I'm burnt out from arguing in GD!

[ThomCat]

The bigotry is running thick as tar in there. x(

Please say something nice about someone or something to remind me that we all have friends here.

Thank you.

:grouphug:

Thom

[LeftyMom]

1. I still think you're awesome.

:hug:

[ThomCat]

2. I'm very glad to hear that.

:hug:

So how are you doing now that your boyfriend is dating a guy? :P

[LeftyMom]

3. Eh. I can share.

Who's the guy? If it's MAHNY I want half. :P

[ThomCat]

6. I think it's GoPsUx.

If it's MAHNY, I think there's a waiting list. :9

[LeftyMom]

10. I think we started the wait list.

I'm going to win the lotto, just as soon as I buy a ticket, and he will live in my pool house and make me sandwiches when not lounging about my yard topless.

[ThomCat]

12. I'm moving next door!

Oh, and did I mention I'm an experienced babysitter? :)

[LeftyMom]

14. Cool.

:skips off to buy a lotto ticket and call a real estate agent in the santa cruz mountains:

[Jamastiene]

15. I really hate to butt in, but

you are MORE than welcome to lounge topless right here in the Lounge after hours you know. The Lounge is a nice place to lounge, you know? }( :hi:

[ThomCat]

71. If LM wins the lottery and we get our compound

I'm sure there will be some less than fully clothed recreational activies going on around the place. :7

In the proper environment I'm known to be a happy nudist. I lost my modesty somewhere. :P

[Jamastiene]

74. Did you stick it in the Gay Agenda Handbook before

it got stolen? :hug: We need laughter, lots and lots of laughter.

[ThomCat]

75. You know, I'll be damned if I can find that agenda.

I know I had it last week! I distinctly remember shoving it down straight people's throats last Tuesday!
:rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

32. You should just buy a compound.

I could help take care of dogs and stuff and I know how to clean a pool. I can even handle living with a vegan kitchen.

[LeftyMom]

34. yeah, we're going to need dog help

I don't think we can call it a compound, I'm pretty sure that word sets sirens whooping someplace at Langley. "Intentional community" is good, provided we don't mind sounding like a bunch of fucking hippies.

[ThomCat]

36. "Fucking hippies" is good.

:blush:

[LeftyMom]

38. Well, you usually have to give them Dr Bronner's and a shove into the shower first

:P

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

42. Dude, have you ever read a bottle of Dr. Bronner's?

I've spent time stoned and taking a shower reading that and just being like...

:wtf:

[LeftyMom]

44. Yeah, that is some weird shit.

Good soap though.

Edit: All One! All One! :rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

52. Yeah, I actually like the Bronner's soap.

I kind of miss it, since I moved back home. This is a Dial and Palmolive house.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

41. I fucking hate hippies, but I guess I could deal.

Hunter S. Thompson lived in a fortified compound and except for the mishap in which they thought his b-day present to Jack Nicholson was an assasination attempt, he didn't get in trouble.

[LeftyMom]

46. I'm trying to figure out how not to sound like hippies with some kind of vegan commune

I figure if you bring your SUV and we play a shitload of punk we should be okay.

[ThomCat]

48. I'll be hippy enough for all of us.

I know how to can and preserve food and I've got a green thumb.

I shower regularly though. Hopefully that doesn't hurt my credentials. :P

[LeftyMom]

49. I can too

I did two jars of homemade fudge sauce or flvegan last giftmas. I've done plenty of spaghetti sauce, preserves and stuff too. I kill plants by looking that them funny though. I can't even grow zucchini.

[ThomCat]

51. "can't even grow zucchini,"

:rofl:

That's just crazy! Zucchini is cousin to Kudzu!

[LeftyMom]

Plants fear me. They know I'm just going to kill and eat them.

I am to plants what Dick Cheney is to quail and lawyers.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

56. Same here.

I'm awesome with animals though.

[LeftyMom]

58. Animals seem to like me

Well, except for the 50 lb minpin across the street, but he hates everybody.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

59. A 50lb minpin?

Minpins are a "toy" breed.

[LeftyMom]

60. I know.

His body's shaped like Stewie Griffin's head. :( No wonder he hates everybody.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

65. My cousin just adopted (stole) a weirdass looking little dog.

The vet says it's a daschund, beagle, pit mix. It was getting abused and her two front legs were broken, but never set right, so her front feet splay out. Meanwhile, she has a chubby body for daschund but the short legs, with the hindquarters of a pitbull and the head of a beagle. It's such a weirdass looking dog, so her name is Muttley. Despite her looks, she loves everyone except cats and other small dogs (big dogs okay).

[LeftyMom]

67. I shudder to think how much a pit/beagle mix eats.

Get some pics!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

70. It's a little dog, so she can't eat too much.

[ThomCat]

63. You Two Stay Out of My Garden!

Git! Don't go anywhere near by Pepper plants!
:)

[LeftyMom]

64. It's okay

I'll be in the plant abattoir kitchen.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

66. Okay, and you stay away from my mushroom colony.

They're magically delicious.

[ThomCat]

68. I'll trade you some brownies for a mushroom.

:)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

72. Deal.

[LeftyMom]

69. You'd fit right in up there in the Santa Cruz mountains

Also, UCSC is the lesbian capital of the known universe.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

73. I thought that was Asheville, NC actually. nt

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

50. Well, the SUV, my ATV and I could bring a gun.

That's not very hippie. Of course, the gun would be kept locked up & unloaded, except when I'm shooting non-living targets.

:)

[LeftyMom]

53. Shhh, remember "armed vegan compound" not so popular with the FBI

;)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

55. Oh yeah...

Terrahists...

[LeftyMom]

57. Know why I hate America?

Bland, spongy tofu. That's why.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

61. Yeah, that Nasoya stuff blows.

I either buy "Fresh Tofu" or "The Bridge." They're both made within an hour or so of where I live, so they're eco-friendly that way, too.

[LeftyMom]

62. I have no idea what this stuff was, but it was definitely the lowlight of my trip

:(

Pirates Tavern made up for it though. :D

[ThomCat]

35. That's it. LM has to win the lottery!

There is no other option. :)

[LeftyMom]

40. Quick, call the lotto commission

:D

[ThomCat]

45. I'm on it.

So far, I've informed The NY, NJ and Pennsylvania Lottery commissions that you're the next winner. I figure I'll work my way west.

:dunce:

[Guava Jelly]

95. who am i marrying?

:)

[ThomCat]

97. I'm jealous that you seem to have hooked up with

flvegan before me. :P

[SeattleGirl]

4. You need a hug, ThomCat.

:hug:

[ThomCat]

5. I do. And I return hugs too!

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

7. Thanks!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

8. I've got your back any time.

:hug:

You are absolutely awesome. And thank you for sticking up for me, as well.

[ThomCat]

9. We're definitely teammates!

:hug:

Anytime!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

16. I just sent you a PM.

:hug:

[Jamastiene]

11. Hey, I saw some of that

boooll-shiat in GD. You put up a terrific fight. I saw that. I commend you for injecting logic into a couple of horrible verbal gay bashing threads. I see EXACTLY where you are coming from. It makes me want to reach through the screen and shake some of those people or clap my hands behind their back to see if they CAN hear. Something tells me they are just refusing to hear though.

Here:
:hug:

You know you are always free to come back to the Lounge and lick your wounds around the supportive, loving, compassionate half of DU. God knows I have come here to lick my wounds lots of times.

[ThomCat]

13. You are awesome!

Not just today but in general. And I really appreciated some positive feedback.

:hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

17. I think you're cool!

:hug: :toast:

[ThomCat]

19. I know you are cool!

And I've very glad you're now here in NYC. We have to do another meet-up sometime soon. It would be a shame if we all went too long without getting together in a great NYC restaurant somewhere.

:hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. Thank you!

I'd love to have another meetup. Just let me know when. :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Hi ThomCat!

:hug: You know how I feel about you, but I'll remind you again! You're the best! :hug:

[ThomCat]

22. No. At most I'm the second best!

But I'm closing in on you. :hug:

[rug]

20. Why do you spell Tom, Thom? Huh?

[ThomCat]

23. Because Thomas is spelled

Thomas, not Tomas.

:)

[RevolutionaryActs]

24. I could grope you?

Would that help? No, wait.. I'll get MAHNY to grope you. :evilgrin:

[ThomCat]

25. OMG! It's Christmas!

:9

[RevolutionaryActs]

27. Like you didn't know it would happen...

that ALWAYS happens in the group hugs. :grouphug:


In fact, it should be called "grope hug."

[ThomCat]

29. Grope Hugs all around!

:grouphug:

:9

[RevolutionaryActs]

30. Good times ahead in the lounge!

:woohoo:

[swimboy]

88. I want in on some of that!

And I can tend the garden and even cook. so please put my name on a cot in the compound!

I have been reading many of your posts and I want to thank you for getting in the thick of things and making a stand. I have a profound respect for you (when it is not clouded by lust.)

:loveya: :gropehug: :loveya:

[ThomCat]

93. You can get some of this at any time!

:loveya:

You're welcome in the garden. We'll do some planting together and see what comes up. :P

:hug:

[flvegan]

26. I can do that. ThomCat is one hot, sexy mofo...

If I were so inclined, my friend ThomCat would be in very, very, very BIG trouble.

Inclination aside...I could probably be convinced...

On a serious tip, fuck the haters brother. Bigots, assholes, haters...sadists, psychopaths, killers...evil is as evil does.

"Let no man f*ck with a brother that stands for his glbt brethren and sistren and also packs 18" guns...on each side."

Can I get an Amen?

[ThomCat]

28. How big is that trouble?

:9

You're absolutely right. A lot of people swear they aren't bigots, but by their actions you shall know them! Amen!

:hug:

[flvegan]

31. It depends my brother.

Trouble can be really, really big if one is crapping in the wrong yard, see?

Bigots are funny. They lack the ability to hide who they are and what they are. At least, they do in the long term. That makes me sort of sad. I'd like to be able to discuss my differences with one that thought upon the lines of a bigot. Sort of an intellectual kumate, I'd like to be able to...well, enlighten some folks.

That aside, I'd say, "bigots, haters, fag-bashers and the like...line the fuck up." You want at them, go through me.

You want at them, go through me.

My brother...

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

33. Amen.

:yourock:

:hug:

[Gormy Cuss]

37. You are a wonderful, thoughtful poster.

That head-banging animation is perfect for some threads. I chuckle every time I see it.

:loveya:

[ThomCat]

39. Thank you GC!

When I'm not Thomcat I'm usually ThomTheCurmudgeon. The headbanging tends to be very appropriate! :P

[RevCheesehead]

43. You aren't spending enough time with your cats.

If you'd listen to them, you wouldn't even be in GD.

:hug:

[ThomCat]

47. Very true.

But I listened to my cats I wouldn't be in the lounge either. I'd be on the floor with purring cats draped across me.
:7

Speaking of which, I have to get back on the floor with them for a few more minutes before I go to bed. :)

[mike_c]

54. if you're neglecting your cats you deserve all the pain that GD can inflict....

Shame, shame, shame.

[Jamastiene]

76. Awwwww, my cat is in the other room calling me.

She puts a stuffed animal (she has tons of them) in her mouth and cries just like a baby until I come get her and her baby (the stuffed animal) and we go to bed. Nitey night.

[buddhamama]

77. i understand what you're feeling

i have been around DU long enough to know what to expect when certain topics reach prominence in the media ( note i stipulated media. human rights is a prominent issue for me, everyday.) i also know the burnt out feeling as i have engaged in the heated debates myself.

know that i love and support you and wish you well. :hug:

[ThomCat]

79. It's a new morning

and I'm revived to tackle more bigotry, in part because of good people like you. :hug:

I'm very glad you're here.

[MissHoneychurch]

78. May I remind you?

[ThomCat]

80. Yes, you may!

Good time.

We have to do more of that! :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

81. Yes we do

and there are so many in NYC and around that you shoiuldn't have any problems meeting with them. Me, it is another topic.

:hug:

[ThomCat]

82. Don't be surprised if we call you one day

and announce that we're showing up for dinner! :)

[MissHoneychurch]

84. No problem at all

I can feed you :)

And I would love to have you in my apt and having a great time all together ... sigh ... please make it come true :)

[swimboy]

89. Hoorah! I hadn't seen these.

You definitely made a DU World Tour! :hug: I was lucky to see you so many times. I enjoy thinking about someday showing up at your door. I'll call first--I'd hate to come all that way and find out you were visiting some DUer in a nearby nation.

:loveya:

(I'm keeping my head down at work so I've been a little scarce.)

[MissHoneychurch]

90. swimboy, you know why I came to London

:loveya:

(but pssst)

I would love to have you and Mr.Swim at my place. And serve you some dishes and show you Frankfurt


:loveya:

[BarenakedLady]

83. Awwww

I think you are very sweet.

:hug:

[ThomCat]

85. My cat loves you.

He just jumped up on the desk and pressed his nose up to the monitor right on that hug. :P

He's got good taste. :hug:
Please don't mind the cat hair.

[BarenakedLady]

87. Hehe

Nice kitty. Having two cats and two dogs, I think I can handle a little more fur.

:hug:

[LostinVA]

86. Me too, and only one thing will make me feel better

Posting this:

[ThomCat]

91. Yeah!

I looked so hawt in that suit, didn't I? :P

[LostinVA]

92. TOTALLY hawt gay dude!

[youthere]

94. I think you put up a hell of a fight...

on an absolutely ignorant thread.
You rock ThomCat.:hug:

[ThomCat]

96. Thank you! Rock ON!

:hi: