..........Mazel Tov for the New Year.................................

................I wish you health, happiness and prosperity.

That is all.

Shalom.

Damien
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............Speaking Of Trek ................ Mr Quinto...............

.............Mazel Tov............... Nichelle Nichols...............

................. a true Lady .......... Classy - Intelligent - Graceful - Humble.

Many Happy Returns Ms Nichols.






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.............Defying Gravity.......... What We Should All Strive For,.......

............... my fave song from Wicked.

..WTF........... Vegans / Vegetarians - SHUT THE FARK UP !!! ................

..............Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan-tastic that you have made the decision to eat an ethical diet.

Good on you for choosing a healthy option for your innards.

Bravo for your ability to consider the plight of animals and how they are farmed.

Please piss off and stop preaching to me about it.

I am so sick of vege's and vegans telling me how I am a bad person for eating meat.

Personally - I usually respond by saying something pithy like "Hand me a chainsaw and a blow-torch and walk Bessy by my table !! - I'll help myself!!"

But here is the non-pithy version.

I like meat.

I like beef.

I like lamb.

I like poultry.

I like fish.

And yes - I know it was once a living being and is now a charred and marinated morsel on my plate.

Yes I know how it is farmed and more importantly I know how it is killed.

My people - Jews - were the first to put into practice humane farming and more importantly - humane slaughtering. In fact we are commanded by the Torah to respect all living things - and even more so those we farm.

I understand your choices and the reasons for which you have decided to make such a significant change in your life. I realise it isn't easy and that it is actually quite an expensive change - especially if you go completely organic.

But good for you. And I genuinely and sincerely mean that.

After all - HaShem gave the greatest gift He could to His people - Free Will. So please allow me to be as equally full and frank with you as you have been with me.

The reason - the sole reason - you are able to make such a balanced and informed decision is because your ancestors ate meat. Not organically grown legumes and vegetables - but meat. It has been scientifically proven that it was meat that was directly responsible for the growth of our brain. It is our eating of meat that enabled the growth of our bodies and the brain that now empowers you with the choice that you are allowed to make. It is meat that is the highest form of energy that one can derive from the ingredients of the natural world.

Due to this, we learned how to make tools, fire, the wheel, clothes, and eventually all the technology that we have today - including the ability to grow organic ingredients that allow you to live your life.

So................. Bugger off and allow me to live mine.

I am going to eat meat. I am going to like it. I am going to sit here when a roast chicken is in the oven and ADORE the smell it makes as its' flesh and skin is cooking.

So please - as I accept your decision NOT to eat meat - please give me the same respect by getting off my back about my carnivorous consumption.

That's my 2 Cents Worth.

And please - respect it.

Shalom

Damien
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........My 2 Cents........................ Thin Vs Fat...........................

.........after my post re the issue of gay culture and it's lack of appreciation for physical diversity - I thought it was only responsible of me to bring it back to a personal level.

So first........................... the THIN.




This is me back in 2002 at 75 kgs when I was in peak condition with pecs and biceps and a 32 inch waist and some serious sex appeal - yes I know it is vain to say that - but those emails I received from bigmuscle and gaydar didn't write themselves so I think I there was something going on.

So how was life different THIN.

• Shopkeepers ALWAYS approached you first - very quickly - imploring you to spend money in their clothing store.
• If you left something on your plate at a restaurant, they always assumed you were finished.
• You were somehow able to radar into another similarly built, horny gay man within 5 kilometers and knew you were going to shag................ repeatedly.
• Waiters always served YOU first in a high end bar - and hopefully got your number.
• You were envied in the workplace for the ability to wear fitted, corporate clothing that accentuated your good points.
• You took your time going from towel to the pool at the local swimming hole.
• Taking your shirt off at a dance party was a requirement - not an option.
• Bending down to pick something up was a routine set of kinetics.
• People respected you at the gym for the obvious hard work you have put in.
• The only reason people looked at you on the street was to catch your eye - and maybe your ass.
• Walking was a past-time - not a preventative health measure.
• Clothes came in a variety of sizes depending on your own personal preference.
• Working out was a recreational activity and a medium to build yet more muscle.
• People could actually WONDER if you had a mind - and even engage you in conversation to see if there were actually neurons behind the nice pecs.

Now........................ the FAT.




Let's break it down using the above list ............... shall we?

So how is life different FAT.

• Shopkeepers NEVER approach you first - I actually timed it one day as a wee social experiment and I spent a whole 12 minutes in a store, aimlessly wandering around before someone asked me if I needed help.
• If you leave something on your plate at a restaurant, waiters always ask "Are you still going?" - because you could not possibly leave anything on your plate, being a fat pig.
• You are somehow able to earn simultaneous scorn and pity from every gay man within 5 kilometers ................ repeatedly.
• Waiters always serve YOU last in a high end bar - after all, you can't possibly be there to pick up so you are only there to drown your sorrows and as such have infinite patience that they very nice, handsome, young man behind the bar might hopefully notice the fat ol' lush down the other end.
• You are envied in the workplace for the ability to find corporate clothing that actually covers all those horrible bumps, lumps and thus not actually putting your work mates through the hell of seeing all the aforementioned bits.
• You never go to the local swimming hole - and wait until after dark before using the pool in your apartment complex.
• Taking your shirt off at a dance party doesn't happen - because you would no longer ever go.
• Bending down to pick something up is now a series of mechanics that take planning, breath holding and considerable reddening of the face.
• People respect you at the gym - because you are actually doing something for your health - really - the only surprising thing about being fat that I have encountered thus far.
• The reason people look at you on the street now is to distribute yet more scorn and pity.
  
• Walking is now a preventative health measure - yet made that much more difficult because you take an extra 40 kilos (88 pounds) with you on each walk - and your knees, hips and back are not happy about that.
• Clothes come in a variety of sizes - but all contain the letter X somewhere in it (XL, XXL, XXXL, et al).
• Working out is now an extreme sport balancing the convergent risks of hyper ventilation, cardiac arrest, and irreparable joint damage.
• People actually assume you have an intellect - because with a body like a Russian doll, you can't possibly have any sex appeal outside of the Appalachian Mountains.

Now - whilst some of the above contain a dash of whimsy, they are in fact, all experiences that have happened to yours truly.

You do get served differently in all areas of society - except the local supermarket - and you are pitied by complete strangers on the street.

What you do not receive is support, encouragement, empathy, or even the slightest bit of respect, until you prove yourself worthy of some respect by performing at a level - social or professional - over and above any thin, good looking people in your circle or workplace.

Think I'm kidding? If you are - then you are clearly thin.

Nodding understandingly - maybe even with unshed tears - then you are fat.

We are - as gay men - absolute cunts when it comes to this issue - and the sad part is - we are three times as cunty as society at large. This his hilarious given how much we desire to be taken seriously by society at large and yet do nothing to combat stereotypes within our own community. And yet - somehow - we can form a 10,000 person protest at a moments notice when some heterosexual calls us "A Biblical Abomination".




I don't want gay marriage. I want equity yes - but I would also like us to fix our own internal problems first. After all, until we take ourselves seriously - ALL of us - heterosexual society is under absolutely no illusion as to how they have to take us.

We need to embrace the differently abled, the culturally different, the aged, and yes...... the rotund. No it is not okay to look someone up and down and say "Kill me if I ever get like that"

No it is not okay to look at someone in a wheelchair and sigh pityingly.




No, it is not okay to simply tell a fat person "Then do something about it" - there are in many cases nothing that can be done - aside from the option of radical surgery. There are so many factors such as metabolism, depression, anxiety, genetics and behavioural conditioning, that make simply "Doing Something" a nigh impossibility.




No it is not okay to assume that someone is large due to the mistaken axiom of "Fridge Fucking".




No it is not okay to PITY large people. Your pity should be reserved for issues such as your own ignorance and lack of education.

Yes, it is perfectly acceptable to encourage a large person to exercise. But please, do strap 60-odd pounds to your own body first - and then go for a 10km (6 mile ) walk so you can appreciate the pain and injury that extra weight WILL give you.

And yes, you can be nice to FAT people - actually............ just treat them as people and not FAT. You know, like how we never mention the weight issue when it comes to Lesbians - you know what I'm talking about and yes you should feel ashamed.

After all ...................... the only reason it is an issue for me (aside from the health risks) is because YOU put the FAT before my name - not me.

That's my 2 cents worth - and I just spent it.

Shalom

Damien

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..............I Love Judge Judy............... She Rocks ! ........

..............To All Of My Gentile Readers.............................

.................I wish you a very Merry Christmas and holiday season.

May you have a safe and happy New Year.

This little Jew loves your patronage :)

.............Just Coz....................... A Dirty....Dirty Man........

.....................I would love to get dirty with this man :)

.........A Great Man Has Passed............. RIP ................

............... Sadly - I guess most of the Western world did not even know this man's name.

As a Jew, I gladly call this man a kindred spirit.

May HaShem / Allah embrace him and comfort him.

Please read this........................

PS none of this is ANY reflection on Brittany Murphy - if anything it is a reflection on society.

A shame that a bright, talented actress has passed.

A crime that this brave man never saw his hopes and dream achieved.

Two prominent people died this week. One was a beautiful young woman based in Los Angeles. The other was a very old man based in Iran. The woman was a Hollywood actress. The man was a Muslim cleric. Both were sad losses. Yet if you were to look at the extent of the media coverage dedicated to each of them, you'd be forgiven for thinking that one had made a greater impact on society than the other. Unfortunately, your assumption would most probably be wrong.

The woman, Brittany Murphy, starred in a string of movies, television shows, and music videos. She was never an A-grade star, but famous enough to have made it onto FHM's list of the 100 Sexiest Women in 2006. Her death at 32 is tragic. The Australian media jumped on the story straight away. News bulletins opened up with regular updates and news sites featured her as the main headline along with large photos.

The man, Ayatollah Montazeri, was the only outspoken moderate theologian in Iran. He was a reformist who campaigned for democracy and fought for human rights in a country needing these freedoms more urgently than most. A fierce critic of the hardline ruling elite, Ayatollah Montazeri ramped up his condemnations since the disputed presidential elections in June, rightly saying that the Islamic republic was neither Islamic nor a republic. And yet his death has largely gone unreported in Australia.

On the surface, it's easy to understand why. Brittany Murphy was a celebrity, known by millions. As for Ayatollah Montazeri, this could be the first time you've heard of him. And yet, it is his death that poses the greatest setback for Australia's interests.

He was a scholar with the highest-profile voice of reason in a country speeding towards fundamentalism. Without his frequent criticisms, Iran's opposition is left without an influential advocate. With clampdowns on what journalists can report and the banning of public protests, those fighting the oppressive regime will face a harder – and much more dangerous – task without a senior religious figure on their side.

There are three main reasons why this should concern Australians more so than the death of a pretty screen idol.

First, if Iran attains its unstated goal of building a nuclear weapon and uses it against its sworn enemy, Israel, this would devastate the region and ravage the world. But Israel will not be hit first. Widely believed to have nuclear weapons of its own, Israel will attack any suspected nuclear sites in Iran, in the same way it struck Syria in 2007 using air raids. And Syria's nuclear program was nowhere near as advanced as the one currently under way in Iran. Another conflict in the Middle East will destabilise the global economy and send oil prices soaring.

Second, as Iran continues to meddle in the Middle East, our troops and allies are being affected. In Iraq, opposition militias are being trained and equipped by Iran in addition to covert activities masterminded by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Even this week, Iranian troops ventured onto Iraqi soil and engaged in a tense diplomatic standoff with Iraq over an oilwell. And in Afghanistan, where we still have active troops, Iran has invested in infrastructure, presumably less for charitable reasons and more for control. There are suggestions that suicides bombs and weapons are being sourced from Iran, too.

Third, without a moderate figurehead to balance the internal debate, Iran's actions are bound to become more erratic. Right now, there are three young American hikers imprisoned in Iran and charged with espionage. Without a trial date set, Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Manouchehr Mottaki, has already said they will receive "relevant sentences" in what is obviously a power struggle with the US. It could be Australian backpackers that are captured next.

Yet here we are. Twitter and Facebook are ablaze with messages of condolence and words of sympathy for Brittany Murphy. Nothing should be taken away from the attention this talented woman's death has received. But surely something must be said about the lack of attention given to the memory of Ayatollah Montazeri's courage and conviction. One million people were expected to attend his funeral in the city of Qom, but we'll never really know. Iran's media is forbidden to report on it and foreign journalists aren't allowed to travel to the city at all.

In the meantime, while the citizens of Iran are being imprisoned and tortured simply for speaking out, Australians can continue being blissfully unaware. Star struck.

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........................Completely 2 Cents Worth of Adorkable...................

..............John Krasinski - geek porn.

..................................................RIP...........................................

Ms Brittany Murphy. ...an actress has left the stage.

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............Bluntcard Monday................................. Just Coz.............

........................ with love of course :)

Damien.

........... Profile Time ! ................... Please Welcome Back... Lady Sue :) .........

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