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I wasn't thrilled with him, but I am rather charmed by Chris, one of the new contractors on the U.S. version. He's tall, boyishly handsome, has an appealing soft southern drawl, and has size 14 feet. But I can never seem to find any info about him, or any pics. BTW, former contractor Eric had a scary battle with covid: Eric Eremita, the popular contractor from HGTV’s Love It Or List It and Brother vs Brother, is recovering from the coronavirus and detailing for the first time what he went through in his battle against the disease. Eremita, age 51, was in a New York hospital for three weeks, two of them on a ventilator. He tells People magazine that he had no underlying conditions, but began to develop a high fever, then spiraled down into dizziness and lost focus. “For me, I’m a guy who does things with precision,” Eremita said. “I’m a contractor, so for me, an eighth of an inch makes a difference. When I couldn’t zero in on things, I knew something was wrong.” Eremita and his wife, who also developed symptoms, self-quarantined on separate floors of their home, with their three children staying in the basement. His efforts to get an immediate test for the coronavirus were unavailing. “They didn’t get back to us, and I started getting worse and worse,” he said. When he started turning blue, his wife called an ambulance. “I got to the hospital and, believe it or not, it’s kind of a blur from that moment until I woke up off the ventilator,” Eremita said. After two weeks, they removed the ventilator and moved him to ICU. There, he could Facetime with family and coworkers, and gradually regained some strength. “They’re calling me their miracle,” Eremita says. “No one else in the hospital that I was in that was on a ventilator walked out alive. I’ll be honest with you, it made me very, very humbled, and reminded me to appreciate life.” While Eremeita is alive, he is not out of the woods. He’s undergoing therapy to learn to walk again. He is also taking antibiotics to help with pneumonia that he caught after the virus. “Every day is getting better,” he says. “They told me I wouldn’t walk without a walker, but now I walk just fine. I got a bit beat up, but I’m the comeback kid.”

sar·casm /ˈsärˌkazəm/ noun the use of irony to mock or convey contempt. "his voice, hardened by sarcasm, could not hide his resentment"

Kim & Kanye are divorcing. Never in a million years did I see that coming. I have no words. ☹

I find them a little more interesting now that they've moved past the initial hostility of their breakup. She's appeared more often with little make-up and not-perfect hair in this past year as the stresses of her marital situation with Ant may have been weighing on her.

American Airlines will no longer allow emotional support animals to travel on its planes other than as carry-on pets or in the cargo. The carrier is adopting a Department of Transportation rule that takes effect next week. It defines a service animal as a dog trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability, a narrower definition than in the past. "When the rule goes into effect January 11, American will no longer authorize new travel for animals that do not meet that definition, such as emotional support animals," the airline announced Tuesday in a news release. The airline said existing bookings involving emotional support animals will be honored through February 1, when the company's new policies go into effect. Animals that had previously traveled as emotional support animals and no longer qualify as service animals can travel as carry-on pets or in the cargo provided they meet the airline's requirements, American added. The airline will collect a pet fee ranging from $125 to several hundred dollars for transporting pets, according to the Associated Press. "We're confident this approach will enable us to better serve our customers, particularly those with disabilities who travel with service animals, and better protect our team members at the airport and on the aircraft," Jessica Tyler, president of cargo and vice president of airport excellence for American, said in a statement. Alaska Airlines a week ago also said it would no longer accept emotional support animals. Other airlines are also expected to adopt the new policy. The Transportation Department early last month said it was reversing its long-held position that required airlines to allow passengers to travel with emotional support animals as long they had note from a doctor. The agency's switch follows an increase in service animal complaints from passengers with disabilities, misbehavior by emotional support animals, a lack of clarity around the definition of "service animal" and disruptions caused by "requests to transport unusual species of animals onboard aircraft," according to the DOT. Airlines for years have struggled to contend with travelers who brought a menagerie of animals on board, including cats, turtles, pigs and other creatures. High-profile incidents involving animals on flights include police being called to remove a woman with an emotional support squirrel from a 2018 Frontier Airlines flight and United Airlines bouncing a passenger who wanted to bring a peacock on board.

Well, it took only 2 days, but Meghan McCain & Joy Behar threw down on live TV today. It wasn't quite as thrilling as the Rosie O'Donnell-Elizabeth Hasselback brouhaha, but it was interesting viewing, nonetheless: Say what you will about Meghan McCain, but at least she keeps things interesting. Tuesday morning on The View, the conservative co-host threw down with Joy Behar once again, this time over the tense relationship between different factions in the American political landscape. Meghan vs. Joy fights can only mean one thing: new year, same sh*tshow. Believe it or not, today’s Hot Topics discussion actually began on a jovial note, with the co-hosts laughing about President Trump’s claim that he hopes Mike Pence will “come through” and overturn the results of the election. Towards the end of the first segment, moderator Whoopi Goldberg asked if the political landscape has developed “a third party” of “Trumpians” who have distanced themselves from traditional conservatives. “Is it the Democrats, the Republicans, and the Trumpians?” she asked. “Ooh, that’s scary.” After the commercial break, the panel picked up that thread of discussion and ran with it. “Let the Republicans fight amongst themselves. On the one hand, you have the Republicans; on the other, you have the seditionists,” said Joy Behar. “In the Democratic party, you have the progressives versus the moderates, which is de rigueur, as they say … The Republican party is in much more trouble right now.” “Are you kidding me? You have AOC–” interrupted McCain. “Excuse me! Am I done? I’m not done!” fired back Behar. When McCain argued that Behar’s point is “completely inaccurate” because Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and The Squad are “coming out very angry, very intensely that Biden hasn’t filled his cabinet with more progressives,” among other perceived slights, things really veered into dramatic territory. “The idea that there isn’t fighting within the Democratic party, as well –” began McCain. “I was speaking!” replied Behar. “I was speaking! I’m talking about — I’m talking about traitors!” “You missed me so much, Joy. You missed me so much when I was on maternity leave,” joked the conservative firebrand. “You missed me so much — you missed fighting with me!” Behar could have left McCain’s remark alone (it was clearly a joke, after all), but she doubled down instead. “I did not miss you,” she said, deadly serious. “Zero.” “Oh my god. You know what? That’s so nasty!” replied a visibly surprised McCain. “That’s like, so nasty. I was teasing!” “Guys! Guys! Hold on. Hold on. Everybody stop!” said Goldberg, as McCain continued to complain about Behar’s “rude” outburst. The View‘s moderator attempted to get things back on track by diverting the discussion to Sara Haines, but it didn’t work as planned. “I wanted to ask Meghan if she feels there really is a fracture,” said Haines. “I think Sunny was trying to talk, so you should just ask her,” answered McCain. Awwwwkward.

I'm actually trying to compare the cross in that gif to the one in the pics above. ? ?

I didn't get a lot of sleep last night and at first glance I read that as butt plug.

I have a grocery delivery scheduled for Thurs. The post-holidays covid wave and the new more-infectious variant have scared me back out of the supermarkets.

Well, I did it. Thank God I got my stimulus check over the weekend. I had a single item delivered Saturday, and have single items scheduled to be delivered tomorrow, Thurs, Fri, & Mon. I didn't try to do that, I was just taking advantage of the Prime shipping. Some of the items just had different shipping dates, and also I've had things pop into my head that I need about once or twice a day. I also have a grocery delivery scheduled for Thurs. The post-holidays covid wave and the new more-infectious variant have scared me back out of the stores.

And you know this HOW?

https://fb.watch/2QkiT1G49F/

VINCE SANT

NOT IF IT WOULD COST ME 71 CENTS!

Is it still considered an excellent cover if the artist does a superior version after the original?

My free 30 day trial of Amazon Prime has to be canceled by Thursday night. I have 71 cents left on an Amazon gift card my boss gave me, and I’m stumped as to what to order. I don’t want to leave the 71 cents as a credit, because who knows if Amazon will go belly-up before I get a chance to use it. Then I'd be screwed. What to buy… What to buy… I’m leaning towards this for $1.48, but with tax that would cost me 90 cents. And (of course) there are only 8 left in stock, so after I debate all day whether or not to take the plunge, I might come back and find them all gone.

https://nypost.com/2018/09/11/this-map-lets-you-tour-nycs-lost-porn-palaces/ The purple ones are the gay theaters.

And, of course, we all know that Garbo's last appearance on film was in a gay porn flick, right? https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/background-people-in-porn-movies.139887/#post-1573161

He's probably a cousin of the Nashville bomber. If 5G doesn't get ya, the covid vaccine will!!!

Acting legend Tanya Roberts is reportedly still alive, according to a new statement from her publicist. The news comes one day after that same rep, Mike Pingel, informed the media of her death. Roberts, a former Bond girl and That ‘70s Show star, was apparently hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Dec. 24 after collapsing at her home. Pingel told the Associated Press she passed away on Sunday after being on a ventilator. No cause of death was given, but he said it was not due to COVID-19. Now, Pingel tells TMZ and Los Angeles’s ABC7 that Roberts is not dead, but remains hospitalized. A manager for Roberts confirms to Entertainment Weekly the 65-year-old actress is alive. SNL could get a 'Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead' running joke out of this. According to TMZ, Pingel was informed of the actress’s passing by her domestic partner, Lance. In Sunday’s press release, Pingel even included the following quote attributed to Lance: “As I held her in her last moments, she opened her eyes.” Pingel says Lance got a call on Monday morning from the hospital that Roberts was not dead. Pingel also notes Lance believed Roberts had died. It’s unclear how the confusion occurred. Yahoo Entertainment has reached out to Roberts’s reps for clarification, but did not immediately receive responses. "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" is a catchphrase that originated in 1975 during the first season of Saturday Night Live, and which mocked the weeks-long media reports of the impending death of Francisco Franco. It was one of the first catchphrases from the series to enter the general lexicon. Origin The death of strongman General Francisco Franco Bahamonde during the first season of SNL originated the phrase. Franco's allegedly imminent death had been a headline story on NBC News for weeks. On slow news days, United States network television newscasters sometimes noted that Franco was still alive. Following his demise, Chevy Chase, host of Weekend Update, announced Franco's death, and read a quotation from Richard Nixon: "General Franco was a loyal friend and ally of the United States. He earned worldwide respect for Spain through firmness and fairness." As an ironic counterpoint to this, a picture was displayed behind Chase, showing Franco giving the Roman salute alongside Adolf Hitler. In subsequent weeks, Chase developed the joke into a parody of the earlier news coverage of Franco's illness, treating his death as the top story. "This breaking news just in", Chase would announce – "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!" Occasionally, Chase would change the wording slightly in attempts to keep the joke fresh, e.g. "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still valiantly holding on in his fight to remain dead." The joke was sometimes combined with another running gag in which Garrett Morris, "head of the New York School for the Hard of Hearing" would cup his hands around his mouth and shout the news as Chase read it. The gag ran until early 1977, with occasional callbacks in later seasons.

Beloved and revered acting legend Tanya Roberts has died at 65. No comment yet from her children Julia and Eric.

Taylor (Mun)Dayne is defending herself after taking the stage at Mar-a-Lago on New Year’s Eve as part of President Donald Trump’s annual celebration. The “Love Will Lead You Back” singer, 58, took to Twitter to respond to criticism from fans, who were upset to hear that she performed at the mask-less event during the coronavirus pandemic. Many also said her appearance was an endorsement of Trump’s policies. “I’m saddened by all this ... I try to stay non-political and non-judgmental and not preach,” Dayne said in a now-deleted tweet, which was captured by Just Jared. Kushner or Fogle? “I sing from my heart purely and from Source. I wish for all to be who they need to be ... and find their way.” (Mun)Dayne’s statement was met by significant criticism from some fans. While Trump and first lady Melania Trump did not attend the celebration, guests at the glitzy fête included Donald Trump Jr. and girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, Eric Trump and wife Lara Trump, Tiffany Trump and Rudy Giuliani. Guests reportedly paid four figures for an entry ticket, according to the New York Times. (Mun)Dayne, who wore a floor-length shimmering gown to the celebration, wasn’t the only singer to perform at Mar-a-Lago. In a Facebook video, Donald Trump Jr. revealed that Vanilla Ice performed at the celebration, as Yahoo Entertainment previously reported. most of the guests kept mumbling "who are these people?" “OK this is amazing. Vanilla Ice is playing the Mar-a-Lago New Years Eve party,” Trump Jr. captioned his video from Thursday evening, which depicted the rapper performing his 1989 hits “Ice Ice Baby” and a cover of Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music” to a crowd of fans, who were all mask-less. “As a child of the ‘90s you can’t fathom how awesome that is. Beyond that I got the birthday shoutout so that’s pretty amazing.” Representatives of Vanilla Ice did not respond to Yahoo Entertainment’s request for comment. The rapper’s latest tweet — captioned “#DropTheMic” — shares a news article detailing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. A spokesperson for Mar-a-Lago also declined to comment when asked by Yahoo Entertainment. In Palm Beach County, where Mar-a-Lago is located, the mayor has extended a State of Emergency order until Jan. 8 due to the more than 1.3 million positive coronavirus cases. However, Florida does not require face coverings.

I went to my first gay porn theater just before I turned 16 and enjoyed Manhattan's thriving porn industry (there were 8 theaters that I can think of, plus one in Queens & one in Brooklyn, neither of which I ever sampled) for about 5 years before AIDS happened. One of the things about the pandemic that's been hard to wrap my mind around is that within my lifetime I've gone from having sexual experiences (and swapping germs and more) with anonymous strangers to wearing a mask everywhere and being apprehensive about going food shopping and getting something from the deli counter, or handing my shopper's card to the cashier. Not to mention how computers and technology have made things from my childhood feel like they're from the stone age. I can only imagine how @WilliamM & @marylander1940 feel about going from fleeing dinosaurs to becoming ones. ??