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surely you mean in addition to (I know, I know... don't call you Shirley!)
surely you mean the steaming rights (I know, I know... don't call you Shirley!)

Before it burns down in the next wildfire. Seems to have escaped last year’s Palisades fire.

The only reason I'd want that house is to sell it.

I found a picture of my husband taken some 40 years ago and hot damn he was so cute! Just delightful to look at.

When Rob Reiner was killed I mentioned that I found him somewhat attractive as Mike Stivic.
This happens to me every once in a while… I find a random man fairly attractive whom I wouldn't say is particularly attractive.
For about a year, Stop & Shop has had a character in their commercials named Justin (I believe) who is a stock boy. Around the holidays they had a commercial where a customer was singing Christmas carols and he joined in and I noticed that he had a nice singing voice. After that, I began to notice that he had a nice speaking voice. And the latest commercial has a couple standing in front of the ice cream section debating whether to get Stop & Shop or the name brand and Justin hears them from fairly far away and races over to tell them that Stop & Shop brands have the same quality as name brands so they decide to buy Stop & Shop and as they walk away, Justin is stretching his back and panting and saying I've gotta work on my cardio and for some reason that made me chuckle the first couple of times I saw it, and I suddenly am not minding Stop & Shop ads quite as much.

Bump. It's almost that time of year again.

So... you're predicting business as usual for Melania?

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7006943/2026/01/29/steph-curry-sundance-martin-luther-king-film-win/
Steph Curry’s short film about Martin Luther King’s longtime speechwriter scores win at Sundance

HBO has released a trailer for the limited series "DTF St. Louis," starring Jason Bateman and "Stranger Things" alum David Harbour and premiering Sunday, March 1 at 9 pm, with episodes also streaming on HBO Max. In the trailer — which you can watch above — Bateman and Harbour play Clark and Floyd, a pair of bored suburban dads who stumble upon a hookup app called DTF St. Louis that promises to "spice up your life." (And if you're as innocent as Floyd is, "DTF" stands for "Down To F**k.") 
The dads are amazed by the tantalizing options the app offers — Floyd's screen name is "Rock Solid," he explains, "because I feel like I'm a pretty dependable person" — but Clark might already have his eyes on Floyd's wife, played by Linda Cardellini. Things quickly go south, though... which leads to a dead body. "No one's normal," an eyeliner-sporting Peter Sarsgaard declares. "It just looks that way from across the street."
The seven-episode series, billed as "a love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise that leads to one of them ending up dead," is written and directed by showrunner Steven Conrad ("Patriot"). The cast also includes Richard Jenkins ("Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story"), Joy Sunday ("Wednesday"), Arlan Ruf, and Chris Perfetti ("Abbott Elementary"). 

Glad you expanded your horizons with success.  You mention you need to get sexual satisfaction elsewhere.  Is that true for him as well?  And if so, are you just as accepting of that?   I speak as a person who is not by any stretch classically attractive but I have received many a surprised partner's compliments on our sexual encounters.  There is an expression I heard in high school.  Date ugly girls, they try harder.  I think that is true in general for those who do not have classic good looks on which to rely,  We learn what works for us whether that be confidence, intelligence, sense of humor,  being a raconteur, sexual prowess and imagination, some combination of those, or if you are as lucky as I am,. all of the above.  
Ultimately, the most beautifully wrapped present is not usually the most satisfactory gift.  In the end, the wrapping is discarded and you are left with what was inside.  

When Rob Reiner was killed I mentioned that I found him somewhat attractive as Mike Stivic.
This happens to me every once in a while… I find a random man fairly attractive whom I wouldn't say is particularly attractive.
For about a year, Stop & Shop has had a character in their commercials named Justin (I believe) who is a stock boy. Around the holidays they had a commercial where a customer was singing Christmas carols and he joined in and I noticed that he had a nice singing voice. After that, I began to notice that he had a nice speaking voice. And the latest commercial has a couple standing in front of the ice cream section debating whether to get Stop & Shop or the name brand and Justin hears them from fairly far away and races over to tell them that Stop & Shop brands have the same quality as name brands so they decide to buy Stop & Shop and as they walk away, Justin is stretching his back and panting and saying I've gotta work on my cardio and for some reason that made me chuckle the first couple of times I saw it, and I suddenly am not minding Stop & Shop ads quite as much.

I married someone who doesn’t fit my standard definition of “attractive” and it might be the best thing I ever did. After years of dating my type and being sexually satisfied but not remotely intellectually stimulated on any level, I decided to try a different approach and date guys who didn’t fit my external criteria but who were on my level intellectually. The sex came and went over time but I have been blessed with over 30 years of partnership and I’m never bored with him. I do have to get my sexual satisfaction elsewhere but he doesn’t mind and doesn’t judge. I recommend that everyone challenge the image in their head of what their perfect match looks like. We disqualified so many potential partners because of our preconceived notions of what we’re looking for and then wonder why we aren’t getting what we actually need. If you want a different outcome you have to adjust your filters.
all of that said I have a different approach now and don’t really look for the physical beauty attributes anymore (within reason)- I’m not trying to pull actual beasts but I’m not picky when it comes to looks if you have the right attitude and are packing heat

So... you're predicting business as usual for Melania?

If I hadn't inherited the apartment I moved into when I was six months old when my mother died I'd be homeless and my second home would be a second cardboard box.

I'm really surprised nobody's posted probably the most famous example of this:
 

Ilya's Canadian brother speaks:
 

I doubt Melania much cares how the documentary does at the box office because she already received $28 million of the $40 million paid for the rights to the project.  
Total budget:  $40 million for rights, $5 million production costs, $35 million marketing.  Even though that adds up to $80 million, $75 million is the figure everyone is citing for total project cost.  Don’t ask me.
While it’s doubtful that Amazon MGM Studios will make its money back at the box office, I’m sure Jeff Bezos has great motivation to maintain a warm & fuzzy relationship with Melania’s husband, who I shan’t name because of the forum’s no politics rule.

HBO has released a trailer for the limited series "DTF St. Louis," starring Jason Bateman and "Stranger Things" alum David Harbour and premiering Sunday, March 1 at 9 pm, with episodes also streaming on HBO Max. In the trailer — which you can watch above — Bateman and Harbour play Clark and Floyd, a pair of bored suburban dads who stumble upon a hookup app called DTF St. Louis that promises to "spice up your life." (And if you're as innocent as Floyd is, "DTF" stands for "Down To F**k.") 
The dads are amazed by the tantalizing options the app offers — Floyd's screen name is "Rock Solid," he explains, "because I feel like I'm a pretty dependable person" — but Clark might already have his eyes on Floyd's wife, played by Linda Cardellini. Things quickly go south, though... which leads to a dead body. "No one's normal," an eyeliner-sporting Peter Sarsgaard declares. "It just looks that way from across the street."
The seven-episode series, billed as "a love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise that leads to one of them ending up dead," is written and directed by showrunner Steven Conrad ("Patriot"). The cast also includes Richard Jenkins ("Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story"), Joy Sunday ("Wednesday"), Arlan Ruf, and Chris Perfetti ("Abbott Elementary"). 

If I hadn't inherited the apartment I moved into when I was six months old when my mother died I'd be homeless and my second home would be a second cardboard box.

One last unfortunate financial situation for 2025:  by not going to Stopnshop today I will be forfeiting 23 GoPoints, which expire today.  That's 23 cents I'll never get back.

If I hadn't inherited the apartment I moved into when I was six months old when my mother died I'd be homeless and my second home would be a second cardboard box.

That's wild.  Like if an Aussie team beat Canada in curling, eh?

NBA superstar Victor Wembanyama is a handsome, thoughtful, poetry-reading 22 year old 7'5" Frenchman with a soft accent.  He can make a soufflé rise without an oven.
I AM POSTING THIS FOR LUSTFUL, NOT POLITICAL PURPOSES.  IF IT'S UNACCEPTABLE PLEASE JUST DELETE IT AND DON'T PENALIZE ME.  thanks 

NBA superstar Victor Wembanyama is a handsome, thoughtful, poetry-reading 22 year old 7'5" Frenchman with a soft accent.  He can make a soufflé rise without an oven.
I AM POSTING THIS FOR LUSTFUL, NOT POLITICAL PURPOSES.  IF IT'S UNACCEPTABLE PLEASE JUST DELETE IT AND DON'T PENALIZE ME.  thanks