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I was scared shitless. I couldn't understand why nobody else seemed to be.

I remember watching the coverage of the integration of Little Rock Central High School on the evening news in 1957. It made absolutely no sense to me - I had about a million questions - who's fighting who - why are they fighting - what are the soldiers doing there, why don't the people want those kids going to school there, etc. etc. I was at my grandparents house, and when I got home, I asked my mother what it was all about. She explained it in a way that I could understand, but I was still dumbfounded

Why wouldn't they? That's the way male teachers dressed for work - jacket and tie. In the classroom, they took their jackets off.

I don't drink wine, so I don't pay much attenton to price, but, I believe, in a pushy wine-country restaurant, it is entirely possible to sink that kind of money into a single glass of wine.

That's entertaining. Opening your home to guests requires you to surrender a lot of expectation and control - for example, by saying nothing to a guest who doesn't appreciate that the glass of wine she just wasted would have cost $50.00 in a restaurant .

What does it matter? You didn't say "Oh, I'm sorry, we don't have any," a perfectly appropriate thing to do. You went and found some wine, so you obviously considered it your duty, as host, to provide your guests what they wanted. even though you hadn't anticipated it.

I don’t entertain on a large scale but I try to anticipate what my guests need/want, so I certainly would have considered whether I should have some wine on hand. At the same time, Im not bothered if my hospitality isn’t perfect. I drink diet coke everywhere I go. Occasionally people don’t have it on hand. I’m fine with something else.

Nice post - enjoyed it.

I saw him about 5 years ago. If you do the math, his stated age just doesn't seem possible, so I was expecting a middle-age guy and that is just what he is. He is handsome and well-kept - slender and nicely-built, not a muscle man, a Top with a big dick. We had a great afternoon - chat, fuck, chat, fuck . . . He's charming and smart, value rates - it's hard to go wrong with him.

Yep - as I remember, the paper bills - a lot - by the column inch.

Publishing an obituary in a newspaper is very expensive, but there are lots of social media venues that could be used for a lot less money.

value is in the eye of the beholder, so if you say no escort is worth $1k of your money, that is, effectively, true for you. Note of caution - a fixed attitude like that could cause you to miss the experience of a lifetime.

I don't see anything weird - what a man!!

It reminds me of the controversy over Mrs/Ms/Miss in the '70s. We made it through that. I m sure this will be similar.

Glad you like him. He's even sort of nice - a periodontist in Beirut.

He was lucky to have such a devoted friend. Very sorry for your loss.

What about vaping? Is that bad too? I haven't smoked pot at all since they came out with vaping pens and cartidges of extract.

As a young man, I tended to get a bad shaving rash. A dermatologist prescribed a triamcinolone cream to control it, which it did. In retrospect, I think it was probably overkill, but obviously, I lived to tell about it.

I don't think the 2006 study was double-blind. It's unfortunate you gave up searching before you found any references that called what you "know" into question. According to this meta-analysis, double-blind studies have shown a clear benefit from treatment with high-dose acyclovir. I haven't looked at the indications for acyclovir, but I don't imagine it is FDA approved for pytyriasis. I don't doubt you are familiar with off-label uses of approved drugs. Effectiveness of acyclovir in the treatment of pityriasis rosea. A systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed PUBMED.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV Symptomatic treatment is a reasonable option for pityriasis rosea, and the addition of acyclovir is justified for the control of symptoms and pruritus.

Unusual in older adults but not rare either. Two dermatologists and my PCP all agreed on the dx. Unfortunately, since they weren't familiar with the literature WRT use of acyclovir to treat pytyriasis, I'm outside the window when it would have done any good. The cream is triamcinolone in Sarna - works well enough, but the acyclovir could have knocked this out in as little as a week.

Lord - I do love hairy legs

A couple weeks ago, I came down with a scary looking rash called pytariasis rosea. It's supposed to be caused by herpes 6/7. I have itchy red blotches on my back, shoulders, chest, stomach. arms, legs. I asked them to give me valacyclovir for it, but they said no - not enough evidence that it is effective. Instead, they gave me an industrial strength itch cream compounded with a long-acting corticosteroid.

The Royal Carriage was already a silly anachronism, but that pair riding in it could have been straight out of Monty Python.

I don't care that much that she and Charlie were stepping out on Diana. I just find her loathsome on general principles. At the coronation, she and Charlie were more cartoonish than monarchic.

Sounds tasty. I might try it.