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I saw the show last night. The London Palladium, a very large theatre, was packed. The show ran for almost 3 hours with a 20 minute intermission, and Barry Humphries (at nearly 80 years of age) was on stage for almost all of that time. The first half showed his characters of Dr. Sir Les Patterson (ex Australian cultural attache to Europe) with his very large penis and wildly politically incorrect humour, then Gerard (Les's brother, and boy-loving priest) who talked about how he liked to touch people, followed by Sandy Stone (a bleak ghost of a war veteran) lamenting how Australia has changed. The second half began with a US TV expose video of the hitherto unrevealed secrets of Dame Edna's life. Then Barry Humphries emerged as Dame Edna in full parody as "Eat, Pray, Laugh" with songs, dance, interviewing audience members etc before a glorious finale of gladioli-throwing. The whole show was riotous fun and I haven't laughed so hard for so long in ages. One of the highpoints was when Dame Edna invited a gay man and unrelated woman on to the stage so she could "check their tantric DNA". She asked their names and what they did for work - when the woman replied she worked "in sexual health sysytems", Dame Edna exclaimed "I've struck gold!" After a standing ovation (very rare in London theatres), Barry Humphries returned (in black tie) and gave a charming speech about how he had always loved performing in London but it was time for him to retire.

I just finished this book and I liked it a lot. It's a sexual biography of sorts and chronicles Gore Vidal's sexual life. Like many guys on here, Gore Vidal never met a hustler he didn't like. For him, hustlers were a useful outlet for his voracious sexual appetite. As a young man he was very handsome and slept with a number of Hollywood stars such as Rock Hudson, Fred Astaire and Charles Laughton (who was into scat and piss). He described himself as bisexual, but was 99 44/100s homosexual. In his view there was no such thing as a homosexual just homosexual acts (i.e., sucking and fucking). It seems he harboured internalized homophobic self-loathing which is understandable being raised by a mad alcoholic and homophobic mother. He lived with his partner Howard Austen for 53 years, but never really acknowledged him until Austen died (Vidal was devastated). Austen never minded this and enjoyed being Vidal's "chatelaine". Vidal was brilliant, argumentative and contrarian. He avoided being a spokesperson for the gay rights movement, but defended the rights of LGBT people in many of his essays and novels. He wanted society to understand that same sex desire is as normal as heterosexual desire. I've never read Vidal's groundbreaking novel, "The Pillar and the City", but now I may just have to. He live his life by his own rules; and "what a life she had!" It's a good read.

IT's Thursday, 21st of November, and I inadvertently came back to this thread and still agree! These two young men are "GORGEOUS' indeed!!!!!!

...like this man in both the first and last pics! My tongue would have a "field day" in the last pic!

Enough on nickels; now it's back to our regular scheduled programming: Just For AdamSmith

This is getting better and better...

Very nice. Must be lovely when filled with luscious Brazilian boys.

Now you know why I don't mind going to West Lafayette twice a year. Best regards, RA1

A similar story is about how Kemmons Wilson took his family in the 1950's on a trip from MEM to DC. 2 or 3 adults + 5 children. There were almost no family friendly motels in those days and those that were had unknown or undependable accommodations. This trip provided the thought process that led to the beginning of Holiday Inns. The interstate highway system was begun in the '50's but by no means had substantial progress until the early '60's. Today, it is really difficult to imagine those times unless you actually lived during them. Very likely, the closest one today could come to experiencing those times would be to travel along old Route 66 which is not a continuous road anymore and although very large portions of it are cut off by interstate highways, it still has small businesses and some of the character of the "old" days. Best regards, RA1

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