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Carlos Cuevas (Pol in Merlí) stars in a new Netflix series Smiley, about a gay couple in Barcelona who are totally wrong for each other but just can't help themselves. I'll write a more detailed review in the "Anything good on Netflix?" thread, but for Carlos Cuevas fans, wow! our favorite Catalan philosopher looks hella good in his latest series. Cuevas plays Alex, a himbo who belongs to 2 gyms and has the muscles to show for it. Cuevas doesn't have nearly enough nude scenes/sex scenes, but Smiley is so good that I'll forgive him just this once.

I doubt the #54 ranked doubles player has any endorsements. But Fabien Reboul is a good-looking guy with a great body. Now that he's "on the map," coming out might actually get him an endorsement or two. In any case, I wish the guy all the best.

Many women tennis pros have come out: from Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova back in the '80s to Amelie Mauresmo to most recently Kasatkina, to the point that coming out is almost a non-story on the WTA side. But no ATP player has come out, until now. Apparently Fabien Reboul and his boyfriend Maxence Broville both posted the picture on the left on their Instagrams. Although you can't see their faces (horny devils), Reboul is on the right. Reboul is also the guy in the swimsuit in the other photo. Since I can't access Instagram, hopefully someone can double-check the posts on both players' accounts. A number of years back, Sports Illustrated & Tennis Channel commentator Jon Wertheim addressed the issue of why no ATP player has ever come out, noting that the first to do so would likely get a very positive response from his fellow players. Brian Vahaly and Jan-Michael Gambill did come out but only post-retirement. Reboul is the first active player to do so. Ranked #54, Reboul still plays a number of Challengers but plays enough ATP tournaments to be called an ATP player. Broville, ranked #872, is playing Futures (kinda like playing Single A baseball).

According to the ATP website's article on Bolletieri, he coached 10 former number 1 players. I came up with Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Maria Sharapova off the top of my head. The tribute lists Venus & Serena, Boris Becker, Jelena Jankovic (a Slam-less #1), Martina Hingis, and Marcelo Rios (also Slam-less) as the other 6 number 1's coached by Bollettieri. Some Bollettieri worked very closely with, like Agassi & Courier, others he was more of a mentor than a day-in/day-out coach. Nonetheless, a remarkable resume.

Sorry for straying off topic, back to pies ... pumpkin can be yummy, but I've had more bad pumpkin pies than good ones. I've had sweet potato pie only once, and I liked it a lot more than pumpkin. I feel so un-American for saying this, but I'm just not wild about apple pie. My favorite is pecan as long as it's not too sweet. I recently saw a recipe for ube custard pie, which is basically a purple version of sweet potato pie. Definitely something I have to attempt one of these days. As for nontraditional offerings, as long as it's a good pie, I'm happy. If someone ever brought ube pie to Thanksgiving dinner, I'd be tickled pink.

Nothing beats the scent of a real tree. It almost makes me miss cold snowy winters in New England. Almost. One can buy real trees here in Las Vegas, but it just seems so out of place in the desert with all the palm trees.

Wow, you had a setup to be able to deep-fry 3 turkeys all at the same time? How many gallons of oil did you use? What type of oil? I hear peanut oil is the best for deep frying, but it's not the healthiest. Also, how many people did you invite over for Thanksgiving dinner? And how many tigers??

I'm a bit concerned that the actor's IMDb page isn't showing any current or future projects. Please tell me it's because Escamilla just needed a break, not for lack of offers. Despite the terrible disappointment of Season 6, wild horses couldn't drag me away from Season 7. I refuse to give up hope on my favorite guilty pleasure! Now if Season 7 also sucks, oh boy, we got a problem.

"Must save my human!"

Élite fans, what did you think of Season 6? I just finished it. Every other season I binged like a bag of chips, but Season 6 was actually a struggle to get through: too much wokeness, too many unlikable characters, not nearly enough skin nor sex. With the previous t seasons, I couldn't stop myself from watching one episode after another whereas this season I kinda had to force myself to get through an episode. Will Élite get its mojo back?

This dog deserves a zillion treats.

I want to meet the guy who built this water slide for ducklings.

The phrygian cap mascots look more like phrygian aliens, but I like the French revolution theme.

Yikes, talk about dodging a bullet! Glad you made it out his place safe & sound.

Lloyd Glasspool won his match today. In honor of his victory, another photo ...

A lot of interesting storylines in this edition of the ATP year-end championships. Feel free to comment on the dubs, but I'll focus on the singles for this post. Novak is in the tougher (imo) red group with Medvedev, Tsitsipas, and Rublev. Rafa is in the green group with Auger-Aliassime, Ruud, and Fritz. I think Novak comes in hungrier than usual, with a desire to assert his spot in the pecking order. Rafa has a chance to end the year #1 if he reaches the final undefeated or wins the tournament. Medvedev & Taitsipas are looking for a good result after disappointing fall indoor seasons. For FAA (Auger-Aliassime is too long to type out all the time), who has had a great indoor season, the WTF would be his biggest title ever. Fritz must be thrilled to get in as the alternate (Alcaraz withdrew, oblique injury). Honestly, I'm not expecting much from Ruud & Rublev. I'm a bit bummed that Holger Rune didn't make it in. With his new baby and a stubborn ab injury, I expected Rafa to withdraw. But I guess he couldn't pass up the chance to win his first ever WTF nor the chance at the year-end #1.

Lloyd Glasspool is playing dubs in the World Tour Finals, which start tomorrow.

Janko Tipsarevic is my favorite ATP underwear model.

A quad-quad combo? Impossible! A quintuple? Impossible! Oh wait, that's what I said about the quad axel? *EmilyLitellavoice* Never mind.

As always, the "different advice" is hilarious, but on a serious note, the parents are real assholes.

OK, most people don't think of an adult lioness as cute, but this is such a beautiful moment that I had to post:

You have to open this in Twitter to see the joke. Not sure why it was labeled as sensitive content.

This bear cub is the cutest little package thief.

Accordibg to IMDB reviews. Los agitadores is a movie about ... nothing really, just scene after scene of a bunch of straight guys doing homoerotic stuff. I'm praying it comes to Netflix.