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No trip to Disneyland
Mosquito netting and malaria medication aren't usually on the packing list for a family vacation. But seeing the developing world firsthand can be the first step for young Catholics to realize that "it's a small world, after all."
Megan Lavery was 4 when she and her family left Missouri in 1977 to serve as Maryknoll lay missionaries for three years in the hardscrabble village of Chiantla, Guatemala. It was only years later, while in college, that Lavery began to understand the impact of her experience, as she encountered students in upstate New York who hadn't traveled outside their small towns. "They didn't know there was a world much different than theirs," she says. "It meant something to me that I did, and I traced that knowledge to my time in Guatemala."
Lavery's comments evoke the words of a great educator, Maria Montessori, who stressed the importance of "social education at a young age." Should a "social education" with an eye to the developing world be a priority for young American Catholics in a global church? Do Catholics have a duty to strive to imbue justice into economic and political systems that affect billions living in the developing world?
Pope Benedict XVI addressed the last question in his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, where he wrote that the church "cannot and must not remain on the sidelines in the fight for justice." A world where people and their cultures are less distant than ever before "challenges us to share their situation and their difficulties."
For some young Catholics, sharing those difficulties bumps up against subtle yet powerful forces. Today's public square often highlights struggles for personal holiness and acceptance of Christ. A close relationship with God is indeed crucial to faith, but for Catholics especially, it also begs a question: How does a successful personal struggle result in a more just world?
Our income-stratified suburbs—places often far removed geographically and psychologically from the troubles plaguing the world's poor—compound the problem, causing many young Americans to live in a bubble, unexposed to the spectrum of economic conditions both in their own country and throughout the world. Developing an expansive, social holiness in this setting can be difficult.
Yet the gospel unquestionably requires us to comprehend and seek to reduce the inequities in our world. In my view visiting a poverty-stricken land and seeing how the real people there live is a vital ingredient in that journey, one for which there simply is no substitute.
While none of us wants our children subjected to physical danger or psychological trauma, we should be gently encouraging them to consider on-the-ground experiences in safer parts of the developing world. Unhomogenized moments among the poor will likely make them better equipped to empathize with the destitution many face. Whether mission work, student backpacking as a teenager, a domestic service project in the post-hurricane Gulf region, or even an excursion during a Latin American, African, or Asian vacation, travels like these can be transformative.
Typically the shorter the stay, the less a visit can accomplish, particularly if a work project is involved. Plus the nature of the experience is crucial. Passing by street poverty for two weeks near a Caribbean resort is unlikely to be as powerful as living in the midst of it for a week. Six months or more of mission work offers the most complete exposure, but is difficult for many Americans to do.
Turning a child's or teenager's heart toward the poor, even during a shorter, perhaps shallower experience, is much harder to measure. Janine Boucher-Colbert, youth programs director for Catholic Relief Services West, recalls her family's frustration during her first week in Brazil. "A wise Maryknoll priest adviser told me that not knowing the language 'is a great gift for us who are wealthy, as it is the only time we are really poor, dependent, and not in charge.'"
Even a brief visit can plant potent seeds. Two years ago my wife and I and our children—then ages 10, 8, and 4—spent a week in Tecolote, Mexico, a village about an hour over the Mexican border from San Diego. Two Sisters of Charity arranged for us to live in an apartment above a community center. Each afternoon we put on a program of activities for the 30 children at the center using supplies we brought for painting shirts, drawing puzzles, creating paper art, and playing card and board games. Our kids witnessed the hardship of life in Tecolote firsthand, something our words could never have explained.
Because these kinds of experiences are so diverse, often occur outside structured programs, and are not tracked in any central database, it's difficult to know how trips to developing countries change the lives of young U.S. Catholics. But anecdotal evidence suggests that parents should be prepared for the experience to have a lasting impact.
Monica Gagnon, who lived in Sierra Leone until she was 2, is a good example. When she was 10 her father's job again brought the family to Africa for two more years. She saw plenty of poverty in Ghana's villages and says it "had a huge impact." Recently she spent one of her semesters as a student at Ohio's Oberlin College studying gender and development in Mali, the third poorest country in the world.
"I always knew I would want to study in West Africa," she says, "as a connection to my family's time there." Gagnon went inland to live with a Muslim family as part of a homestay program because she wanted to "do the hardest thing." Although she was miserable in the unrelenting heat and never felt fully welcomed by her host family, she said being there taught her an important lesson about simplicity. She now works for Heifer International, which raises money to provide farm animals to poor families internationally.
Gagnon's experience might imply that every kid visiting the developing world cares about it. That's not true of course. But how does your average kid who's seen that world take in a story about a community ravaged by a preventable disease? Is it likely to bring only a shudder of thankfulness he doesn't live there? Or might that experience cause a desire to understand the problem more deeply and to push for a solution?
As far as the best economic and political approaches, international travel doesn't automatically push a young person into one political camp. I have two Catholic friends who lived in impoverished countries as young men. Today one is conservative and believes the jobs created by mostly unrestrained growth are the best route out of poverty. The other acknowledges the critical role of commerce but believes that sound governmental interventions are needed to make results more equitable.
Like Monica Gagnon, Megan Lavery's career after school led her to work for a charity, a student exchange program in New York. There she met a young man from Togo, whom she dated and eventually married. Together they now operate a small nonprofit that helps more children attend public school in Togo, Benin, and Senegal. Lavery's life is an outgrowth of what she's learned—that "everyone is the same, that we all need to look beyond skin color, and that there is a world beyond our own where people live differently."
Just like faith, social holiness can only be caught, not taught. Which reminds me of another saying, one from Pope Paul VI that I recently saw on a car bumper: "If you want peace, work for justice." Not a bad slogan to remember as you make travel plans.


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You're a sneaky person. You've snaked your way through terrorist infested islands and helped save the world from nuclear annihilation countless times. Don't just sneak around these message boards. It's time to be heard.
I think it could be an awesome game and that its a lost part that could be worth to look
I find it interesting. I can't wait to see how the sword gameplay works out.
I'm not really looking forward to it to tell you the truth. I would be more interested if it involved more guns and the stealth aspect we all look for in these games. The only thing I want to know about is the next Metal Gear Online. :)
The MGS4 version is broken (people don't play it the way it's supposed to be played), but still fun.
Yeah , that looks very interesting
Remember when Micheal Jordan became a baseball player? How about New Coke? Ashly Simpson?
How about when Square made Dirge of Cerberus?
To be honest, I don't really think this game is going to be bad. But, it's not really metal gear, you know? It's tough trying to get excited for it.
Suda51 Group
the game looks preaty cool,but i wont really have an opinion till i play the demo
i also think that i first should have to play the demo to feel comfortable with the game. When I heard that Raiden is going to be the main character i was thinking that konami is joking, i just hope Raiden is wielding his sword such *** as Naked Snake did with his CQC-techniques in MGS: Snake Eater. It's not that Raiden is that bad, but he allways seemed like a wannabe-Solid Snake in the series, I hope the change of his image to a future-superninja will help me to buy this game.
I like Raiden, I'm slightly hesitant to the action oriented gameplay but, I'm willing to try it, even if it is hard to believe Raiden can throw a Metal Gear Ray into the air and cut it in half.
Signatures are dumb.
Kojima is producing it. His team is actually writing the story and everything. I'm liking it the more I see it. www.gametrailers.com/.../731950
I have mixed feelings. Raiden is a great character, but I've always felt like he's taken the sidekick type of roll, in both MGS 2 and 4. Either way, a non-stealth game without Solid Snake or Big Boss can barely be called a Metal Gear game.
1 Peter 3:15 (NASB): "But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence."
I'm with ya. I'm hesitant to say that he's big enough of a character to handle a full game all by his lonesome. I still like going the polar opposite of the franchise and having some kick-ass, crazy extreme action. It's also apart from the Metal Gear SOLID series too, so it's not contradicting anything. It'll be fun, but not epic. I still look forward to Ground Zeroes and MGS V a lot more. So much more story there.

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I read an article by mikeerik here on IGN recently about his choices for an Expendables-like team of video game characters which would make for an awesome movie or game. This inspired me enough to shamelessly rip it off and make my own, so below are my choices for the video game expendables and why. Enjoy!
All credit for the concept goes to mikeerik of course, his original blog can be found here: http://www.ign.com/blogs/mikeerik/2013/09/07/video-game-expendables#disqus_thread.
Be warned, there are very mild spoilers for the plots of the games some of these characters are involved in.
1. Leon S. Kennedy - Resident Evil
I don't care what they say, formal shoes are the ideal wear for zombie fighting.
I don't particularly like the Expendables movies, but I do like Resident Evil, and Leon S. Kennedy is one of the main reasons.
Perhaps the embodiment of "awesome zombie hunter ladies man", Leon is never afraid to spout inappropriate one-liners at zombies, horrific bio-organic weapons, parasitically infected eastern Europeans or Ada Wong, all whilst being the only person in the world capable of rocking the emo cut and still get the ladies. The thing that solidifies Leon as the first member of my team is not his expertise with firearms, ability to quip at zombies hours into a hellish biological apocalypse nor his inherent stylishness. It is simply that bit in Resident Evil: Damnation when he goes "Tsch... women". A line so good they named an RE6 achievement after it.
You touched the hair. Now die.
2. The protagonist - Persona 4
While searching this picture I found pictures of cosplayers of him. Persona is forever ruined.
His official name is Yu Narukami, but any of you who have played Persona 4 or, as I have, its Vita remake Golden, will know him by whatever name you chose. Forget both of those.
His real name is Bastian Hidatchi and anyone who disputes it thus will receive an immediate slap to the face. My hand will come out of your monitor and slap you. In the face.
That aside, this guys oozes coolness. He invented it. If you look up swag in the dictionary you will find a picture of his face. He is fully capable of transferring to a remote Japanese village where no one's heard of him and go out with every girl he knows, at the same time, within the year. He will do all this while wearing a pop collar, using a hidden side of himself to fight shadow monsters inside a TV world, improving the lives of numerous people in the town, and being a 17 year old who has grey hair. Calm down.
And those piercing grey eyes.
In short, no bitchin' gaming team would be worth its salt without him, but it can be a burden as his presence makes everyone else look bad.
3. Agent Spin - Elite Beat Agents
Aaaaawww yeeeeeea.
There's very little I have to say to describe this guy that isn't immediately apparent from the picture. He wears sunglasses, upside-down over-ear headphones and a suit, and he's incredible. This is a government agent who responds to a crisis which has reached breaking point by dancing, dancing so smooth that he can motivate someone to overcome any obstacle, be it asking out a potential boyfriend whilst trying to handle some troublesome toddlers or saving a young boy from a giant fire-breathing golem in a theme park. No matter what trouble my team finds itself in in their numerous movies they can rest assured that Spin will have the perfect tune and the perfect moves to help them beat anything.
4. A Monster Hunter - Monster Hunter
Flame sword! Point invalid!
Monster Hunter is one of my favorite gaming franchises of all time, and it's certainly my most cherished. Only problem is I'm not sure which part of the series resonates with me the most. Is it dressing up a pig and hugging it until it loves you? Employing cats to cook your food for you? Having a cat with you to help you fight? Or perhaps it's the fighting giant, awesome monsters with the most totally awesome armor and weapons ever conceived in a video game? I'll never know the answer, but what I do know is a Monster Hunter is a must have on my team. By my logic, if you can fight a giant dragon dinosaur and win, you can be in the team.
Or just, you know, tame the dragon. Whatever.
5. Mikasa - the Attack on Titan fan game
I'm starting to dread looking up images of these characters. The results are mostly disturbing.
Before I start on this one I want to point out that the Attack on Titan fan game is totally awesome, totally free and you can play it here: http://fenglee.com/game/aog/.
Anime has never been a staple of my TV diet. True, I've always liked the art style and am a big fan of Studio Ghibli's movies, but my viewing experience outside of those has previously been limited to a brief fascination with One Piece and whatever crap 4kids used to edit. Nevertheless I decided to try Attack on Titan after hearing good things about it from you guys on IGN and was immediately hooked. The main thing that does it for me is the fact that the 3D-maneuver gear used by the soldiers in the show is perhaps the most brilliant (and hilariously impractical, as you quickly find out playing the game) way of moving anywhere, ever. Couple this with the dual swords used to attack the aforementioned titans and you have the recipe for a great, super difficult and super addicting game.
As for Mikasa, she is easily my favorite character in the show (and the default character in the game) for many reasons, the main ones being:
- Inherent awesomeness
- Eren whines too much
- She's not overtly sexualised a'la a lot of female characters in anime and gaming
- The scarf
If Leon's shooting everything, Hidatchi's swagging it out with a katana, Spin's bustin' a move and the Monster Hunter is hunting Monsters, Mikasa will be shooting around everywhere at blistering speeds, calmly and coolly cutting the necks out of anything that moves and is over 6 metres tall. And has a neck. She's also the first female team member, which proves I'm not a sexist.
Just lonely.
6. Ada Wong - Resident Evil
No, she will not marry you.
I spent a while (read: 5 seconds) trying to decide whether to pick Leon or Ada as my Resident Evil member, and ended up picking both. The fact of the matter is I feel equally awesome running at zombies and kicking them in the face as Leon as I do suavely strolling up to them and putting an arrow through their head as Ada. In Resident Evil 6 (my only experience playing as her) Ada is an enigmatic, elegant and mysterious agent who spends most of her time being condescending to the bad guy, deliberately not explaining things to people and playing hard-to-get with Leon. What's not to like?
When I play as Ada in Resident Evil 6 the character turns around and gives me disapproving looks whenever I move faster than a stroll. She is so insanely dignified and intelligent that I feel I have personally let her down when I miss a shot. Her idle animation is crossing her arms and rolling her eyes at everything. You get the point. In fact, the only time she's not being super elegant is when she's unconscious in Leon's arms, which is surprisingly touching for a game featuring a man who turns into a dinosaur.
Despite her numerous douchey traits Ada still gets a spot in the team because dammit, she's Ada Wong and despite being somewhat over-sexualised in the games it's kind of cancelled out by the fact that she's effortlessly more intelligent and cool than any other character in RE6 and, in fairness, Leon shows just as much cleavage as she does. Seriously, scroll up.
Also, she has a cube as a phone.
7. Isaac Clarke - Dead Space
Not pictured: Plasma Cutter aimed at your crotch.
Dead Space is one of my favorite games of all time. It embodies what I love about sci-fi: the terror of the unknown, deep space exploration, the nostromo-like USG Ishimura and the ancient, horrific alien menace. It was one of the first horror experiences I ever had in my life, before I watched Alien or any of the numerous sci-fi classics which inspired it and it scared the crap out of me. It was brilliant.
Being the main protagonist of one of my favorite ever games, you can tell in how high a regard I hold Isaac Clarke. In the original Dead Space he was an everyman, a (mostly) faceless guy scared out of his mind whom the player could relate to and sympathize for as more and more things went horrifically wrong for him. In the sequels he's brought to life by the excellent voice acting and mocap of Gunner Wright. He becomes a real person who, despite now having a story, character arc and two love interests (only one of which is a apparition of his mind!) is still relatable and sympathetic.
Most importantly though, Isaac Clarke is a badass. He is an intergalactic badass. You can throw him inside the bowels of hell itself with nothing but a RIG and a torch and he'll get out of there with a fully loaded chain gun he built himself from wood and power nodes and only mild dementia to say for it. He is a survivor, and an awesome one at that.
"Three narrow eye slits are all I need to cut your arms off."
8. Siris - Infinity Blade
Padrie. Decavonse.
Very rarely does a platform have an undisputed "best" game among gaming aficionados, but somehow Infinity Blade managed to do it on IOS. I played it near-constantly. I loved the unique premise, beautifully rendered environments, atmospheric soundtrack, intuitive gameplay and awesome armor and weapons. Then Infinity Blade 2 came out and somehow managed to be better than the original in every way. I still don't know how they did it.
In the transition from the last best game on IOS to the current best game on IOS the main character of the game went from "nameless bloke what is the son of the nameless bloke who just died" to "Siris, immortal badass who also happens to be a master swordsman". He can wield pretty much any weapon and be able to smash a giant's face in with it, and still pull a cool pose immediately afterwards. Every time. Needless to say he's great, and has some pretty cheesy lines to boot.
9. Rocket Racer - Lego Racers
This guy...
Lego Racers is one of the first games I ever played, which makes Rocket Racer one of the first final bosses I ever faced in a game. To reach this guy you have to race that asshole vampire with all the bats, the douche bag alien who constantly rocket boosts and the damnable pirate who constantly shoots cannons at you. Then there's Rocket Racer.
Imagine playing a racing game where one of the ai constantly teleports in front of you, all the time. That's exactly what happens when you race him, and the feeling of "screw you" when you win is palpable. So Rocket Racer is the final member of my Video Game expendables team because he has a teleporting rocket car (which looks awesome) and he's the embodiment of a douche. Sorted.
So what do you guys think? Any characters you agree with or would change? Who would you have in your Video Game Expendables? Greatly interested to hear other people's ideas, and don't forget to check out mikeerik's team as well.


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Port agency that owns World Trade Center, NYC airports trims benefits and reorganizes security
NEW YORK (AP) ' The agency that owns the World Trade Center, New York's airports and several bridges and tunnels will scale back benefits for its nonunion employees in a move expected to save $41 million over 18 months.
The governing board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey approved the cuts Thursday in response to an audit of the agency that was released last month. It also approved a reorganization of the authority's police force.
The audit ordered by the governors of New York and New Jersey had criticized the agency's organization and called its management "dysfunctional."
"These changes are painful and will represent pay cuts for many Port Authority employees," Executive Director Patrick Foye told the authority's Board of Commissioners. But Foye said Port Authority staffers still earn more than many other government employees.
The belt-tightening plan that the audit prompted will require nonunion workers to contribute more to the cost of their health care premiums. More than 2,000 employees would be affected.
Employees at the top of the Port Authority's pay scale will pay 35 percent of their health insurance premiums.
Employees will also lose an average of 5.3 vacation days, with some workers losing as many as 17.
The authority is also eliminating six bonus programs that had added tens of thousands of dollars to workers' paychecks.
The agency also will eliminated many of the free PATH train passes that are given to employees and retirees.
Board Chairman David Samson said Port Authority pay had been allowed to balloon over the decades.
"Our compensation structure is out of whack ' it's unacceptable," he said.
The board also approved creating a new Chief Security Officer to oversee the Port Authority Police Department.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who was hired to review the police department, said the force suffered from too little coordination between the divisions at different airports, ports and buildings.
The Port Authority owns the World Trade Center site. It also operates and maintains a network of trade and transportation facilities, including the area's three major airports, six tunnels and bridges, marine terminals and ports, bus terminals and the World Trade Center.


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I stayed the night at my friends other night and found his roommates cum rag. Smelt and tasted sooo good!
I stayed the night at my friends other night and found his roommates cum rag. Smelt and tasted sooo good!
So when I was 18, my best friend at the time (straight and hung as fuck) was pretty open about how he would jerk off into tube socks saying it was the least messy way to do so, and you could easily discard the sock until it was time to do laundry. Well I crashed at his house one day, it was just the two of us and his family was out of town. The next morning, he woke and came downstairs and told me he was running to the hardware store for something (cant remember what it was). Anyway, so he leaves, and calls me about 20 minutes later to ask me to run in his room and tell him the brand of whatever it was he was trying to get. I did so, and as I was in there, noticed a sock lying next to his bed. A single sock. Curious, I picked it up and smelled it. Sure enough, the undeniable smell of jizz. I immediately got the biggest hard on, and started licking his sock, putting my dick in it and stroking myself, and finally filling it with my jizz too.
As far as I know, he never found out, or if he did never mentioned it. We're still friends to this day, as a matter of fact. He's married now, though. lol
I have a gal pal at college who has a long distance relationship with her boyfriend. He's actually two years younger than her so he's still at junior college while she and I are at a university. Because he lives a good 3 hour drive away from the campus it isn't often that they got to meet up. He's also a national guardsman so his training schedule keeps him pretty busy. Up until last year she lived in a dorm with a roommate so she couldn't offer him a place to stay even when he did come to visit. I live in a trailer court off-campus and have a spare room because the guy that was supposed to be my roommate changed colleges at the last minute. Being a good friend I offered to let him stay with me. Naturally they accepted. He turned out to be a stocky, redhead with a fairly handsome face. It wasn't long before she showed up as well with an overnight bag and they both spent the weekend at my place.
My friend is pretty traditional and insists that she and her boyfriend are waiting until marriage to have sex. That being said, I'm pretty sure that there are a fair amount of handjobs and blowjobs that keep them satisfied in the meantime. I always try and keep my guestroom ready for anyone who may drop by. A courtesy that I offer is that I always keep a box of Kleenex on the nightstand.
It was a few days after her boyfriend left and they had both cleared out that I got around to cleaning the room. The bed spread looked clean and unstained so I just stripped it off and threw it in the wash. It was when I went to empty the trashcan that I got my surprise. There was what I can only describe as a "tumbleweed" of used Kleenexes that came rolling out of the trashcan. It was both funny and hot imagining the amount of cum it took to make this cohesive ball of used cum rags.
My friend later thanked me for letting them spend the weekend together at my place and for the complimentary Kleenexes. She said they made things much less messy than usual.
Anyone on here interested in swapping used cum rags?
When I was at uni a guy from my year who was also in my dorm had this habit of walking in on me. I always managed to pull up my pants just in time but I had a sneaking suspicion he was doing this on purpose. One day, I needed some notes from class from him so I walked over to his room, knocked an opened the door. Sure enough, there he was behind his computer wearing nothing but a pair of black briefs with some conspicuous wet spots in them and what looked to be dried cum stains. I grinned oafishly, said hi and that I'd come back later and left him there. Even though he wasn't my type I sure as hell jacked off as soon as I got back to my room thinking about his funky briefs...
I am taking some time off from University right now but when I was in the dorms, I had a room mate that loved to wank as often as possible. Morning, during the day and at night. Our dorm was more of a 3 bedroom single story house that had two guys to each bedroom.
My roommate's name was David, cute slender well built guy. Shorter then me about 5'7" and we did see each other naked often. He was about 5.5" to 6" hard but very cute. Our first night together I was laying in bed with his bed about 6 feet from mine. There is enough light coming in from outside lighting to see him watching me and thinking I was asleep. All of a sudden he hunched up and pulled his boxers down and started pumping away. After about 5 minutes I heard the unmistakable sound of a slurpy cum covered cock and him breathing hard. After a couple of minutes, he hunched up again and pulled up his shorts over his cummy mess. David is straight and has no idea I am gay and not that it mattered.
I decided I had better break the ice our first night together and layed flat in my bed, hunched up to pull my shorts down and did the same thing. I could see David pretending to be asleep but I could tell he was watching me. I let out a moan and shot a huge load and then pulled up my shorts. Then after a couple of minutes I said" goodnight David" and rolled on my side. He replyed in a pretty shakey voice, "Nite Rick!".. I had a huge grin knowing I broke the ice on masturbating with a roommate. We got up the next day and not a word was spoken about it.
The next night the same exact thing happened. He wanked , then I did. Then about 5;30am the next morning, he did it again so I did too. Now we shared a twice a nite wank going forward. David and I shared a large closet for our room. He had laundry basket on the floor on his side. This closet was in the hallway from our room leading to the only bathroom. David played hockey and they had a 7am practice every Saturday and Sunday morning. That started about a week after school started.
The first Saturday he wanked about 6:15 am and then jumped out of bed to hit the shower. Everyone else was sound asleep. Just as David closed the door and jumped in the shower, I was in our closet and grabbed his undies that had a load from last night and the one he just did that was still warm. I jumped back in bed and licked his warm cum off his undies and enjoyed his sweet taste. I heard him coming to the room to get dressed fast and grab his hocky bag and leave. As soon as the front door closed I had his undies on my face again breathing deeply that cum scent and cranked away on my cock. I shoot big loads and I shot my load into Davids underware. So they had his two loads and mine too. On my way to the shower I put them in his laundry basket and went about my day. Of course I was anxious for Sunday morning because he had practice again and I did the exact same thing that Sunday.
This went on for the entire semister so weekends were an extra special treat for me.
The best thing was one day, David and I decided to go do laundry together and he had a weeks worth of wash. When he was sorting through his underware I could tell in a heartbeat which ones I had cum in. They were really stuck together and I watched Dvaid looking at them with a puzzeled look on his face. His loads were not huge but smelled and tasted great! I am positive he never figured out why two pairs of undies each week were extra crusty!!! I did put MY undies in my basked a specific way so I could tell if anyone messed with them. Over the semister there was three times I could tell someone had messed with them. Not sure if it was David or not.
And yeah, we did the twice a nite wank sessions every nite the entire year and never once talked about it.
He was cute but just not my type so I didn't push it.
Great stories guys...I really appreciate all the great stories.
I started this forum along time ago and I am glad it still is going.
I recently found one of my roommates cum and tissue in the toilet...This is gross but I fished it out and I INSTANTLY could smell the cum on it...He is gay and I thought for sure we would have had at least one JO session but it never happened...now he is living with his boyfriend so I don't know if we ever will hook up...but I hope so!
one night i woke up and had to use the bathroom and caught my roomate jerking off into his running shoes!
needless to say, i told him what i saw and held it over him for about a month or two, hehe
any other stories???
more stories!!!
Jeez, I love the stories, guys. I found this forum/thread by googling "roommates cum rag" after the following happened...
My boyfriend and I have a 19 y.o. "straight" roommate and I'm so hot for him (he's pretty much the only one I think about when I jack for the past year and a half) but I could never bring myself to just go in his room and look for his cum rag. This morning after he left for work I realized he left the cat stuck in there so I had to let it out and figured what the hell. His hamper is filled with old socks and underwear but only one sock near the bottom had old an old stain on it but did not have that sweet cum smell. Then at the head of his bed I hit the jackpot. A hand towel just soaking wet with cum - like he's been using it for months. From a bit of a distance it has that sweet man-juice smell - kinda like fermented pineapple juice. I was so ready to grab it, wrap it around my face and suck on it before adding to his collection until I got closer. When i put it up to my nose the juice smell was replaced by, I don't know how to describe it, rotten meat maybe? As I unfolded the wadded up towel whatever was in there had turned brown and rank - enough to literally make me gag. Unfortunately totally unaroused by it now. As I don't think this will be the last time I have to go in there to "let the cat out" I hope he replaces it soon - and it would too obvious it was suddenly missing I'm sure.
In my late teens I had a few j/o buddies. There was one in particular who would shoot in a kleenex and toss it aside. One time right after he left I grabbed that sweet tissue and sucked the jizz out of it while wanking a second time. When I was 20 or so I went and stayed at a friend's apt. overnight. He was cute but kinda straight and he had an even hotter straight blonde roommate who I had lusted after for years. So that mornign my friend left for work and his roommate got up and took a shower. I snuck over to the hamper where I found the roommate's tighty whitey's with a fresh, still warm load. Well that was the sweetest cum I ever tasted and I sucked them dry getting off before he even got out of the shower. It was probably the fastest I'd ever cum.
in college I had a roommate who had a unique scent. strong musky scent. he was half italian and half black. one day while he was out to class, I decided to go through his hamper to sniff his underwear. I found several boxers and I sniffed their crotch area. They had a nice musky and sweaty ball scent. I licked them and rubbed my now hard cock. As I kept looking through the hamper (he always waited a long time to do laundry) I found it. A green small cum rag that was now stuck together. I opened it and found crusty cum. I brought it to my nose and the scent was just amazing. I kept on sniffing it while jerking my cock. I couldn't resist anymore. I shot my load in the rag and put it back in his hamper with this underwear and clothes. I loved sniffing his cum rag and underwear after that. I did it for a year.
I wonder if anyone was ever caught while jerking off with their roomate's cum rag or underwear? There has been great porn made from that scenario.
My friend has this roommate that I been crushing on for months. He's about 25yo, 6'1, swimmer's build, short brown hair, he's that cute friendly guy next door that you can't help but have a crush on. He's in shape but not big from weightlifting, he doesn't need to weight lift because he's just naturally hot. He's so cute and sexy with a personality that warms your soul. I swear his smile can cure cancer. When we go out together and there's a lot of other guys at a bar or club, he's the only guy that I want to look at. Yea I'd give him a 10.
So he is out of town for the weekend, and I got drunk with my other friend and he says I can crash in his roommate's room. Needless to say I did not refuse. So I lay in his bed and hug his blankets while inhaling his scent. He smelled very pleasant, no bad body odor, not that I would complain if it came from him. But he has a very pleasant soft smell, which I was a bit disappointed at first.
I checked his dirty laundry hoping to catch his man scent on his dirty boxers. I take a big whiff of the crotch area of the boxers and the armpit of his shirts, but there is no body odor, just a pleasant clean smell. I remember a few times when he talked close to me and I can feel his breath on me, I would inhale his breath and be intoxicated at how clean it smelled. It's like I can feel myself recharging from breathing in his breathe.
Finally I found a pair of boxers with some cum stains on it that seemed a bit dirtier than the rest. I inhale the asshole area and finally catch his hot man scent. I got the biggest boner and lay in his bed inhaling his hot asshole.
I look in his trash can find a collection of napkins that he used as cum rags. The next day I took his cum rags and dirty boxer home. I jerked off madly while inhaling the hot smell of his asshole and sucking on his cum rags until I could taste his cum in my mouth.
I shoot the biggest load, that doesn't stop me loving the smell of his asshole and the taste of his cum.
Not a lot of guys that I want just as much after I cum as before, but he is that fucking hot.
When I was 14 my friend and I use to go up in the loft of his garage and jerk off together . He was long lean and had an 8 inch cut dick ,really cute guy . Anyway we would always cum into tissues and then throw them over the wall behind us . This went on for a few years until one day his father wanted to clean out the loft ! My friend told me he had a hard time explaining to his father where all the tissues came from! Needless to say My friend got the job of bagging two years of our cum tissues ! My only regret is I never got the courage to grab his dick , I think he wanted me to but I was to shy back in the day !
I had a roommate who claimed he didn't masturbate, but once in a while I'd find his white briefs in the laundry basket still wet from cum. So I guess he had wet dreams. What I would do was to sniff his undies first, put them on and cum in them, and then put them back into his laundry basket.
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So I was just at my buddy's house and I found his cum rag in his hamper, smells so good. Sadly he knocked on the door cause I was taking long. Trying to take a pic of it later n when I can and will post it.
I have a friend staying with me at the moment, 21 lad type. Walked past his room a week or so back and saw a pair of yellow stained white shorts on the floor but thought nothing of it, then I went into his room today to borrow something and there they were again next to his underwear which had a big cum stain in the front so I picked up the shorts putting 2 and 2 together and there was a spot that was still damp. Had a sniff and they definitely had that cum smell aswell as being quite sweet. So hot.
It was awkward the first time I caught my roomy. I had left for work but got called on the way to work to forget it and not bother coming in. When I got back to our dorm room, my roomy was in the middle of the room, stark naked and just beginning to spunk his load. His first rope landed about a foot from my feet. He froze , I froze, but his cock continued to jet out long ropes, spraying the whole room down! I started to laugh and just said "nice blow mate". He finally relaxed and laughed with me. I even helped him wipe it all up. From that very night on we jacked off together, admiring each others cock and edging each other on. We even shared the same cum rag. We continued our bate sessions thru 4 years of college. He got married, has 2 kids, but whenever he comes thru my town, we get together for dinner and the night always ends in a jack session. We have one hell of a cock bond!!
About six months ago I moved out of home and started renting with three friends of mine. The one I'm closet with I would never think about sexually, and another I just don't find attractive at all. However, since we've moved in I've become increasingly more attracted to my third roommate, the one I would say I know the least. I occasionally used to think about him when I masterbated back home, but that was only because I needed a fuck buddy for one of our other friends that we don't live with in my fantasies.
So I've become more and more obsessed with this guy since we moved in. When I lived at home I would always use toilet paper or tissues to cum into, but I found that when I moved out this method didn't really suit me as much. For one, I'm a cheap-skate, so I don't buy tissues (and besides I wouldn't use them for anything other then my cum anyway), and I'm always afraid of using too much toilet paper in case someone gets suspicious (I mean, I know every guy does it, but still). Plus, you always have to dispose of stuff like that once you've used it, otherwise, if this thread is anything to go by, someone will find it eventually (although I probably wouldn't mind if this particular roommate did). And with four guys living in a thin-walled house it would be fairly easy for the others to know if I was disposing of cum soaked tissues by flushing them down the toilet. I'm also really paranoid about my cum smelling really bad, so I would always dispose of such tissues immediately like this, and never leave them lying around for too long, or even put in the bin for that matter.
Taking a leaf out of American Pie's book I decided that using a sock to masturbate with might have been a better option. I guess I'd never really thought of trying it before because I was afraid that my Mum would come across a cum-stained sock while doing my washing, but since I'm doing my own washing now I thought why not. The thing I really like about it is that it's so easy to clean up the mess, all you literally have to do it take the sock off, which is great. I do find that I lose a bit of the sensation though, and it takes me longer to jack off into a sock then just doing it normally. I try not to do it too often though, be cause I only wash my clothes once a week, and again, I'm afraid that the smell of too many loads would build up (plus it not the greatest thing in the world to use when it gets really crusty, and I hate wasting more than one pair of socks).
Anyway, so as my foray into using socks as cum rags has developed so has my infatuation with my roommate. With four of us living together, it's rare that at least one of us isn't home , but whenever everyone else is out I always go into this guys room and take a look around. The first time I did this, I knew he was meeting a friend in the city and would be gone for a while. I searched through his stuff and clothes (dirty and otherwise) to see if I could find something to help get me off, and continue to do so, but I haven't found much. I would go through his laundry hamper or bin more but I'm too afraid he'll notice that someone has moved his things. The only thing of I interest I found the first time were some condom packets in one of his drawers. Having been back in there since I know he must wank off into these occasionally (he's not having sex, I'd know if he were) because sometimes there's one or two less then the time before,bbut he mustn't use them often, and I've never been lucky enough to find a used one lying about. In lieu of anything better to do the first couple of times I've just stripped completely naked, grabbed my ipad, and wanked off to porn in his bed.
One time though, as I was stripping off for a session in his bed, not bothering to look for anything because I had pretty much given up, I saw a lone sock under his bed. I picked it up and couldn't believe my luck. It was a thick woollen navy blue sock and It had definitive crusty stains on it. There wasn't too much on there, and as it was dry I wonder if it may have just been precum, but nonetheless it was good to find something. I sniffed and licked at what I could get and turned it inside out to see what was inside but again there wasn't too much on there. It didn't seem like enough for a load to me, so he may have just used it to wank off into but not actually shoot on. I've come to suspect now that he may just use the sock as a small cum rag, and just shoots on himself before cleaning it up with it because it never seems like much. I also found pubes in it that first time, and the second time I found it, I also put a pair of his cotton boxers on my face (the ones I know he wears to bed every night) as inspiration while wanking into his pre-used sock.
The last time I did it was last Friday afternoon. Only he and I were home, and I had being drinking by myself and had had three or four White Russians. I get a little bit more daring when I've been drinking and with my bedroom door slightly ajar, I started masturbating on my bed with porn on my ipad. I had my headphones on so I couldn't hear anything, but the video I was watching mustn't have been doing it for me so I turned it off only to hear that my roommate was in the shower (my room in right next to the bathroom). Unfulfilled by the porn, I tipsyly rushed to his room with my own cum sock and was happy to find his cum rag sock under his bed. The few times I'd looked for it previously it wasn't there so I assumed it had been washed. What was even better was that he was home all last week, so who knew how many times he used it (although it still didn't seem like much cum on there). I inhaled the sock before putting it over my cock and continued wanking off into it. When I was close I replaced it with mine and held his up to my face when I came. I placed it back under his bed as usual and I think he is none the wiser.
Every time I've done this I've wanted to cum in or onto the sock so badly, but I'm afraid he'll find it wet (I've only ever found it dry) and wonder how it got that way. As I'm usually the only one home when he's not, it wouldn't be hard for him to figure out. I also wish I could search through his laundry hamper or bin more but I'm too afraid he'll notice that someone has moved his things and that he'll know it's me. At the moment I'm often fantasising about me walking in on him masterbating to porn (or vice-versa) and me offering him a helping hand which he cautiously accepts. If only, hey?
I've been grabbing my (now 20 yo) roommate's cumrag the moment he leaves for work almost every day now the past few weeks. If I find it wet I jerk off into it too. I force my cock and balls through a hole in it and fold the wettest part over my cock and I cum pretty quick. His cumrag is almost always moist so I don't worry about him coming home and finding it still damp. Last week I noticed he hadn't been using it so it got kinda dry but then after 3 days or so it was just completely soaked after he was running late for work. I got to lick some of his juice off before squeezing it onto my dick. It smelled pretty hot before, but I wonder if he's noticed a change in smell now that I've been adding my spunk to it. His cum smells more like pineapple and mine smells like bleach but the combination is working damn near perfect for me. Fuck he's so damn hot! Fucking straight guys - make me crazy...
We had a friend of my son living with us for a few weeks while he was looking for a place of his own . He was 27 and I found a big slimy cum load on his sheets a couple of times , I just had to do it . I shoved my face in it , sniffing my son's friend cum up my nose and licking it up . I jacked off so hard thinking of him cumming in my mouth with his hard young cock . OMG if my sons friend ever knew his friends Dad wants to suck his hard young cock , I want to get what his GF gets .
I found my housemates once at uni. Thought it was pretty hot, couldn't believe I'd found it, so I wanked with it and came on it. Folded it back up and left it where I found it with my cum on it.. Anyway, went back to try and find it and it had gone; couldn't find it anywhere. His girlfriend had been staying that weekend though, so I can only work out he gave it to his girlfriend as a present.. little does she know it has my spunk on it too..
this thread is so f'n hot....gets me goin' every time
Like jacking off cum rags are part of the action.
I believe I can contribute to this thread. This took place the summer after I graduated from college. I shared a three bedroom house with another friend who was attending grad school. He used the guest bedroom as a study/office but it had a bed for guests also. Anyway, my friend invited his hot 18 year old brother to stay with us that summer. That way he would get a taste of being away from his parents since he was due to attend college in the fall. "Josh" had black hair, brown eyes, stood all of 5'6" and had a cute little "mustache". Tight little build too. Well one day, while my roommate was at work and "Josh" was at the pool - swimming and of course talking to the girls - I was doing a little cleaning. I went around emptying all the waste baskets. Went to the guest bedroom to empty the wastebasket, which was normally full of rough drafts, and found sitting on top of all the wastepaper something which I hesitate to call a cum-rag! Clearly it had been cum on, it was still slightly damp and definitely smelled like cum, but it's shape indicated that it's use went beyond that of a mere cum-rag. I'll try to describe it: it was made out of some type of fabric, similar to the cloth that long-johns are made out of (stretchy cotton with diamond shaped pockets) overall, it was long and tubular in shape - of a diameter suggesting that it would fit snuggly around an average size penis. The bottom would have been more or less just an open hole where the penis would have been inserted, but there were two slits on opposite sides causing the bottom to form sort of "flaps". And in the middle of each of the flaps were a large hole! I can only assume that the flaps and holes were meant to have the nuts pulled through them (when they are dangly of course). The top of this abomination was mostly cut away to accept the head, except for a narrow piece of fabric which would bisect the head when the penis is fully erect! From the top of the slits which formed the "flaps" to the end with the narrow piece of fabric was about 4" I would say.
I didn't know what to think. I was disturbed. On the one hand, I couldn't imagine my roommate's little brother using this on himself. He was a very sweet, very likable kid and a good friend. I thought of him as my own brother. On the other hand, picturing him completely naked, on the bed in the guest bedroom, his hot, lean, compact body writhing in ecstasy, his nuts tugged through the holes in the flaps and his bulging glans obscenely bisected by the strip of fabric was and is an image that makes me very hot!!!
Needless to say, I emptied the wastebasket of paper but left the "what-ever-you-call-it" in the bottom. "Josh" never seemed to notice. We never shared an awkward moment where he wondered what I thought of him. We went on to have lots of fun that summer - going to the pool, having parties, fishing, playing video games with the two brothers, grilling - everything three young men are supposed to do in the summer time.
When "Josh" left that August, just out of curiosity I checked the wastebasket in the guest bedroom, and sure enough the "thing" was gone!
Me and my BF both share the same sock actually. Its pretty hot.
I LOVE these stories! Can't wait to hear more from you guys! And it's time for me to share two of my own.
I have an intense foot fetish; I know it's weird to most people, yet there are several of us who have this crazy fetish. Anyway, I can't get enough of guys' feet. I love to worship feet, and I go crazy over guys' white socks. When I was a kid, I remember how my dad was a very heavy sleeper. He could fall asleep on the couch and be snoring loudly, and you could do almost anything without waking him up. If he and I were the only ones home, I would massage his feet. I did it very cautiously at first because I was scared of him waking up and me having to explain what the hell I was doing. But I soon realized that I could rub his feet pretty firmly without him waking up. He'd be snoring away. Most of the the time, he'd have his socks on, and that was OK by me. Other times, though, he'd be barefoot. I enjoyed that, too, and I even took things further by licking his feet. They smelled so good!
My fetish for my dad's feet led to a crazy interest in his socks. I used to like taking them out of the dirty laundry and smell them while I jacked off. I never actually jacked into them at that point; I just enjoyed having them and smelling them. I couldn't get enough of that scent! One morning, after my dad got up and went into the shower, I snuck into his bedroom to get his most recent socks. I was shocked to pick them up and find that one of them was quite wet. I opened up the moist sock and quickly realized that he had just shot a load into it! Fresh cum! I couldn't believe it! I thought that was so fucking hot! I knew my dad wouldn't miss the socks because they were alongside his bed, and he wouldn't even notice until much later, so I took the cum-soaked sock back to my room and jacked off with it, completely turned on by my newfound prize! As you can guess, I started to regularly check by my dad's bed each morning for a cum-filled suck, and I usually found one.
Another story I can share...
Several years ago, I had a roommate who was super sexy and 100% straight -- of course. He was even a bit homophobic, so I was surprised he wanted to move in with me, but he was desperate. He was a typical football player type of guy, and I wanted his cock bad. I knew I had my work cut out for me. I tried so hard to get him to jack off with me, let me suck him, etc. He resisted a lot, but I think deep down he was turned on by the idea. He would never let me see him naked (at first), but he had no problem walking around in just his boxer briefs and his white socks. His body was perfect! It took a lot of coaxing just to get him to let me give him foot massages and back massages. But he did, and once I started doing that, he loved it.
One day, I convinced him to watch some porn with me. He pretended not to be turned on at all while we watched, and I was going crazy. I decided to jack off in front of him. He tried to stop me at first, so I said I would do it under a blanket. I had the most amazing orgasm, and I never took my eyes off him while I did it. He kept looking at me, too, nervously laughing like he couldn't care less, but I could tell he was intrigued. When it was over, he got up and strutted to his bedroom, locking the door behind him. He had the TV on loudly for a few minutes, then came out and went into the shower. I knew damn well that he'd just rubbed one out. I went into his room and found a fresh load of cum in a tissue in his wastebasket. Holy shit! I was so turned on that i was instantly hard again! I jacked off in his bed while I lapped up his creamy cum! It was only a short time before I came again, and I knew I'd have plenty of time because he took crazy long showers (probably beating it in there, too!).
When he came out of the bathroom, I was laying in his bed with the cum tissue in my hand.
"Well, well, well!" I teased. "Looks like you jack off after all! You should've joined me!"
"That's not cum! I blew my nose in that!" he said, stunned and embarrassed.
"Yeah, right! That's why it tastes like cum! And what a sweet load!" He chased me around the house in anger, but he quickly softened up about it because he knew he was busted. (Puns intended.) Things only got better from that day forward. More later.
Here's another cum rag experience of mine...
I go on vacation with one of my friends fairly often, usually once a year. He is straight, I am gay, so he resists my suggestions that we jack off together. He claims he does it in the shower, and for the most part, I believe him because I had never heard him jacking at night when we slept, nor had I found any evidence. Until one night during our trip, that is. I always jack off as soon as we go to bed because he passes out pretty much instantly, so I don't have to concern myself with him hearing me (not that I'd mind, but he might). He falls asleep deeply and quickly, and i can usually tell by his snoring that he is not faking it. This one night, though, after I had beat off, I was trying to fall asleep afterward but wasn't able to do so. I heard some rustling from my friend's bed, which I didn't think much of at first. But it soon became apparent that he was masturbating because I could definitely tell by the rhythmic movement. Holy shit! He was actually doing it in bed this time, and I was going to get to listen! My main focus now was to be as still as possible so as not to make him stop. The room was pretty dark; I couldn't see much on his side, but the sound was obvious. I was instantly sprung again! I so wanted to hop over there and give him a helping hand -- or mouth. He is incredibly sexy and has a great body!
It didn't take too long before I could hear the tell-tale breathing of a guy about to shoot his load. He tried to be as quiet as possible, but I could definitely tell when he came by his heavy breathing. So fuckin' hot!! He rustled a bit, and in just a few minutes, he was snoring away.
Now it became my mission to find out what he did with that load of cum! Fortunately, like I said, he's a heavy sleeper, so I could get up and walk around the room without too much worry about waking him. I was a bit nervous, though. I very quietly crept my way over to the other side of his bed. The room was too dark to see if anything was on the floor, so I was going to have to feel my way alongside the bed to see if there was a cum rag. Jackpot! His white socks were on the floor, and one was warm and moist. I took the sock back to my bed to have some fun with it. Oh, man, I couldn't believe that I had his fresh cum in my hand! I licked it, I smelled it, and of course I jacked off into it. That was an incredible orgasm!
So far, that is the only cum rag of his that I ever found. I have gone through his dirty laundry on every vacation looking for evidence of cum-soaked undies, socks, shirts, etc. No luck. But I do love his boxers! They smell amazing!! I use them to masturbate with but I never come on then since he doesn't either. The same is true with his socks (other than the one, of course!). I love his socks and the way they smell! Such a turn on!
I'd love to read more hot stories on this thread!!! Anyone??
I agree...can't contribute @ the moment cuz i don't have a roommate
can't believe that i'm admitting this now, after all these years. but here goes ... when I was in college I had a hot roommate. we never did anything together because he was straight and I was too shy to say anything. but one weekend he went home and I had the room all to myself. so I decided to do a little investigation, because I heard him jacking off and moaning in bed the night before, when he thought I was sound asleep. after he was done, he got up and walked over to his desk and put something in one of its drawers. well, the following night after he got home, I searched the desk to see what I could find. and there it was, a washcloth that had pretty much dried up and was wrinkly -- evidence that he had shot his load into it. so what did I do? I walked down the dorm hallway, hiding the washcloth in my hand, and headed into the showers. I stripped down and turned on the water until it got just right. then I lathered up my head -- my hair was really long back then -- and shampooed. and then it happened. I took the cum-stained cloth and started rubbing it all over my head and face. I kept rubbing it, hoping that his cum would somehow 'come alive' and I figured that would be as close as I would ever come to feeling his mangoo on my face. I even bit at the now-drenched washcloth some, hoping to squeeze out something. so that night, all alone in the college shower, I tasted my roomie's cum-rag and felt it all over my head. I was able to jack a huge load in that shower as the warm water sprayed all over me, and I slept reallllllllly good that night.
drenched guys ... long-haired guys ... foodsex guys ...
Ok, not a roommate but rather a coworker. I went to the bathroom the other day to take a piss. I finished up and was washing my hands when a coworker of mine walks out of one of the stalls. In the mirror, I happened to notice a wad of toilet paper that was sitting atop of the seat. We exchanged hellos and I left not giving it much thought. A few minutes later, the more pervy side of my mind kicked in and starts to wonder what might be hiding in that wadded up paper. So I make a beeline for the bathroom to find the toilet paper still sitting there. I open it up and it's a bit damp. I take a risk and sniff it and the unmistakable scent of cum hits my nose. He had totally just jacked off in the bathroom. As you can imagine by this time, it had mostly soaked up into the paper. Anyways, I was pretty excited as this is the first time I've ever found another guy's discarded cum. And I did end up taking it home with me as a souvenir...
My mouth was my cousin's cum rag for about 14 years!!
mmm I want to buy a guys cum rag so badly!! any ideas where to look online?
Not sure if this thread is living or not but I still want to post my experience
I was 17 at the time. My dad was in the navy and stationed in dahlgren VA. We werent used to seeing him so he decided to take me and my brother out there to see him. The rest of the family including my brother and me stayed in Norfolk VA. Anyway We meet the roommates: one is black, makes music and is into jazz and stays up stairs. Just beside the bottom of the stairs was the room to another roommates room. My dad didnt talk to him much but I was very much attracted to him. Talk stocky muscle guy and across from that room was where a couple stayed but we hardly ever saw them. The perve that i was at the age I went in all the rooms and searched for cum rags or stains. Found nothing. These men were clean. The guy I was attracted to though he had a porn dvd in his drawer along with a playboy magazine in his sock drawer. That was about it. I checked his computer and found no porn history. One night I'm sitting out side his room on the stairs I hear porn playing. Not too loud but just enough to know what he was watching. It sounded so hot. I tried to record the sound with my ipod just out side his door but it was too faint especially with the A/C running and all. So then there was this pause of silence and I figured he was done. I got back on the stairs and he bursts out his room and see's me and goes "oh you scared me" lol and proceeds to go outside for a smoke. I was in luck. I knew there had to be a mess somewhere. I looked all over his bed and couldnt find a single thing. I finally looked in his closet and there it was. A cum covered sock. I snatched the sock and say on the stairs smelling it til he returned from his smoke break. I continued to smell it later that day and taste it. A day later we were supposed to leave. For some reason I didnt have the heart to take his sock so I just left it under the couch lol!!! I dont know why. God it smelled so good.
Another thing that happened while staying with my dad for a week....The same hot roommate came home drunk. And an hour later the couple came home drunk too. My dad was already in bed sleeping. I couldnt wait for the drunk cute guy to pass out. The tv was on loud so I couldnt tell if he was sleeping or not so I just premeditated an excuse for me opening his door like telling him to turn down his tv or something. I opened the door and he was already out. I looked for his cum rag but couldnt find anything. So Instead I took advantage of his passing out and sucked him in his sleep. It was so thick this was definitely an older guy's dick I was telling myself. It was so big compared to my little mouth. He started precumming and getting hard. I started noticed how big he truly was when He rolled over on his side. I tried to move his leg back so i can continue to suck him off but i couldnt. He was just too big. I was so horny that night I dont remember if I went to jerk off after or not but I remember turning his loud tv down and closing his door the way he had it before.
This is why I wanna room with military guys now. lol Hot bodies and full of cum and alcohol.
Ive actually started a cum rag . Think.it hot love sniffing it while i jerk ...anyone else own a cum rag ?
I have a cum rag. It's an old t-shirt of mine, and I use it PLENTY of times before washing it. I LOVE the smell of it! There's just nothing like it! I would never even wash it if it didn't get so crusty that I have to. Whenever I manage to get my hands on a friend's cum rag, though, I don't wash that! I save it and savor it!
Hell ya I've got a cum rag! 2-3 of them! The smell is just intoxicating and a real boner maker!
Let me see ur cumrags
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My roommate and I in college at night before all us guys in the suite went to bed would let each other go into our room and jerk off before bed. I would always let him go first because afterwards when he went to the bathroom to wash up before bed, I would be in our room sucking his jizzy tissues and jerking off all over his cum rags.
I had never thought about looking for my roomies cum rag until I read this post. Mt roommate and I are on different scheduled I wake up when he leaves for work so I recently went into his room to look and I saw a paper towel crumpled up next to his computer desk so I took a chance and picked it up and took a sniff. It def had the unmistakeable smell of fresh cum.now I am hooked I look all the time and he must jerk off every day right before he showers before work. If I time it right it is still so wet I taste it and then rub one out right into his cum rag. His cum is sweet.
I had a friend of a friend who needed a place to stay desperately so I took pity and suggested we become roommates. He was 19, mixed black/white straight guy with cornrows with dreams of being a rapper.. Cute face and body.. He was constantly rapping and writing new rap music etc.. Grew up in the projects so he had that urban vibe going on. To my surprise (I was a ten years older white professional guy) I developed a huge crush on him. I would sneak into his room when he was gone and find his used kleenex in the trash and chew on them while jerking myself off. His seed tasted incredible.. but unfortunately he always jerked off at night so by the time I got to them the next day the tissues were mostly dried up. But you take what you can get! Then one day.. No more tissues. The tissue box was empty on the floor under the bed. No cumrag I could find either and I searched thoroughly. I thought he must have been flushing them or SOMETHING.. About 2 weeks later during one of my searches I picked up the empty tissue box. Well it wasn't empty. I discovered that instead of buying a new box he was shooting his load right into the hole in the box instead. Apparently it's water proof cardboard because I could stick my fingers in the hole and get a nice wet sample of his jizz all over my fingers.. Over and over sucking his jizz off of them.. God I loved that fucking tissue box. I ate from it every day.
One day a little while later I found the box missing.. I found it in the trash wrapped in a plastic grocery bag.. Fished it out and finally I could cut it open.. I gorged myself on his dried cum accumulation that night.. The corners especially had caked yellowish cum in them and some pubes stuck in it.
Unfortunately he had a new box of tissues now. Back to the dried tissues sigh. But I would pull ten tissues out of that box every day and throw them away lol so that it would empty faster and he'd start shooting in the empty box again Haha
Another time one of his homeboys fucked a girl in his room and I found the used condom filled with spunk in my bathroom trash right afterward. I rubbed that warm cum all over my lips and drank it down. It tasted bitter but loved my throat feeling slick with this straight dudes ejaculate.
First post so here goes.
I'm staying with two friends at the moment and they have another friend staying with them. I'd never met him before but he's very hot, great ass and super friendly but very straight. He's in one spare room and I'm in the other.
This morning, everyone got up for work except me as I had a day off. But I did head out to the bathroom just at the right time to catch the hot friend coming out of the shower in just a towel. Got me hard almost instantly.
So a half hour passes and everyone is gone to work when I decided to go snoop around hot guys room and see what I could find. Hoping to catch a sniff of his briefs (he wore awesome ones the night before that I spotted when he bent over). Found the briefs, had a good smell and jerked myself off in his bed. Then put my hand under his pillow and found some old cum tissues - pretty crusty so not my favourite but still nice smell. Looked under the bed and low and behold the jackpot, fresh cum tissues, all moist and juicy. Opened them up and the smell was magnificent and taste awesome - jerked off into them and put them back under the bed - maybe he'll use them again.
Bit weird meeting him this evening thinking I know what your cum tastes like
Here for a few more days so hopefully will get to smell/taste some more cum soon. Will keep you updated.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - If you are what you eat, than two managers at a local pest control company will be turning into mealworms!
Schendel Pest Service Managers Mark Garrett and Carl Turner went head to head in a mealworm eating contest Monday morning in support of the United Way of Greater Topeka.
The two lucky mangers had 30 seconds to devour the most mealworms in the contest. They won the honor to compete by a jury of their peers, who donated to the person they wanted to see eat the crawling critters
Carl Turner ended up choking down the most mealworms, which happened to be cooked in a "special sauce" by company president Brent Boles. Turner won a $150 gift certificate to a local restaurant for his efforts.
Schendel's 2012 United Way campaigned has raised more than $5,000.


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Why should the five boroughs get all the street food love? Just launched yesterday on the streets of Jersey City is The Krave, "The Official New Jersey Korean BBQ Truck." (Track their whereabouts on Tumblr or Twitter.) Expect galbi, sesame chicken, and spicy pork tacos, plus "kimcheedillas" (!) and an awful lot more.
Kogi may have backed off on its New York expansion plans, but Jersey kimchee quesadillas sounds like the next best thing. (Thanks to our all-things-Jersey girl, Allison Helmer, for the tip.)


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CAMP VAERNES, Norway - The 40th Annual Norwegian Exchange is in full swing as Norwegian lieutenants and noncommissioned officers take individual platoons and squads under their wings teaching them survival skills for a planned field training exercise in the forests of Norway.
For the two days leading up to the four-day exercise, the Norwegians taught Minnesota Guardsmen what they would need to know before going out to the field. It began with classroom instruction about cold weather injuries and how to dress properly for the field with their new Norwegian uniform.
After classroom instruction, the rest of the day was spent putting together quick-cover tents for individual squads to take with them to the field. Troops were also taught how to use essential equipment to the Norwegian military, including small burners called primus stoves, and large tents with heating stoves.
On the day following these lessons, the troops were brought to a location away from Camp Vaernes, to put their freshly learned skills to the test. One platoon leader, Norwegian 1st Lt. Kim Tore Loen, is now participating in his fifth Norwegian Exchange.
"My experience is that it's very fun. It's very fun to get you over and go on skis. Skiing — that's the best part," said Loen. "It's very funny for me to teach you how to walk on the skis and see how you actually learn it at the start and what it becomes at the end. It's a huge difference, and it's good to see that kind of change."
The day before the field training exercise, which was devoted to skiing from various locations and setting up and taking down camp to hone their skills, a lot of positive change was evident. One squad held an after action review with their Norwegian squad leader, Cpl. Carl Einar Rasmussen.
"You learned and got a lot better from this morning to now. I'm a little bit proud, actually," said Rasmussen.
Though the troops did great on practice day, the real test would be out in the field. 1st Lt. Dustin Littlefield, Minnesotan counterpart to 1st Lt. Loen, showed his enthusiasm for getting out to the field with his troops when he said, "Tomorrow we're looking forward to putting our skis on and putting on our ruck and carrying the heavy loads. It should be a great time."
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An x was the mark my illiterate ancestors used to sign documents. I remember being appalled when, as a beginning family historian, I learned that one of my great-grandmothers was illiterate. No, not possible, I thought. Then I learned that it was common for people of earlier centuries to be unable to read and write. I learned that more and more of my ancestors had been illiterate.
The image below is from a deed in Jefferson County, Ohio, Deed Book No. 67. The date the property was sold was February 20, 1892. I doubt that this is Elizabeth's x. I think the records in court books are usually transcriptions. It must have been impossible to distinguish between signatures.
Witnesses must have been relied upon to verify that they'd seen an
individual sign a document.
Illiteracy seems to have been familial. Neither Elizabeth nor her father, Abel Armitage, could read or write. My great-great grandmother, Lydia Bell, nor her father, Jacob Bell, nor her husband, John Thompson, could read or write. My great-great-grandmothers Catherine Saylor Froman and Rebecca Smith Bartley were both illiterate. I'm sure I'll learn of more as I continue research.
Sometimes I try to imagine what it must have been like for them but I find myself imagining them in my time and place instead of in their own situations. I remind myself that illiteracy was more common then than now, that books and newspapers were probably not available as readily as now, and that they may have had little time to sit and read. I can't imagine not being able to read and write but I'm sure their lives were filled with living life instead of reading about it.
This post was written to contribute to Alona Tester's Family History Through the Alphabet challenge on her blog, Genealogy & History News. Thanks, Alona.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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I found that my great grandfather (Patrick O'Rourke b. 1852) was illiterate. But, my dad said Patrick's wife, Ellen Mortel b. 1852 would read the newspaper to him. My father said Patrick would say "Humph" as a comment.ReplyDelete
Now, where did Ellen learn to read and write in an age where most people did not know how. I have yet to find information about Patrick and Ellen.
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ROCK FALLS – The city wants people to know it did contribute to the First Avenue Bridge reconstruction project.
At its meeting Tuesday night, Electric Department Director Dick Simon said Rock Falls paid $205,519 to replace its fiber optics along the bridge.
"When the bridge was rebuilt, we had to pull all of our existing fiber, which cannot be reused after it's pulled, and we had to, at our expense, put all new fiber across the bridge," City Administrator Robbin Blackert said after the meeting. "We also had to pay for the conduit, the materials, the labor, everything. It's an expensive proposition."
The fiber links CGH Medical Center to the rural health network, Blackert said.
Also part of the $205,000?
"We were required to pay for lights on this side of the bridge that match the bridge," she said. "We also paid for the lighting underneath the bridge that's going to light the bike path."
In a previous email to Sauk Valley Media, Hadley Skeffington-Vos, assistant to Sterling City Manager Scott Shumard, said Rock Falls had the opportunity to pay for bridge enhancements and decorative light poles, but chose "not to pay for more than they were required, which I believe was two or three light poles on their end. They didn't get the poles with the banner-hanging spokes."
Sterling paid for the decorative lighting – the light poles with spokes – and for the railings.
Council creates social media, Hennepin Canal committees
ROCK FALLS – The city agreed to create two new committees Tuesday night, one that officials hope will help improve communications with residents, and one that might spur more tourism to the city.
Alderman John Watts will lead the Social Media committee; Alderman Jim Schuneman the Hennepin Canal committee.
At 34, Watts is the youngest member of the council.
"Social media is obviously a huge deal, and it's a great tool that we could utilize to inform our citizens of the happenings, what's going on," Watts said.
The committee also will set social media guidelines and usage policies.
Although the city has its website, rockfalls61071.com, and public access Channel 5 with which to share information, a Facebook page would allow for even greater communication, he said.
"It's instantaneous and people will be alerted immediately."
Watts hopes to launch the page by Jan. 1. He also wants to learn more about Twitter before creating a city account, he said.
The other committee was created to explore annexing and leasing the Hennepin from the feeder to Route 40.
"We think that would be a good thing to do," Mayor David Blanton said. "I think it's a good asset for our community, lot of people are out there, lot of things to be done with it."


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Nintendo's recent admission of "lower-than-expected" Wii U sales led to a downward revision of its projections, but that hasn't deterred the company from its current price point. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has now said he wants to make it "absolutely clear" that the company is not planning a price drop.
"With Wii U, we have taken a rather resolute stance in pricing it below its manufacturing cost, so we are not planning to perform a markdown," Iwata said in a results briefing. "I would like to make this point absolutely clear. We are putting our lessons from Nintendo 3DS to good use, as I have already publicly stated. However, given that it has now become clear that we have not yet fully communicated the value of our product, we will try to do so before the software lineup is enhanced and at the same time work to enrich the software lineup which could make consumers understand the appeal of Wii U."
The lessons of the 3DS were hard learned, as low sales forced a price drop that brought the sale price below the manufacturing price. It wasn't until fiscal results from the following year that Nintendo announced the 3DS had become profitable again. The Wii U sales aren't too far off Nintendo's former estimates -- 4 million this fiscal year instead of 5.5 million--and the console is already selling at a loss.
As for making the system more appealing, the company's recent Nintendo Direct conference announced new Mario and Mario Kart, Zelda, and various others in development.


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The 2012 champion Czech Republic and host Switzerland are prepared to do battle in an opening-round Davis Cup tie in Geneva this weekend.
The best-of-five clash will take place on an indoor hardcourt at Palexpo, where Swiss icon Roger Federer will not be on hand to lead his squad. The former world No. 1 star and 17-time Grand Slam king opted against playing for his country this week.
On Friday, the first match of the week will pit 17th-ranked Swiss Stan Wawrinka against Lukas Rosol, while the second opening singles rubber will have world No. 6 Czech star Tomas Berdych taking on unknown Swiss Henri Laaksonen. Rosol is taking the place of last year's Czech Davis Cup hero Radek Stepanek, who was forced to miss this tie because of a back injury. Stepanek won the fifth and deciding rubber in last year's final between the Czech Republic and then-defending champion Spain.
Saturday's doubles bout in Geneva will pit a Swiss team of Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli against a Czech duo of Ivo Minar and Jiri Vesely, while Sunday's reverse singles call for Berdych to face Wawrinka and Rosol to take on the Finnish-born Laaksonen.
The Czechs are captained by Jaroslav Navratil, while the Swiss are piloted by Severin Luthi. The Czech Republic and Swiss have split two all-time matchups, with the Czechs winning their last tie six years ago in Prague.
The Czech Republic-Switzerland winner will meet the Austria-Kazakhstan victor in April.


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Photos of people and bicycles that pass in front of my camera
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Mets fall to Padres in d'Arnaud's debut
Will Venable had four hits and San Diego got home runs from Nick Hundley and Jedd Gyorko in an 8-2 victory over the Mets on Saturday night.
Mets starter Jenrry Mejia left early with discomfort in his surgically repaired elbow, and the Padres took advantage when New York's relief corps was pressed into service. San Diego finished with 15 hits in snapping a three-game losing streak.
''The bats woke up a little bit,'' Black said.
Edinson Volquez (9-10) worked five innings for the win and Venable extended his career-high hitting streak to 14 games, the longest active run in the National League.
''I'm just trying to keep my rhythm and swing at strikes,'' he said.
Volquez earned his first career victory against the Mets despite reaching 100 pitches in five innings.
''I had a couple of long innings and my pitch count got high,'' he said. ''But the best part was the win after losing three. Everyone can go home happy.''
Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud, a highly touted prospect acquired in the R.A. Dickey trade last offseason, went 0 for 2 with two walks in his major league debut. The Padres stole three bases against d'Arnaud and he allowed a passed ball.
Mejia exited in the fourth after throwing two balls to Logan Forsythe. The right-hander, who had Tommy John surgery in 2011, walked off the mound and was met by manager Terry Collins.
Mejia has been pitching with a bone spur, and it had been determined that he would undergo offseason surgery.
''We knew that there was a time when it might come back,'' Collins said.
Mejia was replaced by David Aardsma, and moments later the Padres broke a 1-all tie.
Forsythe singled off Aardsma (2-2) and scored on Hundley's two-run homer to left field. It was Hundley's second hit in his first game back after spending two days on the paternity list.
''That's the best moment of my career by far,'' Hundley said of his career-high 10th homer. ''I couldn't stop smiling. I thought about my daughter and got a little emotional on the bench.''
The Padres stretched their lead to 4-1 when Alexi Amarista's sharp single scored Venable after he doubled down the right-field line.
The Mets cut it to 4-2 on Wilmer Flores' RBI double in the fifth. The Padres pushed it back to 5-2 on Jesus Guzman's RBI single in the bottom half.
Gyorko added a three-run homer in the eighth.
Venable singled in his first at-bat and stole second. Amarista moved Venable to third with a groundout and, when Yonder Alonso walked, the Padres had runners on the corners.
Mejia retired Gyorko, but Chris Denorfia followed with a run-scoring single.
San Diego's 1-0 lead was in jeopardy in the second, when the Mets loaded the bases with two outs on walks to d'Arnaud and Omar Quintanilla and a single by Juan Lagares.
Mejia hit a chopper near the plate, with Volquez and Hundley converging on it. Volquez fielded the ball near the first base line and threw across his body to nip Mejia at first.
But the Mets tied the game in the third on Daniel Murphy's RBI single, which scored Eric Young Jr. after he reached on a bunt and stole second.
Now, the Mets will see how Mejia's rebuilt elbow responds after he was forced from the game.
''It was a matter of pain threshold and it was exceeded apparently (Saturday night), and he had to come out,'' Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said. ''The doctor here took a look at him but at this point it's about his symptoms. Obviously severe and we will see where this takes us.''
NOTES: New York called up d'Arnaud from Triple-A Las Vegas after starting catcher John Buck went on the paternity list Friday. Both were obtained in the December deal that sent Dickey to the Toronto Blue Jays. ... D'Arnaud will catch All-Star RHP Matt Harvey on Sunday, a tandem the Mets hope is a foundation for the future. ''That certainly will be a challenge for him because Matt is a different animal than those other guys,'' Collins said. ''But as I talked to Travis this morning, I said, 'Listen, we've got a game plan. Stay with it. Trust it, and obviously have some input if something isn't working.''' ... Padres C Chris Robinson was optioned to Triple-A Tucson when Hundley was activated. ... Struggling 3B Chase Headley sat out. Headley was 2 for 8 in the series after hitting .160 (4 for 25) on the last road trip. ''He hasn't had many days off, so physically it's good, and mentally as well,'' Black said. ''The last five, six games he has been going at it pretty hard both ways.'' ... Padres LHP Eric Stults (8-10, 3.68 ERA) faces Harvey (9-4, 2.23) in Sunday's series finale.


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John F. Connet has been named Hendersonville's next city manager, city officials announced Tuesday, and will begin work May 28.
Connet is currently the city manager of Clinton in Sampson County, about 30 minutes east of Fayetteville, and has served in that position since July 2002. Clinton has a population of about 8,600, according to the 2010 Census.
In a posting on the city's website, Mayor Barbara Volk said Connet was selected from a field of 86 applicants.
Hendersonville City Councilman Steve Caraker said the decision to offer Connet the job was unanimous, and that Connet's level of experience and ability to work "wonders" with limited budgets made him stand out.
"It was a very difficult decision because all three (of the top) candidates were very good," Caraker said. But discovering what Connet was able to accomplish in Clinton "with very little resources and a much smaller tax base was impressive."
Clinton is the county seat of Sampson County and lies about an hour south of Raleigh. Prior to Clinton, from 1999 until 2002, Connet served as town manager of Winterville, a city near Greenville, N.C. that was home to about 5,000 residents in the 2000 census. He worked for the city of Hickory, first as a planner from 1992 until 1997 and then as risk manager from 1997 until 1999.
In addition to Connet's experience, Caraker said he was "impressed by the depth of his character." He said Connet seemed to share a lot of the qualities much-admired in former City Manager Bo Ferguson, but Caraker also looks forward to the other skills he will bring to the position.
During the interview process, Connet told council members that he considered applying for the city manager position when it was open about five years ago, but was not ready to move his family. Ferguson was hired at the end of that search.
Connet earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science/Geography from Western Carolina University in August 1992, and received a master's in Public Administration from Appalachian State University in December 1997.
Volk said Connet has many skills and traits that will be useful in Hendersonville.
"With his background at Western Carolina and Appalachian State, John knows the mountains," she said in the statement posted online. "Clinton, although smaller than Hendersonville, has all the departments we have and has recently done downtown rejuvenation and a park master plan, so John understands our challenges. The council members are looking forward to having John, his wife and his daughters with us and for all of you to meet them. A reception to introduce the Connet family and welcome them to our community will be announced soon."
Caraker said Connet appeared to be very pleased with the city after he toured it a few weeks ago and was excited about plans for the city's second fire station.
All three of the top candidates "said that Hendersonville has a very good reputation for being a board that's easy to work for," Caraker said. "It's good to hear that we've got a good reputation among manager associations."
Connet attended the Municipal Administration Program in 2000 and the Public Executive Leadership Academy in 2008 at the School of Government at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
He is a member of the International City and County Management Association and has earned and maintained the Credentialed Manager status. He also belongs to the N.C. City and County Management Association and serves on the Board of Directors of the N.C. League of Municipalities.
Connet has been recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International, is certified as a Merit Badge Instructor for Boy Scouts of America and earned the Eagle Scout designation through Troop 27 of Clinton. While at Western Carolina, he was elected to serve as president of the Student Government Association.
Connet, his wife, Lori, and their two daughters, ages 8 and 10, attend Graves Memorial Presbyterian Church, where Connect has served as an elder.
John F. Connet named Hendersonville city manager
John F. Connet has been named Hendersonville's next city manager, city officials announced Tuesday, and will begin work May 28.


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This piece has been updated to include comment from an FCC spokesman.
Public Knowledge yesterday released a research that it says shows that the Universal Licensing System (ULS) is incomplete and too complicated.
In comments submitted to the FCC, the consumer advocate wrote that while searching the ULS for data to support policy positions in several spectrum proceedings, "PK noticed how challenging it is to gather meaningful information on carriers' spectrum licenses and affiliate control in order to understand the mobile wireless market."
Specifically, Public Knowledge was looking to gather information from the ULS on the competitive state of the wireless industry in order to inform recommendations on changes to the current spectrum screen.
The group argues that the ULS is not only complicated but incomplete.
A spokespman from the commission said the staff needs a chance to review the filing, but said the FCC is always interested in feedback that will help it improve its systems.
"There was no information on T-Mobile's ownership disclosures from 2005-2009. Surely T-Mobile must have applied for or altered a spectrum license at least once in five years. An ownership search by T-Mobile's registration number revealed archived files that provided the information. It turns out that the downloadable Ownership Database does not include archived files," Public Knowledge wrote in its comments," Public Knowledge wrote in it comments.
Public Knowledge suggests a number of changes to the system. Among others, Public Knowledge suggests the commission should make available all nonproprietary data that it has used in its Mobile Wireless Competition Reports; The Commission should ensure that filers comply with, and take seriously, reporting rules; The Commission should include archived files in downloadable databases; The Commission should consider how parties that care about spectrum might want to use the data.
"Information necessary to help promote competition and innovation in the wireless market is not available in any useful or easily attainable form right now," Public Knowledge wrote in its conclusion. "With better organization and transparency in the ULS, commenters can more easily acquire the data necessary to make and support arguments to improve the communications landscape."


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18 U.S. Code § 507 - Ship's papers
Whoever falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, or alters any instrument in imitation of or purporting to be, an abstract or official copy or certificate of the documentation of any vessel, or a certificate of ownership, pass, or clearance, granted for any vessel, under the authority of the United States, or a permit, debenture, or other official document granted by any officer of the customs by virtue of his office; or
Whoever utters, publishes, or passes, or attempts to utter, publish, or pass, as true, any such false, forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered instrument, abstract, official copy, certificate, pass, clearance, permit, debenture, or other official document herein specified, knowing the same to be false, forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered, with an intent to defraud—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 129 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 72, 35 Stat. 1101).
The words "passport" and "sea letter" were omitted as obsolete, in view of the Presidential proclamation of April 10, 1815, discontinuing the use of such passports and sea letters.
Mandatory punishment provisions were rephrased in the alternative.
Minor changes of phraseology were made.
2006—Pub. L. 109–304 in first par. substituted "documentation of any vessel" for "recording, registry, or enrollment of any vessel, in the office of any collector of the customs, or a license to any vessel for carrying on the coasting trade or fisheries of the United States" and struck out "collector or other" after "granted by any" and in second par. struck out "license," after "certificate,".
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $1,000".
All offices of collector of customs, comptroller of customs, surveyor of customs, and appraiser of merchandise in Bureau of Customs of Department of the Treasury to which appointments were required to be made by President with advice and consent of Senate ordered abolished, with such offices to be terminated not later than Dec. 31, 1966, by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1965, eff. May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. All functions of offices eliminated were already vested in Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
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