1234Quiz 10

If you were stranded on a desert island (with enough food and water) what one thing would you choose to take with you? (excluding another person)

The Frenchman: a solar powered iPod.
Aussielicious: the knowledge not to be so pathetic i'd die.
Little Boy Blue: my camera.
The Patient Man: my laptop and enough batteries to run it till I got rescued... or decided to stay.
Superchilled: my swimming goggles.

What would you take?

REGROUPING

Apologies for lack of posting here. Thanks for coming back. We'll see what we can do to keep on going - but there are changes afoot...

1234Quiz 9

If you were a car – what kind would you be?

The Frenchman: SLK!
Aussielicious: a red one.
Little Boy Blue: A convertible
The Patient Man: Range Rover. Unstoppable and really really really really good looking (said with a ‘zoolander’ influence).
Superchilled: A curvy old Mercedes convertible, with weathered wood and leather features.

What car would you be?

Today's Top 4

The Top 4 Politicians who need to be booted out, and why.

Today its up to you - to let us know who needs to be booted. The more votes someone gets - the more chance they'll make our final top 4.

Write in the comments who needs to go. And we'll tally the least popular and vote them out of office!!

Exquisite

This blog is aimed at gay men and this video is a definite departure from what is expected. We gay men like all things beautiful and this is exquisite. Using iconic images of women from art over centuries and set to beautiful music this had me captivated from the first frame.

1234Quiz 8

What was your favourite childhood toy?
The Frenchman: Didn't have any, I was locked in a cupboard till I turned 18... Probably my train set, I still have it.
Aussielicious: Masters of the Universe
Little Boy Blue: A small suitcase - I still have it!
The Patient Man: My imagination.. but I was also fond of the new born chickens and puppies. They were great to play with.
Superchilled: Matchbox cars – I wouldn’t go into a toy store without asking for more.

What was your favourite childhood toy?

Book Launch - Benno Thoma

He has a job a lot of our readers would die for. Thankfully Benno Thoma is happy to share his photography with us in the form of the new book "Around the Globe" filled with rather sumptuous images of the men of Bel Ami. The pictures speak for themselves. Not available in stores as yet - check out Benno Thoma - Around the Globe for online sales details.

Benno is one of our favourite photographers and is also linked on 1234Men under 'Photographers of Men'. Enjoy.

The hard times being a Single Gay Man.

In the last few weeks I've had almost the full selection of family events to attend, all by myself, as I'm single for the first time in years. Now it's not just a gay thing to be the 'single' one at these events, but it certainly seems to be the opening line from all the other attendees you meet. Nowadays just about every relative I know has a lovely gay acquaintance that they are sure I'll get on really well with. Where were all these lovely gays a decade ago when I lived in a small country town and had met maybe 5 poofs at the most?

Everyone is also so sad that you're single and wish you'd find that someone special. Little do they know you found that someone special last Saturday night, and the Saturday night before that. To me special is a few beers, a hot shag and a no-strings-attached goodbye at the moment.

So why do weddings, funerals and birthdays make you feel so alone? Because everyone makes you feel that way by bringing it up. So recently at a funeral I had more than a few lovely old ladies, that all knew I was a poof, say how sad it was that I'm not with anyone at the moment. Now, by no means to shock them, I'd just say straight to them that I'm lucky to be single at this time and I'm quite happy playing the field and spreading some wild oats so they should feel far from upset for me.

I tell you, I've never felt better than leaving that funeral by myself. Bring on more family and friend get-togethers I say. Being single is the new black, and being happily-single is more empowering than you can imagine.

So throw yourself into your job, a hobby, or your favourite exercise. Embrace it and focus all the bloody attention you want onto it, and don't feel bad for spending far too much time doing whatever it is. Just make sure you really love it, or in the case of your job, you'll get burnt-out.
And remember to go out every Saturday night now and then to find that something special, your Saturday night-special.

Written by Corey

Today's top 4

The top 4 signs you might be gay:

• You may bench press 120kg but you’ll pay $1200 for a Streisand ticket.
  
• You saw Debbie does Dallas, but can’t even recall what Debbie looks like.
  
• You’ve “helped out mates” more often than you’ve had girlfriends.
  
• The soundtrack to your life is provided by Divas with one name.

Mr_Right.com/search

The politics of online chat/dating is fraught with minefields of political correctness, etiquette and most regularly frustration. The first site I ever created a profile on is and was probably the most popular around the globe and full of temptations to spend hours pouring through profiles and developing RSI. This site also quickly became frustrating to say the least. Sure there are a lot of guys out there whose profiles say they are after a shag and nothing more but there were thousands of profile in my city alone that say they are looking to date and find Mr Right.com when in reality when you message them they are really just trying to download mrshag.com/fuckbuddyextraordinaire

Since my early forays there have been many lessons learned with mr_totally_fake_profile.wanker taking the prize for the most annoying and mr_old_flatteringphotos.net a close rival for my lack of attention. I’ve been on dates with “I’m_offensive”, “desperado”, “totalobotomy_stud” and “will_you_marry_me_tomorrow” all with totally unsurprising results.

If you do find yourself in the mood for some hotsluttyaction.org then logging in is equally dangerous and deceptive. Photos can be accurate but incredibly misleading at the same time and that guy that's always_up4it might actually never be_up4it afterall.

Logging in to get off sometimes does produce great results. Couple friends of mine have met online and clicked and even double-clicked and sometimes an instant message can lead to a good hard-driving download or two. Yet more often than not it’s an excuse to right-click alone to your hearts content.

1234 Quiz 7

What's the first thing you do when you get up in the morning?
Aussielicious: Toilet then clean my teeth.
The Frenchman: Go back to bed and snuggle
Little Boy Blue: pee
The Patient Man: Listen to the sounds outside, roll over and try my best to go back to my dream I was having.
Superchilled: Jump in the shower and really wake up.

What's the first thing you do when you get up?