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More of him on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbRjUK7PAe8

1$ USD = 1.2139 CAD (Nightly Business Report 10/21/08). Don't tell the dancers in Montreal. They will start raising their rates for US customers.

1$ USD = 1.1486CAD (Nightly Business Report 10/13/08). If you have the yo-yo I have the string.

1$ USD = 1.1765 CAD (Nightly Business Report 10/10/08). Keep them doggies rolling...

To paraphrase Jay Leno: You know times are bad when you ask your boy what you can get for an extra $50 and he says another 100 shares of General Motors...

1$ USD = 1.1485 CAD (Nightly Business Report 10/9/08). I'm adding one more hot diggidy. If this continues I'll need to go on a diet...

1$ USD = 1.1231 CAD (Nightly Business Report 10/8/08). Now that should be worth at least one hot diggidy!

1 USD = 1.0669 CAD (Nightly Business Report 8/8/08). Montreal lap dances are now on sale! Well, every little bit helps...

Thought you guys might be interested: Club stock in Montreal is offering a free live internet feed tonight from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. in honor of its fifth anniversary! Looks like it will be a lot of fun. I intend to pour a glass of Merlot and enjoy it. Web links below: web page: http://www.nudemaledancers.com/index-2008.html free trailer: http://www.stockbar.ca/stock/html/trailer5thanniversary.html

E.E.Y.O.R.E.: Electronic Engineered Youth Optimized for Rational Exploration Well, maybe during one of my fantasy moments at Montreal Club Taboo?…

I recently discovered the Showtime series Weeds. The show is kind of silly but it offers some delicious eye candy in the form of young actor Hunter Parrish who usually appears in each episode in some sort of a shirtless tease. He’s definitely easy on the eyes. For hopelessly incurable voyeurs like me it’s worth checking out. Here are a few samples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L9ZrFE5Kr8 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/b...bctid1681717904

I normally leave a daily tip for the house keeper on the bed next to or on top of the pillow. I always thought this was the customary and usual procedure for tipping house keeping staff.

Anyone else having problems lately with the RentBoy site - pages loading slowly and incompletely, etc.? It has become borderline worthless. I have cable broadband and no problems with other sites.

Thought this might be of interest... From page one of today’s Wall Street Journal: "Canada Is Giddy About the Loonie And Twitting U.S. Currency Parity Is a Point Of Pride, but Americans Won't Like the Prices By DOUGLAS BELKIN and JOANNA SLATER September 22, 2007" “With the Canadian dollar surging against the U.S. greenback, Robert Katzman is dealing with situations they don't teach in Economics 101. The owner of five strip clubs in Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, says American dancers are heading to Canada to earn the strengthened Canadian currency, and Canadian customers are heading to Detroit because their dollars go further there. He's fighting back by advertising more in the U.S. and offering free limo service to get Detroit men to visit his Windsor clubs.†You can read the full article at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1190414811...=hpp_us_pageone

I am unable to save an escort profile to 'my favorites' folder. Cookies are activated and I have a valid log-in (silver membership). When I click on 'add to favorites' I get the unauthorized access message box. Is this feature available only to Gold members?

For those of your that receive the LOGO channel this may be of interest: The presidential candidates speak to gay issues in a live forum this Thursday, August 9, at 9:00 pm eastern on LOGO. Also available via internet feed at http://visiblevote08.logoonline.com/

Found this on the web, dated July 24: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/20...24.html?ref=rss So it looks like the parade is on for Sunday afternoon, July 29. I was thinking of driving up from Vermont for at least part of the fun. Would enjoy meeting some fellow MERvillians if I go - feel free to private my in-box.

Thanks for the feedback. After re-reading my post I confess that it does come across as rather brooding and negative (written in one of my darker moments). Your reply was constructive, positive and thoughtful. I guess it helps that in Montreal I wear a neon sign over my head that says ATM. I forgot to bring it to Palm Springs...

I was recently in Palm Springs for two weeks of R&R that straddled the RentBoy Pool Party and the White Party the following weekend. This was my first visit to one of the RentBoy social events and I guess I’m a little confused about their purpose. I thought they were parties where you go to meet, mingle and get acquainted with boys you might like to hire later (many who advertised on the RentBoy site stayed in PSP the entire week sandwiched between the two events and presumably had ‘down time’ mid-week between the two parties). If these are marketing venues, then I guess I’m a little confused since all of the boys seemed completely unapproachable and made little or no attempt to mingle with prospective clients. They mostly kept to themselves and mingled with each other. Ditto for the after party the following afternoon/evening at the Oasis Bar. Not that there is anything wrong with the boys enjoying each other’s company, and in fact that may be the purpose of these events. Or if they are events that one attends with a boy you have already hired I guess that would make sense too. I did in fact do some hiring that week, but not on the basis of any ‘get acquainted’ talk or mingling at the party. I just looked at who was available that week on the RentBoy site. I’m extremely shy and introverted, and admittedly not very forward, and have never been comfortable in bars or other gay social settings. But since I assumed this was a party for prospective clients and boys to meet, I thought I would be comfortable in this venue. I guess I’m too accustomed to the Montreal scene where the boys at the strip clubs are all over you. I can’t even walk down St. Catherine’s street, minding my own business, without an attractive boy soliciting company. Clearly I wasn’t expecting THAT degree of interaction, but I thought there would be some mingling and socializing between boys and prospective clients on some level -‘courtesy introductions’ if you will. Presumably, everyone in attendance was looking to hire or at least thinking about hiring, so from a purely marketing perspective it would make sense that there would be at least some interaction with prospective clients. Granted I didn’t spring for the VIP pass at the Helios Resort and things were a little crowded, but at the Oasis Bar party the following afternoon/evening it was a very small crowd. There must have been at least a dozen boys when I was there and only a handful of prospective clients who seemed just as out of place and totally ignored as I was. Given the small number of clients at this setting it would have been nice (and polite) to get at least a simple ‘hello, how are you? My name is so and so and I’m glad you could make it to our little party, etc.’ I guess I’m totally off base and completely misunderstood the purpose of the entire venue. I’m not trying to denigrate the whole scene – just trying to make sense of it. From a purely client perspective it seemed like a total waste of time.

Found this on the web recently - thought it might be of interest. Hotel scam targets credit-card users Marketwatch - February 14, 2007 10:48 AM ET NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- If you're staying in a hotel and receive a "helpful" call from the concierge regarding your credit card, beware. Money magazine reports on a new scam making the rounds, and it targets trusting travelers. The premise is simple enough. During your stay at a hotel, you receive a call from someone claming to be from the front desk. "There was a problem with your credit card," they'll say. "Can you please verify your card number and billing address?" But wait -- won't you know if the call is not coming from within the hotel? Not if the fraudster called the front desk first, asking to speak with someone in a specific room or with a common last name such as Johnson. If the front desk successfully transfers the call to your room, it will look like it came from within the hotel. In this case, most travelers are inclined to provide the information. That information can be enough for a scammer to make illegal charges using your credit card. The American Hotel and Lodging Association says that most hotels won't ask you to verify such information over the phone, so if you get such a call, don't fall for it. Instead, tell the caller you'll verify the information in person at the front desk. Follow up at the desk yourself, and you'll likely find out it was a scam. If there indeed was a problem with your card, you can handle it at the desk and be sure your credit-card information is safe.

Turns out I've been supporting the arts all this time and never knew it, lol...: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061206/od_nm/...ay_strippers_dc