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One good suggestion came my way yesterday. If possible, get a three month supply of necessary medications. Apparently a lot of the pharmaceutical industry is China-dependent.

Not sure where to put this, since I’m not sure he was an escort. One of my best porn memories has always been “Gold Rush Boys”, from 1983 or so. Paul Monroe plays a new boy in a gold rush era male brothel. I recently found GRB on xvideo, divided into scenes. Here’s the link to the first scene, which features Paul:

https://www.xvideos.com/video1001472/vca_gay_-_gold_rush_boys_-_scene_1

Here’s the IMDB page on him:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1369539/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8

Does anyone know if he ever escorted? Does anyone know whatever happened to him? The IMDB page lists him in only five productions in three years (1982-1984).

I have always had a crush on him, or more accurately, on his role in GDB. Thanks!

I see from a search here that I asked the same question back in 2005! No responses, though.

In-N-Out Burger. Maybe the best California export since Disneyland!

A NYC deli liverwurst on rye with mayo and mustard and a dill pickle. For some reason neither the sandwich nor the pickle ever seems the same outside of NYC. Of course, that was back in the days before GOUT. Ouch. Thank God for allopurinol. Much guilt now even thinking about it!

I wonder how long it takes Grant to do his hair. Maybe that’s why he looks so tired.

Ahh yes, dear Will Braun!

Tank top in the middle of winter ? Are you trying to prank us ?

Maybe ... just a little bit ... showing off?

Did he send pictures?

Maybe they decided to return and give you a thrill. Maybe they’re exhibitionists and decided to turn you on. Maybe you were the one being played. ?

Why has China quarantined a city of 11 million people? ... and "locked down" 14 more cities? ......does not add up. This is more serious than the Chinese Gov't is letting on.

This looks a bit like an all or nothing, on or off light switch approach, when what is needed may be much more nuanced. But what kind if knowledge and preparedness would a more focused approach require? This is not a criticism but actually a question. What is needed in this kind of emergency?

Why has China quarantined a city of 11 million people? ... and "locked down" 14 more cities? ......does not add up. This is more serious than the Chinese Gov't is letting on.

This looks a bit like an all or nothing, on or off light switch approach, when what is needed may be much more nuanced. But what kind if knowledge and preparedness would a more focused approach require? This is not a criticism but actually a question. What is needed in this kind of emergency?

Thank you for this, @Whitman. Classic!

39 in Jack Benny years.

When I lived in Manhattan I had a rule for myself: I always took a cab after 10 pm or if I had had more than 2 drinks. I am certain it saved me a lot of grief.

Thanks you so much, @Karl-G , for posting this. As i watched I found myself doing the math. So many in their twenties and thirties, some in their forties, just a few in their fifties. A couple who didn't even reach 20. So young. As the tears started to flow, I found myself feeling the inner father/grandfather I never got to be, wanting to reach out to them, to share something good with them, to thank them for the joy they brought me and so many others, to pray for them.

I did run into an hour long video interview with Randy Blue from 2009 which is fun:

https://www.randyblue.com/free-tube/riley-price---oct-29th-2009/2945

I’ve combed Rentmen, Google and here and find nothing later than about 2015, with a bit of negativity about interactions. I do hope he’s doing well.

A question about porn economics: Does someone like Riley Price receive residuals on their video work? Or is it strictly a one shot payment deal? Is that why the escort route seems attractive to some performers? Or why they just disappear? The internet would seem to offer opportunities to stay in the public eye if one wanted to.

Riley Price is still one of my favorites. He is so darn cute in his films. But I can‘t recall any recent ones. Is he still around? Anyone seen or heard of him lately?

If there’s anything left when I die - given the current requirements not to have significant assets to get end of life nursing care, and the confiscatory policies likely to ensue if the Democrats win the next election - and given that I am childless, I would consider leaving some to an escort if he became a close and dependable friend. But that would mean ceasing to be an escort in our relationship. As long as he expects to be paid for our time together, he is not a friend but a professional provider, however amiable our relationship might be. I haven’t met him yet.

Thanks for Mozart in the Jungle. I just started it. 2 episodes in. Wonderful.

No amount of political correctness can paper over the homeless problems in Southern California. There are places where it is worse than others, but I would be surprised if any communities, especially along the coast, are unaffected. In the areas I frequent - the coastal areas north of LA proper - the homeless population is steadily growing. There seems to be no single cause, and one size fits all descriptions definitely do not work. But I would hazard this: the main attraction is the mild climate, which steadily draws people from both colder and hotter areas, and probably always will. Places near public transit seem to attract, as they are easy for people without cars to reach and get around in, and the expansion of the light rail system, most recently into Santa Monica, may be a factor there. Public areas that afford space, privacy, protection - parks, beaches, underpasses, wide sidewalks. A touristic social environment facilitates begging. Larger cities seem to have kindlier police interaction with the homeless, where smaller communities have an easier geographic challenge in moving them along. Well-developed private charity and public assistance tend to be concentrated in larger communities.

My guess is that Manhattan Beach lacks some of the above factors keeping it from Santa Monica levels of homelessness. Not so well-served by public transit, not so touristic, a smaller community that can more easily police its space. Perhaps not as much charitable helpfulness.

Another way of looking at it, of course, is to recognize how wealth, greed and exclusivity, helped along by environmentally exclusive zoning and building codes stacked against simple, inexpensive housing for lower income people, and bureaucratic sloth and unaccountability (is tyranny too strong a word?) contribute to the growing homeless population. It has become harder and harder for working people, let alone the people at the bottom, to find places to live, at least in part because community development policies militate against them. Reference the post above by @Epigonos (#3) about the rich buying up small houses, tearing them down, and building mansions.

I saw it Sunday. Loved it. Yes, the plot was too busy. The truth is that the huge fan base for Downton includes sub groups for virtually every character and they all had to be honored.

My favorite line was the Queen’s: We’re used to people being awkward when we’re around. Both true and kind. Sweet.

I have had a major crush on Allen Leech ever since his adolescent Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in HBO’s Rome, which was brilliant. He’s grown into a beautiful man.

No one has mastered marketing to the big and tall men's market. If one men's wear company were to do that, (with the same quality that they provide to their existing customer base) it could be tap a very loyal customer base.

I remember with fond gratitude a beyond excellent salesman at Brooks Brothers some years ago. I was being measured for something or other and I remarked, in a self-deprecating way, on my advancing girth. He said, Sir, it is only evidence of your prosperity. I could have kissed him.

Unfortunately, no. He could have profited from what I offered.

I taught freshman English at an Ivy League school. Plenty of bright ones. Also some “legacies”, sweet lads but dim. So dim. Their families got them in, families without whom the school would likely not exist. A fair trade. One of them was crew. Such a lovely lad. I hope he married well. His only hope going forward.