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I would expect it would be. It's a new industry and they are completely aware of the privacy concerns surrounding genetic information. They don't want to give themselves an image problem straight out of the gate.

My father's family were Germans from Russia, from the Volga River Basin. If anybody ever asks, I always say that they were ethnic Germans of Russian nationality.

I had a 23 and me profile done. It was very interesting. There has always been talk in our family of a native American ancestor generations ago. Based on circumstances, it did seem possible. But the 23 and me profile said my genetic information was 100% European. One native American I mentioned this to said that the assays available to consumers may not have been sensitive enough to detect the native American sequence(s). Otherwise, there were no surprises. My ancestry on the 23 and me profile came out exactly as expected.

So the information isn't available to law enforcement willy-nilly. There has to be probable cause.

Who said?

On "Poldark," the old aunt said, "I've been this earth nigh onto a century." I tuned to my partner and said, "It would be nice to get to say that." He said, "You very well might."

There's an old hotel in Aptos CA, which is also a popular eating place and watering hole. For a couple of years, they had a pair of identical twin brothers that worked as servers. It was very confusing, in a fun sort of way, to go in there and never be sure which of the two you were dealing with. The Twins became minor celebrities of sorts.

What you think it means? You're probably right.

I would argue that she isn't Indian, she's American. If for some reason, you feel like you must identify her ethnic origin you could say she's an American of Indian descent, or an Indian American. But, in this day and age, ethnicity becomes less and less relevant. It's extremely rare that I ask about a person's ethnic background. When you stop asking about it, you realize it's usually a non-issue anyway.

They don't write Yiddish in Hebrew, do they?

I think it depends on the relationship of the host to the guest who brought the orders. As general rule, no, you don't bring along additional guests. But maybe the guest knew the host is a flexible guy who wouldn't mind at all. Maybe the guest had called and asked if there was room for two more. Maybe the guest really wanted to be there but wouldn't have been able to if he hadn't brought the others along. There's no single answer. I generally feel, "The more, the merrier," and would have made room at the table for everybody.

The term "Asian" is itself over inclusive, being applied to perhaps hundreds of different ethnicities. Nonetheless, it is improvement on the bone headed expression "Oriental" that previous generations have favored.

What a great thing to collect! A while ago, I saw someone using a road map.

You questioned Greg's priorities in a rather condescending manner. If you were truly trying to understand, was it necessary for you to give him gratuitous advice about managing his finances? I always mistrust people who say they just "want to understand." There's almost always an unattractive agenda waiting to be exposed.

It is odd. The tattoo police take another's tattoos very personally, as though it's an affront directed specifically at them.

One of the beautiful things about having tats is that it is a very direct route to being able to not worry about what others think of you.

Old generally isn't pretty. Old with tats has about the same aesthetic appeal as old without tats.

Souvenir plates. Mid-century panther figurines. Mary statues.

I'm glad you explained that. I was thinking,"What could be more unproductive?"

Why play cat-and-mouse? If you want to meet the guy, send him an email telling him you want to meet him.

I like it when escorts say hello on RM.

And that's probably the situation everywhere, but judging from the number of successful daddy escorts, there is a large minority of clients who hire older guys. If I were in the business, I would focus on them and not worry about a client base that probably isn't available to me.

Why would you even try? You're a daddy escort - a niche unto its own.

Those things always frustrated me. My parents, when buying that sort of stuff for gifts, were guided by the principal of "less is more." So I would have this tinker toy set or erector set and try to build the things shown in the instructions and find out that I needed a bigger set to build what I wanted. I would fiddle with the small set for awhile and lose interest.