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Note that does not include unrealized capital gains. For example, if one of Geffen’s stock holdings was valued at $10 million at the start of the marriage and increased to $20 million by the time Geffen filed for divorce but he didn’t sell, he still holds the stock, Michaels gets $0 of the stock’s appreciation. As expected, Geffen’s legal & accounting team knew that CA’s community property laws would adequately protect their client. Gotta admit, I’d love to know how much Michaels manages to squeeze out of his ex sugardaddy husband.

I used to watch Grey’s in the early days and was so damn addicted. For the life of me, I can’t remember why I stopped although I vaguely recall the episodes were becoming too chick-flicky, too much like a Lifetime movie. That said, hats off to Sondra Rhimes for keeping it afloat all these years, hell of an accomplishment in this day & age.

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The trailers look terrific. It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 whole years since the original came out. I’m crossing my fingers that my local theater in Manila shows the sequel.

We use How much stuff gets put into storage but never gets taken out? Recalling the storage room of our basement growing up, I think some boxes sat in there untouched for decades until my parents sold the house. That storage room should have been called the “stuff I don’t feel comfortable throwing out” room.

A very sweaty Tommy Paul … https://x.com/atphotness/status/2041118516464517598?s=61

How keepers got a tubby baby elephant to lose weight …

Not sure, but I think it has something to do with wets, whites … weights? That’s it! Weights. You push them or carry them or something like that.

In all fairness, the book->movie was based on the author’s time as Anna Wintour’s assistant, an experience she still suffers PTSD from. If anything, I’m guessing Streep’s portrayal of Miranda Priestley is far more sympathetic than the real-life Ms. Wintour. I loved The Devil Wears Prada, can’t wait for the sequel.

I think you’re onto something. Even though I’m Asian myself, but for a few exceptions I was never really into Asian guys. But now that I’m living in Manila, holy sh!t, my head is on a swivel checking out all the cute Filipinos. I’m sitting at Starbucks right now trying (but failing miserably) not to be too obvious while staring at one of the most beautiful men I’ve ever seen. Not the most beautiful just in the Philippines or Asia, but anywhere. Oh gawd, security is about to kick me out for stalking, eek! Once you get past the imprinting, there’s a whole wide world out there.

Even though the tango shows are indeed super-touristy, it’s still worth going. I just searched for “tango show” on Google Maps and picked the one with the highest rating that was within a 30-minute walk. OMG, it was fantastic! The tango was simply spectacular. Even the weakest dancer (watching several seasons of DWTS qualifies me as a ballroom expert) was pretty good, plus he had a magnificently cut physique. Hey, if you’re not a great dancer, at least rip your shirt off. If you plan on going to a steakhouse, it’s helpful to learn how to say rare, medium-rare, etc. in Argentina. I foolishly assumed they were the same as in Spain (eek!) and ended up having too-long a discussion with the server to figure things out.

It’s been a long time, 22 years, since I was in Cuba, yet I still vividly remember how hard life was for Cubans. I didn’t think things could get any worse, but oh my God, conditions have gotten so much worse. When I think of the suffering of the Cuban people, coupled with the beautiful poetry of José Martí, I cry every time I listen to “Guantanamera.”

Either you’re into cars, or you’re not. Those who aren’t too often assume that a flashy car is how an inadequate (whether penis size or something else) man compensates for his sense of inferiority. While that might be true in some cases, it ignores some men’s genuine love of cars. Flashy cars are adult toys: they’re beautiful, they’re luxurious, and they’re a shit-ton of fun. A great car transforms driving from a burdensome chore to one of life’s great pleasures. If you don’t see things that way, so be it. But don’t defecate all over a guy just because he enjoys something that you don’t. Live and let live.

I loved it (the movie, that is, haven’t read the book). Yes, it is a bit long (running time 2h36m), but I don’t see how they could have trimmed it down because every scene, every bit was critical to the storyline. To be honest, I wasn’t buying hunkalicious Ryan Gosling as a dweeby microbiologist PhD, but he does such an amazing job with the role that he totally won me over by the end. This might sound a bit nutty, but I couldn’t help but think of Lazarillo de Tormes (the American equivalent would be Huckleberry Finn) while watching the evolution of Ryland Grace, but instead of a boy, we see how the dweeb becomes a man. The movie has a bit of everything — comedy, drama, bromance, an edge-of-your-seat action scene, impending apocalypse — yet manages to weave it all together into one cohesive story. While I wasn’t much of a Ryan Gosling fan before (had only seen him in The Notebook), I’m like his #1 fan now. The role of Ryland Grace required some serious acting chops, and Gosling cleared that very high bar.