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A couple of things from someone who is a “regular” of the club. The video is not a good advertisement or representation of the club.

 

Most of the video was shot in 2009. Thats 10 years ago. Dustin, a dancer whose death was spoken of in the video died in the summer of 2009. The ‘movie’ started out as a concept for a reality TV show. It never went anywhere. Most of the dancers wanted nothing to do with it. Many of the dancers come from conservative homes. There is a reason the Deep South is known as the Bible Belt. There were probably 10 to 20 really hot guys working st the time that refused to be a part of it. So basically, you had the attention whores who were convinced they were going to get fame and money.

 

As for some of the guys

• Dallas: still there. He’s actually aged well if you liked his look. I never had a thing for him but he’s actually a nice guy.
  
• Matthew: I spit my drink out laughing when he said he “slept mostly with women.” I think the only time he’s ever touched vagina was when he was born. He left Atlanta and for a time was the DJ st floppy roosters.
  
• Pierce: must have been having a bad week or month. He was hot, very sexy and he didn’t look up to his usual standards In the film. He was smart. Never understood how he got caught up in the film. He got an education and I’m told is doing very well.
  
• Shawn: he’s the guy that talked about how the money had gone down. This is the same shit every dancer talks about when they lose the “new meat” factor and/or lose some of their regulars. As a point of reference I was there Saturday night and one of my favorites was disappointed he had only made $600 as of midnight. So much for no money...Oh and this “favorite” of mine isn’t new but has been dancing for 4 years. To be fair, he is smoking hot and one of the best looking guys in the club now. PS - there is another dancer named Sean at Richards now... he’s been there since about 2010.
  
• Stephen - he was 40 plus years old when the film was done. He was a nice guy, attractive for some people but not really what you would expect appearance wise from a dancer. As the film mentioned he disappeared and was found dead. The official report said foul play wasn’t suspected.... but I never understood why.
  
• Matt Colunga - he was the DJ/Manager. A bit moody at times but he was good and did a good job of recruiting talent. I haven’t been to his new cub in Florida (Johnson’s) but have heard good things.
  

The bottom line is the film does not give you a great picture of what you can expect at Swinging Richards. I’ve been to almost every strip cub and many gogo dancer clubs. Outside of Montreal Swinging Richards is the best you will find. The warning I would give is that they do have “off”nights... especially during the week. The weekends are almost always pretty good.

A question for you or anyone else who has some insight into the internal workings of Swinging Richards: where does all the money go?

SRs makes money from cover charges, drink sales, dancer fees, a percentage of VIP privates, and apparently even take a cut of dancers' tips. Just from what they make in alcohol sales, I would think that would be enough revenue to keep a business well in the black. When you add in all their other revenue streams, it has to be an eye-popping sum. So where does all this money go? Are the owners swimming in money like Scrooge McDuck? I can't imagine that's the case because if SRs were that lucrative, people would open up competing venues to get a slice of the pie. Does the city of Atlanta impose all sorts of crazy taxes and fees on a strip club? (that's my guess, but I'd like to hear confirmation) Or does the club incur "unofficial expenses" to maintain good relations with local law enforcement and city government?

He is hot, but a bit too “dramatic” or “artistic” for my taste. I’d much rather prefer Bruno Massot (a big, dumb, cute, and kind French teddy bear) or that big assed Italian icedancer/model, Matteo Guarise.

I'm totally with you on Massot. Another French figure skater I like is pairs skater Morgan Cipres.

Haha sounds much like my Lenten household....today!!!!

 

I don’t remember McD’s having diet 7-up, but I know corporate does allow small regional menu variances

I remember my Catholic schoolboy days when my family would occasionally go out to McDonalds during Lent for Filet O'Fish sandwiches. I thought it was kind of weird going to McDonalds & not ordering hamburgers. Little did I know that McDonalds reports that 25% of Filet O'Fish sandwiches sold in a year are ordered during Lent. Apparently the sandwich was developed back in the 1960s when a franchisee noticed he was losing Catholic customers on Fridays because McDonalds was selling only burgers back then.

I hate McD's burgers. They taste weird, can't quite put my finger on it, but it's probably better not to think too much about it. But I do like the Fillet O'Fish. It's a total guilty pleasure.

Reactions of Italians to Italian-American food :

 

This video is brilliant I love Italian food in Italy but absolutely despise Italian-American. Back in Boston I always vetoed any suggestions of Italian because almost all Italian restaurants In New England are Italian-American, not authentic Italian. Since most of my friends had never been to Italy and therefore had no idea what the difference was, they thought I was just being a pain. No, Italian-American is awful! Once you've had real Italian, your reaction to Italian-American is like those poor Italianos in the video. Fortunately, there are a couple of excellent authentic Italian restaurants in Las Vegas. They are awfully pricey, however.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Kortajarena

 

I've been watching season two of "Quantico" on Netflix. This handsome Spanish actor is a secondary character on it.

 

And in real life he is gay!

Good for him that he got a gig on an American series because Spanish TV/movies don't pay sh*t. He stars in a new series that premieres on Spanish television this Wednesday. I'll be watching it ("La verdad") because it sounds interesting: the granddaughter of Spain's wealthiest banker goes missing as a teenager and reappears nine years later. Who kidnapped her? Where has she been and what has she been doing for the last nine years? But gotta say, I won't tune in for Kortajarena; the guy's really not my type.

Interestingly enough, Kortajarena is from Bilbao and speaks Basque, a language spoken by only 750K people in the whole world. I always thought it would be super-cool to speak a language that almost no one else speaks/understands. Put it this way, if he's in a restaurant in LA and speaking Spanish, it's almost certain that someone at a nearby table can eavesdrop on his conversation. But Basque? No way.

I love avocados! Yes, lots of fat, but your system does need some fat, and avocados provide good heart-healthy fat. One of my favorites is avocado ice cream, which has been popular among Filipinos for decades. With the recent avocado craze, avocado ice cream is starting to be a "thing" in foodie circles. I gotta think that putting avocado in ice cream counters whatever health benefits of the avocado. Hey, I never said I ate it for my health; I just love the taste.

http://www.flyingfourchette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Avocado-Ice-Cream-9.jpg

Terry Gannon (P.S. why aren't we discussing how hot he is?)

Trust me, I've often wondered what Terry looks like under that tuxedo

How does the scoring work if landing six quads only results in the fifth best score ever in the long program?

I'm pretty sure that Nathan's free skate score is an Olympic record. Nathan placed first in the free skate (long program), almost nine points higher than #2 in the free skate Yuzuru Hanyu (215.08 vs. 206.17). But Nathan ended up only fifth overall because his short program score was a dismal 82.27, which put him in 17th place after the short. Hanyu's short program score was 111.68, and three other skaters each scored more than 100. Nathan was just too far behind to catch up.

The founder of Domino's Pizza, Thomas Monaghan, is known as " A champion of the pro-life movement and other Catholic teachings "to combat the nation's 'moral crisis'," Monaghan has spent hundreds of millions of dollars promoting them" according to Wikipedia. I personally attended a conference where a professor from the law school he funded, Ave Maria, did an awful lot of gay bashing. Sorry, I'm not spending my hard earned gay dollars on his pizza.

I'm just not into boycotting. Don't misunderstand, if you want to boycott a business, more power to ya! It's just not something I get all fired up about.

I had Domino's only once. It was surprisingly expensive for what we got, and off the top of my head, it was the worst pizza I've ever had. I'll never patronize Domino's again, because their pizza massively sucks!

He landed six quads????????? I should have tuned in!

Yeah, with a monster 127.64 technical score! Six quads, a couple of hands down on a quad flip, so five clean! Here is the only video I could find. There's an annoying commercial at the beginning, and there's no commentary, but at least you can watch.

PS: I love his new hairdo.

He performs it a lot like Groff did.

 

This must be the UK: On a US-based reality talent show, they wouldn't even let someone on who sings showtunes.

This particular reality show was basically a showtune contest. The individual auditioners were put into groups, and the winning group would star in a new West End musical about a fictional boy band. I don't watch much English-language TV any more, but I ended up getting hooked on this show because (of course) some of the contestants were wicked hot. Unfortunately, none of my fave hotties were in the winning group

But I do find his supreme overconfidence a bit off-putting.

That's what bothers me most about Rippon. Note the attitudes of the gold and bronze medalists in the men's singles. Yuzuru and Javi both have a salt-of-the-earth humility that makes me love them all the more. Contrast that humility with Rippon's Diva Goddess bearing ... ugh! Yes, Adam's a very good skater. He placed 10th in the men's event (which is exactly where I predicted he would place). If you're the tenth best at something, out of everybody in the whole wide world, that's impressive. But honestly, if gold medalist Hanyu or Nathan Chen, who shattered the Olympic record for the free skate, walked around with Adam's supreme overconfidence, I would be turned off. Coming from the #10 skater, all the more so.

WHAT? YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT BRIAN BOITANO IS GAY? WELL, I NEVER...

 

It's almost the same smirk I crack when I would talk to the ladies who ran the Liberace Museum in Vegas (RIP).

 

They'd insist that Lee died of 'stomach cancer' and how tragic that he just never found the right woman to spend his life with.

When I heard the news that Brian Boitano came out, I and surely millions others thought, "How do you 'come out' if everybody on Planet Earth already knows you're gay?"

I suppose. I mean, icon is a strong word and Rippon hasn't done nearly enough (imo) to warrant the term.

 

He's currently a media darling... Until the next one comes along. 'The first' anything warrants 15 minutes of coverage these days.

 

As a community, we'll know we've truly made it when it's no longer a headline.

Please tell me I'm not alone in noting the irony that "Gay Figure Skater" is actually a headline??

I don’t like Pizza Hut or Domino’s pizza but I grew up in Manhattan where you can get great pizza pretty much in any corner. I love pizza and remember having a hard time finding pizza I like when I moved to the Midwest for university; I guess I was spoiled by the options in NYC.

If you love pizza, then never ever move to Las Vegas. After living in Boston for so long (it's not all clam chowdah in Boston, they have some truly great pizza), I went into pizza deprivation here in Las Vegas. OMG, the pizza here is AWFUL!! It's like cardboard, ketchup, and Kraft American singles. Las Vegas is actually a great foodie town for almost every cuisine and taste, except pizza. After more than a decade here, I finally found a great pizzeria, run by a guy from New Jersey who knows what real pizza is. I don't miss the winters in Boston or the cost of living in NYC (lived in Manhattan for 3 years), but I sure as hell miss the almost limitless choices for great pizza.

That's kind of my point. Gays can be quite competent, and they're showing us their competence in South Korea. It's stunning to me how "gay" Johnny Weir truly is. And it's also stunning that his gayness is being accepted by all corners of these very traditionally conservative organizations. A serious breakthrough, IMO.

Come on, this isn't 1890. In the 21st century, everybody pretty much expects figure skaters to be gay! Gay! GAY! And Johnny is only flamboyant off camera, like in his social media accounts. When he's doing commentary, he gets down to brass tacks and provides some great insights.

It’s over for Nathan this s year, but folks, GET REAL. He’s only a lad of 18. He’s a high school kid! When he’s 22, he’ll likely be spectacular- physically and artistically. You’ll all be swooning!

I'm already swooning. That free skate ... OMG ... Nathan is the Stud God of Figure Skating!! Nathan has already said that he's retiring after this season and plans to go to Harvard. Mind you, that's before he bombed in the short and missed the podium. Maybe his fifth place finish will spark the desire to stay in it. It seems crazy for an 18-year-old kid to retire.

By the way, it's not quite over for Nathan this year. Now that he laid down the gauntlet with an eye-popping six quads in the free skate, the Nathan vs. Yuzuru battle is ON!

There were only three legitimate teams in the team event, and Team USA won the bronze. Not exactly a towering achievement, but a medal is a medal is a medal. Adam's bronze should cement his future in figure skating, whether as a coach, commentator, or in ice shows.

I have new tips for those traveling to Argentina. Besides the already known soytuyo and revista ratones, you can also use these resources:

 

https://manhunt.net/

http://www.elharemok.com/

http://www.onyce.net/modelos.html

http://www.leonos.com

 

And of course the local forums:

 

https://www.escortsxp.com/foro/forum/foro-escorts-hombres?utm_source=menu&utm_medium=foro-escorts-hombres&utm_campaign=2018

 

Enjoy it!

Thanks, latbear4blk! One day, when I finally get around to my bucket-list trip way down south, I'm sure these resources will be invaluable.

Well I guess Nathan can't handle pressure. It seems that the pressure just builds and he gets worse. Hopefully he will skate better tomorrow when there will be no pressure to win a medal, like Mao Asada did at the 2014 Olympics. If he can't handle the pressure he will become another Patrick Chan but without a World Championship. I could see this coming from how he performed at 2017 World Championships. Hope he gets it together for the Beijing Games in 2022.

I missed the short program live and had to watch it on tape. Because I already knew the results, it took me a long time to bring myself to watch Nathan's short because I knew it was a disaster. Oh boy, was it ever. You almost have to expect the step-out of the triple axel, but not the fall on the quad lutz and the spin-out of the quad toe. Eek! he couldn't even complete a combination, to plunge his score even lower. It really bums me out because he's improved his PCS so much.

Yes, Nathan has a tremendous future as a figure skater, but I don't know how long he intends to stay in the sport. I know he wants to go to Harvard; he might have already been accepted. Other skaters manage to go to college full-time and keep up their skating, but it's awfully tough. I'm not sure Nathan can handle a Harvard course load and compete as a world-class figure skater at the same time.

Glad the Germans went from 4th in the short to gold medal winners last night, they deserved it after that flawless/ferocious performance <3

 

I normally don't care too much for the pairs event, but I was really impressed with them & some of the others. Ice Dance is the event I don't give a single f about...

I used to be pretty lukewarm about pairs. Honestly, I thought pairs was for skaters who weren't good enough to cut it in singles. But lately, the pairs are doing the most unbelievable lifts - beautiful, difficult, and fraught with risk. It's become my second favorite event after the men's. I'm with you about ice dancing. I actually used to like it, but honestly, you couldn't pay me to watch it now.

Now let's talk about Chris Mazdzer, the silver medalist in Men's Single Luge - HOT HOT HOT. Let's hope he's a member of the 4-H club - he's hot, handsome and hairy - let's hope he has the 4th H - Hung:

 

 

Shame he's got a girlfriend - she's a lucky woman to have that hunk to herself - handsome, built and hairy - woof.

In reference to another thread about guys with small cocks, lemme say that I couldn't give half a flying sh*t if Chris Mazdzer were hung or not. That body, that face, that fur ... mmmmmmmm ... plus it looks like he has a really goofy sense of humor, which makes him all the sexier.

The team event in figure skating was added for TV ratings only, there's no real purpose to it other than making advertisers happy. I view it as a talent exhibition right before the real competition begins in the individual events.

OK, that makes sense. The team event sells more tickets, and it gives the Winter Olympics a couple more days of figure skating, one of the highest rated sports. The men's short had ten skaters, but five countries got chopped, so only five teams even competed in the free skate. Because Hanyu didn't skate in the team event, the Japanese team picked some scrub to skate the free. OMG, out of his maximum eight jumping passes, he did two double salchows, not in combination with a triple or a quad mind you, just plain double salchows. In a "competition" *cough* for Olympic gold, a skater is doing double salchows? Ten-year-olds do double salchows! The level of skating in this team event is a pathetic joke! But as you pointed out, I'm sure the TV ratings in Japan were sky-high for this team "competition" *cough* which is all the IOC and ISU care about.

Now that its a team medal by next Olympics all those countries will have top notch skaters. Don't know why some guys on here have to be constantly argumentative. It's tedious.

Here's your favorite constantly argumentative board member, back again

World-class singles skaters, ice dance pairs, or pairs teams don't just spring up overnight. Skating is an incredibly expensive sport, with very little financial reward. This hostile financial reality makes it extremely difficult to develop top skaters, which means it will always be difficult for nations to field a legitimate team, i.e., a team with decent representatives in all four disciplines.

I’m so happy for Adam that’s he’s fianlly living up to his potential. The reality is, unfortunately, that he has little chance of even making it to the podium unless he gets a quad in his repertoire. As you witnessed a couple of days ago, two failed quads will still earn you more points than a perfect program without a quad. In a way, I’m happy that he won a bronze in the team event so he has a medal to show for all his hard work. Hanyu is back, Uno, Chen, the youngest American Zhou, Jin, Fernandez, and them some have loaded jumps that can surpass Adam’s technical scores anytime. They all have to have a disastrous program for Adam to make it to the podium.

Remember back to your schoolboy days, when teachers gave partial credit on essay tests? Well, that's kind of how it works in skating. Prior to 2010, the point value for a successful quad wasn't that high whereas the penalty for falling on a quad attempt was quite severe. Because of the controversy of quad-less Lysacek's victory over two-quad Plushenko, the point values for quads were increased, and even botched quads (under-rotations, step-outs, two-foot landings, and falls) were given "partial credit." The scoring change sparked the quad boom that we're seeing today. Those in favor of the scoring change argue that the "partial credit" point values have allowed the sport to evolve. Opponents argue that they place too much value on quads at the expense of everything else. I think a compromise needs to be worked out because the old system discouraged anyone from even attempting quad jumps while the new system encourages the splat-fests you see at too many competitions. The ISU will re-evaluate the point values at the end of this season.

Besides the controversies of the scoring system, skating is very much a reputation sport. The skaters with strong results, like defending gold medalist and world champion Yuzuru Hanyu, get propped up in the judges' scores whereas skaters without the stellar resumes, like Adam Rippon, must fight an uphill battle. The new scoring system (point values vs. the old 6.0 system) was supposed to eliminate "reputation scoring," but nothing changed really. Frankly, even without the handicap of reputation scoring, Adam has almost no chance because his level of technical difficulty is so far below the Big Six, the six skaters considered the top contenders for a spot on the podium.

I'm hoping that Adam scores a moral victory by finally landing a clean quad lutz in the free skate because he's never landed one in competition.