stormy daniels has better shoes than you.

@1 have reviewed photo, inclined to concur. Shoe people, what do Dan's shoes say to you? To me they say fifteen-year-old with overgenerous allowance.

Mtn. Beaver @ 2
Dan’s shoes: I may be unique, but not really sure how to express it. (Apparently very similar observation to yours.)
Stormy’s: I kick ass.

Hers look somewhat sensible; his say Third Midlife Crisis. At least they're a slightly less harmful transgression than that of Mr Can't-Date-Because-of-His-Weekly-Sex-Worker-Habit. And, if he actually wore something red to go with them, they might not stick out. I have a full rainbow in various styles from Polo, and my shoes always go with what I'm wearing, usually matching my shirt.

Never mind their shoes! Dan and Stormy--I think it's a kickass photo of BOTH of you!

Episode 629 - vasectomy - Dan, you really should mention FREEZING SEMEN anytime hesitation about a vas comes up. A few hundred bucks a year and a vas is no longer a lifetime decision, most fertility clinics and sperm banks will store, for a fee (rather than donate, which pays the man). Have the vas young, and don't worry about changing your mind, you CAN. Save female partners much fuss and enjoy peace of mind, no unplanned pregnancies!

Shoes are fine Dan, and agree Grizelda, great photo.

I see that Dan is wearing Terry’s shoes today.

From what Dan says on the podcast Terry is a very well dressed gorgeous model, so why is he letting Dan out the house wearing those shoes?

I need Stormy's boots, but I also love Dan's trainers. Red shoes and all-black outfit = yummy.

Glad NBT wrote in to prove that Dan is indeed as expert on these matters as he's paid to be. If not on footwear.

Dan, you need to have Stormy Daniels on the show as much as humanly possible. She's great.

Dan, you’ve gotta quit saying vasectomies don’t change the ejaculate in any way! Without the sperm in it, mine went from milky to transparent. It’s a small thing, but if one’s enjoyment sometimes includes seeing it out there as a vital, masculine fluid, then it’s definitely not the same anymore. Can’t call it “my seed”, really.

On balance, however, I’m absolutely glad to have done it when I was certain I was done with baby-making. After years of my partners taking on the responsibility of contraception, such a simple proceedure and quick recovery seems like the easiest decision ever. In the context of a monogamous, fluid-bonded relationship, the freedom my partner and I feel is wonderful.

My issue with the Vasectomy question was the assumption that the guy didn't want it because it was "painful" - and then Nancy (with Dan's help) basically tried to emasculate anyone who didn't want to with explicitly toxic-masculinity reinforcing language, it amounted to "ooh, are you tooo much of a liddel baby to get a little snip, you big strong boy? oh boo-hoo". Like, talk about actively unhelpful advice, if I were that caller's partner, I would be like, Fuck you too!

Stormy's shoes say "Where's the rest of my costume and makeup?" I have no doubt they'd look terrific in some kind of leather goddess outfit or when performing. They look out of place with a hoodie.

Dan's shoes... A valiant, but failed effort

Also, get some damned decoration on those walls, what are you about to film a Levi's ad?

@13: Weird: I have had 4 partners who had vasectomies (I was with 2 of the men both before and after vasectomy; the other 2 I only met post-vasectomy). The former's semen looked exactly the same to me post-vasectomy as it did pre-vasectomy (not that I routinely peer that closely at semen). I can't compare the quality or color of the latter men's ejaculate to what it was like pre-vasectomy, but it still had that that classic semen appearance. But the important point (to at least one of these guys) was that there was no difference in quantity of ejaculate.

@14: I'm a woman, so I can't speak to this first-hand, but all my male friends and partners who've had vasectomies haven't had much more than mild discomfort lasting a couple of days from the procedure. I did once read a letter to an advice columnist (maybe Dan, but I can't remember) in which a man had a vasectomy and experienced a significant amount of pain afterwards.

I'm a big fan of freezing semen and getting the snip. Peace of mind is worth a lot. Hormonal birth control often negatively affects a woman's libido, so If I were a man who had sex with women, I'd for sure get a vasectomy. For one thing, I'd be sure that there would be no unintended pregnancies, instead of having to trust someone else. I'd also like to go condom-free (assuming we were monogamous and tested and fluid bonded). And I would much prefer to have sex with a partner whose libido wasn't dampened or compromised.

@16 exactly my point - there is likely a constellation of issues behind a no other than "it's painful" - I've had my knee, ankle, shoulder and wrist operated on, and they were all painful - not that anyone ever asked then. The idea that pain is a primary reactor in deciding to do it is juvenile at best. Pain is temporary.

MW @13 "Dan, you’ve gotta quit saying vasectomies don’t change the ejaculate in any way! Without the sperm in it, mine went from milky to transparent. "

My brother had a vasectomy. I asked him if he could confirm this. His reaction? "No. Urban legend."

Ms Cute - I'm going to hypothesize that the vasectomy question may be the area where many men might paraphrase you and say They Want to Be Logical Except When They Don't.

The only thing I had against it personally is that it would have been a pointless expence and also probably would have come across as paranoid. I did have one possible scenario in mind - I'd have been willing to get it done had I ever formed a relationship with a fertile bisexual, because his getting one would have been non-negotiable, but I'd have been willing to do it myself as a sign of solidarity if not fairness.

Ooh - I have the comparison. It comes from the novelization of Clue. The novel describes Mrs Peacock's ensemble as being "both expensive and tasteful without being either fashionable or flattering". Mr Savage's is a sideways version, expensive and fashionable without being tasteful or flattering.

Stormy looks demure next to Dan, sweet.

Did Dan ask you lot for a critique of his get up. What’s with the shoes fixation.

"And unless you have evidence of him committing a crime that could put him in jail for a few years, you have ZERO guarantee of his silence."

Nope, not enough: Just one person that is willing to visit and to spread a story for him is enough to break that silence.

The only way to insure silence is to have 100% access to anywhere a time-release message might be and the willingness to fill a shallow grave. This route has obvious drawbacks and moral issues.

I recently read that 6% of men have long term negative complications from vasectomies, chiefly related to pain either generally or during sex. I'm not going to bother to find the link. But so many of these... 'there's no negative side effects' operations turn out to have a not insignificant chance of long term negative side effects. The most recent one to be featured in the media was hernia meshes.

NTE: A potential problem exists that can't be avoided especially in the age of social media. Inadvertent disclosure. Friend, family member, etc, solicits her services, sees her while she escorts, locker room gossip, sees her advertisement (even if she works for an escort service)