<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Bob on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/authors/bob/</link><description>Recent content in Bob on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/authors/bob/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Hiding Place</title><link>/stories/2005/11/05/hiding-place/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2005/11/05/hiding-place/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I was in my first year of university, and was having bad luck with my
roommates. They either seemed to torment me or just up and leave
me high and dry. I had made a friend in my psychology class. She
seemed to be having the exact same problem I was, just with different people.
By the end of the year, we had decided that the next year we should try
to live together, after all it could not get any worse. Now most
of you might be thinking, hey way to go dude, U da Mannnn…. Well she just
wanted to be friends, you know…. Oh well, at least I had a roommate for
the next year.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>A Beginner's Mummification</title><link>/stories/2002/10/22/a-beginners-mummification/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2002/10/22/a-beginners-mummification/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Warren was the first openly-gay
guy I got well acquainted with when I worked in San Francisco’s financial
district, and we kept in touch via E-mail even after I moved south with
my wife. I really felt close to Warren, even though I’m straight- he’s
open and straightforward and sensitive, all the qualities that women love
in a guy. Myself, I thought he was a sensitive, supportive guy I could
cry on when I had problems of my own. Thus, when (after a substantial period
of perusing the Web) I developed an over-powering need to get not merely
bound but mummified (I suppose that’s kind of an extreme fringe of D&amp;amp;s),
it was only natural that I turned to Warren. As I hoped, he said he was
‘vaguely knowledgeable’ on the subject and was amenable to helping me try
it out. I arranged for a weekend visit to his place in the East Bay. I
took CalTrain and BART up and he picked me up when I rolled in late on
Saturday afternoon.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>