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Longtime Companion was a longtime ago! No tears since?

Ben is best advised to not comment on how the younger sex workers do their job. He's had a successful turn at it himself, and he should rest on his laurels rather than try to minimize what younger guys are trying to do. Just my opinion, and I am a fan of Ben.

Ben, you sound a little jealous. That's beneath you. Just wish him well and let him succeed or not as fate will have it.

Oh, c'mon. Let's not bring Ben into this. Reno for me is very cute and charming. I am happy to watch for free as he shows off his likable body. They always say "different strokes for different folks," but Reno's strokes work well for me. Eventually the world will have seen enough, and then he can go on to the career he was destined for- cruise ship host!

Well, you see how that went.

Riverside County is doing a completely shit job of rolling out the vaccines. Even those who can get an appointment have to wait up to 2 hours in line. Some appointments are not honored. It will be weeks before they get it right. UPDATED: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/14/world/covid19-coronavirus#california-just-made-it-easier-for-people-to-get-vaccinated-for-many-it-feels-harder-than-ever

It's hard to believe that a jury was forced to watch porn like that. The guy was convicted and only got 9 years.

Today I attended a performance of Days To Come, by Lillian Hellman, at the Mint Theater production on Theater Row. I had read about the show in last week's Wall Street Journal as Terry Teachout, the theater critic, had spoken well of it. You might know, though, that when I say "attended" that I was in my home, watching the play on my computer. I couldn't actually be there since the play was performed in 2018. But the Mint is streaming it for free, and who could turn that down? The show is a drama taking place in 1936 where a labor strike undoes the town, the factory, and anyone in shouting range. It's pretty well acted, but I sure wish I had seen it live in 2018, as something is lost when you don't have to silence your phone, worry about farting (I didn't!) and you can get up to pee at your leisure. To see the play, go to the theater at minttheater.org. They will give you a link to the password you need to stream the performance. The show is about two hours long. I recommend it to those who love theater. There are few giggles, but good acting and sets. Here is the Mint's summary of the play: Lillian Hellman’s second play, Days to Come, is a family drama set against the backdrop of labor strife in a small Ohio town which threatens to tear apart both town and family. “It’s the story of innocent people on both sides who are drawn into conflict and events far beyond their comprehension,” Hellman said in an interview before Days to Come opened in 1936. “It’s the saga of a man who started something he cannot stop…” Andrew Rodman is running the family business and failing at it. The workers are out on strike and things are getting desperate. “Papa would have known what to do,” his sister Cora nags, “and without wasting time and money.” But it’s too late, Rodman is bringing in strikebreakers, naively failing to anticipate the disastrous impact that this will have on his family and their place in the community where they have lived for generations. Audiences had no chance to appreciate Days to Come when it premiered on Broadway in 1936; it closed after a week. Hellman blamed herself for the play’s failure. “I wanted to say too much,” she wrote in a preface to the published play in 1942—while admitting that her director was confused and her cast inadequate. “On the opening night the actors moved as figures in the dream of a frightened child. It was my fault, I suppose, that it happened.” Nevertheless, “I stand firmly on the side of Days to Come.” In 1942, Hellman could afford to take responsibility for the play’s failure; she had enjoyed much success in the days after Days to Come (with both The Little Foxes and Watch on the Rhine.) But Hellman’s play is better than she would admit. Days to Come was revived only once in New York, in 1978, by the WPA Theatre. In reviewing that production for The Nation, Harold Clurman wrote that “our knowledge of what Hellman would subsequently write reveals that Days to Come is not mainly concerned with the industrial warfare which is the ‘stuff’ of her story for the first two acts.” Hellman’s real preoccupation is “the lack of genuine values of mind or spirit” of her principle characters, the factory-owning Rodmans. Here's what Terry Teachout had to say: [TABLE] [TR] [TD] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Days to Come Mint Theater, New York Viewable online through February 21, free To watch, go to minttheater.org by TERRY TEACHOUT One of the few welcome surprises of 2020 was the announcement by New York’s Mint Theater that it had spent the preceding seven years taping broadcast-ready three-camera archival videos of its off-Broadway productions, and that in lieu of live performances during the pandemic, it would stream these videos for free. As regular readers of this column know, the Mint specializes in small-house revivals of unjustly forgotten 20th- century plays. I have been reviewing one or two of its shows most seasons for the past decade and a half, and each one I’ve seen has been well chosen and flawlessly acted and staged. No other theater company in America has a more consistently high record of artistic quality. “Days to Come,” the second of 10 plays by Lillian Hellman to open on Broadway in her lifetime, is one of the most significant of the Mint’s recent revivals, for the original production closed in 1936 after just seven performances and disappeared almost without a trace... Most flops close for self-evident reasons, but there is no obvious reason why “Days to Come” did so: It is an extremely strong piece of work, worthy of direct comparison with such better-known Hellman scripts as “The Children’s Hour” and “The Little Foxes,” and the Mint’s production, directed with lean clarity by J.R. Sullivan, makes so powerful a case for it that I am at a loss to understand why so excellent a play vanished from view.... Reviewing a Mint production is a nightmare for critics who thrive on picking flaws. The cast is very well chosen, especially Janie Brookshire, who plays the matriarch of the Rodman family. Harry Feiner, the set designer, has fit two naturalistic interiors onto the Beckett Theatre’s revolving stage—a neat piece of scenic prestidigitation for a 99-seat off- Broadway house, and one of a kind for which the Mint is justly celebrated. (You can actually see the set being changed during the intermission.) Some of the camera angles show the first row of the audience, whose presence is audible without being in any way intrusive. That’s a happy, even comforting touch: You’ll come away from “Days to Come” feeling as though you’ve seen a real stage show, not a telecast. —Mr. Teachout, the Journal’s drama critic, is the author, most recently, of “Billy and Me.” Write to him at [email protected].[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD] [TABLE] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

I hope that you tipped the maid!

I have been avoiding the virus to date and plan to keep doing the things I do to keep it at bay. So, when the vaccine is here for me, I will be here for it. I hope! North Carolina is not one of the more cosmopolitan states, but my sister and her husband there were vaccinated yesterday.

What are YOU going to do? Huh!

Okay, young'uns, I will tell you from my experience that after years of fighting the skin sagging, paying for Botox and moisturizers, I finally reached the point where I just don't care anymore. It's kind of like fighting your gayness when young, once you just accept it life gets much better! Now isn't that a wrinkle?

My right hand has worked quite well.

Possible answers: I can't remember that far back! About the same as it was at 49. A hell of a lot better than it is now!

I sent this wonderful novel to my sister for Christmas. She just finished it and was amazed at how much she liked it, even confessing to some tears at the end. I can remember the days when I feared my family learning I was gay. Times sure have changed there.

If you have to pay to see Reno's OnlyFans pages, how is it that the videos in this thread are available for free? 2d question: Which video has the longest look at his holy hole?

The Weekend was moved from February to April to get (hopefully) warmer weather. But the forecast for the next three days shows high temperatures of 87! And sunshine! ☀☀☀

If you want to lose weight, build your confidence that it is possible. Not every one wants to lose weight, the reason I ask. But my experience in losing weight is that the heart rate dropped, the blood pressure dropped, the blood sugar lowered, the knees felt better with less weight on them, and my general outlook improved. And that's with just a 40 lb. loss.

His asshole is even better! ?

I can't imagine mom watching. Surely there are boundaries!

I would have placed it in the park. But Town Hall works...

@Charlie More of an early life crisis given your longevity!

Where would you place the statue of the Merboy?

I see...it's for the bridge and tummy crowd!

Was he a flight attendant?