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You made a comment that piqued my interest and started me thinking. My libido hasn't been great for awhile. Some of it is probably depression. But there's probably a large component of being almost 59-1/2 and not being in very good shape at all. There also may be some hypogonadism as I'm on prednisone which reduces the production of testosterone. My libido was a lot worse when I was on 60 mg daily for around 8 months. I'm currently at 12.5 mg. I'm going to see the urologist for a routine check up next week. But I'm also going to ask him about checking my testosterone levels to see if I might need some testosterone injections But that made me wonder how often escorts might be injecting testosterone-not for bodybuilding-but maybe to keep their libido up. Gman

Overlooked No More: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Pioneering Gay Activist Before the word “homosexuality” existed, he argued that same-sex attraction was innate, and that those who experienced it should be treated the same as anyone else. Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a lawyer and journalist, helped forge the concept of sexual identity as an innate human characteristic in pamphlets he wrote from 1864 to 1879. By Liam Stack (Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.) By the time the lawyer and writer Karl Heinrich Ulrichs took the podium at a meeting of the Association of German Jurists in 1867, rumors about his same-sex love affairs — and the subsequent threat of arrest and prosecution — had already cost him his legal career and forced him to flee his homeland. Standing in Munich before more than 500 lawyers, officials and academics — many of whom jeered as he spoke — Ulrichs argued for the repeal of sodomy laws that criminalized sex between men in several of the German-speaking kingdoms and duchies that existed in the years before the creation of a unified German state. “Gentlemen, my proposal is directed toward a revision of the current penal law,” he said, according to the historian Robert Beachy in the 2014 book “Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity.” Ulrichs described a “class of persons” who faced persecution simply because “nature has planted in them a sexual nature that is opposite of that which is usual." Same-sex attraction was a deeply taboo topic at the time; the word “homosexuality” would not even exist for another two years, when it was coined by the Austro-Hungarian writer Karl-Maria Kertbeny. So the ideas in Ulrichs’s speech — that such attraction was innate, and that those who experienced it should be treated the same as anyone else — were revolutionary. His remarks preceded by more than 100 years the Stonewall riots in New York in 1969, which are widely seen as the start of the modern L.G.B.T.Q. rights movement. They helped inspire the rise of the world’s first gay rights movement, 30 years later in Berlin. They foreshadowed the imposition of a sodomy law across the German Empire that would later be used by the Nazis to target gay men, thousands of whom were killed in concentration camps. And they made history: Ulrichs is believed to have been the first person to publicly “come out,” in the modern sense of the term.“I think it is reasonable to describe him as the first gay person to publicly out himself,” Robert Beachy said in an interview. “There is nothing comparable in the historical record. There is just nothing else like this out there.” His speech was also deeply unwelcome at the 1867 meeting, where the audience erupted in shouts of “Stop!” and “Crucify!” that ultimately forced Ulrichs off the stage. For much of Ulrichs’s life, same-sex relations were widely seen as a pathology or as a sin to which any person could succumb if seized by wickedness. These views still exist in some parts of the world. Ulrichs helped forge the concepts of gay people as a distinct group and of sexual identity as an innate human characteristic in a series of pamphlets he wrote from 1864 to 1879 — at first under a pseudonym, but under his own name after he gave his speech at the 1867 conference. “By publishing these writings I have initiated a scientific discussion based on facts,” he wrote in a letter published in 1864 in Deutsche Allgemeine, a pan-German newspaper. “Until now the treatment of the subject has been biased, not to mention contemptuous,” he added. “My writings are the voice of a socially oppressed minority that now claims its rights to be heard.” His work was widely read by sex researchers. One of them, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, cited the pamphlets in his pioneering 1886 text, “Psychopathia Sexualis,” which described homosexuality as a mental illness. In later editions, Krafft-Ebing published letters from men who had read about Ulrichs in his book. The letters showed that not only did Ulrichs’s pamphlets explore theories about sexuality, but they also helped foster a sense of community. “I cannot describe what a salvation it was for me,” one of the men wrote, “to learn that there are many other men who are sexually constituted the way I am, and that my sexual feeling was not an aberration but rather a sexual orientation determined by nature.” Karl Heinrich Ulrichs was born on Aug. 28, 1825, in Aurich, in the kingdom of Hanover in northwestern Germany, to an upper-middle-class family that included several Lutheran pastors. He studied Latin and Greek before beginning his legal studies at the University of Göttingen. He secured prestigious positions in the Hanoverian Civil Service, but rumors about his same-sex relationships — and laws against public indecency — led him to resign his post as an assistant judge in 1854. He became a journalist for Allgemeine Zeitung, a pan-German newspaper published in Bavaria. In the years before the invention of the German word “homosexualität,” a term that eventually found its way into English and other languages, Ulrichs’s pamphlets provided readers with a morally neutral vocabulary to describe themselves. He coined the words “urnings” to refer to people we now call gay men, “urinden” to refer to people we now call lesbians, “dionings” for people we now call heterosexuals, and “uranodionism” for what is today called bisexuality. Those terms were inspired by his study of the classics, in particular the story of Uranus, the god of the heavens, who was portrayed as both father and mother to the goddess Aphrodite in Plato’s “Symposium.” The concept of transgender people as distinct from gay, lesbian or bisexual people did not exist at the time, said Paul B. Preciado, a transgender philosopher at the Pompidou Center in Paris who has written about Ulrichs. Ulrichs’s writings, including his pamphlets and a series of letters to his family, whom he informed of his same-sex desires in 1862, were based on an understanding of gender and sexuality as fundamentally interconnected. For Ulrichs, urnings were a sort of third gender who possessed the physical body of a man but the inner spirit of a woman, which Preciado described as “a female soul confined within a man’s body.” Ulrichs was a German nationalist, Beachy said, and in addition to the legal emancipation of urnings, his other great political passion was German unification. He used his writings to oppose the growing domination of the Kingdom of Prussia, a military and political powerhouse that seemed determined to bring the other German states under its control. He feared that Prussia would succeed in uniting the German states and would introduce its sodomy law into lands that did not criminalize same-sex activity, including his native Hanover. Ulrichs’s fears about Prussia proved correct. Prussia annexed Hanover in 1866, and Ulrichs was jailed twice in 1867 for anti-Prussian activities before he was banished from his homeland. His personal papers were confiscated, including a list of 150 suspected urnings in Berlin that was taken to the desk of Otto von Bismarck, who orchestrated the unification of Germany in 1871. By 1872, the Prussian sodomy law, also known as Paragraph 175, had been adopted by all the states of the new German Empire. It was a crushing blow for Ulrichs. He published one final pamphlet in 1879 and then crossed the Alps by foot and settled in Italy, where his public advocacy for urnings ceased. He spent his remaining years editing a small Latin-language literary journal. He died on July 14, 1895. He was 69. Paragraph 175, which criminalized sex between men but did not address lesbianism, remained in place in some variation for more than 100 years. It was ultimately repealed in 1994.In 2017 the German Parliament voted unanimously to void the convictions of roughly 50,000 men who had been prosecuted under the law since World War II and to compensate thousands who were still alive. Ulrichs was celebrated by early-20th-century gay activists like Magnus Hirschfeld, but after the rise of Nazism his contributions to history were forgotten for decades. Today there are streets named for him in Berlin, Munich, Hanover and other parts of Germany.

I have the same questions you have. @Leafy's post is puzzling. I'm wondering if this guy is some porn star that @Leafy thought most people would recognize. Gman

Is there some type of advantage for the escort that I'm not savvy enough to figure out in putting that you are versatile in the ad copy but having "Ask Me" in the Position Listing? Gman

Maybe it's similar to "He Who Must Not Be Named." This is "Him (should be "He") who must be desired." Gman

Who said anything about authentic? After all theu use pot roast for machaca. But authentic or not, it's still delicious. And so was mine. ? On a different but related subject as it still refers to Mexican food-someday, I'm going to get the courage to cook up some caldo de res (beef soup for those whose Español is a bit lacking). Gman

There's no real sauce except for the salsa. Here's the description from a Houston IHOP Menu- Machaca Scramble $9.39 Scrambled eggs with shredded beef, Jack & Cheddar, onions, jalapeños, tomatoes & tortilla strips. Served with hash browns, tortillas & our salsa. Gman

Thanks a lot. It was easy-peasy and quick. I was really surprised at how quick everything came together. If you consider the time it takes to gather everything together, it probably takes 15 to 20 minutes tops. And that's just because I'm slow. The thing that takes the most time is chopping and sautéing the onions (and other stuff). It was esp easy because I cheated and used pre-cooked beef. Let me explain. I first became aware of the dish at IHOP. But not all of them have it. For example I've seen it offered at most Texas IHOPs, at the few IHOPs I've been to years ago in California, and possibly at an IHOP years ago in Madison, Wisconsin. If I did have it in Madison, that would have been the 1st place I had it. But I didn't like it at the time. I must have been crazy. Because when I tried it a few years later, I loved it and have been ordering it since. On the other hand it was almost impossible to find at the IHOPs in Washington state. In the 9 years or so I lived there, it was only on their menu a few times. Even on the current menu in Texas, it's listed down in the corner with no picture accompanying it as if they are trying to hide the dish. For those who don't know-machaca itself is some kind of dried beef popular in Mexico. I'm sure it's a holdover from the no refrigeration days. They cook the meet and let it dry out in the rafters to preserve it. Then when it's time to eat it, you soak it to soften it up. (Anyone who knows more about machaca please add in and correct any of my mistakes). For the machaca with eggs dish that IHOP serves, they cheat and use the same beef they use for the pot roast. I took a shortcut and used Hormel roast beef as I've never cooked a roast beef. Plus I'm single. Cooking a roast for one is a lot of work-it's not something you do every day even if you can save a lot for leftovers. I used this. It cost just under $6 at Walmart. And there's enough for three generous portions at least. It microwaves in 3 minutes. When it's done, cut it into pieces and shred it. Recipe 1. Onions - 3 or so slices from an onion-more if you like. 2. 3 eggs 3. About a cup of tortilla chips broken up but not totally crushed 4. 3/4 cup salsa +additional salsa after its cooked Directions 1. Saute the onions (and jalapeños if you like them) in some butter or oil until they are translucent (Here's a video on how to sauté onions if you need help. You actually don't need a lot of onions if you are only cooking for one ) 2. Heat the roast beef per directions in microwave. 3. Scramble the eggs in the same pan you sautéed and kept the onions in. 4. When the eggs are almost all the way set stir in the tortilla chips and the salsa. 5. Continue stirring until the eggs are set. 6. Stir in the shredded beef. 7. Plate and serve with salsa and warm corn tortillas [some people add jalapeños and cheese while it's cooking. But I don't like jalapeños or cheese (well I like some cheese but in limited quantities), so I don't. ] Some people also might plate it with sour cream or guacamole-but see my feelings on cheese and jalapeños for why I don't.] You could also dice some tomatoes and mix it in with the onions while they are sautéing Confession -I didn't go to the trouble to saute an onion. So I left it out. I did however make some roasted mushrooms in the oven as a side dish, and I had cut up a few onion slices with the mushrooms. Now the mushrooms to prepare and cook took about 30 minutes. But I didn't include this in the machaca time as not everyone will want mushrooms. And if you do, you can certainly start the machaca prep after getting the onions in the oven A Mexican restaurant I used to eat at in Puyallup, Washington would make the mushrooms for me as an appetizer when I ordered their machaca. I don't even think the mushrooms were on the menu. I think the manager one day asked me if I wanted an appetizer. All the appetizers pretty much had cheese, sour cream, fish, jalapeños or guacamole. None of which I eat. He asked if I liked sautéed mushrooms. I said yes. And he made some for me. I had been thinking about cooking this for a long time. But I wasn't sure how to cook the eggs with the chips. Little did I know how easy that was. I finally looked up tortilla chips and scrambled eggs on the internet and found out how easy it actually was. Prior to this I had tried looking up machaca, and my questions about the tortilla chips hadn't been answered. Since this was a last minute meal, I didn't think far enough in advance to get some corn tortillas. (One of my roomies is Colombian and has pupusas. But I didn't even think of "borrowing" a few). Gman

My first time making it. And it turned out great!! I don't know why I never tried it before. An acquaintance of mine from junior high who passed a few months ago would have really enjoyed it. He was (in)famous for making meal combos with "eggy-weggys." I accompanied it with some roasted mushrooms and cherry tomatoes as you can see on the sides Gman

The links don't work. Gman

If the body was close, and he bottomed well, while I like to see the escorts get hard, it's not a necessity for me as I'm a top. Gman

Say rather I'd prefer to be a topp-er as opposed to a topp-ee (unless of course that's what you meant) Gman

Not even for him. Gman

Did you have a not great time with him?? Gman

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While anyone has the right to advertise as they wish, it is an escort site. I never really wanted to go thru hoops trying to figure out what a guy was into. Now since he's so muscular- that's one of the things I'm extremely attracted and you don't find that many guys who advertise as gay with his type of physique--so I might have contacted him. But it would have been probably against my better judgement. I occasionally hired guys who didn't list kissing. But usually only after a phone call where I let them know kissing was majorly important to me, and they assured me they could get into that. In most cases I'd say I probably should have gone with what they wrote, or rather didn't write, as opposed to what they said. If ads are in general more truthful than verbal assurances, Christian isn't in to too much with clients. If I were looking at two comparable escorts, I'll choose the one whose ad tells me more any day of the week. Gman

On further review at least currently while listing himself as a versatile/top in the Position Statement he doesn't mention anal, kissing, or oral in his Likes Section. Gman

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I miss being able to hire Mike. ? Gman

I'm in love with the ginger. Aside from his voice and face, look at the way his arms fill out his sleeves. Gman

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You should have seen the amount I was taking after I broke my left leg 22 years ago. I slipped on a thin film of ice-it had misted and then slipped below freezing overnight.It was a classic twisting injury. I broke my fibula right below the left kneecap and my tibia at the ankle. I had surgery and was in a long leg cast for around 10 days then a short leg cast for around a month. When I had the long leg cast on, the doctor wanted the leg elevated 23 out of 24 hours a day. It didn't feel great at any time. But during the hour it was lowered, the blood would pool and the leg/foot throbbed. I think I was taking oxycodone and Tylenol to begin with. I definitely needed it. My parents came to live with me as I couldn't do anything with my leg elevated for 23 hours a day. My Mom was worried I was taking too much. But again she wasn't the one dealing with a broken leg. I had pills left over but never really touched them once I healed. Gman

Thanks. I am at risk. And it's above normal due to my chronic steroid use to control my IVIG. But I see an endocrinologist for my hypothyroidism (from 2009 to 2017 due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis but since 2017 due to a thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer). And while I've had a low vitamin D for years, for most of the last two years, I've been taking 50,000 units of Vitamin D weekly, and I also take 400 mg of calcium citrate multiple nights a week. My last blood test a month or two ago-I had a decent Vitamin D level for the 1st time in I don't know how long. I had a Dexa scan back in December I think. It wasn't totally normal. But she wasn't extremely concerned. She did want me to take IV Zolendronic Acid-one of the anti-osteoporosis medications. I was scheduling it. The infusion company all of a sudden said they wouldn't take my major medical insurance for it as the reimbursement was too low. (I didn't think they were allowed to do that if they had some kind of agreement with the insurance). They would take my pharmacy benefits which were thru another company. But in addition I'd have to pay $300. I didn't really have the $300 to spare -esp when I wouldn't have had to pay anything if they had taken my Aetna Medical Insurance since I've reached my out of pocket maximum. I'm in the beginning process of seeing whether a different infusion company will take my medical benefits alone. I am a bit leery though as there are websites full of people complaining about how the zolendronic acid has led to intractable permanent bone pain. And this is a side effect listed for the medicine. It's difficult to figure out what the risk of it occurring is. Something else that may delay the infusion-I'm thinking of looking for a new endocrinologist. Mine is not the warmest person although for someone whom you basically only see every three months for them to interpret labs for thyroid cancer follow up and for hypothyroidism care, maybe they don't need to be the warmest person in the world. But she's screwed up on ordering my labs twice now. 1. There'a a substance called thyroglobulin that the thyroid produces. If it's in your blood, there's thyroid tissue there. If you've had your thyroid totally removed, there shouldn't be any there-or if there due to residual thyroid tissue-it should be very low. On the other hand if thyroid cancer resurfaces/regrows, your levels will go up. So on my testing last August, it took forever for the results to come back. Plus she had ordered testing to detect Hashimoto's Disease-which is an autoimmune disease of the thyroid. The problem with that is that #1. I already have a history of Hashimoto's. It's in my chart. #2. It doesn't matter if the test for Hashimoto's is positive ( the test detects antibodies) as I no longer have a thyroid for those antibodies to attack. And the thyroglobulin test that was needed -the results came about two weeks later than the rest. It was obvious that test had been ordered as an add on because it hadn't been ordered with the original labs. On my most recent labs she forgot to order a T4 (or at least I'm assuming she forgot as LabCorp didn't have an order for it in their system) which is one of the standard thyroid hormone tests you order to check on how someone is doing on thyroid hormone replacement. Now there is another test which gives some of the same info. But always in the past they've ordered both. So I still think this was a screw up. So if I change endocrinologists in the next few months, I'll see what the new one says about the zolendronic acid for osteoporosis has . Gman

You misunderstood what I said. Or on the other hand, possibly I didn't write what I meant to. Gman