Minor things that please you

[kernals12]

Phoenix's gayborhood is located on one of the few stretches of road in the city that isn't... straight

[LilianaUwU]

Is this where I make a joke where I say I'm as straight as (very curvy road)?

As for minor things that please me, cracking open a cold Dr Pepper in hot weather.

[roadman65]

The Howard Frankland Bridge finally opening after nearly five years of construction.

[Max Rockatansky]

Pulling off an exercise week as planned with no disruptions.

My standard exercise week consists of 4.5 hours of cardio within four days and 3.5 of strength training within five.  Generally I plan to do all of it before work.  I loathe working out after work and find it way harder to be motivated for whatever reason.

[Scott5114]

Working out makes me sleepy, so there's no way I could work out at the beginning of the day.

On the other hand, hanging out in a sauna or hot tub after working out, knowing that you can just relax and be lazy for the rest of the night, no more responsibilities or things to do...There's not much better than that.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I mean, a lot of things? 

-The smell of popcorn popping
-Frost melting on my windshield in the sunlight
-Being the last one out at work
-A full gas tank
-The night before a day off feeling
-That first breath of Great Lakes/ocean air after you get out of the car
-Locking my bedroom door

[Max Rockatansky]

Working out makes me sleepy, so there's no way I could work out at the beginning of the day.

Usually, I start the day with a good long run.  The endorphin release from that is usually enough to get me out of almost any bad mood and carry me through most of the day. 

[Henry]

As a kid, I remember going to the sports section of the Tribune and reading about my favorite teams' win, especially when it was the Cubs 

[Scott5114]

Phoenix's gayborhood is located on one of the few stretches of road in the city that isn't... straight

There isn't a gayborhood there, but I always snicker at the fact that Las Vegas's Rainbow Boulevard just happens to occupy the 6900 W spot in the grid.

[kernals12]

Phoenix's gayborhood is located on one of the few stretches of road in the city that isn't... straight

There isn't a gayborhood there, but I always snicker at the fact that Las Vegas's Rainbow Boulevard just happens to occupy the 6900 W spot in the grid.

Oh please, is there any place gayer than Las Vegas? It's a city built on camp

[Max Rockatansky]

Phoenix's gayborhood is located on one of the few stretches of road in the city that isn't... straight

There isn't a gayborhood there, but I always snicker at the fact that Las Vegas's Rainbow Boulevard just happens to occupy the 6900 W spot in the grid.

Oh please, is there any place gayer than Las Vegas? It's a city built on camp

Key West and San Francisco enter the discussion.  Take a trip down to Bisbee or even Old Town Scottsdale in your general area, you might be surprised.

[kernals12]

Phoenix's gayborhood is located on one of the few stretches of road in the city that isn't... straight

There isn't a gayborhood there, but I always snicker at the fact that Las Vegas's Rainbow Boulevard just happens to occupy the 6900 W spot in the grid.

Oh please, is there any place gayer than Las Vegas? It's a city built on camp

Key West and San Francisco enter the discussion.  Take a trip down to Bisbee or even Old Town Scottsdale in your general area, you might be surprised.

I don't mean that Las Vegas has a lot of gay people, I mean that it is a city built around debauchery and excess.

[mgk920]

When your home town muni is *finally* able to annex that one über-annoying little property and take care of that issue that has been vexing everyone for years.

Mike

[kernals12]

When your home town muni is *finally* able to annex that one über-annoying little property and take care of that issue that has been vexing everyone for years.

Mike

Tell us more

[kernals12]

The way my cat always needs to be in the same room as me.

[kphoger]

Oh please, is there any place gayer than Las Vegas?

I don't mean that Las Vegas has a lot of gay people, I mean that it is a city built around debauchery and excess.

Has homosexuality been a key feature of Las Vegas's historical debauchery?  If not, then how does its historical debauchery make it gay?

[thspfc]

- good weather
- chocolate

[Scott5114]

Oh please, is there any place gayer than Las Vegas?

I don't mean that Las Vegas has a lot of gay people, I mean that it is a city built around debauchery and excess.

Has homosexuality been a key feature of Las Vegas's historical debauchery?  If not, then how does its historical debauchery make it gay?

I imagine that the fact that the formative years of the gay community (1960s and 1970s) falling during the era of mob control of Las Vegas somewhat stifled the development of a gay community here.

Or it could be that Vegas is just like "so you're gay, so what", which would be pretty in-character for the modern culture here. Vegas's historic gayborhood, which is called the Fruit Loop, is located in Paradise, along Naples Drive near UNLV. It's pretty sad-looking; I think OKC's 39th Street district is probably bigger. But Vegas has no end of the sorts of amenities that you'd expect to find in such a district, it's just that they're spread out across the city, rather than being being centralized for safety reasons like they were in other cities.

[1995hoo]

The way my cat always needs to be in the same room as me.

Heh. Our cat has been acting really needy lately. Most of the time it's fine and it's nice to feel wanted. I do have to set up a sliding gate (some people call it a "baby gate") in my home office door to keep her out of here. The one time I let her in, she got tangled up in all the cables and wires and it was a nightmare getting her untangled because she wouldn't stay still. So when she wants to be fed or she's just plain feeling lonely she comes to the door and meows and, if I don't acknowledge her quickly enough, starts tugging on the gate. The only real problem arises at night. My wife is a very light sleeper (opposite of me), so if the cat comes to the bedroom door and starts scratching and meowing, my wife wakes up. I installed a "Retract-a-Gate" at the bottom of the stairs and it was effective for a good while until the cat figured out how to crawl under it. So then we got a rather heavy draft guard (one of those cylindrical beanbag-type things intended to be placed in front of a drafty door, fireplace, or similar) and we put that behind the gate after closing it. That does the job.

[Bruce]

When an itinerary is executed flawlessly and leaves me with some extra time to fill with actual relaxation.

[kernals12]

Oh please, is there any place gayer than Las Vegas?

I don't mean that Las Vegas has a lot of gay people, I mean that it is a city built around debauchery and excess.

Has homosexuality been a key feature of Las Vegas's historical debauchery?  If not, then how does its historical debauchery make it gay?

Ever heard of Liberace?

[Scott5114]

Ever heard of Liberace?

Liberace never came out, though.

(He did get a street named after him. There's a gym at the corner of Liberace and Maryland. I can only imagine what goes on there.)

[Max Rockatansky]

I find it amusing in retrospect that so many women of the era were convinced he was straight.

[Rothman]

Ever heard of Liberace?

Liberace never came out, though.

(He did get a street named after him. There's a gym at the corner of Liberace and Maryland. I can only imagine what goes on there.)

This conversation is cringe on all sorts of levels, if only because of k12's missteps.

[mgk920]

is there a street named after him in his hometown MKE metro area?

Mike