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for me it's the resentment--those of us of a certain age are aware we have only so many good years left, and to have one, or maybe two, taken away from us is distressing; but then, this is where the discussion of resilience comes in.

oh wow! you've made my day, @whipped guy! thanks!

I want to hop on a plane and go see him! (post-pandemic, of course)

anyone? https://rent.men/TiagoXCakes

yes; he's a good-looking man!

I watched "Tremors" last night on Dekkoo; it's about a 40-year old father who leaves his wife and children to live with his lover, Francisco; the family is evangelical Christian, and it plays an important role in the decisions the father makes between his family and the life he wants to lead; I enjoyed it but the term "religious abuse" comes to mind!

he says he may come to Tucson some time

As I read this, @mike carey, I couldn't help but think of Robert Herrick's poem that opens with "Gather Ye Rose-buds while ye may"; I have felt that way since I turned 70 and the pandemic has intensified that!

his IG feed is roccosoar; search also under Travis Rocco

bump again!

Mike is wonderful; I look forward to seeing him on a future trip to LA

thanks for the cross-reference; that helps a great deal!

here's his link: https://www.masseurfinder.com/massage-therapists/30466/

that's why I'd only buy The Economist when I was going on a long flight (pre-pandemic)!

Print/digital: Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) Wall Street Journal The New Yorker (print editions since my junior year of high school) Digital: New York Times

I have been reading or re-reading collections of gay erotic short stories from the 2000s and have been enjoying them; fun to read in these times!

Al in HB is wonderful: https://rentmasseur.com/touchbyal

what an amazingly beautiful photograph; thanks, @Whitman

so I had a brief text exchange with him this morning; he is actually now in Hermosillo but lives in CDMX; I told him after this is all over with, I will schedule a trip there!

anyone? https://rent.men/Brionesfa

@Karl-G, thank you for pointing this short story out; I just finished it and enjoyed it; on the magazine's website, there's an interview with Douglas Stuart about the story and class differences in the UK. I just checked; "Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx was published in the October 6, 1997, issue; I have been reading The New Yorker since high school, and was just in the process of coming out when I read (and then re-read!) this short story that became the basis for the movie; I was stunned and delighted to read it there.

the brown-bearded guy is Gabe LaDuke, a Montreal model

is it just me, or do others find that many of these guys look far hotter than they did when they were younger?

I tried to schedule with him last week; he apologized for not responding sooner but had just finished an intense summer session; tried to figure out a time and then there was radio silence; would have liked to see him though but....

I just finished reading "Tail in Two Cities" by David Gilmore: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CWKKDXP/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 David is a friend of mine who writes about his life as a young gay man in the 80s New York and then in San Francisco in the 90s; David's humanity is evident in his writing; it's a good read.