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This birthday cake is from his birthday a year ago. The comparison of a birthday to opening yourself up to someone's tongue for a rim job remains a favorite sentiment for me! ;) WOW! Thanks to you, @LoveNDino, we don't have to wait until October!!! Wonderful monologue! Russell's delivery quite moving to me, especially having lived through that period of the plague. TruHart1

May 15, 2017 This Woman Was Arrested For ‘Stealing’ A Case Of Water Bottles And THIS Was Her Husband’s Response. Dear Whole Foods executives: I consider myself to be a loyal Whole Foods customer. In fairness, it’s my wife who is the customer, since it is she who actually frequents your stores and spends the money. “Frequent” is an appropriate word to use, because she frequents your stores frequently. Indeed, between October 8 and November 27th of this year, she purchased goods from you on 27 separate occasions. The total spend during that period was $2,165.46 (an average $80.20 per visit). Just the other day, I pointed out to her that if she keeps this up, we will spend close to $30K a year at Whole Foods, if I’ve done my math right (which I have). I’m not sure where that ranks on your “customer value” metric (if you guys bother to track that sort of thing) but I’d venture to guess it’s pretty high. I mean, really. Thirty grand a year on friggin pears, quinoa and smoked turkey has got to be up there, no? Someone over there has to be making a bit of coin on our visits, although admittedly, I’m not up on the current margins for quinoa sales. That’s why it was so shocking to me to learn that she was arrested by your staff during her last visit to Whole Foods. Arrested, you might ask? Well, it seems that way. And the crime? She “stole” a case of water. Admittedly, I feel somewhat responsible for this “theft” since I’ve been putting a lot of pressure on her to stockpile water bottles. I’ve been very thirsty lately. I’ve had many sleepless nights craving my water from Whole Foods. But, alas, the other night, when I groggily made my way to our kitchen pantry at 3AM, we were out of those sacred bottles. Imagine my outrage… this was the final straw! In a desperate attempt to quench my insatiable thirst, I told her: “Honey, you are going to have to do better with the shopping. We need more Whole Foods water bottles. I don’t care how you get them – just get them!” The next day, a plot was hatched. My wife set out to “steal” water bottles from Whole Foods. Brilliantly disguised as an everyday shopper (pushing a cart around, sampling items, making purchases and all those things normal shoppers do), my wife surreptitiously took a water bottle case and stashed it underneath her cart, masking it with the only available “cover” she had – her gym bag. Her true genius on full display, she filled her shopping cart with another $180 worth of “decoy” shopping goods, (which of course she would pay for in full), all in a clever attempt to draw people’s attention away from the real prize. The crown jewel. A $5 case of Whole Foods water. Palms and brow billowing with sweat, she made her way to the cashier, as the final stage in her plan – the escape – was now well within grasp. Just beyond the register, she could see her freedom – and a life of endless amounts of Whole Foods water (or at least a few days worth). But, my dear Whole Foods executives, it was not to be. On this fine day, one of your crafty security guards would foil the plan. Drawing from his many weeks of in-classroom training in the art of thwarting dastardly acts such as “stealing water bottles”, “eating food from the coveted salad bar while still shopping”, and “using expired coupons”, his spidey senses went off the minute she walked into the store. And why wouldn’t they go off? After all, it is rare that you would see a shopper who has been in your store 27 times in the past month and a half come back again to do more shopping the next day (hmmm, wait a minute…?). Ducking behind the deep freeze, dropping-and-rolling around the fresh produce, and using the mixed nuts section as camouflage, our Whole Foods SWAT team member stalked his prey, patiently waiting for the opportune moment to strike. Once my evil-doer wife passed the register while paying for all of her groceries, except the Whole Foods Holy Water, your faithful security guard pounced. Accosting her in a crowded elevator in front of 15 other customers (accomplices perhaps?), he loudly (and proudly) proclaimed, “Miss, you are under arrest. You stole water from us and I am going to have to take you in.” I kid you not, the lad said “take you in”. Beaten at her own game, my wife had to think on her feet. Under pressure, and furious about the situation, all she could muster was: “Oh shit, I totally forgot about that. It was hidden under my gym bag. Here’s five bucks – I’m so embarrassed and I really do apologize.” Now, whole foods executives, both of us know just how ridiculous that excuse sounds. We all know that’s COMPLETELY implausible. Especially to customers who shop every day and have a zillion other things going on. It should be patently obvious to anyone that reads this that my wife hatched a plot to steal $5 worth of water, and was caught red-handed. My only relief is that your able-bodied staff properly resolved the situation. After keeping her under “lockdown” for a half hour, interrogating her about her motives and plans for future attacks on Whole Foods (thankfully, she unleashed her fury on Whole Foods as an “independent”, with no direct ties to Al-Qaeda, ISIS or any other terrorist organization), they let her go. And, in a strangely ironic twist, they gave her the water bottle case for free. I crack myself up every time I re-read that sentence. But there’s one more catch. I consider it my own consolation prize. The catch is that before she was allowed to leave, the kind staff at Whole Foods told her she’s never allowed to shop there again. Phew, what a relief! Now I can take my $30K per year food budget to one of your competitors, where, I’ve been most pleased to discover, a dollar is stretched to a far greater degree. And, they have such great deals on cases of water. They are a practical steal! Yours truly and truthfully, *David TruHart1

Thank you so much for these two teasers, @LoveNDino. The show looks full of amazing acting and writing talent! TruHart1

Russell Tovey is one of the stars in "Queers" playing a 1980's gay actor, due to premiere in October on BBC America https://theslanted.com/2017/08/27468/bbc-america-co-producing-queers-eight-part-short-film-series/ TruHart1

Another leather-clad shot (with Mr. Groff and his whip!) of the cast of "Looking." TruHart1

I have no idea if that is all Mr. Pratt but I'll be happy to volunteer to go check it out for you Gman!!! Sorry, more OT but Freddie Stroma starred as H.G. Wells in the ill-fated ABC TV show Time After Time, (based on the 1979 novel by Karl Alexander and the 1979 hit movie starring Malcolm McDowell & Mary Steenburgen) which was canceled due to dismal ratings after airing only 4 episodes in March of this year! 7 other episodes remain in the can, not scheduled to ever be shown. Sad, because I rather enjoyed Stroma as the rather straight-laced Herbert George and Josh Bowman as a very hot-looking Jack the Ripper! http://televisionpromos.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Time-After-Time-ABC-TV-series-hero-1368x506.jpg BTW, @Gar1eth, Stroma is also married - to actress Johanna Braddy who has been a regular on Quantico since its beginning! They met working on the Hulu streamed series UnReal and married in 2016! I know, too late but to stay somewhat on topic, I wonder if Freddie Stroma's first name is actually Frederick and whether Josh Bowman's close friends call him Joshie?!! TruHart1

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Just hangin' out in a leather vest with his badass "Looking" buds: TruHart1

Not my name, but as an example, my parents named me Charlemagne. When I was a child, my parents, relatives & friends always called me Charley. When I got into junior high, all my teachers shortened my name to Chuck. I really disliked it at first but within a year, I was owning it and even introducing myself to new acquaintances as Chuck, and thus only my aunts and uncles continue to call me Charley, whereas all my cousins who were around my same age and my parents got with the program and began calling me Chuck. Now everyone has called me Chuck for many, many years, even my niece and three nephews call me Chuck instead of Uncle Chuck! The only exception is one close friend to whom I was originally introduced by a mutual friend by my full name of Charlemagne. Because we became good friends very quickly, this new friend (we've now been friends for over 35 years!) has continued to always called me Charlemagne, which with him has always felt like a "pet name" intimacy only we share, even though all my legal documents show Charlemagne, too. TruHart1

I can see it's probably cold but you look comparatively overdressed, Russell! TruHart1

GOING VEGAN? TruHart1

Thank you so much, @LoveNDino. It is quite a BIG, striking sculpture with the perspective of Russell at 5' 10" standing next to it! TruHart1

Though they were a hot couple, it does appear that both Russell and Mr. Unda have moved on to new boyfriends! It seems the only permanent partner Russell has is his baby boy Rocky! TruHart1

Does anybody know where this sculpture is? TruHart1

I'd love to kiss that smirk off your face, you hunky man!!! TruHart1

Which made me think of Sixteen Going on Seventeen from The Sound of Music With Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Rolf and Jay Armstrong Johnson as Liesl (from Broadway Backwards): Original version with Daniel Truhitte (Rolf) and Charmian Carr (Liesl) (from the 1965 film): ...and an updated version just for giggles (from Miscast): TruHart1

In Belgium, admiring the bust of Belgian writer and poet Guido Gezelle: TruHart1

He can even make super nerd sexy!!! TruHart1

So wistful here: TruHart1

This 1897 portrait of Gibran reminds me of Mexican actor Gale Garcia Bernal: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ngrAPtzKcj0/TQqJB3BeLxI/AAAAAAAAB7k/5JEyfSuIlEA/s1600/Gael%2BGarcia%2BBernal.jpg TruHart1

I had never even heard of Jeanne Aubert, though looking her up, she had quite the life, child actress and later silent films in her native France. Married to a wealthy American who survived the crash of the Hindenberg, well-respected London musical star in the original London cast of Anything Goes as these selections document and much later (1960's & 70's) a star of series TV in France, finally passing at age 88. Not sure I like her turning I Get a Kick into an operetta number though. LOL Here's the duet with Sutton Foster and (as Rosie says, 'cutie-pie') Colin Donnell from the excellent Broadway revival I saw in 2011 of the show: TruHart1

I fell in lust with Matt from the very first scene (where he woke up naked, with no memory!) of KyleXY. It's too bad the show was canceled without tying up lose story lines, though.

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"Murder" He says! from the 1942 movie Happy Go Lucky: Dinah Shore (1943) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJkrf1lkgCk Tori Amos (from the soundtrack of the 2003 Julia Roberts film Mona Lisa Smile [the same arrangement as Shore's version 60 years later!]) Betty Hutton, who introduced it, singing it to a track in the 1942 movie Happy Go Lucky, from a U.S.O. radio program filmed before a live audience, introduced by Bob Hope (1943) TruHart1

Until you are physically in his presence, it is difficult to imagine just how tall (6'3") and bulked up he really is. He towered over me (I'm 5'7"!) and I got even more turned on because of it!!! TruHart1