Last week's newsletter I sent out was all Sex Listings and in it I included a new one for a city in Iraq:

Iraq [Editor’s note: I honestly don’t know what to make of this tip. It seems improbable but of course sex between men happens everywhere regardless of local or regional culture. It could be wishful thinking on the poster’s part or sick joke. Whatever the case this is of course one of those areas of the world where the most extreme caution is essential, and not just for Westerners. No exaggeration to say it may be a matter of life or death.] Erbil: Minaret Park. Cruisy park. This update added September, 2008: “City park that's very cruisy in the evenings after it cools down enough to be out and about. It's mostly Kurdish guys.”

And we got this response:

From: ********** (**********@hotmail.com)
Date: September 18, 2008 1:14:04 PM EDT
To: Your Cruisemaster
Subject: RE: Sexually explicit: Pure Sex Listings!

Hey Cruisemaster,
RE your listings and comments:

You're all wrong about Erbil, Iraq. It's Kurdistan, man, not Baghdad. They luuuuuuuv Americans, and they're really hot. The place is really nice, no problems, and the guys are sweet and horny. I was there is June for work and it was really nice. Really, a big western city is far, far more dangerous. The whole mideast region is full of nice guys - and guys are fukkin like crazy, even in Saudi Arabia (Geo BUsh's great friend) but there, you can get in trouble. Everywhere else in the Arab World, anything goes, but nobody's gay :- )

kisses, ******** in Beirut

On my diet of pretty much only US media I knew that things in the Kurdish dominated areas have always been far calmer, but I've remained as clueless about what it's really like to live there. Same goes for the rest of the Mideast. You read the really scary stories here when it comes to anything related to homosexuality but you don't get anything else. There's so little effort here to show what life's like, whatever aspect, beyond the really bad shit. And hey, I make little effort to find out when I have so much more of the world just a few keystrokes away. (Some NPR pieces and BBC World reports don't exactly cut it.)

So many thanks to our friend in Beirut for the enlightenment.

That covers new things from the mailbag. I've got new Free Porn for you, too. Toby O'Connor is your new guy for the week. He's appeared in four of our videos and at least a dozen others from the quick search I did in some streaming theaters. Big-dicked bottom is how I'd characterize Toby--really big-dicked. When Keith did this photo shoot with him a couple years ago he was living in Atlanta but I'm thinking I've seen a profile for him recently on Manhunt here in San Francisco (yes, I cruise our sponsor's sites in addition to ours). Maybe it was a lookalike but that dick's pretty remarkable and memorable. Plus, he's exceptionally cute. Keith's still running our Vault Sale; three Road Trip titles we stopped selling a while ago are back for a short time. You can see Toby in Cruisemaster Road Trip 8 (free video clips and more galleries with Toby there). The DVD is 79 minutes long and $19.95 right now...with free shipping, which is a good deal these days because rates are up because fuel costs are still high.

I'm traveling a bit this week but should have time to get to new Sex Listings while on the go, certainly before I get back on Friday.

(Toby's really big dick)

As I mentioned in this week’s newsletter, Keith’s done with his road trip and so I’m editing full time again. This makes Gabe a happy man. So I’ve been catching up with new submissions to the Sex Listings. And there’s more time for me to blather here about the things you guys do that amuse me or turn me on or repulse me – it runs the gamut.

I’ve mentioned before that we’re re-working the Sex Listings to provide many new features but a key one is linking to automatic mapping. Well, when someone sends in a new Listing I already head on over to Google and map it out (I’m sure you do too and will be happy when we make that just one click). Yesterday I got a new tip for a “sexclub” called JD’s Cum Spot. Of course I was skeptical that it was real, someone’s always trying to enter “My house” and the like. But when I pulled up the street view in Google Maps, well, behold! JD’s Cum Spot:

(click to enlarge)

Too fucking funny.

In other amusing news, this tip was added for the notorious Dick Dock in P-town. And you know, it really isn’t only a matter of courtesy. If you’re discreetly playing in the bushes or woods somewhere then please think “discreet” all the way through:

TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES WHILE PLAYING!!!!!!

Here are two great new comments I posted in the last few days, my favorites of late:

Montana Pray: Chico Hot Springs. Cruisy natural springs. This updated added August, 2008: “Bi, closeted guy here. I went over to check things out and had some fun. It’s best when the resort is full, and it can be a little hard to figure out who is interested in playing, but I hooked up with a really good-looking married guy. We made a lot of eye contact in the hot springs to seal the deal, and then when he got out to go to the showers I noticed as his trunks clung to him that his dick was hard. Followed him to the showers and then went for a little hike. We traded head in the woods and then he let me fuck him. Good times. A little sparse and you have to watch that you don't blow your cover, but an awesome way to find a cum buddy."

Nevada Las Vegas: Wynn Las Vegas, Spa. Cruisy healthclub. This update added August, 2008: “Went to the Spa on a Wednesday afternoon to check things out. A few men were wandering around but the steamroom was great. I was there about fifteen minutes when I met a hot, hairy, beefy married guy. We had some hot play and then I invited him back to my room. He was short on time, so I ate his hole for about ten minutes and fucked him 'til he shot two loads without touching his cock. Very hot man!”

And last, check out Chester in Free Porn. He’s been up since last weekend and I’ll have new featured model tomorrow but Chester’s pretty sweet. He’s another young man from Keith’s skate-and-surfboarder phase. (I don’t think that phase is really over. Just sayin'.)
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