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He meant Lucky, surely?

What a relief. I was worried you might have gone all Stonewall on us and ended up a political prisoner in Pattaya. Glad to hear you're back in Bangkok where you will also be kneaded.

All too true. Still, I may nip out later this afternoon and have my galoshes re-vulcanized.

Sounds like a really healthy diet, ihpguy. I could see myself eating like that if I had someone to cook it for me. I'm not good about committing hours in the kitchen every day, and haven't learned any really fast ways of cooking fish, chicken, and veggies. You're in Brazil right? Is it easy to find tasty, healthy restaurant food at reasonable prices? I can usually get two out of three in the Bay Area, but not often do I find them all in one place.

Good gosh! Have you really been gone that long? Seems like only yesterday you were just settling in for your Welcome Dinner with Kjun. Gotta say, I'm really loving the updates. First, it's a way to vicariously enjoy all the giant Thai choads hanging from one end of the country to the other and, second, it's a reminder of how small the internet has made our world when a favorite poster can pop in for a daily chat even though he's halfway around the world. For anyone else following Lucky's doings with the same high level of interest, I think I figgered out that Bangkok is twelve hours ahead of New York. If correct, right now I'm picturing Our Intrepid Traveler sound asleep snuggled amongst the handful of well-endowed Thai guys who followed him back to the hotel last night. Or was it the night before last?

It's outrageous. If the ACLU can keep the Courts honest, we stand a chance. If not, it seems Congress is willing to piss our civil rights away without so much as a backward glance. I contrast this with Charlie's story of bending over backwards to protect a student's civil rights in what could easily have been a dangerous situation. As a society, we appear to be moving in the wrong direction.

Fascinating. Thanks for posting. Kennedy and Eisenhower discuss the Soviets shooting those things off (nuclear weapons) as if they're talking about firecrackers. Kennedy chuckles as Eisenhower bets against it, but cautions Kennedy to keep his people alert and 'hang on tight'. Cool, calm, and collected, all of them. Also had to smile listening to Kennedy calling (Presidential Advisor John) McCloy back from Frankfurt to 'sustain', 'stiffen', and 'support' Adlai (Stevenson) at the U. N.

A 'versatile' poster, I'd like to think, but lately more of an 'onanist'. By the way, you may recall that Dorothy Parker named her canary Onan because 'he spilled his seed upon the ground'.

Is it time to consider renaming the 'Today's Top Posters' box? As someone who has worked diligently to expand my repertoire, among other things, I sometimes feel a bit disingenuous when I see my name on the list.

Forgive them, for they know not what they do.

Sorry to hear of all the turbulence before you even got off the ground. Especially the insurers. I'd be tempted to ask them for a copy of their disclosure policy on exclusions so you can forward it to the state insurance commissioner. Maybe they'll send you a check instead. As to the delay itself, it may well be for the best. You may cross paths with someone you'd have missed otherwise. The weather may be nicer. Your original king-size bed may have had bugs. Often these things happen for a reason, or so I've come to believe. A few months ago, a friend of mine was walking to his watering hole, along his usual route, when he came upon a huge tree lying across the sidewalk. It had fallen two minutes before. He was running a bit late that morning and, had he been on time, he'd never have arrived at all. I hope you will look back on this experience in a few days and smile as a new friend welcomes you as his first client and soothes you with sweet-scented oil everywhere that needs it.

Haven't been doing much fast food until a couple months ago when a friend mentioned KFC's Double Down. I've been back twice and am ready again. Coleslaw and milk make it my big meal of the day. If I lived in Memphis or Austin or Kansas City I'm sure I'd eat barbecue every day, Thankgiving and Christmas included. I don't know of any good barbecue in Northern California. And deep dish pizza when in Chicago. And Philly cheese steaks! I wonder if this was the best thread for me to be reading just after the evening bowl and right before dinner.

Sorry to hear that, Steven, darling, but soon this place will be dripping with Gold Members and I'm not pissing away my chance!

It doesn't get much clearer than this: since they began importing and eating Western food in the 1980's, their life expectancy has dropped by seven years (!); the obesity rate hit 85%; and half the population has Type 2 diabetes, leading to heart failure, kidney failure, liver failure, amputations, and blindness. And, according to this clip, the diabetes rate in the U. S. is expected to increase in the next forty years from 10% to more than 30%. You'd never know it from the ads, but recent changes in our food supply are doing us in. I don't understand why cigarettes should carry a warning label if Spam doesn't. If, at the very least, we could somehow allocate our increased health care costs to the foods that generate them, we'd start seeing the real cost of a Whopper, fries, and a Coke skyrocket. And that's when we'd start seeing school lunches include a lot more healthy alternatives, which are now priced out of the program. Thanks for posting this! A real eye-opener.

Poor kid. I think I'd lie awake too. Target for critics, pranksters, and parodies Bieber has often been criticized for looking and sounding younger than his age and his effeminacy, teen pop music, image, and frequent media attention. He has been a frequent target for internet bloggers and message board posters—notably by users of internet message board 4chan, users of YouTube, and various Facebook groups. Pranks have included a successful campaign to push "Justin Bieber Syphilis" to the top of the Google Trends Hot Searches list; hacked YouTube videos that were altered so as to redirect users to adult websites or trigger pop-up messages saying that Bieber had been killed in a car accident; his Last.fm photograph being changed to pornographic images; various rumors circulated, from rumors that Bieber had died, joined a cult, or even that his mother was offered $50,000 to pose topless in Playboy magazine—none of which were true. This all forced the affected companies to update their security protocols to reverse the damage, and Bieber himself tweeted to fans reassuring them that he was still living and that false rumors about his mother "just grossed and weirded [him] out." Most notable was the campaign to send Bieber to North Korea as part of his world tour . . . - Wikipedia

531 to start, I've got 27 days to add 25 more. Easy Peasy. Can't wait to join all my fellow Gold Members! I know the time will fly.

I've been wondering the same thing. The folks at the Apple Store turned me on to this AT&T data calculator, which helped me figure out that streaming video chews up a lot more bandwidth than plain text email. They also told me it's pretty easy to start with an entry-level data plan and upgrade later, though I haven't confirmed just how easy. Hope this helps.

Yikes! At the moment, can't see much good coming from this.

All the above understood. What I'm wondering about is Facebook, and why they would be cruising the site, you should pardon the expression. I'm not a Facebook member, so it could be that they have their own search engine or are developing one. I just haven't noticed them before. Seems I recall Facebook doing some pretty snarky things in the area of privacy and, if I knew they somehow got even my eye color in their database, I'd think about taking additional precautions. By the way, many thanks to the folks who got us all these great smileys! Best collection I've seen on any message board.

Sometimes when visiting the Forum, I check the bottom of the main page to see who's here. I'm used to seeing 'Google' logged in, as their bot crawls around grabbing and indexing MER content for their search engine. Usually 'MSN/Bing' is here too, snagging our stuff for Microsoft's search engine. According to this article, webmasters can keep bots from indexing their pages, but I expect most webmasters welcome them with open arms as they drive traffic to their sites. Try typing "Annual Palm Springs Weekend" into Google's search engine, and you'll find Oliver's kind invitation on Page 1 of the results. Add "escort" to the search term, and we garner three of the top four hits! Personally, I'm not overly concerned about my stuff showing up on Google, but I do keep in mind that every word I type will be in their search engine archives within minutes of my hitting the 'Enter' key and, as far as I know, will stay there forever. That's why I rarely include more than two or three of my little proclivities in a single post. As if Google and Microsoft weren't enough, just a few minutes ago I noticed that 'Facebook' was here too. Never saw them here before, and got to wondering why Facebook would be interested in our modest doings. Any ideas?

In fairness, shouldn't a couple of their guys get invited to the Palm Springs Weekend?

Oh, dear! You haven't been canoodling with that bodybuilder again??

TY is indeed much loved. Additionally, your post sent me looking for a favorite clip that also blends a hammer and a way with words. Enjoy!

I've hardly been able to think of anything else for the last two days, missing all the Christmas sales, and turning down dozens of New Year's Eve invitations. Still, nothing. I enjoy 'Lucky's Place', so my suggestion would be to stick with it until somebody comes up with either an absolutely irresistible alternative or an itch for change that's just too strong to be ignored. Not that I've given up trying.

The website I found him on says he's a fitness model named Raymond Martinez. I put a couple more pictures of him in the Potluck thread. Not sure if he's the same guy as Alan Valdez who is certainly no slouch in his own right! Maybe there's time for one more lapdance before retiring.