Had to restore my Surface Pro to factory settings.  Had to reinstall my MSOffice and AVG programs but my documents remained intact. The problem is that all screens (including this one) are black. That includes the the sing on screens and the background for all my MSOffice documents.  How can I fix this.  Thnx.

So in episode 1 (which I just finished) Truman Capote, towel clad, swishes drunkenly down the stairs into a steam room.  And who should he espy?  The only other towel clad occupant: Russell Tovey [SWOON}.  R rated amusement follows.  I may actually have to watch this thing.

The 4th and final season just ended and I'll miss Eric and Otis and Maeve and their wide range of friends trying to cope with growing up.  No sensitive subject was spared including homosexualty. And the situation were often hilarious.

33 minutes ago, BaronArtz said:

It could be fun to hire him together with Atule, who is also in NYC at the moment:

https://rentmen.eu/Atule

The possibilities ...

Be still my libido!!!

Jesse Santana (my walking viagra) 

Partner and I plan an extended stay in Southeast Asia (more than just Thailand).  I'm on a Medicare Advantage Plan.  Partner is not.  We normally get travel policies from Allianz thru the airline website.  The coverage is limited and last year I ended up paying the US equivalent of $10,000 for excellent care in a Malaysian hospital (toxic reaction to a medication caused kidney shutdown).  I'd like to find a way to limit that expense this year.  Thanx

3 minutes ago, BuffaloKyle said:

All I get when I try to go on RM currently is this:

Something Went Wrong! Code: 500

Same problem here (alas)

But her voice.. To me like scrapping fingernails on a blackboard.

It's not who you know but what you know , , , , 

The only reservation I have is the unease I feel watching the beautiful aerial shots of Kiev knowing what's going on currently.  But thru episode 6 at least it's very very funny.  

My opera fans in NYC report that the performance (other than that of Eric Owens who's one of my favorites) are spectacular. I attended many Don Carlos at the Met in my NYC years and it really does put the Grand in Grand opera. The production complete with the Borzois in the Fontainebleau scene was spectacular. But I've also very much enjoyed the French Don Carlos version in recordings.  My friends found the sets and costumes in this new production to be dark and dull.  I can't figure out why they didn't use the great old production of the original French version of Don Carlos.  Next year we get a dark and dull version of this great opera.  Alas , , ,

I'm going to the Live in HD broadcast on the 26th.  

On 3/9/2022 at 5:05 PM, purplekow said:

She is from Oregon and she is also one of the most annoying characters.   Did not realize there was a different Merli.  Where was that broadcast?

Pol is Merli's surviving student and though I do not usually go for such young men and Twink like ones especially, I do find my heart racing and my hard rising when he is on the screen.   He just oozes sex appeal.  

I believe the Philosophy professor is also in Toy Boy as a deceptive lawyer.  

Agreed as always @purplekow. But Carlos Cuevas has the abundant musculature of my ideal twink. Besides he has that steady sexy smoldering look that says “I’m aroused! I’m very aroused and you’re the only one who can fulfill my fantasy!” Can you tell I’m in LUST?

On 3/9/2022 at 5:05 PM, purplekow said:

She is from Oregon and she is also one of the most annoying characters.   Did not realize there was a different Merli.  Where was that broadcast?

Pol is Merli's surviving student and though I do not usually go for such young men and Twink like ones especially, I do find my heart racing and my hard rising when he is on the screen.   He just oozes sex appeal.  

I believe the Philosophy professor is also in Toy Boy as a deceptive lawyer.  

Right you are as always @purplekow. She’s Maria Pujalte. Thank you IMDB. 

Spoiler alert. There’s a very brief scene in the last episode (8) that could have (should have) been directed by William Higgins. 

Well @Cooper, @BSR and @Cash4Trash there's a new Merli series on Netflix, Merli. Sapere Aude.  It's not a season 2. Rather it's a sequel.  Merli has died and his son Bruno is living with his actress grandmother and in university where he has fallen for Pol, probably Merli's favorite high school student. Like the first series, there's a smidgen of philosophy (briefly, comically and eccentrically presented) and a good portion of naked eye candy.  There's a number of new students with new "issues" including an American from Montana (?) who's few English lines sound like she was coached in English by Desi Arnez.  The professors also have issues.  As before, Netflix is listing only 8 of the 16 episodes IMDB shows were issued.  We're avoiding bingeing.  We don't want the pleasure to end.

BTW ToyBoy 2 is also back on Netflix.

On 2/17/2022 at 9:24 PM, Rockey said:

I keep watching it and hoping it will get better. The actors are really bad and it’s all so vanilla. Like a Harlequin romance. Ugh. 

And in a Harlequin like setting.

3 hours ago, easygoingpal said:

I believe I discovered my type... 🤪

You ain’t the Lone Ranger @easygoingpal. 
[SWOON]

6 hours ago, whipped guy said:

Why O Why O Why was I ever born a bottom. 

13 hours ago, whipped guy said:

Matthew McConaughey’s body double in Magic Mike?

12 hours ago, whipped guy said:

Wadda ya mean? You won’t do dishes?  

17 minutes ago, whipped guy said:

Another twink of my dreams

On 2/20/2022 at 4:25 PM, purplekow said:

The Second Season of Boy Toy is now on Netflix.  For those of us who overlooked just about every aspect of this series during it s first season just to catch the occasional hot man and the every episode male striptease, it is a welcome guest.  This season is hotter.  More dancing, more sex, nor male nudity with a superheat villain who is shown pumping away at a wide variety of partners with what has to be one of the finest asses around.  He also has a nice chest and is reasonably handsome.  Acting skills are not required and he does not get extra credit there as he is barely passable in that regard.  Every episode once again features a male revue but this time the dance club has an upstair area, "Heaven" where the dancers are auctioned off for whatever pleasure the bidder wishes.  Considering how good looking the dancers are, it is a surprise that the bidders are almost exclusively female, but the simulated sex seems designed to show off the men.  

The story line is at times intriguing, at times laughable and at times totally confusing.  The characters have no consistency of personality and motivation seems to come from whateve happened in the last 5 minutes or a decade ago with nothing in between.  

Still, the guys are hot, the villain is scorching hot with a magnificent ass that is shown pumping away and there is always a strip number.  

So for me, it is enough to watch the entire season.   

True enough @purplekowbut every time I get lost I wait a sec for the next dance or sex scene and all is well.

Mark Wiens has a number of videos on You Tube reviewing street food including those of Bangkok, Phuket and any number of streets throughout Asia.   

52 minutes ago, whipped guy said:

While on the subject… this guy is reading Nietzsche! And in the original German!  

Uber Wahrheit und Luge im aussermoralischen Sinne?

5 hours ago, easygoingpal said:

I only see four but I’m willing to stage a recount.