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Every time I see your avatar, I want to call you LaRonda, because that's who Peter speaks to on the phone when he has those nails. It always makes me chuckle.

When I was in college and living with my aunt, that poster was on my wall. I never told her I was gay, but she may have figured it out. I found another one in a candy store in the Bronx after he died. I wound up selling both copies online. A friend of mine works as a camera man for CNN. They interviewed my late hubby before COVER UP started. My friend tried to reach me to tell me about it, but this was before cell phones & texting/email, so I had to settle for a bootleg unedited copy of the interview footage. I sold a few copies of it online, and still have a copy of it, in lousy condition.

No, it's just foreplay.

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And if the guy has a fetish, maybe he'll pay you to let him do it.

DAMN! I thought you were going to regale us with tales of your hot sexual encounters with Judy Carne. BUMMER! ?

For a brief moment I thought this thread was about me, then I realized I'd misread the title as Smoking pot? Well, I guess the actual title refers to me, too. ? ? ? ?

Charges upped to capital murder for veteran who shot 11-year-old boy in Alabama turkey-hunting accident A grand jury has upgraded charges against an Alabama veteran and former middle school teacher whose bullet fatally pierced an 11-year-old boy last May during a turkey hunt. Joshua Stewart Burks, 36, of Mobile, ,had initially been charged with reckless manslaughter, but the charge was upgraded to capital murder of a person under the age of 14 in the death of Troy Ellis. Burks was rearrested and posted $60,000 bond for his release on Friday, WPMI said. He had been out on $15,000 bond from the earlier charge, Al.com reported. The Cahaba Elementary School fifth grader died on May 1 in the shooting, and his father, high school football coach Obed Ellis, was wounded. The two were with Burks, who had served in the Marines, and another man during an event put on by a group, America’s Heroes Enjoying Recreation Outdoors, that organizes hunts for wounded veterans like Burks, who had never before hunted. The shooting occurred at around 9:30 a.m., Al.com reported at the time. A lawsuit filed by the family against Burks, the group and hunting guide Kyle Eugene Henley had alleged that Burks had taken numerous pain pills the night before the hunt, Al.com reported. This rendered him “likely not capable of safely handling a firearm, and [he] certainly was not capable of making appropriate decisions with regard to handling a weapon,” said the suit, which was settled in October, according to Al.com. “We are disappointed the grand jury saw the case differently than the magistrate and the district attorney’s office that originally charged the case as manslaughter,” Tommy Spina, Burks' attorney, told Al.com about the new charges. “The events that occurred that day were devastating on many levels, and our sympathies are with the family of the young man that lost his life in what we believe was a tragic hunting accident.” Alabama poultry worker dies after coworker shoots at chickens A man was shot and killed at a southern Alabama chicken house on Sunday after one of his coworkers fired at stray birds, according to a local report. The Covington County Sheriff’s Department identified the victim as Robin Early Phillips the Alabama Media Group reported. Phillips, 51, was working to remove dead chickens beneath the poultry house’s subfloor at the time of the shooting, the news outlet reported. No charges were filed, according to the Alabama Media Group.

Was it William M's, Marylander1940's, or one of the other fossils members of a certain age around here? ?? A mummified baby wolf is drawing oohs and aahs from researchers. The nearly perfectly intact creature, believed to be a staggering 57,000 years old, was discovered by a gold prospector in the Yukon Territory, noted the Dec. 21 issue of Current Biology. The animal was named Zhur, meaning “wolf” in the indigenous Hän language. “She’s the most complete wolf mummy that has ever been found,” explained Julie Meachen, a paleontology professor at Des Moines University. “The animal has to die in a permafrost location, where the ground is frozen all the time, and they have to get buried very quickly, like any other fossilization process.” Based on a detailed forensic analysis, Zhur was approximately 7 weeks old at the time of her death. Since modern wolves in the area often bear cubs in early summer, the pup likely died in late July. During Zhur’s brief lifespan in the later stages of the Pleistocene epoch, which was marked by a lengthy ice age, sea levels were markedly lower than today. A region of dry land connected Canada to Siberia which allowed animals to roam between continents, according to Current Biology. Zhur’s breed is the likely ancestor of nearly every wolf species, with the probable exception of the Himalayan wolf, noted Ars Technica. That conclusion was reached by Meachen and her team which noted that Zhur wasn’t a direct ancestor of present-day Klondike wolves. At some point during the past 56,000 years, the Klondike wolf population either died out or abandoned the area and was replaced by a species less closely related to Zhur. Another remarkable discovery of the specimen was that the baby wolf seemingly enjoyed a fish-rich diet. Modern wolf puppies start eating solid foods near the 6-week-old mark. It is believed that Zhur’s mother had probably weaned her pups from milk and started bringing them solid food. “Normally, when you think of wolves in the Ice Age, you think of them eating bison or musk oxen or other large animals on land,” explained Meachen. “One thing that surprised us was that she was eating aquatic resources, particularly salmon.”

Or offer other disturbing details. I saw this profile pic on a hook-up site, and I sent him a note saying I wasn't interested in any guy who was into pussy.

What do you mean 'sometimes'? Some of us are such exceptional human beings that we are heroes (nay, inspirations) to ourselves and anyone we encounter during our daily exceptionalism.

Falling iguana alert! Cold weather in Florida may cause iguanas to fall out of trees. But they're not dead. Falling iguana alert! Cold weather in Florida may cause iguanas to fall out of trees. But they're not dead. The National Weather Service in Miami on Monday issued an unofficial warning for possible "falling iguanas" later this week, due to a cold snap that's forecast to chill the Sunshine State by Christmas Day. "Brrr!" the Weather Service tweeted. "Much colder temps expected for Christmas. Low temperatures in the 30s/40s and falling iguanas are possible. Keep up with forecast changes and stay warm!" With highs forecast to top out in the low 60s in Miami, it could be the coldest Christmas in South Florida since 1999. Earlier this year, during a cold spell in January, the Weather Service in Florida said that "iguanas are cold blooded. They slow down or become immobile when temps drop into the 40s. They may fall from trees, but they are not dead." Once temperatures reach a certain level, iguanas stiffen up and fall out of trees, according to Chris Michaels, a meteorologist with WSLS-TV in Roanoke, Virginia, who said this is something that has been seen over the years in South Florida. "At about 50 degrees, iguanas can become lethargic," Michaels said. "It’s when the temperature drops to about 40 degrees or lower that their blood doesn’t move around as quickly. As a result, they can stiffen up and fall out of the trees in which they frequent." During a similar cold snap and iguana "alert" almost three years ago, well-meaning residents finding stiffened iguanas were advised to leave them alone, as they may feel threatened and bite once they warm up. “Don’t assume that they’re dead,” said Kristen Sommers, who oversees the nonnative fish and wildlife program for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, during the January 2018 cold spell. Green iguanas are an invasive species in Florida known for eating through landscaping and digging burrows that undermine infrastructure. They are native to South America, Central America and the Caribbean, and they arrived in South Florida through the pet trade, according to WFLA-TV.

Suspect bites northern California police dog, cops say This woofer might want a raise. A police dog was bitten by a drunk driving suspect who led cops on a car chase in Corning, Calif., late Saturday night. Jorge Bucioperez was arrested after chomping at the K-9, named Blaze, according to the Corning Police Department. Cops said Bucioperez led the police on a chase that reached 75 mph after he blew a stop sign in the small northern California city. Bucioperez plowed a silver mini-van through a residential gate and took off by foot before Blaze chased him down, cops said. Bucioperez, who was driving on a suspended license, was under the influence of alcohol and had methamphetamine in the auto, according to authorities. He also allegedly attempted to bite human officers. In a statement, the Corning Police Department said he “barked like a dog” during the arrest.

Prehistoric ‘swamp king’ crocodile found in Australia Researchers have identified prehistoric fossils found in Australia in the 1980s as those of a massive “swamp king” crocodile. Scientists from the University of Queensland said the creature, named Paludirex vincenti, was more than 16 feet long and lived between 5.33 and 2.58 million years ago, the team told research journal PeerJ. The name comes from the Latin for “swamp king” and Geoff Vincent, who found a fossilized skull of the large beast. “The ‘swamp king’ was one intimidating croc,” Jorgo Ristevski, a PhD candidate at University of Queensland, said in the press release. “Its fossilized skull measures around 65 centimeters, so we estimate Paludirex vincenti was at least five meters long.” Ristevski said the animal would dwarf the largest living crocodiles. “Paludirex had a broader, more heavy-set skull so it would’ve resembled an Indo-Pacific crocodile on steroids,” he said. Researchers said their next step is to determine why the creature went extinct while other crocodile species in Australia survived. Researchers have reached out to Mike Carey for a first-person account of what they looked like.

Something I'd eat instead of beef if the price ever came down would be bison. Bison meat has fewer calories and less cholesterol than chicken, fish, or ostrich. Bison has 40% more protein than beef so you can eat 1/3 less volume and still come away satisfied. Ground bison is high in vitamin B6 17% DV, B12 35% DV and niacin 25% Beef,ground, cooked 3 oz. 85% lean, 15% fat Calories 210 Total Fat 12 grams (6 grams saturated fat) Good protein with 21 grams, which is 43% of the daily value (DV) in a 2,000- calorie diet.

A 13-foot-long Nile crocodile made mincemeat out of a much smaller cousin in South Africa, wild new images show. Shutterbug Jan Butter of Amsterdam witnessed the snack attack inside Kruger National Park, capturing the moment the hangry reptile turned cannibal. “It was the first time I’d ever seen anything like this with a crocodile,” Butter, 69, told the Sun Monday. “We were 10 days into our trip to Kruger. We had been sitting near the water for about 30 minutes waiting for the crocodiles to show up.” And when they did, it was the massive beast who put on dinner — and a show, sinking its 4-inch-long teeth into its doomed relative. “Over the space of about a minute, it tightened its hold and dragged it into the water to eat,” recalled Butter, who was about 100 feet from the main course. “With its dinner in tow, the crocodile swam away.” Nile crocodiles can grow as large as 20 feet long and weigh up to 1,650 pounds, but typically average closer to 16 feet and 500 pounds. They generally eat fish, but will attack “almost anything” in their path, including zebras, small hippos and their own species, according to National Geographic.

Thai king’s mistress Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi victim of mass nude photo leak Hundreds of nude photos depicting the official mistress (say what?!?) of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn have been leaked to anti-monarchy activists, a report said Tuesday. Some 1,400 selfies of Sineenat “Koi” Wongvajirapakdi — many of them sexually explicit — were allegedly leaked earlier this year to prominent critics of the Thai monarchy living abroad, according to the Daily Beast. “There were 1,400 photographs from four different iPhones. Some of them were very intimate photos,” one of the recipients, British commentator Andrew MacGregor Marshall, told the outlet. Marshall said he received a letter — initially sent to an address he no longer uses — containing an SD card with the photos. The letter bore what he presumes to be “a fake return address” associated with German intelligence headquarters in Berlin, he told the Daily Beast. “I made the decision not to publish them,” said Marshall. “They had obviously been sent to me without her consent, but also I just saw this is as a factional palace game.” Marshall said he received the mysterious letter in August, around the same time that Wongvajirapakdi, 35, was released from detention following a feud with Thailand’s queen to join the king’s harem of “sex soldiers.”(say what?!?) Reports at the time of Wongvajirapakdi’s detention in October 2019 said she had tried to usurp the queen. Marshall also said he received a threat around the time he was sent the SD card. “Earlier in August my house in Scotland was surveilled and a threat was left on the doorstep so it was quite a worrying time and the last thing I wanted was to get dragged into palace politics,” he told the Daily Beast. While Marshall did not publicly release any of the photos, he confirmed that he had received them in support of another critic of the Thai monarchy, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, who did release them. “From the timing of the whole thing it was clearly an attempt to sabotage her return to court,” Marshall told the outlet. “In any royal court you get factional fighting. It is a notorious element of palace life. When you are a monarch with a wife and queen and you appoint consort, it is a recipe for vicious infighting.” (say what?!?) The eccentric billionaire king, 68, was reportedly rushed to the hospital following a coronavirus scare in October, but has not since been reported to be in ill health.

However, I'm sure some animals crave your protein. Bears and otters for example.

2019 first-round draft pick Dwayne Haskins is in hot water with the NFL and Washington Football Team over a viral Instagram story depicting him partying maskless with strippers. The photos originally appeared on Instagram user @kalabrya‘s account, which is now private, and were reposted on Twitter by Rudy Gersten. In one story, a woman is sitting on the Washington quarterback’s lap with both parties holding wads of cash without masks on. Another story shows five maskless women wearing Washington No. 7 jerseys (Haskins’ number) sipping mimosas around a table. “I want to publicly apologize for my actions this past Sunday,” Haskins wrote on his Twitter account, which he made private after his apology. “I spoke with Coach Rivera yesterday and took full accountability for putting the team at risk. It was irresponsible and immature of me and I accept responsibility for my action. I also want to apologize for creating a distraction for my team during our playoff push. I will learn and grow from this and do what’s best for the team moving forward.” Gersten further pointed out that, “Haskins wore his favorite sweatshirt last night eliminating any deniability.” “The Washington Football Team is aware of social media posts showing QB Dwayne Haskins partying maskless in a strip club, was in contact with the NFL yesterday about the matter and is handling the matter internally, I’m told,” NFL insider Tom Peilssero wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “Going to a nightclub without PPE is considered ‘High Risk COVID-19 Conduct,’ punishable by a maximum fine of one week’s salary or up to four-game suspension,” Pelissero said of Haskins, who faced previous fines this year for a separate COVID-19 violation. Pelissero added that NFC East-leading Washington does not plan to release the 23-year-old, who is the lone healthy quarterback on their roster with Kyle Allen out for the year and Alex Smith dealing with a calf injury. Haskins was relegated to third-string in early October behind former undrafted free agent Allen and veteran Smith, who hadn’t played in a NFL game since 2018. At the time, Haskins was also battling a non-COVID-19 stomach bug and dealing with the unexpected death of his puppy, Nipsi. “Our full focus is on the Panthers game,” a team source told Chris Russell of 106.7 The Fan.

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