AdamSmith

Thank you.

Now we see how it really is when the chips are down.

P.S.

Clearly you need to read more science fiction.

Trying to think of some who haven't.

Two (male) royal manicurists named Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were found buried together in a shared tomb similar to the way married couples were often buried. Along with that are hieroglyphs combining their names together to say “joined in life and joined in death”. Strangely enough, Niankhkhnum actually did have a wife, but in most of the artwork in the tomb she has been replaced with Khnumhotep. https://www.facebook.com/NEWSLGBT

Steven Soderbergh happy that 'Behind the Candelabra' landed on HBO Director says big studios all turned down Liberace film, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon By David Hinckley / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, May 26, 2013, 12:39 AM Director Steven Soderbergh admits he was stunned when “all the major studios” in Hollywood passed on “Behind the Candelabra,” the story of the long relationship between entertainer Liberace and a handsome young man named Scott Thorson who started as Liberace’s driver. In the age of “Brokeback Mountain,” Soderbergh figured a gay romance wouldn’t be a deal-breaker when he’d lined up Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as Thorson. It was. “They basically said it was too gay,” Soderbergh told TV critics this year. The studios seemed to feel that while the public may love Matt Damon and root for Michael Douglas, the affection is tempered when they’re lounging in the hot tub naked and swapping saliva. So the movie landed at HBO, which Soderbergh and executive producer Jerry Weintraub say delights them, and it airs Sunday night at 9. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/soderbergh-happy-candelabra-landed-hbo-article-1.1349587

Well, there is a little bit of rejecting one restaurant for another, then spending the meal talking about how bad the first place was.

Just came across this endearing blog site by Jerry Torre, the Marble Faun of the Maysles' unforgettable 'Grey Gardens.' http://themarblefaun.com/

Ze gentleman in ze picture is alarmed because he had been promised that $1600 at the end of the evening's fun & games.

Agree it seems very unlikely it went down the drain. My washer handles ladies' tiny stocking-material footlets (don't ask ) which are much smaller than a dollar bill, and they don't get lost or pumped out. Also I have a couple of times found loose dollar bills in the tub that came out of my pocket during washing but were not much the worse for it, and obviously did not leave the tub. If it does not turn up under the agitator as mentioned, seems very unlikely it actually got into the washer in the first place.

HAW! Much better

And his originals are usually better than the way we misquote them now. As in the above.

...now imagining Joan yakking in the womb!

ROFL

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Emerson

Except that with Joan the affected part would seem to be her mouth. Not that I at all object to that.

...wish fulfillment??? National Organization for Marriage Reacts to Boy Scouts of America FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2013 Contact: Elizabeth Ray or Jen Campbell (703-683-5004) "It's the beginning of the end for what once was one of America's noblest organizations." — Brian Brown, President, NOM — Washington, D.C. — The following statement may be attributable to Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage: "Today is a sad day for the Boy Scouts of America. They have succumbed to political pressure and abandoned their historic roots in what will prove to be a failed attempt to appease gay activists and corporate donors. Unfortunately, what they have done is said to the world that their oath no longer means much. Their decision to admit openly gay scouts will end up sexualizing the organization. I am certain that having changed their policy on homosexuality, it's only a matter of time before courts order them to admit homosexual scout leaders. Meanwhile, countless thousands of churches will very likely pull their sponsorship rather than endorse homosexuality, and the entire organization will begin to collapse. All of this is happening not because of a true grassroots demand of gay youth to be part of the organization but by an orchestrated political effort by gay activists who want to punish any group or organization that does not embrace homosexuality. It's the beginning of the end for what once was one of America's noblest organizations." ### To schedule an interview with Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage, please contact Elizabeth Ray (x130), eray@crcpublicrelations.com, or Jen Campbell (x145), jcampbell@crcpublicrelations.com, at 703-683-5004. Paid for by The National Organization for Marriage, Brian Brown, president. 2029 K Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006, not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. New § 68A.405(1)(f) & (h). http://www.nomblog.com/35300

Liberace's Plastic Surgery Left Him Unable to Close His Eyes — Even While He Was Sleeping The music star also paid the doctor who did his surgery to perform procedures on his live-in lover, Scott Thorson, so Thorson would look more like Liberace! By Kimberly Potts | Yahoo! TV – 11 hours ago CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images - Liberace in the CBS special "Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!" (1978) One of the more bizarre scenes in HBO's movie, "Behind the Candelabra" — and this is a movie with no lack of surreal moments — is when piano-playing superstar Liberace pulls a painting of himself off his wall, shows it to his plastic surgeon, and asks the doctor to surgically make over Liberace's live-in lover, Scott Thorson, to look just like the performer. The doctor, Jack Startz (as played by a freakishly made-over Rob Lowe), does just that, but only after performing a face lift on Liberace (Michael Douglas) that left his face so tight that he couldn't fully close his eyes, even when he was sleeping (cue another of the movie's more bizarre scenes, as Matt Damon's Thorson tries to awaken a snoring Liberace, whose eyes make him look like he's still awake.) Did we mention the movie is not a work of fiction? It is based on Thorson's newly rereleased 1988 memoir, "Behind the Candelabra" (Tantor Media), which details his drama-filled relationship with the late, bedazzled star. [Video: Teary Michael Douglas Calls Return to Work in Liberace Movie a 'Beautiful Gift' After Cancer Battle] Liberace, who was nearly 40 years older than Thorson when the then-18-year-old moved in with him, began his most elaborate round of cosmetic surgery in 1979, after he saw how he looked during an appearance on "The Tonight Show." He and Thorson, at a happy place in their relationship, had spent a year traveling through Europe and enjoying the local cuisine at every stop. A scene in the movie shows them happily channel surfing and noshing on popcorn — both having put on a few pounds — until Liberace sees himself on TV. "I look like my father in drag!" he tells Thorson. Liberace's hairstylist put him in touch with Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Jack Startz, who was known for his work with silicone injections, and whose clientele including many of the city's rich and famous. Startz recommended a face-lift, eye lift, and silicone injections plus a face peel after the surgery. [Related: 'Behind the Candelabra,' the Book: The 12 Best Revelations from Liberace's Former Lover] Then, as depicted in yet another of the movie's most memorable scenes, Liberace fetched a painting of himself and showed it to Startz, asking the doctor to make Thorson look like the painting. Michael Douglas as Liberace in HBO's Liberace decided he should get his face work done first — so that Thorson would be able to take care of him. Thorson, Startz had decided, also needed to lose a few pounds before surgery, which led to the doctor's prescription of the California Diet. It was a plan that amounted to Startz doling out written prescriptions for various drugs — pharmaceutical cocaine and amphetamines among them, Thorson writes in his book. They helped Thorson shed pounds but gain an addiction to the drugs. Helene Ballas, Startz's office manager, recently told Allure.com that Liberace's biggest concern before his procedures was that he was going to have to remove his wig (a concern he addresses in another funny scene in the film), but both he and Thorson were unaware of just how many problems Startz himself was juggling. Financial struggles, growing concerns about the safety and efficacy of his silicone injections, and his own drug issues would eventually lead to the end of Startz's business. In 1985, he committed suicide. [Related: Rob Lowe Suffered Migraines to Transform His Handsome Face for 'Behind the Candelabra'] Years before he had even met with Liberace and Thorson, and dispensed the drugs that Thorson maintains led to his lifelong drug issues, Startz had gone to rehab for his own drug addictions, Ballas told Allure.com. Thorson, meanwhile, told Larry King in a 2002 interview that Startz even drank alcohol during his surgical session with Liberace. As for the results of Startz's work on Thorson and Liberace, a nose job, a chin implant, and cheekbone work did result in the then-20-year-old Thorson resembling his lover, who wanted his "blond Adonis" to look like him because he had considered adopting the younger man. "He wanted me as his son. But at the same time, he wanted me as his lover," Thorson told King. And though Liberace was initially pleased with his surgery results — which Thorson wrote made the performer appear 20 years younger — Liberace's eyes had changed "in appearance and function," Thorson wrote in his book. "He couldn't close his lids completely. They remained slitted open even when he struggled to keep them shut. At night, when he slept, his eyes would open slowly, and that's the way they would stay … it was odd to wake up at night and see him in bed beside me sleeping soundly … odd and a little frightening." [Video: When Liberace Battled Batman and Taught the Hulk How to Tickle the Ivories] Today, Thorson is battling cancer and is currently incarcerated in a Reno, Nevada, jail after being charged with burglary and identity theft in February 2013. He told Larry King he had the chin implant removed more than a decade ago, but with age, he has come to resemble Liberace more than ever. "Behind the Candelabra" premieres May 26 at 9 PM on HBO. http://tv.yahoo.com/news/liberace-s-plastic-surgery-left-him-unable-to-close-his-eyes-%E2%80%94-even-while-he-was-sleeping-000515021.html