Rod Hagen

Fenced in or on a chain?

Yes, I think many people pass on Alcatraz because it feels touristy. They shouldn't pass on Alcatraz for any reason.

Yes, and if you can, travel through the San Juan Islands to Victoria from Anacortes, WA. The San Juan Islands are amazing. Also, if you have time, visit Sooke Harbor just outside Victoria as well as the gardens of course. And if you have even more time Tofino, a few hours north west of Victoria, is gorgeous and very fun during storm season. If it's your cup of tea, have tea at the Empress in Victoria. One of the better Afternoon Teas I've experienced. (I know, so gay).

The overlook is wonderful. ADDITIONALLY, even though Beautiful places such as the Valley draw lots of admirers it doesn't justify trash talking the Valley as so many do. If you are looking for non-crummy (but not great) food revisit the Stunning dining room at the Ahwahnee (I presume you have). In addition to, not instead of, the Valley I recommend people visit Yosemite's Tuolumne meadows east of the Valley. I love rock climbing there and I love just being there.

Not as good as "Headless Body In Topless Bar" but nevertheless, excellent.

Are you kidding?

It's not underrated, but I'm put off by people who live in California for decades without visiting Yosemite or, and these people are much worse, don't want to return to Yosemite because of the crowds. Guess what? Beautiful places draw people.

Haven't been to Catalina in years. What restaurant(s) for dinner and what restaurant(s) for lunch do you recommend?

Favorites in descending order: 1. BookWorm (only good books) https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm 2. Bret Easton Ellis (Asshole. Love him) https://www.patreon.com/breteastonellispodcast 3. Sam Harris (Reputed Asshole, love him) https://samharris.org/podcast/ 4. Ask Any Buddy (Podcast about Classic Gay Porn) https://www.ask-any-buddy.com/podcast 5. My Dad Wrote A Porno (Just great) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-dad-wrote-a-porno/id1044196249 6. Marc Maron: (I am lukewarm on him, BUT he has great guests) http://www.wtfpod.com/ 7. Al Fanken https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-al-franken-podcast/id1462195742 8. The Reason Round Table (Reason Magazine) https://reason.com/podcasts/the-reason-roundtable/ 9. Longform (interviews with people who write longform Newspaper, Magazine, and online articles) https://longform.org/podcast 10. The Bugle (Funny British, Australian, America, and Canada guests and hosts roast that week's news) https://thebuglepodcast.com/ You're welcome. I don't actually listen that often, only when the subject or guest interests me OR when I haven't listened to a particular one for several months. Driving I prefer to listen to audio books, sometimes podcasts. I also listen to podcasts when I'm doing the uphill part of a Mountain Bike Ride. Swimming and walking I only listen to music.

If you are hoping to make new friends, I'd make adjustments to those two parts of your daily schedule. Yes Television is amazing right now, but it's also just TV. If 10 years from now you still hadn't seen one episode of Game Of Thrones, or whatever it is people are watching nightly, you will be no poorer. I don't really know what a Youtube Channel is, though I presume it's a collection of videos you narrate. However, that's making relationships at a distance with people you likely won't meet. Maybe by focusing on the things you enjoyed before Must See TV and your YouTube Channel became nightly routines it's possible you will make new friends to see offline when you have time and availability be that day or night. I may be wrong, but something to think about.

For the last 21 years Hooboy's forum under Daddy's guidance, and then under Daddy entirely after Hoo died, functioned as therapy and true social networking. Never met him unfortunately, my gratitude is immense.

O Mi gosh, yes, Stephen Spielberg. Thank you

or OR she's proud to see her revolution blossom.

WTF!? It's like the video for REM's Losing My Religion got updated. :-)

Armpits!

And people say, "Why is Stephen King making a musical?" Well, he already did a musical SCENE of Anything Goes, and it was great!

Nice! Anything by The JMC makes me smile. Thanks for posting.

Bathroom looks really good size for NYC. The number of lottery applicants will be dispiritingly large.

Maybe books?!

I mostly like the kitchen, but I need more light, maybe a skylight or a SunTube.

The 4-handed massage I had years ago in Vegas added nearly nothing to the massage, and a couple hundred to the bill.

Whoever came up with this headline (yes it's a real game) must have laughed his butt off. Here's how you could win $1,000 by playing cornhole in your own backyard https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/14/us/trugreen-cornhole-thousand-dollar-prize/index.html

Thank you. I'd love that too

Average. AVERAGE! not small

That's a very good point. I don't think I even remembered the songs as they were being sung (I'm guessing one was called "UrineTown").