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The model may not be Chinese here, but the artist is. Hopefully nobody minds the canvas being used to educate us on 道德经 . Not sure if all videos uploaded here require a fig leaf. This one is leaf-less. I would be way too ticklish to sit still and play canvas. I am disappointed that nothing was written on the feet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching [MEDIA=vimeo]193763916[/MEDIA] Completely unrelated, but this video brings back fond memories of my Sesame Street childhood. Not sure why. Maybe all of the close-ups of body parts? This was considered quite innocent back in 1970 but some modern viewers might feel a little creeped out.

... and in a vintage Technicolor MGM short... Pirate Party On Catalina Isle (1935) http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt8/MovieJoe/MovieJoe006/89e86aaa-ed44-4cc4-bbdc-330d89da100f_zpsbfd24b65.jpg It seems that Hollywood was an oasis for the period. Despite the bigger stars being forced into "lavender marriages" (just to please the magazines and avoid scandal), there was plenty of tolerance there that was not found anywhere else in the country. Keep in mind that a great many involved BEHIND the cameras were also "non-heterosexual" as well. Actresses had more flexibility; apparently there was little concern for Marlene Dietrich or Claudette Colbert's "knitting circles" like there was for William Haines getting caught with sailors. Part of this may be due to how many Jews were involved in the business as well... and being Jewish was not all that socially acceptable in the 1930s either.

Couldn't resist with another clip. "Say hello to your mother"

I see two pictures with the poodle on the left. Ha ha! One with that other man in her life, only she needed Joe to deliver what he hadn't lately.

I have read that book. He had a rather discreet and relatively quiet life. Although he had some brushes with the law in regards to drunk driving charges, few knew of his relationships with other men until AFTER he was murdered on Halloween Eve, 1968. Then the trial the following summer became front page news as "scandalous", ironically the same summer that the Stonewall riots was mostly being suppressed in mainstream news reporting as just a bunch of "queers" causing trouble with authorities. The world was a very different place then, certainly one that Mike Pence, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz and others of their kind would prefer over today. Curious coincidence that isn't discussed much... MIDNIGHT COWBOY would become the first (and last so far) Best Picture Oscar winner to be X-rated (although hardly deserving of a PG today). Today, film historians view it "of its time" because the urban world of male hustling looks foreign today on account of how much sex life (both hetero and otherwise) was kept private and the main characters have plenty of "inner homophobia" expressed. (Key scene: Brenda Vacarro's character asks "Joe" Jon Voight if he is "gay" and that horrible thought is what allows him to prove his manhood with her as a "normal" heterosexual and earn his much needed twenty bucks. Note how he never makes an income doing things the more "sinful" way, especially with the lonely teenager in the theater.) Its filming was in 1968 and its release to theaters in May 1969, only a month before Stonewall in June and the Novarro murder trial beginning in early July, exposing his very secret life... a life so many others from Rock Hudson to Richard Chamberlain were still keeping secret. Since the bulk of MIDNIGHT COWBOY's filming was completed before the Novarro murder, I have often wondered of the actual timing of that scene of Joe strangling the devout Catholic sixty-something businessman (although they don't make it clear if he was actually murdered despite Dustin Hoffman's Rico questioning on the bus later). Of course, the scene is quite different than the Novarro situation in many ways, but the character has some of the same issues, even not going through The Act with Joe because he considered it such a horrible "sin". Although MIDNIGHT COWBOY might be judged as a rather timid film by today's standards, it still broke some barriers and director John Schlesinger later went on to make SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY.

Just so he isn't left out ...from MGM's The Pagan, filmed late 1928 when Ramon Novarro was at his peak. http://67.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0eaxd2Xpy1qhep2vo2_400.gif

Gee, Moondance, on my computer your photos are always nice and BIG.

Lots of Rock Hudson here. Is that James Dean with the specs? I guess this is Errol Flynn Need to add some Ramon Novarro here... maybe Valentino too.

Lots of things are harmful, but I disagree with the prudes that porn is any worse. Likely the food ads bombarding TV are worse in that they get the couch potatoes to raid the fridge... again. In Asian countries like China, there is now an obesity problem that didn't exist two generations before thanks to all of the advertising. A network like Fox News is harmful with all of that Trump trash talk and fear mongering that, in turn, prompts increased medication and an increased need for those Cialis ads since the typical TV addict can never find the "right" time. Everybody is unique, as Mister Rogers on PBS taught us. Some like a lot of structure in their lives. They won't cook anything as an experiment. It must be by the book. Instructions are key. Porno movies may be instructions to some since so many of them are repetitive. Some of us got bored with Saturday morning TV after seeing Scooby Doo run past the same stock trees, backgrounds and display the same recycled animation of moving legs in episode after episode... just as the pre-Baby Boomers got sick of seeing a cowboy hop on a horse for the twentieth time and gallop after a stagecoach. Since there were so many westerns made from the 1910s through the '50s with pretty much the same plot (just as every cartoon TV show in the 1970s and '80s had pretty much the same plot), I remember an interview with researchers working with the American Film Institute complaining about falling sleep while watching each feature that needed documented in print. Then there are sports. Unless you are emotionally involved with a certain team playing the SuperBowl, it is all about guys chasing after a ball and numbers changing on the screen. Ditto seeing everybody jump to The Basic Actions in BOTH hetero and same sex porn. Especially now with the internet video extracts focusing on The Goods with no build up or fore play. There was an interesting time after nudist documentaries like The Raw Ones (1965) removed the fig leaf and gradually you saw the first mainstream porno films actually sport storylines so that the lawyers defending the producers could argue their right to be shown in public theaters in the name of Art (i.e. as long as they wear clothes and talk during the film too). This was the era that begot The Devil And Miss Jones, Adam & Yves (in which we even got descriptive narration during all of the man on man action) and The Opening of Misty Beethoven. Once VHS came in, the fast forward button was put to use. The lazy viewers just wanted to get to The Goods, which... let's be honest here... still pretty much looks the same close-up despite differing body types and sizes. As with a B budget western. you can only watch a man mount a horse so many times. In regards to those articles listed, the problem is more with individual younger men raised with computers almost since birth having too much available on their laptops and iphones to watch and suffering from the same problem as sports addicts.

In my limited experiences (and I am still limited in a lot of things since I started late in life), I expect to be touched rather than do all of the touching myself. Heck, I can do that myself with nobody around, but as long as somebody is around... Seeing a guy put it on himself is as arousing as him putting his clothes back on.

*chuckle chuckle* You would probably find me very creepy too. Only I don't talk much. I let others do all of the talking. Sounds like your session might have happened right after one of mine. I probably demanded and used up all of his vital energy. I have a tendency to exhaust everybody, including those who simply give me a haircut and check the oil in my engine. Probably should avoid the "deli" section, since there is no telling how much havoc I could cause there. Oooooooh well. All joking aside, like I said above: "obviously... just because I like him doesn't necessarily mean he's everybody's type." Hopefully you can agree to disagree with me here since I liked him enough for repeat visits. Then again, I may not be as terribly nitpicky regarding specifics that you judge these guys by. One thing that I have learned on this forum is that some folks don't feel neutral: either you really like somebody or really don't.

Since the above post was my first here and I foolishly chose the profile name of "longtime lurker" (which might imply I am some sort of spy or depraved internet junkie), I got a little nervous about it taking so long "waiting for moderation". I went back and did some editing, even though there wasn't anything provocative. (After all, this is the "spa" section, not "deli", so I will not discuss anything beyond the usual "back rub" here. That is all that happens with a masseur, am I right? Or at least the only thing that gets reported.) Initially when comparing Max to Sean Connery, I mentioned that I have enjoyed my "mantalks" with him and posted the following clip from GOLDFINGER for added humor. I will add it again just in case it is OK. This clip always amused me because it somehow BELONGS on this thread (massage scene included, although the setting is Miami instead of Orlando) and "mantalk" always means something different to me than to the clueless bikini blonde here. I don't know... maybe I am just amused by how fast James Bond loses interest in HER the moment Felix arrives...

First time poster here. Despite my profile name, I only started "lurking" this past year. No experience in the adventurous world of "deli", but have sampled "spa". Regarding the above posts... First... might as well provide three updated links since Masseurfinder reformatted their site in order to accommodate the Motion Picture Production Code. (Just a little Hollywood history humor there... and we all know why.) These are probably their cheaper "heal" profiles, but you can easily find "relax" on the same site. http://www.masseurfinder.com/members/rjinspired.shtml http://www.masseurfinder.com/members/chanceorlando.shtml http://www.masseurfinder.com/members/max10_10.shtml I have not met RJ or Tony, but have seen Max a couple times and can vouch for him. I have even contributed a little to his many profile reviews, but... obviously... just because I like him doesn't necessarily mean he's everybody's type. No doubt the RJ fans above will stay happily content with him. (I once saw a YouTube video of him showing off his acrobatic skills, but I wouldn't be able to find it now.) I have viewed Anthony's profile periodically over the past year or two. He "reads" as a nice steady "what you see is what you get" type. Apparently he also does (or did recently) four hands work with a partner. Like RJ, Max has profiles on two other sites that are more descriptive. I like the Rentmasseur interviews because they reveal a lot about the guys' personalities. https://www.massagem4m.com/fl/orlando/16835 http://rentmasseur.com/MuchoBanana He is quite talkative and philosophical, but also a disciplined perfectionist with nice big hands and good intuition. It was mentioned among his reviews that he resembles the younger Sean Connery... and, yeah, I can vouch for that too. Somewhat different personality and replace a British-Scottish accent with a Spanish one. A much better singer than Sean, if you prod him to. At the time of my first visit a while back, I was going through a very dark period in my life and he... has been a very positive influence on me, personality-wise. Going a bit off topic... I have enjoyed visiting this forum with all of its highly intellectual discussions (including the political threads). I can't begin to appreciate all of the hard work those working in spa, deli and other areas ("sacred intimacy" included?) that form the backbone of this forum... some discussing their work here. Some of us had some physical and psychological problems in our past that have stunted us a bit as adults and we need guiding experts in intimacy, regardless how far it goes (since some of us just need some basic bonding experience). Hope I didn't get too windy here.