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[This is a repost from yesterday. We still have a long way to go!]

In a day and age where few things shock me, this one did:

Last month, Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia was extremely fortunate to receive a year-long $20,000 grant to increase staff knowledge of #LGBTQ issues through training and provide assistance with developing local partnerships to best serve LGBTQ youth.

Soon after accepting the LGBTQ grant, however, a representative of three foundations halted funding to the organization and has not fulfilled a financial pledge made late last year.

Sadly, the amount was so great it may force us to suspend some services and programs.

Big Brothers Big Sisters believes inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. We stand true to our mission to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.
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This includes all children.
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One in three kids don’t have the support of a caring role model. Studies show LGBTQ youth are less likely than their non-LGBTQ peers to have supportive adults in their lives. Every day we see the positive impact mentoring can have, and for LGBTQ youth, this can be especially important since they are at greater risk of attempting suicide and being victim to hate crimes and bullying.
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Suspending services, even temporarily, would have a negative impact on the children currently in our program. Many would feel let down yet again. Another disappointment in a series of disappointments. Rejected again.

If we are to once and for all change the long-term narrative for WV kids and the Mountain State, it is time we recognized the value of ALL of our children. It is time we invest in their future, which in turn defines the future for our state. I don’t want to look back in 10 years to see talent left undiscovered.

I called and had a very nice chat with Sara McDowell, the executive director of the organization, and this has put a real gap in there budget (close to $100k). And since these are funds that were promised last year and then reneged upon, it makes their problem even worse.

It’s worth noting that these are children who are also being hit by the double whammy of the opioid crisis we talked earlier, and in some cases adults are trafficking the children for sex to feed their addiction. It’s just a horrible mess.

At any rate, I was hoping you all would help make their donations pages go viral. There is a GoFundMe that you can find here , and there is a donations page on their actual website. Either works.

(via WV Public)

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  4. 4.

    PhoenixRising

    in some cases adults are trafficking the children for sex to feed their addiction

    Really? Is this not just a scare story? Please tell me this is a scare story. Appalachia is in terrible shape but I don’t want it to be that bad.

    Gave $25 because that’s what I can do today and if I’m wrong about the quoted claim…lie to me?

  9. 9.

    Amaranthine RBG

    Donation made.

    Hey, Cole, who else would you suggest for donations in WV?

    I already give to Coal River Mountain Watch, the Highlands Conservancy, and the Kanawha Forest Coalition and Waterkeeper WV.

    Who else?

  11. 11.

    Karen Potter

    I was a big sister back in CA in the early 80’s drugs were a problem then for many and it was worse for those who weren’t straight, many were afraid to admit that they liked the same sex since it would get them thrown out of house. I have heard from those still in area that 35 years later parents are still discarding their own children if they don’t to conform to ideals.
    I suspect that since that time things have only gotten worse; I know that back as far as “civilization” goes parents have been selling their own children to feed their own needs.

  13. 13.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Is this O/T? If so would be glad to hear from anyone who knows anything about Prescott, AZ. Am pondering moving to the area in two or three years to be close to siblings, but don’t know it at all. Grateful for any thoughts.

  16. 16.

    raven

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    a Guardia was born in Greenwich Village in New York City. His father, Achille La Guardia, was a lapsed Catholic from Cerignola, Italy, and his mother, Irene Coen, was a Jewish woman from Trieste, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; his maternal grandmother Fiorina Luzzatto Coen was a Luzzatto, a member of the prestigious Italian-Jewish family of scholars, kabbalists, and poets and had among her ancestors the famous rabbi Samuel David Luzzatto. It was in Trieste that Achille La Guardia met and married Irene.[5] Fiorello La Guardia was raised an Episcopalian and practiced that religion all his life. His middle name “Enrico” was anglicized to “Henry” when he was a child.

    He moved to Arizona with his family, where his father had a bandmaster position at Fort Whipple in the U.S. Army. La Guardia attended public schools and high school in Prescott, Arizona.[6] After his father was discharged from his bandmaster position in 1898, Fiorello lived in Trieste.[7] He graduated from the Dwight School, a private school on the Upper West Side of New York City.

  18. 18.

    Mary G

    I hate to be a cynic but kids don’t get money the way animals do. I read somewhere yesterday that someone estimates that Americans will spend $400 million on pet costumes this Halloween, so there’s certainly disposable income available, but priorities are weird. I used to do a newsletter for a private foster care agency, and it’s frustrating, because you hear all these heartbreaking stories and see all these great photos, but you can’t use any of it due to privacy needs of the kids.

    OT: There is a great long read on John Boehner in Politico Magazine today. He’s a gutless asshole, but an interesting one and said a lot of things his wife didn’t want him to say, about Republicans and right wing media. Left wing social media, also too, of course.

    He doesn’t foresee this toxic political climate improving, ticking off potential fixes—term limits, redistricting reform—that he says won’t make a bit of difference. “It’s going to take an intervening event for Americans to realize that first, we are Americans,” he says. An intervening event? “Something cataclysmic,” he responds, gazing upward.

    I’m afraid he’s right and it’s scary.

    OT 2: go Dodgers!

  19. 19.

    MarkK

    My son is on the board of Big Brothers down here in Florida. Just gave $200 Its a great organization

  22. 22.

    Suzanne

    John, I just donated yesterday to a different cause, but I will absolutely send them some dough next paycheck.

  24. 24.

    raven

    @Mary G:

    Now I sit down on the sofa and I watch the evening news:
    There’s a half a dozen tragedies from which to pick and choose.
    The baby that was missing was found in a ditch today.
    And there’s bombs a’flying and people dying not so far away.

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  28. 28.

    Elizabelle

    @SiubhanDuinne: turn Arizona blue! You’d be close to Jerome and Cottonwood. Lovely places. I dunno about settling in a red state, though. I am out of patience.

  29. 29.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Suzanne:

    Pretty much anything and everything. Quality of life, cost of living, availability/cost/quality of rental properties, political/demographic profile, amenities, cultural opportunities. You know me well enough, I think, to know what would be a deal-breaker.

  31. 31.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Elizabelle:
    Well, I am already in a red state, so no harm no foul. It kills me that such a spectacularly gorgeous part of the country as AZ is populated by so many RWNJs, but I would certainly do my best to lower their numbers and influence.

  32. 32.

    JPL

    @SiubhanDuinne: My mother had family in Prescott, but I haven’t been their in decades and decades. I’d do some research and see what type of art community they have. You love the opera and reading, so see if that community works for you. At least in our red state, we have pockets of blue.

  33. 33.

    Scamp Dog

    I kicked in yesterday (on the BB/BS site), and headed over to the Go Fund Me site to see that they’ve raised about $7k of a hoped-for $50k in 9 days so far. I would imaging it would take a while for a smaller organization like a local BB/BS to come up with a total. Could you let us know how it turns out, JGC?

  35. 35.

    artem1s

    this is unconscionable. The article didn’t out the donors who stiffed them, and I get why. If it’s individuals there isn’t much to be done, but if they are foundations….not cool. If you really want your donation to count, get online, on twitter, on FB and start making noise about outing the bastards who did this. This should never be allowed from a legit foundation. Stiffing a whole organization because some board or staff member is an insufferable god botherer is BS. They should have to wear the shame in public. And other nonprofits who are considering asking them for money should be warned. Also could be that the donors to those foundations don’t know what they are up to, just like when the CEO of Komen decided Planned Parenthood shouldn’t get their money. Creeps.

  36. 36.

    Japa21

    @SiubhanDuinne: Have friends close to there and they love it. Based on our visits to see them it seems quite nice. You can do a trip to Grand Canyon easily. It is somewhat artsy But not like say Taos.

  37. 37.

    dmsilev

    @artem1s: The post read

    a representative of three foundations

    which I would interpret as one person acting in the name of all three foundations. So, probably a local lawyer or banker or similar who acts as the executor for some family foundations. Most foundations aren’t huge and don’t have dedicated staff. So, it probably is just one bigot, exploiting his/her position.

  38. 38.

    Steve in the ATL

    @SiubhanDuinne: when Arizona applied to become a state, the US said it had to have three things: a capital, a university, and an insane asylum. Prescott got the capital, Tucson the university, and Phoenix the insane asylum, which was later renamed Arizona State University.

    Or so my daughter was told at U of A freshman orientation.

  39. 39.

    Ruckus

    @SiubhanDuinne:
    I am in a blue state, CA and would like to stay here. But, and it’s a big, firm, round but, my SS monthly is not really enough to do that easily. So I’m looking for a place to live. I like Santa Fe and Taos, mainly because the weather is not that bad, but other than visiting them for a short time I don’t really know much about them. So I’m going to ask anyone, like SD did, does anyone know about these two cities?

  40. 40.

    Jamey

    Any idea who are the “three foundations” that withdrew their support. I want to be sure my money does NOT go to any of them or associated orgs.

  41. 41.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Ruckus: I know about them. My family used to have a place north of Santa Fe up in the mountains. As does Cheryl. And a couple of our readers/commenters are also from NM.

  42. 42.

    dexwood

    @Adam L Silverman:
    Chiming in. ABQ resident of 43 years, recently retired. Very familiar with Santa Fe, more or less so with Taos. Feel free to give Ruckus my email address if he requests it, Adam.

  43. 43.

    Gravenstone

    @SiubhanDuinne: I remember little enough after a summer stint there in ’81. At the time its most famous feature was “Whiskey Row”, roughly a mile strip of nothing but taverns and liquor stores (and yes, this was a point of civic pride). Climate is high desert, although I was there during the monsoon season (which I was shocked to learn was a thing outside of tropical climes). It sits on the edge of the Prescott National Pine Forest. The political environment was very conservative, and I can only believe it’s gotten worse in the intervening decades.

  45. 45.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Gravenstone:

    At the time its most famous feature was “Whiskey Row”, roughly a mile strip of nothing but taverns and liquor stores (and yes, this was a point of civic pride).

    Are you sure that wasn’t in WI?

  50. 50.

    Lizzy L

    @Ruckus: I have friends who live in Santa Fe; they tell me it is an expensive place to live, and then they give me numbers, and I laugh, because I live in the SF Bay Area. It’s a beautiful place, that’s for sure.

  51. 51.

    mai naem mobile

    @SiubhanDuinne: Prescott gets snow. You would be cold for about 4 months of the year. Nice the rest of the time. Prescott is a small town but not tiny. It supports 2 Home Depots and a Lowes. It’s near Sedona which is a rich annoying hippy dippy town. Housing is not cheap in Prescott. You can get nicer affordable mobile homes on their own lots(these are not your stereotypical trailer trash mobiles) but stick homes will run you at least $200k more likely $300k. You could move to more affordable areas in far far north Phoenix and you would probably be an hr away from Prescott. It’s definitely a Rd area. Are your siblings actually in Prescott or just in AZ?

  55. 55.

    Justin

    I’ve been around BJ since the Schiavo days, lurking for the most part. I threw in $250. My wife and I have pledged a percentage of our income to charity, and this is exactly the sort of cause we look for: local issues where the cash itself makes a big difference. I really hope they cover the shortfall.

  58. 58.

    mai naem mobile

    I want to make a pitch for Tucson for retirees. It’s not bounced back from the recession. It made some national list for one of top places for distressed properties. You can get major bang for your buck on housing. It has a major university so it’s got amenities. Decent healthcare facilities. The weather is decent. Several degrees cooler than Phoenix. It’s a blue area. Lots of natural beauty.

  59. 59.

    Lyrebird

    @Ruckus: @Adam L Silverman:

    Ditto – it’s been quite a few years, and where I lived in NM seemed plenty expensive at the time, but I did live and work up around Cheryl’s stomping grounds.

    Ruckus, if you’d like any input from me, I hereby authorize Adam to use his FP powers (obligatory?) to send you my email.

    Back to grading…

  60. 60.

    sxjames

    gave $50 dollars. Thanks John for bring this to our attention…hope this gets picked up by bigger news orgs.

  61. 61.

    Ruckus

    I know this is an old troupe but I still get maybe 20-30 or more requests from democratic fund raisers every day and I have no idea what the money would go for and am not interest in filling coffers that don’t get us anywhere in the short or long run.
    I’m 68, semi retired, looking to retire on less than an ideal amount of money in a couple of years, so I don’t spend unless I have to or there is a very good cause/reason. I’d like to fund all of the Big siblings sites, all of the pet rescue orgs and every great dem running, investigations into the republican crime family, but some things just aren’t going to happen in this life. I’m like a lot of us, old enough to know better but not in any financial condition to do much or anything about it.

  62. 62.

    Steeplejack

    @dexwood:

    Since this is an open blog, nominally dedicated to communication and the dissemination of ideas and information, why not give your views on Santa Fe in public here so that other interested readers may be educated as well?

  63. 63.

    Barbara

    I donated yesterday and posted a link to the letter on Facebook. If my daughters see it it will go far and wide to sympathetic souls. The lack of loving spirit in this decision is sad, but the unwillingness to be forthright is despicable.

  66. 66.

    Ruckus

    @frosty:
    Thanks.
    Heat is becoming an issue for me as I get older, Taos and Santa Fe seem to be a bit cooler. @mai naem mobile: mentioned Tucson but I think that might be worse. But hey one never knows so I’ll check further.

  68. 68.

    frosty

    @Ruckus: Funny. My wife and I are more affected by cold than heat. We’ve been heading south in February for the last couple of years.

    There were a couple of days this summer when they blasted the AC so high in my office that I went out to the parking lot and sat in my car with the windows up for awhile. It felt great, at least until I started to break a sweat. :-)

  69. 69.

    Mike J

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    So, the late ’60s and early ’70s Hammer Dracula pics are kind of sad. Just saying.

    When I was in jr high, which would have been a decade after they were made, the Village Cinema would show all the Hammer films and it was THE place for sixth graders to meet sixth graders from other schools, upon whom you could put your moves, such as they were, and not have to see them every day in class. So I never really saw one because I was either smooching, or more often than not, trying but failing to smooch.

  71. 71.

    amygdala

    @Ruckus: For Taos and Santa Fe, elevation is a consideration. If you’re prone to altitude sickness at fairly low elevations, might be worth staying for a longer visit to make sure you acclimate without trouble. And talking with your PCP if you have asthma or anything else that might be influenced by altitude.

  72. 72.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Mike J: Let me be clear, the ’50s and early ’60s films were great. They just lost it as time went on. The rest, I can’t help….

  73. 73.

    Ruckus

    @Mary G:
    My experience of living in other parts of the country is that housing is always the big issue. Everything else is reasonably close in price other than maybe gas in CA. But unless one plans to drive a lot it’s not/shouldn’t be a deal breaker. So the next consideration is weather. When I was looking for a place 6 yrs ago I found a nice house with plenty of room and very nice amenities for $400/month. Of course it was miles from any reasonably sized town, miles south of Ridgecrest CA. There are cheap places to live, there is usually a pretty good reason not to live there.

  74. 74.

    MomSense

    We are getting quite a storm. The tv weather people are wicked excited to tell us about bombogenesis, and hurricane force winds,

  75. 75.

    Ruckus

    @amygdala:
    Above 11,000-12,000 can be an issue but below that isn’t. At 14,000 walking is difficult for me. I don’t think that makes me weird does it?
    Any way thank you for the thought. It can be a real problem for some.

  76. 76.

    Ruckus

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    I lived in the midwest and spent a lot of time in your neck of the woods. Pass.
    @frosty:
    Heat has always sapped it out of me and as I’ve gotten older it has gotten a bit worse. I can dress for cold, there really is a limit to how much one can undress for heat. And I have plenty of clothes from living in the beautiful midwest. (as he said beautiful with a straight face)

  77. 77.

    SWMBO

    @Ruckus: Don’t they have pressurized cabins in airplanes that are 5000 feet? And oxygen masks deploy at 10000 feet? You are not weird in this. Lots of folks have high altitude problems.

  78. 78.

    Ruckus

    @frosty:
    When I did work in the midwest all the girls in the office would run little personal heaters under their desks and turn up the thermostat for the whole floor. It got so bad that the company put one of those locking covers on it and the number of little heaters would trip the circuit breakers. Meanwhile I’d be sitting in my cube in a short sleeve shirt sweating my ass off. I walk around in shorts and t shirt as long as it’s over 65.

  80. 80.

    Suzanne

    @SiubhanDuinne: Quality of life seems pretty high to me up there. The landscape is lovely, and the town is funky and cool. There are a fair number of sober living homes in the area. Arizona is a red state and there are lots of gun people, but there is definitely a significant blue streak up there. Cost of living is probably slightly more than Phoenix on average, but nowhere near insane. There are plenty of properties under $300K. The downtown area and Whiskey Row are lots of fun. They do not have opera or ballet—you’d have to go to Phoenix for that. They do not have a major university or a Level 1 trauma center. It snows.

  81. 81.

    Gretchen

    Donated. Quite a few Balloon Juicers there. I’d be interested in knowing the total contributed by people identified with Balloon Juice.

  83. 83.

    Ruckus

    @SWMBO:
    I recall that the cabin pressure is about 7000 ft but in reality it was a bit of a joke. I once drove what was posted as the highest paved road in the US, to a peak outside of Estes Park, CO and the parking lot was at just over 14,000ft. Got out of the car to walk over to a little store and made about 5 ft before I had to stop to attempt to breathe. I’ve been at 11-12000 ft with no noticeable issues. Wasn’t running a marathon but normal life was OK.

  84. 84.

    frosty

    @Ruckus: I’m bundling up at 65 in the winter. If that’s where the AC is, I’m going out to sit in the sun. Above 80 I get uncomfortable. Metabolism, heat goes up, heat goes down, you can’t explain that.

  85. 85.

    Ruckus

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    That’s why we all like different things, we are all different. I don’t really knock the midwest, especially WI or MN. They are/can be beautiful. Even in the winter. Just have had my fill.

  86. 86.

    frosty

    @Ruckus: Good for you! I was in La Paz at 11,500 when I was younger and more fit, I had to stop on the landing to catch my breath going up to the second floor in the apartment. At one point we took an excursion to down Sorata at 8,000 feet and it was a joy to be able to breathe!

    And no, coca leaves and coca tea didn’t do anything for my soroche the one day I overdid it. But it makes for a good story.

  87. 87.

    dimmsdale

    @Ruckus: I love both cities too, but the living costs are hellacious, unless you locate way out in the boonies someplace, in which case you need a car and to be able to afford gas. If you’re able to visit SF and spend some time, talk to less well-dressed locals (and NOT tourists obviously!!) and find out how they do it. I have family out there but their folks settled out there in the 40s so they’re “legacy admissions” so to speak. I’d love it if you could find a way to live there, it’s just beautiful.

    as to the original post, I sent some bux yesterday and got a nice personal email back from them. Posted their info on FB, hopefully we can get the funds back for them.

  89. 89.

    amygdala

    @Ruckus: That sounds rather good, and Taos and Santa Fe are both well below that. My late mother would get symptoms at Mammoth, and it’s no fun at all.

  91. 91.

    Ruckus

    @dimmsdale:
    Doesn’t seem to be as expensive as where I live now, Pasadena or have lived in the not too distant past, north of San Francisco, any where between 15 to 60 miles north of the Golden Gate.
    As I said above, housing is the big deal everywhere. I rented a room for a year in southern CA, that wasn’t bad. Of course the area sucked donkey balls but it was pretty cheap. You just have to learn to live with other people. And it wasn’t nearly as bad as living in the navy. But I was younger and more flexible then.

  93. 93.

    wvblueguy

    Have talked this up with friends here in Bluefield, WV. Thanks for making the so easy to to do John. The BBBS program for LGBTQ kids is sorely needed in our state and this region of West Virginia. Donation made!

  94. 94.

    Suzanne

    Oh FFS, I just read a piece about the role that planning (in this case, “poor” or “no” planning) caused in the California wildfires. And I read the fucking comments, WHICH I SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO DO, and got caught up in a debate with some real smart asshole who says that we should build “fireproof” houses. And he helpfully provided a link to buy fire-rated doors and windows. AND I JUST WANT TO FUCKING PUNCH MYSELF IN THE FACE. Why do I even try to engage with know-nothing dickweeds?

  95. 95.

    Ruckus

    @amygdala:
    That was not to say all is perfect.
    I was once trying to push a 36 hp VW bug up a dirt road at about 9000 ft just south of Mammoth and it was killing me. It might have been that I had more HP than that VW did at that altitude though. And my buddy, who was built like a linebacker was no better. And I’m at best built like the water boy. We didn’t make it up the hill. My buddies dad drove a dump truck up and down that road every day during the summer to a tungsten mine. We thought if a dump truck could do it….. Of course we forgot about gears and torque. Something else that VW had none of.

  96. 96.

    Mike J

    @Suzanne: What could a professional architect know, you’re a girl!

    Gah. There seems to be a glut lately of women telling a blowhard on twitter, “no, I wrote that” or something similar.

  97. 97.

    Suzanne

    @Mike J: In September 2001, fires destroyed the two largest buildings (by GSF) in the country. Possibly the world.

    There ain’t no such shit as “fireproof”.

  100. 100.

    PhoenixRising

    @Ruckus:
    Santa Fe is very expensive compared to anywhere else outside CA, and in exchange for housing costs comparable to top 10 cities in the US there is no quality health care for common complaints as you age. So…not recommended.

    Albuquerque is a great place to retire. We did so in our 30s with a young child, and have been able to live how we liked to in Oakland on 1/5 of the income. Our block is mostly Bay Area and Chicago/NY retirees. You can live well here on a public employee’s retirement pension.

    Down side: we require you to bring your own water. About 1 acre-foot per person per year.

  101. 101.

    amygdala

    @Ruckus: Altitude sickness is interesting (if you’re not currently suffering symptoms). Being fit and young helps, obviously, but some or maybe a lot of the ability to function at high altitude seems to be hard-wired. I read an article recently that scientists are starting to identify physiologic factors that make the Sherpas (who are more wiry than buff) able to function so well at heights that are fatal for others.

  102. 102.

    Suzanne

    @Mike J: I got it. I just get so fucking annoyed by dipshits who don’t know shit about shit, and yet act as though we should all bask in their brilliance.

  103. 103.

    Suzanne

    @Ruckus: Phoenix and Tucson are popular with the retirees, some of whom do the snowbird thing, while others stay year-round. I know they like the warmth, but I just don’t understand it…..the heat just saps my life force right out of me.

  104. 104.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Suzanne:

    dipshits who don’t know shit about shit, and yet act as though we should all bask in their brilliance.

    You called me?

  105. 105.

    TriassicSands

    I can’t give anything until after the first of the month, but I’ve bookmarked their site and I’ll give what I can, when I can.

  107. 107.

    Ruckus

    @Suzanne:
    I used to know a retired couple that lived in Ventura CA in a rather small trailer. They docked their sail boat next to mine. They also had a slide in camper for their pickup and every winter they would drive down to Phoenix for about 3-4 months. I think they went because the fishing and sailing during the winter was not all that much fun.

  108. 108.

    Mike J

    Rob Flaherty‏ @Rob_Flaherty
    wow george w. bush got us all into a prolonged conflict with no clear winner and a murky exit strategy go figure

    Mike Memoli‏ Verified account
    (He threw out ceremonial first pitch tonight)

  109. 109.

    dimmsdale

    @Ruckus: Well good! The heat can be bad in the summer, but most people I know open their houses at bedtime and close them up around 9am to retain the night cool. If you’re looking to buy something you’d need to be knowledgeable about water rights, but it doesn’t sound like you’d be buying. I’m kind of getting excited for you because I love it out there. good luck!

  110. 110.

    Ruckus

    @Suzanne:

    the heat just saps my life force right out of me.

    That’s me too. It’s gotten worse as I’ve gotten older but I’ve always been this way to an extent. I think it’s a circulation thing personally, just can’t get rid of enough heat, but like I told OO we are all different.

  111. 111.

    lamh36

    ‪Kevin Spacey is a disgusting P.O.S.

    Coming out does NOT excuse that he was coming on to a 14 year old!!!‬

    Blaming it on being drunk too???

  112. 112.

    SgrAstar

    @SiubhanDuinne: I’ve spent a little time in Prescott, mostly climbing. I think that part of AZ is really beautiful. That’s a start. Could I live there full time? Dunno. I’m a pretty committed urbanite.

  113. 113.

    frosty

    @Suzanne: I went to Tucson one July 4 with a college friend (Filipino). Was playing tennis with him and his brothers in 100 degree heat when I just faded out. They laughed, said “Time to get the white boy out of the sun.” At some point it’s just too damn hot.

  114. 114.

    Suzanne

    @frosty: I am a U of A Wildcat, so I lived there for four years (I live in Phoenix now). 100 is balmy. It’s 115 where shit gets real. It’s terrible.

  115. 115.

    frosty

    @Suzanne: Dim recesses of memory. Might’ve been hotter but probably not 115. I would have remembered that. Too much for an east coast boy though.

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    Ruckus

    @Suzanne:
    Do you know what your real normal temp is? Mine range is about 97.3 to 98.2F which is on the very low side of the normal scale. A temp of 100 is high for me. I think this is one of the reasons or the reason it is tougher for me in heat.

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