Rod Hagen

Being thrown by a horse (passive voice, sorry) was one of the most painful of many painful (farm kid) childhood oopsies. I got back on...months later. Fucker. I fear and am drawn to these sexy, unpredictable animals.

I could not agree more. The top one is gramma's coffee: her cookies were good, coffee was crap.

She's in for a treat. I've never found an amount of back hair that I didn't* find super sexy. Bring on the Gorillas! *(double negative, sorry)

I wanna swim in that pool! Where is it? https://d18fr84zq3fgpm.cloudfront.net/jacob-23cm-gay-escort-in-dubai-385985_original.jpg

In college our gym was in the old stadium and the sit down toilets were next to each other WITHOUT WALLS, ala prison or my Dad's army barracks. THAT was a bit much for me, and so I moved my workouts to the afternoon.

Squat toilets are the more natural way. when you shit outside is your natural inclination to hold your ass a foot off the ground or to squat. toilets are weird. we poop in pools of water for no good reason. all that said. when I visited morocco at 21, i was constipated the entire week. i could not relax over their squat toilets. Now when I encounter them, japan italy etc, I'm A O K.

That was fantastic, thank you.

When I visited Amsterdam the first time I LOVED the public urinals along the canals. Very convenient.

I want one!

75 now? it's been that long? We were children when we met. :-)

Actually, wouldn't she be strafed with books?

Mount a Japanese Toilet with an iPad in my bathroom and you might never see me again.

Clients pop up in my FB "you may know" section, and I pop up in their's; it's a stupid world. As the saying goes: They promised us flying cars, we got 140 characters.

Edward Scissor Hands is definitely someone who needs to invest in a bidet.

I've climbed in Yosemite many times during high season; it's crowded but also beautiful and therefore remarkable nevertheless.

They're sick from working in a confined space alongside people who can't "stay home" when sick. Why do people still believe myths about how you get colds?

I remember spitting my coffee out when I read this one before school as a kid. Fantastic.

Years ago something really crucial happened at home while I was at Jasper National Park. I was grateful for the wifi to Skype on, and yet couldn't stop reminding myself that in the past I would have just dealt with it upon returning home from one of the most beautiful North American parks. I honestly texted from one of these chairs (although I remember it as a blue chair). I should be ashamed and I am.

I'm guessing her husband is surprised she's still alive.

If you care about GV you must read Palimpsest. His later memoir, not nearly as good, is also fucking great if that makes any sense. God damn I wanted to fuck that man. His best and most important fiction is Burr. And if you really really like GV, buy "United States" it's about 1100 pages of the best essay writing you'll ever find on subjects you are interested in and others in which you become interested. I return to it nearly monthly. Buy the hardcover, the paperback is unwieldy: http://www.amazon.com/United-States-Gore-Vidal/dp/0767908066

I have 20 pages left, that I'm hesitant to finish because I like it, of What Belongs To You. The author's understanding of prostitution is a bit predictable, but the writing is fantastic. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/b...ry-of-desire-and-outcomes.html?ref=books&_r=0

I really appreciate that. And, as it turns out, this morning the NYT Arts section delivered my next book. ITS ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP WITH A GAY HUSTLER. ok, that should get everyone's attention. "What Belongs To You" Sounds like a really good book. Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/books/review-what-belongs-to-you-a-story-of-desire-and-outcomes.html?ref=books&_r=0 Book: http://images.macmillan.com/folio-assets/macmillan_us_frontbookcovers_186W/9780374288228.jpg Author: Garth Greenwall. http://sofiaecho.com/shimg/zx620y348_1107713.jpg Ironically, he wrote what is considered one of the most baffling reviews of A Little Life: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/05/a-little-life-definitive-gay-novel/394436/

Thank you. I'm beginning to think the "friendship", the possibility that this is a male version of mary mcarthy's "The Group" is a faint, and that it's actually a book of suffering.

I'm 100 pages in and I think I get it, suffering. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna stop reading. Did anyone read this? What do you think? http://www.amazon.com/A-Little-Life-Novel/dp/0385539258 http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Michaud-The-Subversive-Brilliance-of-A-Little-Life-320.jpg