Rod Hagen

"Pick me! Pick me!" Cute :-)

I dislike the Handmaid's Tale so much I'm inclined to tell people I didn't read it.

At APLA, they did ask for my Driver's License, but wether that was for record keeping or verification I was local, and therefore eligible, I'm unsure, sorry.

Space to pull him close.

Yeah, I couldn't watch them. I hate that actor from Breaking Bad (a show that was both good and wildley overpraised.) I did hear that in one season there was a gunfight inside a hotel that was masterfully shot, I need to watch that episode's scene. I also think that a brilliant movie can not be surpassed by a tv show, no matter how brilliant the TV show is, because concision is, as they used to say, My Jam.

Yesterday, here in LA, I had my first dose, which they offered during routine STD check. No observable adverse effects at all, and I am very attuned to side effects (I find them interesting). We scheduled the second dose four weeks from yesterday.

nevermind. Fargo tv not Fargo Movie.

She was in Fargo? Who was she in Fargo?

I would suggest you do not simply occupy yourself with other pursuits, but instead endeavor to counteract the loss. I've met many men who've lost years of sex after allowing a loss of libido to overwhelm them. That's sad. "Fake it till you make it" could put you back on track, in other words focus on the memory of excitement while doing something that used to excite you, and you may be surprised to find out, you're excited! Sex rocks, don't give up on it.

I saw a screening of that movie and the director stayed for a Q&A afterward. It's been years, but there's a particularly wrenching part that takes place in a...I think a kitchen(??), in one room anyway, and the whole scene is one take and it's fantastic. I'm a sucker for 2 things in movies, and they are often related, long takes and tracking shots. Good Movie. Yes, people die, I agree. It's terrible, and it's the best word.

Finished and loved Shuggie Bain so very very very much. Now reading....

Don't feel bad, it wasn't a good show....except for the episode where Mr. Jefferson takes care of the landlord's Doberman. Now that had a SHOCKINGLY funny scene, very out of synch for the show.

These references have much less to do with getting old and much more to do with people being uninformed. If a person or work of art is or was significant, a reasonably-informed person should know. The Mona Lisa, Gone With the Wind, Lauren Bacall, World War 2, Julius Caesar, Tennessee Williams, and Nina Simone were all before my time. Nevertheless, as a child I knew who and what the fuck they were, because I was a curious person. When someone doesn't know what you're talking about, but they should, don't let them off the hook just because it was "before their time."

That takes me back. I remember in the '90s, at my engineering jobs, wasting hours HOURS building the forms, sizing and resizing fields. Goddam I hated that. The data entry and linking of fields were fantastic, building the forms, however, was torture for me, I have a very unsteady hand. Some of my coworkers loved that part of FMP best of all. To the original post, until the iphone 3, I used paper and pencil. Now, calendar.

The first half of the film is a typical, and unfortunate, Baz-Luhrmann mess, the rest is fine. Hank's performance is a distraction throughout. Butler is very very good as Elvis. Lucky is right, he nailed it. And in the end you see a sad and beautiful performance by Elvis, and you're reminded, again, how golden that voice was.

When books, even bad ones (flowers in the attic, anyone?), were EVERYWHERE.

I don't think I can make it to Montreal, but I will get vaccinated as soon as it's available here. Congratulations, and damn you :-) , to those of you jabbed in Canada. Someone in this thread, who did read this morning's NYTimes article, said we should keep this in perspective because there aren't many MonkeyP cases. If you read the article, then you know that the worry, which may look like hysteria, but isn't, is the serious concern that the disease will spiral out of control if we don't get a better handle on it now. And so the comparisons to Covid are not that it is also wide spread, but that we are currently handling the MonkeyP outbreak as poorly as we handled Cov-19, and that's not good. Nobody's saying that it will ever be as "bad" as Covid, although who knows?, only that if we don't act now, it could get much much worse. Don't know if anyone linked to this article about an actor's experience: https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/07/01/weho-victim-of-monkeypox-this-sucks-and-you-dont-want-it/

Great Shoes. I love how the ON shoes allow my toes to spread out, and my HOKA hiking boots are fantastic.

Doing very much better. Symptoms resolved, thank you for asking. Truly, The right orthotics were the key.

Didn't have time to review this thread, but on the subject of professional critics, I read them because they aren't normal people, because they know the history and context of their field be it travel, film, books, theater, or fine art. If I find a few critics whose insights and writings I admire, I don't mind if I disagree with them, occasionally, because I appreciate the thought they put into the review. That said, there are no client-PhDS in "hiring escorts". But, the reviews are often helpful if you know how to read them. And, bonus, you can always reach out to the RentMen Escort-reviewer for details or to say thank you, that is not the case with Richard Brody or Daniel Mendelsohn (film and book critic whom I often disagree with, but appreciate their work--though I did reach out to DM years ago after his BrokeBack review, and we became friends, briefly).

I enjoyed it a lot.

Hate the music, hate that video-game style of animation...LOVED the series despite myself. :-) Great story, went directions I didn't expect. I didn't find it especially dark, but I watch a lot of anime, so my threshold for labeling something "dark" almost doesn't exist. As soon as I finished the last episode I started googling, "Arcane S2 start date?"

Well-said. Frankly, I think it's bad form to even ask that question on a public forum without adding "send details only via PM please."

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