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His parents were missionaries in China and he grew up there. When the main building opened in 1933, the rage was for Egyptian artifacts (King Tut’s Tomb and all that). The Nelson could not afford much Egyptian art BUT Chinese art was “cheap” and Sickman bought large quantities of Chinese art to fill the building?. With his great eye, he bought the best at “low” prices. Thus chance played a big part in The Nelson having such a major Chinese collection.

The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia is closer and many of his most famous works are there (Burgers of Calais is up the street at the Philadelphia Art Museum).

For us “older” Broadway Queens, the gay bar scene from “Applause”: For us “older” movie queens, the pool scene from “Gentlemen Prefer Blonds”

For Chinese Art, The Nelson in Kansas City has one of the best collections in the U.S. https://www.nelson-atkins.org/collection/chinese/

I send “Seasons Greetings” and a few Chanukah cards. I always write a hand written note inside of something that would be of specific interest to the reader. Close friends get Harry and David pears or Wolferman’s English Muffins separately.

Exactly. See my post #10 above. For example, one escort and I became close friends and he treated me to a getaway weekend where he paid the bills??. We have remained friends and I was even invited to his wedding (to a man). We are very close friends. Yes, such friendships can happen.

When the “transactional relationship” ends and you become “friends with benefits”, then you’ll know?

Yes, 1-800-got junk is highly recommended.

After living in the same home for 30 years, I faced the same issue with books. I had a large collection of gay books going back into the 1970’s. Missouri University at Kansas City has a large gay collection. I know the librarian and he came by and took box loads away. There were many he said were not in their collection and was happy to have them. My surprise was he wanted old “bar magazine/weekly newspapers” as they told our story over time. He would have accepted old porn magazines as well but I had discretely disposed of them along with old videos.

Having Thanksgiving dinner with my sister and brother-in-law outside in the bright sunshine and fresh air. Usually, a large family gathering with kids. This year playing safe. Despite this year’s hardships, we have so much more to be thankful. Instead of looking at what we have lost with the pandemic, we will focus on what we have to be grateful and our hopes to return next year to our regular large family dinner.

He does now????

I like the Wall Street Journal for the news as well. They cover many stories I do not see elsewhere. Their business news is very good. I glance at the editorials and columnists to get a full range of opinions that contrast to other outlets. In addition they run op/Ed’s that do not match the paper’s editorial views. Reading a wide variety of sources keeps one from being in an echo chamber.

Yes, I should have been more clear. Sorry. BUT, when Senator Tom Cotton wrote an op/Ed the Times published that did not sit well with its liberal staff, heads rolled and the paper attached a note in the digital edition about the op/Ed. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/12/media/new-york-times-bret-stephens-tom-cotton-op-ed/index.html That same standard was not applied to the Louis Farrakhan piece that praised him. Part of the double standard at the Times: the Cotton piece makes black staffers uncomfortable so heads roll for publishing it and it gets a note attached to the digital edition. A Farrakhan piece that makes Jewish staff uncomfortable stands and no heads roll. The Times finds Louis Farrakhan more acceptable than Senator Cotton.?

I could just say “people” instead of “friends.”?

I have several friends with Parkinson’s and the Michael Fox Foundation has been a help. With his activism and advocacy, he is a hero to many. God bless him.?

From the multiple specific examples I have given (and could list more), there seems to be among the editors a built in anti-Jewish bias in both the stories they fail to present, the stories they do present and how those stories are presented. “Errors” like the cartoon they ran shows they are oblivious to antisemitism; they just didn’t see it. “Errors” like publishing a favorable, glowing story on Louis Farrakhan without mentioning his rabid antisemitism and hate is like praising Hitler for building the autobahn but overlooking WWII and the Nazi horrors. “Errors” like the antisemitism in the workplace that went unaddressed that Bari Weiss wrote about. Sorry, after a while the “errors” show a pattern of antisemitism. From my Jewish friends and reading both the Jewish press stories and others, the feeling that the paper is antisemitic and unfair to Jews (that I documented in post #20) is not ludicrous. What is ludicrous is ignoring a clear pattern and waving away what it clearly shows.

The family has not been Jewish for two generations. My opinion is they wanted to be part of the establishment and by becoming Christian, they believe that goal was accomplished. As the article notes, even before then, they did not want to seem “too Jewish” and wanted to be seen as upper class and part of the establishment of NYC.

Richard Wagner wrote some of the world’s best music. Truly a great composer. However, he was a terrible antisemitic man. Likewise, The NY Times is a good newspaper as you point out but the staff and editors lean antisemitic and their news coverage is biased with their antisemitism. I do read it but no longer buy it as I will not send them money. While my accusation against the paper may come as a surprise to some, for Jews who read Jewish news sources, the antisemitism at the Times has been ongoing for some time. I linked to only a few of the examples to show that there is a factual basis for my belief. I grew up reading the Times. Seeing how they have changed over the years has been very sad to me. They are now reflecting the open antisemitism that is growing in this country.?

In the Jewish community, there has been a feeling that antisemitism was alive and well at the Times in specific and the country in general. The Bari Weiss affair just brought it out in the open. Here are more instances of antisemitism at the Times: https://www.camera.org/article/does-the-ny-times-have-a-problem-recognizing-antisemitism/ Antisemitism there goes far beyond Bari Weiss. The Times, as the article shows in its specific examples, is infected with antisemitism. Perhaps praising Louis Farrakhan (without mentioning his rabid antisemitism) shows the editors at the Times are blind to antisemitism or antisemitic themselves: https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/new-york-times-criticized-for-positive-op-ed-on-antisemite-louis-farrakan-646336/amp And: https://honestreporting.com/nyt-op-ed-sanitizes-farrakhans-ferocious-antisemitism/ Clearly, the editors at the Times need an education: https://www.ajc.org/news/5-things-the-new-york-times-got-wrong-about-antisemitism The antisemitism even shows up off their printed pages in their tweets: https://forward.com/fast-forward/430069/new-york-times-anti-semitic-racist-tweets/?gamp

What has been obvious for some time broke out into the open this year: There is open antisemitism at The NY Times and their news reporting has become very biased. What should have been kept to the editorial pages has infected the news department. https://www.thejc.com/news/us/bari-weiss-resigns-claiming-bullying-at-new-york-times-1.501577

He offers an “ex boyfriend experience”??

While not “go go” boys, the Strippers at The Gaiety could make over $10,000 for the week. It was hard work (pun not intended) but very lucrative. I knew dancers who made as much as $15,000 for the week plus sometimes “gifts”.

When you figure saving a regular real estate agent commission and the time value of money, 10% is reasonable.

He says he is a full time nursing student. Imagine coming out of surgery and waking up to him being your nurse.