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I don’t recognize the room with the giant snowball chandeliers. Where is that?

Any attorney will tell you that "charged" and "sued" are a million miles away from "convicted". Verbal abuse in and of itself is not a crime. If the verbal abuse veers into threats of bodily harm, that’s another matter. But it’s a well established fact that merely calling someone a "f-ggot" is not a crime. Yes, I’m an ardent defender of the 1st amendment, even when it hurts.

Ummmm…they’re related. It’s just not an absolute or 1:1 relation. You need to do your homework and know what you’re buying. Most expensive things I’ve bought have been worth every penny…..because I did my homework.

Unfortunately, they’re both in the middle of the fucking desert. It’s just not my thing. For vacation? I prefer Vegas. For living? I’m gonna have to keep looking. If you made me choose….ugh…. Vegas for the variety and quality of restaurants. Palm Springs for the community. Also for the record, I would never buy a house on land that I didn’t own.

Just stumbled on this one today. It’s a small study of Chinese gay men who are primarily tops, but if the numbers hold up it’s damn impressive. After one year, no one in the circumcision group got HIV while about 4% of the control group did. Previous studies have shown about a 50% reduction in HIV transmission in heterosexual African males following circumcision. So I wouldn’t expect the "zero transmission" rate to hold up in larger studies, nonetheless it appears to have an effect. Circumcision for HIV Prevention Gao Y et al. Ann Intern Med 2024 May 28 Among men who have sex with men in China, voluntary medical circumcision reduced risk for HIV infection. The intervention was highly effective: No HIV seroconversions occurred among 124 men receiving circumcision at study entry, and 5 HIV seroconversions occurred among 123 men in the control group (P=0.025). No between-group differences in risk for other sexually transmitted infections (HSV-2, syphilis, and penile HPV) were noted.

Basing your entire business model on a "few bad apples", is an incredibly bad idea. For the record, I’m not talking to @Jarrod_Uncut, whom I know will disagree and ignore my advice. I’m talking to @Tony_tx, for whom I have a great deal of sympathy. We’ve all been there. Chalk it up as a learning lesson. Think about ways you can avoid a similar situation, without harming your overall business plan.

Here I am trying to plan a nice diner with you….and you’re out fucking every whore in town. grin

You KNOW you got fucked GOOD, when you can’t even type about it without your fingers going all crazy on you…..grin.

Why are you making me work? grin

The right to free speech and acts of physical violence are two completely separate things. They are often confused and it can easily lead to unfortunate outcomes. In the above scenario, you’d be spending a lot more time in jail and paying a much bigger penalty than the mouthy homophobe/racist. Not because of "systematic homophobia/racism in our justice system", but because you didn’t understand the basic difference between actions and words. In my world, you can say whatever you want. But touch me?…and you’re gonna get fucked up.

Please, the "Princess of Monticeto" doesn’t have cancer. She chose to leave the royally inner circle and all the protections provided to those within. Any attempt to blame the monarchy is pure "poor little rich girl" buffoonery.

Another example of escorts who confuse RentMen with Grindr.

Yes. Yes, you should. He’s an excellent Brazilian bottom….or so I’ve heard. grin

I loved: Operation Mincemeat WWW.OPERATIONMINCEMEAT.COM Official box office for Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Opening in the West End at The Fortune Theatre. Previews From March 29th 2023 Tickets... I did not love: Standing at the Sky's Edge | National Theatre WWW.NATIONALTHEATRE.ORG.UK The multi-award winning new British musical is now storming the West End, set to the irresistible songs of legendary Sheffield singer-songwriter Richard... It wasn’t horrible, but I honestly can’t remember one song and I thought the cast was weak.

Been there, done that. I’ll see your drunk flip flopless feet on Duvall and raise you a pair of soaked jeans from "falling" into the pool at Bourbon Street just to flirt with a cute dude. It all seemed like a good idea at the time. Now there’s a shirtless, drunken, cold, wet, barefoot, walk of shame home back to the Island House that I’ll never forget. It still brings a smile to my face. And yes, my first (of many) trips to Key West was inspired by you @BenjaminNicholas. Thanks for the memories!

Any time! I’ll be around all summer.

Holy crap, he’s in NYC right now. Why didn’t any of you fuckers tell me?!?! grin

Lord, the books I could write….. You are a wise man @Coolwave35.

Nor should they. I think it’s amazing when people think they can just move into community and be treated like a "local". That’s not how it works.

Trust the Duchess……

If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed….

Ohhh…it "opened" for me. grin

I don’t think many of us are planning to run for president anytime soon…..