R.I.P. My Brother Carl

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My big brother Carl passed away Tuesday after a short, tough fight with cancer. Carl was my "Cool" brother and just about the coolest guy I ever knew. He dated the hippest girls in school, hitchhiked around Europe and sold beads on the street in Paris. Was a CO during the 'Nam years, living up to his own ideals. He rode a Harley and for
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trollslayer9:
What i have gone through has taught me empethy and to cherish friendship,life, and letting people know you care and love them. Peace and love to you and your family.
giotost20:
Many thanks @trollslayer9  for telling me your realization and your good wishes. I appreciate and value them at this sad, weird and uplifting time...

Got my eye worked on...

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My son says it looks like I got in a fight in the prison cafeteria! Actually I just had retina surgery and this one eye will not be fully operational for a couple months...but I am gamely hanging in there, commenting on all the SG lovelies. Can't keep a good man down! (sorry for the horrible photo ...)

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giotost20:
Sure @jacinto2 ! And you get to travel and work in great places like the Bahamas, Carib sea, Spice islands, the Red Sea, Indochina...could be a good retirement plan!
inngrin:
Tor, is it U?)

Got a Retina problem...

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Well I'm already very nearsighted and need contact lenses but now it turns out I have a problem with the retina of my right eye and my vision is running to crap! Mostly when I try to read anything and typing this requires a Lot of squinting...lol! Doc thinks it is correctable though and just requires surgery to fix it . Have some very strange...
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user0616220901:
@giotost20 hahahhahahahahaha, I worked in a microbiology lab where they grew shrooms ;) which is sorta my field in biology heh. But maybe I have been unstraight in the forest once or twice.
giotost20:
Friends, the one time I got high on psilocybin mushrooms we made the mistake of watching Woody Allen's "Sleeper". The movie was so hilarious and I laughed so long and so hard I actually broke the back of my seat and fell into someone's lap!

Whew! Finally got caught up with all the new sets!

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The girls are all just gorgeous but there were several standouts IMHO, and the wonderful @larabea is now Pink! Deservedly so, but for which set??? Personally I think her best set is Rockabilly Daydream...

...and it is glorious to see a new set from @clio , who is just more beautiful all the time!

@geminisky Always puts up a set that's different, interesting, and smoking
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bordini:
💕
yuno:
💜

So sad to hear that Ursula K. Le Guin has passed...

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A great Lady, U.K. while not widely known today, is a giant in the field of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Her "Orsinian Tales" and novels, "The Left Hand of Darkness" and "The Dispossessed" are great works of humanist literature, as well as courageous explorations of transgender and alternative relationships. She has been an inspiration and an example to me, personally, both as a writer and...
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giotost20:
@dariianity, I think you will love her...
daniellenoire:
I read her books when I was a child. Magic.

Def read this first. Follow instructions carefully!

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Ok here is a reprint of @timjimmy 's great moment of insight, thankfully taken down on a cocktail napkin and preserved for posterity and the benefit of all male SG members...and for the Great benefit of all the ladies.

Pay attention!

This is a reprint from the Brothers of the Brush thread, which has some great blogs; check it out!

skisby:
I prefer the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) model & would stop at the first question! Yes - send away, No - Don't.
giotost20:
LOL yes @skisby, that is the short form! and very effective!

Enough with the creepy Dick Pics!!!

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You know, seeing as I already have one, I don't get that offended by these random dick pics that pop up on SG other than to skip on past because I sure as hell don't come here to see 'em!

But my lovely friends here in the SG world and elsewhere do get terribly offended and that really bugs me, and you know what? They
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scarygates:
Perfect blog!
giotost20:
Thanks @scarygates! ...means a lot coming from you! You are everything SG should be!

Dang!

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I don't think I will ever leave town again! Just took a four day trip to Columbus and when I returned I was so behind! It took a two-day marathon session to comment on all the MR sets I've missed. At least 75...so ladies if my comment sounds like I am deranged a bit, you'll know why...