Rudynate

Sometime's that's the best you can do.

I keep buying more equipment for our home gym - my husband ordered me not to buy any more. The latest was a wedge for doing squats. Its getting very crowded. One of my goals for the year is to not have to rent our in-law unit anymore. I'm tired of having tenants in my house. Just recently, I sat down and did the math, and realized that we're a lot closer to being able to do it than I thought. My husband can have the in-law unit for his art, I can turn the garage into a gym and we get our living room back.

Pretty simple - "I'm so sorry." Many years ago, I worked with a woman who I had enormous affection and respect for. Everyone who worked with her felt the same way. Tragically, her daughter was stabbed to death. Everyone was horrified. She was off work for about a week and I was dreading her return to work because, I couldn't imagine what you say to a person who's lost a child to a violent crime. When I saw her come in the door, I still don't know what I was going to say. I went up to her, took her hand and said "How are you?" Couldn't think of anything more articulate than that.

LOL!!!

Assimilation has its price. What many who lived it now realize is that being an outlaw was REALLY a lot of fun. Now, there is no need to live the outlaw life. Couple that with the changes in the way people connect with each other and you've got the current state of affairs. You can think about it, allow yourself a moment of nostalgia, sigh and think, "Gosh, that was fun." But then, ever onward. I was thinking about it just recently. I realized that I hardly ever refer to myself as being gay. It's generally not even necessary to talk about it. If it does come up, I just say, "I like guys."

It seems obvious to me - Don't be too smug about your gifts.

I may be kidding myself, but I think I can almost always spot a bot within the first few minutes. The dialog is very characteristic.

I've looked at them - they're beautiful. A little rich for my wallet.

In the 90s I used to get a lot of free tickets because I volunteered at an AIDS service organization. Sometimes the things were pretty good - I got to see Rosemary Clooney live at the Curran theater. But they could be pretty lame too. I remember a musical that was supposed to be destined for broadway that was so bad that it closed after one night. I don't remember the title but the story line involved a self-absorbed yuppie/techie who had commitment phobia and kept screwing the women in his life over. It was so horrid that the audience laughed nearly non-stop through the whole production.

I have a pair of Frye lace-up boots that are simply the nicest footwear I have ever owned

agreed - it makes spite posting permissible.

When I was a teenager and a very young man, I was really hot for guys older than I - typically middle 30s. I"m still almost the same except the sweet spot is now middle 40s. But in addition I have added all these types that I was never interested in before -daddies, musclebears, tall slender men, young guys in late 20s, and even college-age boys.

He usually visits the Bay Area around Christmas and I see him then. Obviously, he didn't make it this year.

I confess I have always wanted a Rolex

EXACTLY!!! If you're not going to like the answer don't ask the question. Knowing that escorting is a business and having done the math, you already know the answer. I think it's not even fair to ask an escort how many clients he sees in a day . . . the asker already knows the answer, more or less.

Youve spent time with Ike?

I worked as a temp in an injection molding plant, taking finished pieces out of the molds. The odor of melting plastic hung in the air and you had to pull the pieces out of the molds as fast as you could, while they were still too hot to handle. The ridge formed by the plastic leaking into the crack between the two halves of the mold was called the "flash" and had to be manually trimmed from each piece with an exacto knife. First thing in the morning they either assigned you to the line or trimming flash and you did that job for 8 solid hours. I lasted a week.

I don't have a favorite, but I have a serious hankering to see what this guy is like: https://rentmen.eu/Ikenasti

It is very common in today's world for people not to consume dairy products. Vegans for example. They seem to thrive without dairy. So it isn't true that dairy is a necessary part of the diet.

No, a low bodyfat like that for an extended period wouldn't be healthful. 7% is probably the lowest you could go on a sustained basis. That wouldn't be sustainable for an average person, but somebody who is used to strict dietary discipline wouldn't have a hard time with it.

Very solid, conventional mainstream nutritional advice. Not the only view however.

almond milk

I don't see anywhere in my original post having said that he said dairy products lacked nutritional value. What he says, basically, is that if you are trying to achieve a very low bodyfat level, e.g. 5 -6% or less, dairy isn't a good food choice. This is nutritional advice for competitive bodybuilders, not the general population.

Growing up we drank regular pasteurized milk, not homogenized. Now I don't drink milk. My Coach says that dairy calories go straight to your waist. Not sure I agree, but it's no burden not drinking milk.

I'm an open book, more or less - what you see is what you get. I don't think people make incorrect assumptions about me.