Rod Hagen

Saw a trailer in the theater this weekend. Gorgeous.

I know you were talking about cartoons (those were good ones). The Comic books they're based on are a great gateway to GayDom, always have been.

If the escort works morning noon and night, hire at the time that's best for you. If the escort is only available certain times, and that time is not what's best for you, evaluate what you are hoping to get from the session and then make up your mind as to the best time. In all cases, you want to prioritize the time of day YOU are at your best, not when he may or may not be.

I think the massage tables rated at 350# can handle more. For a couple moves I might get on top of the table to work on my clients, even the heavier ones; it creaks, but it's sturdy. Think of it like ice: Thick and unbreakable lake ice creaks.

I get not putting your face on your ads, I don't either, it is reasonable for a client to be unwilling to hire you if you won't send them one. I've been escorting for two decades and sending out face photos to potential clients has yet to bite me in the ass. That doesn't mean it can't or won't. If you're uncomfortable doing that expect resistance from your potential clients, that's all.

Menu services suck. If you don't like doing it, don't do it.

This thread is why, long ago, I wrote this article for the San Francisco Chronicle: there's often that one thing that makes us think, "well, maybe men?" https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Brokeback-breach-for-repressed-men-Film-s-2524151.php

Thank you PC. Yes it is worse in the morning when I get out of bed or anytime if I get up from sitting, so I stretch it and massage it beforehand in those cases. It also does hurt when I stand for a long time (I have a standing desk) and when I go for my daily long walks in the hills, other than that the pain is low grade and is becoming lower so I think it's going to go away eventually. I did order those cool socks TassoJunior recommended.

The Hemmingway Documentary on PBS was great. So was the Oliver Sacks one recently

Awesome...and then crazy because Tom has "never" done this before and by the end they're in a position the Flying Wallendas at the height of their careers couldn't get into.

Thank you everyone. Often times PF results from tight calves or tight hips or tight hamstrings too. My calves are not tight nor are my hamstrings nor my hips, all three areas are super flexible. My podiatrist and I think it's a result from all the yoga I've been doing this last year (so cliche, I know, "everyone" started to do Yoga in front of Youtube during lockdown). The prone position of the feet in UpDog, other backBends, and numerous other positions probably got to be too much. I did get a steroid shot and it did help...for a few days. Becket, that sounds wonderful. I've tried frozen water bottles, doesn't help. Those spikey balls make my foot itch terribly, so I can't do that. I forgot about a lacrosse or racquetball thank you. I'll try that. For the last few months while it's been acute, I have refrained from calf raises when I do resistance band workouts. I bought VERY good shoes that are very supportive. I don't know how to pronounce the company name, maybe it's just "On" but it's this one: https://www.on-running.com/en-us/ My Podiatrist made super expensive custom orthotics and they are great, very supportive, much better than the ones that the shoe stores try to manipulate you into purchasing. Since I don't run, unless I'm being chased, I'm not going to get surgery. If I have to put up with some pain during yoga and swimming and walking so be it. I really miss being barefoot, but that only makes it worse. Thank you again everyone, I think I just have to be diligent and patient; it's almost certainly self-limiting, like most things.

In different music threads, without referencing the name of the film, I posted links to scenes in the movie containing the songs I like. So, take that.

I fucking LOVE that scene. "Just the tip alright. Go slow" "oh wow, o God, oh yeah. I cant believe I'm doing this" ha

OUCH. Besides Stretching and Massaging the foot every morning, wearing a night splint nightly, using new very good orthotic inserts in my new very supportive shoes and not going barefoot around the apartment anymore, does anyone have any suggestions of how to get rid of it? Fucking driving me nuts. OUCH. THANK YOU!!!!!

Exactly, QED. Who are/were you? :-) Did we fuck?

Given the negative impact of CC on the environment, I'll pass. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/business/dealbook/bitcoin-climate-change.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0321-8

When I was young I'd see Tom Chase at LA sex parties. Beautiful.

If I remember right, routinely didn't (don't?) you meet with friends at Starbucks early mornings? Very nice routine.

When I was still getting the daily newspaper, I always felt a surge of aged-youthful pride when I'd get home from a sex party or The Zone sex club or a late night escort appointment and my morning paper was on the steps. Conversely, I also routinely got up to go snowboarding or climbing or mountain biking BEFORE my paper arrived. So, I love LATE NIGHTS and Early Mornings. There is nothing like coffee on the patio of a lakehouse as the sun is coming up, except maybe a glass of wine on the balcony of a hotel or beach house as the sun is going down.

Joy Williams is my favorite Short Story writer these days. Though, Lydia Davis is lovely, and I've always loved Anne Beattie and she's still writing.

Dude, that's my favorite gay movie and one of my favorite movies. I've posted clips of it all over this site. Good on you

There was a very good interview with Stephen Fry in the Sunday NYTimes magazine, you should read the whole thing: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/03/magazine/stephen-fry-interview.html?referringSource=articleShare Long ago, I (Rod Hagen) made myself available to Vidal twice, and both times he wasn't interested. My loss. Anyway, here's the relevant bit: Can you remember a good Gore Vidal story? The best Gore Vidal story I have you’ll probably find unprintable, but it amuses me. I was visiting him in America at one point, and he was coming to England. He said, “I’m debating whether to stay at Claridge’s or the Savoy,” and I said, “The Savoy’s a bit down-at-heel at the moment.” He said: “Yes, I’d heard that. I think I will make it Claridge’s. I am fond of the Savoy, however, for a very particular reason — it’s a literary reason.” So I said: “Oh, is that because of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald staying there in the good old days? Or because Oscar Wilde was there in the 1890s?” He said: “No, no. It’s far more literary than that.” He said: “I was there, oh, some years ago now, and I picked up the Yellow Pages and let my fingers do the walking, as the advertisement said, and found an agency. I thought, Oh, hello, here we go, and the agency duly were obliging and sent a young man to see me in the suite. We had agreed on a sum on the telephone, and we got down to it. At one point, he said, ‘I don’t do that.’ And I said: ‘Don’t be absurd. Of course you do.’ So all went perfectly well, and then I gave him his 30 pounds, and he said, ‘It’s got to be an extra 30.’ I said, ‘I agreed on a price with the agency, and I don’t propose to diverge from it now.’ And he started cutting up rough. He threw an ashtray at my head, which I had to duck to avoid, and so I pressed the bell, which was very handily placed in the wall above the head of the bed. In due course, a floor manager in a swallowtail coat and striped trousers appeared. I said: ‘Could you please remove this young man? He’s being a thoroughgoing nuisance.’ And the young man said, ‘He owes me an extra 30 quid.’ Then the floor manager said, ‘You come with me, young sir,’ and he got rid of the gentleman and I thought no more about it. But two days later I was checking out, and as I was paying the bill, I saw that at the foot of the column of figures it said, ‘Sundries: 30 pound.’ I thought the use of the word ‘sundries’ was inspired, and I have been fond of the Savoy ever since.”

Bill Maher two weeks ago: "I don't have to leave the theater whistling, but would it kill Hollywood to once in a while make a movie that doesn't make me want to take a bath with the toaster? We all had a rough year, a little escapism would have been appreciated."

Thank you for all the work and for taking care of us :-)

Pick erotic masseurs schooled in massage, you'll have better therapeutic results.