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Good thing I have so many old t-shirts sitting around collecting dust! I was wondering how to get face masks since they seem to be sold out everywhere. So glad I saw this video. Thanks!

Palace Station's electronic billboard said, "We are closed but our hearts are open. Food bank in our parking lot Thursday from 11 am until food runs out." When I first saw the line, I cynically thought that anybody & everybody was lining up because after all it's free & I doubt they were checking income or bank balances in the parking lot. But when I saw how long the queue was (I drove past aeound 11:30 am), I realized that only people who really needed help would wait in line for so long. 2.5 miles is a lot of cars, and the line looked like it was barely moving. If people are this desperate now, what happens when unemployment reaches 20-30%? What happens if unemployment stays that high for 6 months or a year or longer?

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Before the coronavirus hit, I had been dreaming about a cruise for quite some time, like a month-long cruise all around the Mediterranean. I still hope to do it one day, but it will probably be years before I feel comfortable enough to take the plunge.

I have to question the death counts. Apparently, in the US if someone with heart disease dies of heart disease but was also carrying Covid-19, then that death is counted as a coronavirus death even if the person was showing no symptoms. The opposite case is China, which in all likelihood is vastly under-reporting the true number of Covid-19 deaths.

While stuck at a light, I noticed a billboard saying that Palace Station (a locals casino/hotel just west of the Las Vegas Strip) was hosting a food bank, even though the casino & hotel is currently shut down. Then I noticed the line of cars waiting, which wound all through their rather large parking lot & down the block. I thought that was a lot of cars, but that was just the start! The queue stretched out for 2.5 more miles. Wow, if that many people were queued up for a food bank, then the economic situation has to be awfully bad already. And it will probably get worse.

My old flatmate, who volunteered for the Boston AIDS hotline, told me that risk of HIV transmission is much higher for anal sex than vaginal sex. With vaginal sex, the man risks HIV infection only if his penis has an open cut. Mind you, "open cut" might be a microabrasion that he is unaware of. For anal sex, whether male-female or male-male, the top risks HIV infection no matter what.

STRESS DIET Breakfast 1/2 grapefruit 1 slice whole wheat toast 8 oz. glass of milk Lunch 4 oz. skinless broiled chicken breast 1 cup steamed zucchini 1 Oreo cookie Herb tea Mid-afternoon snack Rest of the package of Oreos 1 quart Rocky Road ice cream 1 jar hot fudge Dinner 2 loaves garlic bread Large pepperoni and mushroom pizza Large pitcher Pepsi 2 Milky Way candy bars Entire frozen cheesecake eaten directly from the freezer

If you check cast lists on imdb.com, you'll see that US TV shows & movies are chock-full of not just Brits but also Australians, Canadians, etc. playing American characters. What I've read is that American actors just demand too much damn money.

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Before they closed, the Wynn & Encore casinos used thermal imaging to scan people entering the property. If anyone registered 100.4°+, security asked them to leave. I'm sure they will continue the policy once they re-open.

They're also considering postponing it, like Coachella shifted from April to October. Whether or not rescheduling EDC is feasible I have no idea.

Recently retired Janko Tipsarevic

I hadn't moved to Las Vegas yet, but my next door neighbor (who was working at the Mirage at the time) tells me no, they didn't close.

You are not alone. The hotel/casinos on the Las Vegas Strip have never closed, until now. I haven't been there but have seen video: the normal bumper-to-bumper traffic and throngs of tourists on the sidewalks have disappeared, not a single car & empty sidewalks now. When I see the images, I think the same thing: this feels like some dystopian science fiction.

The binging continues. In my initial post, I forgot about "High Seas." Not that it was forgettable; I liked it quite a bit. It's an old-school murder mystery set aboard an ocean liner crossing the Atlantic, like a Castillian Agatha Christie novel. Great sets & costumes, the Spanish have a flair for period dramas. I also raced through "Money Heist," a crime drama about a criminal gang that takes the Royal Mint of Spain by force, holding all the employees hostage so that they can print the money (€2.4 billion) & run. I understand why it's the most popular non-English language series on Netflix: intriguing characters, sophisticated plot lines, and nail-biting suspense. The show was so successful that Netflix extended it for another go-round. For their second act, the gang regroups to pull off another heist, to rob the gold stored in the Bank of Spain. Super-entertaining, it's my favorite of the series I've watched so far. I also saw a series I had previously never heard of, "Victim Number Eight," a crime drama about an alleged jihadist attack in Bilbao that leaves eight dead. The twist is that it wasn't a terrorist attack, but a murder made to look like one. It's a damn good storyline, enhanced by a smokin' hot actor playing the poor guy framed for the "terrorism." As a bonus, they have a scene in which the protagonist and his equally hot best friend are full-frontal naked, totally gratuitous nudity but I ain't complaining.

I'm not bothered by this idiot's behavior nearly as much as I am disturbed that his thousands of social media followers think this idiot is somehow cool, funny, or edgy.

Of those "young & healthy," how many have a history of smoking, cannabis, or vaping? It will take a while for all the facts to emerge from the chaos, but my bet is that many of those under 60 and without comorbidities will show a history of some behavior that caused lung damage.

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Even though I live alone, I'm a die-hard Costco shopper. I've figured out how to make the bulk quantities work for me. My freezer is packed! Although I don't eat much bread or butter, both items freeze remarkably well. I eat huge servings of veggies as a part of my normal diet, so their bulk quantities of spinach, tomatoes, etc. are actually manageable for me. Sometimes I'll split purchases with a family member or friend. IMO, Costco's quality is notably superior to the supermarkets, and the price difference makes my jaw drop. For example, 4 pounds of butter at Costco is $9.98 whereas 1 pound at the local supermarket is $5.99! When I occasionally have to buy something at the regular supermarket, I get so bummed, LOL.

These Spanish uniforms are beyond sexy ...

A restaurant in Chicago has come up with a brilliant promotion: a free roll of toilet paper with every takeout or delivery order. Business is booming!

I watched Toy Boy in its original Spanish, but out of curiosity, I watched a couple of scenes with English dubbing. Eek! It was awful!! Rather, it was even more awful. I also watched some bits with English subtitles. As is so often the case, I thought the translations were a bit off. I assume the same translations were used for the dubbing dialogue. In any case, none of us are watching Toy Boy for the scripts & dialogue. The series' roaring success on Netflix seems to have caught the industry by surprise, but the good news for us guilty-pleasure fans is that renewal is looking more & more likely. The producers know what made the show something of a phenomenon: the beauty & glamour of Marbella, the cheesey-good dance numbers, and smokin' hot guys showing a lot of skin. Sh*t, I'm hoping for a second season just way too much *buriesheadinshame*

As a kid, I used to watch reruns of The Twilight Zone because I thought it was a cool show, which it was. I couldn't admit it at the time, but I was also drawn in by Rod Serling's hunkiness and ubersexy voice.