Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly Kill This Thread IX: The 24-Hour Version (Fifth Time)

And for those not in the know, Rocks' last name is...

I said it was unusual. One rarely meets a Mr. or Ms. Lad.

How about Cheryl Ladd?

Two Ds. Alan Ladd, too.

I'm watching Ducktales now, and Scrooge McDuck's accent is just so dang fun to listen to when he says laddie and lassie.

Scotty on Star Trek used to say "laddie," too.

Somewhere on YouTube is a video of a guy reciting the theme to Ducktales in Sir Ian McKellen's voice. It's a little bit of awesome.

The real Sir Ian is pretty awesome, too.

I remember my friends all going, "Magneto is gay in real life?!"

Yeah geniuses, and so is Barney Stinson!

When I was growing up, there were very few out LGBT people. Most of the celebrities who were gay were not really open about who they were (think Liberace). It's so good to so many now.

I'm just glad that society is slowly becoming more open - though of course different countries open up at different rates. Over here, majority of the "out" LGBT people are the ones who fit the media stereotypes - loud, promiscuous, and so on.

That's where the US was when I was coming out in the early '90s. The news reports about the pride parade always showed the leather queens, the drag queens and the lesbians in the rolling brass bed.

I barely know any lesbians here. I don't know if it's because there are only a few, or because the gay community doesn't mix with the lesbian one. For that matter, I don't generally mix with the gay community besides my posse of gay friends, so I wouldn't know.

But then, whenever Blaze and I hit the "gayest beach in the Philippines", all we see are gay dudes and hetero couples. Haven't noticed any lesbians.

It's my experience that lesbians and gay men often don't move in the same circles.

My church is a good example. We have a lot of openly gay men, but relatively few lesbians.

I'm reminded of a Modern Family episode, where the gay couple are horrified to find that the parents of a child they had antagonized for bullying their own child were lesbians. They explained why:

Gay men and straight men = have their biological sex in common
Gay men and straight women = have their sexual preference in common
Gay men and lesbian women = have nothing in common

Modern Family is one of those shows that I like but always forget about. When I got rid of cable several months ago, I watch more TV shows online than on TV.

I rarely watch series, as it can be time-consuming to have to catch every episode. I prefer either watching movies, or marathoning a particular series.

What did we do before DVD and net streaming?

I watched a whole lot less tv!

I lived on cassette tapes. Not that I had much time to watch TV when I was younger. School, school, school. I spent my summers memorizing the dictionary.

I VHS-recorded a LOT! It was the only way I could keep up with my shows working in retail. Lots more options now!

I wish we'd been able to move our favorite shows on VHS to digital. The nostalgia bug's biting me hard.

I have a bunch of VHS tapes with a bunch of shows on them. I haven't used my VCR in at least seven years.

I can't even find my old VCR anymore! Boy, technology sure changes fast.

I took a couple video editing classes in high school and college ...

ha!

Philosophy is seeming pretty damn useful now isn't it!!!!!!!