No two radiation and or surgical experiences are quite the same. I was well on the way to impotence prior to radiation treatment. The year previously I had gotten a penile implant. That solves any penetration problems. Orgasm feelings are exactly the same only it is dry. You are right---a trade off.

My two best movies, hands down:

On the Waterfront Brutal for 1954

Some Like It Hot. Ms Monroe's costum in the stateroom with Tony Curtis is nothing short of nudity. Fully clothed but nothing left to one's imagination. And Joe E Brown was absolutely brilliant. And the last line was perfect: Well ...

A train? What's a train?

It is a big deal just to travel 200 miles by car just to take your grandkids for a ride on an excursion train.

Up here in PA we are busy tearing up the tracks. Oblivious of everything like a oil shutoff or regional or national disasters. Our parkway system in Pgh is a mess ...

We've been pretty serious on this subject, Katrina et al., So it's nice to lighten up a tad. Any movie with John Wayne, Robert Mitchum or Henry Fonda suits me. Wayne for his testosterone driven roles; Mitchum for his tough guy against the grain of society's roles, and Fonda for his absolute ...

On the Waterfront; Singing in the Rain; Hiroshima Mon Amore, Dear John (Swedish film circa 1970, Seven Samuri, Magneficient Seven, La Strada, Ed Wood, Twelve Angry Men, The Man With No Name, The Sting, The Sun Downers, The Uninvited, Wizard of Oz, The Barkleys of Broadway (just the dancing sequences ...

I have no qualms about some type of tax increase. But good old W is talking about the need for the war to go on. He's back to smoking those cigarettes again if he thinks we can have both...that is full throttle on the war and 50 Billion for aid. But where in hell is it going to come from? Already he ...

Thanks A-1. That said, most of us are hamstrung because of our hospitalization insurance. So that limits me to doctors within an 11 county area in PA. I have an excellent surgeon and a caring oncologist. A lot of times, I know, seeking medical support is the luck of the draw.But I had an opportunity ...

You guys moan and bitch about W. he doesn't give a shit. He's got a solid 25 per cent of the nation behind him. We are in deep trouble because those 25 per cent will carry 2008 in good form. We have a Senator here in Pa, Rick Santorem, who placed the whole blame of Katrina on the National Weather ...

There used to be a radio show (remember radio before it became full of screamers and blowhards) called Can You Top This.....It starred some burlesque comedians who told jokes in and effort to top the other guy's joke (there was an audience laugh meter) Anyway....the show always was introduced the ...

Yup. Transgirl, I was "cut" from the list! They wanted me to sing in the choir,

but I couldn't: I'm still a baritone!