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I love Elton John. Naturally. I've seen him in concert twice. I also would prefer if famous people who waited until later in life to come out would mention, occasionally, that they (opportunistically AND understandably) waited to come out until they were bullet proof. I thought of this recently when I saw Nyad. All those years of JF becoming, understandably, upset with people probing into her personal life, and now she's out and it doesn't matter at all. She couldn't have come out long ago and also become an Oscar winner, BUT she could have helped a lot of people by coming out earlier and sacrificing the Oscar and a few million dollars. But there is the argument that that doesn't make it her, or his, or any closeted person's, responsibility. It's and interesting thing. Sorry, back to topic now.

That's 1999 rates you're paying, what's your secret? :-)

I told the story here before that years ago I was walking to Starbucks and on the sidewalk was a chalked ad for the LGBT center's PREP campaign: "Fuck without fear" I Was so angry I went to their clinic and started balling them out, of course starting out with "I know it's not you personally who created that ad, but there is an antibiotic resistant Gonorrhea problem going round and that ad around town...." and then going off.

I think Michael Lucas made a good point about this long ago. It's fine if people want to disclose their HIV status, their vaccination status, and their medication-adherence status. Nevertheless, you should assume everyone might be positive with something infectious, because they could be, and choose to protect yourself, or not, accordingly.

Poorly written, but I suspect we are supposed to think that relationship will continue. Edit: Oh wait, you're right, Theo wasn't at the gallery opening. What a badly written story

Tonight, in a theater, saw and very much didn't like, Good Grief. I don't like the actors. I know that the two main actors are beloved, so I'm probably wrong. Hope you like it. Trailer: Movie: Watch Good Grief | Netflix Official Site WWW.NETFLIX.COM An artist grieving the loss of his famous writer husband takes his two best friends on a trip to Paris, where they unpack messy secrets and hard truths.

I took 2 Waymo rides this weekend. So cool. So so weird.

Every unit in my 10-unit apartment building, vacated in the last 10 years, so every unit but mine and one other, now has in-unit washers and dryers AND, dammit, dishwashers, even though it's an inexpensive, rent-stabilized, building. My landlord tells me that without those amenities people (by which he means young people, because that's who he rents units to) wouldn't rent his unit. I extrapolated my personal observations into fact. So sue me. :-) And, speaking of units, whenever we discuss what male escorts charge, don't forget that female escorts charge MUCH more. Edit: sorry, didn't realize this was an old (resurrected) thread. IGNORE ME!

But is it? I mean when I started escorting in 1999, the average hourly rate was $200. And that did not change, significantly, for a long time. I often wondered why. Lawyers charged more, plumbers charged more, escort rates didn't really rise for 15 years. Well, I figured it out. It's the same reason apartments that rent to young people often now have their own in-unit laundry, and there are 10 climbing gyms around LA when for 25 years there was only one. Millennials, and definitely Zillenials, are more demanding. That's not bad. Rather than just coast along like Gen X, they ask for more. I see the rate increases that have finally taken hold as a shift in attitude. Older escorts like me aren't asking for what younger scorts charge. I guess we are wusses :-)

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I grew up in a very very small town (Pop less than 800) and everyone walked across everyone else's yards. I'm not sure why it was ok other than because it was a faster route. Now I would consider it rude.

which is why I prefer email. :-) but to each their own; again, I'm old :-)

Nearly every actor in every porno made after someone invented ED-medication is using ED medication during the filming. If, in interviews or in-person, they say they never do in their movies, they are lying. (simply compare erections in a 1976 porno to those in a 2016 porno for verification). Given that what I've said about pornstars "doping" :-) is true, there is no reason to ever feel at all bad about anyone using ED medication when they are with you.

I prefer correspondence by email. 1. I am an older escort. 2. I almost never receive correspondence by email. Good luck :-)

Two gay movies! I thought Passages was ok and All of us Strangers was excellent/moving.

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Oh All of Us Strangers was SO good. SO sad. My parents are still alive, but I wept. I never fucking cry at movies. Very few movies have used A song so perfectly as AUS used this song in the closing. I recommend this movie highly, but it is sad. And this is why he used that song, ONLY READ THIS IF YOU'VE Seen the movie. Major spoilers: Andrew Haigh on the Song That Unlocks All of Us Strangers WWW.VULTURE.COM The director chose to end his new film with Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “The Power of Love” for personal and political reasons.

Oh and look what I found that Brett Silvers wrote 22 years ago An Escorts View WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG

My Goodness, I had no idea he was still working. That's awesome! Yep, that's him.

I came up with a good one. Dario of Washington DC. I can't find any photos, but here are his fantastic reviews. A friend/client of mine hired him when visiting DC and had a GREAT TIME! Escort Dario in DC

Apart from Lean on Pete, which was ok, I very much dislike Looking and his movies, but I'm looking forward to this one nevertheless. It just SEEMS like it has to be good. Did you go to a screening?

How did I miss this all those years ago when you posted this clip. I love Score. I have Score. Really fun well made movie. Kind of like Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf meets Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, but with cocks, vaginas, and butts and in Europe.

That is a big dick. Way to go!

Who here Remembers Brett Silvers? He was a heck of a lot of fun. Hot guy. Niceguy (RIP) out in Palm Springs LOVED Brett. :-) Brett Silvers Reviews

I remember fucking him in a hot tub at a Malibu party long long long ago. It was great. And I saw him get well fucked at many other parties. Those were the days