Oops. Sorry Bwelty. I should have preceded my comment with "Spoiler" (but then again, few people can stop after reading "Spoiler"). io9 should allow light-gray on white text for spoilers.

Clooney on Gravity, a few days ago. Not only the physics of his reason to die were wrong, the plot could have continued just as well with him alive up to the end.

At least they didn't move it to SyFy and added cybercrocosharks.

That reference got me curious, googled "The Strain" and found it is a science fiction series ... from 2014. You have just blown your cover as a time traveler. Do you happen to know (from your past) if FX cancelled /will cancel it after a few episodes?

How much range does it have? It would be PERFECT for trimming the treetops in front of my apartment's windows (several meters away, not close enough to do it with garden tools)

Thank you for your insights, Ben. It is indeed a dilemma, being accepted for what one is not, or run the risk or being rejected for what one is. One should just BE, regardless of acceptance of irrelevant people.

Well, if a prospective partner asks, THEN the issue becomes relevant, not before! Let me give an example. I work as an engineer in a company, and despite being a bachelor, there is absolutely no need for me to discuss at the office if I'm gay or straight, nor to my coworkers to know details of my personal life. If in…

It's a pepper mill, don't you know how to use those? He hehe

I disagree. The weeping angels are one of the most interesting villains of DW, and are very new compared to daleks and cybermen over and over again.

Hmmm.. you have a point (of which I'm not convinced, but don't reject it either).

Exactly. Gay people are... just people. They should be thought of like blond people, or coffe-loving people or tall people. The only obligation sholud be to themselves (and maybe loved ones), there should be no obligation to come out to society. There are special cases like Adam's, that can help people with his coming…

Yes, you have a choice between answering, not answering, lie, or come out. You should not feel pressure neither to lie nor to come out, and if you do, the rest should not define you as "that gay guy" any more than "that left-handed guy".

Feels like a celebrity stopped to talk to us, didn't it Tyler? Which it kind of is.

No Cher joke yet?

And you can answer "Yes, I do", show them a picture if you like, or "No I don't", but that's that. It should not be admissible for mere acquaintances to follow a negative answer with an "Are you gay then?" any more than they could follow your affirmative with an "Are you straight then?"

I tend to agree with you, there should be no need to come out of the closet, less so as a special announcement... or to hide in a closet, for starters.

That was my intention from the begining, to say that coming out should not be more of a spectacle than "confessing" than one is left handed (I often use that comparison)... there should be no need neither to hide in a closet nor to come out of it.

Rarely. I read LH mostly at work (don't tell my boss!), and since I share my office it would be impolite to impose my coworkers with whatever I may be hearing (and if I wear headphones my boss might think I'm watching a movie).

Ha ha ha... thank you for your comment on my grammar. English is not my native language, so I am always afraid of making a mistake and keep consulting my grammar with experts (Google, mainly)

... the same thing that applies to straight people DOES apply to gay people