand

 

[EJMichaels]

Two very moving posts (last week), for entirely different reasons. Thanks, guys.

For this week, again, no set of 13 pics from me, although I did try... Instead, following a link from this thread, http://www.justusboys.com/forum/threads/408163-Condom-Maker-Breaks-Down-Penis-Size-By-State-City I found this article Condom maker breaks down penis size by state, city.

Condomania began marketing TheyFit condoms six years ago, a set of 76 varied sizes to provide a perfect fit. The data pool for this study has swelled to more than 27,000 men, enough to draw some tentative conclusions. The tumescent curve runs from 3" to 10", falling into a Bell normal curve with half between 5" and 6". This conforms with previous studies, including the Kinsey Report.

Broken down by city, the list of the most well-endowed citizens

[first 13 of course, largest dicks first]

1. New Orleans
2. Washington DC
3. San Diego
4. New York City
5. Phoenix
6. Portland
7. Atlanta
8. San Francisco
9. Chicago
10. St. Louis
11. Seattle
12. Miami
13. Indianapolis

Random thank-you-for-visiting gif:

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(Well, there are approximately 13 butt cheeks...)

 

[ElmosToe]

^good info to keep in your back pocket when traveling. Thanks for the heads up EJ.
Curiously San Fran is number 8, I'd expect it to be at least in the top 3. Interesting.

Yay San Diego! I can attest from personal experience, their number 3 rank.

I suppose it's time for that long awaited trip to Fangtasialand.

Love the little butt cheek gif. Particularly the dude in front on the floor.

 

[ElmosToe]

Even if you're not drowning, sometimes life can keep you.....in chains.

http://www.queerpopculture.com/leatherman/masters-chains.jpg

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bonus pics:

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[Rand]

^^ great post ET, even have Harry in there! And I thought marriage was considered the ball & chain ..............

The chain clipped to the nipple ring ............... that brought shudders !

 

[EJMichaels]

Chains!

 

[redfox70]

 

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[EJMichaels]

Lucky cats!

 

[Kyanimal]

Fantastic theme, Foxy!

Though I have to admit, I didn't see the kitteh in the first one, at first, 'cause I didn't know what I was supposed to be looking for ... yet.

Cute "little guy" is a bit overwhelmed by the "Big Guy", and the pattern of the bedding.

Keep smilin'!!
Chaz

 

[ElmosToe]

Lucky cats!

^agreed.

Though I have to admit, I didn't see the kitteh in the first one, at first, 'cause I didn't know what I was supposed to be looking for ... yet.

Cute "little guy" is a bit overwhelmed by the "Big Guy", and the pattern of the bedding.

^thinking the same thing...camouflage kitteh!

^Awww!



Absolutely adorable, Red.
(did I use enough A words?)


Glad to see you back to your fun, creative self.

 

[mbamike]

They are adorable!

 

[ElmosToe]

When those restraining pressures create chaos,
a moment of reflection can help regain some perspective
to find your focus.

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bonus:

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[Rand]

I like being reflective - - - - but I like those men being reflective more! Very nice ET ! I enjoyed.

Red, thank you for sharing too! Although not a big cat person, (they are ok in small doses) the company they were keeping was very nice! But then, you'd not settle for anything less. Thank You!

Actually, ET used a word I'm playing with .... perspective.

Rand

 

[Kyanimal]

Awesome "reflections", ET and Rand!

And, ET, I especially liked the "Bone Us" pic! It certainly did!

Keep smilin'!!
Chaz

 

[EJMichaels]

I had a post for today, but I bumped something and lost it. My back hurts and I don't want to retype.

I'll say one quick thing - terrific mirror post! There's a thread for those: http://www.justusboys.com/forum/threads/332987-Mirror-Mirror-on-the-Wall. I don't remember them having as much variety in composition as the ones ET picked.

 

[EJMichaels]

This week - 13 More Books!


Having one of my stories accepted for Best Gay Erotica 2014 prompted me to learn about the editor, Larry Duplechan. I love his books and want to share some of what I found. He also maintains a blog of his sexy drawings. Get the links to his books and blog here.

From an article on his life and works:

Duplechan is an autobiographical writer. His novels do not recount events that actually happened to him, but they closely reflect his life and personality, especially through the voice of his most famous character, the protagonist of four of his novels, Johnnie Ray Rousseau

...beneath Duplechan's breezy style lurks a great deal of pain and suffering. Indeed, the humor with which his work is infused is often a coping mechanism. While Duplechan may be a comic writer—he has described his books as "romantic comedies"-- he knows that in life comedy and tragedy coexist and intensify each other.

For Johnnie Ray, as for Duplechan himself, his gay identity is more defining than his racial identity. Yet it is not true, as some reviewers alleged, that Blackbird is insensitive to racial issues, including the discrimination Johnnie Ray faces as one of a handful of black students in his high school. Indeed, the novel subtly but unmistakably indicates the pervasiveness of racism in the conformist ethos that shapes small-town attitudes.

Charles I. Nero has described Johnnie Ray's forthrightly expressed preference for white sexual partners as a challenge to the idea that "a black person's attraction to a white" is pathological; he also contends that Johnnie Ray's declaration of such a sexual preference is "a major moment of signifying in African American literature: the sexual objectification of white men by a black man."

I’ll add that there is a lot of hot erotic content – both brief references and some detailed sex scenes.

I’ve read the first two and the last book so far. The other two are waiting for me at the post office.

1. Eight Days a Week – Johnnie Ray as a young adult
2. Blackbird – prequel to above, a younger Johnnie Ray
3. Tangled Up in Blue – Not part of the series; AIDS theme
4. Captain Swing – Johnnie Ray in his thirties
5. Got 'Til It's Gone- Johnnie Ray in his forties

I’ve also been reading mysteries lately, and I’d rather read about gay characters. My searches took me to Greg Herren – I’m starting my second of his sexy mysteries set in New Orleans. I had previously enjoyed his erotica. Another popular author is Neil S. Plakcy, creator of the Mahu Investigations series about a Hawaiian detective. Plakcy writes extensively about Hawaii, surfers, beaches, sailors, and other themes. I haven’t read his books yet.

6. Bourbon Street Blues (Scotty Bradley mystery) by Greg Herren
7. Jackson Square Jazz (Scotty Bradley mystery)
8. Vieux Carré Voodoo (Scotty Bradley mystery) (obtained from library, but I'm counting it with "my" books)
9. Mahu: A Hawai'ian Mystery (A Kimo Kanapa Mystery) by Neil S. Plakcy

And, of course there’s some erotica in my latest reading pile. I liked what I read by David May and picked up a couple of his books:

10. Butch Bottom & the Absent Daddy and Ten Other Leather Love Stories
11. Madrugada: A Cycle of Erotic Fictions (Boner Books)


Other:

12. The Lost Library : Gay Fiction Rediscovered -- found when searching for Duplechan; he’s one of many authors included.

13. The Violet Quill Reader: The Emergence of Gay Writing After Stonewall.
The editor, David Bergman, also edited the Men on Men fiction anthologies. The Violet Quill was a group of seven New York writers -- Edmund White, Andrew Holleran, Christopher Cox, Michael Grumley, Robert Ferro, Felice Picano and George Whitmore -- who regularly met in the early 1980s to discuss and read their work.


Random pic:

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[EJMichaels]

I found the Greg Herren book, along with a couple of others, by going to my library's ebook site and searching for "gay". (There weren't many to scroll through.) In case you all don't know, many libraries offer ebook loans from a selection that goes beyond the local holdings. Some libraries have reciprocal arrangements with those in nearby areas, so you can expand your borrowing options. If you get the Kindle format, it's managed through your Amazon account and automatically returned after two weeks. Some books are available as pdf.

 

[EJMichaels]

No Porn, Better Working Memory?

Research finds that porn imagery lowers cognitive function.