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Fun Home, a critically acclaimed graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, is one of those books I bought thinking "I ought to read that." It sat on the shelf way too long. Anyway, I started yesterday. I'm half way through it. Clever and funny, but also sad. A lot of interesting literary references. Spoiler. I'm debating what to think about the father, his darker side.

I streamed a short film called Our Father, about a family dealing with Alzheimer's. The story ultimately includes gay themes. This was a bit of a chore for me, but to each his own. The story is unique, I must say. The streaming service is called YOW.tv. My understanding is this streaming platform is geared towards indie productions.

Did anyone try Minh? His website looks quite professional. Culver City area.

George out of the picture? It sounds like Morgan Spector and Carrie Coon enjoy their time together on set.

HBO is running their trailer of Season 4 of The Gilded Age. Larry Russell and Jack Trotter have one brief clip together. Fans like me that find both characters are such sweet and handsome men might be pleased HBO threw us a bone in the video, below. I hope Season 4 is generous with these two appearing in scenes together. Will their relationship grow? I understand Jack earned around $20,000,000 in today's currency for selling his patent. Will Larry protect Jack from cunning interlopers that covet his wealth? In the meantime, I'd love to find some juicy fanfiction featuring Larry and Jack. 😍

I followed up and watched Lim's next movie, Godless (2015). This one streams with ads on Fandango at Home, YouTube, and TubiTV, In the same way as The Seminarian, this one might have worked better as a play versus a movie. It seemed a little tedious. Found a picture of Lim and his cast, on IMDB.COM.

James Franco launched a TikTok profile which is a bit of a tease, prompting theories what he's got up his sleeve. A new project? IMO, a sweet guy, gifted, and so on. Yes, his reputation suffered. I'm not interested in rehashing that here. If you are a fan, prick up your ears! 8d3a174b208e8ed17ceaff0abcdaf876.mp4

HBO is streaming it today. I have not seen the first season. So good!!

☝ Reminds me of King Henry VIII's Tudor warship, the Mary Rose. Built in Portsmouth England in 1511, it sank in 1545 and was raised from the seabed in 1982. Today, visitors to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard can experience the preserved portion of the ship, and thousands of artifacts. My brother recently visited there.

I want the massage table and the masseur to be fresh and clean. Unfortunately there have been disappointments.

I follow a few LGBTQ movie pages on Facebook, where I've seen The Seminarian (2010) mentioned from time to time. The director, Joshua Lim, relocated to the States from Singapore and studied at USC. I'm curious if he is still involved in film. I don't see any recent activity since 2015. Lim was recognized for this directorial debut. It's a quiet film. I read there was interest in adapting it into a play. I could see that as a better format for this story. The film is currently available on HooplaDigital, Kanopy, TubiTV and YouTube. For me, I found some food for thought, but I would not watch it again. Has anyone else watched this one? I found this review that liked it. Looks like a pretty good Blog.

From Mildred Pierce, used in modern day memes. f63c324ed677568f0ec875c54e4ba2c2.mp4

32 teams advance to the knockout round, so it's early to start making predictions. I love the Scottish fans, so it would be nice to see them advance. Will a Cinderella team like Croatia advance. Their #21 is handsome. 🥰 They beat Panama today in a pretty good match. English fans in Mexico City were too special to join in the wave. No fun!! Where I come from we'd say those fans think "their sh!t don't stink". 😆

A trusted repairman recommended to replace my wall oven with a Frigidaire. First one I bought was defective. I got it swapped out. The replacement is working so far. 🤞

For a successful party, don't forget the nuts.

I got the latest COVID 19 booster last week. In the past I've had mild reactions, low fever and fatigue. This latest booster was much worse for me. Lot of body aches, muscle pain and joint pain. Had difficulty sleeping, two nights. I'm wondering if the root cause is something about me, or is this particular booster version more aggressive. Anyone else had the latest booster? How did it go for you? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cleveland Clinic<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

According to the Internet, the Brazilian Anthem is 1 minute, 45 seconds, leaving out the 2nd stanza. I'll bring my stop watch and time it during Wednesday's match.

Some of you watching the Brazil matches may have asked yourself, "Am I wrong, or does Brazil have an extra long anthem?" The answer is yes, it's a famously long one. In some cases, an abbreviated version is played. 'Tis a beautiful composition. That said, it is still not nearly the longest anthem. Other countries' anthems have multiple stanzas that carry on and on!! 🌎🎼🎶

Episode 3 did a good job pulling it all together. I appreciate how Richards stuck to the facts without being too judgemental. So much food for thought. My mom was worried I might join a cult when I moved to California. I was pretty young then, but I'm the last person that would. I knew someone that joined Life Spring back then. Whenever he brought it up I found it an uncomfortable conversation. Life Spring was not a doomsday outfit, but was good at scamming clients out of money. One conclusion I drew from Eternal Values, the HBO documentary referenced by the OP, is that as they evolved, Hoyt Richards was their meal ticket to keep it going. He couldn't leave. Richards ultimately had to escape from them. Thankfully he had a decent colleague to help him. Gus Van Sant acquired the rights to film the story. I wondered what can he do with it. Nicholas Galatzine signed on to play Richards.

I've been procrastinating writing The Letter, information everyone would appreciate knowing after I'm gone. When deployed in armed conflict, such as US troops that went to Afghanistan, is a time that many write such a letter. I was going to print my draft last night but my printer ink cartridge went dry. 😆That said I thought of more to add in the meantime. I hadn't thought of following a template such as the OP suggested. I will look for that. As far as formal estate documents, I completed those, signed and notarized. My financial advisor admitted too many of his clients have not, against all his encouragement to get it done. Sometimes I do admit "what do I care? I'll be dead." But knowing how much work is left, after Mom died, I have been continuously thinning out all the stuff I've accumulated. Perhaps part of the thinning out is more to do with watching the hoarding TV show, that I realize how accumulating stuff can seem insane.

TubiTV has quite a nice list of gay movies.

Twice I booked massage with providers that didn't have any history on this chat board. Both were awful experiences. In short, I am extremely careful now. That said, I've communicated with profiles that entered reviews on Rentmasseur. I might consider booking a massage based on their responses, but still would be careful.

Not calling your number could have been him just being careful, perhaps not interested mixing business with pleasure. One might might wonder how many customers hand their number, hoping for a quickie with a cute bartender. If he came up in public to hug you, that might have been a good opportunity (away from work) to ask him for coffee. Since he asked if you lived nearby, one might have responded, "yes, how about you? Do you live in Uptown?" And so on.

Gene Shalit saw Jack Twist as a sexual predator. Frankly, many, many of us would fall into the sexual predator category if Shalit was correct. Shalit's worldview erases the truth, that Ennis was deeply closeted, yet these men loved each other. Brokeback Mountain author Annie Proulx and the film producer Diana Ossana were both extremely critical of Shalit's false claim about Jack and Ennis, that Shalit lacked understanding of these two characters and was ignorant of their love. That someone so famous and influential as Gene Shalit made such a claim about Jack Twist was unfortunate for Shalit. Shalit never apologized himself, for being wrong about Brokeback Mountain. Shalit made his bed, and now he has to lie in it. R.I.P.