FELIZ ANO NUEVO 2008

As the sunsets, we say goodbye to another year and to any heartache, disappointment or grief. I pray that tomorrows sunrise brings joy, health, laughter, prosperity and the company of friends. I pray that 2008 be full of sunrises for all of us!

FRIDAY FANTASY 64

Sometimes the guy next door is just as hot as any model or porn star!

FELIZ NAVIDAD

Merry Christmas! Joyeaux Noel! Feliz Natal!

FRIDAY FANTASY 63

So, you just walk in and choose one of their Top escorts...

All Is Well...

...that ends well. Both power and phone service have been restored. Boy, do we take things for granted!! I don't know how the Amish do it. Like so many people across the world, I have come to depend on modern conveniences and just assume they will be there whenever or wherever I need them. Thank God I had a warm place to lay my head and a job to keep my mind diverted from the COLD realities of my home being without power.

Ahh, but alas I am here! I have missed my friend (the computer), and I have missed all of you. How about a group hug?!

MOTHER NATURE

Oh, the weather outside is frightful...!! We are suffering from horrible winter conditions. An ice storm has knocked out power for many hundred thousands of customers. To top it off, ice has caused a tree to snap and pull down my phone line. Thank God for cellphones (which I can charge at work) and for friends with power (whose computer I'm using now).

Don't know when this mess will be fixed. I'm just trying to use a bit of patience, to exercise my faith and to keep my sanity.

Because I can not use my own computer there may not be a Friday feature tomorrow. And though it is not Friday I feel like closing my eyes and drifting off to some small island with balmy temperatures, a cool tropical drink and a beautiful hombre to fan me while I lie on a beachside chaise...

Any Excuse...

...for a party!! And what better place for one than "Temptation Island?" Fellow D.R. lover Mario Sessions will celebrate his 43rd birthday in March. Venir y celebrar!

FRIDAY FANTASY 62

Ahhh, the feel of leather against your warm bare skin...

NEW SERVICE

Orlando-Santo Domingo by JetBlue
Flights from Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo to Orlando International Airport are due to begin on 6 March. Regular fares between Orlando and Santo Domingo start at US$99 to US$349 each way (plus taxes). The JetBlue flight is the only non-stop service between both cities. Flight times are departing MCO at 1:55pm arriving SDQ at 5:35pm, and departing SDQ at 6:20pm, arriving MCO at 8:20pm. JetBlue uses an Embraer E190 fleet with complimentary first-run movies on the airline's seatback televisions. "We are very excited about this new route connecting Santo Domingo to Orlando, Florida's largest airport," said Astrid Diaz, CEO of Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI.

WORLD AIDS DAY

Today is a day that we unite our voices to speak out and to speak up. AIDS continues to be a plague in our communities, but especially so in third world and developing countries.

Our beloved retreats, such as the Dominican Republic, have alarmingly high rates of infection. We must not only save ourselves, but save our world neighbors also. Let us not be disallusioned. We are not truly safe until our global brothers and sisters are as well.

Remember to write or call your government officials and demand more resources for the fight against HIV/AIDS.