Rod Hagen

Previously, not normally. As I've posted many times Steve Kesslar and Dance Scott flipped what was "normal" over a decade ago. Though, normal as "average" then of course you are definitely right. There are more older than average escorts in PS. The nice thing is that they get work now, where in the past they would have received only scorn and be called men working "after their sell-by date" :-)

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My Response to your first two graphs is: Orthostatic Hypotension. Starting at 40, the frequency goes up and up. It's how several of my friend hurt themselves in the middle of the night, except for the Parkinsons friends, who also should have stayed in bed. Regarding peeing, you fall back asleep? Great! But I'd put lots of money down on the second man in a race back into the ever important DEEP SLEEP between a man who drags his ass into the bathroom, then checks his phone, then one more drip in the toilet, then back to bed vs. the man who turns, pees, places the bottle back on the nightstand. The more deep sleep, the healthier you are. Third graph, I had assumed everyone carries their Insurance card on their person out in the world and also has their iPhone emergency information filled out as well as their Apple Watch Fall Alert set. It's always amusing when I eat shit snowboarding and under my glove I can feel my watch vibrations counting down to 911 because I "had a fall" and had forgotten to turn off the feature.

Wether you're 30 or 85, do these things today, don't put them off. In Order 1. On the fridge with magnets not tape: White Paper Titled !EMERGENCY! with Your name, your Date of Birth, your EMERGENCY CONTACTS in order of importance and with the note PLEASE CALL ALL 4 (?) Numbers!. And your list of medications and dosages and wether they are weekly or daily. 2. At Fedex make a credit-card size copy of that EMERGENCY paper, and put it in your wallet. Delicately, you can cover it with clear packing tape and trim that to "laminate" it. 3. Right by your door a Gallon sized Ziplock bag, or Hefty (Hefty is better) bag, with HOSPITAL in Red IN RED written on the side. Also, write, not in Red, both "+ iPhone" "+Wallet" on the side to increase likelihood that EMS will find and then shove your phone and your wallet in it, or take them along. Inside this bag put another copy of your Emergency Paper, put in a very very very long iPhone (Phone) charger WITH an outlet plug that has two usb ports as well. Also, a charger cord for your smart watch if you wear one. One or two N-95s (because why not), a hard shell glasses case. VERY important that you have a small notebook in there WITH a pen, Eyemask and silicone Earplugs. Silicone earplugs, not the uncomfortable foam ones. Underwear. Again, it's very important that this be right next to the door and visible to EMS folks in a hurry. (I put in a small bit of normal toilet paper under the assumption that the next day my partner, or anyone, would bring me a few rolls so that I never use the hospital sandpaper TP.) This is not a "Go" bag which Californians know about because of fire and Earthquake, this is a Hospital bag. No EMS ppl will hunt for a Go bag, especially if you are uncommunicative. They likely will look at your Fridge and they WILL see your bag. 4. Urinal by the bed. There is NO fucking reason to get up and down at night to pee. It's dangerous and disruptive to sleep. 5. Plug in lights in all rooms. They can be motion activated, or they can just stay lit all the time. 6. Get rid of those goddam rugs. Lastly, stop drinking liquids after 6 or 7pm. You know this already. Put some electrolyte tablet in what you drink with Supper, and after that use only the smallest bit of water to take your evening pills. Not that long ago, I was talking to a friend who had a fall getting up to pee. He never did buy a urinal no matter how many fucking times I told...asked him to. So, on the phone once he got back from the hospital I asked, "you don't have much water after dinner do you?" And he responded, "just the two glasses I drink right before bed." Me, "Why?". Him, "I think I read it's good for the skin...Isn't it?" It was not a zoom call so he could not see me over dramatically cradling my head in my hands and shaking said head back and forth. Anyway, I could have provided links to all this, but I'm off to the climbing gym. You can find these things on Amazon and put them together in less than an hour.

Ok, for historians or inexperienced clients reading this, be reassured that this does not happen "a lot" (still can't believe that's not one word) and escorts likely won't embarrass you in public, or private. It's happened, it sucks. It does not happen a lot. Or often, barely infrequently. The only thing that happens "a lot" is a good, not great, not bad, meeting that you may or may not (but come one, who are we kidding?, you may) repeat.

I still maintain that escorts who whine about ALL the Scammers out there are lazy P****Y whiners. It takes like 2 minutes to detect and block someone. Those of us old enough to remember pagers and showing up at hotels over an hour away at 2am only to be told by the front desk there's "nobody here by that name", WE had something to bitch about. And that happened to me at most 5 times in 2 decades. I'm not lucky, I'm average.

Ha!

As the release date of the sadly likely disappointing 28 Years Later (Night of the Living Dead aside, I'm no Zombie fan, but how can it compare to the shock of 28 Days Later brutal take on the genre?) I decided to link to the original, unaltered, haunting to say the least, reading by Taylor Holmes of Rudyard Kipling's dreadful and beautiful poem BOOTS. It's a brainworm, something you'll hear as you fall asleep, and for that I"m sorry, but it's extraordinary, and for that you are welcome. (I use that word, eaxtraordinary, too often, but this is)

One smart tactic in finding a long term escort who stays excited to see you, pick those who smile and laugh a lot in the first few sessions. Enthusiasm over sullenness (even a sexy sullenness) will serve you well in the long run.

One smart tactic in finding a long term escort who stays excited to see you, pick those who smile and laugh a lot in the first few sessions. Enthusiasm over sullenness (even a sexy sullenness) will serve you well in the long run.

When young I spent SO MUCH time with SO many men with psoriasis and others with eczema. As long as the escorts are smart enough to understand what you have also isn't communicable, the good ones will see it as a beautiful tattoo from God. That's the challenge, finding a guy more informed than reactionary. Find him, stick with him, and at that point stop shopping. I wish you well.

In a later career article in the NYTimes Reubens said that the Walgreens (now closed) across from Arclight (Now Closed, thank you Forever Flu), was one of his favorite places in LA :-)

I remember a Q/A with the director and the three actors and one said about "The Kiss" during screenings in Mexico the audience would scream NO, and in Spain the audience would scream YES! :-) It's quite a thing that the director went on to be both so successful and lauded, and both male leads have done very well. She's done more than just fine too. A really rare and beautiful thing.

Guys are attracted to other guys for things other than looks or money. Sometimes it's fun to fuck someone who's a total trainWreck. But your last sentence is spot on. How did this movie get made? Luca probably read the screenplay, written by the guy he worked with on Challengers (a good movie) then the book, on a flight b/w Rome and LA, and got some harebrained idea to make it. I'm guessing the actors did it for nearly nothing just because it looked like "Challengers" was going to do well and they wanted to tag along, but how did he convince investors to invest in a movie based on a bad book by an overpraised author written decades ago and adapted by a man with only one other credit ? I do not know. Force of will? Oh well. Maybe he got Daniel Craig attached to the script at the very beginning. That might do it. I hope people didn't see this movie because I made the original post. I guess in the original post after my snide remark about Roger Moore being closeted and presumably a bit kinky, I should have said the movie wasn't good. My bad. I do recommend people see I am Love and A Bigger Splash (I think they are both streaming on Kanopy)

It is a fun movie. If you are inclined to see it, I would suggest seeing it in the Theater. It's a BIG active movie, and the music is fantastic. Who knew you could meld Irish Folk music with good Hip Hop beautifully? The Irish Folk Singer villain is super hot. It's well-made. I think you'll enjoy your night out.

Holy Fucking Shit. That is my new Phone and Computer Lock Screen. Thank you.

Agreed. Beautiful man, gifted and hard-working family.

it wasn't. It disappointed you, but it's not a disappointing film objectively, such as say Godfather 3. In other words, the acting, cast, writing, source material, and setting do not fall short of the talent and potential. However, there are other reasoned reasons to dislike the film: ......Very sorry, I was going to link to a Wesley Morris article I THOUGHT I remembered where he was critical of it, but I can't find it. My memory was the criticisms that seemed most serious at the time, had more to do with it being "another movie about young white people struggling with sexuality", which is usually a fair criticism and I agree that Plot needed to stop being a thing in movies LONG ago, but in this case, it's so well-made, that that standard jab is weak. All this goes a long way, also nowhere, to my question, "what did you (wrongly :-) ) find disappointing about the film?"

Haven't seen it, probably won't. Always thought it was too bad he and Ryan Philipe never took off. Beautiful, reasonably talented men.

That was an awful awful awful dreadful shit song. Please don't ever do that again. Goddam, my earholes.

I get this sometimes when I travel and want to see something significant, but far. You have the next day planned, but between check in and check out...nothing. NO food. Anywhere. Grocery closes at 8 (7?!). Too dark to walk around. Cheese sandwich and night night. I sympathize and empathize.

My relationship with the High Line is complicated. On the one hand I resent it being there and how the city has changed. On my other hand, it's fucking perfectly realized tourism. It's art. I don't know wether to curse the Barry and DVF or congratulate them.

I watched it, he didn't. Escort Gavin Geoffrey Diller partnered on and off with "Bear". Seems like they were very close. In the Flesh: Undressing for Success

Tennessee wrote an excellent, tragic of course, short story about exactly that!