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Tattoos on the face is a growing trend. So unattractive to me. I will never get a tattoo. However I acknowledge it is a worldwide practice. Here to stay.

I checked ticket prices for Luis Miguel in Vegas. 😮 Would love to see him, but... No way will I pay to drive over there, pay for a hotel, pay for parking and then pay the huge ticket price and a big fee on top. Yet the shows are selling. The demand is there. Billie Eilish may need to adjust her pricing expectations.

Excited to see the post that Hollinghurst has a new book. Equally excited Edmund White has a new book. Release date Jan 28th

There is a more severe strain spreading, with higher morbidity vs. the 2022 outbreak. Monkeypox was the name 1st used but has been replaced.

The outbreak of a more severe M-pox strain spreading in Democratic Republic of Congo, is cause for international concern according to Doctors Without Borders and the WHO Websites. Here is a CBS news report from Chicago. The doctor recommended the vaccine if in the risk group criteria defined by the CDC. The doctor also defined the current risk as low. I expect she meant the risk to viewers in the Chicago area. WHO declares mpox global health emergency. What should you know? WWW.CBSNEWS.COM The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years. Dr. Shivanjali...

Visiting a Shakey's Pizza in Iowa that had Dixieland jazz piano and banjo. Customers sang along. Now the only remaining stores in the US are on the West Coast.

A Long Beach friend caught COVID on a recent Alaska cruise. She is back on her feet but sounds terrible, the cough and congestion.

The COVID going around SoCal has a very high fever. Chest congestion/ cough lingers a few weeks to a month. At least this is what I observe. Might be worth getting the latest vaccine unless you don't mind getting kicked in the butt for a few days followed by a lingering cough. Full disclosure, I am not a medical expert

I've only been with one escort. I was at the Palm Springs weekend. I usually see massage therapists. But I saw this dreamy escort at Oliver's party. I wanted to treat myself. So I contacted him on his profile ad. I was staying at Hacienda Warm Sands. It's a nice place. He came over that evening. We had an awesome time in my room and afterwards relaxed in the Jacuzzi. He was so sweet. Such a nice guy that at the end I forgot for a minute that he was an escort, that I needed to find my wallet. That is how natural it all felt. With inflation, the amount I donated probably seems a bargain today. With tip maybe 400 or 500.

May I ask... Did you wrongfully assume not able to book an incall because it was a gated community or because it wasn't your home, or a combination of the two? What changed your mind about being able to hire there at a gated community? Sounds like an incall at that particular location was a missed opportunity to reconnect with him. If that's true, does it matter whether he blocked you?

I find it a little incongruent how someone is willing to travel all the way to Burbank to provide massage, yet is so tricky to communicate with. He advertised massage in Laguna in the past. I tried very pleasant, no pressure communication. Would love to have booked with him. But in the end I sense he never showed up in town. "You do you." Whatever works. He probably does more than good business without me as a client. Some guys can afford to be incongruent.

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A masseur used a massage gun device on me. It made this clackity-clappity-clacking percussive noise and didn't feel at all enjoyable. I figured it was just the beginning, that the massage would transition to something better. But the massage gun phase continued on and on and on. Clack-clap-clackity-clackity-clack. Too bad. He was this super hot looking guy. More recently I arrived at a session with another provider and noticed his massage gun. I told him not to use it. The massage sucked anyway, and not in a good way. So what exactly is the selling point of a massage gun? Does anyone appreciate the massage gun technique? Why?

I've transitioned to buying CD's on the Vanguard and Fidelity Websites. My last Citibank CD expires soon. For now I'm consolidating and may drop my accounts there. With all the CD rules and other unique requirements and fee structures the banks and credit unions have, for me it is a good time to choose an easier path.

Good point. Couples often meet through friends. Perhaps a good way to practice intimacy is begin by paying attention to how we treat friends and other acquaintances. Takes some work but not too hard. It can be simple. However I sense the OP idea of intimacy might not be the same as how I look at it.

I bought a CD on the Fidelity Website, Bank of China New York FDIC insured. CD rates are slowly dropping. I thought about buying ATT instead, dividend yield > 5%, however I decided to stick to my CD plan for these assets.

I got tired of a friend complaining about the druggies and various guys looking for $$, with sob stories e.g. needing to pay for text books at USC. Yeah, right. He honestly could not afford that scene. Seemed like once he gave them $$ these guys would tend show up at his door. That's all I know about Grindr.

I got a text from someone I hired 10+ years ago. Took me a while to figure out who. Blocking a number from someone you don't want to see again makes the most sense to me. The provider will be OK. Don't worry too much about that.

Rentmasseur rejected my review because I did not initiate contact using their website. That confused me since I always use the contact info provided under the profile. I canceled my premium membership. In my recent experience for a rentmasseur provider, the reviews must be fake. The experience was not even close to the reviews. Whether RentMen or RentMasseur, I question whether to ever believe the reviews.

I would not repeat . Those face pics seem quite dated. I ended session early.

From Times of India article concerning an Indian national in Viet Nam, the hospital in Hanoi admitted prior patients with objects inserted in their anus, but was a first with a live animal. The article claimed the eel could not be removed out through the anus because a whole lime blocked the way. Hmmm...not sure I believe any of this. Times of India article image below. Yeah, that looks real. 🤣🤣🤣

I enjoy Shawn Mendes and Miley Cyrus a lot. Knowing who they are banging, e.g. knowing where they land on the Kinsey scale, would not change how much I appreciate either of them.

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