ArVaGuy

..and yesterday was beer day. Dammitt ArVa, we should have gotten together this weekend!!

I'll drink to that.

Today, April 9 is Gin & Tonic Day.

The fine distillers at Hendrick's Gin tweeted out these pearls of wisdom about the greatest cocktail ever created by humans.

If you ask me, everyday is Gin & Tonic Day.

“The gin and tonic is a near perfect thing. It is the reason that humans run bars, and whelks do not.”

— Halva Hjort, ‘The Upfall of Humanity’

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Some know it as the Quintessence, the Silk Ghost, the Lawn Shadow or the Glizzard — but we know it best as the Gin & Tonic. Please be upstanding for Gin & Tonic Day. Hear the fizz, feel the roar of the cucumber slice and then sip. Ahhhhhhhh. It is indeed near perfection.

As befits a drink as important as the eternal gin & tonic, there is more than one annual day celebrating its existence (who knows, we may even celebrate the other ones). We take this opportunity to dispel some of the popular myths that have gathered around the gin & tonic:

1. Though many people will tell you that the gin & tonic was originally invented as chimpanzee medicine, there is no evidence to support this.

2. A gin & tonic is not ‘technically invisible’ — it is transparent.

3. Despite the superstition, a spilt gin & tonic does not open a portal to the ‘other world’.

4. Gin & tonics can be made by adding gin to tonic water.

5. The gin & tonic is not necessarily subsonic. Gin & tonics were served on Concorde, which had a maximum speed exceeding Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound).

6. Gin & tonic is not an anagram, it’s a drink.

7. If all the gin & tonics in the world were stacked on top of each other they would probably develop self-awareness.

8. There is no proven link between gin & tonics and volcanic activity

9. There is still a small population of gin & tonics living in the wild.

10. The last gin & tonic (at least on Earth) will be drunk in five billion years time, moments before the sun explodes.

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I would catch for Buster Posey anytime.

First, Hamish and Andy are two hot looking studs. I looked them up and they've been a popular radio comedy team for a long while in Melbourne. Gotta see more of their material.

Second, they could never pull a prank like that in Texas. Open Carry down there ya know. BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! Some Texan would have that thing mounted and hung in his den.

I have hired Beau but not recently. It was a couple of years ago and he was great. He was very nice and certainly delivered beyond my expectations. Beau also used to work with Legendary Dave and the two together made for a wild time.

I swear, IKEA has fucking everything.

Looks to me like one of the parts is missing. The penis is not standard equipment?

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.... (older, whiter, wealthier, closeted, full of issues about sex, hypocritical, many of them overweight) hire... is that true or that's an urban legend?

Hmmmm, haven't you just described some of the participants on this forum? There are numerous married guys who are closeted, perhaps a bit overweight who hire under the same circumstances you just stereotyped.

Tristan,

This is an excellent and informative post. I hope we see more of these type of threads from you and other members of the forum. This is helpful to the working guys and clients and may spur someone to visit a locale or avoid for that matter.

Thanks for inaugurating "Tristan's Travelogues".

Well I disagree...peoples lives are complicated, and there are far more serious reasons to stay connected to the world than to post pics on Instagram or to update Facebook. I think that it is unrealistic to assume that everyone can just completely disconnect from the world for days at a time.

Well I respectfully disagree with you regarding this issue. Peoples lives are complicated these days because they choose to make them complicated in part due to an over reliance on technology. It's possible to disconnect, be prepared for "serious" circumstances in the wild, and leave the damn cellphone turned off.

I know more than a handful of extremely busy individuals, boldfaced names, who can disconnect to remote areas of the world and relish the tranquility of not being able to connect. There are remote places where not only is cellphone coverage impossible but even satellite phones have limited capabilities.

My own experience has taught me that very few things are as much of a necessity as we make them appear to ourselves. Email will be there when you get back. Instagram and Facebook aren't going to disappear (unfortunately). If being connected is that important then stay in the goddamn cities and leave Nature to the rest of us.

I work for a large environmental NGO and fortunately going out "into the field" as we call it is a major part of my job. It makes sense for the NPS to improve connectivity in the visitors centers and administrative offices. But certainly not in the remote areas. No amount of camouflage is going to hide a cellphone tower. Just getting the equipment and construction will do major damage to pristine areas. Habits for burrowing species and birds in flight will be harmed for sure. The last thing we need is for bald eagles to get zapped by cell tower microwave radiation.

The sole purpose of visiting a National Park is to experience nature and get way from modern stress and conveniences. Nothing is so important that it has to be posted on Instagram seconds after taking a picture. We have become so connected to the Internet we can barely escape its pervasive intrusion in our everyday lives. Let's leave the National Parks free from this nuisance.

On another note, I recently attended a gala here in DC hosted by the Destination Marketing Association honoring the National Park Service on its 100th anniversary. The emphasis of the event was to recognize the NPS and its impact on travel and tourism. I haven't enjoyed attending one of these events in a long time. In part because I have to plan these kinds of things in my job. But the NPS event was different. Several parks were highlighted including Everglades, Monterey Bay Marine park, and the Atchafalaya National Forest to name a few.

It was great to see the NPS recognized for its economic impact and hard work. I must say in my dealings with NPS personnel visiting parks and setting up major events that they are a truly dedicated and passionate group of people. They do this work for low pay, with limited resources, and have to deal with a public that can be overwhelmingly demanding at times. They are truly under appreciated. The next time you visit a National Park, hug a park ranger and thank them.

Has anyone ever tried a Shirred Egg? If not, I highly recommend giving them a try.

A bit of background first. Last week my organization's board meeting was held in Seattle. Our members are a healthy-eating group and I'd been working on menus with the two venues where the meeting was to be held. At one, the chef came up with an egg white frittata that was very good.

The other venue was a bit more difficult to get them outside the normal everyday scrambled eggs offering. I'd asked the chef to propose something different. He came back with Eggs Benedict. Nope, not what I wanted for this group, also too complicated to plate up (they proposed an action station). I sent him back to the kitchen to come up with something else. His idea blew me away and was a big hit with our group.

The chef created a Shirred Egg served with the yolk and an egg white only versions. These were served in a small mason jar, yes mason jar. They were just the right size to eat with a spoon. Toppings were set next to the egg dish and included smoked salmon, Mexican style shredded chicken, chives, and cheese. Most folks had the egg white version plain.

Here's a link to Martha Stewart's version of this dish that is close to how the chef prepared ours. He put the eggs in the mason jars, placed those in a pan of water and baked them. Think of a poached egg in a jar and you've got the idea.

http://www.marthastewart.com/921139/how-make-shirred-eggs

Now, who's up for a Scotch Egg?

Or how about a Vegan Sausage?

Bully for him that he asks that rate. It's not out of the norm for guys at his perceived level of desire ability. Too steep for me But there are certainly clients who will pay that to have bragging rights.

I contacted him. He kisses and performs oral. He will top (like his ad states), but bottoming is strictly off the table.

Did he happen to quote a rate for his time?

If he bottoms, I'll do him in a heartbeat.

He bottomed a couple of times in some Jake Cruise videos right before he "retired" from porn. I think there's a few comments about him on the Muscle Service forum.

Billy released another video this past weekend and I viewed part of it. There's such an underlying desperation for validation in his videos that turn me off. It's kind of depressing actually.

Billy Santoro turns up on Scruff and even craigslist here in DC now and then, looking to "take loads" and expressing a preference for fast cummers.

 

I see him at the grocery store all the time, and he's in amazing shape. But the bb thing nixes it for me.

Billy recently launched a user generated porn site called Leaked and Loaded. He asked his porn and escort buddies to contribute bareback clips to the site. I'm not sure how well it's doing and don't much care.

After seeing one of his Periscope tirades it is clear to me the dude is seriously messed up. He was pissed off about negative comments on some porn blog and was in a state of agitation. Billy even said that he was doing clients a favor charging $400 to meet him because otherwise he wouldn't give them the time of day. Or words to that effect. The really big turnoff for me came at the end of the clip when he stood up and pushed a load of semen out of his butt.

Hey ArVaGuy,

 

Thanks for the heads up. Anything about Tom F is interesting. But what was your point? We were talking bout Tom escorting, not his porn. Not trying to criticize you, but just want to understand your point.

As Gman noted, the barebacking was the point I was making. I know that for some here, an escort / porn star who barebacks is a major issue. For me it doesn't make much of a difference and would not preclude me from hiring. I'd rather such details be out in the open than hidden so it's easier to make an informed decision.

Tom has always had a bit of a cocky persona which is attractive. It's the stoner trait that gives me pause. It seems to fit with his erratic communication style that has been mentioned.

He also looks a bit 'roided up and thus bloated if you ask me.

http://str8upgayporn.com/gay-rape-porn-tom-faulk-bareback-gangbang/

There's a previous thread about him in the archive.

However, you might want to take note of the above link from Stra8UpGayPorn. Tom Faulk is no loner a studio exclusive and recently got gangbanged for bareback studio FraternityX.

(Edit: sorry I missed azdr post referring to the previous thread.)

While the teething problems have been the batteries and now that electrical-system-shutdown programming glitch, some of my engineer friends inside Boeing remain most anxious about that composite airframe. Specifically that (1) they don't know as much as they would like about long-term fatigue life of large-scale composite structures, (2) inspection techniques for composite materials are primitive, consisting mainly of thumping the skin with a rubber mallet and listening for 'funny' sounds, (3) they may have missed some failure modes related to how composite panels interact with their fasteners over time, (4) etc., etc.

That's pretty much the same observation I heard from an engineer at Intelsat.

Al Parker hands down! WOOOF!!!

AMEN!!

None of the guys today can hold a candle to Al Parker.

Here's a video clip of young kids reacting to old computer technology. The reaction of these kids between the ages of six and thirteen is hysterical. Just trying turn on the processor befuddles them to no end. Much less trying to play a video game. Cute.

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One thing I've learned over the years with breaking news situations is to sit back and wait 24to 48 hours for the facts to become more clear. Initial reports are often wrong and much of the media coverage is baseless speculation.

It's 5 degrees here with a wind chill of -10. But it's a dry cold.