Allow me to assist on the Kent Allard/Lamont Cranston matter:

From Wikipedia--
...In print, The Shadow's secret identity was Kent Allard, a famed aviator. During World War I, Allard was both a flying ace and a spy who fought for the French. He was known by the alias of The Black Eagle ("The Shadow's Shadow," 1933), although later stories revised this alias as The Dark Eagle ("The Shadow Unmasks," 1937). After the war, Allard sought a new challenge and decided to wage war on criminals. Allard faked his death in the South American jungles then returned to the United States. Arriving in New York City, he adopted numerous identities to conceal his existence.

One of these identities was Lamont Cranston, a "wealthy young man about town." In the pulps, Cranston was a separate character; Allard frequently disguised himself as Cranston and adopted his identity ("The Shadow Laughs," 1931). While Cranston traveled the world, Allard assumed his identity in New York...

Hi, all,

We've been talking about perhaps reviving the polls, since there have been threads recently with questions. What do you think? And does anyone have a topic?

Obviously, they have to be answerable in multiple choice format...always a limitation. But I'll take a stab at posting new ones with some regularity if you have topics.

I was looking for something that meant 'fat', but that seemed a bit too abrupt. Went through all the euphemisms, which I hate, because they sound apologetic. Then read somewhere that 'zaftig', a Yiddish word for round and curvy, means 'juicy', and I liked that, so here I am.

The user whose screen name doesn't appear is no longer on the site. When he was, his name appeared.

As for site members being sensitive about the subject, I think there are two reasons: 1) the issue of consent in a relationship is always crucial, and 2) we are routinely stereotyped as 'mad-power-hungry-male-feeder takes advantage of stupid-low-self-esteem-dupe-feedee'. Since most of us are not interested in such a relationship, people can be a bit touchy when someone appears to be thinking in that direction.