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Your locus of control seems to be external-what people think, how things look. Men who take a more experimental approach to life tend to be internally controlled-what they like, what they want, what's important to them.

I love my tats. I realized the other day that your tats are part of your brand.

You might even be resentful of them for having a species of courage that you lack.

But that's their business. Somehow it puts you into a rage that somebody dared not to walk in lockstep with your expectations.

Even if that is true, what's wrong with that? People wear trendy clothes to "look cool" and nobody gets bent out of shape about it. There's something about tattoos that triggers a hot button - causing some to talk about them in hypberbolic terms, e.g. that they are "revolting."

I think it's probably true that ingesting sugar in the form of fresh fruit is qualitatively different from eating processed sugar. That doesn't mean it's a "free" food, like green vegetables. My partner loves fresh fruit and easily goes overboard with it. When this happens, he invariably starts to develop a gut, and wonders "why?" I always remind him that he can't eat unlimited quantities of fresh fruit, no matter how good for you it is supposed to be. When he dials it back, the gut disappears very quickly.

But nobody asked you. Guys with tattoos get them because they like them, not because you like them. I bet Beckham is perfectly happy with the way he looks.

Beautiful, every one.

I had a bunch of epidural injections in the lumbar spine. The pain relief was spotty. A couple times I got a few pain free weeks, but from others, the effect was negligible. You were only supposed to be able to get one every three months, but my doc in the chronic pain clinic allowed me to get them more often.

I got excellent pain relief from opiates. Before surgery, I took Tramadol, which is intended for moderate-to-severe pain. I took the Tramadol for months at a time. A downside was that it was slow to take effect. A fringe benefit was that it amped my libido. In the hospital, for the first couple days post op I got dilaudid IV. That definitely worked. The downside to it was that it's very disinhibiting, so you gave make it a point to behave yourself. After that I had Norco. One Norco is the same as two vicodin. I was prescribed two Norco every 4 hours. They stressed taking them as directed so that you remain pain free. I was also prescribed neurontin for nerve pain and valium for muscle spasms. I had no difficulty stopping any of them when it was clear I no longer needed them.

How can you be sure that your premise is correct-that the reason for hiring a great-looking guy to escort you in public is necessarily always to show off? Couldn't it be for the sheer enjoyment of spending time with him?

I use the same guy over and over. He's old, probably nearly 80, smart, a great negotiator, and came to the US from Fiji. Ethnically, I think he's Indian, and he has a wonderful British sounding accent.

I don't think most people think that much about it. It's just two men together. When there's a disparity in age, I wonder what's up, but I don't spend a lot of time on it.

I have a fantasy involving an escort and no sex. I love Christmas Eve Mass-have since I was a kid. My husband won't go. I want to hire some fabulous arm candy to go to Christmas Eve mass at Grace Cathedral. Wed be in suits, have a late bite before and I would go home to my irreligious husband.

That bout that I just had wasn't fun. The skin rash was minimal, probably because I had the zostavax vaccine 5 or 6 years ago, but I felt rotten. Hoping never to have it again.

i think there is at least a small number of Christian Israelis.

I think I got two shots. Can't remember for sure.

I'm just getting over shingles. I was flat on my back with a bad respiratory infection. I was starting to recover when I broke out in shingles. It was a very light case, but I felt absolutely foul for about 3 days. I had had the old vaccine about 5-6 years ago and it must have been wearing off. I then had a relapse with the cold.

They say that good plastic surgery is undetectable. Can we say that about hers?

Im.going to be in LA twice this fall. Kobe is on the agenda at least once.

I agree. I think learning to appreciate men for other things besides their looks is the advanced course in men. You're not there yet.